Everyone was in School, and P.E was in session, "It had a tail, why don't I have a tail?" Scott mumbles as him and Allison climb the wall. "Maybe you just haven't grown it yet." she tells him, "I'm not growing a tail, ever." he assures her. She was ahead of him then stops, "Are you slowing down for me?" he asks her. "I was waiting for you." she tells him, "Waiting for me to catch up?" he asks, "You look like you were struggling." she tells him. "Maybe I was admiring the view." he states, Allison scuffs. "Try admiring from afar." she said and climbs up the wall. She was going to see if he was catching up, she saw Scott already ahead of her.
She glares at him, he shrugs, but Allison then kick Scott's foot out from under him and he fell, almost hit the mat but, that god for the safely strap and stops his fall, everyone laughs, Scott then drops to the mat, "I don't know McCall, but your pain gives me a special kind of joy." Coach laughs at him, Alice was standing over him and helps him to his feet.
"Thanks." he mumbles. "Alright, next two, other McCall, Erica. The wall." he tells them, Alice looks over at Erica with the matted hair and tired eyes. She gulps and they hook themselves in and started to climb the wall, Alice stay at a slow pace so the Erica could catch up. But Erica's heart started to pick as she panics, Alice pulls closer towards her. "Coach, something's wrong." Allison states as everyone gathered around them, "Erica, it's okay." she tells her, Erica looks over at Alice as a hand was place on her shoulder.
"Alice what wrong?" Coach calls up to her, "She panicking." she shouts down to them, "Erica, climb down." Couch tells her. "I'm fine." she weakly calls back. "Come on, we're climbing down." Alice helps her down, step by step. Alice jumps off first and helps Erica onto her feet, Alice took the belt hook off of her and stood next to her. "It's okay, you're safe now." she mumbles to her holding her shoulders. "Come on." both her and Erica walk to the locker room, everyone laughs at her, but quickly shut up from the glare and growl Alice sent at them and walks on, Scott watches them.
~8~8~8~
Alice sat with Erica in the locker room, Alice was rubbing her hand against his back, "You okay?" she asks her. Erica looks at her, wanting to try again, "Could you come with me?" she ask Alice, the werewolf nods her head and they walk out of the locker room and out to the gym standing in front rock wall. "You sure you want to do this?" Alice asks her, Erica was pulling her hair into a bun. "Yeah, promise you'll catch me?" Erica said to her. "You got it." she assure her. Erica walks up to the wall and started to climb it, free style. Alice listens to her heartbeat as it slowly quickens, Erica was half way up the wall when she stop. Her heart was beating at a fast pace, she started to let go as she was gagging her air.
"Erica!" Alice ran, jumps up, caught Erica in her arms, kicks high off the wall and lands on her feet in a squatted position, 10 feet away from the way. She quickly place Erica on the ground as everyone comes out of the locker rooms. "Put her on her side." Allison tells her. Alice did that, Erica grips her hand. "How did you do that?" Scott ask his sister. "I don't know, I just did." she tells him.
~8~8~8~
Alice stood next to her mother, as she checks Erica's eyes. "It's been a while since saw you, Erica. You were being so good about taking your medication." Melissa states, "Are you going to tell me mum?" Erica asks her in a worry tone. "Well I swear I don't want to, but there's this team of lawyers in the back, who would break my legs and I don't know if you've seen my legs, but for a girl my age, they're still pretty hot." she tells her, Erica looks at Alice, 'They are' she mouth to her, Erica smiles a little and Melissa place her hand on her head. "The doctor's going to be in, in a minute, okay?" Melissa tells her.
"Okay." Erica mumbles, and Melissa took off from the room, Alice stood next to her as Erica closes her eyes. Then she shifted her eyes to the man hiding in the shadows, "Is this her?" he ask Alice, "Yes. I want you to tell me something, before for you doing anything." Alice looks up at him, he nods. "Will she survive?" she asks him. He said nothing, "Will she survive?" she asks again in a colder tone, "It depends on her." he answers. She nods then he pulls the rolling bed into the back hall way, Alice walks alongside him as Erica flutters her eyes open. She went to she who was pushing her, "Lay still." he tells her, they walk into the morgue and Alice closes the door behind them.
The man walks over to the table, holding Erica's pill bottle in his hand as Alice walks up to the slightly frighten Erica, she place her hand on her shoulder as Erica sat up, to comfort her and let her know that it was alright, "Side-effects may include anxiety, weight gain, acne... ulcerative colitis." he listed of the effects. Then toss the pills away, "Who are you?" Erica found her voice. Griping Alice's hand, "He won't hurt you, I promise." Alice assure her. Derek looks at her and smiles a little, "Lets just say we have a... mutual friend." he tells her as he walks in front of her.
"You get a warning right before you have a seizure." Derek tells her, standing in front of her, like a predator. "It's called an aura. It's like a metallic taste in my mouth." she tells him, "You don't have to lie, Erica." Alice tells her, Erica looks at her. "What's it really taste like?" she asks her, Erica swallows back a lump. "It taste like blood." she chokes a little, Alice rubs her shoulder.
"What if I told you he could make it all go away?" Alice asks her, Erica looks at her. "The side-effects." Alice held her palm open, "The symphony." she purrs, looking at Derek. Running her fingertips along her palm lightly. "All of it vanish, like a dream." she whispers, "And what if everything else, not only went away... but got even better." she push back some of Erica's hair behind her ear. Erica looks at Derek. "How?" she asks him. "Let me show you." Derek's eyes then turn to their neon red.
~8~8~8~
After Derek turn Erica into a werewolf, Alice help with a whole make-over and she herself, she change her look, did her make up, and her hair. They arrive at the school, ran to the bathroom, Erica change into her clothing. Alice did her hair and make-up. "Hey Alice." Erica calls out. "Yeah" she answers, putting on the blush. "Why are you helping me?" she asks her. "Because I have instinct that tells me to protect my friends and I want to make everyone who ever tease you in your life to think twice." she answers her, then puts on the mascara. "Were you tease before?" Erica asks her. Alice smiles, "Yeah, I was tease just because I was a tomboy and I always did what other boys do." she tells her, adding the last finishing touches.
"There, look." she nudges her head to the mirror. Erica and gasp as she saw the new her in the mirror. "Is that me?" she asks with shock, Alice smiles softly. "Yeah, the new you." she states. Erica turns and smiles at her then pulls her into a hug. Alice hugs her back and knows she's going to be the sexy hot chick in school now.
"Go, make those jaw drops." Alice tells her, Erica smiles and took off out of the bathroom. Alice smiles to herself and walks out of the bathroom and walks into the lunchroom and sat with Scott and Stiles. "Hey guys." she states, "Hey Alice, what are you going?" Stiles asks him. "Wondering what you're doing tonight." she tells them.
"We're going to the staking ring." Scott tells her. "Good, I'm coming to." she tells him. The two look at her, "What I want to hang out with friend and brother, sue me." she tells them. "Good enough for me, Allison and Lydia are coming to, you cool with that?" Scott tells her, "I'm cool." she tells Scott and he handed her an apple. "Thanks." she took a bit out of it. Then everyone gaze went to Erica that was wearing; a black short shirk, leopard printed high heels, a white tank top, with a black leather jacket. She walks over to someone's tray, then pulls the apple into a bite, wipes the corner of her mouth smiles at him and walks out of the lunch room. "What the holy hell is that?" Lydia asks them, when she approach their table, "Erica." Scott answers.
They both then took off after her, "So Alice, are you coming with us?" Lydia asks her, Alice looks at her. "Yeah as a tag along." she tells her. "Good." Lydia states and took off.
~8~8~8~
Later at work Scott drops a glass canister of dirt, making it shatter at contact with the ground, she looks over at him and helps with the glass. "Something tells me you got a lot on her mind." Deaton spats down next to them. "Sorry, it just kinda slip through my fingers, like everything has been slipping through my fingers." Scott tells him, tossing the glass into the trash can. "Now that sounds far too world wary a thing for a teenager to say."
Deaton tells him, "Sorry." Scott mumbles, "You might want to try a different prospective. This is just empathy at work and this is the more of the natural way of the universe, but it doesn't necessarily mean it's falling apart, it's just changing shape." Deaton tells him, Alice thought on his words. "For better or for worse?" she asks him. "Exactly." he tells her.
She sighs and uses the dust pan, to clean up the mess, after Scott talks with Deaton, she ran up to him. "Hey Deaton, can I ask you something?" she asks him, "Of course." he tells her. "Listen this friend I know is going down a path that I feel I can't follow, and that scares me and I feel that a line will draw to divine sides and I don't which one to take." she tells him what she felt. "Well, Alice you are the most independent girl I have even known, you're strong willed and you're also afraid of loosing those closest to you, you don't want to loose a brother and a boyfriend, but which will be worse? Loose family or loose love?" he asks her. Alice looks at him and nods. "Okay now, go have fun." he tells her. She nods and took off with Scott as Stiles arrives and picks them up from work.
~8~8~8~
Alice sat on the bleaches as the four were having fun on the ice. Deaton's words ring in her head, what was worse to her loosing family or loosing love? She pulls out her phone and looks in her gallery, some of them were her in Derek.
She sigh, knowing her choice. But was welcoming of the out come of the results. She then was thrown off by Lydia screaming. Alice shot up of the bleachers, ran onto the ice and was next to Stiles and Lydia. "What's wrong?" she ask, but Lydia was still screaming, frighten of something her, horribly. Stiles looks at Scott and Allison, not knowing what happen.
~8~8~8~
Later as School, Scott confronts Erica and then heads to lunch. Where he sat next to his sister, as Allison sat at another table, right behind him. "I know how it look, she came up to me." Scott explains, "I'm not jealous." Allison tells him. "You're not?" Scott asks, feeling relieve. "She's with Derek now, isn't she, like Issac?" Allison asks him. Alice stiffens, as Scott shifted in his chair. "You both can't be caught in the middle of this, Grandfather coming here, Derek turning Erica and Issac. It's like... it's like battle lines are being drawn." Allison tells him, "We know." Alice mumbles. "There always crossfire." Allison warns them, "What are we suppose to do. We can't just stay by and pretend to be normal." Scott tells her.
"I don't want you two to be normal, I want you two to be alive." she states, got out of her seat and took off. "Scott, Alice, look over there." Stiles points to the empty table, "It's an empty table." Scott states, "Yeah, but who's empty table?" Stiles asks them. Then realization hits them in the face; Boyd was the next one.
~8~8~8~
"We're going to go to the ice ring to see if he's there." Scott tells Stiles as they walk through the hall. "And if he's not at home, you call us, got it." Alice points out. "What?" Scott asks making that look. "Maybe we should let him. Boyd you know. You said Derek's giving him a choice, right?" Stiles sums up. "No we can't." Scott pulls his arm and they walk on.
"You got to admit, Erica looks pretty good and others words insational comes to mind." Stiles mumbles. "How do you think she's going to look with a Wolfsbane bullet in her head?" Scott asks him, "Alright, maybe this one isn't totally your responsibility." Stiles points out. "They all are, ans something going to get out of control and that makes us responsible." Alice adds.
"Alright, I'm with ya and I got to say, this new found heroism is very attracted to you." Stiles tease them, Alice rolls her eyes and Scott shoves him forward a bit. She giggles and follows after them.
~8~8~8~
Scott and Alice arrive at the ring, "Boyd! I just want to talk!" Scott calls out, Boyd ignores him. "Hey come on Boyd, please." Scott and Alice walk up to him. "Did Derek tell you everything and I don't mean going out of control on a full moon, I mean everything?" Scott asks him. Boyd turns off the machine and looks at them, "He told me about the hunters." he states.
"And that's not enough for you to say no?" Scott asks him, Boyd looks away. "Whatever you want there other ways to get it." Alice jumps in. "I don't want to sit alone at lunch anymore." he snaps at her, "You want friends, then go and get some, don't except it to be handed to you on a silver platter." Alice shot up at him. "My sister's right, you can do a lot better then Derek." Scott states.
"That really hurts Scott." Derek said drawing their attention. "I mean if you're going to review me, at least take a conciseness." he states, jesting to Erica and Issac. "Erica, how has live been since we meet?" Derek asks her, "In a word? Transformitive." she states then roars at Scott. "Issac?" Derek asks him. "I'm bummed about the fugitive part, but other then that, I'm great." Issac smiles at Scott, fangs showing. "Okay, hold on. This isn't a fair fight." Scott tells him, "Then go home." Derek told him, Alice shifts and growls at them. "He meant fair for them." she growls.
Scott slams his fist into the ground and was shifted as well, Issac and Erica walks over to them, Scott and Alice roars at them. Issac charges at Scott, but Alice grab a hold of him and throws him against the plastic wall, which was ten feet away. Scott kicks Erica against the show machine, Issac come up at Scott. Erica went up behind Scott, but Alice kicks up off the machine and right hooks her across the face, as Scott throws Issac against the machine. But then the two Betas throw them across the ice, the Twins use their claws to slow them down. Alice looks up at them as Scott growls at them, the twin charge at them, but Alice and Scott defended them easy.
"Don't you get it, he doesn't care about you, he's just adding to his own power, it's all about him. He makes you feel like he's given you some kind of gift, but all his done is turn you into a butch of guard dogs!" Scott tells them and throws them at Derek's feet. "It's true, it is about power." Derek agrees walking up to Scott. His claws flick out, eyes glowing red and he shifts into his werewolf self. "Alice stay out of this." Scott tells her. Alice looks at her brother then back away. When Derek was close to Scott, he headbutted him, rack his claws at Scott, making him scream in pain, then was push in the face twice and in the gut, Scott elbows him in the face.
Making Derek stumble away, he just smiles at the teen wolf, Scott went to hit him, but Derek blocks the punch and punches Scott across the face three times and throws Scott down onto the ground, Scott coughs up blood and Derek steps on Scott collarbone. Alice growls, suddenly appeared behind Derek, dug her claws into shoulder and throws him back against the ice ground.
She slowly turns to him, now angered. Derek stood up and glares at her, then charges at her. She grips his arm, twisted it, jumps up behind him, did a back-flip and throws Derek back to the ground, Alice was in a hand stance, twirls and land on her feet. She slowly went down into a predator stance and growls at Derek.
He charges again, but she jumps on him, sending them both onto the ground, she steps onto him wrist and uses her other knee to press down on his other arm, pinning down his arms, she pulls out her dagger and held it to his throat. "Hurt my brother again and I will kill you!" she shouts at him, he just glares up at her. Alice pulls away from him, stood up and looks at Erica and Issac, who were frighten of her.
"Same goes for the both of you, hurt my brother or my friends, and you're going to wish I was put down." she growls at them. Then walks away from Derek and kneels down by her brother, helping him to lean against her.
Boyd hops off the machine, "Don't. You don't want to be like them." Scott tells him, Boyd looks down at the McCall twins, "You're right." he states and lifts up his shirt, showing them the bite, Scott and Alice look up at him in shock, "I want to be like you two." he tells them with a smile. Derek, who already up on his feet walk out of the ring, Issac, Erica and Boyd follow after him. Scott leans against Alice as she press her hand against his wound.
~8~8~8~
Alice helps Scott to the clinic, but he tells her that he can make it on his own, so Alice went to walk home; "Ah, why won't you heal?" Scott mumbles, "Because it from an Alpha." Deaton answers him, as a dead body of a hunter laid on the table. Scott looks at the body in shock then at his boss, "I think we better have that talk now."
~8~8~8~
Alice didn't want to become someone she's not