A new day a new beginning, an energetic and light Caroline Forbes arrived at school on Monday morning, ready to take on the day with a smile on her face. She felt better than she has in a very long time and if the looks she was getting as she walked to her locker were anything to go by then she looked better too. Her talk with her mother turned out to be very good for her, for the both of them and their relationship.
The smile disappeared the moment the vampire saw the saddened look on Bonnie's face that the girl immediately painted upside down the second she caught the other girl's presence and happiness.
The two met halfway but before they could converse the whole hallway went silent, focusing on the group that just entered the building, led by two boys although the taller and older looking of the two was more in the lead while the shorter and younger was a step back and behind them was a small army of both girls and boys.
The vampire and witch were a bit confused since they didn't know who the students were but they couldn't deny they were quite quite a sight.
Tall, dark and handsome was what came to Bonnie's thoughts in the case of the older one wearing boots instead of sneakers like everyone else, and short, light and cute in the case of the younger one. But those were just innocent thoughts, they were definitely innocent thoughts.
Having not thought about Matt much ever since her talk with her mother Caroline found herself entertaining the idea of getting one of the two boys, preferably the older one. Liam fought hard to suppress a blush as he smelled all the chemo-signals that were flying wild from the students of Mystic Falls High School and heard the whispers begin.
It was starting over at a new school as the new kid but the kind of new kid that got the positive kind of attention from both females and males.
"Hi, could you show me where the admin office is?"
The boy heard his alpha greet and ask a random local student who happened to be a girl, and was quite sure a charming smile was on display.
"Um, uh, s-sure. Right this..."
"McCall! Stop flirting with the local students and get over here! What kind of example are you setting for the team?! Get to the office now and flirt later!" Interrupted Coach Bobby Finstock, appearing around a corner across from the hallway.
There was silence once again after that.
"Alright, coach." Said Scott, breaking the silence after a moment.
"That's my boy!" That caused the Beacon Hills High School students to laugh at the interaction, it made them feeling like they were back home.
They also knew that the chances of their former captain actually randomly flirting were almost nonexistent. The guy had girls and boys throwing themselves at him back home since Kira left but he politely turned them all down, though sometimes Malia did that for him but not so politely.
"Um, thanks." Said Scott, saying that to the local student he was talking to previously with his friendly smile back on.
She nodded in response and that was that, everything went back to normal.
"Oh, man. And I have to deal with coach for the next two years." Moaned Liam as they walked to the admin office.
"He's not that bad and you can handle it." Replied the Tribrid, patting his beta on the shoulder.
"Why don't you take a gap year and stick around to see for yourself?" Was the Dunbar's response.
"We talked about this already, Liam."
"If you don't want to be captain I won't mind taking over." Said Gwen, one of the females on the Cyclones lacrosse team, shrugging as she looked at Liam.
"Man up or I'm coming after your tittle. We haven't lost the state championship in five years and I'm not going to allow you to ruin our winning streak." She added, a challenge made clear.
"You heard the lady." Concluded Scott, knowing there was nothing more motivating than a rivalry, hopefully this one would be healthier than his own with Jackson. While that conversation was going on Bonnie and Caroline had their own.
"Why does it seem like we're the only ones who are surprised by the presence of unknown hot guys and a weird 'coach' in our school?" Asked the vampire after hearing some of the conversations around them.
The witch pointed to the notice board, seeing a post and heading to it. Taking note that it was the first time she was seeing it.
"Uh, apparently they are here for joint lacrosse practice for the week and will be attending classes with us. This note has actually been here for a while we just never took notice." She said, reading it over.
With what has been happening lately it wasn't a surprise that they never realized it and lacrosse wasn't a thing in Mystic Falls, football reigned supreme but they were cheerleaders and we're supposed to know these things, especially Caroline since she was the captain of Mystic Falls High School cheerleaders, the Lady Timberwolves.
"So, if I hook up with McCall it would only be for a week?" Voiced a thoughtful vampire.
"Caroline!"
"What? Matt broke up with me so I have the right to have a rebound fling with the hot new guy who will be in town for only a week. And you heard his interaction with his coach, he's not opposed to flirting with the local students." Was Caroline's retort before she paid a closer attention on her friend. "Are you alright, Bonnie?"
She asked, concern in her voice.
"I'm fine..."
"No, you're not and we're going to talk about it." Having seen the power of opening up the vampire was more than willing to help her friend.
They weren't that different after all and now that Caroline thought about it, Bonnie's father was out of town because of his work so he wasn't around most of the time which meant her friend really needed someone to talk to. The witch and the vampire got their books before heading to the first class of the week, History taught by Alaric Saltzman.
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Processing Jeremy Gilbert's death was a little complicated but as the station's sheriff Sheriff Forbes was able to process it. With Elena as a minor with no legal guardian the woman knew that it was just a matter of time before social services made contact.
She wondered how that would go and if another revealed vampire by the name Stefan Salvatore would do anything about it, what she did know though was that Damon Salvatore wasn't because she was going to take care of him.
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"You aren't going to school?" Asked Stefan, standing on the doorway of Elena's bedroom.
"School is the furthest thing from my mind right now." She replied, sinking deeper into her blankets.
"You know Bonnie and Caroline are going to be worried." Voice the man, noticing some discomfort in the girl at the mention of her friends, especially Caroline's name.
"Elena..."
"I don't want to talk about it, Stefan! I just... I just want to be left alone." Said the Gilbert, sniffling as everything that's happened sank in, the loss and the pain.
The vampire stood still for a moment, before replying.
"If that's what you want." He said, taking a step back.
"I'm sorry. I, I'm sorry. Please don't leave me here alone." Quickly retracted Elena, getting out of her bed to stop the vampire from leaving, grateful he didn't disappear using his super speed.
He too was grieving and he didn't need her doing what she did, pushing him away was not what she really wanted. The human hugged the Salvatore from behind, resting her head on his back.
"Don't go." She whispered.
Being unable to refuse Elena anything she wanted Stefan didn't go, he turned around in order for him to embrace her too and they both let their tears fall.
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"Where are Elena and Stefan?" Inquired Bonnie, after History class was over.
"They decided to take a few days off. Stefan went to Klaus for the cure for the werewolf bite Tyler gave Damon and though they made a deal Klaus gave it to Katherine to deliver it to Damon, expecting her to follow his orders but since Damon gave Katherine vervain so that Klaus couldn't compel her she ran away with it and Damon died.
Elena called Stefan to tell him about his brother's death and accidentally revealed herself to Klaus since Stefan. Long story short, Stefan is now Klaus' henchman and will continue to be until they catch Katherine then he'll have to serve another decade before being a free man." Revealed Alaric, shocking the girl who asked and Caroline who was there as well.
They were both secretly happy with Damon's demise, especially Caroline though she felt sorry for Stefan since he saved her from Damon and helped her adjust to being a vampire. The troubling news was that Katherine was out and about and that Stefan was now one of Klaus' henchmen.
The two girls didn't need to ask why Stefan would follow the Original Hybrid's orders since they knew how he retaliated, Jenna's death was evidence of just how murderous that man was.
"Wait, what about Elijah?" Questioned Caroline, realizing that Alaric never mentioned him.
"He tried to kill Klaus, what do you think?"
"What does that mean for me? I brought him to his knees and I would have killed him if Elijah hadn't jumped in." Asked a shaken Bonnie.
Klaus wasn't weakened by the ritual anymore, he was far more stronger now and just as ruthless with no known true weakness and that shook the girl, especially when Alaric didn't provide an answer. Yes, she was powerful with the power of a hundred witches at her beck and call but it would have killed her to kill him at his weakened state, what did that mean for her when he was at full power?
Bonnie excused herself and left Caroline and Alaric alone in the classroom, needing to be alone. She couldn't help but think about how the Original Hybrid killed Katherine's family for her defiance.
Though the girl wasn't as close to her father as she was to her grandmother and he was out of town most of the time she still loved him and he was the only family and parent she had left, she couldn't bare to lose him and live with the guilt. She just couldn't. Caroline tried to run after her friend but Alaric stopped her.
"Give her sometime." He said.
He knew that sometimes a person just needed some time to themselves before letting other people in.
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Scott checked on his schoolmates after the first class, seeing if they were alright and was satisfied to that indeed they were. Not one of them had a bite mark of traces of blood on their lips which pleased the boy. While he was conversing with his beta before the younger boy's next class someone bumped into the alpha before muttering a quick apology and continued on her way and by her scent she was in distress.
But there was something else about her scent that intrigued Scott, she smelled of... Magic.
"Scott." Called Liam, getting the attention of his alpha who was staring after the girl that just bumped into him.
The beta pointed at the True Alpha's feet where a phone laid with the screen up, showing the picture of the girl. Scott picked it up just as the bell for the next class rang and was glad he had a free period.
"Get to class, I'll give it to her." He said. Liam nodded before doing just that, wondering if the McCall found a new love interest.
It would be a weird sight, seeing the alpha with someone other than Kira even if it would be for a week.
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"What am I going to be doing alone here, Klaus?" Asked an annoyed Greta Martin after the Mikaelson told her that he was leaving town and that she was staying.
"Do whatever you want, love. Think of it as a vacation, only you'll just have to watch Bonnie Bennett for me and if Katerina comes back you already know what to do." Replied Klaus.
"What about Stefan Salvatore?"
"He knows the price of going against me. Don't worry about him, he already has his orders but do keep an eye on him too."
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Scott found the owner of the phone in an empty gymnasium, seating on the bleachers, seemingly too lost in thought to notice his presence. He debated going to the lost and found office to leave her phone there but ended up approaching her. Bonnie was lost in thought, thinking about a way she could keep her father safe from Klaus' retaliation.
"Hi." Said a male voice near her, startling the girl.
She quickly collected herself before turning to it and found 'McCall' standing at the bottom of the bleachers.
"Hi!" Returned the Bennett, painfully aware that she raised her voice unnecessarily. "Um, what are you doing here?"
"Oh, uh, you seemed distressed back in the hallway so..."
"So you decided to follow a girl you don't know just to check up on her because she seemed distressed?" Inquired Bonnie, a little incredulous.
That didn't happen quite often in her school or town for that matter, that was unless there was an ulterior motive. It was kind of sad to question other people's motives but after the whole thing with the Salvatores, Mikaelsons, Martins and all the others in between the girl's trust in people wasn't that great.
"Yeah... But when you say it like that it does sound a little weird." Said Scott, but before he could continue his phone vibrated and knowing that there was a chance it could be a matter of life and death he excused himself before answering.
"Are..."
"I'm bored." Was Malia's interruption and greeting.
"What?" Asked an incredulous True Alpha, having not expected that response but it wasn't the first time getting such a greeting from the girl.
"I said I'm bored and since it didn't take long for you to answer my call then I'm assuming you are too, so we can be bored together. Maybe I should have come with you." Responded the alpha werecoyote, causing the McCall to smile a bit.
"Maybe." He said, just before he overheard a voice call out the Tate by her surname, a voice the Tribrid identified as a teacher's.
"I've got to go, talk later." Said Malia before cutting the connection.
The smile remained until a clearing of a throat brought Scott back to the present.
"Oh, sorry. Where were we?" He asked.
"You were being weird." Responded Bonnie.
"No, I wasn't. Is trying to make sure someone is OK weird in this town? If so then this town is the weird one, not me." Retorted the True Alpha.
The witch paused at that.
"OK, you might have a point but I'm alright." She said.
"If that's true then how come you haven't realized that you lost your phone?" Inquired the boy, causing the Bennett to check her pockets and indeed she didn't have her phone, looking up she found it in McCall's hand. "You dropped it when you bumped into me so I came to return it and make sure you that you're OK.."
He followed up, extending the hand that was holding the phone. Bonnie pause for a moment before standing up to collect her phone, having not realized that she lost it or that he was the one she bumped into.
"Thanks." She said, reaching for it.
The moment she touched it their hands came into contact and caused a mutual psychoscopy. Bonnie saw yellow, blue and red eyes amongst others before seeing a girl die in the arms of the boy before her, though he was younger then and so painfully vulnerable as he kissed the dead girl's forehead.
It was a bit too much to witness that and it was the first time she saw something that emotional when she touched someone.
Scott saw flying feathers, candles, fire, vampire eyes and beta yellow werewolf eyes before seeing a lot of women, witches came to mind, a hundred of them backing the girl although a moment later they all seemed to meet his eyes and recoiled with horror in theirs before the psychoscopy ended unusually violently, causing him a little headache that immediately disappeared but not before he saw the girl crying alone while hugging a teddy bear.
The witch and vampire, witch and werewolf tribrid immediately acted as though they didn't just experience psychoscopy when it ended, not knowing that it was a mutual experience.
"Um, thanks." Repeated Bonnie, once she had her phone in hand.
The True Alpha just nodded, still putting together what he saw just as she was.
"No problem. Are you OK, though?" He responded.
"Yeah. I'm fine."
"Well, if you need to talk..."
"What? To come and find you?" Asked the girl, a little playful.
"Uh, yeah." Was the boys reply.
"You don't even know my name while I might only know your surname." Retorted the Bennett.
"How do you know my surname... Oh, coach. Well, I'll officially introduce myself then. Hi, I'm Scott McCall, a senior from Beacon Hills High School." Introduced Scott, though his hands holding on the straps of his backpack.
He had a feeling whoever those witches were didn't like him at all, they actually seemed pretty terrified of him so he kept his distance. Bonnie smiled a little, though she too kept her hands to herself, she didn't want to witness the boy's loss again.
"Hi, I'm Bonnie Bennett-Hopkins, a junior from Mystic Falls High School." She responded in kind.
"That settles it. If you want to talk come find me." Said the True Alpha, starting to back away.
"Don't you think it might be better to exchange numbers instead of aimlessly looking for you?" Inquired the girl before the boy could leave.
The interaction served to distract her from the potential fallout of her attack on Klaus and the longer she spoke to the boy the more comfortable she was with his presence. She didn't know what the eyes she saw meant but he was like a breath of fresh air.
It wasn't a common thing for a total stranger to be genuinely concerned about someone, lest of all her. Usually boys got close to her in order to get closer to Caroline and Elena but Scott didn't know either of them and he seemed genuine in his offer, not asking for her numbers also helped, it showed he was just being friendly.
"Um, sure." Was the True Alpha's reply before they exchanged numbers then separated.
Though Scott was happy with making a friend he was also concerned with the witches that he saw during the psychoscopy. He was now sure that the scent of magic he picked up from Bonnie Bennett-Hopkins was because she was a witch who appeared to have an unusually large coven, large was actually an understatement.
It also seemed like she knew about the existence of vampires and if he had to guess trigger werewolves (original werewolves) too which meant there might be a pack in town. At that very conclusion the True Alpha was bumped into once again but this time the person was a male who had been running but instead of Scott being the one to fall it was the other boy who did and hit the floor a little hard.
Tyler Lockwood, who had been running to his second class of the day since he was late for it, suddenly found himself on the floor with a sharp pain exploding from his shoulder, the shoulder that hit the solid wall he just ran into. That thought brought into question why and how was it possible that he would run into a wall in the middle of the hallway, it was just impossible, unless...
The boy slowly looked up but instead of finding Stefan he found an extended hand held out to help him stand up though instead of acting up like he normally would, especially with his werewolf status triggered, the Lockwood found himself lowering his head in what he just knew was submission but not before his eyes involuntarily glowed beta/omega yellow though he didn't notice that fact.
The McCall couldn't believe that he was meeting another supernatural person, not even twenty-four hours after meeting his first vampire and not even ten minutes since meeting his first witch. He was just glad his experience and control prevented his eyes from visibly responding though it seemed like his alpha status was picked upon.
"Hey, are you alright?" Asked Scott, helping the boy up while secretly siphoning his pain to help him heal.
"Yeah. Damn, man! How much do you lift?" Responded Tyler, a little in disbelief that he was the one who hit the floor and not the other way around.
The disbelief caused the Tribrid to chuckle.
"Just enough to balance my speed, agility and reflexes, the rest is just the benefits of playing a violent and fast sport like lacrosse." Was his reply, patting the Lockwood's shoulder who surprised himself by not pulling away.
"Yeah, right." Retorted Tyler.
"Weren't you in a hurry to get somewhere?" Inquired the True Alpha, sure that the younger boy would heal just fine.
He too had a destination in mind, the school library. It took a moment for the Lockwood to recall that he still had a class to get to and quickly excused himself and carried on his way, a little puzzled about the ease with which he interacted with the lacrosse player he's never seen before.
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While in class Lydia's mind drifted to the person Scott said looked exactly like her mother. She wondered what was the possibilities of her mother having a twin, not an evil twin (doppelganger) but a real twin sister that she was separated from at some point. The girl thought about asking her mother but chose to wait for an update from her fellow supernatural friend and alpha.
There could be more to the story and if her mother knew but kept it to herself the banshee wanted to have all the ammunition she could get before confronting Natalie since the woman seemed to avoid and ignore anything supernatural unless she couldn't. Lydia knew it would be better if she had something solid to base her questions on so she had to wait, for now.
The other thing on her mind was a certain hellhound but the name of Jordan Parrish. She didn't understand it but it seemed like their supernatural spirits were connected as Bearer and Harbinger of Death in more ways than one, and though they weren't dating there was no denying the chemistry between them, it was insane.
The only thing keeping them from acting on it was their age difference and Lydia was kind of glad. She was so over rushing into things and it helped that the others her age were also taking their time with their love lives though the banshee suspected there might be something in the future between Malia and Scott.
Those two were spending a lot of time together; studying, training, watching movies and sometimes series and hunting in the woods in their animal forms. Oh, once the werecoyote was able to shift into her coyote form at will she took it upon herself to teach the True Alpha how to be an animal and live as one, that included hunting.
Scott's more compassionate and caring nature for animals was suppressed by his predator instinct but from what Lydia heard from Malia, the boy made sure to not draw out his prey's suffering. He worked hard to perfect his kill techniques to the point that his chosen prey didn't suffer too much. The Tate girl was quite proud of herself for introducing the McCall to his new favorite food; venison.
The banshee pulled herself from those thoughts to pay attention to the class but not before reflecting on just how far she's come since telling Scott that she wasn't going to fight against her abilities anymore. She was proud of herself, of who she has become. The twenty million that was on her head on the Dead Pool was definitely not for show, Dr Valack learned the hard way as her first kill.
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Lydia wasn't the only one that was thinking about the connection she had with a certain hellhound because said hellhound was also thinking about it. It troubled him because it was like he was a pedophile, Cerberus on the other hand didn't see any problem with the attraction, not even a little bit.
Natalie Martin confronted Jordan about it, seeing how close they were getting and he couldn't really explain it, it just was and it didn't help that Scott made them official partners.
Since they were connected in a way that no one else in the pack was the young True Alpha saw fit to maximize their potential and productivity by putting them together and though there was definitely a part of the hellhound that was happy with the arrangement it made it hard for him to not develop any romantic feelings for the girl.
Though there was no fighting the feelings, Jordan decided to hold them in and focus on other things like being a good pack mate and deputy.
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"Lacrosse? You want to watch lacrosse practice?" Asked an incredulous Matt, addressing Tyler on their way to the cafeteria.
"What's wrong with that?" Questioned the werewolf.
"Since when have you been interested in lacrosse?" Was the reply the human gave.
"Since that guy managed to knock me down." Answered Tyler, pointing at a group Matt wasn't familiar with though it was mixed with some people from their local lacrosse team and others.
"That guy laughing with the girl to his left. I don't know how but he knocked me down this morning and said that he plays lacrosse. I want to see him play." Explained the Lockwood, taking a sit at a table a bit away from the visitors'.
"Then what, Ty? Challenge him to a game?"
"Maybe."
Just a few tables away from them were Binnie and Caroline, the former assuring the latter that she was alright.
"I'm fine, Caroline. I just needed sometime to myself." She said, eating her lunch.
"Well, if you want to talk I'm here. I just realized the power of expressing oneself and let me tell you, you don't know how much you need it until you've had someone to talk to." Responded the vampire, drinking blood from a red straw and container.
That gave the witch pause, thinking about the boy who offered the same thing her girlfriend was offering.
"Oh, before I forget, we are watching lacrosse practice after school." Said Caroline, interrupting the Bennett's thoughts.
"Why would we watch-oh... Scott." Was Bonnie's reply.
"What?" Inquired the vampire.
"Scott is McCall's given name." Explained the witch before diving back to her food, missing the Forbes blinking eyes.
"Am I losing my touch or something? How did you find out his name before I did?" Asked a surprised Caroline, a little more surprised by not feeling jealous of her witch friend's accomplishment.
"Well, I bumped into him after I left you and Ric and he sought me out to return my phone since it fell and I didn't notice. He offered to listen if I wanted to talk and introduced himself, we exchanged numbers and that was that." Said Bonnie, finishing up her lunch.
She decided to leave out the part about the psychoscopy, especially about how someone who was obviously close to him died in his arms. That was too private a thing to share, more so when she wasn't supposed to have seen it.
'You have to kill him. He's an abomination.' Said a whisper.
"What?" Asked the girl, eyes distant.
"You just zoned out, are you OK?" Inquired Caroline, a concerned look on her face.
"I-I thought I heard something." Said the Bennett, the Forbes's voice having pulled her back to the present.
A few tables away from the two Beacon Hills High School students who were joined by some members of Mystic Falls High School lacrosse team were conversing, getting to know each other. Some had played against each other on previous games while others were just meeting for the first time or met during the classes before lunch and were just getting to know each other.
Scott happened to have been one of those who knew some of the Mystic Falls players and they reminded him of when Allison and Stiles were still alive, some even asked about the latter and he had to lie using the cover story. Other than that the True Alpha and his beta overheard a conversation between friends about what has been happening in town lately and how a students died just recently.
One of the students voiced that his journalist older sister suspected that the Town Council was hiding some of the deaths, disappearances and their causes as animal attacks and whatnot. Scott and Liam shared a look and for the former it was like the beginning of Peter's killing spree and his own early days as a werewolf.
The first beta of the True Alpha wondered what his alpha was going to do with the information they were learning after a vampire attacked him and he unintentionally contributed to her death. Already knowing that there was a vampire in Mystic Falls who kept a container of blood on her person but chose to attack a 'human' instead of drinking from it made it clear that at least one vampire in town didn't have a problem with feeding straight from the vain and considering where she led Scott, she might have contributed to the killings.
Though the McCall wasn't as against killing as he was before, he was still against senseless killing, especially of innocent people and didn't encourage the younger generation of the pack to kill unless necessary, that way they could be innocent for longer and not have to live with the guilt of taking a life for some time.
Liam often thought about how Scott felt for killing two people in one night when he previously didn't want to kill but never asked. He still carried his own guilt over trying to kill the person who saved his life and leaving him further weakened for Theo to finish the job and now used that as an anchor to keep himself and his Intermittent Explosive Disorder in control.
The boy didn't want to disappoint Scott again, he realized that the older boy was more disappointed in him than angry and that made everything worse, far worse.
"Liam." The True Alpha's voice caught the Dunbar's attention.
"I'll see you after school, in the meantime stay anchored." Said Scott, before patting the boy on the shoulder then excused himself from the table.
Liam understood what the alpha meant by that and wondered what he had in mind.
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Instead of going to class when the bell rang Scott went outside to make a call. Dr Deaton had just walked out a client and a patient when he received a call from his personal phone from his protege.
"Scott, how's Mystic Falls?" Was his greeting to the boy.
"Apparently there has been 'animal attacks' and not long after we arrived I went out to check if there were supernaturals in town and a vampire attacked me." Answered the Tribrid.
When the McCall didn't give details of the end of the attack the druid knew what was the fate of the vampire and didn't inquired on it, instead...
"What can I help you with then?" He asked instead.
"Um, Doc, could you..." Scott never got to finish his request as not long after getting out of the school building his eyes accidentally locked with those of a being that has been eluding him for sometime now and he didn't want to lose the chance to finally get to the bottom of the mystery.