Authors Notes: So this story begins in season 4 sometime after episode 7. The main character has started teaching midway through first semester and it will follow some of the plot from episode 8 and 9 but that's where my own creation will begin for the plot.
April Managarm was the runt of her family, and to most humans that would mean she was the smallest or the weakest but in her family it took on a whole new meaning. She was also now a teacher at one of the most deadly schools for teachers she'd ever heard of; Beacon Hills High School. She went to an interview over a month ago for the permanent position of English and History teacher, it was one of the most fast and easy interviews she'd ever been to and when she asked why the previous person had left, they only answered her with such vagueness that she investigated into the mysterious past of Beacon Hills teaching staff. It wasn't surprising that they never told her what happened to the previous staff, after all it seemed as if the position she had just accepted was basically the defense against the dark arts position at Hogwarts, everyone either died or were some maniacal creature of the dark.
April was fully aware of the supernatural for she was born into an ancient family of werewolves, one that was said to have come from Viking lore. Therefore her family was not only very old but also very powerful in the supernatural world. They were the ultimate alphas, only thing that came close was a true alpha; unlike most werewolves who become alphas they were born alphas. Nevertheless once every 1/2 century or so, their family was cursed with a runt, who was neither werewolf nor human. April was one of those lucky few.
She was stronger than the average female human but not nearly the same as a werewolf or anything were for that matter. She didn't have glowing eyes but she did have quite nice violet one (although that was just lucky human genetics playing there part). She had better hand eye coordination than most human but she also had problems that were completely human such as needing glasses for distance. She was stuck between not being good enough to werewolves and not being normal enough for humans, in the end she could blend better with humans than her family; especially when it came to full moons.
When her family transformed on a full moon they did not retain their human form, they turned into full bodied wolves (well if wolves were the size of a grizzly that is). Any other time they transformed they could choose, but not the night of a full moon, it was said that this was because they were from such a pure lineage. April however did nothing of the sort, it was if the full moon had the opposite effect, she became much more human almost like a human child. She was weak and very vulnerable. Oh and if that wasn't all enough she didn't even get the human benefit of being able to get drunk easily! It was awful to figure that out in university.
April was a chocolate brown haired woman who at the moment was moving the last bits of her stuff into her new home; she had bought the house when she was told that the teacher position was a ten year contract and decided that when they accepted her, she'd make Beacon Hills her home. Her family had basically kicked her out of the house the moment she turned 18 with enough money to pay for university and to make a small down payment on a house; which April was thankful for but honestly she felt like she still owed them for it and she hated that feeling.
She was starting on Monday and honestly she was nervous because not only was she dealing with a bunch of hormonal teenagers but a bunch of supernatural beings. When April had found out about the dead teachers she did A LOT more digging into the high school but also the town. She discovered the town was a beacon for trouble, she wasn't going to involve herself but Alan Deaton had asked for her aid after he discovered she was trying for the teacher position at Beacon Hills High School. Alan was friends with her family but more so with her and he was the one who told them to give her money for school and to basically leave her in peace; she owed him a lot and if helping a bunch of kids was the way to do that she'd do it.
April grabbed her keys from her jacket and jumped into her truck and drove to the store, to grab her dinner and food for the next week. When she arrived some asshole cut her off to a good parking spot and she just shook her head, humans were in such a hurry to be somewhere. She parked in the back and grabbed a basket for her food. She finished her groceries pretty quickly since she'd been shopping for herself since she was a teenager. She lined up in queue and she observed her surroundings.
"Damn it! Look I forgot my purse at home; is there any way I can leave and then come back and get the groceries?" The women in front of April asked the cashier. The cashier looked at her with disgust and refused to allow it. What a bitch April thought. It didn't help that the guy behind me was grumbling about being in a hurry; damn some people had no compassion.
"Here, I'll pay for her groceries, how much?" I said passing my credit card to the cashier who looked beyond shocked, making my smile turn into a smirk begging her to try and say something bitchy to me.
"Oh wow that's um not really necessary, I can just comeback; seriously." The woman said looking very uncomfortable with the unknown charity.
"Don't worry about it, plus I've been there myself. If it'll make you feel better pay me back later." I said smiling and liking the woman instantly for her obvious strength.
"Well thanks and I will definitely be paying you back" she said chuckling in obvious awkwardness. "I'm Melissa by the way." She said as I paid for my own groceries.
"I'm April, nice to meet you." I said attempting to shake her hand than realizing both our hands were full of groceries. Both of us looked at each other as we had both done the same thing; an awkward balance attempt with grocery bags and shaking hands.
"How about we skip the hand shake and get these things to our cars" she said laughing and walking towards the door.
"Sounds like a better idea than dropping all this food." I said laughing and walking with her towards her car, which was conveniently parked across from mine.
"So about paying you back, um I can drop off money at your house or you can follow me to mine." Melissa said as she placed her groceries in her trunk and I placed mine in the bed of my pick up truck.
"Either way is fine with me, I do have ice cream though so maybe it'd be best if we get these groceries into the fridge than coming over." I said realising it was still warm enough to spoil food.
"Yeah sounds good just text me your address" Melissa said as we both exchanged numbers and left to our own homes after a brief goodbye.
April got to her new house and instantly smiled, she loved this little bungalow. It was a red brick house with a dusty green porch; it had a lovely chimney which helped heat the entire house if for some reason it'd get cold in California. She wasn't used to the heat since she was originally from Canada. The property backed onto a half acre of forest, it was one quality she kept from her family; loving the outdoors. There was a tire swing on the tree on her front yard it had a white garage which hooked into the basement of the house. She had already gotten the contractors to make it basically indestructible, despite not being a werewolf or a hunter April was well prepared for anything battle related; and she knew it. She may not have been truly a part of her family but she sure as hell took all their training to heart. April walked into the house with her groceries and began putting them away. Her house was decorated like a small country cottage, with a pale blue kitchen (which was the main reason she had bought the house a month ago), dark mahogany floors throughout, and lovely black leather furnishing she had collected over the years.
When she finally put the groceries away she decided she might as well start unpacking the living room (the kitchen was the first thing she had unpacked since she needed it before anything else) while waiting for Melissa. She busied herself with nick nacks and cleaning but an hour later Melissa had yet to show up. She wondered what was keeping her, she didn't believe Melissa would have stood her up but maybe April had trusted the wrong person; wouldn't be the first time. April hummed along till almost everything was unpacked at 8pm she decided to go lock all the doors and figured Melissa wouldn't be coming this evening. She began making herself a snack when she heard a knock on the door, she went to answer the door but as her training taught her she looked at the camera feed to the side of the front door making sure it was Melissa; it was.
"Oh thank god your still around, I'm soooo sorry I didn't come back right away. My son fell off his dirt bike and I had to help him, then if that wasn't enough the hospital called and needed me to come in for an hour to cover for another nurse who went into and early labor…." Melissa said spilling all out into one very crammed sentence.
"Melissa, don't worry about it. Why don't you come in and have a cup of tea, you look like you could use it." I said opening the door wider and at the same time putting the picture frame back over the monitor from the camera feed (she hid so people didn't ask questions).
"I don't want to impose but a cup of tea sounds lovely." Melissa said her shoulders slumping in exhaustion.
"You're not imposing plus it will be nice knowing someone in this town." I said smiling and leading her to the kitchen. "So how old is your son?" I asked being slightly curious if he'd be a student at my school.
"Scott's turning 17 in a month. Your home is beautiful by the way, what brought you to Beacon Hills anyway?" Melissa asked as she sat down at the bar in the kitchen and I put on the kettle.
"Oh well I just got a teaching position at Beacon Hills High School as an English and history teacher. I start Monday, it's not my first teaching job but for some reason I'm quite nervous." I said honestly as I busied myself getting the tea ready.
"That's where Scott goes, don't worry about the kids they are a good bunch and if it helps I'll tell Scott to be on his best behaviour." Melissa said chuckling and then yawning.
"Here you go; I'm sure your son will be good either way, but thank you." I said smiling as I saw the dark circles under Melissa's eyes suddenly become darker as if the exhaustion had finally hit her.
"Thanks, he is a good kid. Oh before I forget here is the money I owe you." Melissa said pulling it from her pocket and placing it on the counter.
"Thank you, so what do I need to know about this crazy town? Anybody I should avoid? Any exes I shouldn't go near?" I said chuckling at her shocked face which then became lighter as it looked like she needed some adult girl talk, or rather just light gossip.
"Well Scott's dad and I are divorced, and he went back to San Francisco last week for work. So basically I'm dreadfully single, so if you find some good guys let me know!" Melissa said laughing.
Melissa went home after an hour or so chatting with April and it was the first time in ages either woman had some genuine girl talk that didn't involve werewolves and the crazy lives they both led; ignorant only to Melissa since Deaton had already explained who Scott McCall was to her. It was good to have a friend in Beacon Hills but more importantly it was good to get an idea of who this gang of misfits Deaton had told her about truly were. April locked up and went to bed for the first time in her new home.