"Laura, is it okay if I come over to study tonight?" I asked my best friend of four years as we walked to class.

"Of course, you're always welcome and my mom loves you." Laura grinned, slinging her free arm over my shoulders.

"Do you ever think your mom loves the idea of Derek and I as a couple?" I wondered aloud, linking my hand with hers.

"Oh yeah." Laura laughed. "She could see it when she once caught you two fighting in my room."

"See what?" I raised an eyebrow.

"The spark." Laura said vaguely. "She knows that you two could have something in the future."

"Well, when he plucks up the courage to ask me out, I'm sure I'll say yes." I bit my lip as we entered our classroom.

"You two would make such a great couple." Laura cheered. "And you would be the greatest sister in law."

"Stop." I laughed, sitting in my assigned seat.

"Nope." Laura grinned, slamming her books down onto her desk.


I smiled to myself as I reminisced of my past. That was the best year of my life before the Hale fire. And only two years after that, hunters found me. They thought I was a werewolf and they killed me. Obviously I didn't actually die, but a lot of people thought I disappeared. Truth is, I'm a vampire and I have been since before I met the Hales, which was only 10 years then. It's around 15 now. The Hales knew I was a vampire, and they still took me in with hospitality and care. It took Derek a little while to warm up to me but he did eventually.

"Laura, are you sure we should be out here at this time of the night?" I asked my best friend as we walked through the woods of Beacon Hills.

"What, are you scared of the dark now, Ryder?" Laura teased as she held a flashlight in her hand.

"Well, when it's deathly quiet out here, a little bit, yeah." My voice shook as we stepped on leaves and the twigs snapped under our feet.

"Hey, who's that?" Laura mused to herself as there seemed to be a human-looking figure only a few steps away from us.

"I don't know, but whoever they are, they don't look nice, so can we get out of here?" I pleaded, wanting to get back to the safety of the motel.

"Let's check them out." Laura took quiet steps towards the person, ignoring my pleads.

"Laura, don't." I warned.

"Are you okay?" Laura asked the person who just slowly turned around. I couldn't see their face as Laura held the flashlight. "Excuse me?"

And that's when it happened. The person was now transformed into a large black creature, covered with hair. Their eyes glowed an icy blue and it roared loudly before sweeping out it's claws, effectively slicing Laura in half. She didn't even have time to scream before her life was taken away from her. The creature eyes locked onto me, and now it's gaze was a deep red.

"Oh my god." I whispered, taking a step backwards and tripping on a tree root.

The creature snarled at me before releasing a howl and taking off in the opposite direction of where I'd came.

I was only now aware of the hot tears cascading down my cheeks. My best friend... she was dead and I wasn't fast enough to save her. I pulled myself onto my knees and crawled quickly over to her bisected body.

"Laura, I'm so sorry." I weeped, careful not to let my hands touch any part of her body. "I'm going to find whoever did this... and I'm going to murder them, slowly and painfully."

I fished for my phone in my pockets and retrieved it quickly, punching in the numbers I needed before holding the device to my ear.

"Hello?" The familiar voice rang in my ears.

"Derek, you need to come down here, fast." I croaked, wiping the tears off my cheeks. "Somebody killed Laura."


I didn't dare go back to the motel that night. I had hauled myself off to the old Hale house which was miraculously still standing, but it was mostly charred and the stairs creaked dangerously if you even put too much weight on them. The next morning was worse, as the events from last night made my heart hurt and my head spin.

"Ryder?" It was Derek.

I quickly launched myself down the black, wooden stairs and into his arms, hugging him tightly.

"Thank god you're here." I breathed.

"What happened to Laura?" Derek demanded as he pulled away.

"Something sliced her in half." I said shakily. "It appeared to be human then somehow it transformed. I think it was a werewolf... because it now has red eyes. It had blue eyes before."

"Maybe it was hunters." Derek suggested. "They have all kinds of ruses."

"Maybe." I sighed. "Are you back here until this gets solved?"

"I guess so." Derek chewed on his lip. "Where's your stuff?"

"Over at some motel with Laura's stuff." I told him. "I'll go get it later."

"Well, we're going to have to figure out who killed Laura." Derek licked his lips. "What do you think about enrolling in high school?"

"Seriously?" I groaned. "I've experienced senior year almost three times."

"Well, this can your definite third." Derek had a small smile on his face. "Come on, do this for me."

"Fine, sourwolf." I giggled, pushing on his muscly chest. "But you owe me for this."

It was tragic that Laura died, but at least I had Derek here to not make me feel alone.


Ok wow, this is my fourth Teen Wolf fic and also starts at Season One, but this one is an endgame Derek/OC, and definitely not a Stiles/OC. I wanted a little variety and since I had a vampire idea, I decided to put this into play. I originally had a Liam/OC fic which was also a vampire fic but decided to scrap it as it was going nowhere. I'm kinda excited for this one, so I hope you guys enjoy it!