The Call of the Wild Wolfblood

-It must be cool having a family.

-Being a wolfblood is great.

-It's him, isn't it?

-You can't hide anything from a wolfblood.

Poor lad, imagine going through all that on your own.

Have you forgotten what day it is today?

-I'm a wolfblood in care. I have to think about my future!

-Fine.

It's all about responsibility.

Don't you ever just want to run free?

Isn't that what being a wolfblood is about?

There are other wolfbloods, that don't lock themselves away!

Wild wolfbloods!

But they are very rare and...

-What?

-They're dangerous!

LAUGHTER AND SQUEALING

Go, Shannon!

My turn. My turn. My turn.

-Tom!

-You all right?

-My knee!

-Stay there, don't move it.

-Are you all right?

Someone's there. Someone's spying on us.

# A promise that I keep I'll never share, I'll never speak

# To my grave the secret goes

# The beating heart The beating heart

# Where mystic creatures wandered far

# Through these veins a wolf blood flows

# Through these veins a wolf blood flows. #

This is where he was standing.

So he was spying on us?

How am I supposed to tell from a few broken twigs?

Come on, let's get out of here.

The same scent.

The wild wolfblood from the woods.

Don't you have a big game Friday?

Yeah, only the county cup final!

And we're playing Baron's Mill - the team we always lose to.

-So, your leg won't make a difference, then.

-Thanks, mate.

Who cares about football?

I want to know who the creep in the bushes was!

-Probably just a dog-walker.

-I didn't see a dog.

-Ah, you've seen her too, have you?

-"Her"?

-Seen who?

-The homeless woman that's been sleeping rough.

She's been seen around the village these last few nights.

-Oh...

-What do you expect? I'm a mid-fielder!

Miss Graham put you in goal, there's nothing we can do.

If I was in my right position, you'd be back on the subs' bench!

Pack it in! With Gavin injured, Liam's the best goalie we've got.

-Which is saying something.

-Pull yourselves together!

What do you mean, you're not coming?

To watch you kick a piece of leather around a field? It's dull!

Football's so lame even Shannon doesn't like it!

It's the cup final. Aren't you lot coming to support us?

You lost to Baron's Mill High last year, and the year before!

-And there's nothing lamer than a loser.

-That's why we need you.

The crowd are like the 12th man on the team, supporting us.

What - you mean like cheerleading?

No, that's not what I meant.

It's way more fun than football!

Yeah! With costumes. And pompoms!

We'll be, like, the stars of the show!

Tom!

If she can hide from us when she wants, that means when we see her...

It's because she wanted it.

-Tom!

-Oh, no, window!

-Sam.

-Yeah?

Go and get Miss Graham.

All you have to do is stop the ball going in the goal.

-Football really isn't my thing.

-Just play along, mate.

Didn't you hear what I said? Or are you too cool to dive?

Do it again.

Don't want to embarrass you.

-Just do it again.

-Jimi, take the penalty.

APPLAUSE

-What do you think, Miss?

-I think we have a new goalie.

-Yes! Back in midfield!

-Miss!

-I never said I'd...!

EXCITED CHATTER

You've got everyone thinking I'll win the game single-handedly.

No-one's expecting that. Well, MAYBE they are.

-But you can't be worse than Liam.

-I heard that!

It's great for you and your team, but what's in it for me?

On the field, all the things you're not good at,

the people you don't get on with, fade away.

You're part of something bigger. You're part of the team.

-Yeah, that really sounds like me.

-You were brilliant!

We're going to create a special cheer, just for you!

# Rhy-di-an! #

We'll call you!

OK, there are some downsides.

RUSTLING

CREAKING

RUSTLING

FLUTTER OF BIRD'S WINGS

Who are you? What do you want?

Dwi'n dy fam.

I'm your mother.

I don't have a...

You can't...

I am, Rhydian.

I'm your mother.

No!

And a reminder from Miss Fitzgerald,

the school book group will be meeting every Wednesday.

And that is it for notices.

We'll go back to the rope swing at dusk, the ground will be damp.

It'll hold her scent better.

Rhydian?

Rhydian, are you even listening?

-Just forget we ever saw her.

-BELL RINGS

Rhydian!

-Rhydian.

-I'm, er, practising.

-CLEARS THROAT

-Who wants to see our routine?

Ready? OK!

THEY CHANT: # Go! Go! Bradlington High

# Kick that ball into the sky

# Beat that awful Baron's Mill Show them they are over the hill

# Go...Bradlington! #

APPLAUSE

What did you think, Rhydian?

I thought... Yeah, it was brilliant.

No, yous were great. Honestly.

And with our new goalkeeper,

our defence will be able to play more aggressively in midfield.

Right. Set plays. Free kicks and corners.

THEY CHATTER

Rhydian! Get in goal!

Concentrate, Rhydian!

-Wake up , Welshie!

-Jimi!

-Are you taking the mickey?

-We put you on the team, and you can't even try?

-That's enough!

-Go and work with the defenders.

-We're going to need them.

A team is only as strong as its weakest link.

All we ask is that everyone does their best.

Is that too much to ask?

Good.

SHE BLOWS WHISTLE

CHATTER

Look, mate, don't even worry about it, yeah? Match day's always better.

-It had better be.

-Loners are afraid of failure, so they won't try.

-You saying I'm scared of losing?

-I'm saying you're not team material.

Fine! I wouldn't be on your team if you paid me!

Rhydian? Rhydian?!

SHE SIGHS

Liam, looks like you're back in goal.

Yessss!

I'm not going to give up, you know.

I know.

We can't talk here.

You spoke to her?

-When?

-Yesterday, when I walked home.

Maddy, she's my mum.

-What's she doing here now?

-I dunno. I ran away.

She can't just turn up like this!

She left me in the middle of nowhere.

What kind of mother does that?

You don't know what really happened. No-one does.

Except her.

So if you want to find out the truth, you have to talk to her.

I know! But...

I can't.

Please.

What's...?

He's interviewing her for the school magazine.

Right. Is she buying anything?

-She'll have a coffee.

-Right.

What are you doing here? You're on Maddy's territory.

And what will the tame wolfbloods do about it?

Right, there you go.

Right.

SHE SNIFFS DEEPLY

SHE SNIFFS

SHE COUGHS AND SPLUTTERS

Come on, love, let's go!

You don't have to be afraid.

-I'm not afraid. I'm embarrassed. They're different.

-Different word...

same HUMAN emotion.

What do you want?

Fy mab prydferth.

My beautiful boy.

Newsflash, "Mum" - you're 12 years late!

I couldn't find you!

I'd left you safe while we went hunting.

When I came back, they were taking you away in their machines.

You could've told Social Services you were my mum.

-They'd have locked me up.

-Not if you lived as a human being.

That's worse than being locked up.

-Why now?

-I sensed your first transformation.

Knew it was time for you to lead the life you were born for.

How did you find me?

Gall gwir blaiddgwaed wastod dod o hyd i'w fath ei hun.

A true wolfblood can always find their kin.

BOYS LAUGH

Your friend, she's corrupted you. Made you tame, like them.

-You know nothing about my life.

-I can see your life, right here.

Her pack were here for me, whilst you were too busy running wild.

Bernie, has something gone off? There's a nasty smell about.

-I think's it's coming from that table.

-Leave it out, Jimi!

Yeah, better be careful, he might punch me. But he'd probably miss.

You've brought this on yourself, trying to live by their rules.

You can't go over there and teach them the lesson they deserve

without revealing yourself.

You can't be human. But as long as you're hiding, pretending,

you can't fully be wolfblood either.

Who do you think his new friend is?

Maybe it's a self-help group. Weirdos Anonymous!

BOYS LAUGH

Can we go somewhere else?

Yes.

Aw, it stinks!

JIMI GROANS

SHE HISSES

Stop it!

She's an animal! She should be locked up!

Ugh! She drooled on me!

They could have called the police.

People know you've been sleeping here. What if they come to find you?

Why would I let them find me?

You're wolfblood, not invisible.

Wolfbloods ARE invisible. We walk in the margins of the world.

We move without sound.

We are shadow and night and the bright strength of the moon.

We are beyond their understanding.

There are senses you've never even used,

things you can do you've never even imagined.

Things that your tame friends will never know how to do.

We call it Eolas.

And I can teach you how to use it.

Or you can go back.

So I should try and what...

Don't "try". Humans try.

We listen to our instincts.

Right. Listen to my instincts.

Don't try.

I can't do this! I don't know how!

Look at me.

Feel the earth under you.

Feel the wind over you.

Feel the grass and the clouds and the sky.

You are part of everything.

You ARE nature.

You are...

WILD!

-HE CHUCKLES

-I could see Maddy. I get it!

He'll be all right, you know.

What if there's a whole other pack out there?

-What if they turn on him?

-Ceri wouldn't allow that to happen.

And what if they make him like them, and he starts to hate us?

As mixed-up as Rhydian is, he's smart.

He'll make the right decision.

It is beautiful when you are part of nature.

I can't believe it.

The pack runs with Eolas, that is how we exist.

Wow.

Rhydian, there is mystery inside yourself.

It is not only that you feel different,

you don't feel whole.

How do you know?

Our kind can help solve that mystery and make you complete.

You want me to go with you?

Yes.

Forever?

What have you got to go back to?

Bullies, schoolwork, teachers who've already given up on you?

I've got friends.

If you come with me, you'll have a pack.

A family.

-I've already got a pack.

-Traitors to our species.

You belong with your own kind.

I can't decide. Let me think.

Thinking is for humans. Trust your instincts.

Come and be complete.

So why was he talking to her?

She's Rhydian's mam.

The homeless woman?

He hasn't gone off with her, has he?

I don't know.

How's your smelly friend, Rhydian?

-You all right, mate?

-We were worried about you.

-Is your mum OK?

-You told them!

I had to tell someone. I was worried about you.

So what happened?

Got home about 1am. Mr Vaughan went ballistic,

and I'm grounded for about 100 years,

but everything's all right.

And your mam?

All righty, let's have some quiet in here, please!

I'll tell you later.

Rhydian, what are you doing?

I'm going with her.

What?

She's my mum. She can teach me things.

-You can't just run away.

-Wouldn't be the first time.

It's just the first time I'm sad to leave people behind.

I'll tell Jeffries. I'll ring your foster parents.

You won't.

Tom and Shannon would, they'd think they were doing the right thing,

saving me from a hopeless mother. But you know the truth.

-I'm going to live the life I was born for.

-And what if it's not?

What if you get there and you hate it?

Well, maybe I will.

But you've got to let me try.

Tom, I owe you an apology.

Are you feeling all right? Should I get the nurse?

The football team, all that stuff. I let you down.

Nah. It was stupid, thinking you would be brilliant

when you don't even like football.

-So, what can I do to make it up to you?

-Is this a wind up?

-Why'd you say that?

-Because you're acting all cuddly.

No, I'm being serious. I just want to leave with a clean slate.

-Leave?

-This issue. No bad feelings.

All right. Well, you could join the team again.

-I can't.

-Why not?

I don't belong.

Mate. You belong where you want to be.

And if you want to be on the team - just for one game -

then make it happen.

Can I do that? Just for one game?

This is the biggest game of the season. The one everyone wants.

CHATTER

-He can't play.

-Miss Graham OK'd it.

He doesn't even have any boots!

You're on, Welshie. Let's get out there and win!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

GIRLS: Go, Rhydian!

Go on, Rhydian!

# Go! Go! Bradlington High!

# Kick that ball into the sky!

# Beat that awful Baron's Mill Show them they are over the hill!

# Go...Bradlington! # CHEERING

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WHISTLE BLOWS

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

# Go! Go! Bradlington High! Kick that ball into the sky!

# Beat that awful Baron's Mill Show them they are over the hill!

# Go...Rhydian! # CHEERING

WHISTLE BLOWS

CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS

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SHOUTS OF ENCOURAGEMENT

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GROANING

The 90 minutes are up.

Then why are they still playing?

Injury time.

Are we winning?

It's nil-nil. Are you even watching?

Too much space!

WHISTLE BLOWS It's a penalty kick!

Is that a good thing?

No! Baron's Mill should score and then they'll win the match.

Right. Penalty kick, bad.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Rhydian, ball!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

CHEERING DROWNS SPEECH

CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS

EXCITED CHATTER

Burgers at Bernie's. You coming?

-Maybe later.

-Great save. Great throw.

Thanks, Jimi.

I'll see you in a bit, yeah?

Cool. Yeah, man. We OWNED those bozos!

Hey, it's the man of the match.

Tom scored the winning goal. I've never seen him so happy.

I've never seen YOU so happy.

Well, not in human form, anyway.

It was a buzz. Winning.

Being part of the team.

Belonging somewhere.

I guess.

You know, it's not too late to change your mind.

Or is this where I say goodbye?

It's my choice, Maddy.

I hate goodbyes, anyway!

We should be gone by now.

-I said I'd see you once I'd finished.

-Finished what?

Playing football. Did you watch?

I don't watch humans playing their games.

Well, you should have. Then you might understand...

..why I can't come with you.

You want to stay here?

It might have been a game, but I was part of something.

Something I was good at, something I wanted -

not something I was born into. It was my choice.

I'm offering you freedom! The wolfblood life!

There is no wolfblood life!

Everyone gets to choose how they want to live,

and I can't live like you.

If you stay around, then we can see each other.

Did she make you do this? Your tame wolf friend?

Don't you ever call Maddy tame!

SHE GROWLS

She's corrupted you. I'm your mother!

Who wasn't there.

SHE SNARLS

Rhydian?

Who were you just talking to?

No-one. I thought you'd gone to Bernie's.

Thought I'd come back for the man of the match.

Shannon said she'd meet us up there, so...

Cool.

SHE SNIFFS

Rhydian!

We're going up to Bernie's. You coming?

15 seconds!

What are you doing? Using Eolas?

Mum told me that the wildbloods call it Eolas.

She said you can't just look, you have to feel.

I can see everything! It's amazing!

It's not amazing - it's dangerous!

Maddy! Wait!

There's no way out down there. SHE GROWLS

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