Chapter 5 A New Gene

Somethings have changed about me since the night of the full moon. I could hear people and sounds from a remarkably long distance. My senses are heightened such that I could tell a people apart by their smell. I always hear my heartbeat and that of others until I choose to ignore it. I had become more muscular with abs that I can't explain. My friends tell me I appear way more good looking than I used to be, like a new gene had just kicked in or something. But what they didn't know was that each time I sleep, I wake up in places in can't remember going to.

On the night of my birthday, after my father left my room, I slept off, it had been a really busy day, the time was almost past 11. I had the falling dream yet again but this time it was more real than I had ever experienced. I landed on the sycamore tree as always but this time around I didn't wake up on my bed but right under the shades of the tree far away in the woods. My palms were covered in blood, I was naked, cold and wet, it had rained all night. Some part of me believed it was all still a part of the dream and I would probably just pop up on my bed, that didn't happen. As I traced my way back home, I found my clothes on the way, I had taken them off myself. "Am I going crazy?" "Am I loosing myself already?" I thought to my self as I picked up my clothes. Everyone was still asleep when I sneaked back into my room through my window. I looked at the time I was 5am, I had a hot bath but couldn't sleep until daybreak.

This very incident repeated itself for two more days, I was definitely sleepwalking through my window so I had the window padlocked before sleeping on the third night, so it will be impossible for me to open it subconsciously. By the time I returned from the woods the third time I found the padlock broken with multiple claw marks all over the window. At once I knew, If I did all that then I am something more than human, I am a monster, probably a werewolf. For a while I was scared of myself but then I knew I had to see Julian and talk to him about the werewolf drawing he made, crazy things have been happening, I still haven't been able to ask him yet. I was so curious that I went online to research about how factual the werewolf theory could by. But all my research led to a dead end. It always redirected me to a webpage kunzolo.web, I clicked it severally but it showed 'error' each time I did.

The next day, I met Julian during our lunch break, I was desperate for answers that I Ignored formalities and asked him straight up "Julian, the drawings you made about the werewolf, how did you come about it" just then I noticed someone stood up left, I turned and looked it was Cassidy. I had told her I sketched those drawings, plus I was unable to go see her at the hospital like I promised, due to the whole somnambulism craziness. I have wronged her on all fronts, where am I to start from? She probably hates me now, was the lie even necessary to begin with?

"Hey yo!" Julian said as he snapped his fingers in front of me "why did she leave like that? You didn't wrong her, did you?" "Ummm I kinda told her your drawings were mine" "ouch! Travis how many times will I tell you, if you really want a chick you've gotta come out plain" '' I don't know man it just happened, it wasn't intentional" "whatever you two are grown-ups you should be able to figure it out, so you were saying something about a particular drawing, which is it?"

"T h e w e r e w o l f "

Julian paused kept his cutleries and gave out a loud laugh " why the sudden interest bro? Oh no no dude don't tell me it's the wolf attack that's making you all curious" "nah bro just answer the damn question" I asked again trying to downplay my curiosity. "Well I didn't create it or imagine it, it was a painting originally created by a psychic artist in Pantatown Kun Zolo" "Kun Zolo?" Yeah "Zolo, ever heard of him?" "Yeah, I came across the name on my computer this morning, can we go see him? " "Yeah bro, Pantatown yeah" "you agreed too quickly what's the catch" "Vanessa, the childhood crush I told you about, yeah we started chatting on Facebook and I promised I would come see her soon. I just can't go all the way to Pentatown alone and I don't know how to get you to get you dad to allow you come along, well good thing Kun Zolo stays there'' " well I think it's a win win, I find the answers I need and you get your crush...girl whatever." I said as I made to leave. " But dude what's up with all these questions and research, are you working on something you ain't telling me? Do we hide things now?" "nah bro, am going to explain everything to you when it all makes sense ok. But for now we need to get to Pentatown."