AN: So here is the next installment. Please Review! It let's me know what you think and like or dislike about it. I feel like I am not writing Stiles right, so if he seems out of character I do apologize. Also some minor Plot Spoilers for Seasons 4 and 5. I don't remember of Hayden's sister died or not in 5B or not, and the few places that I have checked online say that she is. If not then there is one other minor change. Umm all mistakes in spelling and grammar are mine, I do my best to catch it all before posting, but inevitably some still slip through. Again enjoy and please review! Thanks, Draco.

Chapter 2

Division

The McCall house was filled with the sound of Christmas music. Walking in a Winter Wonderland was playing as Scott and Stiles brought two boxes up from the basement. Scott setting his box on the coffee table as Stiles slightly dropped his somewhat heavier box onto the couch. Stiles straightened up and looked at Melissa as she entered the room with Malia and Lydia. "When did you get so many Christmas decorations?"

Melissa raised an eyebrow. "I've always had this stuff since I was married to Scott's dad. But after the divorce I never really put it all out. I just grabbed the tree and some ornaments and our stockings and that was it."

"Well I think I lost blood flow in my arms bringing that one up." Stiles said as he sat down rubbing his arms.

"C'mon Stiles, we still have more boxes to bring up." Scott said as he dragged Stiles with him back in the direction of the basement.

The doorbell rang as Scott and Stiles headed for the basement again and Melissa went and opened it to find Liam and Mason standing on the front porch. Melissa smiled. "Liam, Mason, it is good to see you two. Come in."

Melissa stood aside and allowed both boys to come in and remove their hoodies. "Scott already cleared the corner over there, if you two can set up the tree that would be a great help."

Liam nodded and he went over with Mason and started to pull out the artificial tree. Lydia came into the entrance hall with Malia holding fake evergreen garland. "Where did you want to start with this?"

Melissa smiled. "The one time I used it, I hung it off of the stairs."

Lydia returned Melissa her smile. "That sounds like a great place; c'mon Malia."

Lydia then walked over to the steps and started tying the garland to the stairs. Melissa walked off to the kitchen as Scott came up with another box and Stiles reappeared complaining, also carrying another box. "Why can't you do this?"

Liam smiled to himself as he heard Scott and Stiles enter the living room as he held the bottom part of the tree as Mason screwed on the tree stand

Scott replied with laughter. "Because it will go faster if you help."

"But I am not a Werewolf or a werecoyote I just don't have the strength." Stiles grumbled.

Scott laughed. "You're fine Stiles. Stop being such a baby."

Stiles put his box down as he then noticed Liam and Mason. "Oh look! Its Mr. Angry Eyes and Beast Boy are here."

Liam frowned. "What's up your ass, Stiles?"

Stiles walked over to Liam and Mason, who had about half of the tree put together. "Oh nothing, I just want to see my little explosive puppy. Have you managed to work things out with Hayden?"

Liam growled, as his eyes shifted. "I am not going to talk to you about that."

Stiles gave an offended look. "Oh, come on Liam, I want to know what happened!"

Scott shook his head. "Stiles leave him alone."

Stiles turned to Scott. "Look you turned Hayden into a werewolf; I need to know that things are alright with the pups."

Scott sighed. "Stiles, Liam doesn't have to discuss that with you now, or ever."

Stiles looked even more outraged as he looked from Scott to Liam, who just stuck his tongue out. "Fine, but I protest!"

Stiles left the living room as Scott moved over to Liam and Mason. "Sorry about that."

Mason smiled. "It's alright."

Liam gave Scott a grateful smile. "Thanks, Scott. Did Hayden say anything to you about it though?"

Scott shook his head. "No, she didn't and I didn't ask her. As far as I am concerned it's none of my business."

Liam looked relieved. "Ok."

Scott turned and walked out of the room, as Liam stood up off of the floor and helped Mason put the top part of the tree on. Mason was watching Liam closely. "I don't recall you mentioning to me that you broke up with Hayden."

Liam's eyes went wide. "Well things got a little busy."

Mason wasn't buying it. "Dude Liam, it's been almost a month."

Liam quickly glanced around. "I will tell you later, okay?"

Mason just stared at Liam, "Why not tell me now?"

Liam seemed to get agitated. "Later Mason, okay?"

Mason just shook his head. "Fine, I don't know what your issue is."

Liam sighed and relaxed. "The only one that knows is Melissa, and well of course Hayden. But I really don't want Stiles to know right now, and I don't want to risk him overhearing."

Mason nodded. "Alright you win."

Before Liam could say anything Melissa walked back into the room with a plate of cookies and two glasses of milk, with Stiles hovering two feet behind her eating a cookie. "Here you go boys."

Scott brought in another box setting it on the pile of boxes. "Ok, here are the last of the boxes mom."

Melissa turned and opened the top box. "This one needs to go to the dining room."

Scott nodded and grabbed the box and took off with it as Melissa looked into the next one. "Stiles, can you take this one out onto the porch? This is all outside decorations."

Stiles took the box without complaint this time as Melissa opened up the third box. "Mason and Liam, here are the lights for the tree if you guys want to get started on that."

Mason quickly chewed the last of his cookie. "Sure Ms. McCall."

Melissa smiled. "Mason, please call me Melissa."

Mason blushed. "Ok, Melissa."

Mason and Liam then reached into the box and pulled out the lights, making sure that they worked and then started hanging them on the tree. Over the course of an hour everyone got the house decorated up for the Christmas season. Liam and Mason were just finishing up with the box of ornaments on the tree when Scott came in to check on them. "Boy you two do excellent work on decorating trees."

Liam blushed, which Mason noticed. "Thanks Scott."

Liam picked up a flat ornament out of the box and he then noticed there was a picture in it. Liam studied the picture for a moment. Scott had his eyes closed, but he was wearing a white skirt with what looked like a green hoodie and a big smile on his face. But there was some girl with her hair up in braids and she was kissing Scott on the cheek. Liam could tell that she was really pretty, but he wasn't sure as to who was in the picture with Scott. Liam could tell that is definitely was not Kira in the picture.

Scott was helping Mason put the star on top of the tree, as Liam walked up to them. "Hey Scott, I have a question for you."

After attaching the star Scott turned. "Sure, what's up buddy?"

Liam held up the ornament. "Who is this with you in the picture?"

Scott frowned for a moment, as he took it. But once he saw it he gave a sad smile. "That's Allison."

Liam frowned; he knew the name, because Lydia had mentioned that it was Scott's memory of Allison when Sebastian Valet had tried to kill Scott, had mistaken her for his sister Marie-Jeanne Valet from France. But Sebastian didn't know that Marie-Jeanne wasn't Allison, but apparently they looked pretty similar or at least that was the impression Liam got from Lydia.

Scott cleared his throat. "She was my first love, but we lost her when we were fighting the Nogitsune."

Mason placed a hand on Scott's shoulder. "I am sorry to hear that."

Something seemed to click for Liam though. "Is that what you meant, when I asked you how you are still alive, and you told me not all of you were?"

Scott nodded. "Yeah, Allison was one of them. Then there was also Boyd, Erica, and Aiden."

Liam nodded. He had not heard the other three names before. "I am sorry to bring up these bad memories."

Liam took the ornament out of Scott's hands and started to put it back in the box when Scott stopped Liam. "No, don't put it away. Let's put it up on the tree."

Liam gave Scott a smile and he walked over and he put the ornament front and center in an open area of the tree. Mason got down on the floor and the three of them moved the tree further into the corner and plugged it into the wall. Mason stood up off of the floor and Scott wrapped both Liam and Mason into a one armed hug. "Like I said, you both do good work."

"Boys come here please." Lydia's voice came from the entry room.

Mason led the way out and they stopped, Liam stopped in the door frame going into the living room. Lydia and Malia showed their wonderful handiwork on the stairs. "So what do you think?"

"I love it, Lydia." Melissa said as she came inside with Stiles.

"Me too," Scott said. Scott turned and looked at Liam, but he gave Liam a mischievous grin.

Liam noticed the look that Scott was giving him. "What?"

If at all possible Scott's grinned widened. "You're standing under the mistletoe."

Liam looked up above him, and a look of horror overcame his face, as Scott moved in really close and planted a kiss on Liam's cheek. Liam turned 4 shades of red as Scott's lips were pressed against his check; but he then turned redder when Stiles started to make cooing and kissing noises at him. And thefact that Liam could literally hear the "Awe" sigh coming from Lydia, Malia, and even Scott's mom made it worse. Liam noticed the amused look on Mason's face.

The sudden sound of glass breaking and an almost immediate thump broke Scott's lips from his cheek, and Scott went from being playful to alert and focused.

Scott broke from kissing Liam's cheek and he looked into the living room. He noticed that the window by the just decorated tree was broken, but the big surprise was to find embedded into the wall was the ornament that Liam had just asked him about with an arrow through it. Scott took tentative steps into the room and over to the window. Glancing out in the surrounding neighborhood, Scott didn't see or hear anything out of the ordinary.

Scott then turned from the window and walked over to the wall and joined everyone where the arrow was embedded. Scott looked the arrow over, but he couldn't see or smell anything on it.

Mason finally spoke up. "Do we take it out?"

Scott shook his head. "I can't tell if it is laced with anything that might be harmful."

Lydia took a step forward and her eyes went wide. "Scott, did you see this?"

Scott moved to the other side and he looked to where Lydia was pointing. Located just behind the arrow head, on the shaft was a symbol. That symbol was one that he had seen used by the Calaveras when they had gone to Mexico. Scott stood up and then fished out his phone out of his pants pocket and dialed a number.

After a few rings the phone picked up. "Hi Chris," Scott said.

"Scott, what can I do for you?" Chris Argent asked,

Scott glanced at the arrow in the wall. "I was curious, are you back in Beacon Hills at all?"

"I am." Chris replied.

Scott swallowed. "Could you stop by the house for a minute? I have something here for you to look at, but I am not sure as to what to do with it."

The silence on the phone concerned Scott for a moment. "Yeah, I will be there in 5 minutes."

With that the phone clicked off. As stated the doorbell rang five minutes later and Scott answered it. Chris Argent came into the house asking. "So what do you want to show me?"

Scott motioned for Chris to follow him and then pointed to the arrow in the wall. "We were decorating for Christmas, when the window broke and we came in to find this."

Chris quickly looked over the arrow. Scott swallowed. "I wasn't sure if it was laced with anything or not, so I haven't pulled it out."

Chris reached out and pulled the arrow out of the wall, and grabbing the picture. He handed the picture to Liam, but he again looked over the arrow. "It's not laced with anything, nor would it have harmed you."

Scott let out a breath of air that he had been holding. "So the Calaveras aren't here then?"

Chris raised an eyebrow at Scott. "No, they have agreed to leave you alone when I offered to help them track down Kate. " Chris glanced at Liam, before he looked back at Scott. "Araya is decidedly pissed that you have bitten two people. She had agreed to spare Liam when I helped them. She was all ready to come after you when she found out about Hayden."

Scott sighed. "It's been little over a month, why hasn't she confronted me on it?"

Chris gave Scott a knowing smile. "I stopped her. I told Araya, Hayden's circumstance about being changed into a Chimera by the Dread Doctors. Then the subsequent fight with the Beast and Theo, and how to basically undo the damage that was done to her, you had to turn her in order for her to live after she was injured. Also Deaton confirmed everything as well."

Scott smiled, but Liam spoke up. "They were going to kill Scott for saving me and Hayden?"

Chris turned to Liam. "Yes, they were."

Scott cleared his throat. "Before we met you Liam, we had gone to Mexico to look for Derek, and when I figured out that Kate was still alive she let us go. But she gave me a warning saying that if I ever took the bite of an innocent, and make a wolf of my own, she was going to come find me and kill me."

"She would have to go over my dead body." Melissa said hotly. "I have lost you twice; I am not going to try for a third."

Scott noticed Liam look down at the floor in guilt. Scott moved over to Liam and put a hand on Liam's shoulder. Liam slightly jumped, which Scott noticed, and apparently so did Mason. But Scott was brought back to the conversation when Chris started to speak again. "Though I am puzzled as to how this got here though."

"Well it obviously didn't just fly in here all on its own." Stiles said sarcastically.

Chris continued to study the arrow for another moment, but Scott could tell the small change in him when Chris started to head for the door. "I am going to go check a few things, and I will call you Scott."

With that Chris Argent left with the arrow, and leaving not only Scott, but everyone else concerned.

Later that evening, after Liam had gotten home, and got permission to have Mason spend the night did Mason bring up what Liam refused to talk about at Scott's. What had happened between him and Hayden? Liam was not sure how he wanted this conversation to go, but it was apparently inevitable.

Liam was lying in his bed with the covers on; Mason was on the air bed to his right. With Liam's enhanced vision, his darkened bedroom looked like they still had the light on, and he could see Mason staring at him expectantly. "Alright Liam, spill," Mason said.

Liam let out a puff of air and then rolled on his side to face Mason. "Alright you remember last year, when Scott and everyone were first all really interested in me shortly after I broke my ankle at lacrosse tryouts?"

Mason nodded, knowing that Liam could see him. Liam swallowed. "So that was when Scott had bitten me trying to save me from that Wendigo. After that so called 'party' that they had 'invited' me to, I had shifted for the first time and Scott was talking to me and trying to help me through it and help me deal with the fact that I was now a werewolf."

Mason nodded again that he understood, but Liam could see his confused expression in the dark. "So what does that have to do with Hayden?"

"I'm getting to that." Liam sighed again and then picked at his comforter for a moment as he considered his thoughts. "After that I was really confused on some feelings that I was having, so I talked to Derek about them."

"Derek?" Mason asked. "Wait, wasn't he that grumpy older guy that was hanging around Scott and them there for a little bit?"

Liam smiled at the description of Derek. "Yeah, Stiles calls him Mr. Sourwolf."

Both Liam and Mason chuckled at that. "So what were these feelings that you were having?"

Liam sighed again and decided to just bite the bullet. "I have been having feelings for Scott, like I want to be his."

Mason nodded. "Well aren't you already his? I mean you're his first Beta right?"

Liam smiled at Mason's misunderstanding. "I am not Scott's first Beta. I'm his first bitten Beta that he has made. But that's not what I meant, Mas. What I mean is that I like, like Scott."

Mason was quiet for a moment. "You like…wait, what?"

Liam sighed. "I figured out talking to Derek, that I am attracted to Scott."

Liam saw Mason sit up on the air bed. "You're attracted to Scott?"

Liam sat up and turned the lamp on the night stand on. "I am. That's why things ended with Hayden. I was trying to run from that very fact by trying to force myself into a relationship with her that basically wasn't working out at least on my end."

Mason didn't say anything for a moment as he absorbed that information. "Wow, that's rough dude."

Liam nodded and then started picking at his comforter again. "The worst part was, that I thought by having sex with Hayden, it would make my feelings for Scott go away."

Mason's face made an 'oh gross' face at the mention of Liam having sex with Hayden. "So if you've had these feelings for Scott, then why did you attack him?"

Liam felt like Mason just punched him in the gut. But in Mason's defense it was a fair question. Even Melissa had asked him as to why. She was still pissed with him over it, but at least she's not as angry for the actual reasons, then for the ones she thought they were. "I was so preoccupied with trying to save Hayden from the Dread Doctors, and to try something with her that I wasn't thinking clearly. Plus Theo had gotten into my head and played with my emotional state that I just acted and didn't think, until it was too late and the damage had been done."

Mason nodded. "So now what are you planning on doing?"

Liam shrugged. "I don't know. I know that Scott doesn't entirely trust me still. He's still guarded around me, and I understand why. But I did the important thing and broke things off with Hayden before it got a whole lot worse. I was surprised when she agreed to let Scott turn her, and I am even more surprised that she hasn't said anything to him."

Mason looked at Liam. "Well maybe she is being mature about it and not outing you to everyone. I know that she is a part of the pack and all,and besides where was she today?"

Liam shrugged again. "I don't know. I think she and her sister were going somewhere today."

Mason nodded. "So you know what this means right?"

Liam looked up from his comforter, and he noticed Mason's sly grin. "What does it mean, Mas?"

Mason's smile grew. "We need to serve you up for Scott to notice and make you his boyfriend!"

Liam sighed dramatically and tossed a pillow at Mason, where they both fell into a fit of giggles before settling in for the night.

Scott rode up on his motorcycle to a building that Chris Argent had told him to meet him at. Scott took off his helmet and walked up to the open door to not only find Chris there, but Deaton as well. Chris ushered Scott into the building and proceeded down a row of locked away guns as he explained things. "So this building is only known to a few people, and that was one of the reasons we did that when the Argents were selling weapons. The Calaveras sold to me a lot of high quality archery equipment, and all of their arrows had their family crest put on them. After Allison had died, I ended up stock piling a lot of those items here."

As the three men turned a corner Chris continued to lead Scott and Deaton down to the end of the new row. At the end of the row, Chris pointed showing Scott a busted up gate and ripped open containers. "This was like this when I got here."

Scott turned to look at Chris. "Don't you have surveillance?"

Chris nodded. "I do, but ironically every camera was damaged and I don't have anything other than a rock or something of that nature fly up and break the camera, and the footage can't be recovered. But I am also missing a small crossbow, as well as a compound bow, a quiver, and several boxes of arrows."

Scott then turned to Deaton, Deaton smiled when he saw Scott's questioningly look. "Argent called me when he found something of interest."

Deaton then showed Scott what appeared to look like a very large bird talon.

Scott looked from Deaton to Chris. "So what does this mean?"

Deaton cocked his head and wore an expression that clearly said that Scott should know the answer. "It means that there is either a very large sparrow going around stealing archery equipment, or there is a new supernatural creature in Beacon Hills that I have not encountered before."