Next chapter! Yay!

The next morning was a crazy one. Isaac woke up and made Stiles help him make breakfast for everyone. Well, apparently Isaac wasn't the best of cooks because the fire alarm went off twice ending with them just putting cereal into bowls and placing them on the table. By the time Vivian woke up, the cereal was already completely soggy and she opted out on it. Isaac wasn't too happy about it, saying that "him and Stiles worked too hard on that to have it go waste." Vivian looked to Stiles and he just shrugged with a smile. She grabbed a protein bar and ate that with a cup of coffee instead.

She went out on the back porch and sat there in thought. They had school this morning, but Vivian wasn't sure if she was really up to going. With Chris gone, there was no one there to force her. Vivian took a deep breath and jumped slightly as the door opened and closed, Stiles stepping out onto the porch. He smiled at her and sat on the porch swing beside her. "Whatchya doin'?" He asked with a small, sleepy smile.

Vivian shrugged. "Nothing," she said and smirked. "You look tired… You could've stayed home last night and tried to get some sleep."

"No, really I couldn't…" Stiles said and shook his head. "I'm fine. I'm kind of getting used to it now… "

Vivian sighed and nodded lightly biting down on her lip. "Are you going to school today?" She asked. "I just don't know if I could make it through today without feeling like I'm losing my mind."

Stiles shrugged. "I don't know…" He pursed his lips together and looked up at her. "If you want someone to stay home with you, I will…"

Vivian shook her head. "If you want to go to school, you can go. I don't care," she said and smiled at him.

Stiles shrugged. "I don't want to. If my dad asks I'll just tell him I was going to try to get some sleep today. I'll even go get my pillow."

"Or we can just go to your house and you can really try to get some sleep." She grabbed his cheeks and squished them together smiling. "You need some sleep." She said and shook his head back and forth gently.

He swatted her hands away and smiled at her lightly. "I know, but… I really can't Viv…" He said softly.

Vivian sighed and nodded. "Well, let's just take a break today, you and I."

Stiles smiled and nodded, but Scott slammed open the door. "Stiles, can I have a word with you?" He said and looked at him sternly.

"Um, okay…" He said and stood.

"Vivian, we'll be right back," Scott said.

They walked inside and Vivian sat there pursing her lips together and sitting there on the porch by herself. She heard yelling coming from the inside and widened her eyes looking in through the door. Scott was shouting something at Stiles who just stood there with his arms crossed across his chest and looked at him like he was looking at his dad when he was getting a lecture. Scott pointed out the door and Vivian quickly looked away. Stiles walked back outside and smiled lightly before sitting down again. "Sorry about that…" He muttered.

"What was he yelling at you about?" Vivian asked and raised her eyebrows.

"About skipping school," Stiles said with a chuckle. "He sounded like my dad would."

"So…" She said and looked at him.

"Oh, I'm still skipping, I told him that, but, with everything that's been going on, he wants us to check in with him. He's going to tell us what's going on there too…" Stiles said with a small shrug. "Do you want to get going?"

"Yeah, let's go," she said and stood.

The two stood and Stiles opened the door for her. Vivian went and changed quickly before grabbing her purse and jacket and walked out the door with Stiles. They got into his Jeep and drove to his house. When they got there, they walked inside and up to Stiles room. Stiles lounged on his bed and sighed softly and tiredly. Vivian sat on the edge and smirked at him softly. "Do you want to try to get some sleep? Just try…" She said in an almost pleading way.

Stiles flipped on his back and nodded, closing his eyes and yawning widely. "Yeah, I'll try…" He muttered.

"Okay, I'll be downstairs if you need something," she said and stood again.

Stiles peeked his eyes open before closing them again. "Okay…" He muttered. Vivian tapped his leg gently and smiled before walking out of the room and down the stairs. As she sat down her phone buzzed and she looked at it, seeing that it was from Derek. Her mouth dropped wide open at the sight of his name.

She quickly answered her phone. "Hello?" She asked and bit her lip as tears sprang to her eyes.

"Vivi?" Derek said, a smile in his voice. "God, it's so nice to hear your voice again."

"You too," she said softly as her heart was beating out of her chest. "How are you? What's going on? And most importantly: where the hell are you and Cora?!"

Derek chuckled, but then cleared his throat a bit awkwardly. "I'm fine. Like I said, Cora and I had some stuff to take care of and… she's not coming back with me Viv," he muttered. "We went down to South America and we met with some of her family that she grew up with there… I thought it was best if she stayed with them…"

Vivian's eyes grew wide. "What are you talking about Derek?" She asked frustrated. "You made her move back to South America?!"

"Yeah," he said softly. "It was for the best if she did because, she went through so much coming back to Beacon Hills. It wasn't good for her. As her brother, I needed to protect her…"

Vivian swallowed thickly and took a shaky breath. "Okay… When will you be back then?"

"Within the next week, I have one more thing I need to do before I come back."

"What's that?" Vivian questioned.

"I can't tell you…" He said.

"Derek, I—" She started but then heard yelling from upstairs. "I've got to go," she said quickly.

"But Vivian, I—" He began but she hung up on him and ran up the stairs to Stiles' room. He was screaming at what seemed like nothing. She quickly grabbed him and pulled him into a protective hug and tried to settle him down. A few seconds later, his screams turned into broken sobs. The two sat there, Stiles slowly settling down as Vivian continued to hold him.

When it was time for the others to get out of school, Vivian and Stiles were in the living room watching TV with a bag of chips and some soda. There was knocking on the door and Stiles stood getting it. "Hey, Scott and…" he trailed off looking at the new girl walking into the house.

Vivian looked back and raised an eyebrow looking at the two of them. "Stiles, this is Kira. She's new and… she has a few things she was telling us at lunch today," Scott said and showed Kira in.

Vivian waved to Kira and smiled. "Hi, I'm—" Vivian started but Kira cut her off.

"Vivian, I know. Scott was telling me on the way here," she said with a smile.

Vivian looked over at Scott who hadn't stopped smiling since he walked in with her. "So, what did you have to tell us?" Vivian questioned taking a drink of her soda.

"Well, I, uh, overheard a conversation between Scott and your guys' friends about all these hallucinations and stuff you've all been having. It all sounds like the Buddhist concept of Bardo which is like a state between life and death," she said and nodded. "Scott wanted me to tell the two of you myself because he said something about him not explaining it well or something." She looked back at Scott and smiled a little bit before blushing and turning back to Vivian. "It's very interesting, I've read about it a few times before."

Vivian looked over at Stiles who looked like he was in a state of disbelief almost. "That is really interesting…" Vivian said as different things ran through her head. "Do the hallucinations stop ever?"

"Most of the time they do and whatever other symptoms do too," she said.

"Most of the time?" Vivian questioned and Kira nodded.

Kira explained Bardo some more before she said that she had to go home. Scott immediately told her that he would take her, but his phone rang seconds after. "Hello?" He asked and his eyes widened. "Is he okay? Is he alive, breathing?" He asked quickly. "Okay, we'll be there…" He ended the call and they all looked to him concerned.

"Kira… I'm so, so sorry about this…" He muttered. "Are you able to find your own way home? We have a bit of an emergency and we really have to go make sure that everything is okay."

Kira nodded. "Yeah, sure, that's fine."

"Come on you two…" He muttered and they all rushed out. "Isaac's in trouble."

They went back to Vivian's house and they found Allison covering a shivering Isaac up on the couch. Once Isaac was able to talk he said, "They came out of-of the darkness. They're eyes were glowing yellow and the next thing I know it's freezing cold…" He said softly and looked down.

"What were they?" Scott inquired.

"That's the thing," He muttered staring at the floor before looking up at them. "I don't know..."

So, the Oni make an appearance and attack Isaac. Who will be next? Who knows... Well I know. :) I have the next few chapters outlined because I was getting stuck on this one and bored in Trig class. Anyways, thank you all for reading! I hope that you all are really enjoying! Leave a comment to tell me what you think! Do you like how I'm going with the season sort of and kind of making it my own or no? Usually I don't do that and change everything, but I've been in love with season 3 so yeah! Again, thanks for reading everyone!

xxKellyn