A/N: Hello one and all, it has been a very long time since I have posted any fanfiction and I'm sorry to say it's because I have been incredibly busy with my personal life, reality huh? Burn it amirite? During my absence I have watched many a tv series and here is one of which I watched. Time for a new more mature set of fiction. Enjoy my darlings.
(A little problem trying to upload the cover art but never fear I shall get it sorted)
Scott and Stiles sat at a lunch table waiting for the others, the canteen like usual was packed and everyone went to their self-assigned seats like most students did in everything. Like a hierarchy of lunchtime popularity, or unpopularity for some students. Malia sat next to Stiles and smiled at him; such strange circumstances when their relationship first begun, thank god the Nogitsune was gone.
Malia glanced over to see the new girl sit on another table in the far corner of the canteen all by herself, and there was no denying that the darkness around her right eye was a bruise. Not many people spoke to this new girl and clearly did not like her.
"What're you looking at?" Stiles asked also glancing over.
"The new girl with the funny accent, she has a black eye. Rumour has it she got into a fight; I guess the rumours are true."
"That's the second one this week, people really don't like her" replied Stiles.
Scott also looked over at the new girl. "I don't think she has any friends either, perhaps we should-"
"You called us here, what's up?" Lydia interrupted as she sat down with her tray. She made sure that the way she sat would not disturb the pleats on her dress the way they were intended.
"Well, on the wolf radar network, there is another alpha in town looking for trouble, for want of a better word" said Stiles.
"And of course there's someone who wants to kill the alpha and take his status" added Scott.
"If that person's initials are P and H, I will not be surprised" said Stiles.
Malia sighed. "You are correct, it is Peter."
"Perhaps we should talk to Derek about this, Peter is his uncle after all" added Lydia.
"Already spoken to him, he's aware of the situation and is doing what he can to keep his uncle away; but we all know what Peter is like and he won't be stopped for long" said Scott. "Best thing to do, is to find the alpha ourselves before anything gets out of hand and convince him to leave."
Everyone nodded in agreement, tonight was the full moon and wolves, if they could control themselves, would be out looking for others like them. This would be the best way to find that alpha, they all remembered what a pain Peter was when he was an alpha, if there was another one wanting to create havoc then they needed to stop it as soon as possible.
The pack stood up, beginning to head to lessons and Malia looked back to see two students block the path of the new girl; right before they shoved her out of the way. Malia wanted to stop and go back, make sure the new girl was okay or make sure the two students apologise for what they did, it wasn't fair how they treated her. As far as Malia could see, the new girl had done nothing to provoke them and it made Malia angry to think that people would pick on that poor girl for no reason at all. But alas, she did nothing for Stile was ushering her out of the canteen and the moment had passed making Malia feel a twang of guilt in her gut.
Later that day, after school when the sun was beginning to go down; the pack gathered in Derek's loft. His loft was the usual dusty and dull looking empty building on the bad part of town; this did not seem to bother Derek because he preferred to be alone anyway. To him, although the building was an eyesore, his loft was cosy and comfortable looking and the large arching windows that took up an entire wall had an amazing view of the town. To be honest he didn't care what anyone thought of his home, it wasn't theirs; it was his.
When Derek had been notified of the issue at hand, unfortunately his uncle had already gone missing which caused a host of problems. Derek leant against a table listening to Scott who was suggesting splitting the pack into two groups, one to find the alpha, the other to find Peter. However Isaac disagreed with this and said all should be focussed on the alpha. After all, where the alpha would be, Peter would soon follow and it would be pointless of them to go out and find him when he would come to them. They could deal with him then, but even that meant two separate things to deal with at the same time.
"Leave my uncle to me, I can handle him myself, you all need to sort out the real threat" said Derek.
"I still believe we should try to talk to the alpha first, perhaps try to convince him to leave peacefully" offered Scott.
"That would be great for us but bad for another town, so he leaves Beacon Hills but then goes elsewhere to cause chaos; we need to stop him completely" said Stiles.
"I agree with Stiles" said Malia. "We can't risk anyone else in danger because of him."
Derek who had been relatively quiet spoke up. "If we let him live then Peter will only go and track him down and kill him anyway. I'm sorry Scott, but we don't want my uncle to become an alpha, we have no choice this is the only way."
Scott looked disappointed but he knew they were right, as much as he really didn't want to kill anyone, it had to be done.
They headed out, some cramming into Stile's Jeep, the rest into Derek's car. Driving to the location they agreed on, they had to wait until the full moon was completely up. The clearing in the woods where the Nemeton was sat in the middle, was the best area for this to go down; it was far enough away from town and fairly secluded for anyone to get hurt. Being back here made the pack uncomfortable; a lot of wrongs had been caused because of that supernatural tree stump and a lot of deaths too.
The pack gathered around the tree stump all exchanging glances to one another. Scott looked up at the full moon, the glowing orb in the glittered sky was white hot; it was now or never. Wolves signal their whereabouts to the pack by howling, so Scott assumed that if he howled then it would draw the alpha to their location. Scott breathed in deeply and paused before letting out a bellowing howl that echoed out over the trees and through town, everyone would have heard it, so certainly Peter and the alpha. Now all they had to do was wait and stay on the lookout.
It took longer than expected, in fact it took so long that some of them like Isaac and Lydia sat down; no one expected this to happen and they were beginning to get ready to give up. But then Scott shot up and looked over along the tree line, two glowing red eyes watched them and a large figure emerged. He looked strong and threatening, his claws were sharp and they looked like one swipe could cut a man in half. The alpha advanced towards Scott and his pack causing them all to get ready for a fight.
Out of nowhere, Peter came sprinting out of the woods and dived onto the alpha causing them both to go down. Derek sprang into action and dragged Peter off of the alpha.
"Scott, Go!" he shouted as he continued to fend off Peter.
Scott nodded as Isaac went over to help Derek.
"Lydia, scream" said Stiles as the alpha stood up and batted Scott into a tree.
Lydia walked a little closer but was careful to keep her distance, she inhaled deeply and let out an ear-piercing scream while pushing her hands forward at the same time; causing a shockwave to send the alpha flying back. That was when Malia pounced while it was still in a stunned state, she clawed at his chest turning the skin to ribbons; the alpha swung his arms around but Scott was there snapping it backwards. Meanwhile Peter bit into Isaac's arms and while he was reeling, Peter pulled away from Derek and leapt back onto the alpha.
"Someone, help me" shouted Scott as he tried to haul Peter off again.
Malia and Isaac joined him in keeping Peter away from the alpha; Lydia screamed again knocking back the alpha. In a fit of rage the alpha charged towards her, Stile shot from his position and pushed her out of the way as he took the brunt of the charge.
"Stiles!" cried Malia worriedly; three of them still desperately trying to pin Peter down.
"Derek" called Scott. "You need to finish this!"
Derek looked at him anxiously. "If I kill him, I'll become the alpha."
"I know; do it."
Derek nodded and his eyes turned a glowing blue as he fought with the alpha who snarled at him like a wild animal. His fist pounded into the alpha, not letting up and when it was too dazed to do anything, Derek kicked it down. Standing over the alpha, Derek sliced across its chest and stabbed his heart, killing him instantly. Peter roared in frustration as Derek stepped away from the corpse and turned around, his eyes now radiating red. Scott let go of peter who stormed off; Stiles was helped up by Malia who checked him over for any injuries but he appeared relatively okay.
A little while later they all stood around a bonfire as the alpha's corpse became ash.
"He will try to kill me, you know" said Derek to Scott who was standing next to him.
"I know, don't worry we won't let that happen."
"Being an alpha didn't work out too well for me last time."
"This time will be different, I spoke to Isaac and he agreed to join with you to keep you both strong enough to defend yourself if your uncle tries anything" Scott turned to him. "One thing though, if you must turn others, can we all discuss it first?"
Derek nodded and left them there to walk off into the darkness. Stiles guessed he was going to go to his family's old house to be the broody wolf he was.