My Hockey Alpha



*Enzo, the entire town just showed up to fight," I said. "The people here are good people."

"Okay, sure," Enzo replied, stopping once more to face me. "But that doesn't mean that we should just turn everyone into werewolves."

"Wouldn't it be voluntary, though?" Jessica suddenly chimed in. "We could put up sign-up sheets around town..."

*...And if anyone wants to turn back after the fighting is over, we can give them the antidote," I said, smiling at Jessica. She flashed me a supportive look and nodded. I turned back to face Enzo then. "Come on, Enzo," I said." At least think about it. It's the only way that we can stand a chance at keeping our home safe."

Enzo was silent for a moment. He was clenching and unclenching his jaw repeatedly, just like he always did when he was brooding. He was silent for so long, in fact, that I was on the verge of giving up and walking away - but finally, after a lot of thought, he nodded solemnly.

*Alright," he said quietly, staring at the ground. "But it has to be voluntary, and I want to intensively train everyone before any fighting begins. If I see even a spark in someone that could indicate that they're planning on using their powers for evil, I'm forcefully injecting them with the antidote."

I nodded, suppressing a smile. Even though Enzo's method of making sure that no one would use their powers for evil felt a little extreme, he wasn't entirely crazy for wanting to take that route. After all, we did need to make sure that we weren't putting the town in even more danger by giving powers to the wrong people.

The next morning, we had put posters up all around town and campus by breakfast time. Every shop and classroom had a sign-up sheet, and by the time I headed back to campus after putting up my last poster, I could already see some people lining up to put their names on the lists. I was surprised by the amount of people who were so easily willing to make such a huge change for Mountainview, but it filled me with pride more than anything. Content belong to NôvelDráma. Org.

However, as I headed to the dining hall for breakfast, I ran into the last person who I would want to give werewolf powers to.

"Hey." Selena's voice was sharp and staccato as she stopped abruptly in front of me. Before I could even say hello in response, she shoved one of the sign-up sheets in my face. "What the hell is this?"

With a sigh, I took the sign-up sheet out of her hand and folded it up. "It's a sign-up sheet for something that you're not invited to, unfortunately," I said, trying to be stern without being overly mean.

Selena folded her arms across her chest and frowned deeply. "That's not fair," she growled.

I shrugged. "Until you've given me a good reason to believe that you wouldn't use your powers for evil, you're staying human," I replied. "Sorry, but you can't deny the fact that you caused a lot of trouble when you were a werewolf."

For several moments, Selena just stared at me with a dark expression. Her lips were pursed, and she seemed to be struggling to come up with a response. But before she could say anything else, I suddenly felt an arm wrap around my shoulder and looked up to see Enzo standing beside me.Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDrâ/ma.O(r)g!

"Hey, Selena," he said.

Without a word, Selena turned on her heel and stormed off. All Enzo and I could do was look at each other and shrug.