With some time still left before break could be over, Liam decides to leave the cafeteria early so that he could call Hayden. The very thought of the girl brought a smile to the boy's face. He excused himself from the rest of the group, glad to escape questions concerning his alpha's love life and apparently player-ness.
The boy crossed with Bonnie at the door, though she didn't notice him, and did a double take. What caught his attention was a very distinct scent from the girl. See, Melissa McCall used only one brand of fabric softener and it was only made in Beacon Hills and not common outside Beacon County, adding that to the fact that Bonnie was wearing a different shirt earlier with a completely different smell while the one she was wearing now looked like one of Scott's...
Plus her hair was a little messy... Liam began to wonder if there was some truth to the rumors and Diaz's comments. He knew Scott wasn't a saint. A true alpha? Yes. A saint? No. The beta thought about Caroline's jealousy from earlier and the rumors going around the school and what Diaz said.
That very thought was interrupted when his phone vibrated and one look at it told the Dunbar that Hayden was the one calling but before he could answer the call Penelope, a girl from one of his classes at the school, suddenly appeared in front of him and placed a finger on his lips while her other hand went to his back pocket (something that made the boy jump in surprise) to slip in a piece of paper with her phone number written on it. She leaned in close and...
"Call me if you want to have some fun." She said, rather seductively before running her finger from Liam's lips down to his chest then went for his arm and left.
Making sure to add a little something to her movements while she walked away, certain she had the Beacon Hills boy's attention.
"Hayden is going to kick your ass if you call that girl." Gwen suddenly appeared beside the beta who had been watching Penelope walk away, startling the boy who swallowed hard at Gwen's words.
Hayden was a lot of things and one of them was vindictive when done wrong and the werewolf didn't want to be on her bad side again nor was he planning to cheat on her.
"I'm not going to call her." Said Liam, before he nervously answered the werejaguar-werewolf's phone call.
Gwen just hummed and continued on her way.
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While seated at the table in the cafeteria with Caroline and Elena, Stefan received a text message from Greta telling him to meet her outside the school later that afternoon. With Klaus having given the order to protect her the vampire assumed that was what the meeting was about and told his companions as much.
When Bonnie returned to the table Caroline did a double take, noticing that her witch friend was wearing a different shirt with a belt around the waist so it didn't just flow because it was bigger on her body, but with the jeans the girl was wearing it was a nice look. Adding the messy hair...
That thought was shot down by the lipstick that was perfectly in place on the Bennett's lips. The Forbes sighed, having thought for a moment that her friend finally lost her virginity or at least found a distraction.
"Whose shirt is that?" She asked instead, sure that it was a boy's shirt.
Elena who had been a little lost in thought over her necklace and it's possible history and connection to a certain 'werewolf' and Stefan who just realized that Greta might discover the visiting werewolves gave their attention to the two girls.
"It's Scott's." Answered Bonnie, a little uncomfortable with the attention her friends were giving her especially after her answer.
"Scott's?" Elena and Caroline asked in unison, leaning forward while Stefan looked at where the lacrosse teams sat to find the boy and Liam absent.
A part of the Salvatore doubted the McCall was only looking at Elena's necklace, more so after seeing the 'werewolf' staring at her.
"Yeah, Scott's." Said the Bennett-Hopkins.
She proceeded to tell her friends what happened. Tyler who was sitting a few tables away with Matt heard the whole thing and he couldn't help but chuckle at the thought of Chad being the one embarrassed for once. As good a football player the human was, he was also a bully but karma in the form of Scott McCall finally caught up to him and the Lockwood was sure a lot of people were very happy.
Matt asked his werewolf friend what had him chuckling and after being informed he joined him, though both boys didn't forget the rumors that were going around.
Break
When Stefan got out of school he found Greta already waiting for him outside, a smile on her face.
"What do you want?" Asked the vampire, not beating around the bush.
"Don't worry about what I want, worry about orders from your new boss. Klaus wants you to compel two students to come with us for a ride; a boy and a girl. You have five minutes to choose whoever you want and compel them or I'll choose for you." Replied the Martin, her smile broadening.
A half a moment was all the Salvatore needed to guess what had the girl so happy and he couldn't help the sinking feeling in his gut nor the anticipation he didn't want to acknowledge. That's until he caught on to witch's wording, they were tricky with those.
If he didn't choose who the victims were going to be, she was and Stefan didn't doubt for a second that she would choose those in his inner circle who were vulnerable to ordinary vampire compulsion; Elena and Matt. With a heavy heart, he chose and did as he was expected to do; compel his chosen victims to ride with them, using the sea of teenagers and cars to make sure no one saw those victims leaving school grounds with them... Or so he thought.
From a little out of sight for Greta and Stefan watched Liam Dunbar. He only got to see and hear the vampire compel the students, look around and leave with them but he didn't need more to know that those students were most likely doomed to never be heard from again so he immediately sought out his alpha. Along with Liam watched Raven5, designated to watch over him after Belasko became Scott's familiar instead of being just an observer.
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"Hey, Lydia. I'm going to need your Maths notes again. Theorems this time." Said Malia, happy that they weren't given homework today.
She planned to go straight home and practice her least favorite subject, she had to so that her friends didn't leave her behind but that was the thing. While Lydia and Scott knew what they wanted to do with their lives the Tate didn't. One thing she did though was that she wasn't going to do summer classes and the only way to ensure that was to study.
Though Natalie Martin could be annoying with her ignoring the existence of the supernatural, that woman did have a point in that they should take their senior year seriously, especially the alphette because of how special her high school career was.
What with her having spend eight years away from civilization and all it entailed, but it helped that the girl was naturally an intellectual person. Something that was taken into consideration to be accepted in Beacon Hills High School and she continued to prove. Not everyone who has gone through what she has would be able to obtain Cs and Ds in Mathematics and some still struggled to get those with normal lives.
Lydia borrowed her werecoyote friend the notes she wanted before they went their separate ways. While Malia was going to study, the banshee was going to look over the research Corey, Mason and Hayden compiled and then send Scott those that she thought were more relevant to what he wanted. Well, half of it since Jordan had the other half. Jordan...
The banshee stopped herself before she could think more about the hellhound. Instead, she watched as her alphette drove away. Not long after Malia hit the road she received a phone call from a phone number she didn't recognize and thought about not answering but ended up answering, using her car Bluetooth for hands-free.
"Who are you?" Was her greeting, and as usual she didn't beat around the bush, catching the caller off guard.
"Er... I am Neo Mokoena. An attorney and I'm looking for Malia Tate. Might you be her?" Responded Neo, more than positive she found the person she was looking for after the greeting.
"Why would you be looking for me?" Asked Malia.
"I take it you're Malia Tate?" The attorney inquired for confirmation to which the girl responded positively. "Ms Tate I believe that you're aware that you were born Malia Hale to Peter Hale and a woman known as the Desert Wolf and less known as Corrine..."
"What does that have to do with anything?"
"Well, Ms Tate, being that Corrine passed away without an official Will or a known next of kin aside from you as her daughter, a judge has seen fit to appoint you as her sole heir and it is my duty to see to it that you receive your inheritance as Corrine's attorney." Informed the Mokoena.
"I don't want anything from that woman." Lowly growled Malia, tightening her grip on the wheel and speed up.
Tiny sparks of electricity slowly began to appear along her arms, eyes glowing alpha red.
"And I understand why. The judge also took that into consideration and he hoped the inheritance would compensate for what Corrine did and give you resources to help you cope. He also opened a minor investigation to see the effects of Corrine's actions on the McCalls and Stilinskis.
As a result before the sum of your inheritance was reached deductions were made for the two affected families. Before you give up your inheritance, Ms Tate, please remember that you're in the last semester of your senior year and that you're just starting to live your life.
Don't blindly throw away what could open doors for you because of what Corrine did, instead use it to live the life that she tried to take away from you, the life she took from your friend." Neo's words broke through the alpha werecoyote before her powers got out of control.
She decided to get off the road to think and think she did. The attorney knew her words struck a chord or a few so she was patient and waited. After getting her thoughts a little clearer Malia accepted and drove home with a lot on her mind. After the call ended Neo looked at a woman who was sitting across from her in her office.
"Satisfied?" She asked.
"Very." Answered the woman, placing a briefcase on the table and opened it to reveal a lot of money.
"It is a pleasure doing business with you, Sofya Voronova." Said Neo, accepting the cash.
Sofya Voronova, a vampire of more than five centuries, couldn't help the smirk on her face as she left Neo Mokoena's office. It seemed like everything was going according to plan. Someone might have stalled them with killing the Desert Wolf but now they were guaranteed.
Break
Greta drove in silence, heading to the woods with Stefan and their two victims. She planned to leave the vampire in the woods to dispose the bodies after he's done draining them dry of their blood. The method he will use to do that will give her an idea of how his mind works for future plans. He would either leave the bodies where they would be found or make them disappear, either way the witch would learn something about him.
When they arrived at a place Greta deemed perfect they all got out and she expectedly looked at Stefan who swallowed hard and turned his sight on his compelled fellow schoolmates. Eyes locked on his prey, the Salvatore exposed his true nature and went to attack but...
"Wait." The witch stopped the vampire at the last moment and though he did stop, the predator in him was closer to the surface than the 'human'.
"What?" Asked an irate Stefan, he could hear the blood pumping throughout his soon to be victims' bodies, promising quite a meal.
"This is too simple for the notorious Ripper of Monterey, don't you think? I think Klaus made it clear that he wants the ripper, not the pathetic excuse for a vampire you've been pretending to be for Elena's sake. She's not here so she won't know if you allow yourself to indulge a little, I hear predators like to hunt their prey, and I'll report back and say that you were a good little boy. Win-win." Said Greta, a smile on her face.
"You're enjoying this, aren't you?" Commented Stefan, taking a moment to mentally prepare himself.
Her emphasis on the word 'hunt' made it clear that she wanted him to hunt the humans before them, compel them to try their best to escape and go after them. He should have guessed as much when she brought them to the woods.
"You have no idea." Replied the Martin, motioning him to go ahead already.
Greta only had a moment to see Stefan approach the humans only for the thinnest of wind to pick up then his head suddenly twisted in a way it shouldn't with a resounding snap and his body hit the ground, clearly dead, before she released a short gasp from a sudden blow to the head and her own world went dark.
With the Salvatore dead his compulsion broke and the boy and girl he had compelled were released from their compulsion and began to panic as they saw Greta and Stefan on the ground and a boy with glowing yellow eyes and what looked to be fangs and claws standing over Greta, but a moment before the situation really registered Scott appeared before them and began to implement his own compulsion.
"Forget everything that happened after a second before you saw Stefan Salvatore approach you, including what you saw after his compulsion wore off and replace those memories with memories that mirror a normal day after school when you wake up. Now sleep." He compelled both humans before he looked at Liam.
"I'll be back." Said the witch-vampire-werewolf tribrid then disappeared with the humans to drop them off somewhere safe.
Liam stood blinking, shifting to human form, as it was the first time he saw Scott use compulsion, the boy wasn't sure if any of the pack has ever witnessed it, not even the mass compulsion at the school and if any of them did it would be the older generation.
The Dunbar didn't know that the True Alpha's first compulsion victim was Malia whom he unknowingly compelled to acknowledge that her involvement in her adoptive mother and sister's deaths was something she couldn't really control, especially at her age. It didn't take long for Scott to return and when he did he couldn't help but sigh.
"Are you OK?" He asked his beta.
"Yeah. It's just... Weird." Answered the werewolf.
The McCall nodded then looked at Greta and Stefan. They only heard the tail end of the conversation from a distance, something about a win-win, but the whole situation didn't paint the unconscious witch and temporarily dead vampire in good light at all and by association; Alaric, Bonnie, Caroline and Elena.
"What are we going to do about them? Kill them?" Inquired Liam.
"I don't know yet but we need to get back to school before anyone notices we're not there for practice." Responded Scott, trying to come up with a temporary solution until he recalled a set of spells his mentor Dr Deaton taught him.
They were a variation of a druid spell that Alan Deaton once used to force Kali to transform back to her human form when she threatened Marin, effectively depowering and neutralizing her. The druid taught them to the Witch Tribrid because violence wasn't always the answer but sometimes people weren't willing to be civil and needed to be brought down to a level that would force them to listen.
"Go back to school and cover for me while I think of something. We'll talk later." Ordered the True Alpha, and Liam didn't protest.
He left even as he wondered if his alpha was going to kill the woman and Stefan. Scott waited a few moments, listening for his beta's footsteps before he went to work.
Break
Liam arrived at school just in time as the teams were just going to the field. Looking at the bleachers, he saw that the werewolf Scott bumped into the other day was among the spectators which included Caroline, Elena and Bonnie though unlike the last time they were sitting together along with another boy, something that gained the Dunbar's attention.
If they were a group, a pack or coven, according to his count there would be about eight known or suspected members, with the fate of two currently being decided by Scott. A few minutes later everything was set for practice and just before they began the McCall arrived and successfully sneaked past the coaches to join his team, eliciting chuckles from the spectators.
Break
Malia Tate sat on her bed with books all around her but her mind was elsewhere. The inheritance. She had doubts about accepting it considering where it came from but she could see its usefulness. It helped that Melissa and Sheriff Stilinski had a cut and though it wouldn't do much for the latter it would help the former, what with the shooting that occurred at her house and insurance.
While the girl contemplating she received an email for a meeting concerning the inheritance with Neo Mokoena on Friday along with Henry Tate since she was still in high school. That gave her pause because she never gave Neo her email address and now that she thought about it, nor phone number...
Break
Greta and Stefan woke up with a headache for the former and a sore throat and neck for the latter, both confused. Stefan didn't remember what happened aside from moving to approach his would be victims so he looked to Greta for answers.
"Someone attacked us. I think. They were too fast for me to see but before I was knocked out I saw you hit the ground after your neck was snapped." She said, cautiously looking around. "Quite a bodyguard you are."
The vampire chose not to comment on that, pretty sure that she was going to report to Klaus about his 'failure' to protect her.
"What now?" He asked instead, and they both thought about the two learners that were nowhere to be seen.
"Since you're no use as a bodyguard, go look for your preys and make sure if they weren't taken by our mysterious attacker, you continue what you never finished." Replied Greta, opening her car door.
She planned to get a few candles out to help cast a spell that could help her find the perpetrator(s) that dared interfere with Klaus' plans and something told her it wasn't just one person. Stefan swallowed his reply and turned to super run around the woods to check if the learners were around since it didn't seem like much time passed.
He did run but to his confusion and worry, there was nothing super about the run. His speed was human ordinary, and that made him stop.
"Do you need an incentive, Stefan?" Asked Greta, annoyed while looking for the box that contained the candles.
"I... Something's wrong. I can't run any faster." He said, and began analysing himself as the Martin turned towards him.
"What do you mean by that?" She questioned, confused.
Break
Even though months have passed, Sheriff Noah Stilinski still felt the absence of his son. Every single day. And today was no different. The man questioned his ability to protect Beacon County every now and then because he wasn't able to protect Stiles.
It seemed to him the kids could protect the county better than him and the entire sheriff station, what with them getting rid of a resurrected monster, abnormal scientists, psychotic chimeras, assassins, dark kitsune and the list went on, with the end not in sight.
Noah smiled a little as he remembered Stiles tell him that Scott was the Sworn Protector of Beacon Hills, it was a pity the boy wasn't interested in law enforcement. Well, traditional law enforcement. But that was alright since Jordan was around. Everytime the Stilinski doubted himself he always saw that young man as his replacement and no other.
The fact that the boy was a member of the McCall Pack was a bit of a problem because of the conflict of interest that was sure to occur in some situations but Noah couldn't fool himself by pretending that was never the case for him since Stiles was a member of the Pack.
The whole situation with Melissa calling him because there was a body with Kira Yukimura's katana buried in it in her house was an example of such a situation and being a straight forward law enforcer, ignoring what he already knew about supernaturals even after Melissa warned him, sure didn't win him any points with her, the Yukimuras or the Pack, nor did it earn him anything at the sheriff station because Ken Yukimura took the blame for his daughter and the evidence disappeared, voiding the case.
Noah didn't know what he was thinking at the time... OK, that was a lie. He just felt powerless, having children running around and doing the job that you were supposed to be doing did that to a person and the whole thing with Peter Hale during the Dead Pool problem didn't sit well with the law enforcement officer.
The omega werewolf did whatever he liked and never paid the price, killing the Mute in front of the County Sheriff being one of the things that man did and never paid for. Yes, that didn't sit well with Noah and ultimately got him to try and make Kira pay for her crime without knowing the full details, maybe as an example to other supernaturals.
Things didn't go as planned and the man was glad. The young ones were the future even though they were already the present. Stiles might be gone but his friends, his pack was still around and Beacon Hills still standing. So when the human arrived at home to find an envelope with a cheque along with a letter addressing the decision of the court and everything, he didn't tear it up.
Noah thought about doing what he has been holding off for a while now and maybe go an extra mile, he knew Stiles would have approved of it.
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Elena, Caroline and Bonnie watched as the lacrosse teams practiced, sitting with Matt and Tyler. The coaches had mixed the teams, half of each, and had them play against each other and every ten minutes a few players changed teams and played for the other. When they took a break Bonnie finally found her solution.
"Guys, I think I just found a way to get them to drink the potion." She said, and when they looked at her in question she just pointed them at the water bottle and cups on a table the players were at.
"They have to drink water every now and then, before, during or after practice. I can just spike the water and enchant the potion to only pour in Scott and Liam's cups as supernaturals." Explained the witch.
"Or you could just tell them you know that they're werewolves and that a very old vampire who happens to be one of the first to ever exist and a werewolf could be after them if he discovers their presence." Voiced Matt.
"How do you think they would react to that?" Asked Caroline.
"I don't know. But I'm pretty sure better than they would if they find out about the plan to make them drink the potion without their knowledge." He said, then excused himself.
They all had to admit that the Donovan had a point but they also didn't know how the two would react, werewolves were rather hotheaded after all.
"I guess Matt is right. I will talk to them after practice." Was Bonnie's decision.
"I'll go with you." Volunteered Tyler, looking at her.
Since Scott was familiar with her enough to borrow her his shirt, the werewolf thought she was the perfect person to properly introduce him to Scott and as fellow werewolves the meeting might go well.
Before Caroline and Elena could add their voices the former received a call from Stefan asking her to pick him up somewhere in the woods where Greta left him, telling her that he would explain when they meet and to be careful.
Bonnie, Caroline, Elena and Tyler wondered why the Salvatore would need to be picked up when he could just run and the only female vampire of the group decided to leave with the doppelganger. They all decided to meet at the Salvatore house later to update each other.
Break
"Let me know when you find them." Klaus said to Greta over the phone before ending the call after she gave him a troubling but interesting report.
Apparently there was an attack on her and Stefan in the woods that ended up with the former losing access to his powers... But he wasn't the only one. Greta found that she couldn't cast spells anymore or feel her magic when she tried to find clues about their attackers at the site of the attack.
Attackers because they suspected a vampire was working with a witch, with the former temporarily killing Stefan and the later knocking out the Martin and stripping them of their powers.
According to Greta, the vampire was the fastest she's seen, something that earned the Original Hybrid's interest along with the witch or warlock who stripped off Greta and Stefan's powers. He wanted to meet and maybe recruit them but if they refused...
Well, they would be threats and threats were not allowed to live. A thought passed that Bonnie Bennett was the witch but as much as that girl was a powerhouse Klaus doubted her involvement.
But for now, the vampire-werewolf hybrid focused on building his army. He already received a rather promising tip-off and couldn't help the anticipation of getting his own pack, dedicated and loyal only to him.
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Bonnie and Tyler waited for Liam and Scott outside the front school doors after practice and when they got out the two immediately approached them. The True Alpha's first bitten beta prepared himself when he saw Bonnie and Tyler, Scott hasn't informed him on what he did with Stefan and the woman who he said was a witch so the boy was just being cautious and the alpha couldn't blame him.
They two groups greeted one another, with the Bennett-Hopkins introducing Tyler and Scott Liam before the witch asked that they talk. The four returned back inside the school building and Scott chose a class at random, choosing to chose the venue since Tyler and Bonnie chose the time. With Bonnie and Tyler standing side by side and Liam just a little behind Scott's side the witch began.
"We know that you're werewolves." Were her words which caught Scott and Liam off guard but not entirely unprepared.
"Really?" Asked the McCall, lacing his voice with a bit of humor.
"Yes. And I'm a witch and Tyler is also a werewolf." Responded the witch, and seeing that the boys were just humoring and not acknowledging her...
"Motus." Cast Bonnie, interrupting Scott before he could say anything by using a telekinetic spell to bring a book that was on the other side of the room to her hand.
"Alright, acknowledged. But why are you exposing yourselves to us?" He questioned after the display.
"What do you know about the very first vampires, the Original Vampires?" Asked Tyler instead.
Both members of the McCall Pack tensed at that.
"Original Vampires?" Inquired Liam.
He knew about them since Scott told the Pack about them when he revealed his 'new' vampire side but didn't go into detail. Bonnie and Tyler took the Beacon Hills boy's reaction as a result of mentioning vampires and not the Originals themselves and the Dunbar's question as curiosity.
"Yeah, Original Vampires. They..." The Lockwood werewolf gave a summarized explanation about the vampire royalty family, with the Bennett filling in here and there to give the McCall Pack duo an overview of the first vampires but to Liam and Scott it was more than an overview since the Mystic Falls duo gave them far more details than they thought and for the secret Mikaelson...
He tried hard to not show his real reaction to the unexpected information about his family, the family he has never met but was hearing much about. Scott learned of the history of his family and from how Bonnie and Tyler were telling the story it seemed like their source had a front row seat into the lives of his biological father's family and that was confirmed when he asked and they said Elijah, his father's older half brother, told the story to Elena.
The Tribrid felt like Theo had once again buried his clawed hand into his gut when Bonnie revealed that Klaus apparently killed the rest of his family and left their bodies in the ocean to never be found again, leaving only Elijah whom he killed just recently in retaliation to him working with the Mystic Falls team to kill him.
"I've found her, True Alpha." Raven1's telepathic interruption interrupted the beginnings of a panic attack before Liam, Bonnie and Tyler could notice it although Liam sensed his alpha's distress via chemo-signals and placed his hand on the older boy's shoulder.
Aided by Raven1's interruption the McCall was able to calm down quickly.
"If Elijah told you this, does that mean Klaus is here?" Asked Liam, giving Scott time to fully recover.
He thought the True Alpha's reaction was a normal thing considering that he was a vampire-werewolf hybrid like Klaus, the only two in the world and the Original Hybrid's actions against his own family were not sunshine and rainbows. The Mystic Falls duo answered positive to Liam's question.
"Since he has full access to his hybrid powers now we think he might start looking for werewolves and turn them into vampire hybrids even against their will. He..." Bonnie was interrupted just when she was about to tell the Beacon Hills duo about Stefan having to serve Klaus by a janitor and they had to leave the class after that but she was sure the message was delivered.
Just as they were about to go their separate ways the Bennett girl told Liam and Scott about the potion she made to mask their aura so Klaus doesn't find them and offered it to them. They accepted it but she wasn't sure if they would use it. Tyler made plans to meet up with the McCall and Dunbar, he wanted to see if they could help him with some werewolf lessons and form a friendship with them.
At the end of the day Scott felt like Bonnie and Tyler left out some pieces of the story and he was right, they didn't say anything about the doppelgangers or that their friend was one. They might have wanted to help the Beacon Hills duo and prevent Klaus gaining more power via a hybrid army but that didn't mean they trusted them so the duo left out some of the details that might compromise them.