And because the last chapter is so short, here is Chapter 14!
Algebra is just one of those things that put life into perspective. You can be a witch and fighting supernatural creatures, but your maths teacher can always find time to set you an hour's worth of algebra equations for homework. So that's why Alexia found herself sitting at 2am finishing her homework when she could feel someone near her.
"Lex?" It was Stiles.
She laughed at the fact he always came through her window. "Oh hey Stiles, too hipster to use the front door?"
He laughed along with her and walked over to her bed, sitting down on it and lifting her Math books up.
"Look at question 17. X and X squared are different variables..."
"Gee thanks Stiles, but is there a reason why you came through my window at 2am? I'm pretty sure it wasn't to correct my homework." She didn't mean to snap at him, but she was feeling very stressed.
Stiles bit his lip and looked away. "I just came to see how you were. You know, since becoming a witch and stuff. I wanted to give you more information since I'm the only one who knows anything..."
She sighed and fiddled with her hair. Stiles had an obsession with knowing everything. He wasn't a know-it-all, he just liked knowing things. The whole witch thing had got him hooked.
"Well there's a few things. I'm pretty exhausted now, but that's because I haven't had any sleep. But I seem to be a lot happier now, I can concentrate better and I care about things more. I also seem to have more emotions. Is it to do with the fact that I can sense emotions?"
"Slow down Lex. One question at a time. I'll read you something out from the internet that I found..." He fiddled with his iPhone and scrolled and tapped until he found the right web page. "Okay. So remember the way I told you that the depression was due to the supernatural goings on in Beacon Hills? You were never fully a witch, until you came into some sort of contact with supernatural creatures. You had a potential inside of your body, like a time bomb. However, you were a witch surrounded by all this craziness and you didn't know. You hadn't done any magic and your body was fighting it."
He stopped and scrolled down again. "This is the bit that I wanted to tell you. Whenever a witch does his or her first piece of magic, it is significant. The depression and everything caused by the fact you could sense the supernatural goes away. This is because you were a dormant witch up until then. When you do your first piece of magic, it is called "The Awakening" because you finally wake up. You finally become yourself."
Alexia couldn't even speak. She was so surprised that he was talking about her.
"There is deep magic rooted in your family. It can skip generations and finally resurface when no one expects it."
She nodded, taking it all in. It was a lot and she was tired. She wouldn't be able to remember everything that Stiles told her in the morning, but one thing stuck with her. The Awakening.