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44-Mum? Is That You?
Ashlee's p.o.v
We hear a knock on the loft door. I sniff the air and run towards it before anyone else can.
"Mum?" I ask, opening the door.
"Ash" she says, tears down her face as she hugs me.
"Ash, get away from her!" Derek demands.
"Look, I don't know what's been happening or where i've been but it's me, I swear to god it's me" Mum says. I listen to her heartbeat, no upticks. I hug her again. I feel Scott's arms come around us as well. This is really our Mum.
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"I was at home then darkness, I woke up in the forest" Mum tells them, pacing, she's scared. "What's happening to me?" she asks me.
"There is a Nogitsune hiding inside of you" Noshiko tells Mum.
"Nogitsune?" she asks fearfully. "What the hell is that?"
"A dark kistune" Derek says. She still looks confused. "A fox"
"So-so you're telling me, there is a dark fox hiding inside me?" she asks, her voice scared.
"Uh..yeah" Derek says. He's still a little uncomfortable around Mum. It's understandable considering she threw him and me out..i'm still not entirely sure if that was her or the Nogitsune.
"If you don't know what you've been doing then how have you been talking to Ashlee?" Malia asks.
"Better yet, how are you you now?" Allison asks her, skeptically.
"I don't know, I don't really remember, I haven't been talking to Ash" Mum answers them.
"I don't believe you" Allison says, ring dagger in hand.
"Allison" I warn her.
"She attacked you and Derek, she almost got Stiles" Allison says.
"Allison!" I yell.
"She almost had you kill Cora!" Allison yells back.
"Allison, back off!" I demand, my eyes flaring blue.
"Allison's right Ash, this doesn't sound right" Isaac adds in.
"Stay out of this" I snap.
"Ash, I promise, it's me" Mum says. I turn to her, her eyes are filled with tears. "You have to believe me, it's me, it's your mother" I hear the whirl of wind as Allison flicks up her ring daggers.
"Allison! BACK DOWN" I tell her. She steps forward. "Allison!" I yell at her, my claws coming out.
"Stop! Both of you stop!" Derek says, coming between us. "Stay back" he tells the rest of the pack.
"Get out of my way Derek" Allison says.
"Allison, don't" Scott says. "Hold on" he says, holding his hand out.
"I watched my mother cause so much pain, I won't let yours do the same!" Allison yells, tears down her face. Allison strides over. I look to Scott but he's shocked.
"STOP!" I roar at her, taking on my wolf form. "Don't touch her!" I yell. Why is nobody protecting her?
"Ash, she's going to kill me, Ash don't let her" Mum sobs.
"Don't listen to her" Allison says. I growl at her. "Ash, don't listen, the Nogitsune is playing you"
"I'll tell you one more time Allison, ." I spit. Allison runs forward, I easily catch her, slamming her into the ground.
"Stop! This is exactly what it wants!" Allison yells.
"You're not going to kill my mother!" I yell back, snarling in her face.
"Please Ash, she's going to kill me" Mum cries.
"Ashlee, that isn't your mother!" Noshiko yells.
"STOP!" Scott roars, causing all of the betas to submit, including me. Allison throws me off her. I jump back on my feet, putting my claws to her throat, her dagger coming up to my throat. "Stop this! Stop it!" Scott yells, running over.
"Come any closer and i'll rip her throat out" I warn Scott. He stops, his face dropped. I turn back to Allison. "Alli, please" I beg her.
"This is exactly what the Nogitsune wants. Ash, that isn't your mother" Allison says, staring me dead in the eye. I push my claws harder againist her throat as I hear Mum's tears.
"Ash" Scott says clamly, stepping closer. "That isn't our mother" I turn to him, eyes wide with anger. I look to the pack, they all agree, I can tell.
"No, she.." I start. Even Allison looks sad. "She.." I say again, looking at Derek. His eyes are glazed over, he shakes his head, no. I hear slow, deliberate clapping from behind me. Allison drops her dagger from my throat, backing away. I turn to my mother. She's smirking, clapping. Her sickly form returning.
"Quite a show Ashlee" she says. "I'm touched" she says sarcastically, stopping her clapping. "Thought it would be easier to manipulate you. Turns out I couldn't hold that form for too long" her eyes slip from their chocolate brown to the evil black of the Nogitsune. Again, the Nogitsune's tricked me. I growl at it, angry at myself. She smirks before the lights go out. I'm shoved into the ground roughly, my head hitting the loft floor roughly. There's alot of banging and clashing before the lights come back on. I look up to my mother is gone, a dead fly in her wake.
"Ash!" Derek says, running over to me, the other's being helped up from the floor. Derek slides down beside me on the floor. "Are you okay?"
"It-it wasn't her..it wasn't her" I whimper under my breath. First it was Cora then Allison, I was going to hurt Allison..seriously hurt her. The Nogitusne was going to have me kill Allison, Cora too.
"Ash, your head" Derek says. I take my hand and touch the warmth on the side of my head. The contact stings, aches, but I just drop my bloodied hand to the floor, not caring. I can smell Derek's worry, for me. Derek rips the bottom of his shirt off and tries to put it on my wound. I duck away from him. "Hey, let me help you" Derek says, grabbing my arm. I turn and growl at him, ripping my arm away from him. I see Scott helping Allison up. I run forward, hugging her. Allison's more than suprised but soon relaxes into the hug.
"I'm so sorry Alli, i'm so sorry" is all I say before letting her go and flying out the loft door, running into the woods.
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"You were going to hurt me?" my mother asks. I'm sitting on the forest floor, head in hands, crying, pulling at my hair. "We're you really going to hurt me?" she asks, voice cracking.
"Stop, please stop, just stop" I whimper, rocking in the leaves. I'm losing it..correction, i've lost it. I don't know who's real anymore, which voices are real, whos are whos, I can't handle this. I roar into the air, needing to get rid of my bottled up frustration and anger.
"Ashlee" Noshiko says, my head snaps up towards her. She takes in my tear-sained form and comes to stand in front of me, holding out her hand. I take it, she pulls me up. "We're going to save her" she says, pulling 5 blades from her black trechcoat pocket. One by one she breaks them. "These Oni will be strong" she says. She sits with me, both of us waiting for the sun to go down.
"What happened to the fox that called out for chaos, strive and pain?" the Nogitsune's voice comes from behind us. We both jump to our feet.
"I don't want that anymore" Noshiko says.
"Well I do" it says. Noshiko jumps forward, another of her tails out as a weapon. That's 6. She only has 3 left after this one. The Nogitsune catches her arm. I go to jump forward but I hear flesh tear. I watch as the Nogitsune cuts open my mother's stomach, flies shooting out of her.
"No!" I yell as her body drops to the ground.
"A-Ash..help.." Mum whimpers. Noshiko and I press our hands over her wound.
"We need to get her to the hospital" Noshiko says. I'm frozen, I don't know what to do.
"What if this is just another trick?" I ask Noshiko fearfully. "What if we're just falling for another trick?" I ask her, a few tears escaping my eyes. I'm scared, I don't if this is real, if this is really my mother now.
"I'll get Melissa to the hospital, go to the pack, they need to know what happened" Noshiko tells me. "Go!" she yells. I turn and run, as fast as my wolf power will let me, back to the loft.
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Coming up to about episode 22 of season 3b. I'm not followng the plotline but I sort of am :) Favourite, follow and review please. Stay golden!
