" I'm your mother." " I don't have..." " I am, I am your mother." " No!" " You can't just run away." " It wouldn't be the first time." "There are other Wolfbloods that don't lock themselves away!" "Wild Wolfbloods!" "They're dangerous!" "Kyle Weathers." "I've come a long way to find you." "There are senses you've never even used, things you can do that you've never even imagined." "We call it Eolas." "RHYDIAN!" "Don't you ever just want to run free?" "Isn't that what being a Wolfblood is about?" "This is bait." "A scent engineered at a cellular level to attract the predatory olfactory system." "An initiation into our pack!" "It's greater than the instinct to be free!" " Watch it!" " Sorry!" " Can't stop!" " It's an emergency." "Ooooh, an emergency(!" ")" "Maybe there's a Yeti in the canteen freezer!" "Or a zombie in the gym!" "What's the emergency?" "We sort of lied about the emergency." "Actually, we've got something for you." "On behalf of the wolves you so bravely protected, we would like to present you with these." "Wow!" "They're amazing!" "I framed them." "They look exactly like the wolves we saw." "Oh, I just copied them from photos on the internet." "Thank you." "Department of the Environment?" "Why?" "The wolves are in danger up there." "People like Kyle, farmers with guns." "Look, in some parts of America, wolves are protected." "I'm going to get our wolves protected too." "I dunno, Shannon." "What if going public just attracts more hunters?" "Or the government decides to shoot them?" "I won't let that happen." "Look, I know you want to help." "You weren't there, Maddy." "Your picture brought it all back to me." "How they trusted me, how they knew I was their friend." "And I'm going to make sure no one ever threatens them again." "Wolves have been extinct in Britain for centuries, Shan." "If you want the government to start passing laws to protect them, you'll need proof they actually do exist." "And I know how to get it." "Kyle's wolf-bait." "It's irresistible, remember?" "You've got some?" "Tom threw the canister away." "We'll go up there after school, find it, attract the wolves and take all the photos we want!" "Four o'clock at Bernie's, right?" "Can't we make it half past?" "Yeah, I'm not going hiking in my school gear!" "All right." "Quarter past." "Look, this is really important to me." " I'm relying on you." " I know." "See you at quarter past then." "Why did we give them those drawings?" " It was your idea!" " Yeah!" "I didn't know Shannon was going to turn into" "David Attenborough, did I?" "We should have just said we weren't going." "Shannon opens the canister, there's no wolves, job done." "And what about tomorrow, or the next day?" "She'll not going to stop till she gets what she wants." "So what happens if we find this canister?" "Won't we just wolf out?" "Dad's got filtered masks in his workshop." "Meet us where Kyle trapped us in 15 minutes!" "Taking up woodwork?" " I was just..." " Just running off with Rhydian, ...getting into trouble?" "I'm trying to stop trouble, not cause it." "There's more chemical bait." "Shannon's going to release it." " Why?" " She wants to get the wolves... protected by law." "And the only way she can do that is to prove they exist." "And the quickest way to do that..." "Is to attract them with the scent!" "And take photographs." "We need to tell your mother." "What, so she can nag us for an hour and says how it's all my fault?" "Me and Rhydian can get that canister before Shannon even leaves the village." "Yes, but what if it's damaged?" "Or leaking?" "Dad." "I'm not a kid any more." "I made this mess - just, please, let us clean it up." "Maddy, you are grounded!" "You are not going anywhere." "So they haven't made you completely human, then." " Who are you?" " You know who I am." " You smell like..." " Like you?" "I'm Bryn." "Your brother." "And I've come to take you home." "You and Rhydian gave Tom and Shannon a picture of you in wolf-form?" "!" " What were you thinking?" " I was thinking of my friends." "You know, the ones who saved us from Kyle!" "Who are now about to call the authorities!" "Shannon doesn't mean any harm." "Humans never do, Maddy, but it can still end badly." "I know it's good to have friends but your pack, your own kind, they have to come first." " It's Rhydian." " What's he done now?" "Nothing!" "Hello?" "Your what?" "My little brother." "Isn't that a nice surprise?" "Stop it, Bryn!" "Is Ceri there?" "Ceri?" "What's going on, Maddy?" " Is that your dad?" " Yeah!" "Rhydian's little brother's showed up." "Wonderful(!" ") Another one." "Why didn't Ceri tell me I had a little brother?" "I don't know." "Maybe one shock was enough?" "He says he's come to take me "home"." "What part of, "No, I don't want to live in a cave"" " did Ceri not understand?" " Look, I don't know." "Just stay with your brother." "Try figuring it out." "I've got family issues of my own to deal with." "Brother?" "!" "Are you coming with me then?" "Where's Ceri?" "Dunno." "Tracking me, probably." "Wait, so you've come on your own?" "I heard Mum." "She said where you lived." "I left when she was sleeping." "So you ran away from home to find me?" "Why else would I be here?" " Come on, let's go to my place." " No." "It's not safe here." "There's a canister... it's got something in it that makes Wolfbloods go out of control." "Like a scent." "But that's human world." "It's not as scary as it looks." "I'm not scared!" "You want to go to human-world?" "Let's go!" "Oh, look, Dr Livingstone's going on an expedition." "Is your boyfriend Kyle coming?" "Nah, she's already scared him away." "Or he's found out she's a liar, and there never was a beast." "When did you find all this out?" "Pack it in, you three." "Ignore the cackling witches, Tom." "We know the truth." "Hello?" "Is anybody home?" "They must be still at work." "I suppose this is a bit weird for you." "It's weird for me too." "Just don't touch... anything." "Have you got any meat?" "Meat, yeah." " How about a burger?" " They're made of ice." " I haven't cooked them yet!" " Can't we just hunt?" "No!" "You'll like these." "Trust me." "Oh, Bryn!" "So you live in the wild, with Ceri." "Our mum." "Any other brothers and sisters I should know about?" "No." " Any dad?" " Fathers come and go." "Mothers stay." "Mothers take care of you." "Not me." "All she ever talked about was finding you." "Her lost child, taken by humans how when he transformed she'd bring him back home." "That's it." "We're going without them." "I wasn't sneaking out of being grounded!" " I told Dad why!" " Yeah!" "After I caught you!" "All these years we've told you to hide the truth, we weren't saying it to spoil your fun." "There are people out there who'd hurt Wolfbloods." " if they could." " And you don't think I know that?" "I've kept the secret, haven't I?" " No thanks to Rhydian!" " Yeah, first there was" " Lindisfarne..." " He didn't know any better." "Not at first, no." "We have tried to help him, Maddy." "We brought him into our pack, we showed him how to be safe." "Where did that get us?" "He got himself arrested on a full moon!" " And we transformed in the wild!" " Then you were captured by Kyle, and half the village has seen his mother!" "You can't blame Rhydian for Kyle or what his mother did." "He helped you find me, remember!" "Look, he's getting really good at controlling his wolf self and he's really happy here!" "Get all the doors and windows locked." "We're staying here till it's safe, until Shannon's used all this scent up." "Rhydian's out there with his brother!" "Rhydian is no longer our problem." "What?" "You were the ones who were like, "Oh, let's help him!"" "He's out of control, Maddy, and sooner or later he's going to get caught, and you're not going down with him." "It's the only way to keep you safe." "Well, I'm not going to let you abandon him!" "It's not your choice anymore!" "Get to your room and stay there!" "Look, Bryn." "I already told Ceri I wouldn't go with her." "What makes you think I'll change my mind?" "You have to." "For your own good." "Humans, and the tame Wolfbloods, they're corrupting you." " Did Ceri tell you that?" " Stop calling her that!" "She's your mum!" "You've been hiding what you are too long." " You think you're one of them." " I am one of them." "Sort of." "And I know it's going to disappoint you, Bryn, but" "I like it here." "I don't care what you like." "She was gone for weeks." " Ceri?" " Mum!" "Since coming home without you, she's not the same." "She doesn't hunt." "She hardly notices me." "You're the only thing she thinks about any more." "I want my mother back the way she was." "And the only way to get that is to bring you home." "Rhydian!" "What's all this?" "My foster mum." "We should have cleared up downstairs." "If you're in trouble you'll have to leave with me." " I'm not in that much trouble." " Rhydian!" "Come on!" "You really don't trust us, do you?" "Not today, Maddy, no." "Am I allowed to speak to Dad, then?" "You can do whatever you like, Maddy, as long as it's in this house." "Does this mean you're coming with me?" " No." " No?" "She'll cool off in a few of hours." "She's not your mother." "Bryn, listen to me." "I know what you're saying, I do." "But I can't just leave my life here to live a new one with you." " You will come with me." " No, I won't." " Will." " Won't." " Well, I'll make you come." " How?" "By telling people what you really are." "Bryn!" " This is it." "This is the place." " I threw it over there." "Does anyone here know my brother?" "His name's Rhydian." " Rhydian?" "!" " He's a Wolfblood." " A what?" " Wolfblood." " Is he your brother?" " I didn't know you had a brother." " What's a Wolfblood?" " Is that a name?" "Rhydian Wolfblood?" "He's a new foster placement." "He's winding you all up." "It's time to go, Bryn." "I'm his real brother." "I come from the far north from the domain of the Wolfblood, to bring him back where he belongs." "Do they have baths up there?" " He's quite good." " Did you write this for him?" " Did you put him up to this?" " I'm not being funny, but is that kid all right in the head?" "I'm serious!" " Rhydian is not like you." " He's got that right." "Rhydian is a Wolfblood." "He belongs in the wilderness, where the wolf runs free." "All right, son, that's enough... it's a cafe not a theatre." "It's true!" "We're Wolfbloods!" "He changes on the full moon!" "He's a wolf!" "Are you going to take him out, or shall I?" " Let's go home, Bryn." " Ow!" "Did you know the Vaughans had a special needs kid?" "Didn't smell very special to me." "Bryn?" "Bryn!" "It's all right..." "They didn't mean any harm." "You were right." "You are one of them!" "A fake!" " A pretend human." " Bryn." "Go laugh with your human friends." "That's where you belong now!" "You think you're funny?" "Laughing at a confused kid?" "That's what you're all like, isn't it?" "You see someone different to you, and you treat them like a joke." "Because deep down, you're scared of anyone who isn't exactly like you." "Things were a lot quieter before that lad moved here." "Where's Maddy?" " What?" " Where's Maddy?" "Haven't seen her." "I thought she was with you." "I've got it!" "Nice one, Shan!" "Is it damaged?" " Don't think so." " You going to let it off now?" "We are here to see the wolves, Tom." "Yeah, I suppose." "What do you want, human?" " To see if you're OK." " Why would you care?" "I might not be what you and Ceri want me to be, but I'm still your family." "I'm still your brother." "My human brother." "Humans aren't evil, Bryn." "They might not understand us, but that doesn't make them our enemy." "There's a bit of human in all of us." "You too." "There's just a bit more Wolfblood in you." "That's all." "You know?" "It's Mum!" "She's coming for us." "I know, Bry." "Stay here!" "Throw it away!" "Throw it away!" "Are we going insane?" "We're not insane, Tom." "We never were." "Enough!" "I said, enough!" "Mum!" "Where have you been, you foolish boy?" " Don't you ever run off again!" " I'm sorry." "Hey." "It's OK." "It's the chemicals it makes you see things..." "Give it up, Maddy." "They know." "This is my mum, Ceri." "And my brother, Bryn." "We're all Wolfbloods." "Like Maddy." " What happened?" " Your secret's out." "You did this!" "We invite you into our pack, and you've destroyed everything." " Stop it!" " Mum!" "You need to leave our territory." " Mam, no!" " It's all right, Maddy." "She's right." "I don't belong here." "I have a pack of my own." "My son." "Listen..." "Shan, I wanted to tell you." "Tom." "If you give us a chance to explain..." "That's it." "Maddy, we're going." "Now." "Just go home, Tom." "I'm fine." "Fine, you're fine." "I mean we're both fine." "Not!" " What do you want from me?" " I don't know." " Don't do anything stupid." ""Stupid"!" "Yeah, stupid Shannon and her stupid stories!" " I didn't mean it like that." " She lied to us, Tom!" "For years!" "Yeah." "But a secret like that!" "We were supposed to be her best friends!" "And all this time she treats us like idiots?" "!" "Well, guess what?" "This time, I'm going to do the right thing." " Shannon..." " For the first time ever," "Just take the essentials and the valuables." "We'll go to Mike and Laura's, Maddy." "Did you tell anyone about our friends in Devon?" "Come on, Maddy, you've got to pack." "Shannon's photographs will be online by now!" "Come on Maddy, we've got to go." "This is it, Tom." "We're going to rock the world with these." "You can't do that to Maddy." "You think you know what it's like to be different, Shannon." "To be the outsider." "But you have no idea." "How scared we are of being discovered, having to live on the run, being captured and locked in a cage." "How much we just wished we were normal." "Like you two." " How is Maddy?" " I dunno." "So I'm going to leave with my family." " I'm expect she is too" " Because of us?" "!" "You know the truth." "Won't be long before all kinds of people know." "Some people will be worse than Kyle." "Thanks for saving us from him." "So it was you two." "You did the right thing then." "Do the right thing now." "I had no idea we had so much stuff." "300 years our family's been in this house." "300 years." "Oh, Maddy." "Leaving here is the hardest thing we will ever have to do." "But I promise you one thing." "It will be all right in the end." "You'll have a new life, and you will be happy again." "I promise." "Stay here." "Erm, hi, Mr Smith." "I think you should have this." "What are you doing here?" "Shannon's got something for you." "That's all the photos I took." "All of them?" "All of them." "Thanks." "Nothing's going on my blog." "I'm closing the whole site down." "Why?" "Because you're our friend, Mads." "And that's supposed to mean something." "Do you want a drink?" " No, thanks." " Well, I do." " Daniel." " Yeah." "Oh, I'll give you a hand." "Rhydian said you were leaving." "You've seen him?" "He came to mine." "I was loading the photos onto my site, offline at the time." "You should have trusted us!" "I wouldn't have told anyone!" "I'm sorry." "You could have told us any time you wanted to," " but you didn't, Mads!" " You're right." "You're my best friends, and I should have trusted you." "So trust us now." "You don't have to go." "We won't tell anyone." "Who'd believe us anyway?" "Thank you." "So where's Rhydian?" "If you've seen him..." "He's gone." "He's really gone." "He loved you, Maddy, you do know that." "He told you that?" "He didn't have to."