They were back at the location they were before they went to the hospital, an area away from the centre and even the hut, somewhere at the starts of the mountains that surrounded the town. There were few trees around so the starry sky above them was perfectly visible. The moon was almost a full one and emitted bright light that showered their surroundings, a reminder to them of their dark fate.

Helena and Rick were standing opposite Jasper waiting for his next plan.

'We need to act fast', he said,' soon we will turn into wolves and that's no use. Helena, you are the second eldest and I say we go with that order so you're next. It would be suspicious to have you admitted to the hospital right after that, so we'll have to come up with something new.'

They all bowed their heads in thought. Helena however, was bugged by something else.

'Jasper', she started, 'You never told us what you saw when you were dead.'

Rick raised his head looking pretty amused and turned his attention to his brother. Jasper was completely expressionless, he looked almost serene.

'Nothing. Absolutely nothing. There was only a light so bright I couldn't see, except for a shadowy figure approaching me, it was slow so it didn't reach me before I came back.'

Rick brought his hand up to his chin.

'Hm, that's weird, if you were dead any longer they wouldn't have been able to bring you back, it was close as it was. I also don't think we should try anything by ourselves, it's too dangerous. That drug is the safest way to die just from some minutes, anything else is risky. I mean, even just that I'm not sure my CPR would work.'

Jasper's eyes widened and Helena turned to stare at Rick.

'What?'

'What what?'

'You know CPR?' asked Jasper as he approached Rick like a hunter to his prey.

'Yes…'

'Why didn't you tell us that to start with?' inquired Helena.

He shrugged his shoulders.

'I didn't think it was important.'

'You didn't think it was important?' said Jasper in a threatening tone, his expression only indicating the upcoming storm.

'When Helena asked "how do we bring you back" you forgot to mention you could and even seconded her question!'

Helena was looking at them both, Jasper's glare was intense enough to burn a hole in Rick who was now slightly intimidated. The tension in the air could easily be felt.

'Well, as I said, it's too risky-

'So that's your excuse?'

He grabbed hold of Rick's collar and clenched his fist. Helena stepped in and held him by the shoulder.

'Don't accuse him. He did what he should and did it safely. Don't let your frustration out on him, it's not his fault.'

This only caused Jasper to sneer.

'Then whose fault is it?'

'No one's. You've let this obsession of breaking the curse take over. I know it's bad, but really, why are you so desperate?'

Jasper didn't answer. He just stared at Helena in disbelief. His grip on Rick's collar loosened.

'Are you really asking me this? Why is it so important that I break this curse? Do I really need to answer that?'

He huffed and let go of Rick who sighed in relief.

'As for why I'm obsessed, no one else is doing anything! I'm the only one actually trying while you just sit back and expect everything from me!'

Helena stepped away.

'Jasper, are you afraid of death?'

His eyes widened and his expression momentaly changed to frightened before turning angry.

'What?'

The girl sighed before continuing.

'Me and Rick have accepted our fate, it's you who is desperate to do this. Sure, it would be nice, and we will offer you any help you need, but didn't it ever occur to you that it might not end well? That you will have wasted your life for nothing instead of enjoying it?'

Jasper's face softened and he lowered his head. His silence made Helena think she had got through to him.

'Truth is, I wouldn't expect you to understand. You don't understand. You're not dying tomorrow.'

She kept her eyes glued on him. His head was tilted towards the ground and he was staring blankly at it.

'So are you afraid?'

He shot up immediately, absolute anger was written on his face. With a quick dash he was right in front of her, causing her to gasp and step back.

'You even dare asking me that? You, whose selfishness won't allow yourself to help me? You may want to die but it never once occurred to you that not all of us do! So don't you dare ask me such a thing!'

She growled. Anger was building up inside her again and she wasn't willing to control it.

'Selfish? You're calling me selfish when you practically forced us in joining your quest! You ruined our lives! It's your fault we were born to suffer with you! Your fault!'

Rick, who had distanced himself from the two, called out to them but they didn't listen. They were too absorbed in their fight.

Both Jasper and Helena wanted to do more than just exchange harsh words. Jasper had his fists clenched and Helena's stance indicated she was ready to attack.

'Guys!' Rick was finally heard. 'The moon!'

They looked up. The once imperfect round moon was now full and they all knew too well what that meant.

'It's gone midnight!' cried Helena.

She felt her legs wobble before falling to the ground. Her limbs started to shorten and her face changed. Gray fur sprouted from her skin covering her whole body. Her brothers had also transformed. She recognized Jasper from the red streaks in his fur and Rick from his light gray colour.

They had now stopped thinking like human beings. All they knew was their hatred and that they had no reason not to act upon it. Jasper attacked first, running towards Helena. She growled at him and charged in his direction but was overpowered. She fell down from the impact of the hit. Seeing that, Rick ran between them and bit Jasper's leg to stop him. In return, he grabbed hold of his neck with his teeth and tossed him aside. He fell to the ground with a loud thud, unconscious. Meanwhile, Helena had regained her composure, she hit Jasper with her foot, claws out, managing to land a scratch on his shoulder.

This only further enraged Jasper, ignoring the blood that came trickling out of the fresh wound, he sank his teeth in her torso, biting as hard as he could. She whimpered from the pain and severity of the injury and tried to pull away, but Jasper wouldn't let go. The strength in her legs subsided and she slowly lowered to the ground, Jasper's teeth regulating her fall. When he finally let go, she was completely unconscious. The wound was big and a large amount of blood was coming from it, more than was healthy.

Helena started to wake up. She didn't want to, but a bright light was bothering her. It got brighter by the moment as if coming closer to her. She opened her eyes as curiosity struck her.

"Where am I?"

She was no longer outside with her brothers. She was in a white room that was so white, it appeared endless. In front was that light that had woken her up.

"This must be… Oh no…"

It was just how Jasper had described it. She stood up, which was when she realized she was no longer in her wolf form.

"Am I…am I dying? It's not my time yet. Why…"

It suddenly dawned on her.

"Jasper.."

She looked down at her body and felt her stomach. There was no wound.

'Surprised to be here Helena? I've been waiting for you.'

She looked up and there was the Grim Reaper, standing at a distance from her, thankfully.

'Where….where did you come from?'

'The Underworld. I'm here to take you there.'

She sighed. Disappointed, that's how she felt. She had died earlier than she should by the hand of her brother.

'Did you know this was going to happen?'

'No, but I'm glad it did.'

Jasper was growling at Helena's unconscious body, ready to attack again. He could still taste her blood in his mouth. He stepped back to gain momentum for his upcoming hit when he felt a rush of pain shoot through his body. He tried to ignore it, but then he felt like his strength had abandoned him. Extreme fatigue took over and all he wanted to do was crash. He bowed his head to the ground and started taking deep breaths to recompose himself. That's when he noticed his hands, they were human. He sat up and looked down. He was in his human from. Looking towards the sky, it was still night so unexplainable why he had transformed.

His breathing was getting heavier. It was harder to fill his lungs too. He brought his hands to his chest and continued to take as deep breaths as he could. As he was looking around, he noticed his still unconscious siblings, both in their wolf forms.

"Why did I... And what happened here?"

Rick moved slightly and moaned but he didn't wake up. Helena was completely still. Jasper inspected her carefully when he noticed she wasn't moving at all. Her chest wasn't going up and down like Rick's did. He also noticed the puddle of blood near her, all coming from her wound.

"Did I… NO!"

He scooted near her, now unable to walk. His vision was also getting blurrier.

"What the hell…. Am I dying?"

Then he realized; it'd gone tomorrow. That wasn't his biggest concern though. He placed a hand on Helena's heart only to find it wasn't beating.

'No! Helena!'

He looked towards Rick who was still immobile.

'Rick! Rick! Get up, Helena's dying! I need help!'

When Rick didn't budge, he scooted towards him, a rather long way for him to go in his condition, but in his wolf form that's how far he had managed to throw him. He started shaking Rick to wake him up but nothing happened.

'Rick! Please wake up, I need your help! You're the only one who can save her!'

His already blurred vision got worse as tears started to from in his eyes. He was losing all hope. He looked back at her and managed to make out she had turned into a human.

'No!'

He threw his body in her direction, scooting being too time consuming, and him losing the ability to move.

'Helena! Hang in there, please!'

He ripped of part of his sleeve, the piece being rather smaller than he wanted and messily ripped as his fingers were shaking and it was getting harder and harder to control his movements. He placed the thin material over the wound and held it there with his shaking hand. His whole body was shaking, not only cause he was dying. He was sobbing heavily and despite his efforts to hold back his tears, they were streaming down his face.

'I'm so sorry! Please, don't die! I'm sorry for everything! You were right. I never meant for anyone to get hurt. Please, forgive me!'

Helena was looking down, avoiding the Grim Reaper with her eyes. It was hard for her to believe this was the end.

"Now I know what Jasper meant. Now I understand why he was afraid. I thought I t least had accepted this, why am I so afraid now?"

She stared at her feet and kept silent. She was killed by her brother, a brother she loved, not a fate she hated.

'Come on, it's time to go.'

The Grim Reaper started walking and she followed.

"So this is why he was so adamant about breaking the curse. I guess death is worse than I thought. Now I don't get why I was ok with it."

They were getting closer to the light.

"It's such a shame too. At least it's me I guess, to die earlier. I can handle it."

A gate opened up in front of them out of nowhere and the Grim Reaper was heading towards it. Helena wasn't far behind.

"How could I not separate life and death? How could I believe they were the same? Life is nice. I think I want to live."

She stopped in her tracks. The Grim Reaper looked back at her questionably. He motioned for her to pass the gate.

'You know what? I don't feel like dying right now. I'll see you another time.'

She turned and started to walk in the opposite direction. As she was walking, she couldn't help but worry whether she could come back to life or not.

"I'm not giving up on life that easily", she thought, "but this better damn work otherwise I'll die having alienated the Grim Reaper!"

She kept on going, her back to the light. She didn't even know if the Grim Reaper was there anymore, thankfully he wasn't doing anything to stop her. However still, she wondered, was it possible to come back from the dead by sheer will power only?

Jasper was holding Helena's hand. His tears had dried up and his sobbing had died down, he was too exhausted. Instead, he was hyperventilating and clutching his chest, he could feel his heart slowing down. But none of that mattered to him.

'I…I'm s-so sorry…' he managed to utter between pants, 'I de…deserve t-this….'

His eyelids felt heavier so he let his eyes close, his body was too weak to hold up its own weight. The end had come. He struggled to lie on the grass near Helena, still holding her hand.

'See….see you th-there, sis…'

He lay there, thinking of his life and how indeed he had wasted it and there was nothing he could do other than wait for the end. He gazed at the sky. The stars looked like diamonds against the darkness of the night.

He was gazing for a while when he realized he wasn't dead. He could breathe normally too.

"Huh?"

He shot up. He no longer felt ill.

"What's going on?"

His vision had been fully restored and so had his movements. He could now function properly. Still puzzled about his sudden recovery, he glanced at his siblings. Rick was unconscious and so was Helena. Or so he wished. He couldn't bear to think she was anything more than that. He closed his eyes which he immediately felt well up. As much as he tried to get a grip of himself, he couldn't. Guilt and grief plagued him and he cried out loudly. He didn't care if anyone heard him or not. Killing his sister was a sin he couldn't live with, he just couldn't. He kept on crying, loudly, but that didn't stop him from hearing a sound come from Helena.

His eyes flung open. Had he heard right? She shuffled slightly and groaned in pain. He couldn't help but stare at her wide-eyed. She was alive!

'Helena!'

He went near her and held her in his arms so the top of her body was in a 45 degree angle. He placed his hand over the blood-soaked material that covered her wound. She was definitely breathing and seemed to be coming back into consciousness.

Her eyes were closed. This time there wasn't any light to bother her. She could feel the chill in the air and hear the sound of leaves in the wind. Sounds of life. She felt different, like she was in a light sleep ready to wake up from a dream. Puzzled, she opened her eyes. Jasper was there, looking at her. His face was stained from tears and he looked all around worn out. But he also looked relieved.

'Helena! You're….you're back!'

She stared at him for a few seconds trying to comprehend what was going on, before she groaned again and clutched her wound over Jasper's hand.

'Hurts…'

He felt another pang of guilt.

'Oohh...'

Jasper looked to his side. Rick had woken up and he was in his human form, clutching his head.

'What the hell happened?'

He waited till his vision cleared and he could see the other two. First, he noticed the blood on Helena's stomach.

'Oh my God! Is she ok?'

'She won't be if you stall any longer, come and help!'

He didn't need to be told twice. With a leap, he was near them and had already fetched the bandages from his back pocket, ready to tie the wound.

'I can't believe you survived this, it's not a fatal wound but it is big. It's a miracle you're still alive.'

He started bandaging the wound. Helena smiled.

'I wasn't always alive.'

Rick paused his movements. He looked at Helena in disbelief before slowly resuming to the task.

'What do you mean?'

'She means that she broke the curse', said Jasper with a big smile on his face.

'Huh?'

Helena looked up at him puzzled.

'When you died, I had started dying too. I turned into a human when you two were still in your wolf forms which I found weird, as it was also still night. I got weaker and weaker and then I realized I was going to die cause it's my birthday. You were dead and I was about to follow suit when I suddenly got better and you woke up. The chosen one has to trick death for the curse to break? I think we've got our chosen one.'

Helena laughed.

'Me? The chosen one? But I didn't even do anything!'

'Maybe just dying and then coming back to life was all the tricking needed', said Jasper.

Rick had finished the bandaging and he sat back.

'You're a lucky, man, if it weren't for Helena distracting Death, he would have come after you first', he laughed.

'Indeed. Um, thanks. Thanks for saving my life, breaking the curse and I'm terribly sorry I killed you.'

Rick's eyes widened.

'Y-you killed her?'

'Well yeah', said Helena,' but since everything's ok, I'll let this one pass. As long as you forgive me, forgive me and Rick for not helping you enough and caring for what happens.'

Jasper smiled wider.

'No problem.'

Helena sat up, freeing Jasper's legs and all of them gazed at the sky, the light from the rising sun could be seen from behind the rocks of the beach that was a few hills away.

'I forgot to say, happy birthday Jasper!' said Helena.

'Oh right, happy birthday!'

Jasper's face lit up, not expecting such a birthday to be celebrated.

'Why thanks, this definitely already is a happy birthday. Thank goodness we don't have to turn into wolves ever again!'

Rick frowned and total disappointment took over his face.

'What do you mean we don't have to turn into wolves ever again?'

THE END