—Goodbye grandmother,— she said.
Her grandmother came up to her, kissed her forehead and in a soft voice said, —God bless you and be good. —
—So I will,— she replied and whistled out of the house.
Outside the house Lucia and Angela were waiting for her, both very dressed up to go to Susana's 16th birthday party, Nagy was dressed in blue pants, a black top and a blue overcoat, it was the first time she was allowed to go and come back alone, so she was very excited.
The girls would walk because it was still early and Susana's house was only a block away from Nagy's house, Lucia's father would pick them up at 2 am and take each girl to her home; the street was illuminated by the lights of the poles, some cars driving and the full moon, which shone in all its splendor.
—Let's walk around the block,— said Lucia.
— Why would we do that, so we would walk more,— answered Nagy.
—That's the idea,— replied Lucia, with a mischievous look on her face.
—Yes, yes... let's do it,— said Angela.
They were 2 against 1, so Nagy had no choice but to agree, they turned around and continued walking, when they passed by the church square, the light dimmed, a thick fog took over the atmosphere, the girls felt afraid and joined together to walk, suddenly they felt some steps approaching quickly, towards them, some red eyes were shining, when they were ready to run, Lucia said: — It's just a dog. —
If it was a dog, then the girls continued walking, but this time in a hurry; They arrived to a darker place, a few meters away was the dog, with reddened eyes, his body became bigger and big fangs came out of his mouth, he let out a shocking bark, he stood on his hind legs and was ready to attack them; Paralyzed with fright, their legs did not allow them to move, let alone run, to flee from that place.
Suddenly the door of the church opened, a small man with a big hump on his back came out with a flashlight in his hand.
—Come, you will be safe here,— he said.
The girls rushed in, but Nagy got tangled up and was left behind, the dog caught up with her, pounced on her, the little man came to her rescue, with a bright flashlight, which blinded the beast, the girl was able to get up and ran into the church.
— Who are you? — Lucia asked.
— I am Eilan,— answered the little man.
— What animal is that? - said Lucia,
—It's a werewolf,— he answered.
— Did he want to eat us? —Angela asked.
—¡No!, his intention was not to eat you, he wants a Queen and he needs to turn a beautiful lady into a werewolf to make her his wife,— explained the little man.
— And how would he do this? — asked Lucia.
—By injecting his venom through a bite,— he answered.
The conversation was interrupted by some strange noises made by Nagy, who was sweating a lot, suddenly began to convulse; at that moment the man realized that the girl had been bitten by the werewolf, he explained to the other girls what was happening and the consequences that this would bring.
—Let's take her to a hospital,— said Lucia.
—That won't do any good, besides I can only protect them inside the church. — replied the little man.
—What shall we do, then,— asked Lucia.
—There is only one way to counteract the poison, we have to look for the antidote in the Vatican, before dawn. — said the little man.
— In Rome? — Angela asked, —It's impossible.
—There is only one way to do it, but one of you must go,— said the little man, —Follow me, it must be quick, we don't have much time.
The little man took a talisman out of his bag and placed it on Nagy's chest, then he told us to go up with him to the bell tower of the church, he played a flute several times, and in front of us a huge bird appeared.
He asked who would go for the antidote, Lucia agreed to go, she climbed on the bird and it took flight, at full speed, because there was not much time, at sunrise, Nagy would become a Wolf Woman; What Lucia did not know is that this race would be with obstacles, they were stalked by gargoyles, which at full speed would try to prevent them from reaching their destination.
But for their luck there were also allies in this race, some flying elves, prevented the passage to the gargoyles, managing to knock down some and making the giant bird could move freely; So they could reach the Vatican, the fairies already knew of their arrival and quickly gave them the antidote, they picked it up and returned quickly, to the place from where they departed.
When they arrived it was almost dawn, but they still had time to give the antidote to Nagy, so they did and the girl returned to normal, erasing from her body the wound caused by the dog.
Then the little man took a pendulum out of his pocket, swung it around several times and the three friends appeared in their own beds, they never knew if this really happened or if, by coincidence, they had the same dream.
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