Schoonover Lake is about 30 minutes outside of my home town, Lima, Ohio. S, B, and I listen some music while singing and dancing along, even Luna seems to bob her head along to the beat, before we arrive. It normally takes us about an hour from my house to the lake since we have to drive through town. But today it took half that since I was so eager to get there, and we see that almost everyone is already there.
San starts to get out of the car, but before she hops out completely I grab her arm and pull her back in. Before I answer her questioning look I turn to B and ask her to have the boys get the stuff out the bed and to take Luna with her. After Britt gets out we sit there for a minute, me staring at my lap as Santana stares at me, and then I mumble real quietly. "Do you think I'll be good enough?"
"I'm sorry. What," S asks, surprisingly gentle.
"Do you think I'll be a good Alpha?" I almost yell, mad at myself for having self doubts. She just stares at me incredulously. "What?"
"Are you freaking kidding me Q? You're going to be an amazing Alpha. Even without your marks showing that you're destined for greatness I'd know that you're going to be amazing. You're Captain of the most elite cheerleading squad in the nation, with a hard ass coach who you've actually gained the respect of, you rule the school, have wolf lessons every day of the week, all while maintaining straight A's. Quinn you're a natural born leader and amazing protector. I'm going to tell you something that not even B knows and I swear Q you tell anyone I'll go all Lima Heights on you," I promise her and nod for her to continue. She sighs and then rubs her face before finding her words. "Even though we're the same age I respect you as if you were a big sister. I step in line behind you without fighting, because its too natural for me not to. I know for sure most of our friends feel the same way. I'd put money that they'd probably would follow you through the gates of Hell if you asked them to."
"I thought that was just because I was a totally awesome friend." I said with a smile growing on my face.
"Yeah that's part of it too," she plays along, but with a tone of seriousness as well. She nudges me while smiling. "You're so conceited sometimes."
"True, but that's the pot calling the kettle don't you think," I retort cheekily making her blow on her nails then polish them on her tank top. I turn to her with a look of such severe seriousness on my face that I'm sure has never been there before. "Thank you for everything S. It means a lot."
"No problem Q."
"I have a question for you."
"What is it," she asks curiously.
I take a deep breath. 'I hope she doesn't say no. She's the perfect on for the job. Well here goes nothing,' I think before I ask, "Well an Alpha has to pick a second in command, a Beta right?"
"Uh huh," she says, the scent of excitement pouring off her smelling like cotton candy and bubble gum.
"Would you like to be my right," is all I can get out before I see black hair flying at me and arms wrap around my neck. We hear some commotion behind the truck. 'I swear if they break anything I'm kicking someone's ass.'
'Don't worry Q, I'll back you up.' I hear in my head.
'San?'
'Who else,' she says sarcastically. 'It's probably because we're touching and being open with each other. You really should start paying attention during our lessons.'
She squeezes tight and then lets go, leave me with my thoughts. 'That can't be though. We haven't been able to do that before. I thought we at least wouldn't be able to until I was given my position and told them who I picked as my two Betas.' I sigh, shaking my then say out loud to Santana who's peering at me strangely. "Well?"
She looks caught off guard before her excitement comes back full force. "Of course I will Q!" she exclaims, but then her face falls.
"What's wrong?"
"What about Britt-Britt?"
"What about her S?"
She sighs, looking at me like I should already know. "She's your cousin, your family. If I wasn't around she was there. I just wanna make sure you're picking the right person Q," she finishes quickly seeing my face. "What is it?"
"Santana Lopez. I couldn't think of anyone better than you to my right flank Beta. You're practically family too, I know I could depend on you for anything. Yeah, she was there when you weren't but you were there for me in a completely different way. Anyways, you're the person who helps me plan and carry out my crazy schemes. Just like everyone claims already you're my second in command," I end with a smile. She smiles and envelopes me into another bone crushing hug, when someone knocks on my truck window.
"Are you guys coming or what?" B yells through the glass. Her bright blue eyes piercing out from underneath blonde bangs. We nod and start hopping out of the cab as B starts talking. "I didn't ask this at the house, but you excited?"
"For?"
"You know," she glances around for humans then lowers her voice, "the Alpha thing?"
"Oh, yeah I am," I say with a huge smile. I look around to the back of the truck when I hear someone open the tailgate. I see Finn and Puck start unloading it with S directing them to the fire pit by the lakefront with the rest of the coolers. I turn sharply at the sound of a crash and see Finn had tripped. He was checking the side of my truck to see if he made a mark when I clear my throat to let him know I was watching. I raise an eyebrow and glare at him once he looks up and he gulps. "There better not be a problem Finn," I say lowly.
"No ma'am," he say shakily and then coughs awkwardly. Fear rolling off him in waves. I inhale deeply, filling myself with it, gaining power from the intoxicating scent. "I mean no Quinn. Of course not, I wouldn't hurt your baby."
"Good. You better not, because you know I'll knock the tar out of you," I say with a sickeningly sweet tone, but the threat still serious. We stare at each other for a few minutes my gaze unwavering and he's trying so hard to keep his eyes on mine. Finally, he drops it and scrambles off towards the beach after picking up the cooler.
"Wow," I hear San's boisterous laugh. I my gaze back to her and raise an eyebrow in question as B gives Luna's leash to me while she snickers. "You made Finnocence wet himself. You have so much power I'm actually a little jealous. You know I loves watching him practically whimper," she finishes as we walk the beach, Luna smelling everything in her path.
"A perk of the job I guess," I say with a shrug.
"So you okay with all of this," she asks, concern laced in her tone.
"Almost all of it, I'm worried about being a good Alpha," I answer honestly. My wolf beginning to feel so much of her own self doubt that she begins to whimper.
With complete confidence in her voice B says, "You'll be great Q. I can just tell by looking at you."
"Thanks B." I grin at her before continuing," But you know me. I have to be the best at everything and have the strongest around."
"You do though. Look around," she says pointing towards our friends as we get closer. "Nothing can stop us, especially with you as our leader." I see what she means. Most of us are all in shape either from the various sports we all play or from Mr. Schue's booty camp, along with the help of transforming. The boys were pretty well built, the girls were muscular as well.
'I got to admit we're a pretty good looking bunch of misfits,' I think proudly of my pack. B must smell the pride coming off me and caught onto what I'm thinking.
"You know Quinn, we got some pretty kick ass genes."
I look over at her as we finally make it to the fire pit on the lakefront, "You're telling me Britt."
Everyone greets us before I feel arms wrap around my middle and I'm spinning around in the air. "Hey Q," I hear Sam's voice over my shoulder before he turns me around in his arms easily "How you doing?"
"First off, put me down. I'm not use to being eye level with you anymore," he sets me down roughly so that I land on my back in the sand. I snarl up at him while I stand up. He puts his hands up in surrender, a smile on his face, but an apologetic gleam in his green eyes. I sigh, "Secondly I'm great," I tell before glaring at Finn and say, "But I'd be even better if people would stop trying to mark up my truck." He looks up at me sheepishly with his brown eyes showing nothing but fear of what I was going to do to him. I smile at him to show I forgave him, and he runs his hand over his short, brown hair as his face lights up. "I've missed you Sam," I say as I turn my attention back to him. He nods in agreement as I notice he got his hair cut over break, and I ruffle his hair. "Nice look. Better than that Justin Bieber shit you had going on." His light blonde hair was now shorter with some bangs still in his eyes in a tasteful way. It looks good on him, and it allows light in to reflect off his green eyes.
"Hey," he exclaims as he flattens his hair back down. "My girl actually liked that, gave her."
"Don't you dare finish that sentence Samuel Evans," I hear a voice interrupt him. I peek around his shoulder, as his body stiffens, and lock eyes with Mercedes. She steps out from behind Sam and wraps an arm around me and congratulates me.
"Thanks Cedes," I say warmly, hugging her back. "And thanks for interrupting him I hate when he does that. I blame Puck."
"Trust me, so do I. I swear neither of them have a clue what personal information is.
"Still standing here, you know?" we hear him grunt impatiently.
We giggle, as she moves to stand beside me and I keep my arm around her shoulders. "Yeah we know, and your point is," I ask with a smirk.
"You know what Q? I really hate you sometimes," he says, crossing his arms across his broad chest petulantly, and looking away towards the shore line.
"No you don't hon," Mercedes retorts back and steps towards him, kissing his cheek making him melt. "You spent the entire break repeating how happy you were that we were coming home so you, Puck, and the Unholy Trinity could have some 'furry' time. And today you wouldn't shut up about how you were so excited to see your best girl friend, the Alpha. Also," she starts again to continue before he covers her mouth with his hand.
"All right, all right that's enough Cedes," his face brightening to a new shade of red at the laugh I release.
"I love you too, Sam."
"Q," I hear Puck yell as he starts running across the sand, "let's hit the water." I pass Luna's leash off to San and take off down the beach, surpassing him, and diving head first off the dock. I stay under the water for awhile before I feel the need for air take over, and I start towards the surface. When I break the surface, I realize that everyone joined us. Sam and Mike were wrestling near the shoreline. Tina, holding Luna now, was watching with the rest of the club. S and B were being all disgusting couple cute and having a splash fight.
After swimming and wrestling with Britt I realize S had gotten out and now playing fetch with my puppy, throwing her ball across the sand. Santana looks up to me see looking at her and waves me over. I swim towards her until I could stand and walk the rest of the way.
"Have you covered your left flank yet," she ask curiously when I get close enough.
"No. I haven't, seeing as I haven't thought past asking you" I answer and I take the toy from Luna and make her lie down.
"Who're you going to ask?"
"Probably B. Like you said, she's who was there when you weren't. She's the most logical choice. She's the other third to our trio, we always work our best together."
"True, and Renee was Judy's left flank also, so she'd know all about how to handle a Mason Alpha."
"Oh shut up. Like your mom hasn't already filled you in on being Mom's right flank," I accuse playfully. I look out at my pack as I sit down on the san, running my fingers my short, choppy hair, ruffling it out to dry. "I can't believe this is actually happening. You know, I keep waiting to wake up and all this will have been a dream. Who would've thought that I would be the Alpha of a pack of 9, almost 12 wolves when the rest turn," I finish looking at Tina and Artie. "Do you think Artie will be able to walk, to change," I ask, glancing up at her.
She joins me on the sand, wiping her sandy hands on the front of her shorts and somberly says, "I don't know." But then she nudges me playfully trying to alleviate the mood. "This all is as real as mythical creatures," she says going back to my disbelief of all this being true. I stick my tongue out in reply, and she smiles. "But seriously Q, we're going to be the most successful pack in history. Even more than your Gigi's, I feel it in my bones. Especially when the rest finally change and then when Kurt bites Blaine in a few weeks. I mean look at us, you can just tell we're all connected more than most, that we work best with each other than the normal people."
"Yeah," I agree. "We do work great together, but we've only seen us do so as humans. We have to test our chemistry also as a pack, we have to go hunting soon."
"Why not tonight? We'll just leave the lake earlier than we originally planned."
"But what about Artie, Tina, and Blaine?"
"They can get our clothes all organized and keep an eye on the time. You know we'll be able to hear Blaine's big mouth all the way out there."
"Okay," I smile in anticipation. I look out over everyone again and realize we're missing people. "Speaking of Blaine, where is he and Kurt?"
"Oh yeah, forgot to tell you, Kurt said they'd be about an hour late. A friend of his from some music camp he went to when he was a kid just moved here from New York, so he's helping them settle in."
"Girl or boy," I ask as its the first thing that enters my mind.
San smirks, "Jeez Q. Keep it in your pants. But, anyways, Hummel didn't tell me."
I huff in frustration, blowing a strand of drying hair out of my face. "Well did he at least tell you why he or she moved to Lima?"
"Nope," she looks around as we hear our group say greetings to the three people that just arrived. "But you can ask him yourself, it seems like they're here," as she finishes a breeze blew past it carrying the group's scent making us get up to go over towards, I motion for Luna to follow. Some of the scents I could easily pick out like B's, Sam's, and Puck's. Some were harder like Blaine and Tina.
But there was one scent that I couldn't pinpoint. 'It must be the new kid,' I determine taking a deeper whiff. This time I take in only the new scent. My wolf starts to whine, urging me forward faster. The smell is intoxicating; I start inhaling deeper and deeper with each breath. Its the smell of perfect strawberries, the deep earthy smell of cherry oak, and something close to the ocean. I couldn't get to the source fast enough. My wolf's whine gets louder and louder until the only sound I hear over it is my heart thudding against my chest like I was sprinting instead of walking. 'What is going on?' I wonder.
We finally make it to my pack and the new kid. My friends part to let me through as they feel me close in. I see that the new kid is a girl. My face grows into a smile. I hear Kurt introduce her to San and then he turns the girl to face me. "And this is Quinn. Q," he motions to the girl, "meet Rachel."
As I start to put my perfect smirk into place, Rachel's eyes look up into mine and I flounder for air as I finally get to take her in completely. Her dark brown hair is shining in the sunshine. The sun glistening off her tan skin. She was shorter than Santana, but with legs that look miles long. Her eyes, gentle yet intriguing pools of chocolate, are what hold my attention the most. But then she smiles, stealing my breath even more, and speaks in the most melodious voice I ever heard, "Hello Quinn." My heart stops for a few beats and I swear I'm in Heaven at this moment.
AN: 1. Some of the things in here aren't from what the actual time line would be. They'd be going into their junior year but obviously Sam is already here and dating Mercedes, and Quinn already has her choppy hair but it isn't pink. And I also took booty camp from season 3.
2. You guys get to choose two things. Would you like for Artie to be able to change and walk or do you want his childhood injury that it stopped his ability to? Also do you want Rachel to be vegan in this or no? It's up to you guys.
3. I know Judy and Quinn's last name is Fabray, but what Santana is referring by a "Mason Fabray" to would be Judy's maiden name (which I made up). Since Quinn didn't get this supernatural ability from her father I didn't feel right saying a "Fabray Alpha"
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