BLUE MOON
by khelana

Prelude: Tyler

Story summary:
[AU] What if... there was an active pack of werewolves? What if... they showed up in Mystic Falls?

Tyler had done it.

"Done it" meaning he'd survived.

And stayed restrained, he reminded himself, even as he tried not to think about... No. It had been... he couldn't justify her death. Dammit, I said I wasn't gonna think about this shit! He realized he was holding one of his textbooks too tightly and concentrated on making his fingers relax before he left a hand-shaped imprint on its cover. That would be hard to explain. He slammed his locker shut without thinking. Holding his breath, he looked to make sure he hadn't busted it. Dodged a bullet... The thing didn't look any worse than it had originally.

"Shit, Tyler." He spun around to see Matt staring at him. "What'd," he chuckled, "the poor locker do to you?" Matt had no idea that Tyler would interpret that question in a completely (and tragically) different way.

What'd the poor girl do to me? Just as thoughtlessly as he had with the locker, Tyler lunged for Matt, fully intending to pummel the guy and –

Without warning, he was the one who got slammed into another locker, he was the one who now had a lock digging into his back. A scowl on his face, he glared at whoever was dumb enough to try and pin a friggen' werewolf.

"Chill," a cool voice instructed him just as he felt his eyes widen and hands (that had been clenched and ready to throw the other "guy" out of his way) went slack. "Not everyone is incredibly strong."

Not everyone is... the fuck? "What the hell's that supposed to mean?" He snarled, but the girl pivoted to face Matt. The movement caused her brown hair to go flipping in his direction, so he had to jerk back or get slapped by it.

"Don't worry, I'm here to save the day, Matt."

"Wha-who are you?"

She tilted her head, as though offended. The irritating laughter in her eyes said otherwise. "You don't remember me? Well, it has been quite a few years... I haven't seen you in a while. I'm Keri Black –"

"Keri? I... Wow!" A smile broke out onto Matt's face. "It really has been... wow... uh, you didn't have to, uh..."

Tyler stared in disbelief as the girl, "Keri," gave an easy shrug and started walking away with the guy. The fuck?