"You really think she'll be able to pull it off?"
"Of course I think she can. Just be vigilant and carry an extra pair of clothes" Keisha adviced.
"Oh well. Deep down I have a feeling that you're kind of right but don't worry I got it covered. See you in school" William said before ending the call.
Amanda has made a plan to prank Will today and get it all on tape. Keisha got word of it and tried to advice Will not to come to school at all but his strong will and sense of determination made want to come to school and see what she has in store for him. He got off his bed and got ready for school.
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"I hope you brought more clothes" Keisha asked
"Heck yeah I did"
"I heard what they've planned you and it's not going to be funny man" Brian stated.
"What ever they throw at me I can handle it"
"You guys know will, he loves challenges like this. He won't back down once his mind's made up so the best we can do is support him" Conor explained to the rest of the gang.
"I figured that out a while ago" Keisha added.
The four walked into the halls of the school before heading off to their classes. People kept telling William to call it quits and apologise to Amanda but his mind had been made up and refused to back down. People were amazed at his guts because nobody would dare to get on Amanda's bad side. She didn't show up for class which ment that she was really preparing for Will.
Lunch time came and Will sat down at his table like how any normal day. Keisha, Brian and Connor flocked in to catch Will with his earpiece in his ears which was awfully strange for him to do in school. He was psyching himself on the encounter he was about to have Amanda. Just as Keisha formed words in her mouth, one of Amanda's underlings came to the cafeteria to give an announcement.
"Amanda is inviting all of you to the soccer pitch to watch how William Laire would be disgraced" She proclaimed before hopping of the table she stood on.
All but Will heard what she said as he enjoyed his tunes and ate his food. People stood up and started walking towards the pitch. Connor tapped Will as he removed his earpiece and signalled him that it was time. William stood up with confidence and walked through a swarm of people who stood at where the pitch and the concrete met.
"She said on the pitch when it was meant to be at the intersection, and she thinks she's smart" William said to himself as he approached Amanda.
"Well, well, well, if it isn't William Laire"
"Ugh spare the formalities you donkey. You couldn't come get me yourself so you had to send one of your underlings to come get me. How 'brave off you'" Will lashed back.
"Big words coming from you. Now zip it and let me talk"
"Na I don't feel like it"
She was now feeling frustrated as she thought William would be begging for mercy and then the humiliation would be even better but she never accounted for his attitude when she's pissed.
"I never asked for your opinion anyway"
"As you all know, this thing over here disrespected me because I was just asking some question na and he took my presence, the fact that I even came down to his level to talk to him and now he's feeling like he owns the school. I'm going to use him as another example as why you don't disrespect my as the memory of what I did to Mindy has been wiped of your heads" Amanda spoke with confidence and pride. She raised up her hand to signal only God knows what.
Will heard people moving on the roof and saw them as they poured a theee buckets full of paint on him. He would've easily dodged it due to his wolf speed and agility but he decided to allow Amanda get her way cuz he had made a plan while she was blabbing her mouth. Two buckets of pink paint and one with green poured on him and the crowd gasped in shock and as usual some people recorded it. Will whipped his face so that he could see her face and how happy she was. Her underlings got her a banana cream pie and she cat walked all the way to him with an arrogant grin on her face.
"It's time for you to get pied" She said throwing the pan full of pie at his face. She took some pie in her hand and smeared it all over his face and and cleaned the rest on his shirt.
"And that's why you don't mess with me" she whispered in his ear and walked away.
"I'm really surprised Amanda" Will said breaking the silence around them. She stopped in her tracks turning around to hear what he had to say.
"I'm really surprised that would came up with this, are you sure you didn't pay some nerds to think this up for you"
Amanda furious at that insult puffed and walked away. The crowd shocked that even with what he had done he could still talk, that took some real courage.
Slowly but steadily the crowd began to disappear one by one until only Will and his friends were left there. Connor bravely walked up to him to see how he was doing.
"How you doing man" Connor asked with concern.
"I'm going to make her pay, and I'm going to need all the help I can get" Will said with a serious cold tone. They knew whatever Will had come up with, is going to make Amanda leave the school.
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William changed his clothes and dropped his clothes with the day cleaners. They had a confused look on their faces because the wondered how he got that much paint on himself. He and the gang walked to the forest and went to rest up. Will was done with his homework and waited for the others so that they could continue their training before sleeping off. He slept for about twenty minutes before Keisha woke him up and he lazily got of his ass and walked down the steps. They were going to the spot they trained at yesterday. Will just hoped that he won't get his ass kicked like yesterday again. They arrived and like yesterday, Miranda was in her human state again.
"There's something that I left out yesterday. There are two types of vampires, there are half bloods and half bloods"
The pack looked confused, they all thought that vampires are just vampires and now there were types?
"Yes, half bloods have dark red eyes and aren't as fast or as strong as a pure blood. Half bloods are born out of a vampire bite if they choose to turn a human while pure bloods are direct descendants from the cult group that turned into vampires. They have bright red eyes that are unmistakable when you seem them. They appear to glow during the day and night but that of a half blood's is hard to see. The pure bloods are able to punch through boulders with their bare hands and are a tad bit faster than your normal werewolf so keep and eye out form them" Miranda explained and the wolves responded with a nod to acknowledge all that she had said.
"Now let's get training!" Miranda exclaimed with her Irish accent.
Eric was the first to go up. He braced himself and engaged her. Knowing well that she would either jump over him or move to the side, he was ready for any of it but what he didn't know was Miranda was very unpredictable. She also ran towards him which was unexpected and slide under him and grabbed his tail on the way out throwing him onto the ground.
"And that's another thing vampires can be unpredictable so be ready for anything" she commanded.
Up next was Brent. She had been deliberately harder on him to make sure that the vampire expertise that ran through their family would be instilled into him. He went out on full burst and his mom was a bit frightened when he came at her. She prepared herself but was met with a surprise, he made a sharp turn sliding on the gras and tripped her making her fall over. He tried to pounce on her but she was quick to roll away and tried to stand up just to get slapped into a log head first. Before she could even get her thoughts back together, she was yanked out and thrown on the floor and was pinned expertly.
"Nicely done son" she remarked as he walked away.
"Alright Brent!" Will said with excitement and a bark.
With Brent showing them how to outsmart her, it opened the door for an influx of pins with them standing triumphant repeated times. She was impressed at their creativity and resourcefulness in tacking her down.
"It's time for us to move to the next phase of our training, sneaking up on a vampire. Their sense of hearing is just a tad bit higher than a human beings so they can hear better. So you guys get into your hiding positions and get ready to pounce on me" Miranda said clapping her hands to indicate that they should get going.
The wolves maintained their partnerships and disappeared into the trees. She sat down on a rock in a few feet from her and waited for them to come. As the wolves moved, they split up and came in from different directions. Eric and Linda were the first to move in, as they ploughed through the forest like a well oiled machine though they maintained the silence and stealth required. Linda moved silently watching her step so that she won't step on a branch that would give them away. She quietly moved into the bushes to watch Miranda in the clear. Eric moved through the trees and hid behind a couple of rocks and they waited for an opening. When Miranda put her head down to pick a twig, Eric gave the command.
"Now Lin" He exclaimed as he lunged out at Miranda who was stunned at them rushing her.
Eric acted as a distraction and Linda capitalised on that split second that she was distracted by Eric and tried to get away form his grip and pinned her down.
"Nice work you two. You can go take a rest now" Miranda said happily as the massive wolf moved away from her. The two of them went into the bushes and went back to the house to freshen up.
Up next was Kent and Brent. Kent played a decoy as Brent snuck up on her. Since Kent didn't need to hide or do anything to conceal himself, Miranda was able to pick up his footsteps from some feet away. He faced her as she got up to tell him that he'd failed.
"Kent that's no t how it goes, you're supposed to-" she explained before being cut off by a Brent who dove in from behind and pinned her down. She was impressed with their decoy strategy who fooled her really well. The two were dismissed and went back to eat.
William and Connor watched silently from the bushes as they comrades triumphed. With Miranda distracted by cleaning herself up, Will and Connor seized the opportunity and rushed her at the same time. She heard them coming in and readied for them. She jumped over William but Connor was quick to react as he leaped in the air and brought her down.
"A bit sloppy but you were able to pull it off, well done boys" Miranda praised getting up from the ground.
The two were full of joy. Not that they cleared the challenge or anything but they could go eat. The two quickly raced back to the house as they knew that Linda would prepare something delicious for them.
Brian, Keisha, Ethan and Mary were all that was left. She expected them to come in their respective pairs but they were desperate to go and eat so they teamed up together for this. Keisha and Brian were the first to appear from the woods from opposite directions. They both ran at her and with Keisha being faster than Brian she got there first and tried to tackle her but she jumped up to dodge it and that's were Brian's lack of speed came in. He leaped to get her but after her encounter with LW and the Tactician, she was prepared for it. She Sion her leg side ways in a clock wise direction and hit Brian at the side of his head. Brian quickly got back to his feet as he and Keisha surrounded her. With know where to turn, Mary toon the opportunity to spring out of the bushes to tackle her but Miranda was quick to react as she trapped her snout in her underarm and swung her at the other two wolves making them stumble. She began to run away knowing well that she would be out muscled easily. She gave them a good chase but she had no idea that it was all part of their plan. She ran hastily through the woods hopping over rocks and fallen trees and when she turned back to see them, she saw them closing in and before she could turn her head back she was cleared by Ethan who had been watching and waiting for his opportunity.
|Flashback|
"So here's the plan. Keisha and I would engage her first while you two wait in the bushes. Once we've got her circles, that's the signal for you to pounce on her Mary"
"What about me, what am I going to do?" Ethan asked.
"Well you have the most important job among us all, remain hidden. Miranda would get out of that sticky situation with ease and would probably start running away and that's where you come in. You'll cut her off while the three of us herd her towards you" Brian explained.
"That seems like a decent enough plan" Keisha added.
"Just hope it works" Mary commented.
"Me too" Brian replied.
|End of Flashback|
"That was really smart of you guys playing me like that" Miranda said happily as they all excelled pretty well at the challenge.
"Now let's go eat!" She cried as the five of them made a beeline for the Gatwick house.
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After a hearty meal they moved back out on patrol with the youngsters eager to practiced why they learned. Eric and Miranda were hot on a new vampire trail and found one in the plain looking around for something to kill. The two took the opportunity to use the tactic they pulled of on Miranda earlier. They moved in closer maintaining silence not to give away their position. Eric leaped in first and tried to grab a hold of it but it managed to get away and start running. Linda have chase to it from the treeline and leaped swooping it of its feet. She tried to get a bite down on the head to try and crush the school but it was difficult to hold on to. Eric soon rushed in to offer his assistance as the vampire struggled to get free by punching and kicking them but it proved futile as Eric ripped the head off easily. This one didn't put up that much of a fight and they concluded that it must've been a newborn as they don't really know how to take on wolves yet. It was good that their training wasn't going to waste and they could practice it on an actual vampire.