Hey guys, sorry it took a bit, but it's reaching the end of the school year, so that's been busy. Here's the next chapter, and I'm pretty sure I know where the following chapter will go, so hopefully that will come quickly.

Mr. Deaton looked up from his work as he heard the bell by the door chime. "Melissa is everything all right. Do I need to make any adjustments to Scott's shifts?" Deaton instantly said.

"No, no, everything there is fine. The other night I was brought in on Scott's condition," Melissa replied with, putting an emphasis on 'condition.'

"I imagine you have some questions, why don't we head into the back and I can answer as much as I can," Deaton told Melissa as he held the gate open.

Melissa walked in and the pair walked to the doctor's room in the back. "My first question is how you found out?" Melissa asked.

"I knew almost instantly. I've been around the supernatural for a long time, and so Scott's first shift after his transformation, I noticed the change in how he interacted with the animals. I just put two and two together from there," Deaton explained. "You trying to figure out why he didn't tell you till now?"

"No, he explained that rather well. He told me that he never told anyone on a whim, but for each one of them, circumstances required him to tell them. I was wonder what your circumstances were," Melissa admitted.

"I would say, for most supernatural that is the case," Deaton comments. "So, how much do you know about the whole situation?"

"A fair bit, Scott has been very honest with me, though there are some of the things they talk about, which I don't think they completely comprehend," Melissa admitted.

"Oh, now you have me intrigued," Deaton comments after a moment of silence.

"What's a pack symbol?" Melissa asks after another second.

Deaton stood there for a second, before regaining his composure, "I was not expecting that out of a new pack so soon. A pack symbol is something used to mark territory so that other packs know who own what, it's similar to gang graffiti, though generally used more sparingly."

"Then why do they want to get tattoos of their pack symbol if it's meant for property?" Melissa responds with.

Once again Deaton had to take a second before responding. "That might not be a pack symbol they are talking about then. Can you tell me how they came about this symbol?"

"It was the night I found out. They had done a bonding ritual between Scott and Alison, making her Alpha Female of the pack, or something. I'm still fuzzy on that, but when they were done, the blood used in the ritual make the symbol they want to use on the floor, fused into the wood," Melissa explained.

"That wouldn't be just a pack symbol that would be a pack coat of arms. Now, the thing you need to understand is that all supernatural creatures are created by the differing effects of an energy, most commonly thought of as magic. Something noticed in the last couple hundred years is that this energy is at least partially sentient, and will provide certain things to supernaturals. One of those things, for packs deemed worthy, is a coat of arms. It's something significant, it elevates a pack to a clan, which in werewolf culture is much more significant. They are getting one way earlier than most clans do, by a lot, it means they are something big," Deaton explained to a shocked Melissa.

"So, I should let them get the tattoos?" Melissa asked, raising her hand to rub her shoulder gently.

"Yes, though Scott will have to be done here. His body will just metabolize the ink, so I'll have to do a specially process to get it to stay," Deaton explained. "Now, what else do you want to know?"

"Well, I have signed on as the pack healer, and Scott told me you know a lot about this type of stuff, which is why I came in the first place," Melissa said.

"Ah, yes, I have had to heal those teens on a couple of occasions. I have a couple books on the uses of these herbs, and how to take care of them that I can pass onto you now, I'll have to get a couple other books out of storage that I haven't needed to use since I was learning," Deaton said, as he made his way around the room, picking out said things.

Melissa grabbed the handful of books and basic herbs from Deaton and said, "Thank you, if you need anything from me, let me know."

"Will do, have a nice day Melissa," Deaton responded with.

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Lydia sat in the final class of the day as her teacher had just returned from being sick. "Now, class, I had meant to give this assignment out Tuesday, but alas, that didn't happen for obvious reasons. Sadly, this project has a strict deadline that can't be moved, so as a compromise, I'll be teaming you up instead of having this be a solo project," The teacher explained to the class.

Lydia zoned out, waiting for her name to be called. "Lydia," she finally heard called, followed by "Kira." The two girls looked at each other, grin's plastered over their faces.

As soon as they were allowed to, the two girls started to strategize, ending out on a plan to meet up after school at Lydia's house.

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Much to their surprise, Scott and Alison had the trip home, at least, to themselves. Arriving back, Scott entered and called out, "Mom, we're home."

"In the back yard," Melissa calls out.

The pair walks out to find Melissa covered in dirt working on planting the herbs Deaton gave her. "I see you went to see Deaton today," Scott comments.

"Yes I did, he was most helpful. I actually need to talk to all of you about pack stuff at some point soon, where's everyone else?" Melissa responded with.

"Stiles had to go check on his dad and grab some stuff from his house before coming over and Lydia is doing a group project meeting at her house, and then she's coming over with the last of my stuff. We're supposed to start on their training tonight," Alison informed Melissa.

"Okay, I'll have some stuff to bring up to the pack at dinner then. Until then, you two go work on homework," Melissa commanded.

There you go, I hope you guys enjoy it.