Madison woke up feeling great. Looking at the clock she saw it read 1:26 PM. "Hmm I should sleep this late more often" she thought to herself. After getting up and going to the bathroom she noticed something about her reflection. Leaning in closer she saw a small speck of red at the corner of her mouth. After wiping it off she decided it was from the pizza she had last night.
After tugging on some clothes and making herself look decent she hopped downstairs to grab a piece of toast. Her father was already at the table reading the paper as he ate a bowl of cereal.
"Morning!" She said walking past him going towards the bread.
"Afternoon now. You missed morning." Her dad said with a laugh. "What were you doing last night? Found you passed out on your bed with your laptop wide open. Battery was dead so I plugged in your charger."
Madison nodded, "Thanks." The toast popped out of the toaster and she grabbed it taking a bite as she headed for the door.
"I'm going to Scott's, not sure when I'll be back" As she walked out the door she heard her dad mumble an "okay" and headed straight for Scott's house. She was glad he didn't live too far away and was able to get there by walking.
The air felt warm against her skin, the sun bright and shining in the middle of the sky. It was perfect. As she finally got to the house she knocked three times and patiently waited. She smiled as soon as she saw Mrs. McCall.
"Hi Madison, they're all upstairs so go on up" she said cheerfully. Madison thanked her and headed up the stairs, first door to the right. Walking in she saw Stiles laying upside down on Scott's bed and hanging halfway off. Isaac was in a chair and Scott was sitting on the floor. She immediately went to Isaac and sat in his lap as she listened to what the boys were already talking about.
"So has Deaton said anything yet about what attacked me?" Madison said after a moment of silence. Scott only shook his head.
"I tried calling this morning but he never answered. I then tried going to the clinic but no one was there either." Stiles just made a weird face.
"Maybe thats his specialty. Dissapearing out of nowhere" We all looked at him till he gave up and surrendered, going back to letting the blood rush to his head. They all went back to thinking.
After a half hour of absolutely nothing, they decided to give up. Thats when Stiles shot up sitting straight with a serious look on his face.
"Stiles? Whats wrong?" Scott said taking a step towards his friend.
"Lydia just texted me..It's happening again" Stiles looked at the three of them and wasn't surprised that they looked just as concerned as he was. Without thinking a second more they all ran downstairs and to the jeep. After climbing in they sped down the road to meet Lydia at the woods. It didn't take long, mostly because Stiles broke the speed limit a few times along the way, before they got there seeing Lydia pacing in front of her car. Stiles was the first one out, of course.
"Lydia! What happened are you okay?" His words came out rushed. She could only shake her head before taking a deep breath to explain.
"I-I was driving home and when I parked I realized I'm not at home. At first I thought I just took a wrong turn, I didn't realize it was supernatural until that.." Lydia lifted a finger and shakily pointed towards the trees where not that far away from them was a man, well what was left of him anyway. All that was left of him was his upper body and an arm. Madison never liked blood and gore so she quickly turned away and buried herself into Isaac's embrace who rubbed comforting circles on her back.
"So what, werewolves are eating people now?" Isaac asked unable to tear his eyes away from the body.
"It would be the first I've seen or heard of." Scott admitted.
"You think that's why Deaton left? Because he knew what happened?" Stiles suggested earning a glare from Scott and Isaac.
"Ok maybe not, but he's still on my list!" He added on while calling his dad to tell him about the body. Madison started to feel sick so she buried her face further into Isaac's chest.
"Want me to take you home?" Isaac suggested watching Madison squirm. She only nodded before walking away with him towards the road. Stiles, Scott and Lydia stayed behind so they could explain to Sheriff Stilinski what happened.
"That was probably the most disgusting thing I've seen in my life." Madison said as they walked down the road hand in hand. Isaac laughed as he agreed with her.
"I'll admit I have seen pretty disgusting things in my life, but that back there pretty much tops it off." They both laughed and spent the rest of the time walking in comfortable silence. It wasn't until they finally reached Madison's doorstep that she spoke again.
"Thanks for walking me home.." She bit her lip watching him. He only chuckled as he stepped closer to her.
"You want me to stay for awhile?" He knew that was exactly what she wanted by the way she smiled with guilt nodding her head. Madison's dad wasn't around when they walked in. She saw a note on the fridge saying he went out for a bit and would bring home dinner. Sitting on the couch they wrapped their arms around each other and watched whatever movie they could find.
"Want to make some popcorn?" Isaac suggested. Madison only shook her head.
"I still feel a little queasy from seeing that guy" She admitted putting a hand on her stomach. Isaac nodded in understanding and they continued to watch the movie until Madison fell asleep.
Madison woke up an hour later to an empty room and a daisy lying next to her. She figured Isaac must have picked it from the lawn and put it there as his goodbye. Smiling she took the flower and went up to her room setting it on her desk. Changing into more comfortable clothes she lied down on her bed with her laptop and went back to where she left off last night. She had made sure that she bookmarked the page so she could look at it again later, but after opening internet she couldn't find the link. Sighing in frustration she tried to find it again the hard way by searching through Google. Her luck had run out though. The only links she could find took her to pages with little to no descriptions and poorly drawn pictures.
"Worst. Day. Ever.." She groaned putting her head in her hands. That's when her dad popped through the door.
"Hey Maddy I brought home dinner" Madison jumped and glared at her dad as she calmed her breathing.
"Dad? Give a warning next time you get home and randomly pop in scaring me half to death." He only laughed and nodded before going back downstairs.
"Better hurry before the food gets cold!" He shouted from downstairs. Madison thought for a moment deciding if she was hungry or not. Just thinking of eating something still made her feel icky so she took a warm shower, put on her PJ's and climbed into bed earlier than she would have liked. She couldn't understand why she felt sick and downright horrible but concluded that it was just from seeing a man that was half eaten. Pulling the covers over herself she did her best to block out the images and fell into a fitful sleep. The strange thing was that she started having a dream of walking through the woods smelling something sweet.
Lydia had just gotten home and locked herself in her room. She was really starting to hate these "powers". Why did they have to make her feel like a psycho that belonged in a mental institute? Especially with the screaming! Why couldn't it be something more quiet, like sneezing or just a simple feeling of someone dying? She was already tired enough so she took a few pills to help her sleep, climbed into bed, and prayed for sleep to consume her. Thankfully it only took a few minutes before she was having a dreamless sleep.
Suddenly voices surrounded her in her darkened dream as images flashed in her mind. She tried plugging her ears, as if that would somehow make the voices go away, but it only intensified, as did the images. Blood, blood everywhere. The voices screaming inside of her head shouting at her. That's when Lydia sat up in her bed and screamed.