"The day the secret finally comes out... my evidence might be the only thing that can save them." "You have to tell Maddy about the camera." "Shush!" "You're my best friends, and you're part of my pack." "I don't understand why they chased him all this way." "There must be something he's not telling us." "He must have done something really bad." "How did you make him that angry?" "Not unless you did something unforgiveable." "We are enemies now." "I'm glad I came back." "Not half as glad as I am." "Perfect fit." "Assembled by my own hairy hands." "Yeah, I'll screw that in..." "It's all right..." "It's brilliant, Mr Smith." "You shouldn't have gone to all this trouble." "It's Daniel, and it's no trouble, it's what I do." "Like picture framing." "My sketches." "You don't have to hide your natural talents in this house, pet." "I don't know what to say." "Look." "Emma and I, we've been a bit hard on you so... this is just our way of saying welcome to the pack." "Oh, and nice haircut by the way." "What have you done with my school clothes?" "They're on the line." "What?" "In this weather?" "!" "Bring them in then, I'm not your skivvy." "And bring the rest with you!" "Hey!" "Gimme back my clothes!" "Maddy!" "Jana!" "Get off!" "She's nicked my clothes!" "She didn't mean any harm." "How would you know?" "Who is she?" "Jana." "Alric's daughter." "What were you doing, facing off with a wild Wolfblood like that?" "I was fine, until you scared her away... with half my wardrobe!" "But why us?" "Why come to the one house where she might be recognised?" "It's a challenge?" "The pack want us to know they're still out there." "No..." "Alric wouldn't put Jana in danger like that." "She's everything to him." "Well, maybe he doesn't see us as a danger." "Wild Wolfbloods have a pretty low opinion of our kind." "Maybe." "But if the pack has come back, then Alric wouldn't send Jana in to steal a few clothes." "I could try to find her..." "And get lured into a trap?" "So what do we do?" "You two go to school as normal." "We'll think of something." "What?" "So, all they took was meat?" "The butcher had only just delivered it." "Turned his back for a moment, when he looked round some girl was running off with it." "Why is it that every time a Wolfblood turns up in Stoneybridge, I end up dressed like an idiot?" "You always dress like an idiot." "Oh, push off, Kara." "I can't believe your parents told you to do nothing." "Jana?" "What are you doing here?" "Going to school." "Like a human." "Just like you did, Rhydian." "You can't be here!" "Why not?" "You were the one who said I should try living like one." "That was when we were arguing about them..." "Have you started some sort of new charity, Welshie? "Stinkoes R us"." "Stop it!" "Get in there." "Is this your den?" "It stinks." "Jana... what are you doing here?" "Go to the classroom." "Distance yourselves." "We'll get rid of her." "No way." "If she's dangerous." "She's dangerous to you." "Wild Wolfbloods have killed people who discovered their secret." "If she finds out that you know... just go..." "You stole my clothes, and now you just walk into school like you belong here?" "I do what I want." "I don't answer to tame Wolfbloods." "All right!" "All right!" "Look, Maddy!" "Why don't we hear what she's got to say, yeah?" "Did Alric send you after me?" "Where is he?" "Don't know." "Don't care." "What?" "You came here on your own?" "Jana, did you run away from the pack?" "He threw me out." "I just wanted to see what human life was like and he called me a traitor!" "I don't know anyone outside my pack." "Only you." "Please let me stay." "Please!" "Of course you can stay." "But..." "What?" "When your parents didn't want me around, you said they have a duty to help me." "Well, we have a duty to help Jana." "Yeah, well..." "It's not as simple as that." "You can't just walk her into class..." "Watch me." "Mam!" "Maddy, what's up?" "Jana's at school." "Get her out of the building before anyone..." "Too late!" "Rhydian's already taken her to registration." "He's what?" "!" "I should have your transfer form here." "Do you have the letter that was sent to your parents?" "Um, probably hasn't caught up with her yet." "Her family are Travellers." "Well, I'm sorry, Jana, but... you can't be starting at a new school until we have the necessary paperwork." "Rhydian's got a girlfriend, Rhydian's... got a girlfriend." "Thank you!" "In the meantime, sit down, I'll talk to the secretary at break, see if anything has arrived." "Look at her hair!" "What a mess!" "Look at the state of her." "Look at that uniform." "She is disgusting." "Oh... what's that stink?" "She needs a good bog-wash that one." "Wash you hair!" "Do you think she has even had a wash?" "She is so scruffy." "Calm down... just ignore them." "You're late, Maddy." "Sorry, sir." "That's so last season!" "I know the dress code at this school is somewhat loose, but, erm..." "Washing machine ruined my uniform, sir." "All right, Maddy..." "Sit down will you." "That has made my morning!" "I think she's jealous." "Definitely jealous..." "OK, everyone, simmer down." "Turn to page 29 and we'll start." "We can make paperwork." "We've got paper." "It doesn't work like that." "Luckily for you, I know someone who can." "Mum's talking to the people who sorted out Social Services for you." "They can create a history for you, but it'll take some time." "Thank you." "You're really clever." "So we have to stop Jeffries going to the office at break." "And you need to try and fit in, keep your head down, otherwise we'll have bigger problems than paperwork." "I will." "What is that perfume?" "Eau De Manure?" "That's exactly what I mean!" "You can't show the wolf." "EVER." "Sorry." "They caught me by surprise." "Eugh!" "Ever heard of a shower?" "And you really do need that shower." "OK...?" "Well, I can't take her, can I?" "Oh, great." "I came here to learn, not get wet." "The first thing to learn is not to wolf out every time someone makes fun of you." "I know." "Can you even control the wolf?" "I think I can." "I just don't normally have to." "Do you even know when it's happening?" "Not really." "But I'll learn to." "You don't have any time to learn!" "Look..." "What are the first signs?" "Show me." "I tingle." "Tingle?" "Like a buzzy-wuzzy feeling?" "Where?" "All over." "Right." "So every time you feel that, you rein it in." "I'll try." "I will!" "Well, practice." "Now." "Before you get in the shower." "We keep Jeffries away from the school secretary over break." "Even if the paperwork does turn up, how's she going to fit in if she's never been to school before?" "Can she read?" "Or write?" "I don't know." "What if she gets into a fight?" "Can she control the wolf?" "So... ..you knew Rhydian pretty well." "He's amazing." "I'd always been told living like a human was bad thing, but then we snuck away to a village." "I had ice cream and saw a television, and it was nothing like my father said at all." "That's why Rhydian had to run." "My father was so angry." "It's weird he never mentioned any of this." "He never mentioned you at all." "He never mentioned you either." "Ow!" "I'm just testing." "I know I shouldn't have taken your clothes." "I just wanted to fit in." "I want us to be friends, Maddy." "I do." "A change of hat is a change of character." "Who are you?" "It's called drama." "Hmm?" "They're pretending." "For fun." "It's like a game?" "Cubs do that." "I'm not doing it." "You have to." "OK..." "let's go." "Oh, Miss, it's the new girl, Jana." "Maddy was told to show her around the school, which is why they're late." "Hello, Jana." "Are you familiar with improv?" "Excellent." "All right, well, grab a hat, and we'll find you a partner." "You too, Maddy." "Kay." "Kay!" "You're partnered with Jana." "Oh, Miss!" "Maddy, Rhydian..." "You two come with me." "Forsooth, smelly beggar girl, I am your queen." "Bow." "Did you hear what I said?" "Stinking beggar... girl." "You're an animal!" "Help me!" "Help me!" "Nothing to see here, anyone." "Control yourself!" "We caught the wild beast." "That was brilliant!" "You call that controlling the wolf?" "Come on, Maddy." "She's trying..." "Look." "You need to decide whether you can make this work." "Because if you can't, you owe it to all of us to leave... ..before things go really wrong." "Oh, great..." "Jeffries!" "Mr Jeffries..." "I can do this for you, Rhydian." "Sir, I need to talk to you." "Can it wait, Maddy?" "I need to sort out the new girl's enrolment..." "No, I..." "Mr Jeffries?" "I think that's your car alarm going off." "What?" "What about him?" "That's Jimi." "He likes to think he's the alpha pupil, but he's not." "You should watch him, though, he's sneaky." "You should challenge him." "No..." "It's not like the wild pack, here." "It's not all about being the alpha." "So what is human life about?" "I don't know." "Your friends." "The things you do with them." "Fitting in, but also being yourself." "Just stuff." "Life stuff." "You'll work it out." "And the girls who smell of chemicals?" "Ah." "Kara's the alpha in that group." "Look, that's not what's important." "Fighting isn't fitting in!" "You've got to be more cunning than that." "All right." "I can do cunning... ..if that's what you want." "We need a bit more time." "Right, OK, Dad." "Not done yet." "Right." "My turn." "Er, sir?" "Sir?" "Can I talk to you?" "Is it urgent, Rhydian?" "Well, you said I could speak to you, y'know, if I had a problem?" "I have to deal with Jana's paperwork." "Oh." "I guess my problems aren't that important." "I didn't say that, Rhydian." "All right..." "Come on..." "Let's go back to the form room." "Asking for raw meat would not be OK." "Oh!" "Hi, Mads!" "Hey." "Hello, Jana." "I'm Tom, Maddy's mate." "This is Shannon." "Hello." "C'mon, let's go get some lunch!" "So whereabouts are you from?" "Hey..." "If you want her to fit in, we need to act normally around her." "I don't want her to fit in, Shan." "I want her to go back to the wild." "And stop getting between you and Rhydian?" "This isn't about Rhydian..." "Of course it's about Rhydian." "Maybe the biggest obstacle to Jana making a life here isn't her identity or the three K's or how wild she is." "Maybe it's you." "There's no need to be embarrassed." "Teenage years are a difficult time." "All those changes." "Sometimes it feels like you're becoming something you can't control." "Like a part of you... ..the wild part - is taking over." "How did you know?" "Hey, Jimi..." "I heard some food got nicked from your dad's hotel." "So?" "By some wild-looking girl...?" "Bit of a coincidence." "Your meat gets nicked and she turns up here the next day." "Yeah, who else could it be?" "Were you on the rob last night?" "Jimi, what are you talking about?" "I was talking to her." "Someone stole meat from our hotel." "My money's on you." "Why would I want your stinky meat?" "Bet it smells as bad as you do." "The only thing that smells bad round here is you." "Leave it, Jana..." "Tingling." "Huh?" "What did you call me?" "I asked you a..." "Oh, no..." "Yes, Jimi!" "Jana!" "Fight!" "Fight!" "Fight!" "Stop that at once!" "Fight!" "Fight!" "Fight!" "I said STOP!" "She started it, Miss!" "Yeah, she's off her nut!" "I didn't." "Not completely." "You two, get cleaned up then go to the headmaster's office!" "You have five minutes!" "I'll take her, miss." "Sit down." "Back to dinner." "Sir?" "Miss Fitzgerald wants you to go to the Head's office, cos there's been a huge fight." "Wonderful!" "Sorry, Rhydian - we'll pick this up tomorrow." "What happened?" "Your new friend 'happened'." "She's like a wild animal." "If you'd stopped to think for a second, instead of rushing her into the classroom." "What?" "So I should be like you and come up with a million reasons why we can't help one of our own?" "Well?" "The Headmaster said, "I'm giving you a detention", but then he didn't give me anything." "What's funny?" "Nothing." "Er, we have to go." "Right, Tom?" "Oh, yeah." "Right." "We'll go... we'll go this way." "So you didn't you wolf out in there?" "No." "When I felt the tingle I stopped it." "Good for you." "There you are." "I've just been on the phone to the Education Authority." "They send your paperwork to the wrong school." "They're faxing it over now." "That's great, sir!" "Yes." "Great!" "Welcome to Bradlington High!" "I saw that, thicko." "My people carry wisdom in their heads." "Memorised." "I know things none of you do." "So you're dumb and crazy." "Give me one good reason why I shouldn't tell sir you're a cheat." "Quick... what's next answer?" "Right... time's up." "Jana, could you collect up everyone's books, please?" "Thank you." "You're never going to fit in here." "Tingling." "What?" "And that is why, even when you're totally lost..." "Hold it properly." "..you can hold a simple compass and it points toward the North Pole." "So she can control it?" "It's just..." "She's so different." "If I learned to fit in, she can too." "..a way to find their way home." "Can she?" "Any questions?" "Yes, Jana?" "You don't need a compass to find your way home..." "Just follow the stink." "And why is that?" "If you can't see the sun?" "Nature, miss." "The wind, where mosses grow, trees with more leaves on one side, south-facing lichens, even puddles that haven't dried out." "There's loads of different ways to find your way." "I've never been lost and never will." "Well... that's fascinating, Jana." "I can show the class if you like." "Yes... perhaps one day we'll organise an activity." "Thank you, Jana." "Well done." "Psst." "Jana." "Jana." "What?" "Can you really do that stuff?" "Find your way like that?" "Why?" "Cool." "See." "Told you she'd fit in." "She has to go!" "By the end of the week." "Preferably before." "Wild Wolfbloods don't belong in the human world." "But she's really trying." "You heard your father." "There's no way she can stay in Stoneybridge!" "You can't force her to leave." "We'll see about that!" "Where is she?" "Some old caravan she said." "There's one by Benson's old farm." "Right." "You two stay here." "They can't just..." "This is our pack's territory." "If they don't want her here." "Why has it always got to be about packs?" "Doesn't Jana get a choice?" "Your parents have been great to me." "I can't argue with them, but you can." "Come on, Maddy, she's one of us." "Come on then." "Is this about the clothes?" "No." "It's about you." "We want you gone." "B-but I can't leave!" "I don't know anyone, anywhere - except my pack, and my father says I'm a traitor." "Don't even think about it, Dan." "Pack up and leave." "Tonight." "And if I don't?" "Stop!" "Mam, no!" "Dad!" "You can't drive her away." "She won't survive on her own." "There's no room for any more strays in our pack - especially not Alric's daughter." "She doesn't have to be part in our pack!" "She can look after herself." "Here..." "Maddy, she's just a kid." "Who lives in the wild." "She's wild, they'll discover what she is!" "No, they won't!" "Not with our help." "How can you two help when she wolfs out in front of your classmates?" "I won't wolf out." "I can control my wolf." "Oh, really." "Yes, really." "Mam... she can do this, OK." "She can fit in." "She's already doing it." "Even Jimi said she was cool." "And where's she going to live?" "Here." "What, in that old wreck?" "It's been abandoned for years." "Is it even waterproof?" "I can mend it." "This is ridiculous." "To us." "Not to a wild Wolfblood." "That's enough." "She needs to be with her own kind." "They threw her out." "What, so we just leave her in that caravan?" "Do you want her in the house?" "Of course not." "Well, then!" "Look, if the kids think they can handle this, let them try." "A week in that rusty old thing and she will be fleeing back to the wild..." "Right, if you think you're up to this, we're not going to stop you." "But one whiff of trouble and you'll be out of our territory quicker than you can bay at the moon." "Understand?" "She's your responsibility now." "On your heads be it." "Thank you." "You're going to have to be careful, Jana." "Kids don't usually live by themselves." "If anyone finds out..." "I know it's going to be difficult." "Yeah, we're coming!" "I know your parents aren't going to accept me, not yet." "But you've been really kind to me, and I'm going to make this work." "I'm going to make you both proud of me." "Well, at least thanks to Jimi, you won't starve." "Thanks for backing Jana up." "She's one of us." "What else am I supposed to do?" "I should have told you about her." "I should have told her about you." "But when you're in one place, even speaking about the other one, it just... seems unreal." "Out in the wild, some bits were great..." "Mum, Bryn, running wild..." "But some of the stuff was strange, and a bit scary." "Jana helped me survive..." "She was the only one I could trust." "Look, that is a werewolf skeleton and my ancestor killed it." "He was killed during transformation." "She is fanatical!" "That's wild Wolfbloods for you." "We can't be seen!" "Jana!" "We have to move, now!" "And if anyone gets in our way, we let this do the talking!" "Stop it now!" "You're the wild animal around here!" "Doctor Whitewood's got my DNA!" "Once I get the sniff of a mystery..." "I can't rest until I've solved it!"