The Battle for Beacon Hills
Chapter 1
Nineteen year old Stiles Stilinski crawled into bed at eight pm completely exhausted, both physically and emotionally. The sudden and tragic death of his father started a whirlwind of activity ending with the funeral today. It was Thursday night and he wanted to go back to work on Monday so he planned to spend as much time sleeping as humanly possible.
While he laid in bed waiting to finally fall asleep he thought about all the people at the funeral, police officers from across the state and country as well as military personnel since his dad was in the military at one point. A lot of nice people he didn't know and never met saying some really great and funny things about his dad but the most touching moment for Stiles happened at the cemetery. The services were done and everybody was leaving but Stiles just wanted to sit by the grave a few minutes more when Scott suddenly sat down next to him, hugged his arm and put his head on Stiles' shoulder.
"I'm going to be fine Scott I just wanted a few extra minutes that's all."
"I know but you're not the only one who buried a dad today."
Those few words hit Stiles in the chest like a truck, he wasn't mad at Scott he just never realized until that moment that his dad was the closest thing to a father Scott ever really knew and Scott's mother was like a mother to him as well. In that moment Scott was no longer his best friend, he was his brother and with that thought Stiles drifted off to sleep with a smile on his face.
It seemed like he had just fallen asleep when he detected sunlight on his face, "oh it can't morning already" he said to himself as he sat up and when he opened his eyes he found himself outside in some woods.
These weren't like the woods where he lived, these seemed different somehow, more like an enchanted forest, and there were so many wild flowers around. He stood up and looked around and saw some bright light coming through a group of trees and he started walking that way until he came upon a small clearing. There was a small pool of really clean looking water and some moss covered trees lying on the ground.
"Am I dead?" he asked himself.
"No you're not" a voice said and he turned to see his father standing on the other side of the pool wearing the suit he was just buried in; he didn't know what to say but at the same time he had so much he wanted to say and he just stood there staring in shock.
"I don't have much time son so you must listen to me. There is something special about the male line in our family, every third generation male is born with special gifts Stiles and you are the third generation male. In my bedroom, at the foot of the bed, is a loose floorboard remove it and you will find a book in there. It is an old book that has been passed down for generations it's called the Grand Grimoire."
"Dad I'm sorry you died and I'm sorry I didn't get a chance to say thank you for everything you ever did for me and I'm sorry I never told you how much I loved you" Stiles said with tears running down his face.
"Oh Stiles I knew and I loved you more than my own life and I'm sorry I never told you how proud I was of you."
"Dad I was a fuck up."
"No Stiles you were different, you are different and when you get that book you'll understand better."
"What does this book have to do with anything dad, I don't understand."
"Stiles, magic runs in our family but it skips two generations so me and your grandfather didn't have it but your great-grandfather did have the gift."
"What are you talking about, are you saying I'm some sort of wizard or something?" Stiles asked and couldn't help but laugh a little.
"Yes Stiles that is exactly what I'm saying. Call it what you want, a wizard, a witch, warlock, sorcerer, whatever you want to call it but the bottom line is you have the ability to do magic."
"Dad I think if I could magic I would have known and if you knew why didn't you tell me?"
"I suspected when you were younger but wasn't sure until you were sixteen."
"Why what happened when I was sixteen that I didn't know about?"
"You were in bed and I was on my way to bed when I passed your room, your window was open and you had kicked the covers off and I could tell you were cold. I went in and closed the window and heard you talking in your sleep, you were talking in another language, the language of the Grand Grimoire."
Stiles just looked at his dad like he was crazy and then he remembered his dad was dead so he must be the crazy one.
"Finally you said 'Acopera-ma' and your blanket came up on its own and covered you up and that is when I knew. I meant to explain this all to you when you turned eighteen but i didn't think you were mature enough to handle it or if you would even have cared about it."
"Dad is this real or is this a dream?"
"Yes it's a dream but does that mean it isn't real? Look son I have to go but before I do there's a few things you should know. I had insurance on the mortgage so it was automatically be paid off when I died. Jackson's father was my attorney and he handled all of that along with my will so talk to him. He'll help you get everything squared away for the house and your future. It was a beautiful service son, I was there with your mother."
"Wait mom was with you, why isn't she hear?"
"She couldn't come here, this place is just for you and me oh and one more thing, I noticed that Karl and Victor came back from England with Isaac and Danny, that was nice of them but you should talk to Victor privately. He is more than just a vampire and he can help you."
"Wait don't go!" Stiles shouted as he ran around the pool, he wanted to at least hug his dad but he was gone.
Stiles' eyes suddenly flew open, it was nine in the morning and he immediately went to his fathers room and to his surprise and somewhat horror, he found the floorboard and the book that his dad was talking about. It was a large book and it was heavy, it was in a black velvet sack that looked brand new "but if this is centuries old why does this look new?" Stiles thought to himself inspecting the bag. Stiles to up and ran back to his room when he heard his cell phone ring.
"Hello"
"Stiles it's Mr. Whitmore, Jackson's father."
"Hello Mr. Whitmore how are you?"
"I'm fine, listen I don't know if your father told you but..."
"I know you were his attorney and did his will."
"Oh good so he did tell you, look I already got somethings started but there are some documents I need you to sign so I was wondering if you could stop by my office at some point today."
"I can be there in a an hour."
"Great I'll see you then."
When Stiles returned home he immediately went to his room to start doing what he did best, which was research.
Hale House
Karl was sitting on the floor with his laptop on the coffee table doing work and Victor was sitting on a chair reading a book when Peter came downstairs.
"Where are the boys?" he asked noticing Isaac and Danny were missing.
"Oh they went out which is nice" Karl said.
"Do I want to know what you had to do to get those two to stop playing video games?"
"You would be amazed at how well the threat of a spanking can really motivate people, especially if that spanking is coming from me and Karl" Victor said without skipping a beat and Peter laughed.
"Well I'm on my way to get Chris and then we are going shopping, and I know this won't matter to you Victor, but I want to have a cook out and have the pack out here before you guys head back to England."
"Well that's nice of you Peter but you don't have to go to any trouble" Karl said.
"No trouble at all so I'll see you guys when I get back."
"Isaac I've been thinking and wanted to ask your opinion" Danny said as they sat on the bleachers at the high school. Isaac looked at Danny and waited for him to talk.
"Would you be upset if we didn't go back on Sunday? I don't mean not going back at all its just that it's nice to be back here and be around our friends and do you think Karl and Victor would be ok if we stayed here most of the summer?"
Isaac smiled, "I was actually thinking the same thing but we'll never know unless we ask but I think we should ask Peter and Derek first if they would mind since it is their house" Isaac said and they got up and started to head back Hale House. As they were making their way there, they saw Peter driving past so they followed him to Chris Argent's house.
"Uncle Peter" Isaac said as Peter was getting out of his car.
"Uncle Peter, since when I did become your uncle?"
"Danny and I were talking and we wanted to ask you if you would mind if we stayed with you most of the summer? I mean we have to ask my dad and Victor but before doing that we wanted to make sure it was ok with you and Derek" Isaac explained as Chris came out of his house.
"The boys were asking 'uncle' Peter if they could stay for most of the summer" Peter explained to Chris.
"Uncle Peter, are you sure you boys don't mean Aunt Peter?" Chris said laughing.
"Not funny" Peter said dryly.
"If Derek is ok with it, then it's ok with me. Now Chris and I were going to get some food to make for a cook out to have for the pack since you are supposed to be leaving on Sunday and we'll still do that so go talk to Derek, he's at home along with your fathers" Peter said and Danny looked at him funny.
"He made you a vampire Dan, he's your vampire father, your immortal father" Peter explained.
"Oh I never really thought of it like that" Danny said and then the boys left.
"And as for you young man" Peter said turning to Chris who just kissed him.
When the boys got back to the house they found Victor and Karl in the living room, "is Derek here?" Isaac asked.
"He's up in his room" Victor said and both boys zoomed up the steps.
"I hope you boys don't do that around campus" Victor said.
"We don't" they both responded from upstairs at the same time.
"That sounding convincing" Karl said and they both laughed.
They found Derek in his room, he had just gotten out of the shower and was about to put his shoes on but was stopped when Isaac and Danny suddenly appeared, each sitting on one of his legs and Derek just looked at them.
"We already talked to Peter about this and he said it was ok with him if it is ok with you but would you mind if we stayed for most of the summer" Isaac whispered as quietly as possible in Derek's ear.
"What are we mom and dad around here? " Derek asked looking at them, "its fine with me" he said. The boys thanked him and headed downstairs.
Danny immediately sat on Victor's lap, which surprised him and Isaac went to lay down on the couch and put his arms around Karl.
"A bit early to be telling me what you want for Christmas isn't it?" Victor said to Danny.
Danny laughed, "you're so funny dad" he said and rested his head on Victors shoulder
"Dad, when did I become dad?" Victor asked Danny with a slight smile on his face.
"Well you are my immortal father" Danny said.
"Oh boy, out with it, what did the two of you do and be honest it will make your beatings less severe" Victor said and Karl laughed.
"We didn't do anything but we were talking."
"Another sign that this can't be good" Karl said.
"We were talking and then we spoke with Peter and Derek just now and they said it was fine with them if we stayed here most of the summer instead of going back to England on Sunday" Isaac said.
Victor and Karl looked at each other for a moment, "what do you think?" Karl asked.
"It's up to you, it's your credit card that's going to take the hit" Victor said.
"What do you mean by that?"
"My love, we only packed enough clothes for a short stay, if we are going to stay longer we are going to need more clothes."
"Ok but it's your bank account that's paying the bill" Karl said.
"Fair enough, pay attention boys that is how you make relationships last, compromise" Victor said.
"So we can stay?" Danny asked.
"Yes we can stay" Victor said and Danny hugged him while Isaac practically choked Karl hugging him.
"Hey look at me?' Victor said turning Danny's face towards him.
"Come on get up we need to go" he said.
"What's the matter?" Danny asked.
"It's getting to that time, you need to feed. We'll be back later" Victor said and took Danny by the hand and they left.
"Hello" Stiles said when he was woken up by his phone ringing.
"Hey are you ok?" Scott asked.
"Yea I fell asleep on the couch that's all, what's up?"
"There is a cook out at Hale House. Chris went shopping for the food with Peter and he asked me to call you to see if you would be coming."
Stiles thought for a moment if he really felt up for being around everybody but then he remembered the immortals were leaving on Sunday and he had to speak with Victor.
"Sure what time?"
"No set time, whenever we each get there. I'm working so I won't be there until after work."
"Well maybe I'll shower and change and head up now" Stiles said.
"Good I'm glad" Scott said.
Stiles pulled up to the house, Chris and Peter were out on the porch cooking on the grill and in a flash Stiles was being hugged by Isaac.
"Sorry didn't mean to startle you it's just that Danny and I have to walk like normal people at school so it's been nice to be able to walk normally for us" Isaac said.
"Where are Danny and Victor?"
"They went hunting. Victor noticed something about Danny and said it was getting close to time for him to feed."
"Hey Karl" Stiles said when Karl came over and hugged him as well.
"How are you doing?"
"I'm doing ok. I met with Jackson's father to sign some papers regarding getting things squared away."
"Hey guys" Stiles said as he came onto the porch where Peter and Chris were and he looked around and noticed Derek was nowhere to be found. He thought about asking where he was, but figured if Derek wasn't interested in him being there, then why should he be interested in where he was.
Stiles went with Isaac to play a video game until the others arrived and Stiles saw Derek moving around the house but he really didn't appear until the rest of the pack was there. Stiles was quietly thrilled when it was announced that the immortals were actually going to stay through most of the summer and by the end of the night Stiles was glad he came because he really had a nice night with everybody.
Before leaving to go home Stiles went up to use the bathroom and when he came out Derek was walking past and stopped. They looked at each for the longest time not saying anything.
"Hi" Stiles finally said.
"Hey, um glad you could make it" Derek said.
"Well if I didn't come I probably would have found you all in my back yard cooking on my grill anyway so I thought I would save you all the hassle. Thank you for inviting me by the way."
"You don't need an invitation to come here Stiles, you're part of the pack even if you're not a werewolf" Derek said and Stiles was taken aback finding it surprisingly nice and very uncharacteristic of Derek. Another long moment of awkward silence and then Stiles just said he had to get going and left.
It was late and he was tired so even though he wanted to look at the book he decided to just go to bed.
"Faster Stiles, faster" he said to himself as he ran through the woods, jumping over felled trees and trying not trip over roots and bushes on the ground. He could see the light from the fire just up ahead, he was almost there. He knew he should be thrilled but instead he was frightened, what if he was too late?
Just as he cleared the trees he found himself standing on the beach of a huge lake. There were small cabins to his left and in the middle was a huge fire which was surrounded by people and then he noticed them, Derek and Peter bound and on their knees. Scott, Lydia, Allison, Chris Karl and Isaac were tied to trees; they were all screaming and crying.
Stiles turned to see a huge werewolf carrying a body over his shoulder and to his horror he watched the headless body get tossed into the fire followed by the head, it was Erica.
He screamed but nobody seemed to hear him, he tried to run to save the rest but he couldn't move and he couldn't understand why. Up on the porch of one of the cabins was a female werewolf, she was cackling with laughter while the others laughed and cheered. Stiles noticed that Danny was dragged out front and center.
"He's a vampire how can he look so weak? How did they manage to overpower him and Victor?" Stiles thought to and then with a whoosh sound he watched as Danny's head was cut off and kicked into the fire.
"NOOOOOOOOO!" Stiles was screaming when he woke up and Derek was there shaking him, looking as frightened as he felt. Stiles sat up and threw his arms around Derek's neck and just started bawling uncontrollably.
Derek was surprised by Stiles and for a moment he didn't know what to do but he eventually put his arms around Stiles and rubbed his back. He didn't say anything because he knew nothing would help so he just let him cry, feeling the shoulder of his t-shirt getting wet with Stiles' tears.
After what seemed like forever Stiles was finally starting to calm down, "it's ok it was just a bad dream" Derek said quietly as he continued to rub Stiles' back.
"It was horrible, I was running through the woods towards a light, it was a light from a fire. I knew I had to get there and as I got closer instead of feeling better I felt more frightened because what if I was too late and when I got there I was."
"Too late for what?"
"To save you all" Stiles said, his head still resting on Derek's shoulder.
"What are you talking about?"
"A vicious pack of werewolves, you and Peter were bound and on your knees on one side of the fire. Scott, Allison, Lydia, Chris, Karl and Isaac were all bound to trees. I saw one of them toss a headless body into the fire and then the head, it was Erica's. And then they cut off Danny's head and kicked his into the fire. There was a female there she had this cackling laugh and was laughing at the whole thing. They were killing you all and I was there watching. I was screaming but nobody heard me and I couldn't move but nobody was holding me back, it was like none of you knew I was even there."
"It was just a bad dream Stiles."
Stiles turned his head and looked and laughed.
"What's funny?"
"You came in through the window" Stiles said as he finally sat back to look at Derek.
"Yea well the house was locked up; I didn't want to be arrested for breaking and entering."
"Why are you here anyway?"
"I wanted to apologize for earlier and basically ignoring you and then when we ran into each other before you left it was awkward."
"Derek it has always been awkward and tense between us, if it wasn't everybody would wonder what was wrong with us."
"Well I don't want to keep you, you should go back to sleep" Derek said getting up.
"Uh Derek, would…..would you mind waiting here until I fall asleep?" Stiles asked hesitantly and Derek smiled, "sure" he said and sat down at Stiles' desk while Stiles went back to sleep.
After about an hour Derek got up to leave quietly and he found himself leaning over and kissing Stiles on the forehead before he left. Stiles' eyes opened when he felt the kiss on his forehead and he watched as Derek quietly went out the window and left.