In the perfect picturesque town that most people call Tinyville, all seemed well but not everything is what it seems. When I turned 9, I was obsessed with finding a wolf, I searched and searched all over Tinyville, but I could never find a single trace of a wolf. I had wolf posters all over my wall, wolf stickers, a wolf themed bed, wolf stuffed animals, hell, I even had a little wolf den in the corner of my room that I shared with my dogs. Anyway you get it, wolves were always on my mind, but one day, just like 2 years ago when I was 7 and on a camping trip, I found paw prints that led up to my best friend Chloé's house and stopped at her driveway. I wondered if there was wolves there, but everybody knows that there hasn't been wolves in Tinyville for over 400 years and that they are basically a myth where we are from. I was kind of aggravated because I wanted to find a wolf, but I figured it was a stray dog and went on with my day. The next day at school, I saw Chloé and Jaymie arguing about who had gotten a better score on the math test next to my locker (which of course, had wolf stickers all over the front of it) when Manny walked over and whispered "Werewolf girl." in my ear and I got so irritated. I told Chloé and she started to laugh. "Yeah okay." She said. "And I'm a mermaid. Ooh look at me my tail is so beautiful." Jaymie and I laughed. A few years later, Jaymie decided we weren't good enough for her and left us to join the popular girls (Ally, Angelica, and Amy) along with their little minions, so it was just me and Chloé most of the time, but at least we had each other. Chloé was a true friend and we did just about everything together up until one day. Once we were in 6th grade, something shocking happened. I felt like Chloé was mad at me and now every month she would skip our movie night. She said it was because her parents had a special dinner now on that day, but it was all so sudden, I didn't believe her. I decided that on our movie night, I would follow her home to see what was so "special" about this dinner. I snuck in through her bedroom window while she was in the bathroom and hid underneath her bed, waiting for her to go into the kitchen, but she didn't. I saw her grab a book, but I couldn't read what it's title was because of my angle under the bed. After a while, she went to her sister Clarissa's room so it gave me a chance to escape and go to the kitchen to see what their parents were cooking. Oddly enough, they were cooking lots of meat items and singing in a language I could not understand. I didn't think much of it. Then, I went in the living room and saw something weird. There was a secret room, almost like a den behind a wall that slid open. I went into the room and it was really, really creepy. There were meat bones everywhere, iron bars put up, a carpet made of duck feathers, pictures of the woods, and on top of a chair made of bits of rabbit's fur.... there was a fresh dead deer with bites all over it face. Soon I heard Chloé's mom coming so I hid behind the chair. Chloé's mom came in and grabbed the deer off the chair but while she was doing that she said "Girls, grilling the final piece of meat right now, get your finest offerings ready." At this point, I was freaking out and I had so many questions. I texted my mom and told her that I might be staying at Chloé's house tonight. She said that that was fine and that my brother will probably wreak havock while I am gone without me keeping him in order. I smiled at that statement and went behind the wall in the kitchen. Next to the table on the floor were 4 stacks, each with 3 different items. The first stack belonged to the father, and in the stack there was a pair of jeans, a stick of deodorant, and a slice of cheese. The second stack belonged to the mother and in that stack there was a sundress, a spoon, and a sausage. The third stack belonged to Chloé and in her stack there was a purple collar with her name on it, an amethyst, and a huge steak. And in the forth stack (which belonged to Clarissa) there was a plushie, a huge bag of cash, and a homemade rabbit meat skewer filled with rabbit meat, bacon, steak, sausage, and egg and I thought to myself while looking at the skewer that it must taste delicious. After that, the family sat in a circle shape, sang a song in a different language, held hands, and lit candles. Then they gathered up the items, put them away, and sat at the table. The first one to start eating was (of course) Clarissa, and she gobbled down her food within seconds. I was so surprised that I gasped, but nobody heard it because everyone else had began eating their food too. After they were done eating they went in the secret room in the living room and by this time, it was probably close to 10pm I estimated. I followed behind when they weren't looking and then Chloé's mom closed the door made of iron bars behind the fake wall and locked it. Then, the unthinkable happened, all of their eyes changed to the inverted colors of normal eyes; the white was where the black was supposed to be and the black was where the white was supposed to be and then they transformed into wolves! I thought in my head: "They are werewolves!!" But just then, I did something idiotic, I bumped into a lamp and knocked it over, shattering glass from it everywhere and they saw me. They snarled and the one that I think was Chloé barked at them in a few weak, defensive barks. The wolves that I thought were her parents stopped, but they gave me and her a weird look. I couldn't believe that they were wolves, so all I did was drop my clip and run until I got home. When I got home, I told my mom I couldn't stay at Chloé's today and she didn't ask why, so I went in my room. That night, I didn't tell anybody what I had seen, but I knew what I knew, I knew that werewolves ARE real and that I may be a target because I know their secret. I looked up at the ceiling while I was in my bed and then fell asleep. The next morning, I woke up to a text from Chloé saying "RPlease UDon't NContact Us WAgain HBecause IMy LParents EAre YVery OUnhappy UWith SYou TSneaking IInto LOur LHouse CIn AThe NMiddle EOf MThe MNightA, TPleaseH EDon'tY WComeI LBackL CEverA TEverC HEverY OAgainU." I figured out the riddle easily due to how the letters were placed. It says "RUN WHILE YOU STILL CAN EMMA, THEY WILL CATCH YOU." So I knew that this was a warning and the beginning of the end of my time in Tinyville and decided I had to run away. I knew my life wasn't some action movie that I could stage my own death in, so I decided this would be easier. I left my wolf stuff there. I packed clothing, things for hygiene, 3 bottles of water, and a few cans of food from the pantry to take with me in order to survive. I left a note behind saying "I made a mistake, it's not you, it's me and I love you guys so so much." I left one of my tears on the note from crying and in a rush I jumped out the window with my backpack filled to the brim with stuff. After this I knew, I knew there would be no return.
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