Night 1

As night approaches all the villagers go home to get some sleep for the following day. It has been hundreds of years since Werewolves last attacked, but that was going to change. No Doctors, hunters, seers or anyone stayed up that night. Only the werewolves who all gathered into a cave far away from the rest of the town, you would have to cross all the farmland to reach it.

Inside the cave all the Werewolves where waiting for their alpha. Dan, one of the junior werewolves was chasing his tail. Magnus and Ellegaard two normal werewolves were fighting over a bone. Axl a normal Werewolf, Xara a lone wolf, and Stacy another normal Werewolf watched. Stella the only other Junior Werewolf was taking a nap on a nice cozy rock. Aiden a Lone Wolf was waiting for the alpha to come.

"It's my bone Magnus! Back off," Ellegaard growled.

"No way! It's my bone!" Magnus growled back.

All of a sudden there was a howl, Magnus and Ellegaard stopped fighting when a man walked in. He may have looked like a man but he had wolf ears and a tail just like the rest of them. "Werewolves fall in line," He ordered.

Axl, Magnus, Ellegaard, Aiden, and Xara stood in a line while Stacy went to wake up Stella and retrieve Dan. Stella woke up when Stacy poked her and went to stand in line. When Stacy tried to get Dan he already turned into a little wolf pup and was still chasing his tail. Stacy rolled her eyes, turned into a wolf, and picked up Dan. All the other Werewolves started to get inpatient on how long Stacy was taking but it wasn't her fault. Junior Werewolves are weak yes but Dan is also the Omega, weakest of the weak. He was childish so Stacy had to act like his mother and take care of him. When Stacy got back to the line she put Dan down and turned back into a Werewolf, "Now I need to wash my teeth...," She mumbled to herself. Dan also turning back stood in line, embarrassed? Not much.

Then the alpha spoke, "Werewolves! We have much business to discuss. As you all know we are the first werewolves to exist in this village for hundreds of years! It is time to continue what our ancestors have started. But before we get into business, since we had a little 'incident' Daniel, I'm making Stacy your Guardian."

"What! I don't need a wolf mom! I can behave see!" Dan got onto the floor and rolled over, playing dead.

The alpha admin spoke again, "It is for your own good Daniel. If you lead the pack one day you need to learn obedience now!" Dan stood up and started to whimper, Stacy hit his shoulder to single stop whimpering.

The alpha continued, "Other Werewolf packs all made the same mistake. The alpha didn't have a successor, leading into chaos through the pack. So I will be choosing a successor in case if I go missing or get killed. Stacy..." Stacy's eyes lit up and she was wagging her tail, but he wasn't finished.

"Stacy you have shown mother like instincts towards Dan and for that, that's why I made you his guardian. Although I am grateful for that you can't be the alpha, you don't have the skills to lead. Aiden on the other paw has the right skills to be alpha, so Aiden you are my successor."

"Alpha how can you trust him? He's a loner! He'll kill us all! Why don't you choose me? I can protect the pack!" Magnus snapped.

"Because Magnus, if you and Ellegaard cannot get along and either of you were to become alpha then there would be grave consequences."

Magnus scoffed and the alpha continued once more, "Now to the good stuff. Tonight we don't kill, we nibble."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Axl asked.

"It means we attack but we don't kill, I say we send a message that the Werewolves are back in town. Only let's make someone look crazy first."

Stacy stepped up, "Why don't we just kill TorqueDawg? No one likes him anyway, and we'll get enough food for the night."

"No. We can't kill him even if we try he won't die he's too strong... but if he lives he can send the message. People will think he's crazy and hang him! Stacy you are brilliant!"

"She's average," Xara critiqued.

"Tonight my Werewolves we bite!"

Day 1

As the sun rose people heard screams. Running out of their homes they saw TorqueDawg all scratched up. "Werewolves... village... here!" He tried to catch his breath.

Jess took a look at the man, "TorqueDawg, if what you say is true you wouldn't have scratches. You'd be dead."

"Either way Werewolves haven't attacked in over a hundred years! Those are probably just cat scratches," Olivia added.

"Listen to me! Werewolves are back! We must prepare!"  TorqueDawg fought back.

"Yeah sure and I'm a walking talking cat," Stampy joked.

"They're real! They're here! They want to kill us all," TorqueDawg yelled.

Jess facepalmed, "Yeah sure they are TorqueDawg, come on I'll get you some cookies and you can be on your merry way."

Stacy who had her wolf features tucked away walked over to the crowd of people, "Woah what happened to TorqueDawg?"

"He claims to have gotten attacked by a Werewolf-" Olivia was cut off by TorqueDawg, "There wasn't just one, I saw five! Maybe even six! They tried to eat me but I wasn't going to die to a bunch of freaks!"

"I'm starting to think he's gone crazy. Anyone else," Jess asked. Most of the crowd agreed, "it's settled TorqueDawg is insane."

Stacy tapped Jess, "You know what you gotta do right? When someone is found to be crazy?" Jess shook her head, most of the crowd was confused as well. "We have to hang him. I know it seems cruel but that's how it always was, unless he can prove Werewolves exist."

TorqueDawg started to beg, "Please don't kill me! I can prove Werewolves are real I just need time!"

"Sorry TorqueDawg if we do that you might get away we can't take chances," Jess apologized even if she didn't need to. Magnus and Gabriel both grabbed TorqueDawg and started dragging him over to a tree. TorqueDawg begging and pleading that he wasn't crazy and not to kill him. But begging turned into rage and started to curse kick, saying everyone was too much of a pussy to kill him.

Gabriel tied TorqueDawg to a tree and left, all hangings were either at noon or at dawn and it was a little too late for that. The crowd was rounded up for a meeting at the church while TorqueDawg waited at the hanging tree.

In the church everyone was talking confused on what TorqueDawg said was true. Nerm the priest called everyone to order while Jack translate, "The meeting is now in session. Today Stacy will be leading this meeting." Jack and Nerm walked down from the priests podium. Stacy now standing on the podium spoke, "Good morning everybody I'm Stacy and I am the Shepard here in town. The issue on the table, TorqueDawg claims to have seen and been attacked by Werewolves. Now do we announce him crazy and hang him or give him a change to explain?" The villagers talked for a bit when Stacy called them back to order.

Jess stood up, "Hello all I'm Jessica but just call me Jess. I'm one of the doctors in town and I say we should give TorqueDawg a chance to prove himself."

Petra stood up but whispered to the person next to her, "Do I have to do the thing?" The person nodded and Petra groaned, "Fine. Hey I'm Petra and I'm the town hunter, I mostly hunt for animal skinks. Jess you're my friend and all but I say hang TorqueDawg. Nobody likes him and he's just a menace. He keeps stealing my skins and furs. How am I supposed to hunt if he keeps stealing my one way to make money?"

Stacy budding in, "Petra you make a point but can we please keep in task?"

"I am keeping on task! I'm just saying he steals things and mocks everybody! He doesn't even work, and when the tax collector comes he hides so he doesn't have to pay taxes every year. I bet he finally snap or fell and became crazy. Maybe he's sleep deprived but let's just end his suffering already," Petra argued. People agreed with her, TorqueDawg stole from everybody and never paid tax a day in his life. He use to pay tax but he got too comfortable and took the villagers for granted.

Only Jess and her twin Jesse thought it was wrong to hang TorqueDawg. As Stacy called for order Lukas stood up and the church was quiet, "Good morning. I am Lukas I'm the village scholar and I think that hanging is just flat out wrong."

Petra looked at Lukas, "Lukas we've know each other for a while and I'll give you the benefit of the doubt because we never had to hang someone before. But that's how it is, we can't have a deprived insane idiot running around like he owns the place. This is a one time thing Lukas you probably won't see another person get hanged in your life."

Lukas was hurt so he argued back, "How can you even say that? Remember your parents Petra?"

"Don't bring my parents into this Blondy," Petra shot at him.

Stacy called the room to order and with a loud voice she said, "Order! Order! I'm sensing you two have a history but we're not here for that. Lukas your heart is in the right place but you're alone in the matter. I'm sorry but TorqueDawg will be hanged at noon! Meeting dismissed!"

The meeting was over and everyone started to leave expect Lukas who decided to pray that they would show mercy.

8:00 am

TorqueDawg was still tied to the tree and hasn't received any word on the hanging. Dan walked over to TorqueDawg with a little plate of food which would be his last meal. Dan sat infront of him and put the plate down.
"So how's your day so far," Dan asked.

"It's terrible, so did they decide to hang me?"

Dan fiddled with his fingers and gave a nervous laugh, "Well... They did say a lot of things about you. Jess, Jesse, and Lukas tried to stand up for you but Petra made a killer speech about how you steal from everybody."

"What! When I get out of here I'll kill her!"

"N-no killing! Look what if I can get you outta here?"

"You'd do that for me? But I was a complete jerk the whole time!"

"Hey everyone deserves a second chance. Now uhh open up I gotta feed you."

"I can feed myself!"

"You're tied up I doubt you can even lift up a fork."

TorqueDawg sighed, "Fine... What's for breakfast?"

"Eggs, toast, and some lamb chops."

"I love lamb chops!" TorqueDawg opened his mouth to be fed.

Dan having second thoughts on volunteering to do this remember what he actually came here to do. "What if told you Werewolves are real?"

TorqueDawg almost chocked on the lamb chop but luckily swallowed it, "I would say 'kid get me out of here we're going hunting!'"

Dan even more nervous rephrased, "Well what if I said the Werewolves wanted you to join them?"

This time TorqueDawg actually started to choke on the toast and Dan managed to make him cough it up, "I would say... You're crazy!"

"Shhhh! Now listen. I'm going to show you something but you can't freak out or kill me ok?"

"Fine," TorqueDawg groaned.

Dan looked around and when the coast was clear the showed his Werewolf ears to TorqueDawg who wanted to fucking murder him.

"I know you're probably upset but it wasn't me! Look if I free you are you willing to join us?"

TorqueDawg snapped, "I'd rather be hanged than join you! Just go! Get out of here before I change my mind!"

Dan hid his ears and started to run towards Stacy's farm in fear of being caught. He made an irreversibly bad decision.

9:00am

Stacy and Stampy decided that before the hanging and they weren't able to get over it for the rest of the day they choose to fix up Stacy's barn. You see Stacy's farm was a family thing it was passed down generation to generation, and now it was Stacy's turn. Since she was a Werewolf it surprised the others of her pack that she didn't eat her flock.

Stampy, being somewhat of an expert builder went to fix up the roof while Stacy, moved all her animals to the grazing grounds outside. Dan unlimitedly got lost and he wouldn't find the barn for another hour due to getting side tracked. But back to Stacy and Stampy.

The two have been almost inseparable since Stampy moved here with Soren, which was quite some years ago. Although Stampy practiced magic with Soren, he would often go over to Stacys afterwards to play with her cat milquetoast.

"I'm worried about Dan, Stamps..." Stacy said as she climbed the ladder onto the roof.

"I'm sure he's fine, he volunteered after all!" Stampy reassured her.

"Well I wouldn't say volunteered... I would say more of... Forced to volunteer," Stacy explained finally getting onto the roof.

Stampy stopped his work and looked at Stacy who was laying on the part of the roof that was already re-done. "What do you mean 'Forced to volunteer?'" he asked.

"Well... okay you got me I don't trust TorqueDawg! So I told Dan if he wanted to get paid he would watch TorqueDawg. But what could go wrong Stampy?"

"Oh I don't know maybe the fact that TorqueDawg is stronger than Dan and could get killed!"

"Stampy, if Gabriel tied the rope then TorqueDawg isn't going to get out unless someone cuts the rope..... Oh my god Dan is going to free TorqueDawg!"

"He a smart young man he wouldn't let TorqueDawg out."

"Yeah how about you try to be his guardian for awhile then!"

"Since when were you his guardian?"

"Since this morning, Nerm made it official!"

Stampy chuckled, "Why? Because you got nobody to love?" Although it was more of a taunt than question.

Stacy punched his arm, "Shut up!"

Stampy rubbed his arm whimpering, "Ow... but I get it. You see people come and go, thinking someone will have an interest in you but really no one wants you..."

"No I just don't want kids," Stacy said being blunt.

"I don't really like blunt Stacy, what happened to normal Stacy?"

"Stampy you don't understand, I'm going to be thirty-five soon and I have to find someone to take on the family farm for me when I die. If I can teach obedience to Wink I can teach obedience to Daniel."

"If you say so Stacy. Hey can you pass me my hammer?"

11:50 am

Everyone was gathering around the hanging tree, Gabriel released TorqueDawg and dragged him over to a noose, putting the rope around his neck and tied his hands together. Making TorqueDawg stand on a boulder next to the tree for him to be pushed off of.

Stacy walked up to TorqueDawg but before she could even say anything Jack yelled, "How do you plead?"

TorqueDawg responded with spitting and a growl, "I don't plead. Hang me before that Werewolf boy gets me. Yeah you know who I'm talking about."

Stacy backed up, looked at Dan then back at TorqueDawg.  Jack shouted once more, "Hang him, he's the devils problem now." Gabriel pushed TorqueDawg off the boulder, and since the rope was tied around his neck and the tree, he wasn't falling just hanging there. He squirmed and tried to break loose until he finally stopped moving. Lukas was the only one who was still at church praying, he wasn't told that TorqueDawg was hanged but he heard the voices outside. He knew TorqueDawg was dead.

The crowd scattered, going back to work. As Dan was about to leave Stacy grabbed his arm, "Barn. Now." She let go off his arm and walked in the direction of her farm. Stampy who was also there nudged Dan, "You better start walking before I have to drag you there."

As Dan walked into the barn he heard Stacy say, "Shut the door." So he did. But he noticed all the windows were blocked by wood expect the giant circle one near on the second floor in the rafters. Stacy who was sitting in the only sunlight spot in the barn was in her Werewolf form. Dan walked into the circle of sunlight but heard Stacy order, "Sit." So he did.

Stacy sighed and started her little lecture, "Do you know why I'm mad Daniel?"

Dan found it creepy whenever someone said Daniel and when they did he assumed it was a bad thing. "Uhhh no?"

"You know what you did, you showed TorqueDawg that Werewolves are real right? You showed him your wolf ears am I not mistaken?"
Dan nodded and Stacy continued, "Daniel, Werewolves aren't civil, we do not follow a king we follow an alpha our leader our equal. And I by the alpha and now by human law am your Guardian. If everyone figured out what we are I might be killed by the alpha for worse we could both be killed by humans. You need to understand that this isn't a game, humans can't change the way they feel about us. They do and always will hate us no matter what you say no matter who you try to convince. Loosing a member of the pack to a human is like loosing a sheep to a wolf, you want revenge. If anyone else saw you then the whole town might be killed or your pack might be killed. Do you under-"

"But TorqueDawg pleased for mercy!"

"Don't interrupt me Daniel! If we showed mercy he would be out for us every night, someone like him could expose us all. I am not taking that chance, I may not be mayor of the town but I have common sense. I don't hate humans like the others, I think they're alright but if they know that I am a Werewolf they won't waste a second to kill me, just how they won't waste a second to kill you. Do you understand Daniel?"

Dan nodded although it didn't please Stacy, "I want an answer Dan not just a movement."

"I understand..." Dan whimpered.

Stacy sighed, "I'm just looking out for you. You know that. That's why for punishment you'll spend the rest of the day in the barn, my decision if final Daniel. Don't try to fight back my orders this time." Stacy got up and walked towards the door but before she turned the nob she tucked away her wolf features and looked behind her. "I'm not completely heartless, there's a bag of rice and a lantern somewhere. Think about your decisions Dan." Stacy opened the door and locked it from the outside. Rethinking her choice of punishment she turned around to see Stampy and his friend Sparkles standing there.

"Hello Stacy! How's Dan," Stampy asked.

"Jesus Stampy you almost gave me a heart attack!"

"Sorry anyways how's Dan? Did you give him a punishment for... What did he do exactly?"

"He tried to free TorqueDawg, so now he spends all night in the barn."

"But Stacy that's about sixteen hours right there! Does he even have any food!"

"Rice is good enough for him, now what do you want? And who's this?"

"Oh this is Sparkles he's new to town and I thought maybe you would come over and have some cake with us!"

Stacy rolled her eyes when she heard Stampy say cake. "You know what, I could use a slice of cake right about now." Stampy now exited started running towards his home, Stacy and Sparkles following close behind.

The admin from afar watched Stacy run off with Stampy and Sparkles. He looked at TorqueDawgs dead dangling body and a devious plan sorted out in his mind.

To be continued