Chapter 1:

16 year old Katherine Hale tossed and turned in the ragged sleeping bed filed with her sweat. Her chest rose up and down rapidly and her breaths escaped her lips in short but hard air. Katherine was surrounded by the very house she never wanted to be in – The burned down Hale house. Her old bedroom that once used to be her safe haven is now filed with painful memories that she wants to forget.

A young Katherine cried out as more smoke filled her lungs, her family's screams in the back of her mind as she tried to get to them. She was trapped in her room, she could get out as the flames rose higher by the second. The candle that once was lit in the corner of the room was now on the floor flames coming of off the candle that set the Hale house a light – or that's what Katherine Hale believes happened.

The brown haired girl rocked herself gently once it became apparent that she couldn't get her family. Her cries became more desperate once the flames started to grow closer to her. Katherine at that very moment thought she was going to die and that her whole family was going to die and it would be her fault. The door to her pink butterfly room flew open and her favourite uncle- uncle Peter run in to see his terrified baby niece curled up in a ball, crying her eyes out. He ran to her and gently shock her, the tear streaked Katherine looked up at her uncle.

"You need to run Katherine" he said as he smashed through the window of her bedroom. Katherine shook her little head.

"I can't leave you" she whimpers as more tears streaked down her red and blotchy face.

"You have to" he kissed her forehead and moved her towards the small window that only a small body could fit through, but the flames grew higher as she pushed her body through the window , her little legs got caught in the flames and she howled out in pain. Her right leg healed straight away but her left was not so lucky it scared and was too badly burnt to heal, she would forever have the burn and the sound of her family's screams as they burned to death in her head.

She crawled away straight into the path of two of her older siblings as they walked home from school. All that Katherine Hales remembered next was Laura kneeling next to her, crying as she checked to see whether her baby sister was still alive, and Derek running towards the burning house- his eyes burning the bright blue little Katherine Hale was so accustomed to.

Katherine opens her dark brown eyes the same eyes as her older sister Cora to see Derek standing above her with the only emotion since the fire other than anger planted on his face – worry.

Standing next to him was Teddy, Katherine's six year old cocker spaniel who also looked at her with a face that shined bright with worry.

Katherine's small but calloused hands pushed her older brother away as she hopped out of the sweat drenched sleeping bed.

"I'm fine" the brown girl sighed as she walked out of the memory filled room.

The young Hale doesn't mean to push her brother away but she can't help but think about how much he would hate her if he found out about the candle and that she was the reason their entire family burned to death.

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Katherine Hale a 16 year old teenager sits next to the mound of dirt, under the mound of dirt is the body of Katherine's 27 year old sister; Laura.

Muddy tears run down her face as the picture of her sisters cut in half body runs through her mind partnered with the screams of her family.

Along with the pictures of Laura's body the mental image of what Laura must have gone through and what she felt during that time also ran through the youngest Hales head making the girl feel sick to her stomach.

Derek Hale finds his baby sister crying slightly to herself while sitting next to Laura's unmarked grave. Teddy next to her. He places his hand on her shoulder to try and give her some comfort, the Hale son did not know how to comfort someone, and he knew he should have a lot of practise in the comfort area but he always felt uncomfortable in the act of comforting people and his baby sister was no acceptation.

After some time the oldest Hale picks up multiple scents in the woods near the burnt house.

"I smell something, come on" he held out his hand and Katherine accepted his help with standing up.

Katherine and Derek make their way to the voices they could hear.

"Yeah there could be something seriously wrong with me!" a male voice reached both of the Hales ears.

"I know! You're a werewolf!" another voice from the distance said, both Hale siblings looked at each other with raised eyebrows. One of the only things that the Hale family used to convey emotions.

The Hale siblings made their way over to the three voices they heard, the conversation about werewolf's continued and Katherine was more than amused, she knew someone was bitten in the woods last night, Derek filled her in when he got back.

When they reached a distance to be able to see the trio they saw a young boy crotch down to search the ground for something which Katherine assumed to be his inhaler.

Baby Hale caught sight of the two other people, one a boy with a buzzcut and terrible dress sense in Katherine's opinion and the other a girl with blonde hair who looked similar to the buzzcut boy, she assumed them to be twins or at least siblings.

The boy and girl immediately see the Hale siblings and try to get the crouching boys attention but to no luck.

Katherine decides to take matters in to her own hands as she clears her throat to alert the boy of their presence. The boy jumps at the sound and nearly falls flat on his butt causing the younger Hale to let out a giggle that wasn't forced.

Derek Hale walks forward and stood in front of his baby sister almost as if he was in a defensive position.

"What are you doing here?" he asked with an emotionless face.

The trio looked at the Hale siblings but said nothing so Derek carried on "This is private property"

Finally someone decides to speak out of the trio which just so happens to be the buzzcut boy "Uh, sorry man, we didn't know" he rubbed the back of his neck in a nervous manor.

"Yeah we were just… looking for something but …" the boy that was crouched on the floor earlier hesitated slightly before looking at the buzzcut and girl for help but neither of them looking like they were going to give him any.

Before anyone could walk away the Hale boy chucks the inhaler towards the boy and makes a move to walk away, he looks at his younger sister his eyes telling her to move it, Katherine winks at the two boys who instantly gain blushes and smiles at the girl before moving out with her brother.