We had spent the day indoors, sitting around catching up with Lydia and Dean. I sat lazily in the one-seater listening to Lydia drabble on about the dinner Dean had made her and how delicious it was. I was slowly falling asleep when I was lifted out of the seat. My eyes wided and I panicked slightly until I realised it was Derek lifting me up. He sat down and pulled me into his lap. Lydia stopped telling her story and stared at us. Dean's eyes were wide as he stared as well.
Sensing the awkwardness Scott asked, "So..what else did the two of you do?"
Lydia gave us one last look and continued talking, "Well we went to the movies and.." Lydia talked about the movie they watched and how she enjoyed being 'normal' for a few days. I watched the way Lydia and Dean were together. How they laughed together and how they-Fuck. I'm getting soft. Well..as long as my brother is happy, I don't care. I begun falling asleep again. Derek started stroking my hair, my wolf was purring. I fell asleep on his lap.
I was reliving what happened with Sam, Ruby and Kate. I was having a nightmare. I could feel their flesh ripping in my claws all over again. I could feel the pain of the truth all over again, the disgust in Kate when she put her hands on Derek, everything. I woke up in my bed, sweaty and out of breath. How did I get here? It was dark but I could see some things in my room like my desk and I knew this was my bed because it was way comfier than Derek's. I was confused as I got out of bed, keeping my steps light; hunter's habit. I could hear another heartbeat in my room. I smelt the air, nothing. I growled lowly in warning to the unrecognisable thing in my room. I let my eyes change colour from light purple to my blazing yellow and cool blue.
"Ronnie. Calm down, I was just watching over you" the person explained as they walked from the corner of the room into the light the moon provided. It was Derek. I jumped into his arms. I knew heavy emotion rolled off me but the nightmare had been so real. I had to experience all the horrors again and it was absoloutely horrible. Seeing Sam's face again was just..I hugged Derek tighter at that thought.
"Ronnie? Are you okay?" he asked.
"Yeah, I-I just missed you" she knew he would pick up on her lie but hoped he wouldn't say anything.
"You're lying" Derek said accussingly but softly as he continued to hug me and stroke my hair.
"I am" was all I said before pulling away and sitting on my bed again, head in hands.
I felt Derek sit down next to me. He started rubbing my back between my shoulder blades where my tattoo was. It was comforting and I felt myself beginning to calm down. My eyes returned to their normal light purple colour and my almost silent low whining had stopped as well.
"Nightmares?" Derek asked.
I nodded. He knew I had them sometimes, I never told him what they were about. Mum dying, Dad dying, my pack's family all burning to death in a fire, Cora and Laura dying, Sam betraying us with Kate and Ruby, Sam dying by my own claws and Dean's gun. Sometimes it was too much to bear, actually it was always too much to bear. I try to stay strong for Dean but I can't lie to Derek.
"They're just dreams Ronnie. They can't hurt you" he tried but I knew that was bullshit. They may not physically hurt you but they definitly got to you emotionally, especially when they're memories not your imagination.
"Yes they can"
"You've been through so much, they're just your imagination-"
"No Derek! They're not!" now I was getting angry, I thought him of all people would understand. I didn't need to be treated like a child or like I was crazy, I could get thorugh this, I just wanted the support from my mate-what..I didn't say that. I couldn't possibly know if that's true or not.
"Ronnie, calm down. I didn't mean-"
"I'm not a child Derek! Why did you bother coming here if you're just gonna treat me like i'm crazy? Do you know what I see when I go to sleep at night? I relive everybody I loves deaths! I watch my mother, my father, my brother and Cora and Laura die! And I can never stop it, I can't wake up, I can't turn away, I have to watch! I have to watch eerybody I love die! So don't you dare try tell me it's all in my head Derek!" I yelled being completely overtaken by grief and rage. I felt like killing Ruby all over again. Going back and making sure it was my claws that killed Kate.
"What's going on in here?!" Lydia asked as she ran in.
"Ronnie, that's not-" Derek said as we both ignored Lydia.
"Vee! What's happening!?" Lydia yelled.
Dean ran in after Lydia, "What the fuck's going on?!"
I jumped up from my bed fully shifted, "Everybody get out!"
"Vee, you need to tell us what's-"
I jumped through the window and took off towards the forest. I made it there alot faster than usual. I begun to punch and claw at trees. After an hour of attacking the forest life I was starting to tire. I heard leaves crunching under heavy boots, I turned towards the sound and came face to face with a 6 foot muscular man. He threw me down onto the forest floor. I growled at him in warning and he let out a growl of his own, eyes flashing red, an alpha. I stood my ground though. I saw another 3 alphas walk out into my view, eyes glowing red.
"I'd stay down if I were you Winchester" the girl with the freakishly long toenails said.
I growled in her direction, letting my eyes glow both colours.
"What the hell-" the girl started.
"Kali stop" a voice said from the darkness of the trees, "Hello Veronica" he said as he stepped into the light. He wore black glasses over his glowing red eyes and walked with a cane.
I stayed silent, not knowing how they knew my name.
"My name is Deucalion. I'm guessing you've heard of me?" he asked cockily.
I nodded, "From my father"
"Yes, John Winchester. Am I correct?"
I nodded again slowly.
"Now how did John Winchester's daughter become a wolf?"
I didn't answer him. I knew this man. Dad told me he was a murderer. Murdered his pack and made other alphas murder their packs so they could have their stupid 'perfect pack' of only strong alphas.
"Laura Hale bit her" I didn't have to look up to see who said that. Erica.
"Oh. It that so? Well a shame she died then" Deucalion said.
I growled lowly at him.
"Do you really think that's a good idea Veronica? Not only am I an alpha but i'm the alpha of a alpha pack"
"Then why is that bitch with you?" I said with a growl in Erica's direction.
Erica growled back, "She's been...useful. Well, instead of having an unfair fight with you, i'm going to let you fight Erica" Deucalion proposed.
"What? N-no!" Erica said suddenly nervous.
"Erica. When you become useless to me, i'll cast you out. You are not an alpha. You are an omega. Unless you want to ripped apart by Kali's feet maybe or Ennis, fight her" Deucalion demanded.
I rose to my feet as Erica walked towards me scared. She knew what I could do. I was alot stronger than I should be, i'd be scared too. She swang at me and I had her pinned to the ground with my claws at her throat in seconds. I growled in her face telling her to back down, she whined lowly and turned human again. The girl known as Kali ran towards me and tried to kick me. I douged it and grabbed her foot swinging her into a tree. I turned to fight the person I could hear approaching me when the huge guy known as Ennis appeared beside me and slammed my head into his knee, knocking me out.
I woke up in a unfamiliar room. I could hear voices but I still felt weak so I tried to pretend to be asleep.
"You have now become useless. I'll give it a week before you two start trying to rip each other apart" Deucalion said.
"Deucalion please! I did what you wanted, I found her for you, don't do this!" Erica begged him.
I peeked to see Erica being thrown down by Ennis. She started to cry and crawled into the corner away from me.
"What are you planning?" Ennis asked Deucalion
"I wanna see EXACTLY why her eyes are like that" Deucalion said as he slammed the huge door shut. Is that why they attacked me? Because of my eyes?
The room was silent. After a few minutes I got up and tried to open the door. I couldn't shift. I had to try using just brut force.
"We're in a vault. There's something they put in here to stop werewolves from shifting" Erica said between tears.
I turned towards her and tried to growl. I came out more of a cough/yell.
"What's happening to me?" I asked suddenly scared.
"After Derek kicked me out I was an omega. Deucalion found me and said he would bring me into his pack of alphas if I helped him find someone." I let her continue out of curiousity, "He said if I helped him find Veronica Winchester he would bring me into his pack" she looked up at me and down again quicky, "Of course I accepted. It hurt to betray you but I was alone and-"
"It hurt to betray me? What about Boyd?!" I yelled.
"Veronica stop! This is what he wants!"
"What the fuck are you talking about?"
"Let me finish and you'll find out" Erica said softly.
I stayed silent but gave her a small nod to continue.
"I needed a pack. Somehow if by chance he wanted me to find you. I knew it woud be easy, I know your's and the other's scents. So that's how we ended up in the forest before. But I saw Deucalion talking to Kali, the girl with the toenails. I ducked behind a corner and listened in on their conversation. They wanted me to find you because they believe you could be a true alpha, like Derek. Deucalion wants perfection in his pack, he wants the rarest of alphas if they're available. He knows Derek won't come without a fight, so he targeted you. He thinks that with a little training you could become a true alpha. He also knows that there's something going on between you and Derek so if he can get you to join when your weaker before your a true alpha then he can easily get Derek to join too. I didn't have a choice Veronica. It was either help or be cut in half by the hunters" Erica explained.
"So why are we in here then?" I asked her getting angry again.
"Isn't it obvious? You took out Kali back there. Easily, like she wasn't an alpha. Deucalion wants perfection but he also wants power. Whatever he put in this vault is stopping us from shifting. It's the full moon in a week. I havn't learnt control properly yet, I don't know if you have but when that moon rises we are going to shift wether that shit's in here or not."
"What are you trying to tell me?"
"I think he wants you to kill me. To become the killer you can be, to become more powerful"
"I've killed before?" I asked confused.
"Yeah but how many werewolves have you killed?"
This made me stop. The man I killed when I lost control was human. Ruby was human.
"Now you understand. He seems to think if you kill a wolf, especially one your connected with, you will become a true alpha,but you'll be much more powerful. Because you put everyone else before yourself, but you havn't become a 'proper' kiler yet. That's what Deucalion wants. He wants us to shift during the full moon and you to kill me and become a part of his pack" Erica said as she started crying again. She was so scared.
"Erica, i'm not going to hurt you" I may hate the bitch for what she did to Boyd but I wouldn't kill her so I could become a true alpha for Deucalion's pack.
"I-I don't think you-you have much of a c-choice Veronica" Erica said sadly.
"I do. I won't hurt you Erica. I've been working on mastering control, I won't do what he wants. My father told me about him and I won't become like him, I wont. How long do we have?" I insisted.
"Deucalion said about a week"
"I'll figure something out"
She stayed silent.
"Erica, look at me" she looked up at me tears running down face.
"I will figure something out. I promise" I said as sincerely as I could. She nodded and curled into herself and continued to cry.
Had to bring the alpha pack in, I just had too! I really hope you all are enjoying my twist on the original storyline so far. R&R, favourite and follow :)
