Chapter 2

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An hour had passed since they got settled into their hotel room and Stiles was starting to feel a little restless and he could tell his best friend was too. "Hey man, wanna go check out the town?"

A sigh escaped Scott after hearing the question. "Why not, I doubt we'll run into trouble right?"

"That a boy!" Praised Stiles and the two quickly put on their jackets and headed out.

"Guess I'll ask Liam if he wants to come." Spoke up Scott and the two headed to the room he was in with Greenburg.

And it was quickly made apparent the young Beta did want to come with before he tore out his hair! "Man! I'm seriously starting to see why Coach gets so nuts with that guy!" Groused the kid as they walked off from the hotel and making the two older boys chuckle in amusement.

"Yeah, Coach and Greenburg have a really special relationship. I'm almost a little jealous man."

"So special Greenburg probably keeps intentionally getting himself held back." Joked Scott with a grin.

Liam shook his head as he couldn't ever see himself doing that! Though he was glad his Alpha and friend was at least joking around a little instead of being all broody as he'd been ever since Kira had left. And boy did he miss her! It seriously sucked she had to leave and he really seriously hoped she came back real soon as things just didn't feel right to him without her around. The three entered into a comfortable silence as they made their way through the area near the hotel and each of them thought the place looked fairly decent. The fact they hadn't ran into any sort of trouble just yet was a huge plus too. Though Scott was at least sure he'd be running into a Pack member at some point since there had to be at least one Pack in the area unless Hunters had already cleared them out or they chose to leave. As they walked, Scott suddenly stopped, nearly causing the other two to keep on going thanks to his sudden stop. "Uhh, everything alright man?" Questioned Stiles in concern.

Scott held up a hand to focus and then his face became determined. "Come on." Ordered the teen Alpha and headed off, making his two friends look at one another in confusion before chasing off after him.

Over on the side of a building was a young pale girl with ridges on her forehead and cheeks and she was awfully close to tears as an older kid teased her relentlessly while the girl with him tried to get him to stop. And she hated every second of it as she'd done nothing to deserve it! "L-leave me a-alone!" Cried out the girl as she refused to look their way.

"Why the Hell should we little girl?" Asked the male snidely.

And just as the older girl was about to tell the boy off, a voice spoke up behind them. "Cause, I'll kick your ass if you don't."

Turning around with an angry look on his face, the older boy quickly found three male teenagers behind him and all three were not happy! The guy started to laugh as he didn't think them to be a threat at all! Flexing his hand and letting his claws out, he gave the three a cocky grin. "Yeah? I don't think so man. So why don't you turn around and walk off?"

"Aranck!" Cried out the girl unhappily as Scott got angrier and the little girl whimpered while Stiles and Liam looked at Scott while getting themselves ready for a fight.

"Shut up Wapun! I'm tired of listening to you boss me around!"

"I'm your older sister so I have the right!"

"Whatever, just shut up!"

Scott growled menacingly and making the boy's eyes go wide. They went even wider when he saw the boy's eyes glow red, signifying his status as an Alpha. "I'd show some respect to your sister. Now, apologize to her and the little girl and get the Hell out of here."

"I'd listen if I were you." Spoke up Stiles.

Gulping as Aranck knew better then to challenge an Alpha, he turned around and gave a half assed apology to the girl and took off. "I am most apologetic for my brother's actions… Times, times have been tough on us."

"Tough or not, that's no excuse to bully." Responded Scott firmly.

"No… Its not." And then she was gone in the path of her troublesome brother.

Scott sighed and let his Wolf recede as his friends also sighed in relief that a fight hadn't broken out. Crouching down gently so as not to scare the little girl even more and finding himself interested in her appearance as he'd never seen anything like her before. "Hey, you're safe now. I promise."

Looking at him with fear and worry rolling off of her, the young girl studied him for a moment. "Y-you mean it?"

Giving her a smile to show he meant no harm, he gave the little girl a nod. "I really mean it, I'll even pinkie swear." Responded the young man as he held out his pinkie for her to grab on too.

Tentatively, she reached out and latched her pinkie to his. "There we go! So what's your name?"

"Merry." Answered the girl shyly.

"Well that's a cute name Merry. I'm Scott."

"I'm Stiles."

"And I'm Liam." Finished the young Beta with a wave of his hand.

"N-nice to meet you all."

"Back atcha." Responded Stiles with a small smile in the little girl's way.

Just then, two men who looked similar to her in red robes showed up. "Young Merry! We've found you!"

Little Merry let out a disappointed sigh as she had been hoping to evade them a little longer! Sure, running into that bully hadn't been the best thing ever but she was tired of being followed around so gosh darned much! "I didn't wanna be found." Muttered the girl in annoyance.

"I'm sorry you feel that way little Merry but you know its not safe to be out here on your own!" Replied the same man from before with his partner nodding in agreement.

Facing towards the two men with an unhappy expression on her little face that Stiles couldn't help but find adorable, she began to address the two. "But I have these boys to protect me out here Jonas!"

"But they are clearly not of the Akhati Guardsmen like ourselves!" Protested Jonas.

"Yes, two of them smell like Wolves while the other practically reeks of anxiety."

Scott, sensing this could get bad decided to try and make things not go there at all. "Hey, I promise we mean no harm alright? We're just here for an upcoming game and while we were out exploring we saw Merry here being bothered by some jerk and put a stop to it. That's all."

The two red robed men looked at one another before looking back at him. "Was the 'jerk' as you called the individual a long haired boy with a feather in his hair?"

"Uhh, yeah, actually."

Jonas sighed after that. "That would be Aranck." Times truly had been tough on him and his sister ever since their Pack had been slaughtered by devious Hunters who had tricked Aranck and Wapun's father into a false friendship and then used it sometime later to kill every Pack member aside from the two teenagers. And because of that, no other Pack in the area wanted anything to do with the two as they felt the two would bring them bad luck.

"Guy's got an attitude problem." Muttered Liam.

"Unfortunately young man you would be correct and we have been dealing with him and his attitude as best we can."

Of course it wasn't exactly easy when you had Reena doing what she did with her own teenage rebel antics. "But you have our thanks for helping young Merry this day young sirs." Jonas told them and the three nodded.

Merry just sighed after that. "I guess that means I hafta to go now?"

Jonas' partner just nodded with an amused smile on his lips as dealing with little Merry was just so much more easier then her sister. That along with the fact Merry considered him to be like an older brother to her and he even saw her as the little sister he never had. "Hey, who knows, maybe we'll see you at the big Lacrosse game that's coming up? You can be our loudest cheerer" Spoke up Scott with the intention of boosting her spirits. Which seemed to work as the little girl lit up at the idea of watching her hero play and cheering him on!

"Uhh… Not to burst a bubble or anything but wouldn't it be kinda hard for these guys to be out in public unless they were hidin' their faces?" Wondered Stiles curiously.

"That would be no problem for us young man. For the entire population of Ojai knows of us just as they know of the existence of the Supernatural."

Hearing that greatly surprised the three boys. "How… How the heck does that happen!?" Asked a stunned Liam and beating the other two to the question.

Jonas just chuckled warmly. "Years of co-operation young Wolf, years of co-operation and careful planning when it comes to outsiders as needed. Now, may your day be a most trouble free one."

"Bye Scott! Bye Stiles! Bye Liam!" Called out Merry as the three left the still quite surprised trio of boys.

Silence went on for several minutes as Scott lost himself in a fantasy of a world like the one Ojai presented him. A fantasy where he could pretty much live freely and not have to worry about being targated for his status as a Werewolf. A fantasy that included a smiling Kira as they walked down a sidewalk on a warm sunny day and were greeted by various people as they did so. "Anybody else thinkin' we need to talk to Deaton?" Wondered Stiles aloud and breaking Scott from his fantasy world.

"Uhh, what?"

He got a weird look in return from his best friend. "You think Deaton knows about any of this?"

"Considering what all he knows it would kinda be hard not to know, right?" Added in Liam as he looked back and forth between the two slightly older boys.

Scott let out a sigh. "He probably does but let's not worry about it alright? We're here for a game and when we get back we can ask him about it."

Not bothering to give either of them, well, mostly Stiles a chance to argue against that idea, the young Alpha started to walk off with the intention of finding a place to eat at as he was getting a bit hungry. Stiles and Liam looked at one another over their friend's actions as usually he wasn't so willing to put off things like that. "Come on man." Spoke up Stiles and Liam nodded and the two chased after their friend.


Author's Notes: May there have been much enjoyment of this! Originally I was gonna have it to where they take little Merry with them to eat but I figured this probably works way better since they are still virtually unknowns to her. Wapun is a Blackfoot name that means Dawn while the Blackfoot name Aranck means Stars. Originally I had no plans to include these two but as I thought more on this story, they ended up coming to life here. Up next: The troublesome Reena is encountered!