There's many indicators that there's something wrong in one's pack. Maybe everyone's feisty and skittish, or maybe someone burst into tears over every little thing. As indicators go, walking into your bedroom to see all of the male werewolves huddled together is a pretty good indicator that something's not right.

Stiles raised an eyebrow and took a bite of his sandwich "what's going on guys?"

Everyone was silent for a moment before they all looked to Jackson "Derek said it would be safe here" he said

"You were with Derek?" Stiles sat on his bed in-between Isaac and Scott

"we were at the house because Derek bought this huge TV and The Amazing Spiderman"

"Good movie, so how did you all go from that to cowering in my room"

"I don't cower" Jackson scowled

"It was Erica" Boyd cut in "she came in during the movie and started pitching a fit about something in the kitchen, the next thing we know" he swallowed "she's ripping Derek a new one, literally. She had her knee on his neck and she was clawing at his face. He pushed her off and with his final breaths told us to come here, he sacrificed himself for us."

"I don't think it was a sacrifice per say" Stiles bit into his sandwich again slowly mulling over the story that he had just been told, "What's todays date?"

"January 6th" Scott answered "how is the date going to save Derek? As much as I don't like him I'd rather have him as an alpha than Erica"

Stiles laughed "she's not going to kill him guys don't worry. Papa Stiles has got this covered."

"You're going to kill Erica?" Jackson asked, everyone turned to look at him

Stiles blinked a few times "Um, no. No I'm not"

"What are you going to do?" Isaac asked, from his corner

"I'm going to bake her cookies" Stiles smirked at the confused faces of his pack.

It was honestly silly that the boys genuinely didn't know what was wrong with Erica. He currently sat squished in-between Jackson and Boyd as they drove him to Derek's almost finished house, they refused to let him take on the "she beast" (as they so aptly nicknamed Erica) on his own.

"Are you sure about this Stiles?" Boyd asked as they pulled up in front of the house "you remember what I said about her almost killing Derek right"

Stiles just rolled his eyes and exited the car, the wolves following closely behind him, he smiled as he opened the front door and saw Erica all curled around

Derek on the couch, Lydia was there as well and Alison was curled around her. They all smiled as he came in and Stiles, who had guessed this would happen, held up the box in his hand and shook it gently.

"I brought cookies"

Lydia gasped and tossed Alison off her gently "Stiles you perfect little human" she took the box from him and kissed his cheek ignoring the looks that the boys were giving her. Stiles laughed and squeezed himself in-between Derek and Lydia, Erica immediately let go of Derek and curled up to him.

"Can I have some cookies too?" She looked up at him through her lashes

"Of course, I made them for you at first then I remembered the other girls." He kissed her for head "I made all your favorites" he grabbed the box from Lydia and quickly removed two cookies, one was straight chocolate and the other was chocolate chip. He handed the chocolate one to Erica and offered the chocolate chip to Derek.

"I didn't know if there was a specific type of cookie for werewolves and I knew you would kick me out if I brought raw meat" Stiles smiled

Instead of the scowl Stiles was expecting Derek grabbed the cookie and his lip twitched slightly "Chocolate chip is actually my favorite."

Stiles smiled and curled his arm around Erica before directing his gaze to the boys standing at the door.

"Come sit with us" Derek told them, it sounded like a demand in his rough voice and more than half of the boys flinched. Stiles touched Derek's hand gently; when she looked at him Stiles smiled softly and gestured to the boys. He mouthed the word 'gently' and gave him an encouraging nod

"We can finish watching the Spiderman movie" Derek tried more gently. Slowly the boys came and sat on the floor at their feet, the majority sat at the feet of Lydia and Stiles but Boyd sat next to Derek's leg and Isaac sat in-between the two. Derek flipped on the movie and for just a moment the two packs were one, Erica shifted over so she was in-between Lydia and Stiles. She laid her head on Lydia's shoulder and Scott laid the back of his head on her leg. Isaac moved to the spot that she left vacant and curled up next to Stiles. Derek whispered something into his ear and Isaac smiled softly, after a moment hesitation Isaac curled into Derek's side and laid his head on his shoulder. In that small moment the two packs were one, they were put aside their differences and enjoy some cookies. If only for a few hours they were all one pack, they were all one family.

Days later Stiles was standing in the kitchen of the newly renovated Hale house mouth agape in awe.

"And I'm allowed to cook in here?"

"You're the only one allowed to cook in here" Derek said putting his hand on Stiles' shoulder. "You deserve it for everything Alpha Stilinski"

Stiles was about to complain but then Derek brought him in for a hug and everything was just Derek. Stiles was confused and didn't get to enjoy the hug until it was almost over but it was still nice. "There is something special about you Stiles Stilinski" Derek said stepping out of the head "and you are an alpha, no matter what you say."

"I'm really not" Stiles blushed at Derek's words, looking around the kitchen for a distraction. "I'm just the pack maid"

"The only messes you clean are the metaphorical one's I make" Derek told him as he was about to leave "Don't sell yourself short" Stiles just stared after him in shock until the buzzing of his cellphone knocked him out of it. He flipped it open without reading the caller ID

"Yello?"

"Stiles" Deaton's voice pulsed through the phone "I need you to ask your Alpha to get over here now, we have a situation" Deaton hung up before Stiles could ask any questions and he was left listening to the dial tone. Stiles stood still for a second before he jogged out of the room calling for Derek.

"What's wrong Stiles?" He asked coming down the stairs

"Deaton called and told me to "tell my Alpha' to go to his shop"

"Well come on then" Derek said grabbing his keys off the kitchen counter "You're as much of an Alpha as I am, let's go" Stiles sighed but walked behind Derek regardless.

When Stiles and Derek walked into the shop Deaton actually looked surprised.

"Why is Stiles here? This is a matter that an Alpha has to deal with alone."

"No one should have to deal with anything alone" Stiles said shrugging; he was looking around so he didn't catch the way Deaton looked at him.

"Stiles is an alpha" Derek filled in "it could be temporary or not but he is an alpha for now"

Deaton nodded and didn't ask any more questions. "It's a good thing you're both here then because we've got a situation, as you may or may not know there are a high council of witches that watch over the country. There are 50 witches."

"One for each state" Stiles guessed

Deaton nodded "Yes and the witch for California is coming down here to deal with all the noise we've been making. Apparently a pair of Alpha put in a complaint that there pack was murdered in Beacon hills" Deaton's eyes shifted to Derek but they snapped to Stiles as he let out a curse

"I knew I should have killed them, will the witch try to hurt us? Try to hurt the kids?" Stiles' stance became protective

Deaton's eyes shifted between Derek and Stiles in mute confusion "No, she's merely coming to observe. As long as she doesn't see the pack as a threat she'll leave as soon as she came"

Derek nodded but Stiles still looked worried, Derek placed a hand on his shoulder

"We'll be fine Stiles. We've basically got a pack of puppies to watch over"

Deaton smiled at the two as he watched the tension leave Stiles' body. "She'll be here in about five minutes, shall we go out and meet her"

"Where's she coming in?" Stiles asked "Beacon Hills airport?"

Deaton laughed "Witches don't like to use airplanes"

Five minutes later they were standing in the middle of Beacon Hills cemetery as they waited for the witch.

"So do you know this witch?"

"A bit" Deacon smiled gently "She's my cousin" Deaton nodded upward and both the boys followed his gaze, the sky seamed to shine in a way that wasn't normal then a girl emitted from the shiny patch of Sky. She smiled as she landed gently on her feet next to Deaton; they gave each other a short side hug before she addressed both of the boys.

"Hello Derek, Stiles. My name is Gemini and I am here to observe you until further notice"

"Nice to meet you Gemini" Derek said stiffly

"We hope everything goes according to plan" Stiles smiled at her

Gemini looked to Deaton hopefully; he laughed at her and nodded walking away. Immediately her posture relaxed, she dropped back onto one leg and flipped her long black hair over her shoulder.

"Alright guys, now that the formalities are over let's kick this shit" she laughed and unzipped her sweater showing off her Sleeping With Sirens tank top.

Derek raised one eyebrow but Stiles pushed out his fist "I dig the shirt"

She grinned and bumped his fist "Thanks, sorry I had to do the whole serious witch thing while Deaton was around. Honestly the only thing that's going to happen here is I'm going to crash at you're place and eat your food for about a week or two. Unless you guys are serving sacrificed virgins for dinner you have nothing to worry about with me"

Derek relaxed his posture and Stiles grinned "The packs gonna love you"

And they did, when Stiles brought her back to the house everyone took kindly to her. Lydia loved her hair and Isaac thought she was pretty, everyone else was just happy they had someone else to talk to outside of the packs. They all loved the cool witch tricks she did for them and she was honestly like a calmer female version of Stiles. She called the witches an hour later telling them that she didn't think there was any need for her to stay for more than three days.

"Guys I'm going to go into the woods and do some witchy things" she yelled out as she was about to walk off the front porch, everyone was sitting around outside.

"Can I come?" Isaac asked

"Come along kiddo" she said holding out her hand to him and walking backwards, solely she started to float off the ground "You're not afraid of heights are you?" she smirked as she saw the look on his a face, she was lying vertical on the air now. He took her hand and started to float off the ground gently soon they were both a foot in the air

Isaac gave her a cautious smile "this isn't so bad"

She gave him a grin that obviously had sneaky intentions behind them "Geronimo!" she screamed before tightening her grip on Isaac and took off fast into the trees, Isaac's yelp echoed throughout the forest.

Derek and Stiles laughed as everyone watched the stars together. Instead of being paired off into their own pack they were all together, Scott and Alison were lying next to Boyd and Erica. Jackson, Lydia, and Danny were all lying together and holding hands next to each other. Yet again they were all having a pack moment and it was perfect. Maybe that's what made the sound of Gemini's terrified scream more terrible than if they had been fighting.

I said Friday, It's Sunday honestly I forced myself to finish this. My Muse Stiles has taken this story away from me and now I'm actually thinking about turning this into a legit book. like with my own characters and story line and back story though. idk I shall not be stopping this story anytime soon and I plan to finish this. let me know how you guys feel about Gemini, i can get rid of her or keep her on as a semi permanent character.