"Yeah, I am numb nuts" Allison said, standing up and pointing a long finger at Keanu, " And if you'd shut up and just listen, I might be able to keep this from happening to you!"
"You're just a fucking Druggie, bitch! You're stoned out of your mind, Wackerknobs are not real, people don't just change gender, reality doesn't rewrite itself! This is fucking nonsense! Logan, we have got to get out of here!" Keanu was losing it, but this was just too good to pass up.
"Ke, just go. I'm gonna stay here with Allison and finish the dare. I'll see you tomorrow, okay?" You said, and you saw his mouth fall open in disbelief. There was a few heartbeats of silence.
"Fuck it! Just fuck it. Fine!" He yelled, and crashed back on the far bench, "I'm not leaving you out here alone with some Druggie, dude. Even if this is the most bullshit story I have ever heard in my life! WEll, go on then Ms. Bruce Cunningham. Regale us with your knowledge!"
"You little shithead. Fucking trying to save you and this is the thanks I get. Fucking asshole" Allison mumbled, her hands sliding inside her coat pockets and pulling out another rolled joint, lighting it and taking a drag before handing it over to you once more.
"Uh, thanks, but I think I better just stick to one..." You started, but the look in her eyes...There was just this intensity that made you partly believe what she was saying. You shrugged and took the roll, giving it a quick, shorter puff before handing it back.
"That's better. Listen, I know it's wrong, but I'm the only 'Druggie' anymore that actually cares about any of this. The rest have just given up on turning back, or are into the really heavy shit. All I want is to turn back into Bruce and if I can keep you two numbskulls from this, then all the better." Allison leaned back and took a longer drag, staring up at the star for a moment before pulling back up.
"So. Wackerknobs ARE real. I'm proof of that. I've done some digging, whenever I get a chance. That hole in the wall you call a town library has no answers and I'm clearly not getting onto the high school campus, so most of this I've had to pull together from going to the archives in Big Tree, and some pretty heavy duty Internet surfing. The other 'Druggies' don't like to talk about their shit and they really hate people that pry."
""Oh, Internet knowledge. Clearly you are font of all wisdom from that truthful place" Keanu sneered, but Allison ignored him.
"The Wackerknobs are actually called 'Wa'Acha Nobe', demons from local Indian mythology. They seek out people with strong destinies and change the victim's destiny to something else. Clearly they prefer the modern variety of profitable career futures, since I went from engineering student to working at a goddamn gas station and living in a fucking trailer park" The bitterness in Allison's voice was so strong you could almost taste it, though that could have just been the drugs. You both shared another puff before she continued.
"That's literally all I could find out. The tribe that lived around here got wiped out, so there's like a paragraph's worth of information about them. Everything else is just urban legends that we 'Druggies' have created, because we're the only ones that remember getting changed."
"How convenient" Came the heckle from your best friend. "Only Druggies remember any of this while the rest of us poor normal people go on oblivious to the fact that these powerful, mythical animals are just running around in the woods every full moon. Seems legit"
"If you don't have anything good to say, Ke, do you mind shutting up?" You snapped, his negative attitude finally getting on your nerves.
"Hey man, you're too busy 'living the dream' and can't see she's just gonna try to get you to buy drugs when she's done. To keep you safe, of course." He gave Allison a smug look, "After all, the drugs will keep us safe. Not to mention for someone that wants to 'turn back' so badly, why is she getting high? Bit of a hole in your story there, babe"
Allison bent down and picked up a small rock and threw it at Keanu, "Hey shitfucker, you ever think about the fact that it's 3:30AM and I have no idea if they only come out on full moons? I'm fucking grasping at any straw I have here and your shit doesn't help!"
That was when you heard it. A branch snapping overhead.
"Oh fuck me!" Allison screamed, her eyes going wide at the sound.
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