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Songs for Chapter
"Doorway"- IO Echo (Sophie/Allison & Sophie/Stiles/Scott)
"The Ghost Inside"- Broken Bells (Sophie/Peter)
"Brightest Hour"- The Submarines (Sophie/Freddie)
"Leave My Body"- Florence + the Machine (Sophie/Kate)
"Gold Dust Woman"-Fleetwood Mac (Sophie/Derek/Kate)
Derek's screams of pain filled the entire room as Kate's turned a dial up even more with her hand. Electrical sparks flew through wires and shocked the werewolf as Allison just stared in shock watching her aunt torture him.
"What are you doing to him? Is that going to kill him?" she suddenly spoke up.
Kate rolled her eyes and sighed. "Oh, come on, kiddo. Don't get all ethical on me now."
"What is he?" Allison stared and looked directly at Derek.
"Shape-shifter. Lycan. Werewolf" Kate listed turning up the dial again. Derek screamed once more in agony. "To me he's just another dumb animal." Allison just watched in shock. She still couldn't believe that stories she grew up on actually were real. Kate walked over to Derek placed her hands on his face, and opened his mouth to show his teeth. "Come here. See these right here?" she motioned her head to the teeth. "These are canines, also known as fangs. Made for the tearing and rending of flesh. Not something you'd find on those cute little leaf eating herbivores, is it?"
"This is a joke to you?" Allison exclaimed in disbelief.
Kate looked at her niece and shook her head. "Sweetheart, there are werewolves running around in the world. Everything's a joke to me. How else do you think I stay sane?"
"So…it was him at the high school and all the other animal attacks?" the teen looked between Derek and her aunt.
"There's actually three of them. Another younger one like him called a Beta, and then there's the Alpha. Alpha's the pack leader. Bigger, stronger, nastier. Those are the real ugly ones" Kate explained to her.
Kate led Allison out of the room and back into the hallway. The teen could barely process everything she was being told. She hoped it was just a prank and someone was going to jump out and tell her it was all fake, but for some reason she knew deep down it wasn't.
"When were they going to tell me?" the teen turned to her aunt.
Kate looked at her niece and her face felt. "They still haven't decided if they're going to tell you."
"Why?" Allison asked instantly.
"Let's just say if you react badly when you find out not good" Kate shook her head slightly.
"What do you mean, not good?" Allison frowned in confusion.
Kate's face fell slightly. "They don't think that you can handle it. They look at you and they see this frightened little girl who's going to run crying in the corner when she finds out the truth. Me? What I see…..natural talent. Allison, you said you wanted to feel more powerful, right? Now's your chance" she told her confidently.
"What am I supposed to do now?" Allison asked, her voice rising.
"Go to school, do your homework. Go to the Formal on Friday night. Be a normal teenage girl who doesn't know anything. Trust me to get everything ready for the next part" Kate explained.
"What's the next part?" Allison looked at her.
"You're going to help me catch the second Beta" Kate smiled at her widely.
"And what happens when we catch it?" Allison asked her aunt curiously.
"Well it depends" Kate said cryptically. "But once we're done with the werewolves, we'll move onto our next targets."
"What next targets?" Allison titled her heard.
"Witches" Kate simply said.
Allison rolled her eyes at her aunt. "There's no such thing."
"Well honey if werewolves existed wouldn't you think that the other things that go bump in the night exist as well?" Kate raised an eyebrow at her.
"Who are they? Do we know?" Allison crossed her arms.
"Oh yes we do. Actually you may know them. The Middleton's? They live here in town. Their daughter Sophie goes to your school" her aunt explained to her.
"Wait Sophie is a witch?" Allison's grew wide. It wasn't possible. Sophie was her friend. She was friends with Scott and Stiles. Did they know the truth about her?
"Ah so you do know her" the blonde smirked. "Yep. She and her family actually have a history with werewolves. Back in Salem they were known for protecting packs, but then one day her twin brother was killed by an Alpha, hence why they moved here. She's been hanging around with Derek a lot and I suspect the entire family's been helping him, so they're as much involved as the werewolves."
"We're not going to hurt them are we?" the teen frowned at her aunt. "Sophie's so nice. She wouldn't hurt anyone."
Kate raised an eyebrow at her niece and put an arm around her. "Oh sweet little naïve Allison. You'll learn sweetheart. You'll learn."
Scott ran through his room messing up his piles on his desk and throughout his room. Sophie sat on his bed while Stiles sat in his desk chair. The teen had lost his phone during his confrontation with Derek the night before or at least he might of. He wasn't exactly sure where is phone was.
"Call it again" Scott said frantically continuing to run around his room, rummaging through all of his things.
"It's not here" Stiles said simply getting a groan from Scott. "Okay, so you lost your phone. Why don't you just get a new one?"
"I can't afford a new one and I can't do this alone. We have to find Derek" Scott exclaimed as he looked under his bed.
"Well, A, you're not alone. You have Sophie and me. And B, didn't you say Derek walked into gunfire? He sounds pretty dead" Stiles countered.
Sophie felt herself up. Learning that Derek was possibly in the hands of the hunters was something she was not expecting. She had barely been able to relax. If the Argents did have Derek, who knew what they were doing to him. She hoped that he was okay. The only thing that made things worse was that they didn't even know where Peter was currently.
"Argent's plan was to use him to get to the Alpha they're not going to kill him" Scott shot back.
"All right, so then just let them do what they're planning, you know?" Stiles nodded. "They use Derek to get Peter, problem solved."
"Are you seriously hearing yourself right now?" Sophie turned and frowned at him.
"Not if Peter's going after Allison to find Derek! I can't protect her on my own. Which means we either find Derek first. Just….just help me!" Scott huffed.
"You know, you probably lost it when you two were fighting" Stiles suggested. "You remember that, when he was trying to kill you, after you interrupted him trying to kill Jackson? Are you starting to see a pattern of violent behavior here?"
"He wasn't going to kill anyone" Scott protested shaking his head. "And I'm not letting him die."
"Could you at least think about letting him die? For me?" Stiles pleaded with his friend.
"Stiles!" Sophie suddenly spoke up and glared at him. Stiles made a face at her in response. He looked at Scott who had a strange look on his face.
"What?" he asked the werewolf.
"My mom just got home from work Scott replied.
"Is she okay? What's she doing?" Stiles asked in response.
"Crying" Scott sighed sitting on his bed. Sophie sighed and put her arm around her friend and put her head on his shoulder.
"Scott, you can't protect everyone" Stiles aid walking over to his friend.
Scott shook his head and sighed once more. "I have to."
"Come on, Derek. He killed your sister" Kate huffed rummaging through his jacket and pulling out his wallet. She flipped through it and pulled out a wad of cash, putting it in her back pocket. "Now, either you're not telling me because, well, you want to kill him yourself, or for some reason you're protecting him" she smirked as she pulled out his driver's license. She walked over to him and held up the license and grabbed his face, chuckling. "Look at that sour face. I bet you always used to get people coming up to you saying, smile, Derek. Why don't you smile more?" She turned and walked away from him. "Don't you just want to kick those people in the face?"
Derek slowly lifted his head and glared at Kate. "I can think of one."
Kate smiled and turned back to him. "Promise? Cause if I thought you'd be that much fun, I'd let you go." She walked back over to the table and picked up his phone." All right, let's see. Nothing, nothing, nothing. God, I hate this detective crap" she complained going through his phone. She frowned as she came across his pictures and one of the first one was a picture of Sophie.
"Oh well this is something" Kate held up the phone to Derek. "Does someone have a crush? I'll admit Derek, she is very pretty, but do you honestly think that she of all people would ever be interested in you? What is she going to think when she finds out the truth about you? That you're the reason you're family is dead. She probably won't even be able to look at you. She'll realize that you're just like every other werewolf and that you're just worthless."
"Are you going to torture me or are you just going to talk me to death, huh?" Derek growled lowly at her.
"Oh, sweetie, I don't…. I don't want to torture you. I just want to catch up. Remember all the fun we had together?" Kate smirked at him.
"Like the time you burned my family alive?" Derek shot back angrily at her.
"No, I was thinking more about the hot, crazy sex we had" the blonde replied walking over to him. "But the fire thing. Yeah, that was fun too." She suddenly laughed as Derek lunged towards her, unable to move, but only a few inches.
"I love how much you hate me" she purred at him. "Remember how this felt?" The blonde hunter bent down and began to place a trail of kisses from Derek's stomach up to his chest. Derek breathed heavily wanting nothing more than to rip her throat out. Kate stopped and smiled at him, rubbing his nose against her own. Sweetheart, I really don't want to torture you." The door to the room suddenly flew open and another hunter appeared. "But he does."
"What do you mean, I can't go to the formal?" Scott exclaimed as he and Sophie followed Coach through the locker room. Sophie had been told that Coach wanted to see her along with the team and the only thing she had gotten out of the conversation thus far was that Scott couldn't go to the formal.
"McCall, you're failing my class and two others" Coach replied turning to the teen. "They told me to cut you from the team. I told them I'd sooner cut off my last remaining testicle than cut my best player."
"S...so the compromise is I can't go to the dance?" Scott stared at his teacher.
"Yeah" Coach nodded his head.
"Then I quit the team" Scott shot back quickly.
Coach suddenly busted out laughing at him. "No, you don't" he shook his head. "And if you show up at the dance. And I see you there, I'm going to drag you out by your teeth." He then turned to leave.
"And the reason you brought me in here coach?" Sophie glared at him slightly, still wondering why she had to come into the boy's locker room.
"I want you to keep an eye on him. Tutor him" Coach said before turning back to his office. "You don't play any sports Middleton, so contribute to the school." The witch glared at him and rolled her eyes. She looked over at Scott who had a disappointed look on his face. She felt bad for him. Hopefully this day wouldn't get any worse.
Stiles shut Jackson's locker with Sophie close behind causing Jackson to roll his eyes at him. Scott had just told Jackson that he wanted him to take Allison to the dance. If he couldn't go, he needed to make sure Allison went with someone who would at least keep her safe.
"You want me to take her to the formal" Jackson asked in disbelief.
"I don't want you to. I need you to" Scott protested.
"Screw you" Jackson said simply. "You know what? Screw you too. In fact, screw each other. Hell, how about all of you just have a threesome."
"You're disgusting" Sophie looked at him in disbelief.
"Hey, you know he saved your life, right?" Stiles suddenly spoke up.
"He left me for dead" the lacrosse player shot back.
"I got shot for you" Scott frowned at him slightly.
"Oh, yeah? Show me the bullet wound" Jackson countered.
Scott sighed heavily. "You know it healed."
Jackson smirked at him and rolled his eyes. "Convenient."
"Just do it for Allison, okay?" Scott begged to him. "She's in serious danger. I'm talking around the clock danger. She needs someone to keep an eye on her at the dance."
"Just have her dad do it, okay? He's the one actually equipped to handle this" Jackson looked between the three of them.
"How am I supposed to do that and keep him from finding out about me?" Scott suddenly exclaimed.
"Not my problem" Jackson snapped. He turned to leave and Scott slammed his hand on the locker, blocking his way.
"You're her friend too. You are" Scott told him. "All that time that you spent with her to get to me you can't tell me that you didn't get to know her and like her. It's Allison. It's impossible not to like her. You can't tell me that you don't care if she gets hurt."
"What if I get hurt?" Jackson frowned at him.
"Then it's worth it" Scott replied.
Jackson shook his head. "Not to me." With that the teen push Scott out of his way and walked away from the three friends.
"Well that went well" Sophie twitched her lip.
Stiles sighed at Scott and looked at him. "Well, I shouldn't say I told you so cause it's not strong enough. How about I'm always right, and you should listen to whatever I have to say and never disagree ever, ever, for the sake of your wolflihood?"
Scott stood silently, glaring. "I'm not done" he shook his head. He then walked off and out of sight.
"You're not done" Stiles leaned against the lockers. "Okay." He looked at Sophie who just shrugged. Suddenly out of nowhere they heard a growl and the sound of someone being thrown against the door of the locker room.
Allison shut her locker and looked up to see Jackson on the other side of it."Hey, what time should I pick you up for the dance tomorrow?" he asked quickly.
Allison looked at him curiously. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I…. I'm great. I'm just excited to go to the formal. With you. As friends. Just friends. Just…just friends" the lacrosse player continued looking over Allison's shoulder to see Scott staring at him.
"Hey, don't worry. Sophie and I'll still be there" Stiles told him.
"I'm still going" Scott protested.
Stiles and Sophie looked at one another and frowned. "Is that such a good idea? Do you even have a date?" Stiles asked.
"Not yet" Scott replied.
"Do you have a suit?" Stiles asked.
"Not yet" Stiles repeated.
"Do you have a ticket to the formal? A ride there?" Stiles listed.
"No. And no" Scott huffed turning to Stiles.
"I'm sensing a pattern here" Sophie narrowed her eyes at her friends.
"So you're going to ride your bike to a dance that you're not even allowed to go to without a date, a suit, or a way in with werewolves and werewolf hunters all out to kick your little werewolf ass" Stiles smirked at his friend.
Scott smiled at his friends. "Yeah. You guys going to help me?"
Stiles and Sophie looked at one another and smiled. "Hell, yeah. But we still have one slight problem. How are we suppose to keep an eye on Allison at all times?"
"Actually I have an idea" Sophie perked up. "Stay right here and no werewolf listening do you hear?" she looked at Scott. "I will barbecue your little werewolf ass if you do. Got it?" Scott nodded quickly in response; both his and Stiles's eyes were wide. They watched as she walked away from them and towards Allison.
"Hey" Sophie waltzed up to Allison. The other brunette jumped slightly in response when she noticed that someone was behind her.
"Oh jeez sorry didn't mean to scare you" Sophie replied quickly. "You alright?"
"Yeah just kind of jumpy today. Didn't sleep too well last night" Allison breathed slightly. Her aunts were begun to play in her head. The revelation that Sophie Middleton, the girl standing right in front of her was a witch. She wasn't human and she was involved with Derek Hale, a werewolf.
"We still on for shopping with Lydia after school" Sophie asked. "She is determined to find me the perfect blue dress. I have never met someone so adamant to get me a specific color dress."
"Yeah that's Lydia for you" Allison tensed up a bit.
The witch noticed her friend tense up. Her aura suddenly changed to red. She had to be nervous about something. "You sure you're okay?" she looked at her curiously. "I guess things with you and Lydia still aren't that great?"
"Yeah that's it" Allison nodding quickly. "I know I should forgive and forget, but it's hard."
"No I completely understand. I'd feel the same way if I were you. You could always milk it just a little more you know?" Sophie shrugged at her slightly.
Allison looked at the witch curiously. She stayed quiet for a moment. Sophie seemed so normal and she had been a good friend to her even though she was best friends with Scott. "Okay you've got my attention. What do you have in mind?"
Stiles and Scott stared at Sophie in confusion as the brunette walked back over towards them. Scott had done what he had been told and hadn't listened in on the conversation, but he was extremely intrigued over
"What did you do?" Stiles looked at her in confusion.
"Oh just got you a date for the formal" Sophie leaned against the wall and put her hand on her hip, smirking.
"WHAT?!" Stiles exclaimed freaking out. "What about us? We were going to have friend formal! You were supposed to be my date! I am not going with anyone other than you! How could you Sophie?! This was our last Winter formal together."
"Well if you really feel that strongly I guess I can just tell Lydia you weren't interesting in going with her" Sophie pouted slightly staring straight at her friend.
Stile's face fell and his mouth opened slightly in awe. He was going to the formal with Lydia Martin, the love of his life. "Lyd…ly…you….I'm….." the teen shakily said. "Oh my god!"
"You're welcome" Sophie rolled her eyes at him smiling.
"I love you. God I love you so much. You are amazing and I will name our first born daughter after you" Stiles said quickly. "If there wasn't someone else you were interested in, in your life I would totally kiss you right now."
"Wait what?" Scott's ears perked up. "Who's she interested in?"
"Oh boy" Sophie sighed. "You're really behind aren't you Scotty."
"Nothing's wrong, I just….I have a lot on my mind" Allison replied to Lydia as she, the redhead, and Sophie got on the escalator at the mall. The teen was still feeling uneasy about the revelation that her family was werewolf hunters and one of her friends was a witch, but she knew she had to remain calm and act like everything was normal.
"You could smile, at least. Ever heard of the saying, never frown. Someone could be falling in love with your smile? Smile, Allison. I'm buying you a dress" Lydia smiled to her friend. "You should smile too Sophie because without me you probably would have gone with a color that would have been awful for your skin tone."
"Oh what would I do without you Lydia?" Sophie rolled her eyes slightly.
"Have to admit as far as apologies go, that's more than I expected" Allison smiled slightly.
Lydia beamed at her two friends. "Excellent."
"But not as much as I'm going to ask" Allison shrugged slightly.
Lydia turned and frowned at her. "What? What's that supposed to mean?"
"It means you're going to cancel on whatever dumb, roiled up jock you said yes to and you're going to go with somebody else" Allison explained as the three of them got off the escalator.
Lydia stopped and frowned even more. "Who?"
Allison smiled and turned her head. Lydia looked over to where the brunette was looking and saw Stiles Stilinski over at the perfume counter spraying random bottles. "Him." Sophie looked over and saw Lydia frowning even more. The redhead was not happy at all.
"Don't frown, Lydia. Someone could be falling in love with your smile" Allison repeated the lines she had said earlier. The redhead looked over back at Stiles and the teenage boy waved to the group. Sophie smirked widely. She was good. She was really good.
Sophie walked out from the changing stall to the mirror. Allison and Lydia were still out looking for dresses; however, within minutes she was sent to the fitting room with a blue dress of course. She stared at herself in the mirror. As she fixed the dress, she suddenly heard a faint scream. She turned around and looked around the fitting room. No one was there.
"Hello?" she called out. After a moment, she shook the feeling and turned back to the mirror. She had to admit; Lydia knew how to pick out a nice dress. It was a deep royal blue color, with cap sleeves, a sweetheart neckline, and went to her mid thighs. She really didn't want to try on anything else.
"You should really buy that dress" she heard a voice say. Sophie frowned and turned around. Her eyes went wide and she backed up against the wall of the fitting room. Behind her stood Peter just staring at her.
"What the hell do you want?" she managed to finally get out after a moment of silence.
"You know" Peter began walking closer to her. "I'm beginning to understand the fuss everyone is making over you. Especially Derek. Speaking of my nephew. Where is he?"
"How should I know" Sophie crossed her arms. "Last time I check the two of you were plotting Beacon Hill domination. Maybe you should keep better track of your watchdog."
"I know he's been visiting you. Frequently might I add. He really cares about your safety doesn't he" he smirked at her. "Is this slowly blossoming into love?"
"I don't even know the meaning of the word. I don't know where he is" Sophie huffed at him. "And even if I did why the hell would I tell you."
"Because I'm the Alpha! I won't hesitate to make your life miserable" Peter glared at her.
"I know perfectly well what an Alpha is capable of" she said emotionless.
"Ah yes. You're twin brother was killed by one wasn't he" Peter titled his head at her. "That must still sting a lot doesn't it? I can just smell your hatred of our kind. Why are you so determined to protect Scott and Derek, who ironically are werewolves? Scott, I can understand because you are friends, but Derek? There has to be something more to it."
"Maybe you don't know me as well as you think you do" Sophie stared at him.
Peter chuckled at her slightly. "I've been watching you Sophie Middleton. You're fiercely loyal and you would do anything to protect those that you care about. That night at the school, you recused Derek even when you didn't have to. You feel something for him don't you?" The witch just stared at him silently in response. There were no blips in her heartbeat causing Peter to smirk at her once more.
"You've become very good at lying haven't you. Well here's what we'll do. If I don't find Derek soon, I will hunt down every single one of your loved ones and kill them all. When there is no one left, I'll kill you. But not before I make Derek watch you die first." He snarled evilly at her. "If you see Derek, tell him I'm looking for him and what will happen." The Alpha turned to leave and then stopped and turned back to her looking at her. "You really ought to buy that dress. I don't think you'll find anything better."
Sophie stared at him and the Alpha walked out of the dressing room. She walked back into the stall and she quickly grabbed her phone. She typed furiously on it before hitting send to the message she was typing. A message to both Stiles and Scott, the latter who was hiding out in the mall in case the Alpha had shown up.
Peter's here.
Sophie stood in her bedroom putting the finishing touches of makeup on her face. She was almost ready for the dance. There was still no word from Derek. Both she and Scott had tried reaching out to him, but there was no answer. The witch was feeling anxious. She still couldn't get the feeling that she heard screaming earlier at the mall out of her head. It didn't make sense to her at all. She stood in her bathroom and strummed her fingers against the counter. She was just imagining it. She picked up her lipstick and began to apply it. All of a sudden, she heard a piercing cry once more. She looked up at herself in the mirror. She knew what she had heard. She jumped when she heard it again. She set her lipstick on her counter and walked out into her room. Who was screaming? Why was she hearing it?
A knock on her door caused her to jump once more and forget her thoughts. She shook her head and took a deep breath, as there was another knock.
"Come in" she called out. Moments later her father opened the door and walked in.
"I'm heading back to the office, I just wanted to tell you to have fun and be safe tonight" he greeted her and stopped in his tracks. "Soph you look beautiful."
"Thanks dad" Sophie smiled slightly.
Freddie stared at his daughter silently for a moment. He wasn't a telepath like his wife, but he knew something was bothering her. "You okay? Zelda said Derek's missing."
"Yeah I'm fine, I just don't think I'm really up for the dance" she shrugged slightly.
"I'm sure Derek's fine" he told her. "Go out and have some fun with your friends. After everything you've been through recently. You and your friends deserve it."
"A normal night out would be nice for once I suppose" Sophie smiled at him.
"But before you have your normal night out I have something I've been meaning to ask you. Did Derek ever mention anything about the fire that killed his family to you?" he asked causing Sophie to frown slightly." The reason I ask is because we've been able to connect some of the people attacked to the fire."
"No, Derek and I never talked about the fire. I figured if he wanted to talk about it, he'd bring it up himself" she shook her head in response. "The cops don't think it was an accident anymore?"
"If you want my personal opinion, I think someone purposely set that house on fire that night and for some reason I think it had to do with the fact that they were werewolves. Someone in this town knew the truth." Freddie explained to her.
"So someone deliberately set the Hale house on fire?" Sophie suddenly exclaimed.
"Don't jump to conclusions just let Sophie" her father placed his hands on her arms. "We haven't proved anything yet, keep this to yourself will you?"
"Of course dad" the brunette nodded.
Freddie leaned forward and kissed her forehead gently. "Have fun tonight sweetheart! You look beautiful." Sophie smiled and watched as her father left her room. She turned back into the mirror and looked at herself one last time.
"Well this is going to be as good as it gets" she breathed heavily as another knock was heard.
"Yeah" she said turning to see Stiles behind her.
"Oh my god" her friend breathed in awe.
"I know I look ridiculous" Sophie shrugged her arms out. "That's it. I'm not going."
"No Soph" Stiles smiled at her. "You're beautiful. You're stunning. You look amazing."
"I probably don't look as good as Lydia though" Sophie smirked slightly.
"You two would probably tie or you would be a very close second. Damn girl. Too bad Derek can't see you like this" Stiles saw Sophie's face fall at the mention of the werewolf's name. "Shit Soph….I'm sorry."
"No it's fine" she protested. "I'm sure he's just busy or something."
"You know you're just lying to yourself" Stiles shot back. "Is there some sort of spell you can do? Tracking spell? Locator spell? Whatever you call it."
"I can't do a locator spell without his blood or even something that belonged to him" she shook her head. "There's nothing that I knew he had a connection with either so we're stuck."
Stiles just sighed and ran his hands through his hair. "We'll get through this Soph. We'll find him. Until then. Let's go to formal and try to forget about our werewolf problems for a few hours."
Kate sat in a chair with her cell phone in hand. She had another message from her brother. "Hey. It is me" the voicemail began. "I'm getting tired of leaving messages. I want to know where you are. Call me. Now. "
The blonde rolled her eyes, shook her head, and sighed. "Unfortunately, Derek, if you're not going to talk I'm just going to have to kill you. So say hi to your sister for me" she put her hand on the dial to turn it once more when a thought crossed her mind. "You did tell her about me, didn't you? The truth about the fire?" She listened for a response, but heard nothing the hunter turned frowning and stood up. Or did you? Did you tell anybody?" Derek looked down avoiding eye contact with Kate.
Kate's frowned turned to a wide smirk. "Oh, sweetie. That's just a lot of guilt to keep buried. It's not all your fault. You got tricked by a pretty face. It happens! Handsome young werewolf mistakenly falls in love with a super hot girl who comes from a family that kills the werewolves. Is that ironic?" her smirk turned back to a frown. "Is it ironic? That you're inadvertently helping me track down the rest of the pack - again? Or just a little bit of history repeating." Kate looked at him curiously once more pondering everything she had just said. She walked back over to the machine and tapped her finger on the table. "History repeating" she spoke and walked back over to Derek. "It's not Jackson, is it? Oh, no, no, no, he's got a little scratch on the back of his neck, but - he's not in love with Allison" her face fell. "Not like Scott."
Stiles got out of the front seat of his jeep and got up. Sophie pushed the seat forward and got out of the jeep with her friends help. She still wasn't in much of a partying mood, but she promised herself, she would try and have some fun. Stiles walked over and opened the door for Lydia, who slightly stumbled out of the jeep and began to wipe off her dress.
The redhead suddenly stood up straight at the sight of Jackson. "Jackson" she greeted. "You look handsome."
"Obviously. It's Hugo Boss" Jackson turned to her slightly before continuing to walk towards the school with Allison by his side.
Lydia looked up slightly. "I don't care. I don't want compliments. I will not fall prey to society's desire to turn girls into emotional, insecure neurotics who pull up their dresses at the first flattering remark" she snapped.
Stiles looked at her in response. "Well, I think you look beautiful."
Lydia looked at him in disbelief, but a small smiled crept on her face. "Really?" Stiles nodded and held out his arm for the redhead, which she took. He held out his other arm and looked at Sophie. The witch rolled her eyes, but took it and the three of them walked towards the school.
The group found a small table in the gym and sat down. The music was loud and the students were busy dancing and having fun. However, Sophie looked over at Lydia who looked completely miserable. She felt bad for her slightly. In some strange way, she felt that Lydia actually did care about Jackson and no girl ever liked to be dumped. She looked over at Stiles and nudged him, motioning over towards Lydia.
"You want to dance?" Stiles suddenly looked at her.
"Pass" Lydia said simply.
"You know what? Let me try that again" Stiles said getting up. "Lydia get off your cute little ass and dance with me now." Sophie smiled at him slightly. Stiles was now on a mission.
Lydia looked at him curiously. "Interesting tactic" the redhead leaned her head against her arm. "I'm going to stick with no."
"Lydia, get up, okay? You're going to dance with me" Stiles exclaimed looking directly at her. "I don't care that you made out with my best friend for some weird power thing or that you've been a complete bitch to my other best friend until recently I don't…..Lydia, I've had a crush on you since the third grade. And I know that somewhere inside that cold, lifeless exterior there's an actual human soul. And I'm also pretty sure that I'm the only one who knows how smart you really are. Uh-huh. And that once you're done pretending to be a nitwit, you'll eventually go off and write some insane mathematical theorem that wins you the Nobel Prize." Sophie looked over at the redhead waiting for her response. Her face was stoic, but for some reason Stiles had gotten through to her.
Lydia looked down and smiled slightly. "A Fields Medal."
Stiles frowned at Sophie and then her. "What?"
"Nobel doesn't have a prize for mathematics. The Fields Medal's the one I'll be winning" she said standing up. She took Stiles hand and she led him towards the dance floor. Stiles mouthed an excited yes in response causing Sophie to laugh.
The witch smiled as she watched Lydia lead Stiles to the dance floor. She was happy for her friend. One of her best friends. She realized in that moment that she was going to miss Beacon Hills once she graduated. It wasn't really a bad place after all. She'd slowly grown to love it. She'd miss Stiles and Scott like crazy. Her two best friends who she always was able to count on. She didn't know what she was going to do without them. She wondered where college would take her. She had mostly applied to schools on the East Coast, but per request of her parents she had applied to a couple of schools nearby. Would she be willing to give up her goal of getting out of here in order to stay with people she cared about? She didn't know quite yet, but it was something she decided she needed to consider.
As she watched Stiles and Lydia dance, it was as though all the noise in the room went completely silent. She looked around and frowned. Out of nowhere she heard a noise. It was the screaming again. She wasn't going crazy. It was really happening. She heard screaming. Not just anyone's screams. A male's screams and for some reason she knew exactly who it was. Derek's screams. Sophie slowly stood up from the table and walked towards the exit of the dance. Something was wrong with Derek. She didn't know why she was hearing the screams, but one thing was for sure. She was determined to find out and she was going to find Derek. It was her turn to save and protect him. Just like the old days.
"You know" Lydia suddenly spoke up as she and Stiles danced. "I don't understand Sophie. She's pretty and smart. She could have any guy she wanted and yet she's been single the entire time she's gotten here and has rejected every guy who has asked her. It would be so easy for her."
"Well that's the thing I've slowly learned about Sophie. She doesn't want easy" Stiles replied to the redhead. "She wants unexpected, challenging, tough. Not easy."
"Wait is this some excuse for you to just come home?" Zelda asked Sophie as the teen walked down the school hallway. As much as she didn't want to leave Stiles at the dance and wanted a werewolf free night, it just wasn't meant to be. She was hearing Derek's screams for a reason and she couldn't ignore them for any longer.
"Zelda I'm being serious. I'm hearing screaming and its Derek. Can you just please come and get me?" she pleaded with her cousin. "I have this strange reason that we actually might be able to do a tracking spell."
"Because you can hear him screaming? Sophie, I've never heard of a connection like that before Are you sure that that werewolf scratch didn't turn you into one of them?" her cousin retorted.
"Zelda I'm being serious. This isn't a time to joke. How many more I told you so's do you have to give me" the brunette groaned.
"A million more. Give me ten minutes and I'll be there. You're lucky I don't have to report to the hospital until tomorrow" Zelda replied happily.
"Thank you" Sophie replied before hanging up her phone. She quickly typed a text message to Stiles saying that she left and Zelda was picking her up so that he wouldn't worry.
"Well don't you look pretty cupcake" she heard a voice say. Sophie stopped dead in her tracks and her face fell. She knew exactly who was behind her.
"Aren't you a little old for high school dances?" she turned around and came face to face with a smirking Kate Argent.
"Oh age is only a number sweetheart. I've had my fair share of high school boys in the past" the hunter chuckled.
"What's that suppose to mean?" Sophie's eyes narrowed at the hunter.
"Oh we'll get to that later. Right now I'm more interested in you" the blonde hunter shrugged slightly.
"And why is that?" Sophie glared at her.
Kate smiled at her for a moment. "Call me curious. You know I never understood why you all protected werewolves. It was a silly thing for you and your family. Their dangerous creatures, your brother was killed by one, and yet you're here doing the exact same thing you and your family was running from. I figured you all would have learned your lesson the first time with your brother" she walked towards her slowly. "Why can't you all just be like the rest of the witches and be terrified of us and anything that can kill you?"
"You all have never scared me. You hunters live by fear. Yes my brother died at the hands of werewolves, but he didn't die for nothing. He died fighting for something. He wasn't killed because he was supernatural. I'd rather him die by a werewolf's hand any day than to be killed because a bunch of hunters who didn't like what he was."
Kate looked at Sophie silently and curiously for a moment. "I think I might have underestimated you witch" she said slowly. "I'm beginning to see what Derek sees in you. He won't say it out loud, but I can just tell he's head over heels for you."
Sophie's heart stopped at the mention of Derek's name. It made sense now. Scott said there were hunters at the Hale house the other night. Kate had Derek. She had him all along. "What the hell did you do to him?" she sneered.
"Oh we've just been catching up the two of us. Talking about you or should I say I've been taunting him about you" the blonde smiled widely. "You're going to see him very soon." Sophie stared at her in confusion once more and she heard a noise behind her and then a pain in her side. An overwhelming feeling of exhaustion suddenly occurred throughout her body. She collapsed to the floor, breathing heavily, and looked up at Kate.
"You witches have a thing about poppies. You love using them on other people, ironic that it's a great sedative for you as well" Kate looked at her cunningly. Sophie's eyes drooped and the next thing she saw was complete and utter darkness.
Derek's head lifted up slowly at the sound of the door opening. He saw Kate walking in with a look of achievement on her face. "I brought you some company" she put her hands on her hips as she smirked at him.
Derek frowned at her and his face fell as the other two hunters dragged someone into the room. His eyes grew wide as her realized who it was. It was Sophie. The witch was thrown to the floor and she groaned in pain. She looked up and sat up slightly and looked at Derek chained up. Sophie quickly got up and flicked her wrist. Nothing happened.
"Oooh not so tough without your magic are you?" Kate smirked walking closer to you. "Honey I wasn't born yesterday. I know all of your witchy weaknesses." She pulled out a small glass bottle from her pocket.
"Witch bottle" Sophie spoke out loud.
"Yeah it's amazing what a couple of herbs and a strand of your hair can do to you. You're completely powerless" Kate walked closer to her. "You're nothing Sophie Middleton. I can't wait to send you and your family to hell." The next thing Sophie knew she felt something hard against her face and she fell to the floor. Her cheek was sore and she felt like the wind had been knocked out of her. Kate had punched her.
Derek snarled and growled as the witch hit the floor from Kate's blow. "Leave her out of this Kate. She doesn't know anything. It's me you want. Let her go!" the werewolf demanded.
Kate just stared at him silently. The hunter knew she had just hit a nerve and for some reason, she felt a hint of jealously growing in her. "Get her in the chair" the blonde instructed to the other hunters. The two men picked Sophie up off the floor and dragged her over to a nearby chair. They threw her in and strapped her in. Sophie groaned in pain and lifted her head up slowly. Derek felt his blood boil and he glared at Kate angrily.
"Aww sweetie, you upset I touched your pet?" Kate pouted playfully. "Kind of ironic don't you think. All of us here together. You, your current squeeze, and your ex-girlfriend."
Sophie's head shot up in confusion at Kate and her eyes went wide. Kate and Derek were together? How was that even possible? He hadn't been back in Beacon Hills for years. How could he have been with her knowing who her family was? It suddenly hit her. Kate was the girl Derek spoke of that night. When they met at Halloween and he talked of his past, he was talking about Kate. Everything made sense now. The hunter saw the witch's expression and just laughed, shaking her head in response.
"I see you've left some of your life story out Derek. Tell me Sophie, did Derek ever tell you about the fire that killed his family. The truth about it. What really happened" Katie walked behind Sophie and placed her hands on her shoulder leaning down to whisper in her ear. "Well once upon a time when our handsome werewolf was much younger, he fell for an attractive older woman. They began a relationship filled with passionate sex and soon the werewolf fell in love. He decided to tell the woman everything. About being a werewolf, about his family. Everything. But what he didn't realize was that said woman was from a very old and powerful family of hunters. Hunters, who made it their duty to destroy the werewolves. So using the knowledge she had, one night she went to where the werewolf's family live and set the house on fire, killing all of his family."
Sophie looked to Derek, looking for anything, a sign, a look, hell hoping he would tell her that the bitch was lying. He stayed quiet, avoiding her gaze. She got her answer. All of it was true. Derek's family was dead because of his relationship with Kate. She opened her mouth to speak, but she was at a loss for words. She felt a tear run down her cheek. Kate Argent was a monster. How could anyone kill an entire family?
"So you see Sophie, I warned you about Derek" Kate said before she removed her hands and walked away from the witch and over to a table. "You shouldn't have gotten involved with him. Everyone around him gets hurt." The hunter turned to her and now in her hand was a iron poker that was burning red. The witch struggled to get out of her chains, but it was no use. As long as the witch bottle was in tact, she was powerless. Kate smirked evilly at her as she walked up to her and very harshly pushed the poker against her skin. Sophie screamed loudly in pain as the poker burned through her skin. She felt herself weakening by the use of the iron and her eyes slowly began to droop.
Derek growled angrily at Kate, pulling on his chains, but his roars were soon drowned out by the Sophie's screams. He watched helplessly as Kate continued torture her. There was nothing he could do. Once again people he cared about were getting hurt because of him.
There you have it! Another chapter up! Thanks for all the reviews, favorites, and alerts, I've been getting. I'm hoping to finish season one up by the end of the weekend or sometime next week. Just as a heads up to all of you guys, school starts back up for me on Monday. I anticipate that my schedule will probably be a little lighter than it was last semester, but I will not know for sure until I start classes. As always school comes first, so expect delays in chapters. The best way you can keep up with the status of my stories is to check my tumblr. I'll post if I won't be able to update for a while and will continue with the sneak peaks and such. The new sneak peak for the finale will be up within a few hours. Please let me know what you think about this chapter and if you have any thoughts you wish to share! Thanks for the support thus far. Read and review!
