The moon shown brightly through Victoria Hale's window lightly kissing her cheek as she lay in her bed. Another day had passed and Derek and Laura had finally let her in there little pack. Her brother in sister were only five and six years older than her and didn't mind, she was just like them…a wolf.

Suddenly the sound of breaking glass broke the silence and the ten year old girl sat up and saw a glow coming from down the hall. "Derek? Laura?" she called slightly afraid as screams of her own family filled the house. She jumped at the first scream, sounding from her mother. She stood up her blanket still wrapped around her as it slid across the cold wooden floor. She gasped as Derek flew in her door.

"We're leaving, now," he demanded shoving her to the window, as Laura quickly followed. As she climbed onto the roof the fire had flooded into her room. Derek leapt gracefully off the roof and extended his arms to catch both girls. After Laura jumped Victoria followed, but froze at the sound of her own family burning alive. It hurt the three of them and Derek was getting the most angry for he had a sense of who had done it. "Come on," he demanded as he started to walk away.

"We can't leave them," Laura spoke up.

"I've notified the fire department they are up the road."

"That isn't enough time, they'll all be dead by then." While the two oldest began fighting Victoria ran toward the burning house.

"TORI! NO!" Laura barked as Derek dashed toward her and held her back as the ten year old screamed out in pain and heartbreak.

"MOMMY! DADDY! Let me go, Derek," she cried as he held onto her.

"It's suicide, go to Laura," he snapped as she squirmed in his grip. "NOW!" She had been more scared of Derek than anyone else and so she listened and so Laura held onto her, silently praying as the sirens of the fire trucks broke through.

Victoria sat up gasping for air. She looked around and noticed she was sleeping on a couch in someone's living room and had no memory of the night before. She looked around and found many people asleep as well and instantly remembered. "Lydia's party," she chuckled pushing the beer bottles off the couch. She reached in her pocket and noticed her phone was missing. She stood up and started searching the couch, but could not find it there. She stood up and began walking over bodies and garbage until she heard the faint sound of chiming bells instantly recognizing the ring tone. She walked onto the patio and found her phone lying on top of a shirtless stranger.

"How did you get a hold of that?" she whispered grabbing the phone and seeing who was calling. Stiles the little window read as a small smile peeled on her face. "Hey," she yawned staring the trash filled pool trying not to laugh at the boy who floated in it.

"That party last night was absolutely amazing," he yelled as she pulled the phone away from her head.

"Tell me about it." She started walking to the front door trying her best not to wake anyone. "Say, where did you go last night?"

"Home…what you fell asleep?" Stiles asked totally shocked.

"Well…sorta," she face palmed herself in embarrassment.

"Wow, my little girl, a rebel," he joked as she blushed.

"Can…I call you when I at least get a few yards away from Lydia's place before we continue talking?"

"Yeah, sure, talk to you soon," he laughed hanging up. Victoria had started to turn when she heard the sound of someone walking down the stairs and she quickly turned to see who it was. Lydia, still having sleep in her eyes, smiled at Victoria as nothing had happened the day before.

"You ok?" Victoria broke the silence first.

"Yeah, I think I'll be fine, I've got a splitting headache though," she groaned as both girls broke into laughter.

"I think you had one too many."

"Please, Tori, I drank just as much as you and you don't feel anything?"

"Nothing,"

"Why?"

"Well, I know when to quit, you my friend kept going."

"I recall you kept pounding them down like they were shots."

"And yet, I'm not the one with the hangover, am I Lydia?" Tori smirked as Lydia chuckled. "Listen, I've got to go meet up….and….yeah…." she sighed.

"Seeing that Stiles freak," Lydia chuckled to herself.

"Stop staying stuff like that, he isn't a freak."

"Please…Tori, look at yourself you are one of the prettiest girls out there, next to me," she smiled at the thought and pulled her hair back, "and well he is bringing your look down."

"Excuse me?"

"Well I am just…"

"Don't Lydia, that is your problem, you are so book smart but when it comes to talking you say the…."

"Truth, I am only stating truth, ask anyone what they think of your little boyfriend."

"Whatever, I'm going now and I will see you later," Tori sighed and walked out of the house. Tori started walking back to her house, moving back here may have been a huge mistake, Tori had been living with Derek when Laura decided to move on with her life and Tori couldn't fend for herself. When she found out she was moving back to Beacon Hills the place she shut away for six years all the horrible memories flooded back.

"Great party, huh?" Derek called from the porch as she looked up at the burned building trying to block it.

"You were there…checking on me?" she batted her eyes as he rolled his. "Scott left in a hurry leaving poor Allison."

"You do know Scott is one…"

"Of us, of course I know," she snapped walking up the stairs. "But, I don't think he knows you and I are related," she pondered as Derek snickered.

"Let's keep it that way."

"Why so people don't think you're soft?"

"Victoria, I have to take care of you, not by choice but by force, I love you, but maybe you were better off with Laura," he sighed angrily as she growled at him. His eyes shifted lightning blue and he got in her face, but she refused to stand down.

"Of so I could end up dead? Just like her," she replied bitterly.

"Don't you dare talk about…"

"Or what Derek, you have threatened my all too much, I am no longer scared of you," she smiled as he shifted and taking her in his hands growled, the tanned color left her body and she became white as a ghost. She pulled herself away and walked into the house climbing up the stairs and entering the same bedroom she slept in when she was ten. She lied down on the old bed and closed her eyes.

"I'm not leaving, my life is here!" Victoria snapped looking at Laura confused. Derek sighed with such frustration both girls looked at him.

"It isn't the matter of choice, Tori, we need to leave, they are going to be after us if we stay."

"Derek, you don't know that," Tori sighed.

"He's right," Laura spoke up as Tori looked at her older sister as a traitor.

"Let me get this, you two are saying we need to leave?"

Victoria sat up breathing heavily as she looked out the window. Her phone vibrating in her pocket she reached in and answered. "Hello?"

"You ok?" Stiles asked as she sighed.

"No, can we…um…talk?"

"Oh no," he sighed in fear.

"No, nothing like that," she laughed as he sounded relieved. "Just meet me at the Starbucks downtown," she sighed as he agreed and hung up. Victoria got up and ready and as she made her way for the door she was stopped.

"Where are you going?" Derek demanded.

"No where."

"Victoria, you don't fricking get this, those hunters are not just after me, but you as well, and so you just have to be on your guard," he barked as she rolled her eyes.

"I'll be fine," she sighed walking out of the house as a cop car pulled up. "Sheriff, how nice for you to visit, may I help you?" she asked as he looked at her funny. Ignoring her he started for the mound pile next to the house as her heart began to pick up.