Feeling the situation was handled, I walked over to Clyde's side. We then went to his table. He had 5 friends with him. They were Trent, Chet, Kyle, Tanner and Chaz. In a perplexing moment, Chet squeezed my hands really hard. That was certainly weird. I did not talk about it because there was nothing to bring up without just flat out accusing him of something I could not take back. All of them happened to be on the cross country team. We then was brought to our attention while we were sitting down that a party was going to be happening in a house in the woods for the new school year. There was going to be a whole lot of people there. The new jocks had a priority for the invitation. I accepted the offer, but all of the others declined. Both the invitee and I looked at them. Chet just said "We don't need to go to some stupid party. We'll be hanging out on our own." The invitee and I just let that stand. I was convinced that Chet at least was a were-creature. I could not be sure that he was actually a wolf or anything, but he was something. I was not sure if anyone else thought that it was weird, but I did.
Going to the party meant that I should try to make sure that I was safe. I read in the encyclopedia that silver would burn and repel the were-creatures. I just had to get my hands on some. The encyclopedia did say that Hunters had silver coated weapons and immediately became targets of the were-creatures once they were discovered. It was just as dangerous for them as it was for the creatures they fought. No one signed up for the guild the day before. There was no need. Everyone who wanted to join up was probably already approached and inducted. You would have to look out for them as well. Once they began to suspect you, they would begin to follow you until a case could be made. Once that happened, they would try to assassinate you. After 3 failures, they declared war and all turned hostile. From there, it was open fighting in the streets until the target was dead or fled. Even then, a new investigation would happen in order to find them. The same was true if a hunter was found. Basically, being unmasked was essentially a game over state. It was better to be a normal human with weapons.
As lunch ended, Clyde asked if I wanted to hang out with them after school. I agreed because there was no reason not to. The party was on Saturday and, of course, the night of the full moon. If they were actually some of the big bad were-creatures, they might spare me. If they were not, they could help me out if I needed help from one faction or the other. The rest of the day went by quick. We were joined by 3 girls from the girl's Cross Country team and we all went to the park. Once we were there Chet grabbed one of the girls by the waist. She smiled and leaned in closer to him. Trent and Tanner began playfighting, and it looked pretty serious. I asked Clyde if we should go and break them up. He just shook his head and said "It's fine. They're just playing. You'll get killed if you go in there." That just made me more suspicious. The others then looked at me as if I was the odd one out. I knew my place and did not say anything else. At the end of the fight, Tanner had won and snorted the blood out his nose. Trent was on the ground and lifted up by the victor. It only took a few minutes for them to heal.
Kyle and Clyde were talking to me while Chaz lightly flirted with one of the girls. "So you stood up to those jocks 2 days in a row, huhI?" Kyle said. I nodded and said "Not true. They messed with me 2 days in a row. I just shut it down." He was an energetic kid with light brown hair and hazel eyes. He laughed and said "You think you could stand up to anyone that tried to bully you? That's cool. A bit stupid, but cool." Smirking, I replied with "When there are all sorts of things going bump in the night around us, I don't have the time for punks like that." They all turned to look at me. "What things are going bump in the night?" Trent asked. He was a raven haired boy with dark blue eyes. "Nothing we should have to deal with." I said and left it at that. Tanner said "I'd like to see some punk try to take me on at night. I'll lay them flat!" That was a bit hard to ignore with how he beat the shit out of Trent. He was a strawberry blond with dark gray eyes. Chet himself was also black haired. He had light green eyes. There was some more small talk before we went our separate ways. I really needed that silver soon.
