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Chapter Seven: Night School

Every curse word flowed through my head as I settled myself down on the couch. I took four difficult breaths before looking back at Derek. My blood was nothing compared to the amount he had all over his clothes and body. We both dealt with our own battles today and his appeared way more interesting. Neither of us spoke for a good minute as we thought about everything that happened. I kept thinking about Peter and his daunting voice to go along with his threats. One word hinting that he was the Alpha and everyone I knew would be a likely target. Derek cleared his throat, but I was the first one to break that silence. "You obviously know what happened to me, so what exactly happened to you?"

He didn't look serious just completely drained from any energy he had left in his very well toned body. He replied in a more exhausted tone, "The Alpha. He jabbed his hand through my chest and threw me into a wall." His own uncle practically left him for dead. All I wanted to do was shout that the Alpha was his Peter, but I knew I couldn't. This was one secret that was going to be hard to keep.

"And you're alive because of your super healing?" He nodded his head. "So why did he happen to try and kill you just after he turned me? And where? He mentioned that he heard Scott..." He was silent as we both sat there looking at each other. "Where?" I said more clearly. The more time he didn't tell me where Scott was, the angrier I became at his silence. That was not the time to keep things away from me especially if it involves my family. A ghostly silence filled the room as we stared at each other. I wanted the answer and he refused to give it to me.

I don't know what got him to tell me, but after a few moments he gave in and said to me, "At the school." The expression on his face already told me that he knew what I was going to do and he was correct. "If you want to stay alive then you won't go there." He must be joking if he thinks I will leave my brother vulnerable. I knew I wasn't much of a help, but it was my job to be there for him when he needed it and right at that moment I should be at the school with Scott.

I was a tad bit outraged as I yelled at Derek. "I'm going!" I didn't care if I had to fight my way through Derek to get there, I had to tell Scott about everything except for the part where I knew that the Alpha was Peter. I couldn't even imagine what Peter would do if I let out his secret. Watching everything he has done, he clearly had no problem committing murder. I didn't want Scott to be the next body found just because I couldn't keep my mouth shut.

We both got up as he said, "It's not safe out there! Especially in your condition." I was baffled. Out of all people I would think Derek would be the one to encourage to help my brother.

"I have to Derek, he's my brother... wouldn't you do the same?..." I stopped myself before saying Laura, but he knew exactly that I was going to say it and I could tell from his face. He knew that there was no chance of me staying here while Scott faced the Alpha on his own. "Please, Derek, just let me go." I don't know why I had to seek for his approval since I already knew I was going. Actually no, I knew why I needed his consent and it was because I was terrified. Terrified of turning into a werewolf, terrified of Scott going against the Alpha and terrified of what would happen if I didn't go to help.

He was frustrated for a brief moment before giving into my decision. "Fine, but hold on." I walked with him to the staircase and he walked up for something. My patience was running thin and then Derek surprised me by throwing a jacket at my face. "Put it on so they don't see the bite." I was confused for a second, but I did as he said.

Wait...they? No way. By Derek's expression he knew he made a huge mistake. I wanted to scream at him and I would have if it wasn't for the fact that I remembered that he just got his chest violated by his uncle. "Who else is there?" I calmly asked.

Without hesitation he said, "Stiles, Allison, Lydia and Jackson." I simply bobbed my head up and down then I dashed out the house before he could tell me anything. Scott and Stiles were bad enough, but adding Jackson, Lydia and Allison made it a hundred times worse. They knew nothing about werewolves in Beacon Hills and that's precisely how it should stay for right now.

My feet pounded on the ground and I honestly felt like my shoes were holding me back so I ripped them off. I reached the school much quicker barefoot, it was an odd decision, but it felt a lot better than before. The parking lot contained Jackson's car along with a hoodless Jeep and a very familiar black Camero. I didn't know where to start when out of no where I heard screams. I didn't waste any time getting myself inside. I continued hearing voices coming from different parts of the school or so I thought. I was on the third floor stairway when I got pulled away by Allison and all of us were running from the Alpha. They tried opening the door to one classroom then Lydia opened the door to the chemistry lab. All of us rushed in, I was dragged in, and quickly closed the door. Everyone held their breath as the Alpha walked by outside. No one dared to say a word until he completely disappeared.

When he did leave Scott whispered, "Where the hell have you been?"

He then proceeded to sniff me and looked at me oddly. "Scott, can I talk to you in private?" I grabbed his arm and pulled him to the other side of the room. Scott looked like he was going to breakdown any moment, but he kept his cool together. "Scott I don't know how to approach this...um-"

"Why do you have Derek's sweater?" Well this seemed awkward.

"Okay hold on..." I gathered my thoughts before saying the obvious. "I-I I'm just gonna go ahead and say it, okay? Scott, I got the bite as in I'm turning into...a werewolf.." I whispered the last part just in case anyone else was listening. If they were listening then the conversation would still sound pretty crazy. I was on the brink of a complete freak out if Scott kept looking at me like I was going mentally insane, I think. "Don't believe me? Fine, I'll prove it." I turned my back from everyone else and zipped down the jacket to reveal my the blood soaked shirt.

Scott's face was unreadble. I couldn't tell if he was shocked or angry or confused, I was all three. My eyes were watering up as I thought of the worst. That he would hate me and want nothing to do with me. Then again, he isn't that type of person. I zipped the jacket right back up when I saw that he was about to yell at me. "And you went to Derek instead of me?" he whispered and I could clearly tell that he was trying to keep his voice down. "No, that's not even- When? How?- This can't be happening. You-you can't be serious right now. This can't be true."

I never felt so insulted by my own brother. "Does it look like I'm laughing? 'Cause this is such a funny situation!" I sarcastically yelled. It got silent and I immediately regretted being so loud. I placed my face in my hands and focused on my breathing because I was about to have a mini mental break down. I glanced back up to find Scott more nervous than before. I looked at everyone else and they were just looking at both of us. "Sorry, it's just too much right now," I said to them for my outburst. "We can talk about this later...we should just focus on getting out alive."

I walked away, but Scott tried to grab my shoulder while saying, "Sav..."

I just shrugged his hand off and replied, "No, it fine. This is more important right now.." He didn't bring the subject up again as he tried to think of a plan. I honestly didn't pay attention and I just sat down on a desk as they all attempted to pull together a plan. Everything happened too fast for me to even comprehend and this night was too much for me to handle. I was so tense that I got startled from a hand on my shoulder.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you." I glanced to my side to see Allison sitting down next to me. Then Jackson broke the cabinet with all the chemicals, probably for something that Lydia's evil head came up with to get us out of here. I went back to just staring at nothing and hugging my knees to keep myself calm. "You just seem more terrified than I am. I know I'm not one to talk, but..." I looked over to Allison to see her holding back tears and shaking a tad bit.

It felt a bit awkward considering I never really talked to or hung out with Allison. I don't know what they went through, but if Allison was petrified then it had to be pretty horrible. I put my hand on her shoulder for comfort and I still managed to say, "Hey, it's going to be fine." It was hard for me to even say that since I couldn't even believe it myself.

Not even a second passed as she said, "How could you say that? Derek is out there trying to kill us and Scott is insane enough to go out there to get some stupid keys on his own to get us out." Anyone could hear the concern and panic in her shaky voice.

"Wait, Derek? Derek Hale?" That was obviously wrong. I was just with Derek and he was trying to heal the hole through his chest. Scott.

"Yeah...isn't that why you were yelling at Scott?" I hid my frustration as I looked at her confused face. If only she knew the truth. She will, eventually, especially since her dad hunts werewolves. Scott and Allison are definitely going to go through a rough patch when she does find out.

"Sorry, but hold on," I said as I jumped off the table and walked towards Scott and Stiles. I pushed both of them a bit back to be out of hearing distance. "You two idiots blamed Derek? The one who got his chest ripped off by his- Alpha." I almost said uncle and that would be such a huge mistake. Peter's threat repeated in my head in that taunting voice. If you want to keep anyone safe you will not tell anyone that Uncle Peter is the Alpha, that is what I would be reminded of each day whenever I struggle to keep that a secret.

"I didn't-hey it Scott's...idea," Stiles nervously said.

I looked over at Scott who was ashamed of himself. "This- just...hmm, I want to say good job, but that was just a horrible idea," I said as I walked back to everyone else. I wasn't mad at either or them, I was just more guilty about putting the blame on Derek. He was already put into jail for suspicion of murder of his sister, which he didn't do, and everyone would tell the cops it was Derek. He's been framed of crimes that he didn't even commit, it was all Peter. Both of the incidents were because of Scott and Stiles, it just wasn't right of us to automatically blame him for every bad incident.

"Savanna, just hear me out-"

"Done!" Lydia announced.

We all looked over and Scott hesitantly grabbed whatever was in that glass. Allison ran up to him on the verge of mental breakdown. "Lydia, what was that again?" I asked since I was blanking out during the whole plan.

"Self igniting molotov cocktail," she said with pride.

"I feel like your brain has all the knowledge to rule the world," I bluntly said. She scares me sometimes. It's like she has a chip in her brain that gave her every single bit of information there is to know about this world.

"Thank you." It was as if she just received the best compliment ever. She probably wants to actually rule the world based on her 'thank you'.

I turned my attention back to Scott. That's when I remembered that he planned to go out there on his own. "No, Scott! I'm going with you," I yelled at my brother as he was about to step out the door on his own. He would be alone with Peter and I did not want to take that risk. What if there was something that I could have easily done to help him? This was the one thing I could not let Scott do on his own, at least not with everyone else in this place.

"Sav! Calm down..." he hinted and I caught his clue. I did feel myself getting a bit more temperamental than usual. I closed my eyes and counted to ten. I opened my eyes and he was still standing in front of me. I part of my thought that he would have already left when I opened my eyes. "I'm going, alone. Trust me I'll be back in one piece." Something felt off, an uneasy or unsure vibe came from my brother. I told myself it was just the nerves, but it might have been the actual doubt in his voice. This was exactly the situation I never wanted to happen and the only thing I could do is trust him.

I nodded my head and he tried to put on a brave face as he walked out. Anyone could tell he was just as terrified as the rest of us. Everyone was terrified, especially Allison, and there was no way to convince everyone that everything was going to be fine because that was near impossible at that moment. No one knew the truth and no one truly knows how dangerous the situation really is with a homicidal werewolf, the Alpha. Even mentioning a werewolf in general would be crazy, but Scott gave all the blame to Derek. They might be from the same family, but Derek was not the one outside.

I placed myself away from everyone because I felt like a caged animal and I was in a way. I didn't want to be confined to this room, I wanted to be out there helping Scott. Five minutes in I couldn't take it anymore. Those five minutes seemed like hours and everyone was worried in their own ways. Something told me that Scott was in trouble and I couldn't just sit here waiting. "Damn it, Scott," I said as I ran out before anyone in the room could stop me. I didn't know what was taking my brother so long, but I did know I couldn't stand him being out there any longer. After all, it was the Alpha stuck in this school trying to murder Scott. If the Alpha wants to harm Scott, I will be right next to his side helping him.

As I moved through the halls of the school, I didn't know what to expect. The quieter and quieter the hallways became, the faster my heart raced out of my chest. I'm pretty sure the Alpha could sense my nervousness from the other side of the world. I heard something move near the gym. I slowed down because I didn't want to walk right into a bloodbath. My instincts were right as the Alpha jumped out and I was frozen in fear. My feet were like stone and I just could not run. The beast in front of my studied me for a bit before walking towards me. That's when my legs finally understood what was going on and I ran.

I couldn't outrun him even with my developing supernatural speed. I did know as long as long as he was here, he wasn't with Scott. I sprinted up the stairs as he caught hold of my foot and I kicked him in the face within a millisecond. My reflexes were pretty incredible as the adrenaline filled my entire body or was it just how my body was going to be from now on? I'll find out soon enough. I wanted to stop and catch my breath except one second could mean my life. I reached the pool and that's when I realized the most horrible mistake I could make. There was only two doors in and out of this part of the pool area and the other one was locked.

My heart dropped down to my feet as the Alpha was no more than five feet away from me. I didn't know what to expect as he threw me, again, against the wall. It didn't hurt as much and I'm pretty sure I created some sort of dent. I was exhausted and my eyes could barely see as I stood back up to face him. His face quickly came towards me and I closed my eyes to embrace my death. He roared towards my body.

His roar sent my body into a shock of some sort and I could feel myself changing. It was like my body was about to explode one moment and the next everything was on a completely different level. Everything I saw was exactly the same only completely different. All my senses were heightened. I was angry, really angry. Out of that anger I roared back at the Alpha. I could sense his evil smirk even in his wolf form then he just left. Of course I chased him until Scott threw me down. I threw him right off of me and into the freshman lockers. Anger was still running through my veins. Scott was my new target.

I couldn't control my actions. I just kept attacking Scott. I felt invincible and Scott was perceived as an enemy in my wolf instincts. Somewhere within me I wanted to stop, but that part of me had no control over my actions. Rage fueled my body and aimed it towards my brother. He was speaking to me and I knew what he was saying only I couldn't comprehend it so I just charged at him again. He moved out of the way, but I caught his shirt enough to scratch him on his back. I threw him on the ground and I was going to scratch his face if he hadn't kicked me right off. I was ready to attack once more if he hadn't kicked me again, then hit me and kicked me once more onto the wall. Everything finally begun to slow down and my whole body went back to my human self. I closed my eyes, not wanting to face my brother or myself.

As I sat against the wall I begun to shed tears, many of them just rolling down my face and my body begun to uncontrollably tremble. I put my hands to hide my face so that Scott didn't have to see, even though I knew it was already too late. He immediately embraced me and I just kept of weeping onto his shoulder. "I did-didn't want any of this! This was a mistake, I can'- I can't handle this right now, Scott. Scott just ma-make it go away!" I felt like an emotional mess and I had every right to be since I wasn't expecting any of that too happen.

"Shh, shh. It's okay," he said to me as he rubbed my back to calm me down, "This is going to be okay, I promise. Right now we just have to get back to everyone else. Savanna?" I was still balling my eyes out, but heard every word and tried to calm down. "Savanna, listen to me, we just need to get through tonight, okay?" I knew he was right. "Look at me." I didn't. "Come on Savanna, just look at me please." I lifted my head up and tried to slow down the tears dripping down my face.

My eyes were still shut and I took one deep breath before opening them to face Scott. He put his hands on the sides of my face and said, "We will get through this, together. I will always be here for you, no matter what. You're my sister and I love you and I will not let you go through this on your own. You understand?" Even though I wasn't crying as much, my body was still shaking and those words were exactly what I needed to hear. I gently nodded my head and smiled at my brother. He kissed me on the forehead and said, "Good. Now let's go before everyone starts freaking out." He stood up and held out a hand for me. I gladly accepted and he brought me into a tight hug before walking back.

I was a few paces behind Scott which is why I couldn't stop him from locking the door leaving everyone inside. "Scott, what the hell?" I asked. Everyone inside was yelling at Scott for a few moments until we all heard sirens outside. I was relieved for a moment before I started to panic. If paramedics see my state then I am better off dead. "Scott, I have to get out of here. If they look at the bite then I'm screwed. They would ask questions and I-I wouldn't know how to cover it up."

He nodded and said, "Just...be safe."

I gave a small smile and begun walking away. Before I forgot I told him, "Oh! I left my stuff at my locker. 14E, combination 07-26-33. Get it please!" I jogged off before he could protest. I managed to get to the woods while avoiding the police. My bed never sounded so good mainly because this day seemed like it would never end.

I walked up my driveway and no car in sight. That was a relief because I didn't want to explain everything to mom. I got the extra key from the side of the house and opened the door leading to a hauntingly empty house. I hate being home alone and tonight was an even worse night for me. I dashed to my room and got ready for a shower. As I stood there with the hot water running down on my skin, I looked at the drain engulfing the blood marked water to remind myself that I'm no longer just a human, I'm a werewolf. All the horror Scott had to go through were about to be part of my life as well.

I dried myself off and gladly changed into my pajamas. I threw my clothes, minus Derek's jacket, in the garbage can outside since it would always haunt me of this night. I took three steps inside when I heard someone else upstairs. At first I was frightened, but I had been through so much within the past twelve hours that nothing could compare. I walked into my room and got startled by a figure in front of me and when I turned on my desk light, it was just Derek.

"Hello," I simply said. I honestly wasn't even surprised that he was standing in my house. I chuckled at the fact that Scott made him a fugitive, I don't know why it was funny, but it was at that moment. Scott better be the one to make sure that he would be proven innocent.

"How are you?" He plainly asked. That was very unusual.

"I've been better…" I wasn't sure what was going on since he was actually be nice for once even if it was just asking me how I was doing. I sat on my bed since all I really wanted to do was sleep for a good three days or weeks.

He was quiet for a moment before asking, "Who's the Alpha?" I wanted to run. I felt like a cartoon where the criminal gets the light shined in his face, being caught in a crime and I was the criminal in this situation. Derek knows that I know, but how?

I was dumbstruck for a moment and stuttered, "Wha-what?' I bet he was able to hear my heart racing from my nerves. If I knew he came to ask me that then I would have been more prepared and come up with a better way to cover my tracks, but this caught me completely off guard.

"When you came to my house you said that the Alpha mentioned Scott. The only way he would mention it would be if he were human which means you know who he is. Now, who is the Alpha?" That last question was more on the angry side of his grumpy personality. I froze as his glare dug into my skull. "Savanna, I can tell if you're lying."

Silence could be louder than all of the noise in the world. This was one of those times. Derek's expression showed nothing but exhaustion and determination. Even with those healing abilities, getting his chest practically ripped out of him must be a hard recovery. Derek was right, he could feel my heartbeat and he knew in that moment that I was hesitating. It would be easier if he could just read my mind.

I debated in my head whether or not I should tell him the truth, but he was the only person I could trust when it came to the whole werewolf situation. I didn't want to ruin whatever strange friendship with Derek over the Alpha's identity and in the end I decided to just tell him the whole truth. I took a deep shaky breath as I spoke, "Yes, I saw who he was and he threatened me…he said if I told anyone who he was he would hurt my mom or Erica or probably even Stiles and if anything ever happened to them then I would never forgive myself… I can't tell you Derek even though I really, really want to…" I hugged my pillow as I told him what Peter did.

Derek sat down next to me and for a second I thought he was going to yell me to tell him about Peter. He didn't. He just sat there and nodded his head. Everyone had a long day. All he said was, " It's fine...he'll show himself soon enough."

"I have your jacket downstairs. Do you want me to go get it?"

"You can keep it," Derek said in a very distracted state. He stood up and said, "Your training starts tomorrow at noon." I didn't even get to process what he said as he jumped out of my window. Scott was eased into this, he got to dip his toes into the training and I had to be thrown right into the water, at least I got a warning. This was all too much and as soon as my head hit the pillow, Scott dropped my bag on the floor, along with an odd unfamiliar smell. I turned to see my stuff and laying on top was a some what large dog bone with a bow.

"Screw you," I sarcastically said to Scott as I threw the bone at him, but he closed the door just in time. I smiled at his foolish acts. Before I fell to sleep, Erica popped into my mind. I needed to resolve everything with her as soon as possible. Nonetheless, I'm glad the night was finally over, I'm not glad that I have training tomorrow with Beacon Hills most wanted, Derek Hale.

Ding! Ding! My ears ached at the slight act of ringing the doorbell. Scott met me at the top of the stairs and had the same face of confusion as I did. There was a faint radio and then we noticed the lights. "It's just the cops, they probably need to ask more questions," Scott sleepily said. I nodded and we walked down. Scott opened the door to reveal some policeman.

"Sorry for waking you two up after a long night, but are you Savanna McCall?" I was taken aback a moment before my half awake state nodded my head. He walked in as he said, "Savanna McCall your under arrest for being in accomplice of attempted murder and vandalization of school property."

This was a complete blow to my mind as he put handcuffs on me and that's when Scott and I said the obvious, "There must me some mistake," Scott continued by saying, "She didn't do anything, I was with her the whole time!" I begun to panic and he had to drag me out to the car.

"I wish this was a mistake, but a prime witness placed your sister fleeing the scene of the crime," he bluntly told Scott.

"Scott, call mom! No! Stiles! Call Stiles!" I yelled out as he was telling me my Miranda Rights. I calmed down then whispered, "I won't talk to anyone until I talk to you." Scott rapidly nodded as he was already dialing Stiles' number. The cop practically threw me into the backseat of the vehicle. That was rude.

My anxiety levels kept rising as my house disappeared from my view. Millions of questions ran through my mind and all I did was manage to shed tears at the thought of being in prison. Stiles always told us how they treated people in prison and that was not the place where I wanted to spend the rest of my life. I know I didn't do anything illegal, but that doesn't change the fact that I was in a police car with handcuffs and on my way to the station. Scott and Stiles better be planning a way to prove I'm innocent and they better make it quick. The sooner I'm out of there, the better it would be for everyone, especially now that I became just like Scott and Derek.

On the way to the station, I caught of glimpse of red eyes followed by an outline of the beast that turned me into what I am and those red eyes were the very reason everything has been tumbling down like dominoes.

Thank you all who have been reading this story! I'm always surprised at the amount of people who have read this story, so once again thank you! Your reviews have been so inspiring and I always go back to read them when I feel stuck at a scene. Seriously, you guys are incredible :) I'm also sorry for being late on this chapter, I'm a huge procrastinator and I had to focus on my schoolwork for a while...plus I couldn't make up my mind for the end, I think I went through like 4 drafts before I finally picked this one. Thank you all and I hope you enjoyed this chapter.

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