(By The Way everything until the first conversation between Scott and Stiles is a template I got so if it sounds robotic that's because it is. Also I do not own Teen Wolf)
-Night-
On the rural outskirts of a small California town calledBeacon Hills, POLICE OFFICERS and STATE TROOPERS gather on adirt road. At their sides, SEARCH DOGS bark and whine,pulling their leashes by one, the Officers click on flashlights and then glanceto the LEAD OFFICER for his signal. Finally, he gives a later, a dozen streaks of light tear through theshadowy woods.A desperate search begun...
Not far from those dense woods, a two-story home lies hiddenunder a canopy of trees. A gentle wind drifts into the openwindow of an upstairs bedroom where two hands thread the laces on the head of a lacrosse work is fast and precise, fingers pulling each lace intoa diamond mesh pattern. Knotting the last loop, sixteen year oldScott McCALL stands with the re-threaded in only a pair of athletic shorts, his lithe framemay still have some filling out to do but it's easy to seethat he'll soon grow into a strikingly handsome young manwith deep black eyes designed to melt the hearts of hopefulyoung a ball up from his bedroom floor, he gives thelacrosse stick a spin, testing his handiwork.A moment later, the re-threaded stick lands next to a schoolbackpack while.
Scott pumps out a few chin-ups at the bar mounted in thedoorway of his , toothbrush in his mouth, he reaches for the window sillto pull it down. But he stops when he hears a SOUND. He cockshis ear to listen again. Under the whispering wind, he hearsMOVEMENT... A STRANGE SHUFFLING NOISE.
Scott ran downstairs to check it out quickly grabbing the family bat searching for the noise. Then suddenly dropping down from the rough upside down was stiles making them both scream and scott ready to attack. "STILES WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING" Scott yelled in anger. "You weren't answering your phone" Feet caught in the trellis, Stiles hangs in front of Scott. Asixteen year-old with boundless energy, he continues talkingupside down as if this were a perfectly normal way to have aconversation. "I know it's late, but you gotta'hear this. I saw my dad leavetwenty minutes ago. Dispatchcalled. They're bringing in everyofficer from the Beacon departmentand even State Police". Scott gave a confused look "for what"?
"Two joggers found body in the woods" stiles said while dropping down. "A dead body" scott asked rather loudly? Stiles looked up at him like he was wrong "No a body of water ... yes dumbass a dead body"! You mean like murdered? Nobody knows yet. Just that it wasa girl, probably in her twenties. Hold on. If they found a body, whatare they looking for now?STILESThat's the best part. "They onlyfound half... Were going"
Scott got in the car with a half worry half angry look on his face "Why doesn't Zach have to come..." Before he could finish somebody rose from the back "don't worry he kidnapped me to ". Scott looked back startled "Zach why were you laying in here" Zach just shrugged before stiles interrupted there chat "hey nobody kidnapped anybody just a friend taking his friends to find a dead body". Zach and scott both stifled a laugh at their friends insanity "you know stiles we both worry about you" Stiles scoffed driving to their destination.
Zach got in the light revealing a 6 foot lean kid with wild curly black hair and glasses wearing black jeans and a Hollywood Undead shirt with some skater shoes. "Are we seriously doing this" Scott said getting out of the jeep "you're the one always bitching thatnothing ever happens in this , it's our last night ofsummer freedom". Scott rolled his eyes "I was hoping to get some good sleep for practice" Stiles was about to make a snarky remark but Zach butted in "so what happens if what killed the girl is still out here"? Stiles stopped and shrugged "didn't think about it" Scott scoffed at that "Comforting to know you've plannedthis out with your usual attentionto detail" Zach laughed at that. Racing up the paths, Scott's breath begins to shorten. "Maybe the severe asthmatic shouldbe the one holding the flashlight". Zach was about to be sarcastic before Stiles dove down pulling him with him and Scott following.
Crouching low, they circle the crime scene looking forthe best vantage point. But they freeze at the sound of aZIPPER being pulled up on a body bag. Two bare feet aremomentarily visible as the zipper pulls closed and OFFICERSlift the body bag up into the Medical Examiner's van. "Is that the second half of thebody"? "No, they would have called off thesearch. Come on". They retreat from the perimeter back into the dark ofthe woods. As they crest a hill, Stiles pauses. Below,Flashlights beam scour the shadows, the police search justahead. Unable to stand still, Stiles races forward. "Stiles, wait up"!But quickly running out of air, Scott pulls his inhaler fromhis jacket. While he pauses to take a hit from it, Stilesdisappears up ahead. Zach groans at Stiles's attitude "Scott get behind that tree DOGS" he whispers loudly!
Fanged teeth ferociously snap at him, sending him staggeringaway and falling right onto his ass. search dogs yank backagainst their leashes just before tearing him apart. A state trooper yells at him "Stay right there"!Scott freezes. It's not him the State Trooper was yelling at,however. Peering out from behind a tree, he sees Stiles hasrun right into a search party. Flashlight beams in his eyes,the boy puts his hands in the air as large, threateningfigures hurry forward. "Hold on, hold on, this littledelinquent belongs to me".Deputy Stilinski steps into the light past the growling search dogs. Stiles shrinks under his glare. "Do you listen in on all of my phonecalls"? "No... Not the boring ones". "And where's your usual partners incrime"?
Stiles looked at him incredulously "Who Scott and Zach nah their home Scott needed sleep for school Zach's being ... being Zach". The sheriff yelled out a bit and pulled stiles away talking to him. Zach and Scott quickly ran off "hey what did he mean Zach being Zach"? Scott laughed while pulling out his inhaler "Lazy" Zach mocked offense and then nodded. "That's true so how" He stopped as he heard an odd RUMBLING. The sound of sudden and furiousmovement RISING in volume and velocity until HALF A DOZEN DEER CHARGE OUT OF THE DARKNESS, soaring pasthim with the thunderous BEAT of hooves trampling the , Scott drops the he kneels down to theleaf-covered ground to search for the inhaler. Pulling outhis cell phone, he lights the the phone's LIGHT over the ground, Zach helps him look around before Scott screams catching Zach's attention. Dead eyes peer up from the pale, yet beautiful face of ayoung woman torn in half. Scott fell into Zach as both of them tripped down a creek bed.
Pushing themselves up from the icy water, a breathless Scottlooks up at the embankment down which he just fell. He'sabout to stand when a low growl stops him moving. Stops him breathing. Somethingcrouches in the shadows right near him. Something very slowly begins to turn around when a massive figure hurtles towards the briefest instant there's a flash of razor-sharpteeth. Scott twists forward, crying out. Then, seeming todisentangle himself from the attacking animal, he scramblesback to his feet and into a panicked run. Zach turns to see Scott being attacked and jumps at the animal before it lets go of scott and in one fluid motion snaps his jaw on Zach's leg throwing him to the side and then running off. Scott jumping up helps Zach up both of them running Zach limping as they get the street. Scott narrowly getting hit by a car calls a cab and takes Zach to the hospital and going home patching himself up.
(Next day)
A school bell rings in the crowded hallway. At their lockers, Scott takes off his backpack and pulls his shirt up a few inches to show Stiles the bandage on his lower back. "It was too dark to see much but I'm pretty sure it was a wolf". "A wolf bit you... no, not a chance". "I heard a wolf howling. "No, you didn't". "What do you mean no I didn't"? "How do you know what I heard"? "California doesn't have wolves not for the last sixty years". Zach came down the hall with a small leg brace and a cane. "I don't know Stiles it was a wolf howl" Stiles scoffed looking back at Zach. "WOAH guy what happened to you" both Scott and Stiles quickly turned more worried. "When I woke up to doctors telling me I was lucky to keep my leg" then suddenly Zach's cane was knocked out from under him by an inattentive girl". Both friends were ready to catch Zach but he was standing straight "dude are you ok" Zach rubbed the back of his head "I actually just got this cane cause it looked cool". The two just stared at him blankly the bursting out laughing. "Man dude you got us good ... don't scare us like that".
As they kept talking Scott spoke up "well, if you don't believe us about the wolf, then you're definitely not going to believe me when I tell you we saw the body. "You what? Are you kidding me"? "I wish. I'm going to have nightmares about it for a month. "That's freaking awesome. This is seriously the best thing that's happened to this town since... (Looking past Scott) ...since the birth of Lydia Martin who's walking toward us right now". Zach looked back at Lydia completely ignoring Stiles. Lydia was a strawberry blonde girl with the most beautiful green eyes standing about 5 foot 3 wearing black tights and heels with a plaid skirt and top. Stiles waved at her as she walked past him as if he was a ghost. Stiles held his head down "you know this your guy's fault. You've scarlet nerded me". They both laughed as they all went to their first period.
The three entered their homeroom Zach sitting in the corner having a headache as Scott and sit together. The teacher started class "as you all know by now, there was indeed a body found in the woods last night. I'm sure your eager little minds are coming up with all sorts of macabre scenarios as to how it happened but I've been told that the police have a suspect in custody". Scott looks to Stiles who shrugs, news to him as well. "A vagrant with a long history of psychiatric disorders was discovered camping out in the woods near where the body was found. Which means your undivided attention can be given to the syllabus outlining the semester on your desks. Read it now. And by read I don't mean skim".
The sound of paper pages flipping rumbles toward Scott as students start reading. It's strangely loud, causing his ears to twitch. Especially when a cellphone rings. He glances up. The other students quietly read the syllabus. Scott appears to be the only one noticing the ringing before he looks back at Zach who's looking around meeting each other's eye's as Zach gets up asking to go to the bathroom. Scott continues his search gazing about, he can't seem to find the source until his eyes fall on the window of the classroom... outside across the quad, and Scott sees Allison Argent. Sixteen and radiating with an innocent beauty. When she puts a cell phone to her ear, it becomes obvious that, despite the closed windows and the distance, this is the ringing Scott is somehow able to hear. More astonishingly, Scott can hear both Allison and her caller, their voices echoing with a tinny effect.
"Mom, three calls on my first day is a little overdoing it". Hearing an older voice "Just making sure you're there okay and you've got everything you need". But Allison digs through her bag, becoming alarmed. "Everything except a pen. Oh my God, I didn't actually forget a pen. "Don't panic. I'm sure you can borrow one from another student". "Okay, okay, I gotta' go. Love ya". Unable to take his eyes off the extraordinary girl, Scott watches the school's principal joins her on the steps. "Sorry to keep you waiting". The Principal guides her across the quad, their conversation becoming clearer to Scott with every step. "So you were saying San Francisco isn't where you grew up"? "No, but we stayed for more than a year which is unusual in my family. We kind of bounce around a lot because of my Dad's work". Even when Allison and the Principal disappear from view, Scott hears the clatter of the building door opening, the clicking of their heels on the tile floor of the hall. "Well, hopefully, Beacon Hills is your last stop for a while".
(In the Hall with Zach)
Zach burst out the hall trying not to hear the conversation between multiple people the dominant one being Allison and the Principal's talk as they approached him. "... Is your last stop" *BAM* Zach fell to the floor not paying attention he saw that landed on top of the new girl. The Principal pulls Zach off her " will you please not try something o her first day or your Uncle will be called". Allison got up staying quite as Zach looked at the principal angered before walking off "sorry I wasn't paying attention". "I apologize for him he is quite the trouble maker" Allison nodded "he was fine it's all ok".
(Back in Class)
The door opens, causing the rest of the class to look up. "Class, this is our new student Allison Argent. Please do your best to make her feel welcome". Scott barely breathes as Allison heads for the one empty desk left in the room. Right behind him. She puts her notebook down, then glances up to see Scott turned toward her. Holding out a pen. With a relieved but curious smile, she takes it from him. "Thanks". Scott gives her a nod. Turning around, his gaze focuses on Stiles's desk where his friend's sunglasses sit. In the reflection Scott can see Allison reflected behind him and he can't take his eyes off her. "Okay class, let's begin with Kafka..."
Silence. Then the doors of the cafeteria push open. As Scott steps in, the cacophony of high school lunch period slams into him. Every sound assaults him with pin-drop clarity. Stiles got worried "You all right"? Overwhelmed, Scott doesn't even hear Stiles. His hands come up to his ears to cover them when he sees Allison across the room, paying for her food. The cashier breaks a roll of quarters, but the coins spill to the floor. Scott hears each one plink against the tile. Allison immediately kneels to help the embarrassed Cashier, giving a good-hearted smile to the grateful woman while the other students just stand by waiting impatiently. Then Allison notices Scott and they connect eyes. Somehow just this look from her seems to return his hearing to normal. She starts to smile back, recognizing him. But then Lydia Martin swoops in front of her. "That jacket is absolutely killer. Where did you get it"? "My Mom was a buyer for a boutique back in San Francisco". "You're sitting with me". Taking Allison by the arm, she guides her to the popular table. Jackson, Lydia's boyfriend, pulls her toward his lap, but she brushes him off, still talking to Allison.
Zach sits down with Scott and Stile's "Can somebody tell me how New Girl is here all of five minutes and she's already at Lydia's table"? Stiles looked at Zach "Because she's hot. Beautiful people herd together". "Is that why Lydia isn't herding with you" Zach laughs patting Stiles on the back? "Lydia's a long term project, okay? And trust me, I've got all the patience in the world for a high yield investment like her". "Well, I don't think New Girl's that pretty. Scott, you think she's pretty? Scott"? Zach said clearly lying.
He doesn't even blink, attention consumed by Allison. Stiles laughs "I'd take that as a yes". Head cocked slightly, Scott tunes in the conversation across the room, voices coming into focus. "A party"? "Friday night. We could go together". "I can't. It's Family Night this Friday. But thanks for asking". "You sure? Everyone's going after the scrimmage game". "You mean like football"? Jackson decides to give his input "football is a joke at Beacon. The sport here is Lacrosse. We won the state championship the last three years..." Lydia interrupts "Because of a certain team captain". "Every season starts with a scrimmage to decide the new first line. You ever watch Lacrosse"? Allison answers "I'm actually not sure how it's played other than well, violently". Stiles notices Scott watching Lydia's table intently. Not merely staring, but seeming to listen. "Maybe you should just come see for yourself. We have practice today. You don't have to be anywhere right after school, do you"? "Well, no..." Lydia again interrupts "Perfect. You're coming".
(Lacrosse Field)
A whistle blows the Lacrosse Team's Assistant Coach gathers the team on the field, Stiles and Scott lagging behind. Stiles grabs onto Scott's jersey "Just think about this. If you play I'll have no one to talk to on the bench. You really gonna' do that to your best friend"? "I can't sit out again. My whole life is sitting on the sidelines. This season, I make first line... plus Zach always keeps you company". Heading for the field, he pauses to notice Lydia climbing the bleachers. And stepping right behind her... Allison. And then suddenly Zach climbs up the backside of the bleachers silently seating himself behind the girls. Scott laughed showing Stiles "make sure he doesn't scare her off please".
"McCall! You're in the goal". Scott trots over to the coach, a man with little comprehension of the difficulties of teenage life. "But I've never played goal". "I know. Scoring some shots will give the boys a confidence boost. It's a first day back thing. Get them energized, jazzed up". "What about me"? "Try not to take any in the face". Stepping into the net, Scott glances to the bleachers where Allison watches with Lydia, eyes focusing on them. "Him? I'm not sure who he is. Why"? "He's in my English class". Scott looks up, shocked to hear Allison asking about him. But with his hearing momentarily turned up, he flinches at the whistle blow, sound ringing through his skull. One of the bigger player's charges forward as the Assistant Coach passes the ball to him. Catching it, he whips his stick forward, hurling the ball toward the goal. Still reeling from the whistle, Scott looks up too late to see the ball soaring toward him. It bounces off his helmet and into the net. The team laugh wickedly. Even the Coach snickers. Before Scott can get to embarrassed everyone turns their attention to a *CRASH* coming from the bleachers.
Zach was ready to scare the attendee's o the bleachers by jumping from the back railing onto the seats. Before he hears a piercing whistle making him lose his balance as he jumped face planting on the metal seats rolling down the seats. Allison and Lydia jump up as he smashed on the seats next to them making a noticeable dent in the seat. Zach laid on the row two ahead of them groaning as Allison ran down to him seeing if he was ok. Lydia just watched laughing like Jackson was on the field. Allison turned him over seeing blood drip down his face "Oh my god are you..." Coach yells over her "WHO TOLD YOU TO STOP PRACTICE" the players continued to play Scott still focusing on Zach before Stiles gave him a thumbs up going to help Zach. Both Allison and Stiles helped Zach up sitting him down "its fine Allison I'm ok go back to your friends". Allison looked worried "are you sure I'm pretty sure you're not" Stiles jumped in "Hey don't worry I got him" Allison warily wet back to Lydia focusing back on the field as him and Zach sat on the player benches.
Cheeks burning under his mask, Scott steals himself for the next player. When the whistle blows again, he's ready. The Assistant Coach passes the ball to the player who catches it and fires it right at the goal. Scott moves startlingly fast, almost an instantaneous reaction. Then he notices the player staring at him with a mixture of disappointment and surprise. Scott has the ball. He caught it. When the next player takes the shot, Scott catches the ball again. And then again. And again. Nothing can get past him. In the bleachers, Allison and Lydia sit forward. "He seems like he's pretty good". "Very good". Intrigued, Lydia keeps her gaze locked on Scott who now stands with a far more confident posture. Until Jackson pushes to the head of the line. Glaring at Scott, he practically strangles the lacrosse stick with his gloves. Scott ready's himself "Oh God". The Assistant Coach tosses the ball up. Jackson launches forward, catching the ball and spinning around to fire it at the goal. But Scott moves with supernatural precision. The ball lands right in the pocket of the goalie stick. Stiles lets out a holler, jumping up on the bench. In the bleachers, Lydia stands and gives a whoop as well causing Jackson to throw a look at her. She returns his glare with a sly smile, a warning to step up his game. Grinning, Scott gives the goalie stick a whirl, spinning it with a flick of his wrist and sending the ball soaring right into the pocket of the stunned Assistant Coach's stick. Zach gives a weak woot woot.
(In the Woods)
In the woods, Scott retraces his steps from last night with Stiles following behind him. Scott speaks up "I don't know what it was. I mean I felt like I had all the time in the world to catch the ball. And that's not the only weird thing. I mean I can hear stuff I shouldn't be able to hear. And I can smell things". Stiles jumps in "Smell things? Like what"? "Like the mint mojito gum in your pocket". "I don't have any..." Stiles pulls out a lint-covered piece of wrapped gum". Stiles chuckled "All this started with the bite"? "What if it's an infection? What if my body is flooding with adrenaline before I fall into shock? I knew I should have gone to the ER with Zach". Stiles looked around "where did he anyway" Scott quickly answered "He had our boss take a small look at his back so he didn't have to tell his Uncle". Stiles nodded giving a dirty grunt at the mention of Zach's uncle and then continued his talk "I've actually heard of this. It's a specific kind of infection". "Are you serious"? "All the symptoms add up. I think it's called... Lycanthropy". "What's that? Is it bad? It sounds bad". "It is. But only once a month". "Once a month"? "On the night of a full moon". Scott looks at him. And then gets it. "You think Zach and I are Werewolves you're an ass". "Hey, you're the one who heard a wolf howling". "There could be something seriously wrong with us". "I know! You're a werewolf Okay, obviously, I'm kidding. But if you see me in shop class melting down all the silver I can find it's because Friday's a full moon". "I swear this was it. The body was here. The deer came running, I dropped my inhaler". "Maybe the killer moved the body". "If he did, I hope he left my inhaler. Those things are like eighty bucks".
Stiles taps him on the arm, bringing his attention to a figure standing just a few yards away. Derek Hale. 22 and unquestionably handsome, he has a rougher look than the cleanly shaven Beacon Hills boy. "What are you doing here"? Both Scott and Stiles are too stunned to speak at first. "This is private property". Stiles spoke first "Sorry, we didn't know". Derek stares at Scott, barely noticing Stiles. Scott spoke next "We were just looking for something. Forget it. Sorry to bother you". As they're turning to go, Derek tosses an object to Scott. His inhaler. When he looks up, Derek is already walking away. "Come on. I have to get to work". "Dude that was Derek Hale. You remember, right? He's only a few years older than us". "Remember what"? "His family. They all burned to death in a fire like ten years ago". "I wonder what he's doing back". Scott eyes the inhaler in his hand, closing his fist over it.
(Vet's Office)
Inside the town's lone veterinary clinic, Scott flips the sign on the door to closed and then grabs a few packages off the reception desk. Scott comes back getting ready to feed the cat's looking over to reveal Zach shirtless with his body wrapped. Zach sat down "good luck with the cats I couldn't feed one of them with getting clawed at". Scott nodded "that isn't normal usually you do well with all the animals". "I don't know fuck em" Zach said laying back. Scott looked him over "have you been working out you've never had abs". Zach shrugged maybe what stile said is true haha" Scott laughed at that as he entered the cat section. Scott twists the knob and opens the door. He barely has a foot inside the room when the cages filled with cats come alive with activity the frightened felines suddenly bare their teeth, hissing and clawing frenetically at the cage doors. All of them focused on Scott, their backs arched, struck with absolute terror. Stunned, he staggers out of the room, slamming the door shut. "Maybe somethings in the water" Zach said hearing the commotion.
Retreating into the waiting room, Scott can still hear the pandemonium coming from inside when a hammering spins him around. Zach shoots up "I got it go put that away and hurry back it might be important" He yelled back at Scott. Scott nodded disappearing I the storage as Zach headed to the front. Standing outside and banging on the glass door with her fist is Allison. Rain-soaked it's nevertheless easy to see that she's crying and in a visible panic. Quickly unlocking the door, Zach lets her in as she tries to explain through tears what happened. "I didn't see it. I took my eyes off the road for like two seconds to switch songs on my iPod and this dog... it came out of nowhere..."! Zach immediately grabbed hit coat off the rack wrapping it around her "hey calm down just tell me where it is and I can have animal control go get it". "No. I mean yes, I know where I hit it. But the dog" "Right. Where is it"? "In my car".
Following Allison to her car under the now drizzling rain, Zach opens the back seat door to reveal an injured stray. The frightened lab mix is clearly in pain. Allison reaches in to pick him up but the dog snaps at her. She flinches back, stepping right into Zach's arms. "You okay"? She nods, looking up at Zach behind her, his hands on her forearms, fingers lightly touching her soft skin. "He's just frightened". "That makes two of us". "Let me see if I have better luck". Letting her go, Scott steps toward the open door, oddly calm. As he connects eyes with the dog, something happens... sound drops out around him, all except for the dog's nervous panting. Then its harsh gasps begin to ease as some sort of primal communication occurs between them. For the briefest moment, his eyes take on a strangely yellow tint, like that of a wolf. In response, the dog lowers its body submissively, yielding to the obviously dominant animal. With Allison watching in amazement, Zach gathers the dog into his arms and carries him into the vet's office.
Inside, Zach gently lays the injured animal down on the examining table. Allison stays back, watching him inspect the dog while petting it, doing an expert job of calming it. Scott comes back seeing Allison and Zach setting a dog down. "What happened" Zach explained the situation as he got out some supplies as Scott checked the dog. Allison stepped seeing the two guys that made the biggest impression her first day of school. Allison broke the silence "did the fall at practice hurt you that bad" she said directing at Zach. "Yeah but it feels fine right now ... I'll be right back" Zach suddenly left into the storage room.
Scott speaks up "I think his leg is broken. I can splint it now myself, give him a painkiller and then let the doctor take a look in the morning". Allison steals glances at him, looking on with admiration as he works. But Scott doesn't notice, terrified to glance at the beautiful girl. When he finally does look up, he sees she's hugging herself, soaked and obviously freezing. "I have a t-shirt in my bag". "Oh, I don't want to trouble you". But Scott is already reaching into his bag for the shirt. Allison takes it with a smile. When she steps into the hall for privacy, Scott can't help but notice her in a wall mirror. As she's pulling the wet shirt off, he catches sight of her bare back. Looking away, Scott notices the dog staring up at him. "What? I didn't see anything". Zach whispers from the hall "IIIIIII did" Scott looked over at him shooing him away.
Allison comes back in Scott's shirt and Zach's jacket wrapped around her "thanks for doing this. I feel really stupid". "How come"? "I don't know. For freaking out like a total girl". "You are a girl". "I freaked out like a girly girl. And I'm not a girly girl". "What kind of girl are you"? "Tougher than that. At least I thought I was". "I'd be freaked out too. In fact, I'd probably cry. And not like a man. I'd cry like the girliest girl. It would be pathetic". A laughed "Yeah, right". Scott finishes wrapping the dog's leg. "So it looks like he's going to live. And I'm pretty sure he'll even let you pet him if you want". "I don't think so". "Come on. You don't want him to sue. This breed is very litigious". Allison approaches, tentatively reaching out to stroke the dog's neck. Calm now, the dog even licks her hand. "See? He likes you". He watches Allison. Unable to take his eyes off her. Allison noticing his stare "What"? "Sorry. You have an eyelash on your cheek". "Oh. From the crying". She wipes at her cheek. But the lash is still there. Scott shakes his head. She tries again. Still there. So Scott reaches with his thumb to brush the lash from her cheek. "Thanks". Zach yelled from the back "CLICHÉ" both Scott and Allison laughed at the truth.
Scott stopped laughing working up some courage "Um... I was wondering I mean is it really Family Night on Friday or do you think maybe you'd like to go to that party with me"? She throws him a curious look. How did he know she said that? "Family Night was a total lie". "So is that a yes? You'll go"? "Definitely yes. Scott internally whooped as Allison got her stuff to go "tell Zach he can come back out now and that I'm grateful that was so calm" she said leaving. Zach came back out "she stole my jacket" he said sarcastically patting Scott on the back. "So you wanna stay at my house tonight" Scott said knowing the answer. Zach got a sad look on his face that immediately turned into a smile nodding "Naturally. Now come on we got to ride are awesome bikes back home"
(School)
Scott entered the field getting ready for Lacrosse try outs "Yeah it was crazy waking up in the forest" Zach just laughed as Stiles ran up to them. "Guy's, wait up! You gotta' hear this wait Zach why are you wearing pads". Scott answered for him "we're playing the first elimination, Stiles. Can't it wait"? "Just hold on. I overheard my Dad on the phone. The fiber analysis report came back from LA and they found animal hairs on the body from the woods". "Stiles, we have to go". "You're not going to believe what the animal was" But with their helmet on, Scott and Zach disappeared in the crowd of other players rushing the field, leaving Stiles to say the next words to himself. "It was a wolf". Zach jumped up and down psyching himself up "Come on you got this first time for everything" he said 'maybe I'll get a girls attention'.
Out on the field the Coach shouts for the players. "All right, gather round". Scott glances to the bleachers where students and parents sit to watch the special scrimmage. He spots Allison next to Lydia. She gives him a quick wave and a smile. He holds up a hand to wave back. Coach sees his hand "You got a question, McCall"? "What"? "You raised your hand". "Oh, no I was just-nothing. Sorry". Zach snickered at that patting his back whispering to him "focus". Coach continues to everyone "all right, you know how this goes. If you don't make the cut, you're most likely warming the bench the rest of the season. But make first line and you play, your parents are proud, your girlfriend loves you, everything else is cream cheese. Now show me what you got". The Whistle blows and the game begins.
The pace is fast and brutal. When the ball gets passed to Scott, Jackson comes right after him. Lacrosse sticks smacking down on his gloves, Scott tumbles forward and slams to the ground, kicking up dirt around him. The whistle stops the play. Jackson stands over Scott, glowering down at him as he picks the ball up with a gloved hand. Teeth clenched behind his mask, Scott pushes himself up off the ground. Coach gives the whistle a sharp blow, starting the next play. Scott and Jackson find themselves staring across from each other at the draw, crouched down with their sticks waiting for the Assistant Coach to drop the ball. At the whistle, Scott moves with shocking speed, grabbing the ball right out from under Jackson. Scott charges the length of the field. DEFENSE lashes out with their sticks, but he parries expertly. Jackson catches up and makes a furious stab at stealing the ball. Then with Defense converging on him Scott on instinct throws the ball up In the air making everyone think he gave up when suddenly Zach rocketing over him and the defense catches the ball rocketing into the net.
The crowd in the bleachers roars with cheering, Allison on her feet along with everyone else. Everyone except Stiles. "McCall and Alexander, get over here"! "What in the name of God was that? This is a lacrosse field. Are you trying out for the gymnastics team"? Zach looked at him scared "No, Coach". "Then what the hell was that"? Scott stepped up "I don't know. We were just trying to make the shot". "Well, you made the shot. And guess what? You just made starting lineup". Cheers erupt around him. As team members slap him on the back and knock his helmet with their gloves, a deliriously happy Scott doesn't even notice Jackson's furious stare. Or Stiles. Watching with a very worried look.
(Stile's Room)
Fingers click furiously over a keyboard. Eyes locked onto his computer screen, Stiles bounces from one web page to the next. Words and images pop up on the screen, flashing across his face Wolfsbane, Silver Bullets, Lycaon, Aconite, drawings of werewolves in different forms, one mostly human, another a massive fur-covered creature and yet another appearing as a normal wolf. Image after image, page after page while... Through the window the sun can be seen setting on Beacon Hills and a full moon beginning to rise. As his room darkens, an increasingly panicked Stiles watches a sheet of paper come out of his printer - a detailed wood carving of a medieval hunter standing over the body of a werewolf, aiming a crossbow at the creature. He pulls the page out, staring at it with a look of escalating fear when someone knocks on the door.
Scott is seen in the door "Get in. You have to see this. I've been reading. Websites, books, all this information". As Scott takes off his jacket, Stiles starts grabbing printouts from his desk, pulling his computer screen around, and dozens of open web pages on it. "How much Adderall have you had today"? "A lot. Doesn't matter. Just listen". "Is this about the body? Did they find who did it"? "No, they're still questioning people. Even Derek Hale" "The guy from the woods"? "Yeah, but that's not it". "What then"? "Remember the joke the other day? Not a joke anymore the wolf. The bite in the woods. I started doing all this reading and do you even know why a wolf howls"? "Should I"? "It's a signal. When a wolf is alone it howls to signal its location to the rest of the pack. So if you heard it howling that mean there's others. Maybe a whole pack of them". "A pack of wolves"? "No. Werewolves". "You're seriously wasting my time with this? You know, I'm picking Allison up in an hour". "I saw you on the field, Scott. What you and Zach did wasn't just amazing. It was impossible. "So we made good shot"!
"No, you made an incredible shot. The way you moved-the speed, your reflexes-people can't suddenly do that overnight. And then there's the hearing, the senses, and don't think I haven't noticed you don't need your inhaler anymore. You haven't used it since that night". "I can't think about this now. We'll talk tomorrow, okay"? "Tomorrow? Don't you get it? The full moon is tonight". "What are you trying to do? I just made starting lineup. I have a date with a girl I can't believe actually wants to go out with me. Everything in my life is somehow perfect. Why are you trying to ruin it"? "I'm trying to help. With the full moon it's going to be too hard to resist and there's no going back. You're cursed, Scott. And it's not only that the moon causes you to change, it's also when your bloodlust will be at its peak". "Bloodlust"? "Your urge to kill". "I'm already starting to have an urge to kill, Stiles". "You need to hear this. The change can be caused by anger or anything that raises your pulse. And I've never seen anyone raise your pulse like Allison does. You have to cancel your date. You have to call her". Stiles grabs Scott's jacket, pulling the cell phone out. "What are you doing? Give me that". "I'm just finding her number". "Give it to me. Stiles looks up to see Scott's eyes flash YELLOW for a brief second. His voice low and guttural, he yanks the phone out of Stiles's hand and shoves him against the wall. Pulling back before striking him, Scott instead lashes out at the desk chair sending it flying across the room, tossed like it weighed nothing. Then, shaking with anger, he gazes up. "I didn't mean to do that". He starts to help Stiles up, but his friend flinches back. "I'm sorry. Really, I didn't mean it. I have to go. I have to get ready for the party. I'm sorry". Grabbing his jacket, Scott hurries out. Still shaken, Stiles gradually stands. He slowly picks up the desk chair, putting it back. But then he pauses. With a shaky hand, he turns the chair around to reveal... claw marks. The chair's fabric slashed to ribbons. Stiles grabs his phone calling Zach... hearing Zach pick up he was about to tell him the news. "I already know Stiles" Stiles stopped and then frantically talked "WHAT HOW" Zach in a deep guttural voice "something happened with my uncle and when I looked in the mirror I saw my eyes and teeth". Stiles felt relieved that at least one of his best friends believed he then told him about Scott. Zach then spoke "follow him to the party I have to stay home ... Something happened" Stiles was gonna press for details but then got disconnected. "I gotta go get Scott".
(Everything for Scott will be the same so the next bit will be focused on Zach)
(1 hour earlier Zach getting home)
Zach looked at a rundown house littered with beer bottles and cigarette buds "Home sweet home". Zach entered through the door hearing loud music as an older man with a cane stepped into view. He wore baggy camo pants and white wife beater "Where were you yesterday"? I looked at him smugly "I was at Scott's house don't worry about it". He stepped forward in anger "Don't you dare give me sass boy". "Then don't ask dumbass questions" Zach shot of then hearing a loud smack reverberate through the house. "You little shit show your elder respect" Zach looked up at him in anger his eyes flaring yellow. "DON'T TOUCH ME" he flew past his uncle making him fall down into the wall looking stupefied from his nephew's eyes. Zach slammed his door making a large crack appeared down the middle of the door. Zach grabbed a bat jamming it between the door knob and the floor but noticing large claw marks on the door handle "What the hell"! He ran over to his mirror seeing his teeth shortening and eyes returning to normal "Oh my god" then he heard his phone blaring Stiles ringtone. (You know what happens)
An hour passed and Zach started to feel terrible the groaning getting his uncles attention. "Zach come we need to talk about this I'm sorry I just had too much to drink"! He heard a crash and broke the door down opening to Zach's window broke open "AW HELL". He ran outside to catch Zach but only saw a blur rush down the street into the night towards the forest. Zach ran towards the forest on instinct smelling a familiar smell coming across Scott fighting a large man that looked like the guy Stiles described to him. Zach with break neck speed crashed into Derek "THERE"S TWO OF YOU"! We both roared at Dereck who easily fought them off. Derek then tackles them holding them down while they yell. But Derek tells them to shut up so he can hear. "Too late. They're already here. Run." Scott gets up to run, but an arrow with a flash bomb explodes near him, blinding him. Another arrow pins his arm to a tree. Zach stays on the ground an arrow hitting him dead center in the kneecap. Three hunters come into view. The leader tells his men to take Scott, but Derek attacks before they can move. He pulls the arrow from Scott's arm and picks up Zach carrying him on his back, and they run. Eventually, Scott falls against a tree and asks who those men were. "Hunters, the kind that have been hunting us for centuries," Derek replies. Scott accuses Derek of turning him into this thing. "Is it really so bad, Scott? That you can see better, hear more clearly, move faster than any human could ever hope?" He tries to convince Scott that the bite is a gift. Derek tells Scott that he's going to need him to learn how to control his gift, and that this makes them brothers. "If I knew there were two of you this wouldn't have happened" Derek roughly threw down Zach and pulling the arrow out reverting him back to him.
Dereck checked over Zach before hearing him speak "are you always this much a prick" Dereck gave a fake laugh before squeezing the wound. "OK you're not a prick" he let go walking off giving a dumb threat. Scott and Zach started walking home seeing the sun come up as Stiles saw them both picking them up. Scott got in the front while Zach laid in the back. "You know what worries me the most?" "If you say Allison I'm going to punch you in the head." Scott doesn't say her name, but he whines that she probably hates him now. Stiles gives a long-suffering sigh and tells him that he doubts that's true. He does suggest coming up with a good excuse, if not going straight for the supernatural truth, which Stiles personally finds pretty awesome. Scott sulks, and Stiles tries to cheer him up by offering to chain Scott up on full moons and feed him mice. "I had a boa once, I could do it." Scott finally laughs. "What about me" Zach says scaring the two. "We'll tie you guys together" they all shared a laugh as they had a friend moment. "We are such fucking losers"!
On Monday, Scott apologizes to Allison for leaving her stranded. His awesome excuse is that she's "going to have to trust that I had a really good reason." She tries to get more of an explanation out of him, but Scott won't budge, playing on cuteness that she'll just trust him. He makes her laugh, and she gives him a second chance. Allison's dad, Chris Argent, arrives to pick her up, and Scott recognizes his scent, it's the leader of the werewolf-hunters. Chris doesn't recognize Scott, though. Zach looked at them noticing Allison getting into the car "Hey Allison" he ran over to her. Zach gave a quick glance at Argent but it felt longer for both. "Yeah Zach" she looked at him curiously Zach trying not to stare at her cuteness. "Scott had a good reason I'll tell you it all later he didn't want to tell you cause its personal to me" she nodded happy to get a reason later. Zach ran to Scott who over heard the talk "you gonna tell her about your uncle" "or something similar to it ... her dad shot us" Scott nodded dumbly. "We Are Fucked"!
End