"Day five."

Lydia swallowed in pain, her mouth and throat were so dry. She looked ahead at her phone leaning against the tree in front of her, videoing her message. "Fifth day of no food or water, and no sign of any rescue."

Lydia looked down at her outstretched leg. Her ankle was becoming more swollen which Lydia assumed was because an infection was taking its toll. Looking back up at the camera, she wanted to laugh.

"This is so fucking stupid. I'm recording myself, stranded on an island. It's like a god-damn movie." She pushed her greasy hair back and wiped the dried sleep from the corner of her eyes. "I'm not hungry any more. My stomach's numb, but I need water desperately."

As foolish as she felt, Lydia enjoyed talking about her situation. It felt good to talk about it.

"I was hoping once I'd turned my phone on, I'd have signal. Anything. But nothing. I don't know where the hell I am and I have no way of contacting anybody." She picked at a small tuft of dead grass from the dry soil next to her.

"I don't even know why I decided to make this video. I suppose I'm just looking at this more realistically. The chance of me being rescued or surviving is low. The chances of me seeing my family and friends again are..." Lydia could feel her voice waver as she imagine her family and friends crying back home. It was painful to think about her loved ones grieving. "...They're slim. Very slim. So, I just wanted to let them know that I love them. And whenever this message is found, I'd just really love for them to see it."

"Mom...I love you so much." Tears sprang to Lydia's eyes, imagining her mother watching this video in the future. She wanted to give it to her now, because the thought of her seeing this in months or years was agonising. She didn't want her to have to spend her life wondering what Lydia's last words or thoughts were, wondering if she suffered. "You've been my rock my whole life. You're so strong and fierce. You raised me and Sienna all by yourself and, I know we weren't the easiest to deal with but you done good. Really good and I look up to you for that. I want to be just like you when I raise my own-"

Lydia slammed her mouth shut. She couldn't talk about her false future. A future that was never going to happen.

"Sienna, I regret not seeing you before I left. I regret not seeing you in the past year and it's none of our fault. You've been travelling and mom has been working and I was finishing school. It's just the way things are but I want to let you know that I'm so proud of you, too. You've done all the things you said you wanted to do ever since we were little and I'm so proud to call you my sister. I love you. You and mom, you'll be okay. You've got each other. I don't want you to cry over me. Please don't cry." Lydia felt the tears fall down her cheeks. "And dad, if they let you watch this, I know you weren't around and I know you weren't the greatest of dads and sometimes I did resent you for that but I do love you. You're my dad and I can't help but love you and miss you. So don't have any regrets because mom done a great job. I passed all my exams with flying colours and I met the greatest group of friends you could imagine and I had the best experience in Sydney. I promise you guys, I've loved every minute of it. So stay strong, and stay together. You're my family and I wouldn't want anything to happen to you guys so just please promise me you'll love each other and keep each other in your hearts. That's all I ask." Lydia wiped her tears. "Oh, and look after Prada. Don't forget to feed her and take her for walks and don't yell at her when she sleeps on my pillow. She likes it."

Lydia played with her fingers to stop them from shaking. This was harder than she imagined.

"I also want to tell my friends that I'm so grateful for meeting them. Malia, I've never met a girl like you. Ever. You're so strong and funny and inappropriate but that's why I love you. You've learned so much so quickly and you should be proud of the person you are today. Thank you for always having my back and making sure I was safe. You're an amazing friend." Lydia smiled at the camera. "Kira. You deserve all good things. You're the most kind and loving person I've ever come across. Always making sure we're okay, and making us smile. And I hope that you and Scott stay together forever. That would make me so happy. You're perfect together and you work well together and you're both so in love with each other, I couldn't imagine it any other way." Lydia was really crying at this point. The tears were falling down her cheeks and into the corners of her mouth and she couldn't stop. This was her last good bye and it hurt.

"Scott McCall." Lydia closed her eyes and cried. Just his name made her upset. "You're my best friend. I hold you so close in my heart. You have been the most caring and humble friend these past years. You've looked after your pack with nothing but love and protection, never thinking of yourself before others. I want you to promise me that you'll stop blaming yourself for things that aren't your fault, and take a nice vacation. Somewhere hot. Have a non-alcoholic drink on me." Lydia smiled at the camera. "You deserve a break. You deserve the world. And I hope that whatever happens, you'll hold the pack together and you'll keep Stiles with you at all times." Lydia laughed through her tears. "He'd be in pieces without you. We all would."

"Derek, we've never been a close pair. But I just wanted to thank you for looking after me, from the moment I met you you've protected me and I owe you for that. Don't let the pack drive you into insanity." Lydia chuckled. "But, do me and favour and get them out of trouble when they manage to fall into it. I won't be around to help them any more, so I'm relying on you."

Lydia fell silent, her throat tightening and her heart throbbing.

"Stiles Stilinski."

She couldn't even pronounce his name without sobbing uncontrollably. "Oh god, I can't do this. I'm sorry, Stiles."

She let herself relax for a second, quickly wiping her eyes and taking a few deep breaths. "Stiles, I'm so sorry. The last thing you said to me was that you would be waiting at the airport and the thought of you standing there completely oblivious to what had happened breaks my heart. I'm so sorry you had to go through that and I wish I could just rewind and land the god damn plane myself because the thought of not saying good bye to you properly hurts. It hurts so much. I can't spend the rest of my life with you. I won't hear your laughter, or your ridiculous jokes ever again. I won't ever get to see your smile again. I want nothing more right now than to fall into your arms and be held by you until I fall asleep. It sickens me that as soon as we finally move forward from our friendship and into a relationship it gets snatched away because I honestly love you so much."

Lydia was sobbing. She didn't want this to be happening. She rubbed her eyes and let her head fall into her hands in defeat.

"I love you, Stiles Stilinski and I can't believe I didn't tell you before. I wanted to spend the rest of my life with you, raise a family with you, grow old with you. And now I can't do that and I'm so upset." Lydia gasped through her tears. "You said you'd wait for me, and you did, and now all that was for nothing. I'm sorry, and I want you to not wait. I want you to move on and find someone that loves you just as much as you love me, because you deserve that. You deserve love. You deserve everything that you want in life, because you're smart, and beautiful and you're the whole freaking world. You're my world. You're all I care about and I can't believe I'm losing you. It's not fair. It's not fair to you and I'm so, so sorry."

Lydia took some more deep breaths before pushing her hair back and looking at the camera. "I love you, Stiles Stilinski. I love all of you deeply. Don't be sad. I'm gonna be with Allison soon, and we'll be looking down on you all, making sure you're all okay. So whenever you're sad, just imagine us up there, laughing and joking and smiling down on Beacon Hills. Melissa, Sheriff, all of you. You've been so wonderful to me and I couldn't have asked for a better family. So stay safe, fight off the monsters and stick together."

"And I know that in the future, I'll just be a memory, but please don't forget about me." Lydia cried.

"I don't want to be forgotten."