A Long Way from Home Wolfblood

It was found after the fire.

HOWLING

It started in our dad's study.

Jana, come back!

Your parents?

GASPING

Segolia looked into it.

GASPING

They could have missed something.

With your wild wolfblood abilities...

..you could find things that they didn't.

What did you see?

A face. At the window.

Don't even think about it.

Ah, I can never get one over on you.

Maybe you should try sneaking up on me when I'm not hiding something?

Nice to be trusted.

Look, why don't you just talk to my mum about the Covacis?

I did.

She said digging around in the past unsettles Matei and Emilia.

She's not wrong.

They're not exactly the poster kids for stability, are they?

Or maybe there's something Imara doesn't want me to know.

Yeah, like the UFO we got parked in the garage.

Oh, yeah, and bigfoot in the shed.

I found this at the end of the report on the fire.

"Action taken - Protocol 5."

Sounds cool. What is it?

I don't know.

I thought you was Access All Areas?

So did I.

Why is she hiding things from me?

# My heart still beats and my skin still feels

# My lungs still breathe

# My mind still fears

-# But we're running out of time

-Time

# There is nowhere for you to hide

# The hunter's moon is shining

# I'm running with the wolves tonight

# I'm running with the wolves

# I'm running the... #

HOWLING

So, you going to ask my mum about Protocol 5 or...?

I might.

I thought the whole point of Segolia was that we're all on the same side.

You know, like, "wolfbloods assemble."

-Ask her...

-Ask me what?

And you won't be needing those bags. Norway's off.

-What? Why?

-Oh, let me think.

Wolves in the street.

Breaking into the animal park.

Great. So we save the day, but yet we get punished for it.

I told you to wait!

You're both lucky you're spending the night in the cellar

and you're not being packed off to Siberia.

But what if this is it?

You promised my first time would be in the mountains.

-You seem a bit flushed.

-Mum!

Maybe it's a good thing we're not getting on that plane.

I'm fine.

-Do you have a fever?

-No.

Dizziness?

Honest, Mum, nothing.

Then you won't be transforming tonight then, will you?

Fine.

I'm off to school.

Er, breakfast?

I've lost my appetite. Give it to bigfoot.

And be home at five at the latest!

There's something seriously wrong with that boy.

What did you want to ask me?

Nothing.

You'll get indigestion, eating like that.

I've already got a mum, thank you.

Oi, doesn't he need a napkin with that?

Dad!

Goodbye.

This is Mai Lin. Your new flatmate.

-Hi.

-Hi.

I'll show her the flat.

-Oh, no, no. I'll show her the flat.

-Oh, OK.

What's this?

Mai Lin's happy to take the flat unseen.

She can move in straight away.

Oh, come on. I know you two will get on.

She's worked in a lot of caffs and she can do some of Kay's shifts.

Might give you a run for your money.

Thanks.

I'll see you in a bit.

So you're one of dad's students?

Yeah, that's right. Architecture and Urban Design.

He's a great teacher.

So he tells me.

This is the room.

Kay and I redecorated it last month.

Hmm...

I see vibrant colours. Um...

Grey dove woodwork.

If I move the wardrobe over here and the bed over there...

Kay chose the colours to tone with the rest of the flat.

Oh, I keep the door shut anyways.

I think this should be fine.

Thank you very much. Come back anytime!

Tell you what, these kids are great customers. Big appetites.

Disposable income.

We should think about touting the specials.

They're not kids any more.

Well, I suppose you're the expert. So, what are the kids into nowadays?

I'll tell you what they're not into,

is their dad dumping a flatmate on them.

I told you she was coming.

To look round!

She's nice, isn't she?

Did you tell her she could redecorate?

I dunno.

Probably. Does it matter?

Look, you can't be here on your own, not at your age.

And you need someone to help you out.

-I know, Dad, but...

-You're doing an amazing job, Katrina.

But the fact is we can't afford for this place to fail.

So, until you can show me that you can run a profitable business

on your own, you're the boss of The Kafe,

but I'm the boss of you.

"I am the Law".

I don't even know what you're doing there, Dad.

I've got to go meet a client.

Make this work or it's back to Stoneybridge.

Your wolf self connects you to nature and to each other.

It's in your breath, in your dreams.

It's everything that you feel, but don't have a name for.

Let it free. Let it roam.

Open your eyes now.

Think of someone you love.

Picture them, wherever they are now.

You're leaving your body and going out on a journey to find them.

Remember what you're seeing now.

Fix it in your minds and come back to me.

Anyone see anything?

Images? Even feelings?

I saw TJ. But...he seemed younger.

I think it was just a memory.

SIREN BLARES

Practice while you're in Norway.

The forests, the full moon...

You never know.

It's a full moon tonight. If they can't access Eolas by today...

We've been in the city so long, it's like a layer of pollution

dulling our senses.

We're close to breaking through, I can feel it.

But I promised Victoria that we'd have mastered Eolas by now.

Victoria isn't the alpha here any more

and I say you're doing fine.

-I trust you.

-Do you?

Yes.

What's Protocol 5?

Who told you about that?

I did Ansion for Matei and Emilia.

-Jana...

-I saw the fire that killed their parents.

There was someone else looking in through the window.

A boy. Our age. A human.

You saw that with Ansion?

I checked the file, but there was nothing on the boy.

Just "Action taken - Protocol 5".

It's an instruction to get rid of evidence.

Anything left in a wreckage

that would have pointed to the Covacis being wolfbloods.

Why don't I have clearance?

What Segolia does to protect the secret isn't always legal.

The fewer people that know, the better.

We were trying to protect you.

What if the fire wasn't an accident?

What if he started the fire?

We investigated thoroughly.

But you didn't even know he was there!

What he was doing looking in through the window, what he saw.

If they wolfed out at the fire, then we've got a serious problem.

This boy.

How well did you see his face?

Katrina, about this cooking rota?

Oh, we can swap days if you want,

but Friday night is always curry night.

You see, I'm a vegan.

Like Mr Spock?

I don't eat any animal products.

So that's meat, milk, cheese, eggs, anything.

So we'll need to cook separately and use different pots and crockery.

Right.

OK, Friday night is also movie night.

Movies are vegan, right?

Do you like foreign films?

I like American ones.

Foreign language.

I have hundreds - all subtitled, not dubbed.

Ugh, I hate dubbing, don't you?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I prefer hip-hop.

His nose was narrower.

Eyebrows a bit heavier.

That's him. More or less.

He could be a neighbour.

Someone Matei and Emilia might recognise.

All right.

Report back to me as soon as you've spoken to them.

And keep them in line.

I don't want a repeat of the other night, especially on a full moon.

You told Segolia?

I told TJ's mum.

We can trust her.

This is the boy I saw.

Wait. That looks like Darren.

You know, the boy who got expelled?

Yeah, I remember him.

A boy from our school was involved?

We don't know what he was doing there.

Expelled for what?

He broke into the school at night and tagged everywhere.

Where does he live?

I don't know.

But I know someone who does.

All right, let me do the talking.

I've known her for years. She's the lone wolf type.

Not a pack?

Nope.

Hey, Selina, how's it going?

What do you want, TJ?

Um, remember Darren? He used to bully you last year?

Tried to bully me.

Right, well, didn't your parents

-march you down to his house to apologise?

-Yeah.

Like it was my fault.

Right, so you know where he lives?

-Yeah, why?

-Cos we need his address.

If it will get rid of you. Sure.

Unless you want to spar?

Maybe next time.

I'll go round and check and see it it's the boy I saw through Ansion.

Not without us.

Are you joking? It's a full moon.

This is about our parents. He might have started the fire.

We just want to see him for ourselves.

Fine. TJ, go home and tell your mum.

I don't think so, wild girl. We're all in this together, right?

You really don't want to be the one to go tell your mum, do you?

Do you blame me?

Look, we go together.

Fine, but we do it my way.

DOORBELL RINGS

Yeah?

Oh, Darren, hi.

It's him.

Emilia!

SHE SCREAMS

Emilia! Emilia!

-What did you do?!

-Emilia!

-DARREN: What is wrong with her?

-You're OK, calm down.

So that went well. You all right?

She's off her head. Get out, I haven't done nothing!

Then why were you outside our house? The night of the fire.

-WOMAN'S VOICE:

-Darren?

Out, out. Go, go!

I can tell her we're here about that fire, if that's what you want.

What's going on?

Just someone from school, Mum.

Hi, I'm Jana.

You'll stay for tea, Jana?

I'd love to. Darren and I have got loads to talk about.

Look, Jana's got this OK?

'You're not from school.'

'How would you know? You're not there any more.'

'I told him,'

"Don't you get into trouble at school or you'll end up with

"no qualifications and no future, like your so-called friends."

And then he goes and does something stupid for a dare!

It looks like he takes really good care of you.

Oh, he's a good lad, really.

Mum.

I was in hospital that week.

I tried to explain to the school how stressed he was.

I'm all he's got, but they expelled him anyway.

Mum.

All right, all right,

I wouldn't want to embarrass my little boy, would I?

You stay and talk to your friend.

I had nothing to do with that fire.

-You were seen.

-No, I wasn't.

You're going to make up an excuse and go

or I'll call the police.

'You really want the police here?'

'I've got nothing to hide!'

I feel terrible for them, a fire especially, but I wasn't there.

What do you mean "especially a fire"?

-Everyone's scared of fire.

-Some more than others.

HEARTBEAT

999.

Leave!

SHE SNIFFS

Yeah, it's me.

'The kids I told you about, from the fire.'

They know I was there.

I dunno how they know, but they know.

OK. I'll see you there.

-Mum?

-Yeah?

-I'm going out!

-All right, love.

MATEI: You heard him.

He was there.

He might know that we're Wolfbloods.

We need to find out who he was talking to.

Yeah, and what if they're meeting after dark?

Look, the clock's ticking, people,

if we're still out when the moon rises...

I'm up for it if you are.

-Yeah, and you're great at not getting caught(!)

-Enough!

If there's even a chance that he knows about the secret,

then we have to go after him.

But other than that, we stay out of sight

and whatever happens, we leave before moonrise.

I'm thinking about changing the lighting in here.

I saw some lovely coloured chandeliers.

Kay!

Well, what's up, bestie!

-Mwah!

-Mwah!

This is my new flatmate, Mai Lin.

How are you settling in? I hope Katrina's not snoring too loud.

She doesn't, does she? Um, it's a nice little flat.

Needs some work.

I was just about to pop into the shops to get some paint.

-Tunisian Sandcastle.

-Sandstorm.

Yeah. That.

Yellow? In that room? It's south-facing,

it'll be far too bright.

Yeah, but the terracotta, it's a bit gloomy.

It's sophisticated!

Not sophisticated enough to make you stay.

It's like living in a plant pot, eurgh.

And bright yellow's better?

Look, Kay, it's Mai Lin's room now.

If she wants Tunisian Sandcastle, she can have Tunisian Sandcastle.

Sandstorm.

Actually, Kay, you might be right.

Course I am. Check out the colour coordination.

You chose not to live here, Kay, so what you think doesn't matter.

OK, new flatmate, new colour. Tunisian Sandcastle it is!

Jana, come on. Mum can sort this out Segolia-style tomorrow.

I'm not going anywhere.

-So what's the problem, Darren?

-I told you, they came to my house.

This girl with them said I'd been seen.

-What did you say?

-Nothing. I swear.

If you said anything about us being there too...

I wouldn't do that. But if we just went to the cops...

-No-one is going to the cops.

-It's cool. Daz.

We never started that fire.

And as long as you keep your mouth shut,

the cops can't touch us for that other stuff neither.

GROWLING

Emilia.

GROWLING

What's that?

GROWLING

GROWLING

TJ... You're going to have to do the talking.

Talking? We're about to wolf out.

TJ isn't.

Try not to screw this up!

SNARLING

GROWLING

HE WHISTLES

All right, lads?

Fancy meeting you lot here.

Who's this?

TJ, from school. He's one of them.

Right, so which one of you three is going to tell me

about the night of the fire?

Try talking...to this.

See, that doesn't even make any sense.

See, I'm not the one doing the talking here,

so, if you said, "Try listening to this,"

see, now that would make sense.

But I suppose, like how do you listen to a fist?

Like, what noise does a fist even make?

Let's find out.

GROWLING

SNARLING

GROWLING

-Katrina?

-Yeah, in here!

Surprise!

What are you doing?

SHE SHRIEKS

It'll wipe off.

It's ruined. I don't think this is the right environment for me.

Oh, is it the colour? I mean, we can change it if you want.

It's not the paint.

But...

we were getting on so well.

We have so much in common, we both like...Tunisian Sandcastle.

Sandstorm!

I changed my mind.

Your dad was wrong, you don't need a flatmate,

you need a friend and...

..probably some other kind of help.

SNARLING AND GROWLING

-It was Darren!

-What was?

You said you didn't start a fire.

-GROWLING

-Just keep those dogs away from us!

-We robbed the house from round the corner.

-Shut up!

I heard howling. I thought there was a dog trapped inside.

But I couldn't get in.

SNAPPING AND GROWLING They said we had to run!

I heard the fire engine - I thought it would be OK.

I just wanted to save the dogs.

WHIMPERING

So you didn't see who started the fire?

-No!

-Anyone hanging around?

No, no, we didn't see nothing.

I couldn't get in.

I tried, I really tried.

GROWLING

Right, you two - go.

And stay away from Darren!

GROWLING What did you do that for?

Look, I've done you a favour.

You need to go home to your mum.

My mum's going to kill me.

Right, you need to do exactly what I say.

HOWLING

Or not.

Hey, wait up!

You see, the thing is -

I sneaked out before she came out of the cellar.

I'm going to need backup to face Hurricane Mum.

At least you had a bed.

Don't rub it in.

Next month...

We should stay here forever. As wolves living wild.

Well, if you're going to be a wild wolf,

you won't be needing this, will ya!

TJ! Give it back! I mean it!

I don't remember much about my mum. But, um...

I still miss her.

This is all we have left of ours.

Can I see?

She loved you both so much.

BIRDSONG

She used to take you on...

..long walks...

..and tell you all about the flowers and the trees.

She said that, so long as you were connected to nature,

you were connected to all wolfbloods.

HE SOBS

Even the ones who had died.

HOWLING

THEY LAUGH

Mum.

-How did you...?

-Do you think I can't find my own cub?

Look, I can, I can explain everything.

Matei!

I take responsibility for this.

Responsibility? You're all over the internet, again.

-Mum, it's not...

-I don't want to hear another word out of you!

We found a witness to the fire.

Is that an excuse?

To run round the streets on a full moon?

Why shouldn't we?

People only think we're escaped wolves,

they aren't looking for wolfbloods.

Being wolf is the best thing in the world.

It's who we are and you can't stop us.

You're right.

Your foster parents are waiting to say goodbye.

Goodbye?

What's going on?

You have relatives in Romania, a long way from the city.

You can do all the wolfing out you like there.

What? We've never been to the country.

We don't even speak Romanian.

What about their friends? And school?

-W-what about school?

-We have a life here.

Jana, say something.

Oh, there's nothing she CAN say. She knows I'm right.

-No.

-Jana?

Tell her.

Run.

-What?

-All her staff are in Norway.

She can't touch you on her own.

Run. Run!

Run!

GROWLING

I thought you were smarter than this.

-It's the right thing to do.

-Betrayal is never right.

The secret exists to keep wolfbloods safe, not the other way round.

If you can't see that, then I can't be part of Segolia.

Let me know where to send your stuff from my house.

-Come on, TJ.

-Mum!

-She's part of the family!

-Not any more!

Go on. I'll be fine.

But, Mum, where's she going to live?

What's she going to do?

DOOR CHIME PINGS

What happened to you?

It's been a very long day.

Has TJ been in?

No.

JANA SIGHS

-Jana, are you all right?

-Not really.

Do you want to talk about it?

Not really.

Well, I kind of went insane and drove my new flatmate away,

so think you're having a bad day?

This kind of reminds me of your first lunch at Bradlington High.

You were hungry back then, too.

Some days, I wish I was just back at school with all my mates,

just pretending nothing will ever change.

Do you ever feel like that?

Sometimes.

What if we never get that back?

What if we just can't make friends any more?

You became my friend, didn't you?

Yeah, I did.

When I came from... To Stoneybridge, Maddy and Rhydian always said,

"Be yourself."

Be yourself, and someone will like who you are.

Yeah, someone.

Even if being yourself gets you fired and makes you homeless.

Well, at least neither of us have ended up like that.

SHE CHUCKLES

-Oh!

-Mm.

-Wait, do you need somewhere to live?

-Er...

How do you feel about Tunisian Sandcastles?

THEY LAUGH

SHE SOBS

SCREAMING

Jana has to learn these are not her decisions to make.

SNARLING

SHE GASPS

# I'm running with the wolves tonight

# I'm running with the wolves

# I'm running with the wolves tonight

# I'm running with the wolves

# I'm running with the wolves tonight

# I'm running with the wolves... #