Full Summary: Gabriel Hale lost almost his entire family in the Hale fire. He stills has the burns he received that day when his father managed to get him out. Years later it's just his cousins, his mom, and their pack members. When his cousin Laura goes back to Beacon Hills in search of the alpha, Gabriel and his family never hears from her again. Now it's up to Derek and himself to go back to Beacon Hills and find out who the alpha was that killed Laura. Along the way Gabriel meets Stiles Stillinski, the boy who never shuts up. What happens when the youngest Hale find out Stiles is his mate? After all no one likes a Hale.

Gabriel sighed as he packed his things up. He never wanted to return to Beacon Hills, but it seems he has no choice in the matter now. He wishes he could stay here with his mom, his pack sisters, and his cousin, but it can't be done. He has to go with Derek to find Laura. He doesn't know if she's alive or dead, but they have to look for her no matter what. "Gab? Hun, are you okay?" Gabriel turns and saw his mother standing there. Even though she's going into her 40s she's still beautiful. Long crimson hair, curled and sprawled across her back all the way down to her butt, and big emerald green eyes placed against pale skin. She was the very definition of beauty in Gabriel's eyes. She was small and petite, but could handle her own especially after being married to his father for years.

Gabriel didn't look anything like her though. No he had his father's blue eyes, the Hale black hair, and his father's tall and muscular frame. It made missing his father all that more. His entire family were locked in the basement as their house was lit on fire by the hunters. The only ones not in there were Derek and Laura because they had went to school. Derek's younger sister, Cora, had stayed that day with Gabriel because the two of them had gotten sick. Gabriel and Cora had the flu and their parents wanted to get plenty of rest. Being sick isn't all that uncommon in younger werewolves, but it was defiantly not the right time to be sick. The hunters came so fast and so many. They just managed to get all the Hales all into the basement without any of them even being able to fight the hunters off.

His mother had dropped Derek and Laura off, so she too wasn't in the fire, but Gabriel was. He remembered the screams of his family, the tears in his father's eyes as he told Gabriel that he'd get him out of there if it was the last thing he did, he remembered battling the flames as he climbed out the window of the basement. Now his father is burned almost entirely and stuck in some stupid hospital in a coma. Gabriel still has the burns from that day. From his wrists to his shoulders and all across his back. He can't heal the burns because they've burned too deep into him. They'll always be there, a painful reminder of that day.

"Honey? Why you crying?" Gabriel's mother asked in a soft tone as she wiped his eyes. Gabriel hadn't even realized he was crying.

"I... I was thinking about dad and the fire again." He told her in a whisper. His mother sighed and pulled him into her arms.

"I'm sorry, honey. I know you miss him." He sniffled and held her tightly.

"I miss them all, mom." She sighed and kissed his temple.

"I know you do, honey. Don't worry I'm sure you and Derek will be able to find Laura." Gabriel could only hope that Laura wasn't dead. Derek and Gabriel's mother had told Laura they didn't think it would be a smart decision if she went alone, but like always she didn't listen.

"I know." Gabriel finally said after a full minute of silence. He sighed and grabbed his bags before heading downstairs. He didn't know how long he would be in Beacon Hills so he just packed all his clothes and his school things because Derek said he may have to transfer if they stay longer than a week.

"Be careful, honey." Gabriel nod and walked into the kitchen. Derek was waiting by the door as Gabriel's pack sisters were eating breakfast. They weren't his real sisters, just the girls that his mother bit and brought into her pack, but they were the closest things he has to sisters now. They were both his age, 16. One had dark brown curly hair with brown eyes, while the other had blonde hair and blue eyes. They were both petite and small like his mother, with natural curves, and were as tough as nails. They could take anything just like his mother could. Gabriel knew that his mother always wanted more kids, so in away these girls were his sisters. His mother picked them because they reminded her of herself and she could see them as her daughters.

"You leaving now, Gabe?" The brunette asked.

"Yeah, I'll see you later Rose." Gabriel said as he kissed her cheek.

"Bye, Gabie." The blonde said and Gabriel smiled.

"Bye, Tyler." Gabriel told her as he grabbed his bags.

"You two want anything for the rode?" Gabriel's mother asked, but Derek and Gabriel shook their heads.

"Nah, we should be fine. I'll call you when we get there." Gabriel promised and his mother nod and hugged him once more before hugging Derek.

"Keep my baby boy safe, Derek. I mean it. He's all I got left of Peter." Derek nod and looked at his baby cousin before wrapping an arm around him.

"Don't worry, Lucinda. I'll keep your son safe." Gabriel rolled his eyes, but smiled at his mother nonetheless.

"Bye, you two. Stay safe." Gabriel sighed.

"We're not going to get ourselves killed, relax. We'll be fine." Ever since the fire Lucinda hated having her son away from her, but she knew this was something they needed to do.

"Alright, enough worry mother from me. Just..." Gabriel sighed.

"Be careful, I know." And with that Derek and Gabriel headed out to Derek's camaro. They packed the trunk with their bags before hopping into the car.

"So... going home." Gabriel sighed. "Should be fun." He mumbled before resting his head on the passenger side's window.

"I know it won't be easy, Gabe, but we need to." Derek told his cousin softly as he took his hand. Derek was none for being secretive and even violent at good number of times, but when it came to his baby cousin and older sister Derek was very protective and gentle towards them. Gabriel sighed and looked at Derek.

"Yeah, well you're not the one who has to carry around the burns from that night or wake up screaming about seeing your father burned alive." Gabriel said in a cold voice, causing Derek to look away and start the car.

"I know, Gabriel. I can never imagined what you went through that day, but... I'm just trying to help." He told Gabriel, but he just shook his head.

"You can't help me, Derek. No one can."