Everything was white. The entire room was white aside from the ground and that was a checkered pattern. The base of the Nemeton was in the center and as I approached it the smell got stronger and stronger until I was standing in the center of the stump. An odd feeling around me as I glanced down. They were all there, blood smeared over their bodies and as I glanced at my hands. I noticed that's what they were covered in. I tried to back up, falling and as I glanced up I was suddenly trapped. It was like the shell from when I transformed. I banged on it, again and again and it began to close in on me.
My eyes flung up, a wail escaping my mouth. I panted as I glanced around the room. I gripped the sheets and flung them off me. I paced around my room until I saw the sun peak through my blinds. My alarm going off. I hit dismiss and climbed in to the shower. These nightmares had been happening more and more, sleep was becoming scarcer. I glanced at myself in the mirror as I rubbed some steam from it, I looked terrible. I slid on a shirt, pulling my skirt up over it to keeping the shirt tucked in. I grabbed a cardigan, slid in to my shoes and grabbed my bag. I blinked, appearing in Scott's room and plopping down on his chair.
He walked over to me, planting a kiss on my forehead. He stood up straight, grabbing his over-shirt from his bed. The sunlight bathed his skin as he slid it on. He turned to the door and hesitated when he saw his shadow. I moved to his bed.
"Let me fix your sleeves." I said.
He hesitated then plopped down on the bed next to me.
"It's getting worse isn't it?" I asked.
He nodded.
"Its worse for you too isn't it?" He asked.
"Yeah. I just don't get why I'm being affected. I guess it'd make sense for you and then Allison and Stiles but not like this. Deaton didn't say it'd be like this." I said.
There was a knock on the door. Isaac peaked his head in.
"So, you guys going to school?" He asked.
"Yes, we're about to." I replied.
"So, uh, you're not mad at me right?" Isaac asked Scott.
"Why would I be mad at you?" Scott asked.
"Because he was Allison's tether." I said.
"Why would I be mad about that?" Scott laughed.
"Bro-code or something. Probably scared of liking your ex." I whispered.
"You know I can hear you right?" Isaac asked.
"Dude, I'm not mad. I've got my own tether." Scott replied, beaming at me.
I nudged him.
"Okay, well, good, great." Isaac said, breathing a sigh of relief.
He walked out of the room and I finished fixing Scott's sleeves. We headed to school and as we walked across the courtyard, I noticed Scott catching a glimpse of his shadow. His pace quickened, I hooked my arm around his.
"Hey, I'm right here." I assured him.
Stiles grabbed Scott's shoulder, walking up behind him.
"Hey, you alright?" He asked.
"What? Yeah, yeah." Scott said, breathlessly.
"No, he's not." I said, glancing Stiles up and down. "And neither are you and Allison probably isn't either."
"You don't look so great yourself." Stiles replied.
Allison and Lydia approached us.
"So it's happening to all of you." Lydia said.
"Looks like it." I replied.
We headed towards the school. Allison explained what happened, Scott and Stiles too. They all looked at me when they were done.
"Oh, wait, I guess it's my turn." I said. "Well, remember that cocoon like thing I was in? Well the dream starts off, I'm in this huge white room and the Nemeton stump is there. When I get on it, you're all dead. I've killed you all then I'm stuck in that cocoon and it closes in on me and I wake up."
"But you haven't seen anything in real life?" Allison asked.
"Not yet." I replied.
"Well, well, look who's no longer the crazy one." Lydia said, pushing through the doors to the school.
"Lydia, chill." I said.
"We are not crazy." Allison stated.
"Chill." I said.
"Hallucinating, sleep paralysis. Yeah, you guys are fine." Lydia replied.
"We did die and come back to life." Scott said. "It's gotta have some side effects right?"
"Yeah but Vair didn't die." Stiles said.
"No, I just had all the power sucked out of my body as the Protector." I replied.
"That doesn't explain why you're dealing with the same thing." Stiles stated.
The bell rang.
"Okay, just keep an eye on each other." Stiles said. "And, Lydia, stop enjoying this so much."
Scott, Stiles and I headed to class. I slid in to the chair behind Scott, Stiles sliding in to the chair next to him.
"My name is Mr. Yukimura. I'll be replacing your old history teacher." The teacher up front said. "My family moved here three weeks ago, so some of you might know my daughter Kira or you might not since she's never actually mentioned anyone from school or brought home a friend for that matter."
There was a clatter behind us, I turned around to see an incredibly cute girl lean her head up with an embarrassed smile plastered across it. I waved to her and turned back around. She was supernatural, the very smallest amount of energy floating from her, she hadn't realized it yet. I noticed Scott staring at his shadow again. I put a hand on his shoulder and felt him breathe out, he placed his hand over mine.
"It's okay." I whispered.
The class went by quickly and we left the room. Standing next to Stiles while he fumbled with his locker.
"We just need some time to get back to normal." Scott said.
"I mean, we did set the reset button on a beacon for supernatural creatures." Stiles said. "There's a pretty good chance of things never going back to normal."
Stiles threw his lock against the locker in frustration. Scott glanced down the hallway. I unlocked Stiles' locker for him and then glanced in the direction Scott was looking. At the new girl, Kira.
"What's she saying?" I asked.
"That if she wanted to be noticed she could catch herself on fire." Scott replied.
I covered my mouth as a laugh escaped it. She glanced at us and I gave her a wave. Scott leaned against me slightly, he looked dizzy.
"Dude, your eyes." Stiles said.
"What?" Scott asked.
"Scott, your eyes are red." I replied.
"Scott, stop it." Stiles said.
"I can't, I can't control it." He replied, covering his face.
I grabbed his hand. Stiles following next to him as I lead him to an empty hallway. I waved to Kira again as we walked by as she'd started to approach us after my initial wave. Scott pushed off me the second we were in the room, tearing off his outer shirt and backpack. He stumbled against some desks.
"No, get back, get away from me." Scott cautioned us.
"Scott, it's okay." Stiles said.
"I don't know what's going to happen, get back." Scott said, his voice almost breaking.
Scott dug his claws in to his palms and Stiles grabbed a hold of me as I jolted forward. Scott sunk to his knees. Stiles and I sinking to ours and scooting towards him. Scott unclenched his palms, slowly. The wounds were starting to heal. I grabbed his hands, finishing the process for him.
"Pain makes you human." Scott said.
"I know." I whispered.
"Scott, this isn't just in our heads." Stiles said. "This is real and it's starting to get worse for me too. I'm not just having nightmares, I'm having these dreams where I have to scream myself awake and sometimes I'm not sure if I'm ever actually waking up."
"What do you mean?" Scott asked.
"You know how you can tell if you're dreaming? You can't read in dreams. Over the past few days, I've been having trouble reading, it's like I can't see the words. I can't put the letters in order." Stiles explained.
"What about now?" I asked.
"I can't read a thing." Stiles replied, standing up.
I helped Scott get up. I helped him wash the blood from his hands and then the blood from mine. I was trying to refrain from trembling but I wasn't handling that too well. Scott grabbed my hands.
"We're going to be okay." Scott assured me.
I nodded. This was just another thing I'd never dealt with, I'd tried to peer in to some of my past lives but nothing stuck out that was even close to like this. The rest of the day went by and we all parted ways. I went home and slid in to bed immediately. I laid there for a while before going to the living room and sitting on the couch, booting up Netflix. I rubbed my face, making coffee while I waited for Netflix to come on. I watched tv until the sun came up.
I got up, showering and getting dressed. I drove to school today which probably wasn't the best idea. I could feel my car running against something. I jerked to a stop, realizing I was riding the guard rail. I shut my car off and sat there on the side of the road. I drifted off and this time my nightmare was different. Because this time it including me actually killing everyone.