Chapter 2

Every soldier must know, before he goes into battle, how the little battle he is to fight fits into the larger picture, and how the success of his fighting will influence the battle as a whole.
Bernard Law Montgomery

Sweat was covering my skin. I couldn't stop now. I had to keep going. Fighting is the one thing that kept me alive for so long and I had to stay in shape. Imagining my enemy standing across from me I punched the punching bag as hard as I could. Training has always been a part of my life. I was probably the most experienced fighter in the hunter's world. I've always enjoyed working out or improving my skills. The use of weapons was just a bonus to this whole thing. Call me crazy but I loved the danger and the thrill that hunting brought me.

One kick here and there, a long jog around Beacon Hills and a long hot shower later I found myself in the mall. Don't ask me how I got here. I don't even know.

"We should buy you something nice to wear for school. I was thinking about something more clourful, you know? Maybe blue or red…. Hm let's see what we'll find. I'm sure you'll be glad that I took you shopping once you go to school. I know that you've been home schooled until now but let me tell you: School is not all about learning it is also about the right clothing."

Allison looked at me with expecting eyes. Her and Victoria got the glorious idea of taking me shopping because and I quote "I needed to get rid of all the dark colours in my closet. I am such a beautiful girl and beautiful girls should wear beautiful colours." Really! I've got a full closet with nice clothes from all around the world. And you know what got me in this mess? Allison seeing my hunting gear. It is only rational to wear dark colours when you're about to take down the most dangerous creatures on earth. Of course I can't walk around in some bright pink outfit while I'm out hunting. But Victoria being Victoria and not telling Allison anything about our true identities told my wonderful cousin that I was in need of a shopping tour because of my choice of clothing. So that is the reason for me standing inside this stupid mall, trying to find clothes that I didn't need.

"Yes indeed Allison. But it's not as if I needed anymore clothes. I've got enough of 'em in my closet back in your house."

I was almost about to say in OUR house. But I just couldn't bring myself to it. This was not my house, not my home and it would never be any of those things. My house stands in Rome. Abandoned and empty….

"Oh come on Fay, don't be such a buzzkill. We both know that you want to buy some new clothes. Deep down inside you know it."

Allison actually had the decency to smirk at me. No one does that. I am the one smirking at others!

"Yeah well maybe I would have been in the mood to buy some things, if I had had the chance to sleep for an hour or two. Now I am just grumpy and tired. All because of you and your crazy mother!"

Allison rolled her eyes and walked over to Victoria who was already standing in front of a boutique. Maybe I could slip away with none of them noticing. I took one step backwards and then another. Then I started to run. I wasn't going to take the risk of them noticing me slip away, so I ran as fast as I could out of the mall and into the forest. I just needed to get away for a moment. Slowing down a bit I investigated my surroundings. I was able to hear the birds chirping and the wind brushing the trees. I felt at peace and decided to sit down for a bit on a fallen branch.

I've always enjoyed being in nature. It had something calming and reassuring. I remember me wandering around in the woods as a child. I would explore my surroundings and go on little adventures together with my best friend. Oh how I missed him. Rick has been my protector in childhood. He grew to be my best friend, the one person that I could always talk to. He was more of a father than my real one ever was. Rick died when I was fifteen. Got bitten by an alpha and then stepped in the back by my own father. A hunter transitioning into a werewolf… something like that did not exist in our world. It was either hunter or creature of the dark and it was our job to make sure that no one would end up being a beast. I know that Rick wouldn't have been one. He would have still been the same Rick that joked around with me, that taught me how to be an excellent archer and that just sat there for hours listening to my childish rambling. As I grew up he was the one I went to when I had a problem. Rick was my mentor, my best friend and most of all my hero.

Suddenly I heard branches snapping and footsteps coming closer and closer and noticed how dark it has already gotten. Great. But who would walk around the woods in the middle of the night?

"Hey Scott, over here! Come on man. We gotta find it!"

I heard a voice calling distantly in the woods. Deciding that I wanted to find out exactly who was wandering around the woods to this time I got up and made my way over to the voices that became clearer and clearer. Stepping into a clearing I was able to make out two figures looming around in the dark with flashlights in their hands. I walked closer and got to see them a bit better. Standing there were two guys that appeared to be my age. The first one of them seemed to notice me and cringed. I must have scared him. There's no need to say that I was amused by now.

"Woah…Who are you and what the hell are you doing out here, in the woods, all alone, to this time?"

The boy facing me asked. He looked a bit dorky but still kinda cute. Not that I would ever say something like this out loud.

"I could ask you guys the same thing. It's not as if you guys strolling around is any better than me doing exactly the same thing."

I raised my eyebrows and waited patiently for an answer. The two of them looks at it other and seemed to be weighing their options.

"Well, we've got a reason to be here. We are looking for a dead body. Actually a half of it. But that doesn't explain what you are doing here. I've never even seen you before. Are you new or something because logically Beacon Hills never gets any new students. And there's no way in hell that someone like you would move to a town like this. Am I right? Am I right Scott? Scott? Gosh that man! I am right aren't I?"

The boy that is supposedly called Scott just looked at me with an interested gaze. He wouldn't drop his gaze so I just stared back at him and raised my eyebrows. That seemed to snap him out of his stupor. Alright….The guys here in Beacon Hills seem to be very odd.

"Yeah exactly. Totally. You are right."

"Well alright then. There you have it. So… it was nice to meet you but we've got a body to find…"

"Who says that I am not here for the body? Maybe I've heard of it too and also wanted to search it?"

I don't know why I didn't just leave but something just compelled me not to go back just yet. I had this strange feeling in the pit of my stomach that something was going to happen.

"No! No way. We've heard about the body first and it's ours to find."

"Well then I hope you won't mind having my company for a while. I am not going to leave and since you won't either we will be stuck in this together. Oh and by the way… I am Faith and you were right, I am new in town. Just moved to my uncle's house. So Stiles and Scott ready to find the half of a dead body or are we going to stand here all night?"

They both just looked at me with baffled expressions. They simultaneously nodded and together we made our way deeper into the woods…..

Hello guys, this is my second chapter and I hope you like my story so far. Please review and tell me what you think. Until next time ;)