Chapter 4
Dawn found herself in a psychiatric facility. Instead of a hospital gown, she wore the sphinx shirt and jeans Marc bought her when they first met.
She saw her reflection in a mirror attached to the corner of the ceiling.
“ really Marc? This is how you see me?” She sighed, “ At least it’s not the pyjamas.”
Just then she heard a wolf howl, and began to run towards it.
There was a room she passed with its doors wide-open. She paused, walked back, and looked inside.
Jake Lockley was laying on a bed and throwing a hacky sack in the air and catching it.
“ Jake?”
He didn’t look away from his activity “ hi, niniatta.”
“ aren’t you… there’s a Werewolf somewhere here, aren’t you worried?”
“ not really.”
“ not really?” She huffed. “ What if it’s after Steven?”
“ even more reason to stay here. He sees me and my life is over.”
“ well, if Marc dies, or gets taken over by this Wolf thing then your life really will be over.”
“ that won’t happen.” he assured.
She placed her hands on her hips “ and how do you know that, Jake?”
He smiled and tossed the ball in the air again.
Dawn sighed “ Do you want me to close the door?”
“ Gracias, niniatta.”
She shook her head and closed the door behind her.
“ Steven!” She called out “ Steven!”
“ in the cafeteria!” She heard a response from the end of the hall.
She ran towards the voice and found Steven atop a lunch table with a stack of metal trays. Circling under him was a Werewolf with an odd red hue.
“Paulena! Stay back!” Steven warned.
The wolf looked at the girl but yelped, when Steven hit it on the head with a tray.
“Why isn’t it attacking you?” Dawn asked.
“Guess you missed that bit. Took me a while but these seem to hurt it. Maybe there’s some silver in the metal or some thing.”
Steven through another tray at it, then looked at Dawn, puzzled. “wait a tic, what are you doing here?”
“ let’s get to that part later. I need to touch it with this.” She held out the moonstone.
“ just grab another one of those Scooby snacks you’ve got.”
“ I would, but I’m not really dressed for the occasion.” She gestured to her outfit.
“ that Sphinx shirt still throws me off. It’s horrid.”
“ throws you…” she sighed “it can’t be that easy, can it?”
“ whatever you’re thinking do it fast!”
She pinched the bridge of the nose “ Steven, if I say something a little lame, will you judge me?”
Steven looked to the snarling wolf blow him “ yeah, I’m not really in a position to judge right now.”
Dawn took a breath and began swinging the moonstone necklace like a sling “ in the name of the moon…”
She threw it, and it hit the back the creatures head “ I’ll punish you!”
The beast yelped as it was sucked into the gemstone, causing it to glow once more.
Dawn offered a hand to Steven to help him off the table, and once he was face-to-face with the girl, he burst out laughing.
“ yeah, yeah, go ahead. I did save your ass, but whatever.”
Steven teased “ please next time when you put on your costume, can you do a little magical girl transformation?”
“ You know what, Steven, I’ll do it if you do it.” She shrugged. “ I guess this is… actually, there’s something I have to do first.”
“ here? What do you have to do in here?”