Chapter Four: Welcome to Beacon Hills

The school term was nearing an end, and in the final days, all talk in amongst the social groups at school became about where people were going and what they were doing. For Scott and his pack at school they sat around their table with Riley talking about their plans,
"Well some of my friends from New York are making the trip out here to visit me" Riley announced happily,
"Woah, they flying in?" Mason asked,
"Yeah" Riley confirmed,
"Is Mr. Lucas coming with them?" Lydia cheekily asked, and Riley blushed,
"Who is Lucas?" Liam Stiles asked,
"We are dating" Riley answered,
"Ah long distance relationship, cute!" Stiles insisted
"I can't wait for them to meet you guys, I know they will like you all!" Riley claimed
"How long are they staying for?" Hayden inquired,
"A couple of weeks" Riley stated. With the ringing of the bell students broke off and headed to class, for the final days of term things seemed as if they had gone back to normal. Incursions into Beacon Hills didn't occur again; but for the seasoned among Scott's pack, they near this calm was not the surrender of their mysterious enemy. Scott's allies began to hear his call and rally themselves; whispers began making their way to Beacon Hills. Rumors of what approached, while they would tell Scott, he decided that he, Chris, Sheriff Stilinski, Deaton and the Hales would keep it to themselves not wanting to take away from the enjoyment the other members of the pack were having in the final days of the term. Scott took the last three days off, allowing himself, Chris and Sheriff Stilinski to walk around Beacons assessing the defensible areas of the town and surrounding forest.
"What do you think Sheriff?" Chris asked as they stopped and took a break in the woods,
"To be honest, I'm not entirely sure that there is an army coming to Beacon Hills, but; if by some chance there is I want to keep any and all fighting to the forest. I don't want the citizens of Beacon Hills getting caught up in this." Sheriff Stilinski expressed with great concern,
"Unless we find some reason to evacuate the town, I'm not entirely sure we will be able to maintain zero civilian casualties." Chris insisted,
"Well isn't Deaton a Druid, doesn't he know some sort of barrier that we could put around the town?" Sheriff asked,
"But that would prevent our own Supernatural allies from exiting or entering, and if we were to put a barrier around the entire town that would be an enormous amount of mountain ash," Chris said. Scott went to say something but quickly turned around upon hearing someone approaching, both Chris and Sheriff Stilinski reached for their guns in their holsters. To their shock, they sat Satomi walk towards them,
"It seems my stealth hasn't entirely been lost." Satomi jested as she joined the group, the three of them relaxed and welcomed her.
"Thank you for coming Satomi; I'm glad Brett was able to reach you" Scott insisted.
"As old as I may be Scott, my sense of honor remains, you saved the lives of my pack and I. We shall always be there when you need us" Satomi respectfully said,
"I heard a rumour you had returned to Japan," Chris claimed,
"And it was just that, a rumour, one I started as I heard I was being targeted by a small group of Hunters," Satomi revealed,
"Anyone I may know?" Chris inquired,
"Not anymore" Satomi grinned, "now back to what you were discussing, Sheriff I do believe I have a solution to your problem," Satomi stated,
"Seriously?" Sheriff asked eager to hear this possible solution.
"When I was in an Internment Camp, during World War Two, there was a reason why couldn't I simply break out. A barrier had been put around the camp by Hunters, but the barrier opened and closed when the physical gates of the camp did. Since soldiers guarded the gates with guns, I couldn't escape when they opened" Satomi explained,
"Beacon Hills is larger than the camp you were in," Scott said.
"That is true, but if you really want to prevent fighting where innocents could get hurt, then it might be our only option." Satomi insisted,
"We could always take the fight to them, away from the town, but we don't even know how many are coming or how far away they ar," Chris stated,
"Doesn't matter, in the end, we are aware they're coming, we have to be ready for them!" Scott said, the others openly agreed with him on that point.

That Saturday; Peter and Derek were in the lounge room of the Hale estate; Peter laid down on the couch, while Derek stood looking out of the window with his arms crossed.
"I know that look" Peter stated,
"What look?" Derek asked,
"The same look that your Mother, my wondrous sister Talia would get when she was troubled. What is it, Derek?" Peter inquired
"Nothing, I'm just thinking."
"Don't think too hard, you might hurt yourself."
"What do you get out of all of this?"
"What do you mean?"
"There is some sort of monster heading this way with an army, that doesn't sound like the conditions you typically stay in, you're all about self-preserving, staying alive and making it out on top."
"You know, I'm hurt that you would think me so shallow!"
"Aren't you though?"
"A little"
"So why are you staying?"
"Because I have a family to protect, I don't care what you all think of me. I know who I am and I don't have to prove myself to anyone"
"Not even Malia?"
"She is my daughter, if she doesn't think that I'm not entirely a monster or a villain, then I'm okay with that."
"I use to."
"Use to what?"
"Think that you were a monster, a purely bad guy."
"Let's not get too sentimental now Derek."
"I think that maybe you had good intentions, just went about them the wrong way."
"The Hale Family has protected this town since we helped found it, we were a powerful dynasty, and overnight we were reduced to ashes, literally. With the death of Talia, I felt like it had fallen to me to rebuild, to restore our Family to its former glory. Now that I've taken a step back I think I now see what Talia saw, that the future isn't up to us, it's up to those who come next. Talia became the leader, the person she was to inspire you and your siblings, to show you the type of people to be. I wonder, if I swallowed my pride and listened to her more often, would I have turned out different?"
"Well then, time to make a difference. They're here!" Derek said as he turned around having heard the oncoming vehicles and picking up on their scents.
"Yep!" Peter said as he jumped to his feet, Derek walked over to him and placed his hand on Peter's shoulder,
"Be the man I know you are Peter, and I know Malia will see you for who you truly are!" Derek assured him. Peter smirked before walking to the door Derek not far behind him; they walked out of the front door onto the front deck then down the stairs just as Lydia pulled up driving her car and Stiles behind her in his jeep. The pack got out of the vehicles and gathered in front of Derek and Peter, while Braeden and Cora walked up behind Derek and Peter joining the group. "Good morning everyone, I know it's early, but Scott and I agreed that perhaps it was about time we started training, while he is working with Satomi and Deaton; Peter and I decided to help the rest of you. Stiles and Mason since the pair of you are the only non-supernatural creatures you will be training with Braeden out back." Derek explained,
"Did we forget I was possessed for a while by an evil spirit? It was hundreds of years old and very evil" Stiles curiously hoping to get himself out of training.
"Did that leave you with any supernatural abilities?" Braeden asked,

"No, just nightmares from time to time."
"Do you know how to use a gun?"
"No, I'm rather smart, I think of the plans."
"Good, so you will learn quickly then!" Braeden concluded before leading them off around to the back of the house. They walked away from the house and down a hill arriving at a fighting rage with targets set up, they also found Chris standing next to a table of guns and Hunter's weapons with a joyful smile on his face. Stiles had known Chris for too long to think this was going to be easy on them.
"Okay, the rest of you, I hope you stretched because we will not be going easy," Derek claimed,
"How bad can it get?" Malia asked clearly cocky,
"Oh my dear, to have you ready and able to face whatever is coming for us, I'm going to be training you so very hard that you will wish, that you were back out there in the wild with the other coyotes," Peter said as he walked forward with his usual smirk.
"Peter is right, you need to be ready, we won't go easy on you; Lydia you will pair up with Parrish, Hayden and Liam, Malia you will partner up with Peter" Derek explained,
"Wait, why am I with him?" Malia inquired,
"Because I will be working with everyone, and I thought he would be a better target for you to focus on" Derek answered,
"Naww, guys please I touched" Peter jested, Malia, shrugged as they broke up into their pairs and began their training under the experienced eye.

The first day of training covered the basics of engaging an individual who had supernatural abilities. Derek and Peter went through step by step offensive and defensive moves for basic attacks, while Stiles and Mason were taught about the very basic of Hunter's tools and rules of engagement. While at first, they found training to be challenging, something awoke in them all, a feeling of realism; knowing that this wasn't like the other dangers they faced. And so while the training was taxing on them they were filled with determination to see it through hoping that it would keep them alive. While the day darkened as storm clouds blanketed the sky, that night two cars would pull up out the front of the Matthews' home, Riley ran out to meet her friends who quickly got out of them to meet her with a warm embrace.
"Maya, Lucas, Josh, Farkle, Zay, Smackle. Welcome to Beacon Hills how was your flight?" Riley asked,
"It was long, but it was worth it Niece!" Josh said, Ben, Topanga, and Auggie came out to greet them all. As hugs and greetings were exchanged, Riley and her best friend Maya hugged one another again tightly and warmly while Lucas waited to the side for his turn which as expected did up. It had felt like a lifetime since they had all been together which meant that Riley had to be brought up to date with everything that had been happening back in New York. Josh, Lucas, Farkle, and Zay walked back down to the cars to retrieve the group's luggage. Meanwhile up in the forest of Beacon Hills as the sky rumbled with thunder; at a lookout point that provided a picturesque view of the town lit up at night. The cloaked figured emerged from the shadow of the night and approached the edge, Melvin not far behind him, and a small group of people were a few steps behind him.
"Look at Melvin," the figure said, Melvin stepped closer and took off his hat,
"It is a lovely view my Lord" Melvin insisted,
"It shall be a shame to see it burn!" the figure claimed.
"I do agree Sir," Melvin said as he retreated a little
"Welcome everyone, to Beacon Hills! The first battleground in the war to come!" the figure proclaimed as he opened his eyes and in the darkness that shrouded his face. His golden eyes glowed even brighter than normal. For Scott and his pack, they were unaware of what the storm had brought to their town; the evil lurked in the darkness around Beacon Hills. How little they knew of what was about to unfold. Above them, a deep and fearsome thunder rumbled while bright and violent lighting carved open the sky.