Becoming Alpha

Chapter 2- Realization

A/N: I do not own Teen Wolf.

When Stiles woke the next morning it was from the loud frightened whining in his ears, he woke immediately when he realized it was Isaac who was pressed tightly to his side. Stiles opened his eyes and nearly let out a yell at the eyes that were watching them sleep. The pack had piled into the room and were watching Isaac and Stiles cuddle with confusion on their faces. He was about to yell at them to get out of his room when he realized that this wasn't his and Isaac's room but the room they were sleeping in at Derek's house.

Stiles decided to instead glare at them all hotly and wrapped his arms around Isaac rubbing his back to calm the frightened teen. Stiles saw Dimitri in the back of the crowd but the pack had yet to notice as Erika decided to break the strained silence.

"What the hell Stilinski? Are you fucking Isaac?" Her voice woke Isaac who sat up in bed his eyes wildly looking around the room, taking in the pack surrounding him and Stiles and took in Erika's menacing glare on Stiles. When Isaac saw Erika his eyes flashed gold and he snarled at her who in turn took a surprised step back. Isaac wasn't one to give threat to anyone unless Derek told him to. They all understood why he was violent all of a sudden, he was protecting Stiles.

Stiles looked at Isaac in alarm and then put his arms back around the teen, calming him.

"Because if you are then you should have told us. Is he good Isaac?" Isaac's glare faltered and he looked at Stiles in confusion.

Stiles swiftly got up from the bed and stalked towards Erika, anger his guide. He poked her hard in the chest and met her eyes with angry human brown eyes.

"Look here, I don't have sex with Isaac, I sleep with him. You didn't care to find out what Isaac was to me before and it's none of your business now. I will only say this once Erika. Back. Off." Erika's face showed shock and then fear but was swiftly replaced with anger. She reached up and grabbed Stiles by the neck and cut off his air supply. Instead of panicking like she expected his glare just got angrier, eyes narrowing as he held his breath.

Stiles bared his teeth as Erika chocked him and glared. He showed no fear, no panic and the pack watched in horror at the sweet boy they knew, they watched as he took Erika by the shirt and drew her into his chest, their eyes inches apart. They all heard Isaac's sudden rage filled growl, but none turned to look, too busy watching Stiles and Erika glare at one another.

Isaac made his way from the bed to Erika and Stile's side where he put a strong hand on Erika's arm and squeezed. Erika's eyes watered as her arm slowly broke under Isaac's touch until she finally released Stiles with a pain filled cry. Stiles took a deep breath and couched slightly before he turned to look at Erika. He knelt on the floor next to her and nearly spat the words into her face.

"You don't scare me Erika." She looked at him with wide eyes and he swiftly got up and walked to stand in front of the rest of the pack. His eyes met Peter's and he saw the pride there before his eyes turned to Derek when he spoke.

"Stiles, what the hell is going on?" There was a slight growl in his Alpha's voice but he just kept steady eyes on Derek.

"You knew Isaac and I had an arrangement. You knew he was living with me and that I was comforting him and that I was helping him. What do you want me to say Derek? That I make Isaac sleep in a different bed even though it gives him nightmares? That I don't hold him close so he can feel my heartbeat? I'm not going to tell you that because it's not true, I would never do that." Stiles sighed and looked into Derek's eyes to see if he understood, he got a slight nod and took that as a consent and his eyes swept over the rest of the pack.

"Anyone else? Because I would like to get dressed." Everyone looked away and slowly scattered to different parts of the house, Peter, Dimitri and Derek going last, Derek dragging Erika out by her non-broken arm as she whimpered in pain.

Stiles looked at Isaac and grinned crookedly at the boy and he received a strained smile in return. Stiles opened his arms and the boy fell into his chest gratefully and took deep breaths, breathing in Stiles scent. Stiles just smiled and hugged the boy close to him feeling the bruises form on his throat.

"Thanks for protecting me pup." Isaac just hummed into his chest and they parted pulling on some of the clothes his dad had delivered before heading downstairs to where everyone was in the kitchen trying to scrounge up breakfast, everyone but Erika. Derek had probably put her in time out. Stiles snickered slightly at that before going to the fridge by Jackson. Isaac sat at the table and waited knowing Stiles was the one that would cook.

Stiles felt soft fingers on his neck and met Jackson's concerned eyes and smiled letting the boy know he was okay. Jackson's fingers lingered for a moment before nodding and pulling away, taking a seat by Isaac. Stiles got everything that he needed out to make pancakes, eggs and bacon before heading towards the stove. As Stiles cooked he heard the kitchen fill up and calculated how much he needed to make and for whom. Stiles always cooked for Isaac in the morning and Jackson whenever he was there so he already knew what they wanted so he made theirs first.

He sat a huge stack of home made blueberry pancakes in front of Isaac and a side of bacon. In front of Jackson he sat a plate over flowing with scrambled eggs and and equally large plate of sausage. He looked at the rest of the table and noticed that Peter, Derek and Dimitri had come in.

Stiles nodded to himself and then faced Dimitri.

"What would you like?" Stiles asked quietly, gesturing to the food. Dimitri's eyes widened in pleasure before he smiled.

"Well, looking at your food I would love a little of everything." Stiles smiled happily and mentally tabulated what to make as he turned back to the stove, twenty or so minutes later he sat a plate of chocolate chip pancakes in front of Derek with a side of sausage and a plate of bacon, sausage and eggs in front of Peter who smiled at him gratefully. He brought two plates to Dimitri filled with strawberry pancakes, bacon sausage and eggs.

"A little bit of everything." He smiled and then sat down with his own plate of strawberry and chocolate chip pancakes. Dimitri smiled warmly at him before taking a bite, his eyes grew wide with surprise and he looked at Stiles.

"This...these are the best pancakes I have ever tasted." He looked back down at his plate and then smirked up at Stiles. "Will you marry me? And cook for me forever?" Stiles nearly spit orange juice everywhere but managed to swallow before he started laughing. Dimitri continued to smile and eat pancakes while Stiles calmed down. Derek glared at the man next to him and continued to eat his pancakes with relish.

"S-Sorry. Just, I wasn't expecting that. Thank you. I love to cook and I cook for Isaac and Jackson almost every morning. I usually cook for Derek and Peter too if I stay here." He smiled again and started digging back into his own food. Dimitri looked around at the table and noticed that only certain members of the pack got food made for them by Stiles. H wasn't surprised that Erika didn't get breakfast even if she wasn't present but was almost surprised when Scott didn't. Scott seemed a little surprised too and was looking at Stiles with hurt on his face.

Just then Boyd walked in and Stiles smiled at him and pointed to the counter, on it was a plate he hadn't noticed filled with chopped fruit and toast. Boyd smiled at Stiles gratefully and took the plate before leaving the room. Scott looked even more put out by this but continued to eat his cereal without saying anything.

After breakfast the pack gathered outside for training with Stiles and Dimitri watching as Derek and Peter coached the wolves. Erika had returned for practice and would glare at Stiles every now and again and Stiles would wave at her happily.

"So Stiles, why don't you train with the pack?" He watched as Derek tensed up when his words reached him and smiled knowingly.

"I do, but not the fighting. I usually participate in the training exercises, where I go into the woods and they try and track me. The longer it takes them to find me the more they need to practice." Dimitri nodded slowly and Stiles continued in a low whisper so the pack couldn't hear. "but between you and me, I've gotten way better at hiding my scent. Trade secrets. Also I bake cookies for whoever finds me first, makes them work harder." He then winked at the man who spontaneously burst into surprised laughter causing the whole pack to stop and stare at him, well in Derek's case glare. Stiles just smiled smugly next to him and he slowed his laughing to low chuckles instead while shaking his head in amusement.

"Right, we're going to do our tracking exercise. Stiles." Derek looked at Stiles expectantly and the boy stood and shambled to the Alpha, a small smile on his face.

"Yes my Alphaness." Stiles asked with a smile, Derek narrowed his eyes and gestured to the woods with a tilt of his head. Stiles nodded and took off at a jog into the trees.

"Right you guys need to wait for a good ten minutes today, let's make it hard on Stiles, see if he's gotten faster at this." Erika smiled cruelly, her eyes trained on the woods, Peter seemed to notice because he addressed the girl.

"And once you find him bring him back gently, we don't need to have him bruised or battered." Erika deflated immediately and Dimitri found himself really disliking the girl.

Ten minutes went by swiftly and then Derek set the young wolves after Stiles a small smile on his face, he then turned and sat next to Dimitri as Peter kept his eyes trained on the woods, arms crossed.

"How long does it usually take them to find Stiles?" Dimitri asked.

"Well, in the beginning it only took them about five or ten minutes. Recently it can take anywhere from twenty minutes to a couple of hours depending on how seriously Stiles takes the exercise." Dimitri nodded and he let himself get lost in thought for a while, not paying attention to how long it had been until Derek started to shuffle nervously.

"Is something wrong?" Dimitri lifted a brow and Derek looked at him briefly before returning his eyes to the trees.

"It's been longer than normal." Dimitri looked at the sky and realized more then a few hours had passed without him noticing. He glanced at Derek and saw the concerned look on his face as he watched the woods intently.

Peter glanced back at Derek questioningly before they finally heard a howl of victory echo through the woods. Derek grinned and shook his head before heading to the clearing to wait for the winner. Dimitri followed with a curious air around him.

About twenty minutes later Jackson loped into the clearing carrying a laughing Stiles on his back piggy back style. Jackson had a proud grin on his face and Stiles was almost breathless with laughter when they reached the clearing. Derek felt his grin widen for a second before he reset his face into a frown.

"What took you so long?" Just then the rest of the pack ran into the clearing some with confused expressions others with frustrated ones. They all looked at Stiles on Jackson's back in mild confusion before turning to Derek. Stiles climbed off of Jackson's back still smiling and Jackson crossed his arms.

"Figured it would either be you or Isaac to find me. Nice job Jax." Stiles smiled at Jackson proudly and the boy beamed slightly with pride before turning to his Alpha.

"Like I said, what took you so long. You've been gone for four hours. It never takes you that long." Derek looked frustrated that he hadn't been answered yet.

"Well, Stiles completely covered his scent. When we walked in the woods it was just gone." Scott's voice supplied.

"Yeah, and I would catch pieces of it and then they would disappear just as fast." Isaac piped up.

"I couldn't even hear him walking through the woods, he didn't snap any twigs or trip at all." Boyd added his two cents.

"Jackson, how did you find him?" Erika asked petulantly.

Jackson smirked and looked at Stiles raising an eyebrow. Stiles nodded and Jackson smiled.

"I figured out that he was covering his scent with a small amount of wolfs bane crushed behind him. So I followed the scent of the wolfs bane. I didn't hear him either and I would have never found him if he hadn't started laughing his ass off at me. He was a good fifteen feet up in a tree, I was circling under it, I couldn't figure out why the trail just stopped. I never looked up." Stiles snickered behind him.

"It was like a dog chasing it's tail, it was hilarious, I couldn't help it." Stiles smiled at Jackson's pout and patted him on the back.

"That's...pretty smart. Good idea Stiles." Derek muttered grudgingly before walking back into the house announcing training was done for the day. Stiles beamed at Derek's back for the compliment and started a conversation with Jackson about how he needed to give him werewolf piggyback rides more often because he liked the wind in his hair.

" I felt like I was flying, it was awesome. I wish I could run that fast." Jackson chuckled and promised to give him another piggyback ride soon, after Stiles made him cookies for finding him. Stiles air pumped and followed Jackson and Isaac into the house telling Isaac he'd make him a few cookies too.

Dimitri watched the pack go inside and was left outside with Peter.

"Like I said. Stiles is an interesting case." Peter smiled knowingly at the Alpha as he nodded thoughtfully.

"Yes, he is. He would make an amazing Alpha." Dimitri mutters and Peter looks at him in shock.

"An Alpha? I had never thought about that before. I had always figured he would be a first or a mate...But an Alpha? I guess I could see that." Peter muttered so the man could hear him while thinking it over.

"I think if he was bitten he would be an Alpha whether he wanted to be or not, it's something about his scent and the way he carries himself. When we come to a pack we generally look for those in a pack that have potential to be an Alpha, I had just never imagined that a human would have such potential." Peter looked at him in consideration for a moment before nodding.

"Well, Stiles always was a special case. Even when I was mad with power I could smell it on him, and I knew he was born to be a wolf." Dimitri smiled slightly and agreed. Stiles was indeed born to be a wolf. Dimitri decided then that he needed to talk to Derek immediately with the pack in tow. He didn't need a week to decide, but first he needed to contact his pack.

"Would you tell Derek that I need to talk to my pack and I will be back in an hour or so with my news. I don't need a week to decide the fate of this pack." Peter looked gobsmacked for a moment before nodding in understanding. Dimitri grinned and took off into the woods towards his pack. Peter watched him disappear before he went in to talk to the pack, dread pooling in his stomach.

"Derek!" Peter's entrance made some of the wolves jump and Derek came running from another room into the living room looking stricken.

"Derek, Dimitri went to confer with his pack, he said he didn't need a week to decide our fate. He said he would be back in an hour with the verdict." Derek stiffened and his face showed his panic as the rest of the pack sunk down into the closest seat.

"Did he say why?" Derek's voice sounded hoarse and he cleared it loudly.

"No. But I get the impression he's going to want to talk to you when he returns." Derek nodded numbly and watched as his uncle's eyes flickered to Stiles and then back quickly. Derek felt his heart quicken and he felt panic clench his heart. Something was wrong, very wrong, if only he knew what.

A/N: Yay, new chapter! I made Jackson a little OOC but only because I think if he let loose and was friends with Stiles this is how he would be. Oooooh what's Dimitri up to? Stay tuned to find out! R&R!

Also, thank you for all of the kind reviews, they really made me want to update faster. I will be in Houston for a week but I will be writing while I'm gone so hopefully you wont have to wait too long for an update.

-Cries