The Discovery Wolfblood

You've heard of Occam's razor?

The simplest explanation is usually true.

-There's something in here. It's coming for me.

-WOLF ROARS

Get out of it!

WOLF HOWLS

-Maddy Smith, a werewolf?

-Yes.

Once I get the sniff of a mystery, I can't rest until I've solved it!

-Good luck.

-You too.

HE YELLS

What is this place?

It's like in Aern Hollow.

Maybe it leads back there.

Stay in the den.

Dad!

Stay in the den!

I can still smell them. It's like poison.

It's probably not even that bad.

They saw you in wolf form.

They don't know that.

If they came all this way underground,

they probably don't have a clue where they ended up.

Yeah. We might just be panicking over nothing.

It's unbelievable.

If these tunnels are as old as I think, then our family goes way back

longer than I thought.

So what? You might as well take these down.

They're not going to stop anybody now.

# 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

# Of mystic creatures wandered far

# Through these veins a wolfblood flows

# Through these veins a wolfblood flows. #

WOLF BARKS

-You OK?

-What's he saying?

Still think Liam was seeing badgers?

He was right all along.

There's a werewolf in Stoneybridge. Just like she always said.

I never said it was a werewolf.

You never knew what your beast was. Now we do.

Play it again.

WOLF BARKS

I still think it looks like a dog.

Yeah! A husky or something.

That's not a dog! Look at it.

Where was this?

In the tunnels.

Followed them for miles.

And that's where this thing was. At the end.

-In some cellar.

-Where?

How are we supposed to know? It was dark.

But it's going to make us rich.

Maybe that's why you never found the beast, Shannon.

It lives underground.

Only on a full moon.

The rest of the time, it lives amongst us...as a human.

You've been watching too many movies, Liam!

Yeah, grow up. There's no such thing as werewolves. End of.

Yeah, think we'll fall for that?

You must be mad.

You weren't there. We know what we saw!

-Sorry I'm late!

-Don't we?

-Sit down, please!

It certainly looks canine.

Wait.

This is where it bit me. What about DNA?

I'm sorry, Liam.

The chances of a bite like this leaving

DNA in the wound are virtually nil.

So what about me? A doctor would just laugh

if I said I had been bitten by a werewolf.

If this film is what you say it is, I'll need something more tangible.

It's blood. Or something with its saliva on.

So you can't help me?

Get a tetanus jab.

Aah!

Galileo soon realised that the sun didn't revolve around the earth.

We got rid of Kyle, didn't we? Liam won't be a problem.

We'll prove your mum wrong. I'm not letting you go without a fight.

..banned from teaching.

Galileo was a man of science.

His defiance was based on solid facts, not questionable evidence.

Galileo knew the truth.

I've been talking to Dr Whitewood.

-So?

-We're going back to that werewolf lair.

You're making us look like idiots.

You're on your own.

They broke his spirit.

So. You and Mads. Holding hands.

What?

-I was being supportive.

-Pff!

-It's true.

Ah... When was this?

During your speech. Fix up, man. Ask her out.

Yeah, be a wolf!

Aren't there more important things to worry about right now?

Right. Who's laying the table?

Oh... Wolf love.

I think they're medieval.

When our pack would have been wild and human activity scarce.

It's genius.

Building a network of secret tunnels to hide from humans.

And there's nothing there to suggest it's not an old mine

fallen into disuse.

So no-one can use it against us?

Not that I could tell.

That's good. Isn't it, Mam?

Until the next time something goes wrong.

Nothing's going to go wrong, Mrs Smith.

So what do you think happened to the wild pack?

-Well...

-Burned at the stake probably.

Can you imagine what that must have been like for a wolfblood?

Being called a demon, a witch, a monster. Hated, hunted down...

-Em!

-That's what happens when you think you're safe and you're not!

It's knocked more bricks out. It knows we came here.

I'm still going in.

So what do we do about Liam?

I could talk to him.

I could take him to Aern Hollow, tell him they're medieval tin mines.

I could tell him my beast was a wild cat I wanted to protect.

These beams are like those in Aern Hollow.

This is a werewolf den. Nothing else makes sense.

SHE SNIFFS He's back.

Dog chew. Saliva. DNA.

What are you doing here!?

How did you get in!? Get out or I call the police!

Did you hear me?!

I know what you are.

I know what you all are!

Liam, wait! I can explain!

Please listen to me!

I'll call Mike and Laura, tell them we are on our way.

Mam, no! We can't just run off.

He can't prove anything yet.

Get packing, Maddy.

Dad?

Our secret's out. We best do as she says.

What about Rhydian?

You worry about yourself first. I have always got the wild pack.

Tom and Shannon then? Liam thinks they're werewolves too.

We can't just leave them here, dealing with it.

I'm sorry, we don't have the choice any more.

There must be something we...can do?

There is.

Occam's razor.

-The simplest answer is usually the right one.

-The right one.

We do what you did with me and Tom.

Invite him into our pack.

-No. He's not pack material.

-How do you know?

Instinct. I trust you and Tom. I don't trust him.

What other choice do we have?

Occam's razor.

That's the answer. Occam's razor.

Dad! Mam!

What are you doing here!?

How did you get in!?

Get out or I call the police!

That's why Shannon stopped going on about the beast.

Remember that kid in Bernie's,

ranting about Rhydian being a wolf-something?

-Did you here me?!

-I know what you are. I know what you all are.

A "wolfblood" he said.

Liam, wait... I can explain.

Please listen to me.

They're all in on it. All werewolves.

-Bitten by Maddy.

-Well, when you are rich

and famous, remember who went down those tunnels with you.

Yeah. We believed you when no-one else would.

Who drew that?

I asked you a question.

Why did you do it?

Get him off! Get him off me...

Get him off. Get off!

Get him off me.

No! Get off.

Detention! All of you. Tonight. After school.

PHONE RINGS

Hello? Mr Smith. Is there anything wrong?

Yes. Yes, they do have their oral presentations today.

Sorry, Maddy wants to what?

Miss Fitzgerald. I'll be sitting in on this first presentation.

Thank you. Shh. Shh.

Now. At Mr Jeffries' request,

we've changed the order of today's oral presentations.

Maddy Smith will go first.

-Why?

-Quiet!

For this, we'll need complete silence throughout.

No loud noises or sudden movements, please.

When you're ready, Mr Jeffries.

Shall I open the curtains, Sir?

No, thank you.

Turn the lights on?

Over to you, Maddy.

I've been hearing a lot about werewolves recently.

But today isn't a full moon, and as you can see.

These are our family pets, a pair of domesticated timber wolves.

You need a special licence to keep them

so we don't take them off our land very often.

Farmers tend to get a bit jumpy when they see a wolf.

And not just farmers.

These wolves are tame and friendly,

but some people hate wolves so we keep them secret to keep them safe.

They're not used to large crowds, or bright lights so please don't

pet them or shine anything at them, cos they will get angry.

That's why it's only our family

and a few close friends who know about them.

Werewolves?! Yeah, right!

We keep them in an old cavern in our house

It was built about 300 years ago.

We think it's some old medieval mine.

The wolves like it, so we made it like home for them.

Any questions before I start talking about their diet?

Dad... It's OK.

Thank you.

-Your friends are safe now.

-Jeffries!

-Mr Smith...

-Quick! Go.

Hold on!

Sorry, sir. They didn't see you.

I was hoping to have a word.

They had to get the wolves back.

I didn't know you could get a licence to keep wolves.

Ah... Erm... Not many people do, sir.

Fantastic presentation, by the way.

Thanks, sir.

They were so sweet!

I am SO getting one!

Can we come and see them?

So that was your big secret.

Yeah.

Last time I to listen to that spanner.

Conned us, didn't he?

Anything else you want to say, Jimi?

Oh. Yeah. That picture, it was me.

Sorry.

It's not fun, is it? Being on the receiving end.

You don't have to rub it in.

I'm not.

I think you were brave, sticking to your story when no-one believed you.

OK, it wasn't werewolves, but they were wolves

so you're kind of half right.

Half an idiot, more like.

You going to be all right?

Everyone laughed at you about the beast,

and you're all right, aren't you?

I've got friends.

I think I just lost mine.

No. They lost you.

You're a little genius, you know that?

So...to celebrate your victory, I was wondering

if tonight you wanted to do something.

Not Bernie's. Somewhere special.

Are you asking me out on a date?

Erm...

Yeah, I mean, you don't have to if you don't want to.

-It's up to you.

-I'd love to.

# Rhydian's got a girlfriend Rhydian's got a girlfriend. #

Guess what? Rhydian...

Hello, Maddy.

These are the DNA results.

From a dog chew, bitten by a wolf, handled by me.

There's no cross contamination here, Mr Smith.

The saliva this comes from belongs to a hybrid species.

Part human, part wolf.

All I want is the opportunity to study you.

Scientifically. No-one else has to know.

I'll tell Liam the chew belonged to your wolves

and you carry on as normal.

Normal? I think you should go.

You know, the fact this evidence came to me

first is rather fortunate for you.

This sort of thing, in the wrong hands...

Well, not everyone might be so reasonable.

Are you threatening us?

I just want to make sure we all know where we stand.

Call me when you've had a think.

I'm on your side.

Really, I am.

MOBILE RINGS

Rhydian. Come on, you know the rules. No phones in detention.

Hand it over. Come on.

Give.

Rhydian, call me! Dr Whitewood's got Dad's DNA.

She knows everything.

You can have it back when you leave.

And no-one is doing that till I am happy with your essays, so...

Nice one, Liam.

Yeah. If it wasn't for your fairy stories, we wouldn't be here.

I'm the laughing stock, not you.

You see me laughing?

Dr Whitewood will be when she tests that dog chew.

Dog chew?

From their cellar.

All she'll find is wolf slobber and I'll be for it.

Rhydian! Rhydian! Where are you going?!

Is that your answer to everything?

Just run to Mike and Laura's pack in Devon? Mam!?

I won't let her or anyone turn my family into lab rats!

We can't co-operate with her, Maddy, we'd betray our kind.

She has your DNA. If we just vanish, what's she going to do?

Give up? She's a scientist. This is her lucky break!

If we go, she'll go public with this and the whole world will know!

I need to think.

I'm sorry, Mam.

I know all this is my fault.

Don't you ever say that, Mads.

The world's closing in on us, that's all.

The world's closing in.

And there's nothing we can do about it.

How long have we been here, Maddy? 600 years?

Seven? 1,000? 2,000?

We can't stay, we can't go.

What do we do?

We get that dog chew back.

Just walk in and take it?

Without that, Whitewood's just got a piece of paper anyone could

have faked.

Whose going to take her seriously?

OK. Then what?

She won't stop coming after us.

We'll never stop running.

Not unless we disappeared.

Where's the one place no-one could ever find us?

The wild pack?

HE SNIFFS

Are you serious? Us? In the wild?

We wouldn't last five minutes.

With Jana in charge, we'd be safe. We'd learn to survive.

And it gives us some time to make a plan.

But we need to get that dog chew.

MOBILE RINGS

Shan?

Liam mentioned the dog chew and Rhydian just ran out!

So he got my message?

What message?

On his phone.

Jeffries took his phone when it started ringing.

Dr Whitewood knows about us.

She got Dad's DNA from that dog chew!

So we have to leave for the wild.

What happened?

Rhydian's gone for that stupid dog chew!

He's doing it for us!

Get in the car.

GLASS SMASHES

What happened?

I don't know.

Just clean it up.

Can someone clean it up, please?

Now, thank you.

No.

Stop!

That's him! There he is.

It's cool, I've got this. No more DNA.

What? What is it?

It's too late, Rhydian.

Look!

I just made things worse. Why do you have to go?

Because it was all over before you tried.

She knows about us now.

Anything I drink out of, anything I touch, she can get more DNA.

It's only a matter of time.

Come with us.

We'll have Jana and your mum and it won't be forever.

Maddy, I can't.

If you leave, it's only Whitewood after you.

If I disappear, suddenly there's a manhunt.

The Smith family kidnap a minor. Nowhere's safe from that.

I've got to stay.

Please.

Anyway, someone's got to keep Jeffries from having a breakdown.

This can't be happening.

Tell us you've found a way out of this.

This is as far as you go.

Dr Whitewood's going to come for you next. Asking questions.

-We'll defend you.

-No.

Just say you were conned too. Just say you thought we kept wolves.

That's a betrayal, Maddy.

It'll keep you safe. Safer. And we'll be safer.

Promise me you'll do that.

Always remember, wherever we are, wherever you go,

we'll always be a pack.

In here.

Some date this turned out to be.

I love you.

I love you too.

One day, when I'm older

and no-one cares what I do,

I'll find you.

All right, Maddy? I'm going to find you.

We'll find each other.

Look.

THEY HOWL

THEY HOWL

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