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Chapter 07: House of Memories

"And I think I know how to break the spell curse over Stiles,"

Over the course of the next ten days Derek did as he said he would going between the lounge room and his bedroom, only leaving the house if absolutely necessary. He was as predicted by Isaac a total hermit and grump. Not even Stiles could get him to get out of his room and that was no fault for trying. Even though Stiles wasn't back to normal yet, Jessica knew that he was trying and that he remembered something even if he couldn't make sense. Cora tried to get Derek to leave the house but just ended up being rebuffed like when it first happened. Isaac was semi-successful in getting him to sit in the yard with him and Scott.

Chris, Peter and Theo arrived the morning that Derek was getting rid of the leg brace and putting his prosthesis on for the first time in ten days. Jordan was sitting talking to Jessica and Derek as Jessica helped Derek who only wanted the help because he hated trying to attach it on his own. Theo and Chris walked into the house, with Theo almost immediately heading towards the bathroom much to Chris' chagrin.

"He's been complaining since we left," Chris muttered, Jessica just laughed teenagers tended to do that more often than not.

"Where's Peter?" Derek questioned as Jessica finished taking the brace off of his leg so that he could walk around a bit, albeit stiffly. Derek stretched his leg, wiggling it back and forth. "Leave it for now Jess," She'd moved to pick up the prosthesis but Derek had swatted at her hand making her stop.

"Outside, trying to not torment the witch," Chris answered, watching the interactions between the two before they heard shouting from the bathroom.

"Isaac, Cora let me in!" Theo was near dancing in the hallway with the need to pee. "I know you're both in there. Damn it I need to piss!"

"Theo just go into my bathroom," Jessica yelled before she motioned for Chris to head to the kitchen as there was a fresh pot of coffee on the stove. "I'm going to talk with Peter outside,"

"Wait Jess, we'll come with you," Derek said before reaching over and grabbing his crutches and pushing himself to his feet. Jordan grabbed hold of him as he stumbled missing his footing slightly with the crutch. "Thanks,"

"Chris can you make sure they don't burn the house down," Jessica questioned before she, Derek and Jordan stepped outside.

Stiles was spending the day with Scott and his father at the house, the two teens were playing video games while Noah caught up on work. Scott was trying to tell Stiles that the way he was playing wasn't how they would usually play. Stiles was insistent that it was the wrong way, so Scott ultimately gave up what else could he do?

"Stiles," Scott sighed, before collapsing backwards on the bed and staring up at the ceiling.

"What Scotty?" Stiles questioned, mimicking his best-friends actions and collapsing backwards on to his bed.

"It's nothing, it's just that's not we normally do," Scott uttered, looking at Stiles and then back to the ceiling and closing his eyes.

"It feels wrong...but I don't know how else to fix it..." Stiles told him, rolling partially on to his side to see into Scott's eyes.

"You know we're working on it, we haven't stopped and we won't," Scott answered, turning to face him so that Stiles could see the truth behind his eyes. "Jess thinks she found something so we have to hope that it works,"

"I hope you're right," Stiles mumbled, throwing himself backwards on his bed and for the first time noticing a photo of himself, Derek, Jessica, Cora and Jordan sitting on the desk. "When is that from?"

"Your birthday last April," Scott answered, pausing for a second before he continued. "You were so excited that Cora was finally home for it so you asked me to take the photo," In the photo Jessica was sitting between Derek and Jordan, with Cora and Stiles leaning their heads between them pulling faces.

"I was?" Stiles raised his eyebrow, he remembered being excited but not why he'd been excited and if Scott wasn't his best-friend he would have sworn that the werewolf was lying to him.

"Yeah, you were. Cora and Isaac had gotten home just in time," Scott explained, it was the truth Cora and Isaac had gone off a mission for Scott and promised they'd be back in time for Stiles' birthday and they were.

Noah had long given up catching up on his paperwork and was on his way to his room to have a lie down, but had stopped outside the door and was listening to Scott talking with Stiles. Scott knew that Noah was standing outside the door listening, and knew that he was only partially telling him the truth about that birthday. Stiles looked at Scott and then closed his eyes and nearly drifted off to sleep, sometimes he didn't want to sleep at all. Scott glanced outside the door and nodded to Noah that he'd stay with him.

Outside Jessica's, she was standing waiting for Peter to climb out of the van so that she could talk with him before talking with the witch that was responsible for the current situation. It took Peter all of three minutes to exit the van and for Jordan to take his place with the warning of not to make contact of any kind with her. Jessica and Derek both looked at Peter, waiting for him to say something.

"She refuses to talk," Peter stated his arms folded across his chest as he looked between Jessica and Derek and noticed Derek on his crutches. "What happened to you dear nephew?"

"Not today," Derek muttered, he wasn't in the mood to tell Peter what had happened in the last two weeks while they'd been tracking the witch.

"Peter, Cora and Isaac found something well more than something. They found a few something's," Jessica said, was being as cryptic as Peter had the habit of doing the same thing to her.

"Well, what did they find? Don't keep me waiting," Peter was still looking Derek up and down as he spoke to the two of them.

"Do the following mean anything to you...aside from what they mean to me...Forget-me-not, cyclamen and both the root and flower of the mandrake?" Jessica questioned, taking a deep breath as she finished talking and watched as Peter's face contorted while he thought. "Well Peter?"

"Patience, Jessica, patience," Peter said while stroking his chin and looking at her and then at Derek again. "First tell me what happened with Derek,"

"No, you tell me if Jess is right," Derek said he was getting impatient, they all were.

"Forget-me-nots as you know have to do with memories, cyclamen's forgive me but those I forget their purpose," Peter looked to Jessica pausing before he continued to speak. "And what did you say, the whole mandrake?"

"The cyclamen signifies resignation and goodbye, and yes the whole of the mandrake," Jessica answered, as Derek moved slightly and one of his crutches landed on a rock causing him to wobble slightly but quickly regained his balance. "You good?"

"Was it the whole root or part of the root?" Peter questioned watching as Derek leant on Jessica while they listened to what was happening in the back of the van.

"Part of," Derek spoke this time, he'd seen the photos that Cora and Isaac had shown Jessica.

"Peter?" Jessica raised her eyebrow she had a feeling that the whole root would be at the old bank. "What is it?"

"It's just that if its the whole root you have to be very careful," Peter told them before going into depth over what the addition of he mandrake root meant.

Jessica rolled her eyes listening to everything that Peter said, it was somewhat what she had expected. Derek moved to lean against the van as Jordan climbed out of the back and went to Jessica's side kissing her before mentioning that he had to head back to the station. Peter wondered exactly what Jessica and Derek were planning on doing with the witch.

"You two stay put, I may be a witch...but remember this is the first time I've talked with well a black witch," Jessica said before she decided to climb into the van and talk to her. "Just keep an ear out for anything,"

"Anything?" Peter and Derek exchanged a look, what exactly was anything?

"Yes, anything," Jessica answered, climbing into the van and closing the doors behind her before she spoke again. "I'm taking the gag off you, on the one condition that you only talk when I ask you a question. Understand?" Jessica questioned, she vaguely recognised the witch but she couldn't pick where she'd seen her before. The witch nodded as Jessica removed the gag from her mouth. "Tell me, who are you?"

"Elspeth Grey," the witch answered, she was blind folded so couldn't see Jessica's brain ticking over as she thought about who she was.

"What do you have against my brother?" Jessica questioned, and waited for the answer as her eyes went wide when she realised who she was. "Wait a minute, you're the little girl who lived across the road from our cousins house. The Stilinski's,"

"Your brother denied me," Elspeth answered, Jessica raised her eyebrow as she saw Derek and Peter peering into the van.

"You were just kids, up until he was eleven he wanted nothing to do with girls," Jessica told her pausing before she continued. "So you decided to take his memories of everything that he knows and alter them at the same time?" Jessica asked, Derek and Peter looked at one another what kind of grudge did this witch have against Stiles.

"Yes and there's nothing that you can do about it," Elspeth answered smugly before Jessica quickly put the gag back on her.

"See that's were you're wrong, I can bind your powers and reverse what damage you've done," Jessica told her before she climbed out of the van and shut the door. "She's new to the whole witchcraft and supernatural world, I can see how faint her aura is,"

"Yours is bright like the sun, hers is dark and faint," Peter said he'd noticed it when they'd found her, it was like she'd only been practising for a year at the most. "Now dear Jessica what are you planning?"

"Take her with us to the old bank...I'm going to get Lydia and Chris to encircle her in mountain ash," Jessica told them, Peter raised his eyebrow he'd never seen the mountain ash work on Jessica. "Won't work on me,"

Inside the house Isaac and Cora had finally left the bathroom and were sprawled out on the living room floor with Theo who had ended up using Jessica's bathroom. Cora and Isaac were listening to Chris and Theo recount what they'd found in the month that they'd been traipsing around the country. Surprisingly the three of them hadn't fought once and Peter had offered to take Theo under his wing but he'd refused. Theo would rather not.

Peter walked into the house and announced that Jessica and Derek wanted them outside as they were leaving shortly. Cora nodded and grabbed Derek's prosthesis and Jessica's go to bag. Isaac took the prosthesis from her before the four of them walked from the house. Cora locked the door behind them and tossed Jessica her bag.

"Call Scott and get him and Stiles to meet us as the old First National Bank," Derek told them, he didn't care which of the beta's made the phone call.

"I'm coming with you guys...can't stand to be in the car with them and their old people music," Theo muttered as Isaac pulled out his phone and called Scott. "I'll do anything,"

"Relax, get in," Jessica smiled unlocking the car as Theo looked between Derek and Jessica. Cora rolled her eyes, she knew that Jessica had a soft spot for anyone that was troubled. "When we get there everyone needs to be careful,"

"She's serious, let Jess bind her powers first," Derek told them, everyone nodded who was present, he'd reiterate when they got to the bank.

"And then what?" Cora questioned as they all stood around, Isaac wrapped an arm around Cora as she put Derek's prosthesis in the front passenger seat.

"And then we put her in a circle of mountain ash, and we destroy the entire area where the flowers are," Jessica explained, taking a deep breath she knew she would just have to explain it again when they got there.

Half an hour later and they were all gathered at Beacon Hills First National Bank, Chris had contacted the Sheriff and told him to just be aware that there was going to be a little supernatural activity happening. Derek sat in the passenger side of Jessica's car struggling to get his prosthesis back on again. Cora got out of the car and then helped him to fix it albeit a little sloppily, Derek scowled at her before Jessica was helping him straighten it up.

Stiles moved from being beside Scott to practically standing on top of Jessica. Jessica wrapped an arm around Stiles and pulled him close kissing the side of his head wondering what he was thinking about. Stiles grasped at Jessica's hand, she smiled at him and took hold of it squeezing it reassuringly. Derek looked at the two and smiled, he didn't know what else to do.

"Sti, you're going to stay with Derek. Stay as close to him as you are to me, okay?" Jessica questioned, Stiles nodded before he was moving from Jessica to Derek as the older man stood up and steadied himself against the car.

"So, uh Jess what exactly is the plan?" Lydia questioned as she and Malia climbed out of her car with Mason, Liam and Corey close behind them.

"You and Chris are going to encircle Elspeth...that's the black witches name in mountain ash and I'm going to literally and figuratively bind her magic and lock it away," Jessica explained, pausing to take a deep breath as she thought of what else she needed to say to them. "After that I need Cora and Isaac to show us where they found the flowers,"

"That we can do," Cora nodded, Isaac shook his head he didn't like being there any longer than he had to be. "That I can do,"

"Isaac, if it helps you any stay with me," Isaac half nodded and half shook his head, he wanted to stay curled up in the van. "I promise it's okay, nothing can hurt you in here," Jessica smiled reassuringly at him as she held out her hand.

"After that what?" Mason questioned, even though he had been reading everything he could in the books that Jessica had let him and Lydia borrow.

"Okay, so when these three were kids they use to have a little bit of pyromania in them," Jessica smirked motioning towards Scott, Stiles and Theo who all grinned. Stiles remembered lighting fires and then getting in trouble from Jessica and Noah.