100% Wolf (17 page)

Of course this is real life and not fantasy, and Freddy's
story does not have a dream ending. As the months
passed he found that he didn't always transform into
a wolf. Dripsy-Wimpsy was as much a part of him
as ever. On each full moon, Freddy could never tell
whether he would transform into poodle or wolf, but
whatever he was he walked with pride.

He and Batty became inseparable after she came to
live at Farfang Castle. Freddy could be just as annoying
and silly as ever, especially now he was a
hero,
but she
loved him still. They were never happier than when
racing through the woods talking together, whenever
the full moon shone.

Uncle Hotspur was banished to Dundaggard Castle
in the very northernmost part of Scotland. There Laird
McDaggard, a member of the Fang Council, guarded
him. Hotspur spent his days pacing the courtyard
and nights staring at the moon, and always, always,
vowing revenge on Freddy Lupin.

Harriet and Chariot accompanied their father to
Scotland. They were not in the least bit pleased to be
living with Laird McDaggard and his wife in the middle
of nowhere. Their behaviour there was so atrocious
that they were soon sent away to a strict school. You'll
be happy to hear that they were very miserable there.

After seeing that Freddy and Batty were safe,
Hamish, Bruno and the other dogs disappeared into
the night, back to the Wildside. They would often
turn up at the kitchen door looking for sausages,
and were always welcomed as friends when they did.
Bruno turned up most often, for no matter where he
roamed he just never met another mongrel with eyes
as pretty as Batty's.

Coldfax Fort soon fell into disrepair without Mayor
Lupin to keep it open. When the Commander searched,
not a single dog remained, not even Cerberus. Where
he had gone was a mystery. But the wolfhound had
discovered how to move the grate and explore the
drains and no-one ever checked down there. It was
said that despite the disappearance of the dogs the
ghost hound remained, for at night his howls could be
heard coming from somewhere in that terrible place.

And Dr Cripp?

He is now in a special hospital for the completely
confused. He is happy to tell all the doctors who
visit him that the country has been taken over by
werewolves.

The doctors will make sure that he's never allowed
out, for he is quite mad, you know ...

Werewolves? Whoever heard of anything as crazy
as that?

Jayne Lyons has worked as a geologist/geophysicist
for fifteen years. One day in 2004, while living in
Aberdeen, Scotland, she became very bored and
applied for a job in Perth, Western Australia. Four
months later she was there, and she has been living
in Australia ever since. Jayne writes every day: on the
bus, at lunchtime, in the evening and at weekends.
She likes writing funny, irreverent stories for children,
and especially having a very free hand with language.
There is nothing she likes more than inventing new
words. Jayne is married and a full-time working
mother, with one ten-year-old daughter.
100% Wolf
is
her first book.