Chapter 2

Deaton, Emissaries,

And Werecoyotes

Disclaimer: Here we go with the second chapter! Oh yeah, I also own nothing but what you see here!

The following day after Scott had brought up the idea of training saw Stiles and Malia in his jeep hand in hand on the way to Deaton's. Hopefully he wouldn't wind up being busy when they got there either despite calling ahead. The talk they had the previous night about Malia's desire to transform into a Coyote again had left Stiles feeling a bit more calmer over the whole thing as she had straight up told him that while a part of her would love nothing more then to be a Coyote full time again, it would mean missing out on things with him, her dad, his dad, and the others. But especially him in particular. Something that had made Stiles rather happy over as well. She also had a desire to make a Pizza with Deer toppings rather then Pepperoni or Sausage as she felt it would taste way better then those two toppings. Something Stiles wasn't so sure about but as Malia surprisingly pointed out, one never knows until they try.

Making him smile proudly at her for that one, leading to a heavy make out session between the two afterwards and him getting to be the big spoon for a change. Well, for a short time anyway, but he didn't mind it any. Upon arriving at the clinic, there was thankfully only one other car there and the two soon made their way out. Even passing a happy customer who was carrying their cat as they did so. "Well I certainly wasn't expecting the two of you today. Nothing is happening is there?" Asked the man in a concerned tone of voice.

"Nah, things are good actually. How long that'll last is anyone's guess though." Responded Stiles.

"Hmm, too true. Especially for this little town of ours."

"Living in the woods is a lot quieter." Added Malia and making Deaton nod at her with a smile on his face.

"I'm certain it is." Agreed the man easily.

Stiles decided to get things going in another direction involving the reason for why they were here. "Now while nothin's goin' on at the moment, we did come here to ask you about somethin'."

Deaton was curious about that and asked what that was. "Argent gave Scott the idea that we should put in some trainin' durin' the Summer. Scott then suggested I come to you to learn about the Emissary and Spark stuff."

"I'm here cause I want to know if you know any other Werecoyotes."

Well, Deaton was certainly impressed that Scott and these two were taking initiative like they were. The idea of training was a good one as one never knew when something would happen next that would most likely involve a lot of danger to it. And he did in fact know of several Werecoyotes, one of them being the Desert Wolf but no way in Hell would he send Malia to her as that woman was more likely to kill her then help out. "Lydia will probably show up soon too about the Banshee stuff." Added in Stiles as the older man thought things over.

"I'm surprised she hasn't done so sooner."

"Yeah well, I think she wanted to try and figure it out on her own for awhile and or with a little help from Meredith if it was possible."

The older man gave a nod to that as he had come to know that young Lydia was a very independent young lady. "Well, I will be most certainly willing to aide her when she approaches me. And yes, Malia, I do know of a tribe who has several Werecoyotes in its ranks an hour from here. I believe this same tribe will also benefit you as well in your training Stiles."

The couple looked at one another with happy looks on their faces at the good news. "Great, so when do we start?" Asked Stiles interestedly.

"We can start now if the two of you prefer?"

Stiles looked to Malia who gave him a nod and he looked back to Deaton and gave the man a thumb's up. Smiling, Deaton told the two to follow him to the examination room. Once in there, the Vet pulled out an old looking book and handed it to a slightly confused teenager. "This is something I want you to go over for the next two hours in this room. The contents within contain information on various ingredients that can be used to aide or be used against someone like Malia or Scott."

"Oh, reading. Just… Just what I wanted to do."

Deaton let out a little chuckle over the young man's lack of enthusiasm. "I'm afraid if you want to be an Emissary one day in order to help your friends, then yes, you will be needing to do quite a bit of reading."

Letting out a sigh, Stiles nodded and grabbed a nearby stool and sat down at one of the tables and got to reading. "As after all, it does not bode well to rush things."

"Oh yeah, that makes a lot of sense." No telling what could go wrong if any of this got rushed!

"What about me?" Asked a curious Malia that had the older man looking at her.

"Hmm, how would you like to help me with the animals here? You of course don't have too."

Malia thought it over and decided that it would be something to try despite the fact she would like to go and see this tribe as soon as possible. "Yeah, I can do that. But after Stiles reads that book, can we see this tribe?"

Deaton smiled at her in return. "Of course!"

Nodding happily, Malia followed the older man to see what all needed to be done. Even at one point manning the front desk while he and her boyfriend went over what he read in the book. Around three and a half hours later would see the two following Deaton out of Beacon Hills and to a nearby town where a mixed tribe of Cupeno and Miwok natives lived. This particular tribe is unique for the fact that they became a merged tribe after two young teenagers who were the children of their respective tribes' leaders fell in love with one another, leading to what is now known as the Cuminok. The tribe is now led by the son of those two teenagers by the name of Uzumati. Deaton and Uzumati were also old friends as the two teens quickly found out when the Native man greeted Scott's boss in a pretty happy way. "The Spirits have blessed me so this day to see a true friend such as you!"

"And may the Spirits continue to bless you in many ways my old friend."

Hearty laughter escaped Uzumati as he clapped Deaton on the shoulder. "It looks like you even brung a few friends too!"

"That I did Uzumati, that I did. I would like to present to you Stiles Stilinski and Malia Tate of the McCall Pack of Beacon Hills."

He stepped aside so that his friend could get a good look at the two. Uzumati stepped up to the two with a critical look on his face. "Heard much of the McCall Pack we have in this home of ours, know we do that you two have been through much in your young lives. More then most teenagers should have to experience."

"Yeah well that's life for ya. Sometimes it gives ya sweet lemons and other times it gives ya rotten lemons." Spoke up Stiles in a slightly sarcastic tone.

And if Uzumati was offended, he sure didn't show it as he laughed heartily at the teenager's words. "Too true young one! Too true! Now, what brings you and your young friends here Alan?"

"Malia here is looking to speak with other Werecoyotes to gain more knowledge. Stiles is here to learn so that he may use such knowledge to help in the battles the Pack will surely face whenever they come."

"I'll pay if I have too as this is really important." Stressed Stiles as the Native man looked at the two in silence after hearing Deaton's words.

"Ahh no need for such things young one. Knowledge is important and should not have to be paid for in order to get."

Hell, it didn't make sense to him to do that as it is anyway! Knowledge should always be freely given so that others could learn and pass it on when the time came. "Do the Werecoyotes here in the tribe know how to shift fully into a Coyote?"

Hmm, I wonder if she seeks this knowledge to escape to what she once knew or if she seeks it so that she just knows it so that she can still be close to that form as she moves further away from her time living as a Coyote.

"Of course young Coyote! Of course! But an old man such as myself wonders what you will do with such knowledge?"

Not even hesitating, Malia quickly told him. "While at first I wanted nothing more then to get back that form and go back into the woods where I still sometimes feel is where I really belong, I've found a few reasons to not do it."

She gave a look to Stiles and he grabbed her hand and gave it a squeeze, making her smile at him. "And I think if I knew how to do it, I could even use that form to help out in whatever way."

Uzumati hummed thoughtfully as he was rather pleased to hear what she had said. "Very well then! We shall teach you both all we know so that you may use it for the good of others."

Stiles was rather surprised by that and let it be known. "Wait… What? Just like that? No big test of our skills or whatever to see if we're worthy?"

Laughter escaped the man as he couldn't help but find to be amusing. "Hah! What do you think this is? A movie my young friend? Bah! This is real life and there is no need for such cliches!"

Well, the son of a Sheriff couldn't disagree with that! "Come! Join us for the evening feast and then we shall talk further of your training."

"Do you guys have any Deer?"

"Of course! What good is a meal without it!?"

"One that really lacks." Replied Malia smartly and making Stiles snort in amusement.

Uzumati showed amusement over that and led the three to his home for a good home cooked meal. One that helped Stiles to see just why his girlfriend was so darned crazy about Deer! "Ya know, I think you're really on to somethin' with this whole Deer thing." Remarked the young man at one point.

"Told ya." Came the smug retort as that meant one down and several more to go in teaching the joys of Deer!

Later after the feast, Uzumati introduced Malia to a woman known as Kaliska, who is the current head of the Werecoyote Pack that lived amongst the Cuminok. And one of the first things the woman asked is if whether or not the boy with Malia is the one she saw as her life long Mate. Something the girl quickly answered in the positive much to Stiles' surprise. But then some reading he did up on Coyotes came to mind and he smiled happily that she felt that way about him. The two teens would stay for several more hours with the tribe as both Uzumati and Kaliska told them the stories that related to the Coyote, giving Malia a small sense of pride in the fact that she is part of something that is so well respected. There was even talk of the Silver Fox but Stiles figured that would have been something for Kira to hear rather then him.

Once it was time to leave, they both gave their word that they would be back the next day as soon as they could to start on their training. Once back at the clinic, Deaton gave Stiles an exercise to try with his Spark involving capturing the flame of a candle. Something the teenager had serious doubts about but all the older man did was just smile at him and mentioned that the results would speak for themselves. After dropping off Malia and having a long moment between the two of them in his jeep, he made his way home and went in search of a candle and thankfully found one. Thinking back to that night at the rave, he lit up the candle and stared at it for several seconds. "Well, here goes nothin'."

Closing his fist and eyes, he pictured himself grabbing the flame from the candle until he felt a surprising warmth in his hands. Opening his eyes, he opened his hand to see that the flame from the candle was now there. Leading to a stunned but very happy Stiles as he whooped in joy over it until the flame vanished. "Aww damn!" Moaned the boy as that had been great!

He'd try several more times but each time never lasted very long, but the teenager figured it was like a muscle he had to develop before gaining long term use. He was interrupted though when Malia showed up with a grin on her face and the boy knew then and there that he wasn't gonna be capturing flame in his hands anymore tonight. They met in a passionate kiss and clothes were soon off, making Stiles thankful his dad was doing a late night shift or it would have gotten very awkward.

Author's Notes: Sorry if this wasn't the best since it was mostly set up. Uzumati means Bear and Kaliska is a Miwok legend about a Coyote. I doubt there's an actual Cuminok group and that was just a random thing that came to mind while I was writing this. Originally, I was gonna go with an even more made up tribe name called Coyo but ran with the Cuminok thing instead. Up next will feature Lydia and her start with the Banshee learning. And if anybody has any good website links to lists of supernatural like ingredients they can share with me, that'd be swell. Mountain Ash and Wolfsbane is easy to find but others not so much.