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Chapter Two:
So far, both Anna's and Hermione's first day at school was causing no problems and Hermione thought that both she and Anna seemed to be doing okay on their first day. Sure, it wasn't Hogwarts and Hermione was tempted to use her wand for certain things, but she couldn't because that would just be plain idiotic. The dragon-heartstring core and vine wood wand was resting comfortably on her arm and Hermione shook away her need to pull it out. She hadn't use her magic since both she and Anna put the wards up around the McCalls' house. She wanted to use it now, as Anna had now clue where she was going as they walked through the halls of the school. They had just finished their last class, which was calculus, and was making their way to what they thought was the dining hall, but were getting lost instead. After what it had seem hours of walking around in circles, but was actually minutes, the girls stopped, leaning against the wall near the lockers.
"I give up…this bloody school is huge!" Anna moaned, dropping her book bag to the floor.
Hermione rolled her eyes. "Well, we could have waited and ask the teacher where the dining hall, no sorry, cafeteria was but no. You wanted to get there yourself…tsk tsk, you need to learn patience…"
Anna glared at her. "I know Hermione…"
They were then approached by a young woman, who looked around their age. She had on a black skirt, leggings, a white tank top and a dark green jacket and she wore a beanie on her head. The woman had long wavy brown hair, chocolate brown eyes and a kind face. Hermione looked at the girl, recognising her, but couldn't figure out from where.
"Are you lost?" she asked.
Anna nodded. "Yes, we were headed towards the dining hall, I mean cafeteria and well, we—well, me, I, got us lost."
The woman smiled. "It's okay…I was like that when I first came here…and some days, I still get lost. Welcome to Beacon Hills High…I love the accent by the way. You're all everybody here is talking about…the young British women from across the other side of the world. I'm Allison Argent."
Hermione raised her head in recognition, as she realised this was the ex-girlfriend of Scott. She didn't much about the girl, nor much about any of his friends from school or around town, but she looked forward to meeting them all, especially the ex-girlfriend. Scott had only mentioned her briefly, as her aunt spoke about her during the dinner they had when Hermione first came to Beacon Hills and she had seen the girl one morning with Scott and was even more curious about her.
"Nice to meet you Allison…I'm Hermione Granger, and this is Anna Potter." Hermione held out her hand to the woman, who grabbed it and the two shook hands. Allison then did the same to Hermione and they shook hands.
"You're Scott's cousin…Sorry, he told me that you moved here after your parents death and that your cousin come with you. Hello, I should have known because of the British accents…so stupid…" Allison slapped her hand to her forehead.
Hermione giggled. "No, it's okay…so tell me, how long have you known Scott? He mentioned you briefly at dinner one time and I'm curious…you two were boyfriend and girlfriend, I take it? Whatever happened?"
Allison blushed. "Oh, just realised that we were better of as friends…it's complicated…Say, that's an awesome looking scar that you have on your forehead Anna. However did you get it?"
"Uh, um accident when I was younger. Can't really remember how I happened to come to acquire as I was only a year old when I got it, but yes, it's a cool scar..." Anna lied, as she played with her hair, making it fall over her forehead, covering the lightning shaped scar.
Allison nodded and Hermione relaxed, smiling at both girls. Anna's stomach then grumbled loudly, causing both Hermione and Allison to stare at her and Anna flinched. Hermione rolled her eyes at her best friend, knowing that she really couldn't be angry at her for getting them lost.
"Sorry…didn't have breakky…so, lunch?"
Hermione laughed while Allison gave Anna a smile and nodded. The trio then took off, with Allison leading the other two the cafeteria. They arrived at the place, both Anna and Hermione looking at how packed it was. They then spotted both Scott and Stiles and they waved to the boys, with Allison smiling shyly at Scott.
"Friends my arse…" Hermione whispered to Anna who chuckled quietly.
After grabbing a tray of food, they all made their way over to where the boys were sitting and sat down, with Allison taking the seat next to Scott and Anna taking the seat next Stiles. Hermione sat at the front of the table, grabbing her water bottle and taking a sip. She saw that Anna had begun to eat her food and that Stiles was looking at her, trying to start a conversation.
"So, how's the first day been?" Stiles asked casually.
"So far, good…I like it…its certainly different than the boarding school that we attended. I think I'm going to like it here." Hermione told him.
Stiles scoffed. "Of course you will! Beacon Hills is awesome...you know with the video store, and the night clubs, the parties…"
Hermione chuckled. "Sounds fun…"
"Oh what's fun are the things that goes bump in the night…wolves howling at the moon and such…" Stiles told her. He then grunted in pain and Hermione frowned at him.
"Are you alright?" Anna asked, not noticing the looks that Scott had given to Stiles. Allison looked worried.
"Fine…just food went down the wrong pipe…" Stiles mumbled.
Anna raised an eyebrow, but didn't press the issue, turning back to her own food. Hermione, who had stayed quiet, saw the looks and knew that something was up.
"Things that go bump in the night? Wolves that howl at full moon? Please do enlighten us Stiles?" She causally addressed.
"Yeah, Stiles, please do elaborate." Scott forced a smile on his face.
"Nothing…just we get coyotes here in Beacon, so don't be surprised that you hear a howl…" Stiles muttered.
Hermione frowned at the exchanges between Scott and Stiles and it also confused her that Allison was also exchanging a look with the boys. She then shook her head and turned back to her lunch, taking a bite out of her ham and cheese toastie. As she took a bite, the sleeve covering her wand had fallen down. Allison was the first to notice.
"Say, Hermione, that's a strange looking object on your wrist. What is it?" Allison asked the girl. Hermione put down her sandwich and noticed that her sleeve was down, showing off her wand and the harness. Anna looked up, her mouth full of food and looked to Hermione, and Scott stiffened, also turning to Hermione. Hermione nodded to her and gave Scott a reassuring smile.
"Uh, I broke my wrist about a while ago and the harness is to support my wrist and the stick is to stop me from bending it so much." She lied, looking at Allison. Scott and Anna turned to Allison, seeing if she would take the lie.
"Oh…that's handy." Allison spoke, causing Scott, Anna and Hermione to relax a little.
"It looks like a cool magic wand the way it's shaped like that." Stiles pointed out. Hermione stiffened and she saw that Anna did the same thing. Stiles then grunted again, and she turned to Scott, who was looking at Stiles with an angry look on his face. Hermione wondered why Scott was looking at his best friend like that when it hit her.
Scott must have told Stiles who…no, what Anna and I are. Hermione thought to herself. She gripped the ends of the table as she tried to calm herself down. She then gave a glare to Scott, who flinched and turned his head towards Allison, as an attempt to avoid her. She scoffed as she stood up, grabbing Scott tightly by the arm and pulled him up, causing Allison to jump back in shock as well as Stiles. Anna just watched with an amused look on her face.
"Oh dear cousin, don't think you're going to get away with it that easily…" she muttered under her breath, making sure that only Scott could hear her. She then shook her head and smiled at Allison. "Allison, it was lovely to meet you…unfortunately, I need to speak to Scott about some things before our next class, so we will see you in chemistry? I believe that we are all in the same class next…shall we see you there?"
Allison nodded. "Uh…yes sure…shall I leave?"
"Oh no, you stay here and enjoy your lunch. It just a family thing, nothing for you to worry about… So we will see you there! Anna, Stiles, will you join us?" She spoke as she held her grip on Scott's arm. Stiles nodded wordlessly and Anna raised an eyebrow but then shrugged and grabbed her bag, along with Hermione's and began to follow Hermione as she dragged Scott out of the cafeteria. Stiles walked wordlessly beside her and she frowned.
Hermione led them out to the hallway and kept walking, her hand still on Scott's arm and led them down the hallway, stopping when she saw an empty classroom. With a force she didn't know she had, she threw up into the room and once Anna and Stiles were in the classroom, she slammed the door and pulled her wand. Both Stiles and Scott took a step back and Anna raised her hands up.
"Woah, Hermione, I get that you are angry about something but I'm sure that we can all talk, can we not?" Anna quaked.
"Oh relax, all of you…I'm just casting a charm so that nobody overhears on our conversation." Hermione assured them all as she raised her wand. "Muffilato!"
Anna sighed as she saw a clear barrier surround itself around the room. "I get that, but you mind explaining to me why you felt the need to drag your cousin into a room and then used magic in the presence of a muggle?"
"Hey! I'm not a muggle! Besides, that was kinda cool…using magic…Awesome!" Stiles stated, crossing his arms over his chest.
"Actually, Stiles, you are…Muggle is a term used to describe non-magical people, hence you're a muggle and my muggle cousin decided to tell you about the fact that we are witches, which as my dear cousin knows, it goes against our Statue of Secrecy. Normal ordinary muggles aren't supposed to know about witches and wizards." Hermione explained.
Anna turned to Scott. "You didn't…"
"I did?" Scott hesitantly confirmed. "Look, Stiles would have found out about you eventually, considering her spends all his time at my house and so, I thought that it would be easier to tell him instead of explaining to him as to why two young women who don't look like teenagers come into the school and I explained to Stiles that you were at a school for magic but hadn't been there in years and that's all…"
"That's all? That's all?!" Hermione snapped.
"Hermione, look, think of it this way…you can do magic around me and him freely, instead of having to hide every time he came over." Scott said.
Hermione was about to speak but was stopped by Anna. Stiles thankfully stayed quiet.
"Hermione, I know it goes against the rules, but he's right…at least now, we don't have to hide, well, at least around the house…" Anna added.
Hermione huffed. "Fine…doesn't mean I'm not happy…" She pointed a finger at Stiles, who froze. "You tell anybody, and trust me, knowing that we're witches will be the least of your worries."
"Hermione!" Scott hissed.
"No Scott…I know that you had noble intentions, but it still goes against our rules. Now that he knows what we are, he will be in danger. Knowing that we are witches probably isn't the best thing for him and while there ways to for him to forget, we know that you would just tell him again anyway, so letting him in on our secret, not the best idea." Anna remarked. Scott nodded, letting her words sink in.
"Hey, don't worry about me…I know how to survive…and besides, if someone wanted me dead, I would have died already, considering this town is already full of dark creatures and what not…witches don't worry me." Stiles said simply with a smile.
Hermione frowned. "Dark creatures? Is that what you were trying to say earlier? About things going bump in the night?"
"Dark creatures? What, there are werewolves in this town or something?" Anna asked, laughing to herself.
Stiles laughed nervously. "Funny you should mention werewolves…"
Scott sighed, raising his hands in the air. "Seriously Stiles?!"
"Are you saying that there are werewolves in this town?! Why didn't you tell me! I don't believe you…I mean, if there were werewolves in this town, they would be getting sickly and grey-skinned because it's almost full moon. Trust me, we've come across werewolves before…in fact, Anna is godmother to a baby werewolf…well half a werewolf, but still! Trust me, we'd know if there were werewolves…" Hermione ranted.
Stiles scoffed. "You obviously haven't met all werewolves, considering you didn't know Scott is one…"
"Stiles!" Scott shouted, hitting Stiles in the back of the head. "You idiot!"
"I'm sorry…Scott's a what?" Hermione hissed.
Scott sighed. "I'm…a…well…a werewolf."
Anna, who had kept quiet, laughed. "Oh I'm sorry! I just…seriously? I've met werewolves before…and you Scott, are not a werewolf. I'm sorry, but I refused to believe that."
Scott nodded before turning to Stiles, who grinned. "Perhaps you'd like to see some proof?"
Hermione scoffed. "Oh yes, let's see some proofed that my idiotic cousin is a werewolf."
Scott glared at her before suddenly, his eyes turned into a golden yellow and both Hermione and Anna gasped. Then, Hermione took a step back as she saw Scott's hands shift into a set of claws, the nails sharpening. His muscles bulged as he breathed heavily, keeping himself in check but they could see that he was telling the truth.
"Okay, buddy…you showed them your claws and eyes…I think that's convinced them…" Stiles calmly spoke, putting a hand on Scott's shoulder. Scott growled, but managed to breathe more calmly and his hands turned back to normal, but his eyes still stayed the golden yellow, before slowly turning back into his chocolate brown.
"That's only part of my transformation. I become more but it's not safe here…but do you believe me now?" Scott told them.
Anna nodded. "I do…how….how did you become…I mean-"
"You mean how did I become a werewolf? I was bitten…by an alpha…that's one of the ways to become a werewolf. You are either born one or you're bitten and you turn into one." Scott explained.
"Well, you're not like our werewolves…so different but yet the same." Anna murmured.
"Wait, there are other werewolves out there?" Stiles asked.
"Yes…well, I think so…I mean, so far the werewolves I've known, they transform into actual werewolves and their eyes don't turn yellow or anything like that and they definitely look, well buff. Remus, the werewolf we knew, he looked sickly and had scars and he had to take a potion every full moon, wolfsbane it was called, to keep him in check. So yes, there must be others…but there are all sorts of creatures out there, so I really cannot be surprised. Witches, werewolves, vampires…oh and dragons…so many…" Anna acknowledged.
"Wolfsbane actually hurts me, so I can't take that potion…" Scott chuckled, before noticing that Stiles had a shocked look on his face. "Uh, Stiles…are you okay man?"
Stiles nodded. "Yeah…wait, you said dragons? As in actual flying dragons?"
Anna nodded. "Yes…and they breath fire too…I should know, I fought a dragon as part of the Triwizard tournament in my fourth year at Hogwarts, our magic school. God, he was a bloody menace but I won in the end."
"You…fought…a…dragon?" Stiles stammered, looking at the dark-haired woman in awe. Scott too looked shocked.
She shrugged. "Yes…it's not that hard…in fact there are dragon keepers who look after dragons in Romania. What's the problem?"
Stiles scoffed. "The problem? You just told me that you fought a dragon and now there are dragon keepers and you just told us that calmly? I was not expecting this when I came to school today…"
Hermione sighed. "Yes, well, I was not expecting to find out that my cousin is a werewolf! Does Auntie Mel know about this? I mean, how do you cope? How long have you been this way? Have you even thought about what this would do to you if people, let's say hunters, were to find out about you?"
"Hermione! Calm down!" Scott shouted.
"No, I will not! Did you even think what will happen if you were to lash out on an innocent person, or even your own family?!" Hermione yelled back.
"I have! I know how to control it! So, be calm…trust me…I have thought about everything and the hunters already know about me but they have a code. They don't us, we don't hunt them…" Scott grunted.
"Oh…And I supposed that the hunters knowing about you are supposed to make everything better?
"Well, when you put it that way…but Allison won't let anything happened to Scott…" Stiles told them, causing Scott to groan.
"Oh please don't tell me…Allison is a hunter?" Hermione demanded to know.
Scott nodded. "But she's against what her family…she thinks that its inhumane to hunt people who are…innocent…"
"Right…anything else we should know? I mean apart from the fact that you're a werewolf, Allison's a hunter and we live in a town full of werewolves, is there anything else?" Hermione asked.
"Nope…that's pretty much it…Just witches, werewolves and hunters in one town…what we need now, are vampires…" Stiles beamed.
Everyone stared at him.
They had finished school for the day and were currently at the McCall house, sitting at the dining table, doing their first ever muggle homework that were given to them by their teachers. Scott and Stiles at dropped them off and then mysteriously took off, leaving the girls behind and wondering what the two were up to. After the revelation that Scott was a werewolf, Hermione needed more answers than just 'I'm a werewolf'. Although Scott had told both Hermione and Anna almost all about his life as a werewolf when they were in the classroom earlier that day, she knew that he hadn't told her the whole story. So far the girls knew that there was a werewolf, called the Alpha and that Scott was a Beta. Scott was turned by the Alpha, but that Alpha had died, and in its place, there was a new Alpha that wanted Scott a part of his pack. But Hermione knew that there was more to the story and she was confused.
"I know that Anna, but still, something is up…" Hermione couldn't shake the feeling in the pit of her stomach that something was seriously wrong.
"Let it be Hermione…Scott is more than capable of looking after himself. Granted, he hasn't been the most truthful person, but I'm sure he has his reasons. Now, we have chemistry homework to do and let's get to it!" Anna scolded, causing Hermione to smile at the raven haired beauty.
"Oh, and here I thought I was one that had to forced you to do your homework when we were at Hogwarts…what changed?" she teased.
"I…I…Look, if Scott wanted to tell us what was going on, he would have. I'm sure that he will tell us the full truth when he is ready but he just told us that he's a werewolf." Anna pointed out.
"All thanks to Stiles…if it wasn't for him, we'd probably be in the dark about the whole 'Scott is a werewolf!' I'm just worried…" Hermione scoffed.
"I get that, but he's a werewolf…and I'm sure that he can take of himself. And besides, he's a werewolf, so really, what's out there that can harm him? I'm sure that he's okay and when he's ready to tell us the full story, he'll tell us…" Anna assured Hermione.
Hermione nodded. "I guess…I can't help it…I mean, it's only been like over a month and I can't help but to have that feeling that everything is not okay. I guess I'm still on edge…"
Anna grunted softly. "I know what you mean…"
Hermione looked at her, her frown creasing. "You're still having the nightmares aren't you?"
Anna shook her head. "Yeah, but my scar isn't playing up…so it's just the nightmares…"
Hermione nodded. She knew that Anna still had to come to terms about the events of the battle. Although it had been over a month since the battle, the wounds and scars were still fresh and she knew that her best friend was having hard time believing that all was at peace.
"He's not coming back…Anna," Hermione grabbed Anna's hands and squeezed them tightly, "He's gone…he's not coming back…"
"Are you assuring yourself or me?" Anna whispered.
"Both…"
"I can still feel him…in my head…I know he's gone and everything, but I can still feel him. It's like he's there, haunting me…the nightmare starts off as always, that I failed, that I couldn't destroy the horcrux…and that I…I keep failing and then it's me and him and he kills me…and instead of screaming, I wake…I know he's gone but he's still there…and I thought that by coming here, I would a have chance of a normal life but now, we have werewolves, hunters and god knows what else…" Anna shivered, causing Hermione to wrap her arms around Anna, pulling her close.
"He's gone…and he is never coming back…" Hermione pulled away and looked into Anna's eyes. "Yes, the scars and memories are still fresh and raw and the memories of the past are still there but you need to stop beating yourself up. You defeated a terrible wizard that was hell bent on controlling the universe and that takes a toll on someone. And as for Beacon Hills being a home to the supernatural, well, I can't say I didn't see that coming. But it will be okay…because, at least we know how to handle werewolves…but we'll be fine…"
Anna nodded. "Yeah…oh god…your cousin is a werewolf…"
"Yeah…but different that was Remus was…I mean, I read stories about different species of werewolves but didn't think they actually existed because the only species I saw were of Remus's kind…" Hermione murmured.
"Well, now we know…and you know what else? I won't be able to shift…" Anna mumbled.
"Oh yeah…because your animagnus is a white wolf…funny that…Well, at least mine is an ocelet…cat and dog…god we are a pair…" Hermione muttered.
"Yeah, I never quite understand why you chose a rare breed of a cat than actual cat or big cat. I mean, you could have been a panther or some other big cat…" Anna commented.
"I chose the ocelet because it chose me. Just like the white wolf chose you. But yeah, now that we have wolves in the place, maybe we can shift, just stay away from the werewolves…" Hermione suggested.
Anna gave her a look before turning out the window and looking outside. She had noticed that the sun had gone down and it was night time. "Like that's going to be hard. I wonder how many werewolves there are out there. I mean—"
She was suddenly cut off by the sound of a woman screaming and she turned to Hermione who gasped.
"What the bloody was that?" Hermione gasped, getting up from her seat and running outside. Anna followed her and they stopped on the porch, looking out in the distance. The scream came in waves, like an echo throughout the town.
"I don't know...but we need to find Scott. Here, take my wand and my clothes and follow me. I'm going to sniff out Scott." Anna told her, handing the girl her wand and then transforming into her animagnus, which was in the shape of a white wolf. Anna's fur was pure white, the fur reaching down to her paws and tail and the eyes were Anna's own striking green. She was small for a wolf, but that was because she was already slender and small in human form. Hermione watched as Anna jumped off the porch and sniffed in the air, trying to make out Scott's scent. She grabbed Anna's wand and clothes and began to follow her wolfy friend.
Anna could make out a faint scent and began to follow it. With Hermione running behind her, she ran in the direction of the scent, her paws hitting the hard ground and following the scent. She could vaguely remember what Scott smelled like and although it was weird, it was necessary. The girl and the wolf ran through the streets, looking out for Hermione's cousin when suddenly, they had arrived to what looked like a hospital and standing beside a familiar blue jeep, was Scott, looking anxious.
Hermione shouted out, causing Scott to look at her and he frowned. It wasn't because his cousin was there; it was because there was a white wolf running alongside her.
"Hermione what…" he stammered, as his cousin and the wolf got closer.
"Oh don't worry about the wolf. It's Anna…" she told him.
"What about Anna? Is she okay?" He asked straightening up a little.
"No…the wolf…It's Anna…it's her animagnus." Hermione informed.
Scott frowned, staring at the wolf and turning back to his cousin. "A what?"
"An animagnus…it's an animal form that witches and wizards can turn into if they wish. It's very rare…only a few in the world, including Anna and myself…" She explained.
Scott nodded, still staring at the wolf. "Okay…yeah…I'm little confused…"
The wolf huffed in annoyance and then suddenly transformed back into Anna, who happened to be naked. Scott jumped back, shocked at the transformation and then placed a hand over his eyes, but then decided to close his eyes and quickly took off his jacket and held it out for Anna to grab. Both Hermione and Anna laughed.
"Yeah okay! I believe you now! Do you have clothes or something Anna? Here's my jacket." He told her, still holding out his jacket.
Anna waved it away, grabbing her clothes off Hermione and quickly pulling them on. She placed her wand on her harness on her wrist. "It's fine Scott…"
He opened his eyes, quickly putting his jacket back on. "Oh okay…so…you're a wolf…well, sort of…"
Anna nodded. "Yes…and Hermione is a cat…"
Scott snapped his head to Hermione who shrugged. "Well, actually I'm an ocelet…"
"It's still a cat…" Anna murmured.
"Okay…so, a cat…and a dog…in town with werewolves…" Scott stammered.
"You say that like it's a totally normal thing…" Hermione said.
"Well, you don't see magic or the supernatural every day and this town is full of surprises, so yeah, finding out that you can turn into animals isn't all that surprising. Anyway, get in. I'm just waiting for Stiles." He told them. They nodded and all three loaded into the jeep, with Hermione and Anna sitting in the back and Scott in the front seat.
"So why are we here?" Anna asked.
"One of our friends has gone missing. She was the one that was screaming earlier and she's gone, so I'm going to sniff her out. Wait, maybe you guys can help. Do you have like a locating spell?" he questioned.
Hermione nodded. "We do, but we need an object that your friend owns, like a necklace or something personal. Wait, why has she gone missing? What happened to her? I mean if she's gone missing, why aren't you letting the police handle it?"
"She was kinda attacked…like by the alpha werewolf…and she hasn't turned yet…so…" Scott explained to them slowly.
Hermione nodded. "Ah…I see…"
"Well, it could be worse…" Anna spoke. Hermione gave her a glare and Scott sheepishly smiled. He then noticed that Stiles was walking to the car, with a hospital robe in his hand. Stiles frowned as he approached his car, seeing that not only his best friend was in the car, but the witches too.
"Dude…" Stiles began as he got into his car.
"No time to explain…they're gonna help us…" Scott told him, and stiles nodded, handing over the robe. "This was the one she was just wearing?"
Stiles nodded, sighing as he looked at the robe.
"I'm not gonna let anyone hurt her…not again. Also, Hermione and Anna may know a spell to help us find her…" Scott assured his friend.
"All right, just shove the thing in your face and let's find her." Stiles anxiously said, waving his hands to Scott as if to tell him to hurry up. Scott nodded and Stiles started up his car, before shouting suddenly and everyone looked in front of the car, seeing Allison in the headlights. Allison frowned, noticing the girls, but shook her head and ran towards Scott.
"What are you doing here? Someone's gonna see us!" He panicked.
"I don't care. She's my best friend and we need to find her before they do…and besides, what is Hermione and Anna doing here?" she asked.
"They can help us…and they kinda know about me…" Scott told her.
Allison frowned. "What…how? And how can they help?"
"They're witches…" Stiles blurted out. Scott, Hermione and Anna groaned and Anna slapped Stiles in the back of the head. "Ow! Well, she's a hunter…she's bound to find out soon anyway and besides, she won't tell anyone!"
Anna sighed. Although she had only known the girl for a day, she didn't want to the girl to know that there were witches in town. Allison looked at the girls and wondered what kind of witches they were.
"Okay…and Stiles is right…I won't tell anyone…though I didn't think that there were witches…anyway we need to get going before my father finds Lydia." Allison stated.
"Wait, he knows?" Stiles asked.
Allison nodded. "I just saw him and three other guys leave my house in two SUVs."
"Search party…" Scott whispered.
"More like a hunting party…" Allison corrected him.
Scott nodded, and then opened the door to let her in. Allison climbed in the back, sitting next to Hermione. It was tight and a bit squished, but they managed to fit and make it so that it was comfortable. Stiles backed out of the park, and drove out of the hospital, heading towards the main road onto the highway.
It was a while before anyone started talking. Scott was sniffing the robe and then had put his head out the window and Allison was playing with her hands. Anna knew that she was itching to ask both Hermione and herself questions and so, she relented, not really caring about the rules at the present time. Of course, Hermione would be furious, but at the point, Anna didn't really care.
"I know that you are dying to ask questions, but yes, we are witches…wand wielders to be exact…that's what Hermione had on her wrist earlier today." Anna spoke. Hermione gasped and Allison nodded.
"I thought that it was strange to have a harness like that…Wand-wielders? I've never heard of them but I guess I have now…" Allison murmured.
Hermione scoffed. "Oh great…haven't we broken enough rules already? I mean Scott tells Stiles about us and now Allison knows! What next, the whole town?!"
Anna sighed. "Look…I know it's not rational and it goes against the rules, but you rather be honest to Allison, that way she can protect us from her father, who is a hunter, and we can protect her?"
Hermione frowned. "Oh alright…that I'm not happy about it."
Anna snorted. "You normally are never happy about breaking the rules…why do you think I'm always the one who breaks them?"
Hermione smiled. "Yeah…so, Lydia, that's who we're looking for?"
Scott nodded, his head still out the window. "Yeah, and she might be turning…"
Stiles frowned, his eyes on the road. "Alright, but if she's turning, would the hunters actually kill her?"
Allison sighed. "I don't know…they won't tell me anything… Okay, all they say is 'we'll talk after Kate's funeral when the others get here'."
Stiles shook his head. "What others?"
"I don't know…they won't tell me that either." Allison grunted.
Stiles scoffed. "Okay…well your family has got some serious communication issues that they need to work on. Scott, are we going the right way?"
Scott sniffed. "Yeah! Take the next right!"
Stiles turned the corner sharply, causing Anna, Hermione and Allison to lean on each other and then curse Stiles. Scott continued to show Stiles the way, sniffing Lydia out. They had then eventually arrived in an area surrounded by trees and up on the hill, was a haunted looking house. Stiles groaned as he recognised the house and Scott followed suit. Anna wondered what was making them act that way. They all got out of the car and began to walk up the hill, heading towards the house. As Anna got closer, she noticed that the house looked like it had been set on fire and that it looked empty.
Stiles was leading the group and he stopped, turning to Scott. "She came here? You sure?"
Scott shrugged. "This is where the scent leads…"
Stiles kept walking. "Right, but has Lydia ever been here?"
Allison shook her head. "Not with me…Maybe she came here on instinct, like she was looking for Derek."
Anna frowned. "Derek?"
"He's the new alpha. The old one was killed and now, Derek is the new alpha. And if that's the case, that means Lydia was looking for an Alpha…" Scott told them as they kept walking towards the house.
Allison sighed. "She was looking for a pack right? Because wolves need a pack…"
"Not all of them…" Scott grunted.
"I know you won't but would she have been drawn to an Alpha? Is it an instinct to be part of a pack?" Allison asked.
Scott nodded. "Yeah, we're stronger in packs…"
"Like strength in numbers?"
Scott shook his head. "No, like literally stronger, faster, better in every way…"
Anna frowned. "Is that the same for an Alpha, like this Derek?"
Scott nodded. "Yeah…it will make Derek stronger…"
Stiles, who had been walking around, had shouted from behind the group. "Whoa, hey guys, look at this!"
They all turned to stare at Stiles, who was lifting up a very thin line of string. "You see this? I think it's tripwire…"
Hermione, Anna and Allison walked over to him as he held the string. Anna was about to stop him but he then pulled the string and Anna frowned, noticing that nothing had happened.
"Huh, that's strange…" she murmured. However she spoke too soon.
"Stiles?"
Stiles sighed. "Yeah buddy?"
They all turned around to see that Scott was dangling in the air, swinging sideways. Allison started to giggle and so did Anna, trying hard not to but was failing. Hermione gave Stiles a stern look and Stiles looked guilty.
"Next time you see a tripwire, don't trip it." Scott remarked. Allison and Anna burst into louder giggles as Stiles nodded his head. They all walked to him, to help him down until suddenly Scott held his hands up. "Wait, wait ,wait, wait….someone's coming…Hide! Go!"
Stiles grabbed Hermione as Anna grabbed Allison, pulling out her wand and she saw Hermione do the same. Both Allison and Stiles looked at the witches wide eyed as they ran down the hill, hiding behind a tree. They hid from out of sight, and although couldn't see anything, she could hear footsteps approaching and then a conversation between Scott and a gentleman. She could only make out a few words here and there, as the gentleman warned Scott about Lydia and describe the term known as hemicorporectomy. Hermione gasped and was about to step out with her wand when Anna stopped her. Anna knew that Hermione wanted to save her cousin, but Anna also knew that it would be a bad idea to expose themselves in front of hunters. And so, they stayed. Allison gave Anna look, letting her know that she made the right choice and after what seemed hours, but really minutes, they heard the footsteps leave and all four stepped out from behind the tree, walking to Scott.
"You okay?" Allison asked as they approached him
"Oh, just another life-threatening conversation with your dad." He scoffed.
Anna rolled her eyes. "Yes, well, thank god it was only that…now, to get you down…"
Anna raised her wand and chanted "Relashio!", causing the wire to snap and Scott landed on the ground. He got up and dusted off the leaves and dirt.
"Thanks…"
Anna nodded. "Anytime…"
He smiled, and then turned around walking towards the house. "So, coming?"
Anna smirked, while Hermione just rolled her eyes. It was going to be a long night.
