Wild Things

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 ChaPteR 1- wE ArE alL WoLvEs

"Find me where the wild things are"

Those were the last words I heard from my best friend Calum Thomas Hood. He was just like me. Strange,dark, and wild. Different from every single normal type of kid in our school. No one ever understood people like us. Rejects. Castaways.

But he was just like me, and I was just like him. We were from different packs, but had the same blood running through our veins. As humans, we were hated. As wolves, we were feared. And we still are. There has always been the surge of adrenaline and power when you're running as a wolf. The wind brushing your fur lightly with its fingertips. The smell of the woods and all the creatures around you. The gritting of your teeth and the howl from your lungs. It changes you. It makes you. It empowers you. And Calum was the only one to share the exhilaration with me. I begged him please don't go. He had a choice. He could've stayed and we could fight and win. He could've chosen right. He could've chose me. They're were so many people who wanted him to stay. So many people who loved him almost as much as I did. Calum had a choice. And he chose wrong.

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I woke up with the sun shining bright in my eyes. I had been awake all night and slept all day. My friend Ashton (we're not dating) be we went out last night and we went to The Falls. It was amazing. As I drew back my velvet curtains, I almost blinded myself. It was so bright and I was so tired. I flew downstairs after I smelled bacon and coffee brewing. It was early Saturday morning and at 17 years old, 10:30 is really early.

'Hi mom' I said wearily.

"Well, good morning Kiara. How were the falls last night?' She asked.

'It was great. I tell you more later, I'm just really tired' I explained. As I came closer to her, a sad vibe came off her. I heard her sniffle as she turned her back to me.

"Mom, are you crying?" I asked

"Jack called last night" she said.

Jack is my brother. He's only a year old then me,18,and he thinks he owns the universe. But, he is one of my best friends. And I love him to death.

"What'd he say?" I asked.

"Well, the Central Council caught Jack and said he was under arrest for treason against the Volturi" she replied, brushing away a tear. I hate the Volturi. They are mean, and ruthless, and cruel. Killing all of us just to have fur coats for their cold blood inside of them. They are like the U.S. government. But more...sentimental. They took Calum under their black and dark feathered wings and made him their own little toy.

And there was that feeling again. The rush of anger and frustration and betrayal. The same sensation I felt when Calum left. When he abandoned me. He threw me away. And I don't know whether to love or hate him.

My eyes glazed over and my chest moved up and down, showing my heavy breathing. My fists clenched the table and I snarled. I punched the table and ran upstairs.

"Kiara! Where are you going? You better not be going to find him! Kiara!?"

She knew what I was about to do. She knew I was leaving. She knew I was being too much like my father. But I was not feeling anything. I was just learning.

"You are not leaving!" She said. Tears fell out of her eyes and she was shaking. Her knees trembled and her hands shook. "I can't lose another loved one".

I knew what she meant. I caught on almost too quickly.

And I didn't care. I shoved her out of the doorway and ran outside. I was going to do exactly what she told me I better not do. I'm going to find Jack. And maybe, I'll gain my best friend back. Of course on missions like these, you can never be a lone wolf. And I know some wolves out there who will be willing to help me.

Don't worry Calum. I looking to find out where the wild things are.