9. Still Remains- Stay Captive
Scott runs into a faery and gets into trouble, luckily it doesn't take long for Allison to save the day.
Seriously, the giggling was starting to get annoying… Scott understood now why Derek hadn't wanted to deal with the Faery. But this was important! So against Derek's advice, the Alpha had gone into the woods to seek out the Faery passing through the area. And it wasn't like he had been causing trouble, he was just on a trip back to his hometree and stopped here for a few days. All he wanted was a quick tip on something but Scott hadn't gotten a straight answer out of the small creature, they thought everything was a game… ugh. The Were was shocked out of his thoughts when suddenly the Faery tossed some dust into the air, covering the Alpha. He sputtered, inhaling some of it and almost missed what the little guy said.
"Until someone moves or cares
Stay captive
Keep yourself there,
Wait for love."
"What? What does that mean?" Scott asked between his coughs. But the Faery started to fly away and Scott moved to follow. Or, well, tried to move, but his legs were locked in place. In a panic, the Were registered the strange sensation that was moving up his body- he couldn't move! A worried snarl escaped his throat and he glared at the Faery, "What did you do?!" He barely managed to choke out the last of the sentence before his vocal cords froze.
The Faery realized that Scott had no idea what was going on and he hurried over, patting the Were's cheek. "The magic will break when True Love finds you! Thanks for letting me stay here but I must be moving on, my hometree is waiting. You're welcome by the way, for helping!" And with that, the small creature zoomed off, small wings carrying him away.
Scott tried to whimper, howl, something, but his entire body was frozen, like a statue. Is this what the Faery meant about 'staying captive'- was he stuck like this? Seriously? How the hell was True Love supposed to find him out in the middle of the woods?! Derek was never going to let him live this down… if they ever found him…. He should have listened to the more experienced Wolf! He'd been warned that Faeries liked to play games and never took anything seriously. But Scott had just been so frustrated! He just wanted to have a regular love life, like any other teenager in town that wasn't stuck dealing with all this supernatural drama. Everyone knew that Faeries knew powerful magic and when Scott had heard about one coming into town, well he couldn't stop himself. This wasn't what he had in mind though when he asked for help! He was thinking maybe some sort of magical talisman, one that would somehow indicate when he was around that one special person. Scott was beginning to question if he was the right person for Allison, so he just wanted something to help point him in the right direction…. And now he was stuck as a statue! Just then Scott realized that he wasn't even technically breathing? Was that bad? He felt okay… hopefully he wouldn't die… But the Faery didn't seem malicious so he figured (hoped) it was just a part of the spell. It would just be his luck that he died from a lack of oxygen while he waited to be freed…. God, everyone was going to worry when he didn't come back right away. They'd never find him, like why did he even come out here alone? With the little guy gone, they couldn't even listen for giggles to give away his position and it wasn't like Scott's heart was beating right now… The Were continued to silently berate himself, trying to come to terms to being stuck here for the rest of his life.
-Just a few minutes later-
"Scott, please tell me you're out- ow, stupid branch," Allison called out, walking right into a branch as she looked over her shoulder. She was still rubbing her shoulder when she came across the clearing, thankful for flat ground again. "There you are! Why didn't you say anything? I mean, I know you heard me."
The Alpha would have sagged with relief if he wasn't locked in place. But then… what if she couldn't save him…? If the Faery's spell was to be taken literally… only True Love could save him.
Allison didn't even register that anything was wrong, she was busy looking around for the Faery, not wanting to get surprised by a mystery spell. "Derek told me to come check up on you- he knew you weren't going to listen. Then he went on to grumble about how we should just leave the Faery alone and that he was too busy to come and rescue you- no offense lil Faery person." She looked back at Scott, worried now that he hadn't said anything at all. That was when it registered that his mouth was hanging open and he had his arms half raised, it was a rather strange position to just be standing in. "A-are you okay?" The Hunter hurried over, reaching out and touching his cheek, face full of concern. "Scott, seriously, say something?!"
The instant her hand touched his skin, Scott felt a warm sensation spread through his body. As soon as his jaw was working, he smiled at her, "Thank God Derek sent you."
"What happened?"
But he didn't answer, instead he just pulled her into a hug, body completely free of the spell now. Maybe he should count his blessings that he wasn't stuck like that for days, or even weeks! But he was too busy inhaling the smell of her hair to think of anything else. He and Allison belonged together after all, that was all Scott needed to know.
