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MADDY [DREAMING]: It's broken.

It's broken.

It's almost time.

It's almost time.

It's broken.

It's broken.

It's broken.

It's broken.

It's broken.

It's almost time.

It's almost time.

Bacon.

Bacon.

Bacon.

RHYDIAN [IN MADDY'S DREAM]: Use your wolfy powers and see

how long it takes for someone to find out what you are.

MADDY [DREAMING]: I'm just fed up with lying all the time.

I can't even tell my friends who I am.

RHYDIAN [IN MADDY'S DREAM]: It's got to be cool having a

family you can be yourself around.

It's not nice to be accused of lying, you know.

MADDY [DREAMING]: Sometimes I wonder, is it possible to stay

friends with them?

I mean, how well do they really know us?

-Thought my picture ought to show what

family is really about?

What being in the pack means to me.

-Rhydian!

-What's wrong, Maddy?

Are you ashamed of your own family?

[bell ringing]

[alarm ringing]

-Rhydian!

-Are you all right, Mads?

-It's cartoon Jimi.

What do you think?

-Sorry.

I actually wanted to say, sorry.

[theme music playing]

THEME SONG: 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 wolfblood flows.

Through these veins a wolfblood flows.

-Hi Bernie.

-Hi.

-When did these pets go missing?

-Last few days.

Why?

Think it's your beast from the prowl, dear?

-You know about that?

-Ah, I hear thinks.

-Like what?

-Aw, come on.

It's just kids gossip.

Pay no attention.

Check out the local paper.

Page five's got a story about farm animals being attacked,

was well as those pets.

Oh, but you read it, you buy it.

[sneezing]

-My family have officially left the building.

-Let the sleepover begin.

OK, this is gonna sound really lame, but can you remember

when we were seven and we use to make

those friendship bracelets?

Well, I found the case, and I thought we could make some

bracelets while we talk.

What's going on?

-Don't get mad, but I thought we might spend the

night on the moors.

-What?

What do you mean?

Why?

-The beast is back, Maddy.

And I think I know where I can find it.

Sort of find it.

Let's just say, I think I know where it might be.

-How do you know it's ba--

I mean, if actually is?

-Pets have gone missing, farm animals have been attacked.

-Since when?

-Since a few days ago.

This is our best chance to see it, Maddy.

And I've worked out its movements.

-But if it's alive and attacking animals, what makes

you think it's safe for us?

Look what happened last time, Shan.

Have you even thought about this?

-Yes, I have.

And I thought if we just stuck together and looked out for

each, you know, that's what friends are supposed to do.

-I thought you wanted to talk?

-We are talking.

-Look, I'm sorry.

I just wanted a proper sleep-over, you know.

Bracelets, cheesy nachos, even cheesier movies.

-It's out there, right now.

-Look, I know how important this is to you.

-You have no idea.

Everyone thinks I'm the town weirdo.

-No, they don't.

-Yes, they do.

Look, my parents took me to see a doctor, and they've

thought about medication.

I've got to see a psychiatrist.

-What?

Why?

-Because of what I said about you.

Look, I need to know if there's something out there.

I need to know that I'm not going completely crazy.

-Oh, Shannon, you're not, you're really not.

-Look, don't patronize me.

I told my mum you were a werewolf.

Now give me one good reason why that makes me sane.

-Because--

because the beast is real, and we're

going to find it, tonight.

-Oh, that can't be them already, can it?

Look, you won't tell the boys about the

psychiatrist, will you?

-Of course not.

-Hey.

-You're early.

-Nice to see you, too.

I'm cooking, remember?

-Oh, yeah.

-Is anything different about me?

-No.

-New jacket from Manchester.

Dad brought it down.

Cool, eh?

-Well, it's totally impractical.

You're gonna have to change.

-Wuh-- why?

-Because you're going to freeze.

I'll find you something else to wear.

-OK.

[sneezing]

-What's wrong with Shannon?

-We're going beast hunting tonight.

-What?

No way!

I'm tired of being out int the dark and cold.

-Tom, she needs this.

-Yeah, and I need to tune in front of the TV.

That was the plan, Mads.

-This is more important.

-Why?

What's happened?

-She just really needs one right now, OK?

She needs to know we're on her side.

-Fine.

I'm eating before we go.

-How many you cooking for?

-I wasn't too sure how much to get.

So I got one kilo each.

-Didn't you see that was just far too much?

-Yeah, but I didn't want to seem like an idiot in front of

the butcher so I asked for a meat feast for 12.

-Good deal I'm starving.

-Uh, better take off my new jacket, then, eh?

-Yeah.

Tom, you know we've been friends, like, forever.

-Feels like forever, yeah.

-But seriously, we are true friends.

-Yeah, of course.

And you tell your true friends everything, right?

Like, even if it is shocking?

Like a secret, something you don't want

anyone else to know.

-Is this why you've been so off with me?

-What?

-Cause you know I fancy you.

-What?

-It was just a crush, right?

-Ye--yeah, I know.

-But you didn't say anything.

So I know you knew.

Like, you did know, right?

-No, yeah.

I--

I know.

-Yeah.

Sorry if I embarrassed you.

-No.

Uh--

-Did you have any feelings about it?

-Feelings?

-Feelings.

-I--

I didn't give it a second thought, but--

-Oh, All right, fine.

Forget it.

-No, Tom, I--

-No obviously it wasn't worth thinking about.

[doorbell ringing]

-Tom, I found you a jacket.

You're early, too.

-Is that bad?

What?

-Just checking.

-Boots?

--Boots.

You didn't smell or sense anything?

-No.

-Me neither.

-So she's wrong.

-Maybe not.

Maybe it's smart.

SHANNON [OFFSCREEN]: Are you two coming?

-Just trying to get these boots on.

So let's say, it is the wild wolfblood.

So it lives on the moors, sometimes comes foraging in

new territory, and can mask it's own scent.

How does seeing it help Shannon?

-Her family thinks she's crazy.

I mean, seriously crazy.

Shannon's starting to wonder if they're right.

She needs to know it's real.

And we're going to help her, even it means one us

transforming to do it.

-What?

SHANNON [OFFSCREEN]: Maddy, Rhydian!

-Coming.

[sneezing]

-OK, this is us.

And according to newspapers, the Parkers lost two sheep

three days ago.

Howdale, lost a ram just last week.

And we've got Highfield, and Barfield that both lost

animals last night.

And then we have Wilson, [inaudible], and Hermione.

So, if we just join the dots together, we get--

-It's circling the village.

-Exactly.

And it's clearly not feeding in the same place twice.

So we need to be somewhere around here.

[sneezing]

-I don't think Maddy ought to be going out with a cold like

this.

-I'll be fine, Rhydian.

-Do you [inaudible]?

-It doesn't matter.

-It does matter.

-Maybe the boys are right.

-They're not right.

I'm coming with you.

-I'll go have a word with her.

-She's clearly made her mind up.

Tell her I'm sorry.

-Shan.

-I'm looking for a cold cure.

-Has Maddy spoken to you about me?

-No.

-Not about when I fancied her, or--

-No.

-Nothing?

-Why?

-I just thought maybe if you suddenly found out your best

friend fancied you, you'd think about it.

Maybe even talk about it to your other best friend.

-Yeah.

But she is going through a phase, isn't she?

-Like you, like me.

Sometimes it's just best not to talk about it.

-I see.

So my face isn't worth thinking about, yet yours has

us running into the woods every single

time you shout beast.

-If that's how you feel, don't come.

-Well, maybe I won't.

-Ah, good.

-Good?

Does nobody pay attention to what I've got to say?

Shannon.

-What?

-Beginning to feel about my jacket.

-And what if is it out there?

What if it attacks us again?

-We defend ourselves.

-What?

As wolves, in front of our friends?

-Well, maybe it's time they find out.

I'm having stress dreams.

-Now who's the crazy one?

-I can't keep lying to them, Rhydian.

Look what it's done to Shannon.

-You'll feel it ten times worse when they broadcasting

the news to rest of the world.

-They wouldn't do that.

-Well, how do you know that?

What if they can't handle it?

What if you fall out with them?

-I'll take that risk.

-This isn't about you.

It's about all of us, me, your mum and dad, all wolfbloods.

-And my friends will understand that.

-But you need friendship as an excuse.

This is about you feeling guilty.

-It's about me living truthfully for once.

-You can't for a reason.

Why is there wolfbloods who have kept themselves hidden

for so many years?

Even the wild one's.

It's because human beings wipe most of us out.

Or is your dad lying about all that?

-Am I interrupting something?

-No, of course not.

-All right. well, this is the only cold remedy I could find.

It's aconite.

One of my mum's homeopathic remedies.

-What, you mean one of those New Age, unscientific things

you don't believe in?

-Yep, it's basically sugar pills

covered in plant extracts.

They sort of just make you think yourself better.

All right, open.

Right.

If that doesn't work, pop in another one.

They can't run you down.

-You can't tell them, Mads.

This is my secret, too.

-Sorry, Rhydian, but I can't live like this anymore.

-Maddy.

-When the times right--

-Maddy

- --I'll do what I have to.

-Stop it.

-Do you smell those burgers?

-Maddy, no.

-I'm starving.

-Maddy, no.

-I need meat.

-You're not going in there.

Can't you smell it?

RHYDIAN [OFFSCREEN]: I'm not letting you do this.

MADDY [REMEMBERING]: Let me go.

Ugh!

Ugh!

Argh!

-You need the bathroom.

-I need meat.

Ugh!

Ooh!

-What's happening?

-Uh, Maddy's sick.

-I'm not sick.

I'm hungry.

You stop!

-Maddy.

-Look, look.

Do you want your friends to see you like this?

TOM [OFFSCREEN]: Maddy?

-I'll be down in a minute.

I'm just feeling a bit weird.

-Turn your wolf off.

-This isn't me.

-Well it must be.

[knocking]

-I'm being sick.

SHANNON [OFFSCREEN]: Maddy.

-It's not.

-Your not doing this?

-No, I swear.

TOM [OFFSCREEN]: Maddy.

-The pill.

-What?

-This happened after you took that pill.

-Like an allergic reaction?

-Maybe.

-Rhydian, open the door.

[knocking]

SHANNON [OFFSCREEN]: Maddy.

-How do I turn it off?

-All right , stay here, lock the door.

-You can't open--

-She's in a bad way, temperature's through the

roof.

-Since when are you a medical expert?

Look, my mum's a doctor.

Let me look at her.

-No, she's being sick.

I should take her home.

-I can take her home.

-Well, you're cooking.

-What is it with you, Rhydian?

Why do you want to get Maddy on her own?

-I'm not.

-Yes you are.

Just admit you fancy her and stop pretending.

-I'm not pretending.

-Boys!

We will all take her home.

-But that's pointless.

I can do it.

Shannon.

Shannon, Shannon.

Where you going?

He's just jealous, that's all.

Shannon.

-If we all take her, we can go on to the moors from there.

-It's on the other side of the village.

Look, if I take Maddy home, then you can just go from

here, with Rhydian.

-You'll do anything to get out of this beast hunt, won't you?

-No, I'm just thinking about Maddy.

[smoke detector beeping]

-Ah, the burgers!

-Maddy.

-Can't you smell it?

I'm ravenous.

-You're not going down there.

-I need meat!

-Wait, you've got to see this.

-I noticed Rhydian's vanished again.

-Stupid thing.

How do you turn it off?

-He's gone back to the bathroom.

-This says aconite is also known as wolfsbane.

[knocking]

TOM [OFFSCREEN]: Maddy?

-In folklore, consuming wolfsbane was

supposed to turn people--

[knocking]

TOM [OFFSCREEN]: You decent?

- --into werewolves, which is obviously rubbish, unless--

-You're a wolfblood.

-Exactly.

How to protect from werewolves.

What to do when a werewolf bites.

-I wasn't eavesdropping.

I just wondered what you and Rhydian were up to.

-Anecdote to wolfsbane.

-Tom.

You smell yummy.

-I do?

-This is it.

Thistle root is said to quiet the werewolf.

[sniffing]

-Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

You said you didn't give me a second thought before.

-You didn't smell like this before.

-Well, this is just-- just cheap aftershave from

Bernie's, Mads.

[growling]

-I'm going to go make burgers.

-Maddy!

[smoke detector beeping]

-That girl definitely has a fever.

-Maddy, come on.

You really need meat, just wait.

Lock the door.

Lock it.

[smoke detector beeping]

-Why won't it switch off?

[smoke detector beeping]

-Ugh!

Oh, pooh!

Oh!

-Uh, I think the burgers are done.

-Oh!

[growling]

-You knew Maddy fancied me, didn't you?

-Maddy, fancy you?

-She literally threw herself at me, upstairs.

It's cool.

I know nothing's going to happen between us, it's just--

hm.

Oh, hey.

He's so jealous.

-Jealous?

-That's what it's all about.

-Oh, you and Maddy.

-Oh, come on, Shan.

I know you girls talk about that kind of stuff.

And I understand you keeping Maddy's feelings a secret.

That's what friends do.

It's just nice to know that I'm not invisible after all.

-Nice start up.

Where's the main course?

-Maddy's fixed.

-She's being sick.

-Oh, stop playing games, you two.

I know what's going on.

Maddy, if you'd rather have two boys fighting over you

than beast hunt with me, well then you

should have just said.

Your stuff's out here, so you might as well just

leave, right now.

-Right.

You're not going anywhere until the coast is clear.

-What are you doing?

-Beast hunting.

-Well, what about the food?

Don't chuck it all out.

It's bait.

Ju-- look, why don't you two just go and take Maddy home?

It's clearly what you'd rather do.

-What did you say to her?

-I didn't say anything.

What did you say?

-Do you think she'll be all right on her own?

I mean if the thing we saw last month is

still out there, th--

-No.

Wait for me.

[knocking]

-Maddy, right now is your chance.

OK?

Give us two minutes to leave.

Go straight home, all right?

Maddy?

-Yes!

-Maddy's taking herself home.

[growling]

-I need meat!

Meat, meat.

I need meat!

Meat!

-How long have you known Maddy fancied me?

-Maddy doesn't fancy you.

-Whatever.

-Did you seriously think you have a chance together?

-Of course not.

-Then what's your point?

-My point is you acting all jealous, like you've got some

sort of claim on her.

-Fine.

You win.

I'm jealous.

Now can we focus on Shannon please?

-100%.

Just wanted to here you say it.

Ugh!

Aw, thistles, they're everywhere.

-Thistles?

-Aw, man!

Thought it was my burger, but it is sheep poop.

What are you doing?

-This is a good weapon, just in case.

[wolf howling]

-It's behind us.

-Wuh--wuh-- where you going?

-Maddy.

-Yeah, Maddy's either at home or at the house.

We need to go find Shannon.

-But I just--

-You're not getting out of this now.

Maddy's safe.

She can take care of herself.

Come on.

-Meat!

Meat!

Meat!

Meat!

Meat!

Meat!

Meat!

TOM [OFFSCREEN]: Shannon?

-Over here.

-Did hear that howl?

-I heard it.

-I hope it's not stalking us.

-Why aren't you taking Maddy home?

-What?

And leave you to face the beast on your own?

What kind of friends do you think we are?

-Maddy's friends.

-She's really ill.

I think it was that pill you gave her.

It's was about 10 years past it's used by date.

-She's not faking it?

-No.

All she wanted was to be here for you.

I was trying to stop her.

-Oh, I feel terrible, now.

-Can we focus on the beast, please?

-All right.

Follow me.

-Follow you?

But he's following us.

-Maddy.

-This is perfect.

We are so going to see the beast tonight.

-Meat!

Ugh!

-All right, stop!

-Did you hear that?

-Ugh!

-Is that you?

-Oh, very funny.

Hilarious.

You've scared the beast off now.

-Sorry.

-Thanks a bunch.

[sneezing]

-Are you really going to spend all night looking at these?

-I can't believe we didn't get anything.

-There will be other times, Shan.

-What were you doing out there, anyway?

I thought you were supposed to be ill.

-I didn't want to let you down.

-How did you know where we were?

-I didn't.

-I'm sorry, Maddy, for all those mean things I said.

-I didn't have the best reaction to that pill.

I mean, I don't remember doing anything.

-So you don't remember throwing yourself at Tom?

-Tom?

I threw myself at Tom?

-According to him, you did.

-Oh, my--

-Don't worry.

He was going on about how you two will only ever be friends.

I think he was just glad of the attention.

-Normal service has been resumed.

We have toast and jam, marmalade, peanut butter, slab

of ham, tomatoes, and cheese.

And I think that's it.

Oh, and Rhydian's bringing drinks.

-I'll give him a hand.

A lucky break, huh?

-You could say that.

-I can still taste the thistle root.

-I had no choice.

-I know.

Thanks.

-Still can't spill the beans.

-No.

Not now.

Shannon's happy.

-Yeah, so is Tom.

He thinks I'm, uh, jealous of you and him.

-Oh yeah?

-Don't push your luck, Maddy.

-Sorry.

It's just really good to be normal again, doing normal

gossipy things, with normal people.

-There's nothing normal about your friends.

[theme music]