Ancient Grudge Wolfblood

THEY BARK

If you're so fond of questions, Shannon, answer me this one.

What were you really doing camped outside Maddy's,

on your computer, during a full moon?

Your pack and my pack.

We are enemies now.

Did Alric send you after me?

He threw me out!

There's no room for any more strays in our pack,

especially not Alric's daughter.

If you won't do the right thing,

-you're no leader at all.

-Enough!

BRANCH CREAKS

BIRDS FLY AWAY

SHE SNIFFS

SHE SNIFFS

SHE SNIFFS

Jana...

Dad!

HE LAUGHS

Oh! I've missed you so much.

MUSIC: A Promise That I Keep, by Lisa Knapp

# 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. #

We expected you back by now.

The job's been harder than I thought.

That's not good.

Give it time. I'm working on him.

There is no more time, Jana.

What do you mean?

The Pack, they're getting restless. They're not going to wait.

If Rhydian is going to be forgiven, he needs to return.

He's made his home here.

His home's the Pack...

..and your job is to bring him back. Mmm?

No-one should lose their roots.

The three of us will return to the wilderness tonight.

-Tonight?!

-Rhydian's time in the human world, it's finished.

HE GROWLS

You have to make him see this.

But...after what happened between you...

Which is why I came alone. In peace.

-What if he refuses?

-Make sure he doesn't.

-But...

-Jana.

The Pack, they're questioning my authority.

You have until sundown.

He has to return now.

What's not to like?

Excellent for fitness...

..balance and co-ordination.

Judo Club meets every Wednesday after school.

THEY LAUGH

Try and look like you're enjoying it, Tom.

The whole point is to GET members, not scare them off.

Yes, Miss.

Sorry.

Right! Groups of four...

Passing and tackling.

Jana.

What's wrong?

I had a dream last night...

about the wilderness...

about our Pack.

Don't you miss the wild, Rhydian?

Erm...

No timetables? No school?

It's not that bad here.

But sometimes you must think about returning? All that freedom.

There wasn't that much freedom. Your dad tried to kill me.

But what if he gave you a second chance?

Alric's not the forgiving type. He threw YOU out, remember?

He'll forgive me. I know he will. He'll forgive us both.

No...not him.

Trust me, Rhydian.

Don't you feel the call of the wild in your heart?

It's where your family is, your blood.

Everything that's important to me is here now.

DOOR OPENS

You're late!

Get changed and get moving.

Sorry to interrupt and all that.

Whoo, what's up with Jana?

Er...nothing. She's just not feeling very well, that's all.

That was the worst morning of my entire life.

Bit melodramatic, Tom.

Oh, look, it's the Karate Kid.

More like Kung Fu Klutz. THEY LAUGH

See what I mean? Jimi didn't even give me a chance.

Maybe you should try dolhdrenc?

No, listen.

My hearing really improved. And my sense of smell.

It's like I felt more...powerful.

Shan, it was all in your mind!

You get some of this off Jana

and you'll have no trouble beating Jimi.

Look, Shan, even if it worked, it's not winning, is it?

It's...doping.

What is it with Shan and that potion? She's obsessed.

Something's going on with Rhydian and Jana.

I mean... What's the big secret?

You don't...think that...

well, that they like each other, do you?

All right! I'll tell you the truth.

But you must promise not to tell Maddy?

Why?

Not Maddy. Not anyone.

Promise?

-HE SIGHS

-OK.

My father turned up this morning.

What?!

He's in the woods.

-Has he hurt you?

-It's not like that. He's come to make peace.

He knows he went too far.

But he's made an offer - if you and I return to the Pack...

-HE CHUCKLES

-I'm not going back.

Listen to me!

If you and I swear our allegiance to him,

then we can live in peace again.

I'm not going back. End of story.

No. It's the end of everything.

What do you mean?

I don't have a choice. I have to go back...

with or without you.

Jana!

That doesn't look good.

-Is that lemon?

-What?

I think it's got lemon balm in it.

-Oh, Shan, you really need to drop this!

-It changed me.

Yeah, it made you sick.

Look, I wasn't imagining it. I had Wolfblood symptoms.

Wolfbloods are born, Shannon. You can't just become one!

Well, then, there's no harm giving me the recipe, then, is there?

-You don't have to go!

-I don't have a choice.

Of course you have a choice! You always have a choice!

Just tell Alric you're not going.

I'm his successor. It's where I belong.

And unless you come with me...

I won't get to see you again, Rhydian. Ever.

Jana, I've been thinking...

No.

Look, the cure for cancer could be in that potion.

Some kind of medical breakthrough.

If you just give me a little bit more to study with...

No!

How many times?! No!

THEY LAUGH

How's it going?

Jana, is there...anything I can help you with?

It's none of your business.

After everything I've done for her.

Keeping Wolfblood secrets, covering for her...

and she talks to me like that.

Look, maybe...she's got a lot on her mind.

Well, haven't we all?

I wouldn't take it personally. OK?

You know what?

I am done playing it nice.

Something's put Jana in a foul mood.

What were you talking about?

I-In the playground?

Erm...

What's going on, Rhydian?

She's just been mentioning the wild a lot. I think she's...homesick.

SCHOOL BELL RINGS

OK, everyone, you better start packing away, quietly.

Maybe she's hungry.

I know it puts me in a bad mood.

Hey, Tom. I painted you in judo kit.

It's a mess.

Yeah, that's AFTER I've finished with you!

LAUGHTER

Rhydian, I need your help. How do I beat Jimi?

Er... Forget it, Tom. You can't learn to fight in a day.

Sorry for asking.

I'll train you.

-Thanks, but you don't exactly do judo.

-Yeah.

But I can help you find your inner wolf.

-Have I got one?

-Enough to scare Jimi.

Come on, we'll go grab a sandwich and then go to the gym.

Thanks, Mads.

Are you coming?

No, I've...I've got some homework to do in the library.

Cool.

It's no use. He won't return.

Then, I can't be held responsible.

What do you mean?

I can't protect him now.

Protect him from what?

The Pack's honour is at stake.

We don't bring him back, they will.

No. You have to control them.

GLASS BOTTLES RATTLE

Humans.

It's just kids.

They could be spying on us!

Oh, no.

HE GROWLS

HE GROWLS

Someone's in there!

-It's just a friend. From school. It's nothing.

-You have human friends?

I have to! They don't know what I am.

You attack them, the authorities will be all over these woods in no time.

They'll ask questions. You don't even want to be seen.

We're leaving tonight.

What does the caravan matter?

You have to control the Pack. You are their leader.

Leadership is about trust. Their trust in me.

-What if there was another way?

-They're not going to be satisfied.

Not until Rhydian has begged forgiveness

and sworn his allegiance.

But he can do that here, can't he?

What if he came to you here,

bowed down before you,

admitted his mistakes?

I will bear witness.

Then you and I can return to the Pack, honour restored.

That's not judo.

-It worked, though, didn't it?

-Yeah, for a Wolfblood.

-Maddy! Alric's back!

-What?!

I saw him talking to Jana up at the caravan.

So that's what that was all about...

-Wait, what were you doing in the caravan?

-It's a long story.

Did you hear what they were planning?

No. But they're up to something.

No! I'm not apologising to him. Not here, not anywhere.

-But it's the only way.

-He tried to kill me!

He's not the problem. The Pack are demanding retribution.

If you don't bow to Alric, then they'll come back.

Maddy and her family will be targets and who knows what they'll do

if they find out Tom and Shannon know Wolfblood secrets.

Alric can only control them if you apologise.

I just don't trust him, Jana.

Then do it for me.

I have to leave with him tonight.

Unless you heal this rift,

I won't be allowed to come back here again...

Won't be able to see you.

And you'll never see your family again.

Don't let it end like that.

-Why's Alric back?! What's going on?

-Who told you?

Shannon... Sneaking round my caravan.

Because I knew you were hiding something.

Trying to save you from getting caught by him.

That's what I was up to.

-I'd leave it there.

-Yeah.

The thing is...Jana's leaving.

-Tonight.

-But he threw you out.

He'll forgive her. She can go home if I make peace with Alric,

-and I'd be able to see my family again.

-Stay away from him, Rhydian.

-No. You have to trust him.

-He tried to kill you, remember?

-You don't know him.

-Don't be blind.

-He's not come to make trouble.

-Enough!

All right, enough. It's my decision.

'You lot!'

Lunch time's over! In!

"Two households, both alike in dignity

"in fair Verona, where we lay our scene.

"An ancient grudge break to new mutiny,

"where civil blood makes civil hands unclean."

So, what is Shakespeare talking about?

Fighting?

Yeah. Fighting. A feud, a vendetta.

An ancient grudge that just keeps going on...and...on.

But what are they fighting about?

Juliet?

Way cool! Men fighting over you.

No, Katrina. They're not fighting OVER Juliet.

Well, they should be.

So...what are they fighting about?

Sam?

Liam?

Cos one side thinks they're better than the other, Miss?

No. They're both alike in dignity.

Tom?

I don't...

..I don't really know, Miss.

Is the right answer. They don't know either.

They've been fighting for so long,

they've forgotten what they're fighting about.

It's become a way of life.

But it's the love of Romeo and Juliet that makes everyone realise

that the only way out is reconciliation.

Forgiveness.

SCHOOL BELL RINGS

It's not just for Jana. It's for all of us.

So you don't have to live in fear of them,

so I can see my family again one day...

So we don't lose Jana for ever.

Can't we come with you? Just to make sure?

No. It's between me and him.

It's not for humans...or tames.

Once it's over, we'll all be free.

So...

this is goodbye?

In which case...

..I have a confession.

When I was in your caravan...

I was actually looking for more dolhdrenc.

-I knew it.

-I think I did too.

Sorry, Shannon. Dolhdrenc may be just herbs and plants mixed in the wild,

but I've no idea how to make it.

Only the Pack Healers.

It's a secret that they don't even share with the rest of the pack.

Looks like it's going to stay that way now.

Well...

..I never thought it would end like this.

No.

Can we at least go to Bernie's or something first?

I mean...say goodbye properly?

-What's Bernie's?

-You've never been to Bernie's?

No.

-Have we got time?

-He said until sundown.

Let's go!

So...our blood actually changes?

-Yep.

-Otherwise, his mum would've found out we're Wolfbloods.

And proved Shannon was right about the beast.

So the moral of the story is...

-Don't get a blood test.

-Unless there's no moon.

Why not?

What's the moon got to do with having a blood test?

The moon affects the tides.

And we're 80% water.

Oh, so it's like a tidal thing?

Yeah...

But I thought blood was thicker than water.

It is. Erm...but it's...

Not as thick as you. I've never heard such rubbish.

You need glucose. Get that brain working.

I'll do you three bars of chocolate for the price of two.

No, I tell you what - make it five and I'll charge for three.

Oh...Bernie.

Marvellous, come on.

HE WHISPERS SOMETHING

You know I'm right.

Yeah, but...let's not say anything until it's official.

SHE SIGHS

-Jana's all right, isn't she?

-Yeah.

It's Alric I don't trust.

OWL HOOTS

You know, I...

I'm really going to miss all this.

Us or flushing toilets?

I'd say you're about equal.

It's amazing what you can get used to.

Once you've done this, it's not goodbye...

but the start of a new way of getting on.

Well, well, well.

You've got more guts than I thought.

Don't be like that. He's come to beg for your forgiveness.

Then get on with it.

Make sure you treat her well.

You're telling me how to treat my own daughter?

-I didn't come here to argue...

-Then don't.

Submit.

-HE SPEAKS IN WELSH

-Yr wyf yn cyflwyno yr un a chledd.

Fel ac yr wyf yn cyflwyno

darlun diarwyneb y pegwn.

HE SCREAMS

THEY SCREAM

Aran! What are you doing?!

Let him go!

-Run, Jana! Run!

-Shut him up!

You said he wouldn't be hurt!

You'd really defend this worthless boy against me?

This isn't what we agreed!

Finally, he will be punished!

You vowed to forgive him!

I'm not in a position to keep my vows!

The Pack has turned against him.

Aran is the only one

who'd come to see justice done.

The only one!

The pack will fear me again.

-I have come for Rhydian's pelt.

-No!

I am your father!

And he is my friend!

(In that case...)

-(..we will drag you as well.)

-No!

THEY GROWL

THEY GROWL

No! No!

Leave her! Leave her!

Think you're a match for a real Wolfblood? Hmm?

You're soft...spoiled!

Like all of your kind.

I'm more than a match for a desperate old wolf like you

clinging to power.

ALRIC GROWLS

THEY GROWL

Tom, Shannon?

THEY GROWL

JANA GROWLS

RHYDIAN GROWLS

ALRIC WHINES

HE PANTS

SHE PANTS

SHE PANTS

You'd side with them...

..over me?

And humans!

-They're my friends!

-Then you've condemned me.

-Why did you have to lie to me?

-I'm trying to protect you.

-You lied to me!

-Jana...

Please! Please help me.

Or there'll be no Pack for you to inherit.

HE GROWLS

HE SCREAMS

(Don't come near me.)

(There's no way back for you now.)

RHYDIAN GROWLS

You're no daughter of mine.

Not any more.

JANA SOBS

JANA CRIES

What do you mean "giving up"?

I can't take another pounding from Jimi.

Tom, I didn't just train you so that you'd give up.

We didn't exactly do much training, Mads.

Facing up to my father doesn't count as training?

-It's hardly judo.

-You want to bet?

It's all about focus.

When animals fight, the last thing they want is to get wounded.

In the wild, it could mean life or death.

So you've got to know where to focus.

Alric was so focused on me,

he didn't see Jana and Rhydian wolf-out.

Same goes for Jimi.

'All he's really focused on is the glory,

'so he'll be playing to the crowd.

'You've just got to know when to choose the right moment.'

Be fabulous, Jimi!

This is going to get so many likes.

JIMI LAUGHS

Yes! Come on, Tom.

Look at Jimi's face.

Upload that one, Katrina.

THEY ALL LAUGH

What makes you think your parents actually want Jana round for dinner?

Jana's here to stay now.

-She's one of the pack.

-But they really don't like her.

Who said they liked YOU at first?

It'll be fine. As long as she's been round for hog roast a few nights...

THEY CHUCKLE

What's going on?

We've packed Rhydian's stuff.

He's moving back in with his foster parents.

A broken down car, spooky house...

Isn't this how horror movies start?

You'll never guess what.

The poppy changed colour!

This is the den.

It's our own special blend.

Can we go?

Before we end up being analysed.

These are all our secrets!

Where's my laptop?

You lying sneak!

-My father didn't throw me out.

-What?

'I've been gathering evidence.'

I chose you over my kin,

my pack, my life!

Let us out of here!

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