Chapter 2 Ethereal Revelations

It took us until nine the next morning to find them, which I guess is a normal time to wake up on a Sunday, but we searched everywhere for them and

finally we found them back to human lying in a heap around each other.

Clarisse thought they were dead but I knew better. I had watched a lot of

werewolf movies and read a lot of books about them to know they were not dead. When we got closer I noticed that they were naked. "Oh my God!" I yelled. "We definitely should have brought them clothes or a blanket or

anything to cover them up. What are we going to do?"

Before I understood what was happening Clarisse was gone. And then I

knew. " Of course, why couldn‟t I think of that?" I mumbled under my breath. I stayed where I was, in case I woke them. I definitely didn‟t want to see

any of their stuff. I stayed close enough to hear them breathe but far

enough away that I wouldn‟t startle them. They looked beautiful last night

as wolves. I was sort of jealous that they were able to transform into a wolf. I secretly loved them. I always loved reading books about werewolves and I always imagined me as the wolf. How fun must it have been for them to be able to run on four legs and see things the way the wolf does. I would never tell anyone that because I feared they would think I was crazy but, I didn‟t

grow up thinking they were evil, I grew up thinking they were cool. But there isn‟t anything I could do about that because I wasn‟t born one and I don‟t

want to risk becoming evil by turning into one.

When Clarisse came back there was a low but noticeable crack that made me jump. "Holy cow I didn‟t know that teleporting mad so much noise.

Where the heck did you go anyways, to buy them clothes?" I said to her as I realized I waited here for over thirty minutes and I ran out of things to me occupied.

"Um first of all we‟re in the woods where there is like no cars and no noise to keep that low crack covered. And second , have you ever gone into

Alana‟s closet? Let me tell you that I have never and will never go in that

zoo again. It was like going through piles of clothes instead of neatly put away clothes, so I grabbed her robe and I got him pants and his typical white tee."

We heard it at the same time. This low but deep growl, and before we had time to defend ourselves we were jumped on and being attacked by a wolf, not just any wolf, it was John.

"John get off me. What the heck are you doing we came to get you and Alana and bring you home." Clarisse was yelling at him and trying not to get bitten. His teeth looked so sharp this close up. "Monika get him off of me. Throw a low fireball at him or something , please he is trying to bite me."

But I couldn‟t get to her because I was being attacked by Alana and she

was scary. Her yellow eyes glowing in the early morning light, and her light brown fur that coated her body was shiny and smooth like a pets would be, not that I was thinking of her like a pet, but what could I do? What could I

say to get Alana off of me and to listen? Then I thought of it, Rebecca. So I yelled up to her. "Alana Listen to me, it‟s Rebecca, I‟m Rebecca you don‟t want to hurt me right?" I felt her loosen her grip on me and I continued.

"Alana we came to find you and bring you home. We need you, I need you. I need you Nana." That name has haunted my dreams for as long as I

could remember. I dreamt of this Nana taking care of me, playing with me , as a young child. Sometimes I would get these dreams during the day

when I was touching Annie. I would see this lovely girl playing with this little girl they looked like they loved each other a lot and the little girl always

called the older girl Nana. And Nana called her Beca. I knew now that this was my Nana. And I am her Beca.

Alana got off of me then, and looked horrified. "How do you know that

name?" she demanded. "Noone knows that name." she stated mater-of- fact.

"Alana would you clear your head, please this is Beca, your Beca, I came to find you and bring you home. You turned last night remember. You and John made a promise to go after Raphael and then you took off „for a run‟

as you stated when you were running away from us. Get him off of Clarisse before he bites her and turns her into a were too." I finished sounding very drained and desperate. It must have helped because all she did was look at John and he got off her and looked at her as if for the first time, he realized he was attacking one of his own.

Looking very apologetic and ashamed of what he has done he said to Clarisse, "I am so sorry Clarisse, really I am I don‟t understand what

happened to me. I heard you two talking and my first instinct was to protect Alana, so I turned and jumped on the first one in my reach, Alana must

have had the same thoughts because she had Monika pinned too." He said pointing over at me and Alana on the ground.

"It‟s ok but here take these and please put them on, I‟m really not liking

seeing all your goods." She said to them both. "Then we can go home. I

won‟t tell anyone about you almost biting my head off and we can work on your plan to take down Raph. By the way I don‟t think you need to practice turning you both got it nailed." She said sarcastically. " But we can talk more once were in the compound, I feel exposed here like we ‟ re being watched."

She was right of course, it definitely felt like we were being watched and

the sooner we got home the better. They changed fast and we were gone

within a minute. Clarisse must have told someone that we found them,

because everyone was waiting for us when we got home. They all looked

so relived and we were too, except I needed to talk to Alana about those

dreams I had, I know it ‟s another power, so I need to know how to control it, and if it is a helpful one or not, but for now I‟ll let them get bombarded with questions and go and take a shower. I looked at Clarisse and she had the

same idea in mind.

"We are going to shower, so when you are all up to date on what happened we need to come up with a plan on how to take down Raphand when the

best time to do it is. Plus our great leaders smell a little foul themselves, I‟m sure they are in need of hot water and soap too." I said sarcastically.

We went up to our rooms and showered got dressed and we met in the upstairs library. We talked about that feeling of being watched and how it came as sudden as we felt it.

"I don‟t like it. Someone was watching us, if not us at least them. It had to

have been Raph." Clarisse said. "I mean how else do you explain

something like that. They followed us there and kept their distance. I bet

they were expecting them to turn on us, and were going to take us to their leader or something. Ugh! I don‟t like this." She threw her arms around as if to show her frustration.

Clarisse sounded frustrated as well she should be. I didn‟t blame her; I was frustrated too, just kept it under better control. "So what do you say we do? Use our leaders as bait? I don‟tthink that‟s a great idea. Something was

definitely messing with their brains though. It like they didn‟t even recognize us, our voices or anything. It‟s got to be dark magic or some kind of wolf

tricks. I wish we had a better idea what we‟re up against." I was resting my head on the back of the chair now and staring up at the ceiling I

remembered many nights that I read books up here and fell asleep looking up, I always wondered why there was this little layer of paint that looked

slightly fresher than the rest of the ceiling. I usually stared at that spot for hours before falling asleep on the floor, but this time it was seconds before Clarisse‟s voice pulled me forward and out of my daydream.

"Did you hear me, Monika?" She sounded desperate. "I have an idea. We need to get into their layer, hideout whatever those things want to call it. We need to get in and search it, to make off the weak areas, and get it

back to us. It‟s the only way."

"Are you crazy? They would be expecting that, especially if they were

watching us in the woods today. No way am I letting Alana and John go in there, what if they don‟t come out?" I couldn‟t believe how crazy that

sounded, but I was actually considering it. Wow I must be going crazy if I‟m actually considering infiltrating their compound.

"You have a point." She sounded sad almost letdown, it made me feel bad that I didn‟t share with her my actually liking the idea. So I changed the

subject.

" Look up at the ceiling for me." I said pointing to the spot that always had

me mesmerized. "You see how that little square looks like it was recently

painted but the rest doesn‟t? It looks like something is up there, I spend

hours every night looking at that one spot, I don‟t know why but I feel like

I‟m meant to find that and there is something in there for me." I said feeling a little silly for actually coming out and saying it. I got up out of my chair and all of a sudden I was floating in the air. "Oh my God! What is happening to me?" I screamed. "Get me down! How do I get down? Why am I floating?" I said completely freaking out.

She looked surprised that I was floating up in the air but she spoke calmly, "You are not floating. What is happening to you is the same thing that

happened to your mother. Your mother and my mother were the only two in this covenant that could levitate. That power is passed down through the

women. So I can do that too. I'll help you learn how to control it." She said it so calmly as if I have had a lot of experience flying through the air. And as she said it she was floating in the air next to me. "The first thing you have to do is calm down." Reaching out her hand I took it, and we soared up to the spot in the ceiling that has called to me since the first day I came into this

room.

"Thanks." I said as I landed on the floor again. As we landed I heard a gasp of surprise come from behind us. I turned to see Alana and John standing there watching us. Alana had her hand over her mouth and John was just

staring like he saw a ghost.