I'm changing up season 2..alot..maybe..we'll see. This has got to be my favourite chapter by far! Shout out to Faye Cullen-Fraser, Stargazer1364 and megladon1616 for reviewing! Thanks for the kind words you guys :) I love this chapter and I think you will too, lots of Dashlee :) I can assure you this is a Derek x Ashlee fic but it's going to be non-official and even secretive to the others for a little while, but rest assure, definate Dashlee!

Ashlee's p.o.v

It takes a week for my body to properly heal. Everyone's gone back to school. I haven't gone back to training with Derek though..i've been told i'm not allowed by Scott. He's bitten people, turned them. Erica Reyes, Isaac Lahey, Jackson Whittlemore. He's making his own pack. It's clear where we stand now, Scott and I aren't pack to him even if he is to us. It seems that Jackson is causing a fuss though..something's wrong, he's not turning but he's not dying. Actually..that's the same as Lydia. But she's back to normal, running the school. And there's something killing people..something that isn't a werewolf. A freaking giant lizard. And now, Vernon Boyd isn't in school. He matches up with the last ones Derek's bitten..lonely, sad life..sounds horrible but that's what he's going for apparently, the vulnerable ones. The ones that are guaranteed to say yes. Scott does not agree with Derek at all and the two have had a few fights in the last week. I've stayed out of them but..I can't stay out of it anymore, I can't keep watching Scott get hurt. So here we are, bursting in through the doors of Boyd's work, the ice-rink. Scott tries to talk to Boyd, tries to talk some sense into him.

"I just want to not eat lunch alone everyday" Boyd says sadly.

"Boyd..if you're looking for friends you can do ALOT better than Derek" Scott says. As expected, Derek's here. With his pack. Erica and Isaac. I don't like either of them. They've hurt people I love so now i'm going to hurt them. I'm going to knock that cocky look of Isaac's face and kick that bitchy look off Erica's face. They are prime examples of why you don't bite teengers, they're messed up enough already..no offense Scott. Derek shows off his pack and I almost want to roll my eyes. What happened to him? The alpha status has driven him a little power crazy. Okay..maybe I did have a tiny little crush on him but when he's like this..no. "Hey, hold on this isn't exactly a fair fight" Scott says, stepping in front of me.

"Then go home Scott" Derek shrugs. I step up beside my brother.

"It's fair now" I growl, staring Derek straight in the eye.

"You should go home Ashlee, this isn't your fight" he says.

"My brother's fight is my fight" I say. Derek sighs, he knows this, Scott being my anchor and all. He motions for his betas to attack.

"I'll take Isaac" Scott says, moving for the male.

"Erica's mine then" I shrug, roaring at the she-wolf. I know Scott can defend himself so I focus on fighting Erica. She's newly turned but she's a sloppy fighter. It's obvious Derek hasn't trained them much if even at all. I've kept up with my own training at home, with Scott, with Stiles, in the forest, whenever and wherever I can. I want to be powerful like Scott is. I tackle Erica into ground, lifting her up and slamming her down. I roar in her face, successfully making her flinch away. She jumps up and onto my back but I just back into the wall, breaking her hold on me and hurting her. I turn around and punch her across the face, feeling something break under my fist. She goes to get up so I kick her in the stomach and send her to the floor again. The whole time, Derek just watches, never getting involved.

"Don't you get it? He's not doing this for you! He's just adding to his own power, okay? It's all about him! He makes it feel like he's giving you some kind of gift but all he's done is turn you into a bunch of guard dogs!" Scott yells, throwing Isaac to Derek's feet. Derek raises his eyebrows at me and I grab Erica by her hair, sliding her on the other side of him. Scott and I stand tall, eyeing the alpha.

"It's true. It is about power" Derek says. He steps towards us, eyes turning red. With a quick flick of his neck, he's shifted.

"Get out of the way" Scott tells me. I stand my ground. Derek's not hurting Scott. Derek comes to stand in front of me.

"Move. This is between me and Scott" he says.

"You know I can't do that" I say. He leans in and headbutts me, fucking hard too.

"Ash?!" Scott roars, throwing me out of the way to go after Derek, rage pouring from him. Derek swipes out at his stomach, uppercutting him about 4 times. Scott elbows Derek in the face and he stumbles back. I move to help but my head is swimming, black splotches clouding my vision. Derek smiles at Scott, suprised he actually landed a hit. Derek blocks Scott's attacks and punches him a few times across the face before lifting him up and slamming him into the ice. Scott spits out blood and Derek puts his boot to Scott's neck, pressing down on it. He growls down at Scott.

"Get off him!" I roar at Derek, pulling myself up. I run at him and Derek moves so he can bring his arms around me, stopping me from attacking him. "Fight back!" I growl, thrashing around.

"Don't get between us, I don't want to hurt you" he says.

"You should have thought about that before you hurt my brother!" I snarl, stabbing my claws into his thigh. "I told you what would happen if you hurt him again" I growl. He lets me go and I use that time to jump up and kick out at his chest. He stumbles back but makes no move to come after me. "Come on!" I yell in challenge. Derek growls and stalks towards me. I jump and kick him in the stomach, making him double over. He looks up at me angerily. He grabs me by the throat, lifting me up. I kick out but he holds strong. He punches me across the face. I wasn't expecting that. He snarls in my face before throwing me into the ground beside Scott. I wince in pain. Yeah..he just kicked my ass. Maybe taunting him to fight me wasn't such a good idea. I can hear Scott coughing up blood from beside me. Derek looks to Boyd before backing away and leaving. I growl at the alpha as he walks away and I know he hears me.

"Don't" Scott tells Boyd. "You don't want to be like them" I turn around to see Boyd holding up his shirt..we're too late.

"You're right. I want to be like the two of you" he says, looking between us before leaving with Derek and the others. I help Scott up.

"I told you to get out of the way" Scott says.

"You should know i'm not going to listen" I say, bringing his arm around my shoulders so he can lean on me to walk. "I've always got your back Scott"

"And i've always got your's" Scott replies.

"It's just us..we're on our own. We're our own pack" I say.

"And Stiles" Scott adds. I chuckle.

"And Stiles" I say.

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I end up in the school with Stiles looking for Argent's beastiary. I hear footsteps and turn to have something blown in my face.

"Wh-what?" I say, starting to feel dizzy.

"Wolfsbane sweetie" Erica says, making sure to stay away from it herself. And then she's leading Stiles and I to the pools by our necks. Dammit. I'm going to learn to use that stuff without getting it too close to me then i'm going to make her choke on it.

"Wow. What a suprise" I say when she brings us to a stop in front of Derek. I want to punch that look off Derek's face. Stiles has to put his arm around me to hold me up now that Erica's standing with Derek. That wolfsbane is strong. Derek studies me before turning to Erica.

"How much did you use?" he asks her, trying to keep his voice down but Stiles and I can both hear.

"All of it" Erica smirks at me. Her smile falls when Derek's eyes are blazing red.

"We'll deal with that later" he says before turning back to us with his usual intoxicating green orbs. Oh! Erica's in trouble..stupid bitch. Okay, I don't like her. "Stiles" Derek says, looking at him.

"Derek" he says, meeting his gaze and tightening his hand around my waist protectively.

"What did you see at the mechanic's garage?" he asks. Oh. That's right. Stiles watched that lizard thing that's killing everyone, kill someone else. Stiles tries to be sarcastic as usual but Derek just puts his claws through a basketball to show he'll hurt Stiles if he doesn't tell him the truth.

"You don't have to tell him anything" I say to Stiles, my voice a little weak.

"Let's try that again" Derek says. Stiles looks down at me and shakes his head at Derek.

"No, I don't have to tell you anything" Stiles says. Erica growls from her spot beside Derek. I bare my fangs in warning from my spot beside Stiles.

"Not going to talk?" Derek asks Stiles. Stiles shakes his head.

"Not until Ashlee's out of here and healing" Stiles says.

"Stiles! No!" I scowl, trying to pull away from him.

"You're weak-" Stiles tries.

"No! I'm not leaving you with them!" I snap.

"Take her" Derek says to Erica. She comes over to me.

"Don't touch me" I warn Erica, making my eyes glow yellow. I'm not leaving Stiles alone with Derek..I don't know what will happen.

"Do you want me to make you come with me?" she threates.

"Do you want me to tear your throat out?" I warn her. Her face drops a little at the seriousness of my threat. Derek's eyes narrow at me. "You hurt Scott and you hurt Stiles, now, i'm going to hurt you" I say to Erica, stepping forward on shaky legs. Before I can attack, the very lizard they were asking about jumps down and hisses at Erica, throwing her againist the wall, knocking her out. Derek growls at it.

"Run!" Derek yells, pushing me towards Stiles. Huh..maybe he does give a shit what happens to us. The lizard flicks it's claw out and swipes across Derek's neck.

"Derek, your neck" I say. He touches it and stumbles a litte. "Grab him!" I yell at Stiles, shoving him towards Derek. Stiles grabs Derek and starts pulling him away. The lizard comes after us so I get in front of it, growling.

"Wait! Ashlee! Stiles, stop-" Derek's warning is cut off as he stumbles and falls into the water, paralyzed.

"Stiles! Go after him!" I yell, holding the lizard off.

"Why? He just tried to-" Stiles starts, backing away from the lizard.

"He's drowning, get him!" I yell at Stiles. Yes..this thing can paralyze you as well, hey, I mean why not? Stiles huffs and dives in after Derek. They both resurface and I sigh in relief. I duck when the lizard tries to attack me. I don't dodge it's tail though, it doesn't paralyze me but i'm thrown into the water, splashing Stiles and Derek.

"Ash!" Stiles yells. I resurface and gasp for air.

"I'm-i'm okay" I assure him, trying to keep myself afloat, my head going under a little every few seconds.

"What are you doing? Stay up" Derek says, confused, maybe even a little worried.

"I don't mean to be rude Derek but your stupid beta blew a handful of wolfsbane in my face! Sorry if i'm having trouble not passing out!" I snap sarcastically.

"Grab me, I can keep you both up" Stiles says, reaching out. I shake my head.

"No, i'm fine" I say.

"Ash-"

"You can't hold us both up Stiles" I cut him off.

"I'll drop him then" Stiles says.

"Stiles, don't!" I yell.

"If it's between you and him, i'm going to pick you"

"And what? Leave him to drown? I don't know if you've noticed but he's sort of paralyzed from the neck down and we're sort of in 8 feet of water" I say sarcastically but out of concern. Derek's looking at me weirdly.

"Get me to the side, I can fight" Derek says.

"You're paralyzed" I say.

"Well one of us is going to drown, i'd rather it be me" Derek says, suprising Stiles and I. I get angry.

"Now you want to be selfless?" I ask angerily. "Asshole" I throw in for good measure. Now Stiles is looking between us with a bewildered face.

"Stiles, let me go" Derek says, looking at me worried as I start having trouble trying to stay up.

"Don't be an idiot" I say. Stiles looks like he's considering it. "Stiles, don't you dare" I warn him. Yes, Derek is still a douche but we aren't leaving him to drown. He can still help us. Especially with the lizard. We all turn towards the end of the pool to see the lizard hissing at us. It dips it's hand/paw whatever it is into the water but jumps back. "It's scared of the water" I realise.

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It's been 2 hours. 2 freaking hours. This wolfsbane stuff..seriously, has only worn off a little.

"I don't think I can do this much longer" Stiles says, both him and Derek falling a little too far under the water for my liking.

"Stilinski!" I snap. He brings them up and I can see the struggle on his face. I make my way over to them. "Give him to me"

"No, you're barely staying up yourself" Stiles says.

"I'll take him for a little, let you catch your breath. I'm fine Stiles, really" I assure him.

"I swear to god if she drowns because of you" Stiles mutters to Derek angerily, heaving the werewolf over to me. Okay..jesus. He's heavier than I remember..maybe it's just because i'm weakened. "You okay?" Stiles asks, keeping his head right up now.

"I'm fine" I say, bringing his arm more around my shoulders as he keeps falling into the water. Derek keeps glancing at me and it's really hard to ignore, especially when his body is pressed againist mine, our shirts lifted up because of the water, making skin to skin contact. I can feel a blush crawling up my neck but I focus and force it back down. He would definately see it and things would definately get awkward. "How much longer do we have to stay in here?" I say, finding it really, really hard not to reach under the water and run my hand along his torso. His abs are rubbing againist my stomach every now and then when there's a wave in the water. His legs are starting to tangle with mine and oh my god, this is not the place to start wanting to..get to know him a little better. Seriously, his body is pressed againist mine and it's very, very distracting. You would feel the same if you were me. I might be a werewolf but i'm still a teenaged girl. One that hasn't had a boyfriend in quite some time. Not even someone to suck face with.

"Once the wolfsbane wears off you and he's not paralyzed anymore" Stiles says. Damn. I sigh and we watch the lizard.

"How long will that much wolfsbane keep me like this for?" I ask Derek, turning to him. And wow..our faces are really close. I look away instantly. Damn. The blush is rising and I can't stop it.

"I don't know" he says. He's probably too worried about drowning to notice the blush anyway.

"What do you mean you don't know?!" I snap.

"I didn't tell her to use that much, I told her to use enough so you couldn't take Stiles away!" Derek defends.

"Well good work with teaching your betas to obey their alpha because she probably used 4 times as much as she needed too" I say.

"And that won't go unpunished" he tells me. Stiles is looking between us again. I feel his hand come to my lower back.

"Dude..what are you doing?!" I ask.

"I can't control it" he grounds out.

"Well stop!"

"I can't!" his hand drops to my butt.

"Seriously, get your hand off my ass!" I growl.

"I'm paralyzed!" Derek reminds me. I try to move him but it's hard with my own body weak and trying to hold him up..it just makes it worse. "Stop moving" Derek says. I sigh and do as he says. Stiles looks disgusted.

"Okay, seriously, stop. Give him back. I can't watch this anymore" Stiles says, coming over to us. Derek and I glare at each other.

"Are you sure-" I try.

"150% positive, just..here" he says, reaching out. I pass Derek over again and I can keep my head up properly now. Stiles is just glaring at Derek, not even subtley. It's not like he did it on purpose, he was paralyzed, I just freaked. Stiles better not make a big deal out of this. The lizard moves to the roof, it's not circling the pool anymore but it's still close. Stiles yelps and I look over at him. He looks so uncomfortable and Derek does too. Oh my god, this is too good! "Please god make this paralysis wear off, right now" Stiles begs.

"You think I like this?" Derek snaps. Feeling up two people in the space of 5 minutes, good work Derek you paralyzed idiot. Stiles looks across the pool.

"My phone. I can ring Scott, he can come help us" Stiles says.

"Pass Derek back, go get the phone" I say.

"No, you're tiring, I can see it on your face. If I give him to you, you'll both drown"

"I'll get the phone then" I say. I fall under the water and come up gasping. "Okay..we need to get out, like right now" I say, starting to panic now. Stiles looks at Derek. "Stiles" I warn.

"Trust me" he says.

"Stiles" Derek warns, knowing where this is heading.

"I'm the one keeping you alive, have you noticed that?" Stiles asks Derek.

"And when the paralysis wears off, i'll be the one keeping both of you alive" Derek says.

"That's why we've been holding you up for the past 2 hours?" Stiles asks.

"Yes!" Derek says. "Listen, you don't trust me. I don't trust you. But you need me to survive. That's why you're not letting me go" Derek says. Stiles looks over to the phone again.

"Stiles" I say. "Don't" Derek will drown. Stiles throws Derek's arm off him.

"Sti-" Derek's shout is cut off as he sinks. Stiles makes for his phone. Dammit Stiles! I take a deep breath and go under, after Derek. I see the bubbles leaving his mouth, the oxygen leaving his body. I reach him at the bottom and wrap my arms around his waist. I'm too weak to pull us both up though. I smack Derek's cheek, getting his attention. He's out of breath..i'm not. I grab his chin and bring his lips to mine, breathing some of my oxygen into his mouth. I pull back and make sure his mouth is closed so he doesn't lose it. His eyes are wide as he watches me. Okay..that felt good, really good. Oh god. I can feel the dark spots in my vision. I'm running out of oxygen now.

"Ash!" I hear Stiles yelling. All of a sudden, he's ripped out of the pool. I panic, I think it's the lizard. Then a hand wraps around my bicep and pulls me up, my arms still around Derek. I gasp when I get to the surface, Derek landing beside me. Thank god. It's Scott. He lets out a sigh of relief and leans his head againist my stomach.

"Good timing Scotty" I get out between gasps.

"You're okay" he says. I nod, feeling the water in my lungs. I lean over and throw up heavily chlorinated water. I see Derek watching me with worried eyes.

"That was because of the water..not you" I say, smiling a little. A smile comes to his lips and he lays back down, taking deep breathes of his own. Stiles and Scott look at each other before looking at me. "Don't worry about it" I wave them off. "Just take me home..i'm freezing" I say.

..

"What was that thing?" Stiles asks Scott.

"It's called the Kanima" comes Derek's voice. He has Erica at his side and I repress the urge to smack her in the face again.

"Hey, can I talk to you?" the very girl asks me. What? I glance at the others and Derek nods for me to talk to her. I hobble away with Erica, letting the other 3 discuss what the hell a Kanima is. "I know you're mad-"

"Mad? You attacked me and my brother, you attacked Stiles, you just ambushed us back there! You're lucky I don't kill you for hurting my family!" I snap. The others are glancing at us nervously.

"I know..i'm sorry" she says. I narrow my eyes at her.

"What?"

"I'm sorry" she says louder. "I shouldn't have used as much wolfsbane as I did back there"

"Did Derek put you up to this?" I ask.

"I guess..but that doesn't mean i'm not being sincere" Erica says. Her heartbeat doesn't tick or anything..she's telling the truth.

"Well..thank you" I say. "I'm sorry for breaking your nose at the ice rink" I say. She smiles a little.

"I healed..you're forgiven" we both walk back and join the others. Okay, what the hell? She was being nice..like a friend type nice.

"Derek, we need to work together on this" Scott says. "Maybe even tell the Argents"

"You trust them?" Derek acusses.

"Nobody trusts anyone! That's the problem! While we're here arguing about who's on what side there's something scarier, stronger and faster than any of us! And it's killing people! And we still don't even know anything about it!" Scott snaps. I place a hand on his arm.

"Scott, it's okay" I say. I can tell he's getting angry, close to shifting.

"We need to work together, work as one pack if we have too" Scott says. Derek's eyes flick between Scott and I.

"I do know one thing. When I find it.." Derek says, turning around. "I'm going to kill it" he says, walking away with Erica.

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Can Ashlee and Erica be friends? Are Scott and Stiles catching on to her and Derek? I actually really liked this chapter, especially the bickering between Ashlee and Derek, just how I picture them in real life! Favourite, follow and review!