“what were you looking for” she said “food” he got up from the bed and said “stay here” she sat on her haunches and nodded.

He walked out of the bedroom and into the kitchen and opened the refrigerator; he pulled out a T-bone steak and unwrapped it. I put it in the microwave and warmed it up a little bit, he then returns to his room and finds Silva laying on the floor with her head on her forepaws. When she smells the meat she gets up and her tail starts to wag he throws her the meat which she quickly eats. All of a sudden he hears his mom’s car pull into the drive he says “quick! You got to hide” she runs out of the room and he opens the basement door letting her descend the stair. He quickly closes the door as his mother comes in.

She looks at him and says “how was school” he says “fine” after she walked away from him he went into the basement and found Silva in the spare bedroom . He says “you can have this room” she looked at him and said “your parents might find out about me” he replies “no they won’t I will make sure of that” he went out of the room and grabbed some spare blankets from the linen closet and some black spray paint.

He spray painted the windows so no one would look into the room and then he made her a bed from the blankets, she crawled into the bed he said “I will be right back” he went upstairs and into the garage where he found a couple of old doggy doors and a padlock as well as some of his father’s tools.

He went back down into the basement and cut a hole in the door and installed the first doggy door and the padlock. He then went to the basement door and carefully cut a hole so his mother wouldn’t notice. After he was done he put back his father’s tool just in time as he pulled into the driveway.

Later that night he checked up on Silva and found her fast asleep, he closed the door and locked it. He put the key to the padlock on a necklace and said “now I will keep this with me at all times to keep her safe” he fell fast asleep.

Part 3 Wolf Lover

Jim woke up the following morning before his parents got up, he made his way down stairs and unlocked the door. As soon as he opened it he saw two glowing eyes in the darkness growling he says “Silva it’s me” she stopped growling as he turned on the light. He watched as she stretched herself and says “where are you off to” I replied “to school” she cocked her head and said “what’s school” I say “it’s where you learn thing that you will need for life” she nodded; I left the room and locked the door so no one would get in.

I went to school and say signs saying “kill all wolves they are a threat to livestock” I immediately ripped the sign off of the wall and threw it into a garbage can unfortunately it attracted the attention of the school bully named Bobby Brigham he was a rather burly boy his curly hair and hands that looked like mutton chops. He walked over to me and said “pick that out” I said “no” a vein in his neck started to bulge he grabbed my shirt and said “what are you some sort of wolf lover” I said “let go of me” he pulled me into his face and just as he was raising his fist to strike. Ms. Lyons walked over and said “Bobby put him down” Bobby went pale, he let go of me and said innocently “we were just playing” she rolled her eyes and said “sure Bobby go to class” he promptly scurried away. She looked as he disappeared from view and turned to me saying “follow me” I followed her down the hall and into a classroom and watched as she closed the door. She turned to me and stared for a few minutes and said smiling “well I guess I am not the only one who likes wolves” I stood there stunned and said “who says I like wolves” I began to grow nervous, she looked into my face and says “it’s nothing to be ashamed of they are wonderful creatures very good for the environment” I said “they are” she nodded went behind her desk and handed me a book on Wolf Ecology and said “this might be a little hard to read but it has good information on wolves you might learn a thing or two about” I took the book and packed it into my bag.

Later that day I was walking out of school and towards the buses when Bobby stepped out of the shadows and said “hey wolf lover where you going” I turned to him saying “home where else” he walked up to me and grabbed my shirt and said “don’t get smart with me or I will kick your butt” I said “let go” he replied “no I owe you something” as he raised his fist into the air I bit his hand which he let go of me and recoiled howling in pain. He regained his composure and came at me, his fist raised in the air as he drew near I clutched my left hand into a fist and as hard as I could slugged him in the face. He fell on his knees clutching his nose he said “you broke my nose” I watched as blood streamed from it. I opened my mouth saying “well you deserved it” I walked away from him and onto the bus and watched as he was surrounded by the school nurses.

When I arrived at home as soon as I opened the door my father confronted me saying “Jim we got a call from the principal saying you punched a kid” I nodded and said “yeah because he deserved it” he ordered that I explain what happened and when I was done he said “well this Bobby kid sounds like a real punk just watch out for him” I walked away from him and into my bedroom where I pulled out the book and began to read about wolves.

When the night began to come I went into the basement and turned on the light and found Silva munching on a deer leg I asked “where did you get that” smiling she said “I went hunting after your parents had left your mother left the door open so I went out and killed this deer” I told her about what happened to me at school and she says “I am going with you to your school tomorrow” I said “that is probably not a good idea you might get caught or worse” she said angrily “I am going and that’s final” I didn’t bring up the topic because there was no point in discussing it with her.

Part 4 Silva goes to school

The next morning Jim got up nervously and thought about what Silva said when she wanted to go to school with him. As he opened his bedroom door he was startled as he found Silva sitting outside the door, he said sleepily “what are you doing my parents might see you” she looked up at him and replied “they already left” he said “oh ok” he walked passed her and got something to eat. He got dressed and said “so what’s the plan” she looked at him and stretched herself in the sunlight her gray fur rippling as she did so. She replies “I will follow you when you get on that yellow whatever it is” he nodded and said “then after that” she looked around and said “I will follow you into your school and stay by your side all day” I look at her and say “that’s not a good idea you might get me or yourself in trouble.” She looked at him with her yellow eyes and said “don’t worry about me” he looked away from her and just as he did this she nuzzled against his cheek and says “please don’t be upset I will be fine” he patted her on the head and watch as the school bus pulled up when he looked around she was gone.

I got onto the bus and the whole time I thought about what could possibly happen, as I arrived at school I looked nervously at the parking lot for any sign of Silva. Just as he was walking into the entrance he heard a howl ring through the air, he turned around and saw Silva running through the parking lot towards him. The kids around him began to scream as they saw the wolf approaching quickly towards them; Silva skidded to a halt and watched as all the nervous teens crammed themselves through the front entrance. He stared down at Silva and said “come on” he walked through the entrance as Silva followed him.

Inside people pressed themselves against the lockers trying to stay as far away from Silva as possible, Jim walked into his first period classroom which was Mrs. Rathbone who seemed to be at a loss of words as she saw Silva. As Jim took his seat the school resource officer came into the room and walked over to him keeping a wary eye on Silva he said quietly “do you know there is a wolf next to you” I nodded, he said “well get rid of it or you will be in a lot of trouble” I say “I can’t she won’t leave nor will you make her” the officer got red in the face and left the classroom. I look around and notice everyone is looking at Silva as she lies on the floor, Mrs. Rathbone continues to stare at Silva and turns from her and begins the lesson on how to write an essay. Every time she spoke Silva howled and this made her quiver Silva looked at me and grinned, as time passed people began to cram their faces into the window and look into the classroom and look at Silva with fear.

When class was almost over the officer returned with the school principal and another officer who had his hand on his holster. As the student resource officer reached for Silva she growled and barred her fangs in which the SRO recoiled. The bell rung and everyone quickly filed out of the classroom as I got up the SRO said “you are in big trouble for bringing that wolf into school” I reply “I didn’t bring