AN: This sequel begins about 5-6 months after TEEN SHE-WOLF ends. I recommend reading Teen She-Wolf before this (its only 15 chaps), but you don't really NEED to. And you can read this, and if you like it go back and read the first story for some relevant info.

This takes place in and AU, where Erica is younger than the rest, and season 1-3A of Teen Wolf happened when Scott and Co are in College. I'll Have a complete Cast List/ What they are at the end of Chapter two (once my OC is Introduced).

Disclaimer: I do not own TW or the characters, just my AU/AR. (and MY OC). Also FYI, this is un-betaed, so all the mistakes are mine.

Alpha She-Wolf

Chapter One

They arrived on campus bright and early. Erica in her truck, loaded down with the things she purchased for her dorm room, and the rest of her unpacking party in Stiles' jeep. Erica wanted to get to campus as soon as possible. She wanted to get away from Wolf's Run as fast as she could before anyone tried to talk her out of leaving. Half of her hoped that Derek would be at the door, pleading for her to stay, but he wasn't. She woke alone in their bed like she had every morning for the last two and a half weeks. Maybe they needed this time away from each other. The past few weeks were absolute hell on their relationship. They needed this break.

They would work this out. They were a team. A pair of alphas. Mates.

Maybe it's time to leave, and start our own pack… She halfheartedly thought, as she jumped out of her truck and looked up at the dormitory that was now her home. The thought made her want to puke. No, she would not start her own pack. She had a pack. Erica and Derek could survive this. They had beaten bad things before.

"This is so stupid." Cora growled, exiting Stiles' jeep with Isaac and Allison. Scott and Stiles had already exited the vehicle and were making their way towards the trunk of Erica's car. Cora, Isaac and Allison simply glared at the dormitory, from their place standing next to the jeep. "Why are you two idiots so eager to help her do this? You hate it as much as we all do."

"Mom said we had to." Scott mumbled.

"Core, you know the woman basically adopted Erica. She was all 'you boys better be supportive of your sister. She's been through enough without you giving her grief.'" Stiles said glaring at the group by the car. "And she's right. It's her life. Let her make her own decisions.

Isaac sighed and walked over to Erica, giving her a hug. "I'm sorry Puppy." He said. "Let's go get your room key and stuff?"

Erica nodded and took his hand. Isaac, having gone through orientation at Hale College before helped her through the mess of flyers and paperwork and nametags. After a few minutes they began to walk back to the cars.

"How much space do they need! He already lives in a guest room. She doesn't need to leave home to get away." Cora spat.

"First years have to stay on campus for at least the first semester." Scott told her

"Derek had that requirement waived for me. He had already done it for her! She just up and called the student life department and asked to be put in the dorms."

"Cora, the problem is Derek hasn't talked to her since…" Allison said. "Can we all agree that none of us in the entire pack like this move one bit, but we all totally understand why she made the decision to leave home in the first place?"

It was then that she and Isaac made their presence known and the conversation stopped. Erica was under no illusions that the conversation was over, she was just happy that it would continue when they all left or when they were at home with the rest of the pack, and not where she could hear it. The past few days had been consumed with this conversation.

They spent the next few hours helping her set up her half of the room (by lofting her bed and unpacking her things). Her side started to look like home. She had texted her roommate, asking how she wanted her side of the room, and had her friends help her set up her bed too so she just had to unpack when she came in. Erica had brought most of the shared items, because she had a bigger vehicle. Her roommate even had shipped a few boxes to Wolf's Run last week, because Erica offered to take some things for her.

After all was done the room looked almost complete aside from whatever personal touches her roommate wanted. She gave her friends hugs goodbye and thanked them for helping before they left her in peace.

She spent the next few hours lying on the futon waiting for her roommate to show. She listened as her fellow students moved in with the help of their parents, listened to the parents tearful goodbyes, listened to the laughter of roommates, and smelt the excitement and fear everyone was feeling of starting college and being on their own.

Erica wanted to cry, because she had never felt so alone in her life. Even after her parent's death, she was never alone. She lived with her pack, a large, loving family of supernatural creatures that were always there for her. This is the first time she ever felt like this and she hated it. She wasn't cut out to be a lone wolf, she needed her pack, and she needed her mate.

Of course, being alone was her fault; it was her decision to live on campus. But it was best to keep her distance from Derek until they settled their issues. They were both alphas, and they were fighting; the continued hostility towards each other would only cause the pack to divide and chose an alpha, which would cause her and Derek to challenge each other for control. Then things would be extremely messy. She would not risk breaking up her family over this argument, and they lived in Derek's house. The most logical option for her was to leave.

Some time apart would be best. Derek would calm down, see how much of a jerk he was being and finally they would talk this out instead of screaming hateful things at each other. They could fix this and go back to being happy again.

"You're living in a fantasy world Reyes." She said to herself letting out a sigh.

"Is talking to yourself going to be a thing?" Came from the doorway. "Also, I'm a little concerned that you didn't hear me coming. What good is a werewolf roommate if she can't sense someone approaching?"

Erica shot up from the futon and let out a squeal, running over to the girl at the door. "Bray-Bray!" She said hugging her friend. They talked and texted frequently since Braeden Deaton left Beacon Hills after her father's funeral, and had become close friends.

"Hey Puppy!" Braeden said, hugging her back, while dropping her duffle bags. "Missed you!"

Erica laughed. "Missed you more!" she said while breaking the hug. "Do you need help unpacking?"

Braeden shook her head. "This is it." She said pointing to the bags on the floor. "I shipped you the stuff that wouldn't fit on my bike, which is parked in the spot next to your truck by the way."

"Cool, well welcome to our new home away from home!" Erica said stepping aside to let Braeden enter the room.

"It's bigger than I expected." She said depositing her bags next to the boxes Erica brought for her before depositing herself on the futon. "So, are you going to tell me what you have been refusing to tell me for the last three weeks or am I supposed to ignore the lack of pack presence in this room?"

Erica sighed and closed their door. "You know what happened Bray." She said walking over to her friend and sitting next to her. "It happened, and we could of moved on from it. But then I said some really stupid things and he said many, many stupid things and we fought for days until he just…stopped talking to me. He moved out of the bedroom and has not uttered a word to me since."

Braeden put her arm around Erica's shoulder and Erica returned the gesture. Her best friend was not a wolf, but she was pack, enough to quell the emotional turmoil being separated from the pack had caused her. And this gave her enough relief to feel like she could breathe again.

She was an alpha now; she needed a pack to feel strength, to reach her full potential. But her pack was also her mate's pack, so when she was fighting with her mate, and their bond was tested, the bonds she had with the other pack members would weaken. No matter who was in the right or wrong (because honestly they both were right and wrong in this case) the pack would side with Derek; because Derek was the alpha that brought them all together. Which is why the links she felt with them all had been weakening slightly since she and Derek began to fight, if this fighting kept up, she would be a lone wolf. Pack-less; all over her and her mate being stubborn alphas that couldn't admit the other person was right.

"You are both stupid." Braeden told her.

Erica laughed. "I'm not the one giving me the silent treatment."

"Maybe so." Braeden sighed. "So I'm assuming that you don't know about the pack meeting tonight to celebrate my return?"

Erica began to tear up. "No. No one told me." Was Derek really going to push her out over this? They were mates! "Why would no one tell me?"

"Well, I'm assuming he didn't tell any of them until you left this morning, and alpha-ordered them not to. I however am under no such obligation." Braeden smirked while moving closer to Erica and hugging her. "I'm sorry Erica. If you want me to, I'll stay here."

"No. No, they are your pack. You made a promise." She told her friend. "You should go."

They stayed quiet for a moment before Braeden spoke up. "I may be Emissary to the Hale Pack, thereby loyal only to Derek Hale but you are my best friend. So I'm going to give you some advice."

Erica pulled away from the hug and starred at Braeden while raising her eyebrow questioningly. "Braeden, don't do something that could get you in trouble…"

"I'm not. You can still feel the pack link right?"

Erica nodded.

"Then technically you are still a Hale Alpha. But Erica, if this nonsense continues for much longer I fear for your safety. A wolf needs a pack, especially if that wolf is an alpha. Derek is not thinking straight right now, I honestly don't think he realizes what he is doing, but we can't wait for him to snap out of it. Because the day you don't feel that link to the members of the Hale Pack any longer is the day you become weaker than a newborn baby."

Erica's heart started to race. "Derek wouldn't let it get that far would he?"

"He hasn't been listening to any of the pack trying to talk some sense into him, he hasn't been listening to me, and he hasn't given you a chance. I can only keep trying and help you protect yourself incase that day comes." Braeden looked solemn. "Erica, you need your own betas. Bitten, Born, it doesn't matter."

Those words hit Erica like a sword to her heart "No. I have a pack."

"Yeah well, maybe not for long." Braeden told her. "I'm sorry. But I think the best plan is to visit my aunt Marin** this weekend, before we start classes on Monday. She can give you pointers on giving humans the bite and give you some information on how to find omegas that could join your pack. She isn't an Emissary to a specific pack anymore so she could advise you. If I were to give you the information myself I'd be compelled to tell Derek."

Erica sighed. She hated everything about this. She loved her pack; they were her family, her friends, and her reason of being. She didn't know how to be a wolf without them. But Braeden was right, if things continued on like they were, she would have to protect herself against the worst-case scenario.

"Okay, we'll drive to San Francisco as soon as the obligatory orientation stuff ends tomorrow night." Erica told her. "But I'm not happy about this."

"I'm not asking you to be happy about this, Puppy. I'm telling my best friend that this is what has to happen to ensure she stays alive in case her mate doesn't get his head out of his ass on time." Braeden said while standing up, and grabbing her purse.

"You should change before you go to Wolf's Run. You smell like me." Erica told her. "He's not going to like that."

"I could care less what he likes." Braeden told her. "I have half a mind to ask to take your truck just to drive the point home that you know there was a pack meeting and that you weren't invited. I love that man like a brother, but he's an asshole."

"Bray, I said some horrible things too. We both said things we can never take back, but I crossed a line when we were fighting…Things I can't forgive myself for."

"I know what you said Puppy… I also know what he said to you before that; I know what started that fight. You both were to blame. You don't deserve to become a lone wolf because of it." Braeden said, grabbing the keys to Erica's truck from her desk and tossing her own keys to Erica. "Don't mope in here all night okay? Go to one of the welcome parties or something. I'll be back as soon as I can, then we'll watch movies and stress about orientation tomorrow."

"Yes Ma'am. Sounds like a plan." Erica said trying to smile. "And sure Bray, take my truck without my express permission. Apparently, it's not blatant thievery when it's between friends."

Braeden sighed and walked over to her again pulling her off the futon and grabbing her face, making Erica look her in the eyes. "It's going to be okay! You will be my best friend no matter what happens, and I will do everything I can to help protect you. Even if you end up not being their alpha-female anymore, the Hale pack members will still love you, and still be your friends. Yes, things could change dramatically in the next few weeks, but no matter what, I will make sure you are not alone. Got it?"

Erica smiled. "Got it."

"Good." Braeden said releasing her face and walking towards the door. Before pausing. "Oh, by the way while its on my mind. I may have hooked up with someone a few days ago. And maybe I'm still in contact with her. And maybe I really like her. But that's besides my point…she's an omega, and I'll think you'd like her. I gave her your number, told her you were an alpha in need of a beta. So she may call you, just as a heads up." Braeden said running out the door.

Erica's brain had many questions after that exchange. By the time she could form sentences again, her best friend was out of the door.

TO: Bray-Bray

Ok, jerk. I have questions!

Question 1 - since when do you hook up with girls? Thanks for the info. I feel like a shitty friend for not knowing. So do you lovvvvveeee her yet? What's her name? How old is she? Does she lovvvvvveeee you too? Can I be your maid of honor? Get it girl!

TO: Bray-Bray

Question 2- why are you giving my info out to random omegas? I just reluctantly agreed to start up my own pack. I'm sure I'll like her if you like her but…

FROM Bray-Bray:

I've always been Bi, Puppy. Don't feel like a shitty friend, I just never mentioned it because I knew you wouldn't really care either way. My aunt is freaked thou so I didn't want to risk it yaknow?

FROM Bray-Bray:

Her name is Rosalyn. She's originally from a pack in Colombia. I met her a few weeks ago and she's kind of my girlfriend. I think we might be mates but she won't confirm or deny that, I only just convinced her to tell me she was a wolf. She didn't know I was an Emissary. I really like her.

FROM Bray-Bray:

If you and Der-Bear had repaired things when I came back I was going to ask him to let her join the Hale Pack. But I think maybe you and her…need each other? It'd be nice to have my best friend and my girlfriend looking out for one another. No pressure. Just meet her, if you don't want her to be your beta, I'll ask Captain Asshat if she can join ok?

FROM Bray-Bray:

We're still going to San Fran though, If you take her on or not.

TO: Bray-Bray

Fine. I'll meet her. Send me the info.

Braden's next message came with a phone number attached.

FROM Bray-Bray:

THANK YOU BESTIE! Ok, gtg. I'm late; I need to start driving now. Texting and driving is not good. Btw, nice wheels.

TO: Bray-Bray

I better not regret this. And thanks it was my dad's.

The texts stopped for a while after that. And Erica composed a text to the number Braeden forwarded to her, asking to meet. She got a reply ten minutes later.

FROM Rosalyn:

Hi Erica! I'm glad Bray passed my info along. I was nervous to call you. I would be interested in joining your pack. I'm on a bus right now to Beacon Hills. I was on my way because I was missing Braeden. The driver says we should be passing through in an hour. Is it okay to meet tonight?

This was going too fast for her. She knew she had to do this, and she'd promised Braeden. But part of her was holding out hope for her and Derek to patch things up.

FROM Bray-Bray:

Just got in the gate. He changed the code. It used to be your birthday, now it's not. Please meet with her E, yes he'll change his mind but I think that by the time he does it will be too late.

At this news, her heart sank. He changed the gate code? She realized that what she said was stupid and horrible and completely untrue, but he said some horrible things too. Was she supposed to stand there listening to him scream lies at her and not retaliate?

Yes, she could have handled it better, they both could have, but how could he push her out like that? Granted she was the one that left, but only because she saw the strain the fighting was putting on the pack. How could they be over? They were mates. Wolves mated for life. She was incapable of loving another person now that she experienced the joys and sorrows of loving Derek Hale.

She let out a whimper. Her heart was broken. Soon she would be a lone wolf.

She needed a new pack. But the thought of turning people when she herself had been a wolf for less than a year felt wrong. So she'd meet with this Rosalyn.

Start slowly, her inner wolf said, if it feels right, form a bond. One at a time. No rush. It has to feel right.

TO: Rosalyn

There is a diner across from the bus station. I'll meet you there.

Erica quickly got dressed and grabbed her motorcycle helmet, along with Braeden's keys and locked the dorm room as she left.

She was not a simpering newly turned teen she-wolf any longer. She didn't need Derek Hale and her friends to teach her how to be a wolf. She had only been a wolf eight months but she was good at it, she was meant to be a she-wolf, she knew that in her bones. She would not sit in her dorm room crying because she and her mate were fighting. She would grow up and do what needed to be done to protect herself.

She was an Alpha. She needed her own pack. If her and Derek patched things up one day then her new pack would merge into her old pack and everything would be fine. But for now she needed a beta of her own, to draw strength from and give strength to, she needed at least three betas to be considered a pack, but didn't want to move to quickly.

She'd start with meeting Rosalyn, then plan her next move from there.

AN: Hope you like it! Chapter 2 up in a few days! (hopefully less)

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FootNote:

**I think Ms. Morell's first name is Marin. Idk if I've gotten that from the show, wolf watch or just by reading fics, but I'm going with it.