Rhea woke up in the middle of the forest, disoriented and sore. She groaned and rolled, touching her shoulder gently. It was sore, but she was surprised that it wasn't bleeding freely at all. She thought of what had happened last night, and sighed, picking herself up. She was careful not to touch her shoulder or rub it against anything, but she didn't feel it pull. Maybe the wolf hadn't broken through as much skin as she had thought. Maybe her flesh was healed because of how light the bite wound had been.

It took Rhea quite a while to get back to the camp, but when she did she was relieved. She broke through the trees and found some of the others talking. She hadn't heard any of there recent conversation, but she saw the sullen look on Ryan's face and narrowed her eyes. "Guys, what happened? Do we have any paper towels? I..um got attacked."

Getting the hint what Ryan was saying and gave Sky a quick nod and smile. "Yeah we are fine for the most part just shaken up a bit, but the wolf just managed to ruin some of our clothes." Riley said just as she heard some rustling nearby and she spotted Rhea coming out of the woods and quickly ran over to give her friend a quick hug, seeing her clothes had the same been torn like everyone else's. "Same thing happened last night, we are going to head back into town here soon, and paper towels are in the RV." Riley said and then turned over to Sky and smiled at her. "Thank you for the concern, if you want you can help us out?" Riley asked.

Krista sighed softly she didn't want to end the trip so early but she went with it and headed over to her tent and started to tear things down and put things back into their bags and boxes, she turned over to Cassandra and smiled at her happy to know that she was alright and that they had the same feelings for one another. Krista then got up and opened up the outer compartment and slipped the bag of her camping supplies inside.

Back in Town:

Sarah smiled as she pulled up a seat next to Vanessa and leaned herself back in the seat, turning to look at her friend and shook her head. "No thank you, I already had some coffee this morning." Sarah watched as a few cars drove by, the mornings were always very peaceful and quiet which she always enjoyed. "So what were your plans today Vanessa?" Sarah asked as she turned around to face her friend.

''My plan is to strip the walls in the living room and when that is done, i need to find a store where they sell paint and brushes and such'' Vanessa said with a smile and looked at Sarah. ''Thank you so much for wanting to help me, its your free day I guess and you spend it on helping me instead of relaxing and enjoying the weather'' she said. ''Maybe we can just start with getting the walls clean and then taping of the plinth's in the room so they won't get the same color'' she said and got up from the small stairs and looked at Sarah.

"A little annoyed at the wrecked clothing, but otherwise fine" cassie said, sighing softly, as she began to gather up her things. She hadn't brought much and as such it only took her a couple of minutes to pack up, slinging guitar over one shoulder and pack over the other, ready to leave. She took the chance to change clothes, glad to be out of the ones she had been attacked in.

She stretched, and smiled when Krista smiled at her. Nerves and fears float around in side her, but she tried to ignore them, as she put her stuff in the RV, and looked about to see if anyone needed any help

Sky nodded, a small smile touching the corner of her lips as she grabbed her horse's reins, "I can help you tear down the tents....."

She wasn't used to hanging around so many people her age....sometimes it took her a moment to adjust. Now that the worry for the wolf attack had subsided the self conscious thoughts weeped slowly into her mind.

Shaking it off she led her horse over to a large log in the grass and spoke as she tied the reins to a section of branch, "So has everyone come back? It seems like this camp was set up for a pretty large group."

With the rv and tents strewn about it was simply too much room for the few campers that had showed up...there had to be more. Hopefully they weren't attacked by the wolf as well....and if they did Sky hoped it had done as much to them as it did Riley and the others.

It felt like he was floating. In the void, drifting along the sea of darkness. Where am I? What happened? Too many thoughts too fast. Then the image became clear in his head. Growling, snarling wolf. The beat bared its fangs at him. He fought it. The searing pain returned to his leg in his dream. Blood. So much blood. Was he dead? He had to be dead. Was this heaven or some weird place in between? Kaden then saw white light. Heaven? This was it. Dead and going into the after life or being reborn into a new life. Now he felt as though he was standing. Pitch black corridor with the light.

He walked to it. Then…

Kaden opened his eyes. The sun was out. He felt the ground rustle underneath him. Awake. At that, Kaden jumped up from the ground. Startled. Eyes darting back and forth looking for that huge wolf. His senses were heightened. It felt like things changed. But he wasn't sure what it was. Hearing, smell, sight… And a slight bit of agitation. Kaden shook his head and focused. Walking around. Wait, walking? He should be limping or having a hard time moving. It's possible he should have bled out and died. He looked at his leg. The wound was gone and healed. Just torn up jeans.

He took off and sprinted back to the campsite and saw everyone gathering there. Getting there stuff together. And a new girl was with them. Kaden couldn't quite put a name to her face but he felt like he had seen her around before.

"What the hell happened last night?" He could see they had torn clothes and the same confusion. "How do none of us have any scars and since when do wolves attack people without a pack?" None of it made sense.

"I believe everyone is almost here, I don't know where the others went to." Riley answered, and saw Ruby coming out from the bushes she was glad to see her friend was okay as well, and then Kaden coming out shortly after her. Hearing his question Riley walked over to him seeing that both of their clothes had been torn and slightly bloodied as well. "The wolf seemed to have been injured or something, that's why I guess it attacked." Riley said hoping that he would get the hint that they didn't want to worry Sky about anything. Riley turned to look over at Sky watching her tying the guiding rope of Sky's horse to a nearby tree branch. "And thank you again for helping." Riley smiled at her.

Krista looked over at the others seeing that all of them were safe and sound, she headed towards the RV where her backpack which had her clothes in. "I'll be in the RV getting changed, I don't know where that wolf has been." She told the others as she opened the door of the RV and started to search through her bags and found a clean pair of clothes and started to get changed, putting the torn and bloodied clothes in her backpack.

Back in Town:

"You really don't have to worry about it, and besides i'm always willing to help out my friend if she needed it." Sarah said with a smile as she stood up and stretched slightly and looked over at her car and then over at Vanessa. "I think my parents still have some supplies, my dad used to paint houses as a side business. And their house is just outside of town, if you want to use that, or we can go to the store and buy something else." Sarah suggested and smiled. "Do you want to take your car or mine?"

''It depends on the colors that your parents have, I want to have my living room a soft purple and a silverblue'' Vanessa said with a smile. ''And I do not worry, its just, I am very thankful for your help but don't want you to think that you have to help or something, I am glad with all the help I get'' she said with a smile. ''And for when we go, my car has a bigger load space, so I think its best to take mine for that'' she said with a smile.

''But, shall we first start with peeling of the wallpapers? Before we get the paint and such, I like to start painting right away and it is still pretty early'' she said with a smile and walked inside, she turned around. ''of course you can first call your parents to ask about the paint and which colors it are and how many they want for it.. No I am not gonna receive gifts from them, I know they wouldn't mind but I wanna pay for everything, even if its secondhand'' she said.

Ryan frowned to each of the others, trying to work out exactly what may have happened in all actuality. There was no way they could have all been bitten by a wolf, or wolves, and not even have a scratch from the bite. He glanced to Sky, nodding a temporary farewell before beginning to take down his tent and pack it up. His farewell was more or less him greeting her, but wanting to get his stuff packed up before using any time to talk, which he felt may have been rude, but if they were really heading back then, it was probably best they put everything away as soon as they could, and talked after.

A short time later, he had put everything back where it belonged, and was holding the remaining marshmallows from the bag he had brought and opened just the night before. "We should at least meet up later or tomorrow to finish these off." He said, looking to Riley, "Don't you agree?" He shook the bag slightly to emphasize his point as well as ensure that they knew what he was talking about while he spoke.

Cassandra would have liked to have stayed at the camp site, and imagined what would have happened, if they hadn't been attacked. And then she looked over at Krista as she said she was going to get changed, and smiled.

Well, at least one good thing had come out of this, she supposed, as she checked to make sure that the fire was out completely, so that there was no chance they were going to start a forest fire, and looked over at the lake, and sighed softly. It woud have been fun to stay even another few hours, but she guessed they should get out of here.

The last person to get back to the camp was David who had woken up later to find out that he had the same torn clothes as well as the rest of his friends, he looked over at Sky and gave her a friendly nod as he went to get the rest of his things and started to get stuff packed up. Riley turned to look over at Ryan and smiled at him, it was a shame for all of the food that they had bought might go to waste and nodded. "We can eat it all tomorrow or later if you don't have anything planned." Riley smiled at him, as she looked over at the rest of the group and then over at Sky. "Thank you again for the help Sky, if you want you are more then welcome to come by later to my place if you want to hang out." Riley then walked over to the RV and got it started once more. She took out her phone to text her mother that she will be home in about an hour, before putting her phone away.

Krista finally got herself dressed and saw Riley getting into the RV, and smiled at her friend for a moment before taking a seat in the back for a moment and looked over at the torn shirt she had hanging out of the bag. It was rather weird to see that there weren't any scars but the pain she felt from the wolf attack felt so real, but she shook her head and decided to relax for the ride back.

Back in Town:

Sarah smiled and nodded. "I'll text my parents to see what colors that they have, if they don't have anything good we can just go to the market and buy some." She said, and gave Vanessa a friendly nod agreeing to get the old wallpaper to be taken down before they do anything else. "I agree lets just get the wallpaper taken down and then we can work from there." Sarah then felt something rumble in her pocket and took it out to see that it was Riley, and she was surprised that she will be home today rather then the day after tomorrow. "Riley is coming home a day early." Sarah said looking over at Vanessa.

''Do you mean today?'' Vanessa asked surprised. ''That sounds good I guess'' she said and smiled, she took the scraper from the ground and the cloth from the bucket with the mixture of glue dissolver and water and went over the wall with the cloth and gave Sarah the scraper. ''Could you scrape it off? I will put the mixture on the wall'' she said with a smile.

Cassandra made sure that The camp was packed up, that they hadn't left any mess, and jumped into the RV, claiming her spot, she looked out the window. She rubbed her arm, as if reminding herseld that there was no mark on it. How could that happen? It had hurt, she remembered the pain. She tried to remember the last thing she could remember, but all she could come up with was Krista's face, and the need
To reach her.

Then blackness.

Was it real? Or just something...weird? Their torn clothes indicated that it was true. She shook her head, and looked about the RV. Without a word, she rose, and went over to Krista, and sitting down beside her, and leaned against her slightly, as if to reassure herself that they were all real

He kept silent for the rest of the time after that. Quiet acknowledgment to what Riley had said, not wanting to stir up any trouble or freak out their new visitor. But he had so many questions. Everything about that night was out of place and didn't make sense. Kaden's wound was healed. So were theirs and he could see their torn clothes and the shared scared faces worn like masks. Questions roared in their eyes as well. That didn't just happen out of nowhere. That wolf was huge, and certainly one of them could have successfully fought, hurt, or killed that animal. Kaden expected he would bleed out but here he was and… feeling stronger than ever. No need for a hospital. The only thing he could think of was… but that was insane. Or was it? There was a full moon outside. For now he bottled it all up. Grim silence and an unhappy stare on his face. He folded up his arms, got on the RV, and sat down without a word.

Krista looked over at Cassandra and smiled at her, she gently leaned her head in against Cassandra letting out a soft sigh she wasn't even sure what to tell her parents about the torn clothes and the blood on them. She started to wonder why that wolf was much larger then the ones she has seen in the zoo and pictures on the internet. "Are you okay Cassie?" Krista asked looking down at her and gently reached down to hold her hand to reassure her that everything was okay.

Once everyone was in the RV she looked over at Sky and opened the window once more. "Thank you for the help, if you want to i'll swing by your place later." Riley said as she closed the door and looked over at her friends as she turned the RV around and started to drive through the backroads until finally they reached the high school where they met the day before. "I'll see you guys later, and don't worry i'll come over and we can hangout later and talk what happened." Riley said softly as she got out of the RV to gather her things.

"Yep shes coming home, not sure if she is back yet or not." Sarah said as she took the scrapper from Vanessa and nodded as she walked over towards the wall and started to add the glue dissolver onto the wall and slowly started to scrape off the wallpaper from the wall. She would look over at Vanessa and smiled. "After we remove the wallpaper and get the paints out what else did you have planned for the day?" Sarah asked.

''If we get that all done today I say: Dinner, a surprise visit from me for Riley and bed.. It's early now but I think we will be doing this pretty much a whole day'' Vanessa said with a giggle and started to scrape off the wallpaper at the other side so they could work towards each other. ''Oh, and I am gonna pay for dinner this time'' she said before Sarah could say anything about dinner and smiled.

How to answer that, Cassie wondered? She squeezed Krista's hand in return, as she pondered what to say. "I just...how could last night be real? It doesn't seem like it should be. And yet...the torn clothes...if I think back, I can feel the wolf latching onto my arm...thumping it with a rock..." She swallowed, "and then, looking at you, wanting TK get to you. I was so scared that I hadn't been quick enough..."

She paused, frowning slightly "it...it was battered, as if it had already been injured. Why would a wolf continue to attack, when it had been hurt before?" She wondered oitloud

Sky had watched as all of the campers arrived back at camp, each and every one of them covered in the same bloodied cuts across their shirts. With each camper she grew more confused and curious; lost in thought when the last one, a young man, came out of the woods.
Looking up she saw him nod towards her and she returned the gesture, before hearing Riley speak.

They had all loaded into the RV and the camp site had been gathered. Grabbing her horse's reins Sky looked at Riley and nodded to her words, "That would be nice.....thanks..."
Her voice was quiet, both from her confusion of the group's condition and the surprise that someone had offered to hang out, with her.

Since her time moving to this town she hadn't really made any effort to 'hang out' with kids her age.....really she hadn't EVER tried too hard. She just......for some reason it was difficult to really get to know humans.

As the RV pulled away and out of the camp area, Sky looked around at the forest surrounding her. Somewhere out there was a wolf, one content with attacking people. She had to look into this.

Shaking her head Sky turned and walked towards her horse Mya, "Things got a little more interesting around here, haven't they?"
The golden mare lifted her head with a large mouthful of grass and stared with deep brown eyes at her rider. Of course she said nothing, but Sky chuckled and ruffled her forelock, "Let's head back home; I've got a shift at the clinic in....."

Looking down at her wrist watch she went wide eyed, "2 hours!"

Hurrying to her horse's side she climbed up into the saddle and gathered up her reins. They needed to hurry home if she was to make it on time.

The two made off at a lope towards the trees where she had found the campsite, then up the hillside towards her home. Branches caught in her hair and her hat fell off to hang by the chinstring against her back. Wiping a trail of sweat from her brow she shook her head. She was going to be a dirty mess.

Aaron had been dazed. No, that was an understatement. Aaron had been practically blinded by the sun when he’d woken from a bout of unconsciousness he’d never intended to take. For a few moments he just lay there, the situation a million miles away from his mind as he desperately tried to think about why the leg of his shorts felt so strange or why he was opting to lie on hard ground. And then it dawned on him and he forced himself to sit up so fast that stars burst before his vision. He rubbed them away and stared at his leg. The once patterned shorts had been a vivid crimson hours before but now the blood had dried and settled against the material. He rubbed it and in the memory of last night, he found great interest in the area of his arms where there should have been bite marks. They should have been huge bite marks but there was nothing. Absolutely nothing. He paused then yanked up the leg of his shorts where there should have been a wound. Nothing.

Slowly, he hauled himself to his feet and stretched out the joints of his body; many until they gave a satisfying crack. Then he began to gather his thoughts, recollecting all that he could remember. The noises. The scuffle. The bites. The wolf. Damn, the wolf. He rubbed his neck then turned and wandered through to the main area where a few of his friends had already congregated Some of them looked as bad as he did in terms of their clothes and he knew he hadn’t been alone in the attack. However there was a newcomer among them. Well, more of a newcomer who hadn’t come out with the group. He knew her as far as it went. She worked down at the vets and as Aaron’s family had dogs, they’d paid them a visit from time to time. Plus, it seemed she liked to traverse the trails as much as he did so sometimes they’d greet each other as they went on their way. She was a nice girl and he’d always been nothing but polite to her. So he did the same now after he’d made sure all of his things were bag in their bags and despite his blooded clothing he approached Sky with a grin, just staying long enough to greet her and stroke her horse before moving toward the RV, packing everything inside and clambering on board, shooting confused looks around at the others. Were they going to really speak about this? What was there to say? We’re all really fucked up looking and oh, was anyone else attacked by a big ass wolf last night? Yeah, cool.

Krista quietly listened to Cassandra and shrugged slightly. "I have no idea why a wolf would attack even if it had been really battered by whatever it was that hurt it.. I'll get my things and we can unpack at your place if you want and we can go and get lunch." Krista said with a smile as she went to grab her things and then looked towards her friends and then over at Riley. "I'll be at your place later tonight and we can eat the last of the snacks we brought." She said as she grabbed her sleeping bag and then her tent stuff and strapped it to her back, and would reach over to gently hold Cassandra's hand.

Riley nodded at Krista once everyone had gotten their things out of the RV. "And about last night everyone, we can discuss it tonight or tomorrow whatever works for all of you." She told them as she got back into the RV and started to drive it back over towards her house, and then parked it once she was in the driveway. Riley then opened the door hearing the TV on she headed over to see that it was her father and quickly went to hug him. "Hey Riley, I thought you would be gone for another two days. What happened?" He asked, Riley shrugged slightly and looked at him. "There was some wolves there and we didn't feel safe there." She said leaving out the wolf attack part.

Sarah smiled and laughed at her friend and nodded. "That's fine since I paid for last night." She said as she continued to scrape off more of the wallpaper and putting more of the dissolver off of the wall and the wall paper. Once she finished a good portion of the room she set it down letting out a sigh. "So want to go and visit Riley, i'm sure she is home now."