t w e n t y - t h r e e

"What? But... but you texted 'Help!'" Bree exclaimed, making the girls aware of the other three who had come along with Zed. Addison gave Bree a dry look, groaning.

"I needed help on the chemistry homework. Didn't you see the beaker emoji?" Bree gave Addison a confused look, before looking back down at her phone and chuckling nervously.

"Oh... I do now. By the way, I love this new look. New hairstylist?" Bree said, trying to worm her way out of embarrassment by changing the subject.

"Werewolves, they know hair." Addison grinned, nudging Ariel who nodded in agreement, running her hands through her new hair.

"And manicures." Wynter grinned, wiggling her fingers in Bree's direction. The surrounding wolves nodded along, murmuring words of agreement. Addison turned to Zed, explaining why they were in the wolf den.

"They think Ari and I may be werewolves too." Addison smiled, as did Ariel as they looked up at Zed, who had the opposite rection.

"What? How?" Zed said, confused and not wanting to believe it.

"Maybe a grandparent. This hair means something. This could be my pack." Ariel mumbled, gesturing to the white hair she and Addison shared, before gesturing to the wolves, who all shared a streak of white hair.

"For centuries, this has been set aside for the Great Alpha." Willa came forward, opening out a box and showing the girls a bright blue, shining moonstone necklace.

"A fully charged moonstone is priceless to us." Wyatt told the girls, a serious expression on his face as he looked at the shining blue stone.


"If you're truly one of us, when you put it on, you'll be transformed into a werewolf. Part of our pack, forever." Willa continued telling the girls about the moonstone, but Zed was still not having it.

"What? No!" He exclaimed, shaking his head. The girls ignored his words.

"Wait. Can I think about it?" Addison said, ignoring the excited and pleading look Ariel was giving her sister.

"For a day. Ariel?" Willa sighed, before turning to the other white-haired girl.


"I want to join." Ariel said simply, not caring about what the others would think. Willa nodded, but handed the box to Addison, wanting both girls to be willing to join. It would be easier for them to find the moonstone if both were willing to become werewolves. It means one would definitely find the moonstone and the other would be the Great Alpha.



"Once you've joined us, you can lead us to the hidden moonstone." Wyatt smiled; happy they might save the pack.

"But she doesn't know where it is." Wynter pointed out, but before anyone could say anything the ground began to shake, making people grab onto people in an attempt to stay stable.

"What?" Zed muttered, confused at the shaking ground. The group, consisting of Ariel, Addison, Bree, Zed, Bonzo, Eliza, Willa, Wyatt, and Wynter, rushed up the stairs to see what was going on to cause the shaking. Seabrook Power was flashing, the noise and ground-shaking sourcing from there. Bonzo pointed it out in Zombie-tongue, Zed nodding at his words.


"Yeah. The explosion came from Seabrook Power." Zed stated, making the group catch on to what he was saying.

"They must be testing charges for the demolition tomorrow." Addison pointed out, which caused Eliza to feel compelled to tell the wolves about the Zombie history.

"Seabrook Power is the birthplace of zombies." She began explaining, only to get cut off by Zed who told the rest of the story.

"A little lime soda mixed with some mysterious energy, and bang! Zombies." Zed said excitedly, scaring Wynter at the volume of his voice. She bared her teeth at him, causing him to jump back in alarm.

"Nice story, but it doesn't concern us." Willa smiled sarcastically at Zed, but Addison shook her head.

"But it does concern you, Willa. Seabrook Power was fuelled by a mysterious energy source. That could be your moonstone, right?" Addison gasped, speaking hastily as she figured it all out.

"She found the moonstone. Told ya she could do it." Wyatt grinned over at Willa, a sense of pride in his words.


"Aww sis! You did it!" Ariel grinned, hugging her sister in excitement.

"If she's right...Wow." Wyatt smiled softly, getting Willa to smile over at the girls too.

"We'll see you at school tomorrow, Addison, Ariel." Willa smiled. Addison took a deep, excited breath.


"Okay. Tomorrow. Big day." Addison raced off from the den, the group of non-wolves following her. Ariel waved at the wolves as she left, dreading to find out their parent's opinions on their wolfish style. They managed to sneak back into their house but knew their parents would see them in the morning.


The atmosphere was tense the next morning, the only sound was the spoons as the four ate quietly. Addison and Ariel looked up at their parents, who had cleared their throats, wanting to know about their new clothing.


"So. New look?" Missy asked, an unimpressed look on her face.


"Obviously." Ariel scoffed, continuing to eat.

"I like it. My new friends like it." Addison smiled, earning a confused look from her parents.

"Did you join a, um, rock band?" Dale questioned, earning a dry look from both of his daughters. They quickly made their way to school after that occurrence, excited to see the wolves.


"It's election day, Seabrook! We have an assembly to hear from our presidential candidates, and it is going to be so good to see you all." The girls heard Principal Lee's voice over the pa, strolling into the school with smirks on their faces. People left and right were complimenting them, saying they looked better than ever. When they passed the Acey's, they naturally got the opposite treatment.


"Whoa! Bad hair day?" Lacey asked, looking the girls up and down.

"Bad hair life?" Stacey continued, her voice scrutinizing.

"I think it looks great." Ariel grinned, leaning against her sister.

"Yeah, not so much." Jacey said, making the trio click sassily.

"Addison, if you ever expect to be cheer captain..." Lacey began, only to get cut off by Addison.

"Well, maybe I don't. Maybe cheer team isn't for us after all." That made the Acey's flee. 

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