It's been three months since all the madness with the Dread Doctors and Theo and since then nothing has happened...at least not so far. The Pack hoped it'd stay that way. There was just a little bit of time left until the Seniors would graduate and move on. The rest of the gang was preparing on what to do once they left.
Marlow and Riley were studying at Marlow's house when Stiles came rushing into the room. "Marlow, I gotta talk-" he yelled and abruptly stopped once seeing Riley was there too. "Oh, hey Riley." he said. The simply waved as she was lost in the book that was sitting on her lap.
"What's up?" Marlow asked as she placed her book beside her. "Could I talk to you real quick...alone." he asked. "Are you keeping secrets from me?" Riley asked, still lost in her book. "Don't you have a home?" Stiles asked back.
"Uncle Jordan is on vacation and I felt lonely." she said as she shut her book and looked up at the boy in the doorway. Stiles sighed and waved his sister out into the hallway. "Be right back." Marlow said, rolling her eyes. "Mmmh." Riley made. She opened the book back up and Marlow closed the door.
"What's so important that it can't wait until tomorrow?" the blonde asked semi-annoyed. "Okay so there is this dude and he might do some real illegal stuff right now. Scott and I are heading out to check it out. Wanna come along?" he asked. Marlow looked at him, her eyes narrowed. "Seriously?" she finally asked. "What?" Stiles asked back as the shining in his eyes disappeared.
"Okay, is it possible that at this point you are just looking for trouble so you don't have to worry about graduating?" Marlow asked. Stiles looked back at her playfully schocked. "Why would I?" he asked. "Why wouldn't you? Graduating is a scary thing. Moving on to college..." she said.
"Okay, I just wanted to spend some time with you before I go." he said. "Awww." she made. "Come on, we still have some time together. And it's not like I'm never gonna see you again after you graduate." she added.
"Yeah, but..." he trailed off. "Look, Stiles...I would love to do this with you guys but Riley and me have a giant exam tomorrow and because of our latest big 'adventure' I really need a good grade on this or else I'll get held back. And I'm not and I repeat, I am NOT gonna stay in tenth grade one more time." Marlow said, heavily gesturing.
Stiles sighed "Okay, fine. I get it. There's one more thing though..." he said. "I actually wanted to give this to you when I graduate but, looking at recent events, I decided to do this right now." he added as he fumbled around in his pockett and finally pulled out a necklace with a lockett. He handed it to Marlow, she opened it and there were two pictures inside. One was of their mom and dad and one was of Stiles. Marlow smiled to herself.
"You like it?" Stiles asked. "Love it." she said and quickly hugged him. "Thanks. Okay, now go catch the criminal mastermind. But don't get hurt, or break stuff." she warned. "Got it. See ya later." he shouted as he ran off.
Marlow chuckled and went back into her room. "So, where were we?" she asked. "Lost." Riley said, falling back onto the bed with a sigh. Marlow sat down next to her. "Come on. It can't be that hard." she said.
Riley moved back up, defeat in her eyes. "How did Malia come this far after not being in school for eight freaking years?" she asked. "I mean it was tough, but maybe look at it from this side: you don't really have to learn everything we did in the past years. Most stuff is in your brain anyway and you only really need to learn what we're doing right now." Marlow rambled.
"That doesn't make any sense." Riley whined. They'd clearly studied for too long at this point. Marlow sighed, throwing her book off to the side. She layed down next to Riley and they stayed like that for a few minutes before Riley spoke up again.
"I have this weird feeling that something terrible is happening again." she said. Marlow let out an annoyed groan. "What's wrong with you guys? Why is everyone looking for trouble again?" she asked.
"I'm not looking for trouble, I'm just saying. I don't think this year will end as peacefully as we had hoped." she explained. Marlow sighed once more as she rubbed her eyes. "Let's just go to bed. It's almost eleven-thirty. Wanna stay over?" she asked Riley. Riley just nodded and helped her clean up their paperwork.
Marlows phone went off at seven and both girls quickly got ready and drove off to school. They walked into Mason and Corey on their way to their lockers. "Hey guys! What's up?" Marlow asked.
"Not much. Ready for your big exam?" Mason asked. Riley whined. "I guess not." Corey added. "At least we get to have fun with Mr. Hottie over there." Marlow said nodding towards their new Physics Teacher, Mr. Douglas. He was a real mystery. He came out of nowhere and doesn't seem to have a personal life or any kind of past.
Mason rolled his eyes. He definately wasn't a fan of Mr. Douglas or the looks Corey gives him. "I see another hottie coming our way." Riley said as she saw a thin and lanky boy with glasses coming their way. "Who me?" the boy asked smirking as he pulled Riley in for a kiss. Oh yeah, the boy is Riley's new boyfriend Coop. Coopers Harris. Marlow never even knew him until he asked Riley out on a date.
Marlow looked away, playfully disgusted. "Get a room you guys." an oncoming Hayden said. Liam stood next to her, chuckling. "I could say the same thing about you." Riley said as she pulled away from Coop. Hayden shook her head grinning.
"Okay, okay. Let's go. Math starts in five." Coop said. "I'm coming a little later." Marlow said. Riley shrugged and both her and Coop left still entangled in a hug. "They're cute." Mason said as he looked after them. Marlow nodded, then turned back to Liam and Hayden.
"So, what happened last night?" she asked. She noticed something was up the second they walked up to them. The fact that Stiles left for school way before the girls and their dad never even made it home from work only made it more evident.
"Didn't Stiles tell you already?" Liam asked, raising an eyebrow. "No." Marlow said as she closed her eyes and let her head fall down, a little angry she got let out once more. "There was this boy in a car. His parents are missing. Scott said he saw some guy with a gun. He was on a horse and shot the car. Then he took the parents." Liam explained.
"Why not the boy?" Marlow asked. Liam shrugged. Marlow sighed as the bell rang. "I gotta go. See ya later." she said, rushing off to her Math class.
Marlow went to find Stiles and Scott in her first break. She knew the group would be taking their yearbook photos, Malia would definately be. Marlow walked in on Stiles ruining Malia's photo several times.
"Stiles!" Marlow yelled as she pulled him out of Malia's shot. Malia got off the chair anyway. "You ruined my photo!" Malia yelled angrily as she sat back down with the others. "Why didn't you tell me?" Marlow asked Stiles. "Tell you what?" he asked.
"About that boy. Liam told me." she said. "You were busy studying. And when I came home you two were already asleep." Stiles explained. "Yeah, well if it's about something supernatural you can and should wake me up." Marlow said.
"We don't even know if it's something supernatural yet." Scott chimed in. "Oh we do." Stiles said. "Come on guys, I got the adress to the kids home. It's apparently abandoned. Who's coming with?" he added.
"I've gotta re-take my photos." Malia said. "Yeah, not intereseted." Lydia added. "I can not miss anymore classes-" Scott started. "Scott." Stiles said. "I missed thirty-eight-" he tried again. "Scott." Stiles said again. "-last semester. And Lydia's mom is the only reason I'm still in school. I can go after school." Scott finally offered.
"You know what, forget it. I'll take Liam." Stiles said. The group looked over to Liam and Hayden kissing. Stiles quickly decided against that idea. Marlow was getting angry at this point, so she hit Stiles in the arm. "Hello!" she yelled.
Stiles realised he'd forgotten his sister now, so smiling he asked her. "Do you wanna go with me?" Marlow smiled sarcastically. "I'd love to." she said. Sydney then came over with the camera in her hand. "Hey, can I get a candid?" she asked. "Uhhm, no." Stiles protested. Scott was quick to pull him into the shot though. Marlow backed off as she didn't want to be in the photo either.
"Hey, if I'm doing this then so are you." Stiles said. Marlow shook her head. "Come on. Get over here." Scott said as he pulled her next to him as well. Stiles pulled out a shard of glass and handed it to Scott. "Fine. If you can explain to me why this is blue, I'll let it go." he said. Scott inspected the shard. Marlow looked at it as well. It was indeed shining blue in the sunlight.
"Everyone smile!" Sydney said. Scott slipped the shard into his pockett and the group smiled as Sydney took the photo. "Looks great. Thanks guys." she said as she went back to the ther yearbook photos.
"You do know you've missed a ton of classes as well don't you?" Scott asked. Marlow sighed. "I know, but I wanna help. I don't wanna just stand on the side like last time." she explained as she got back up from the bench.
"I can't belive Stiles is your brother, yet Scott is the one that needs to tell you what's right and wrong." Malia said. "Hey, great minds think alike." Stiles said. "Listen, let me ask Ms. Finch about this first and then we can decide if we should go or not." Scott offered. "Okay." Marlow agreed. "Riley's coming too?" Stiles asked. "Don't think so. She's still looking trying not let Coop know she's a witch." Marlow said.
"She can tell him." Scott said. "I know. And so does she. But she wants to wait until she's sure she can tell him." Marlow said as Riley came out of the building. She waved Marlow over.
"Okay guys, I gotta go. I have Mr. Hottie next period." Marlow said as she grabbed her bag. "I don't like it when you say that." Stiles said, referring to 'Mr. Hottie'. Marlow smirked as she waved the others good-bye.
"Let's go, the others are waiting." Riley said as Marlow rushed over to her. "Did you decide yet?" Marlow asked. "No, I need time to think about it." Riley told her. "He'll find out sooner or later. This is Beacon Hills." Marlow said as the bell ran and both girls disappeared into the class room.
Marlow couldn't concentrate on anything Mr. Douglas said. She knew he was talking about Schrödingers cat and she noticed every girl and Corey staring at him, but something about this kid and his vanished parents was off. Two people don't just simply disappear leaving their belongings and not to mention their son behind.
"Yes! Excellent answer. Very impressive." Mr. Douglas said to Hayden as Marlow snapped back into reality. "Does observing something change it's behavior or alter it's outcome? That's the question of today's lab on page 117. Break into groups of four. Marlow, Riley and Cooper, you stay in that group of three." he announced. Marlow nodded.
The group of three got ready to work, when Marlow spotted Corey going invisible in the corner of her eye. She went over to the others. "What's going on?" she asked. "Phone's can't geo-locate. Corey's getting Mr. Douglas' compass. Marlow looked over to the cabinet in the front of the class and saw the door opening and closing before Corey and the compass re-appeared next to Mason.
Mason opened it. "What are you gonna do with it?" Hayden asked. "Follow it." Mason simply said. "Seriously?" she asked. "Where do you think it goes?" Corey followed. "I have no idea. But we won't know until we open the box." Mason said. Marlow shook her head smirking. Corey didn't seem to get it.
"Shrödingers cat, Corey. Mr. Douglas just talked about it." Marlow reminded him. "I still don't get it." he said. Marlow sighed. "Marlow. Get to work." Mr. Douglas said.
It was three-thirty and Marlow hadn't heard from Stiles or Scott. She decided to go with Liam and Mason instead. Riley and Coop were on a date, so she was out. "Should we really be doing this?" she asked the boys.
"It's where the compass is leading us." Mason said. They were steering straight into an anbandoned house. "This compass is leading us straight into our doom." Marlow said. "When did you loose your fearlessness?" Liam asked. Marlow stopped. "What is that supposed to mean?" she asked, her eyes narrow.
For two months straight they'd been passive-agressively fighting on who is going to be the Alpha once Scott was gone. Both wanted the position, neither would ever admitt it. "Nothing. Just asking." Liam said defensively.
"Guys, stop it." Mason warned. Marlow sighed and walked ahead to the backdoor of the house. She quietly twisted the door knob to see if it would open and it did. The three went inside and walked towars the living room, when Marlow stopped the boys.
"Shhh, did you hear that?" she whispered. She held a finger up to her mouth as the three snuck towards the noise. Marlow jerked back as they ran into Scott. "What are you doing here?" Liam asked.
"This is Alex's house. What are you doing here?" Scott asked back. "This is where the compass led us." Liam explained. "What compass?" Scott asked. Mason showed him Mr. Douglas' compass. It was going crazy at that point.
"Why's it doing that?" Scott asked, looking down at the compass. "I have no idea." Mason said. "They're all doing it." Liam said as him and Marlow showed Scott the compasses on their phone.
The glass of the compass broke just as the group heard a comotion upstairs. "Stiles." Marlow said as she ran for the stairs. They met Stiles who was obviously upset. "What happened?" she asked. "He was here. He shot at me. It was one of the guys you saw in Alex's memories." Stiles muttered. "The one who took his parents?" Mason asked.
"No, no they weren't just taken. They were made to disappear. That's why there's no furniture, that's why they weren't in any of their photos. They were erased." Stiles explained. He went back into the room behind him, it was completely blank.
"Let's go." Marlow said at the sight of the room. She couldn't explain why, but she had the feeling that she knew who was behind this.
"What do you mean? Who do you think did it?" Riley asked Marlow. She'd gone to her. They were at the school. She wanted to get the thoughts of a witch on this. Maybe she some idea on it. "I the Ghost Riders are doing this." Marlow said. Riley narrowed her eyes. "The who?" she asked.
"It's a legend. It's a bunch of people, they're riding on horses and taking people and erasing them from basically everything. Mr. Yukimura told me about it once." Marlow explained. "And you think they took Alex's parents?" Riley asked. "And maybe more people. A lot more." Marlow said.
"Oh god." Riley said. "And I think, I think Stiles might be next." Marlow said. Riley put her head to the side and narrowed her eyes. "Who?" she finally asked. Marlow chuckled. "Stiles. My Brother." she said. "Marlow, what are you talking about. You're an only child." Riley said. Marlow put a hand on the side of her head. "Riley. I am not an only child. Don't you remember? I have a Brother. His name is Stiles." Marlow said. She grabbed Riley by the shoulders. "Don't you remember?" she asked slowly.
"Marlow, are you okay?" Riley asked shaking her best friends off of her. "Crap!" Marlow cursed as she ran off to find Stiles.
She instead found Mason, Liam and Hayden in the hallway at some point. They were talking about Mr. Douglas' compass. "Where are you going?" Mason asked Marlow. The girl stood still as she tried remembering what she was doing at School this late in the first place.
She shook her head, amused at the situation. "I don't remember. I think I was looking for you." she said snickering. "Did you get the compass fixed?" she asked. "Oh yeah, I did." he said as he fumbled in his pocket to reveal the still splintered screen of the compass. "Oh lord." Marlow said.
"He's gonna notice." Hayden said amused. "Nah, he'll never notice. We'll ust put the compass back and figure out a way to help Scott." Mason said. ""Or just put the compass back." Hayden offered.
"We can't just leave it all to Scott." Liam said. "Why not? He's the Alpha." Hayden said. "Not for long." Liam said. "Exactly." Marlow added. "Who's gonna take his place?" Hayden asked.
"Me." Marlow said. "Why you?" Liam asked her. "Why not me? I'm his Beta." she said. "Well he bit me and not you." Liam said. "Well I was here first." Marlow said. "That doesn't mean you can be the Alpha." Liam said.
"Guys, stop it. We can decide on who'll be the Alpha soon enough." Hayden said. Marlow looked off to the side clearly smelling "Blood." she said. Liam and Hayden nodded. They ran off. They split up in the process. The smell seemed to be coming from everywhere.
Marlow ran into Riley ten minutes later. "Marlow, where were you? Are you okay?" she asked concerned. Marlow had forgotten what they were talking about earlier. "Yeah, I'm good. Why?" Marlow asked confused.
"You were rambling on and on about a non-existing brother earlier." Riley explained. Marlow raised and eyebrow. Smirking she said "Okay, weird." Riley nodded. "Yeah, pretty much."
Marlow remembered why she was looking around the school in the first place. "We gotta go. It's close." Marlow said. "What's close?" Riley asked confused. "That smell of blood." Marlow said as she took off. Riley ran after her.
They arrived at the boiler room sometime later. The door was locked. "Riley?" Marlow said. The girl nodded. She raised her hand and closed her eyes for a second. When she opened them a set of keys appeared in her hands. She grinned at Marlow, jiggling the keys. Marlow took them and opened the door.
Just then, the other three friends arrived. "Good, you're here." Marlow said. Liam shushed her as he prepared to break down the door. "Liam, the door-" Riley began. "Shh, no time." the boy said as he ran for the door with a scream. Marlow rolled her eyes and opened the door before he could hit it. He flew through and into a bunch of empty bucketts.
"It was open." Mason said looking at the keys in Marlow's hand. "Exactly." the girl said as the group followed Liam inside. The stench of blood got more evident as they walked towards an air conditioning unit.
Liam looked back at the group, looking for approval as he wanted to open the door. Marlow nodded. Liam slowly opened the door. Tucked inside the vent was a body with a caved-in head.
The group immediatly called Marlow's dad. Soon after, the whole police force arrived. The friends went back into the school. Marlow and Riley had distanced theselves from the other three to talk.
"Marlow, what is going on? First, you tell me something about a brother and horse riding maniacs that are reasing people from everything and then we find a dead body. Are we caught in another supernatural drama?" Riley asked frantically.
"Are we ever not? Now calm down." Marlow said. "Riley!" Coop yelled as he rushed towards the girls. "I heard about the dead body. Are you guys okay?" he asked hugging the girl. "Yeah, we're good. Let's talk." she said as she took him to the side.
Marlow sighed as this brown-haired boy approached her. "Marlow, oh my god. Thank god you're okay." he said hugging her. She tensed up, he noticed. "Excuse me, who are you?" she asked as he let go of her. "Come on, Marlow stop playing games." he said. "I'm Stiles. I'm your Brother." he added. Marlow raised an eyebrow.
"Sorry, hun. I don't think so. I'm an only child." she said. Stiles looked at her with a blank expression. It seemed as if he tried to remember something. "Okay, Marlow I know you don't remember me. Or that I'm your Brother. Soon you won't even know I existed, but..." he seemed to think again, when suddenly he grabbed the lockett around the girls neck.
"Hey!" she yelled. "Here, you can remember me by the pict-" he said. As he looked at the picture in the lockett he only found the one of his mom and dad. His was gone. "Could you let go of me please?" Marlow asked as she swatted his hands off her lockett.
He grabbed her by the shoulders, a little too forcefull. "Marlow! You have to remember me!" he said. "Hey, what do you think you're doing?" the Sheriff asked. "Oh thank god, everyone is forgetting everything." Stiles said as he let go of Marlow.
"It's okay. Let's figure this out, son." Sheriff said. Stiles loosened up. "Now why don't you tell me your name?" he asked. The boy's expression went blank again. He eventually ran off, leaving his family behind.
"Did you know that guy? What did he want?" Sheriff asked Marlow. Th girl shrugged. She knew she'd seen him before, or at least she thought so. But she couldn't seem to remember him or his name. She just forgot.
The next morning, as Marlow was leaving for school she stopped by a cabinett. It had several pictures of her and her family in it. She couldn't shake off the weird feeling that something was off about that cabinett.
She shook her head as she snapped back into reality. She went to her car and climbed in the driver's seat. Marlow picked up Riley on her way. At school, she parked next to a blue jeep. She had never seen it at school.
Marlow, Riley and Coop joined Mason, Liam, Hayden and Corey in front of their first class. Marlow left them as soon as she saw Lydia coming in. The two looked at each other. "Do you feel it too?" Lydia asked. Marlow nodded.
"Feel what?" Scott asked. "What's wrong?" Malia added. "I have a feeling that I was supposed to remember something." Lydia explained. "Me too." Marlow nodded. "What is it?" Scott asked. "I have no idea." Marlow said.
Hey guys! So this is my new story...well the continuation of an old story better said. Marlow and the gang are back for one more (and final) time! This is based on Season 6, just like "Eternal" was based on S4+5. Although you can expect certain changes in scenes or maybe an entirely new scene since I obviously don't just want to repeat what the episode is and only add Marlow and Riley in.
Well anyways, I really hope you like this and that we can enjoy the last season together. I'll try and post the chapters weekly. Love you, guys and thanks for reading!