I don't know how long I had been driving; a couple hours at least. Derek had fallen asleep before I had even got back in the car. I plugged in my headphones to drown out his loud snoring and was currently rocking out to a Van Halen song when I felt a tap on my shoulder. I grabbed my phone and paused the music before unplugging my ears.

I looked into the mirror to see a squinting Derek staring back at me. "Do you have any water?" I quickly pulled over and leaned over into the passenger seat to grab the bag of snacks I had bought. I handed him the water and turned around in my seat to look at him. It was the first time I had looked back at him and I noticed all of his injuries had disappeared. Now all that remained was sweat mixed with dirt and an embarrassed look on his face.

"So, are you going to tell me now what happened?" I had fantasized every possible scenario but nothing seemed plausible to me. Then again, nothing was impossible nowadays.

"It was Peter. He thought I was an intruder and beat me up" he averted his eyes from my deepening stare. I guess werewolves weren't the only ones who could tell when someone was lying.

"They why did you run out terrified? Like you had to get out of there before whatever came after you, came after you again?" He gulped and he finally met my gaze.

"You're too smart for your own good okay? Fine, it was the Alpha pack!"

"Alpha pack?" That did not sound good!

"Yea they left me a warning saying they were coming. There were two of them; a bald, muscular man and a tall, vicious woman. They were both Alphas. It's a whole pack of Alphas. That's why we're going on this trip. I need Beta's to help me fight!"

"But how does that work? Wouldn't all of them just constantly be fighting for the power?"

"No, there's a leader. His name's Deucalion. He's blind but don't let that fool you. He turns into the scariest werewolf there is." I shuddered. If I was scared at some of the things that Derek and Scott could do, how would I react if the Alpha of all Alphas were to appear? I think I might pee my pants. "I'll tell you more but we do really need to get on our way. I'll take a turn driving."

I got out and walked around the car to the passenger side. I threw all the food to the back and hopped in. Derek sped off; ignoring the car we cut off and almost pushed off the road. He meant business and he was scared. I had never seen Derek scared, at least not like this.

Derek explained as much as he knew which wasn't much; just that they were willing to kill their own packs for power, they wanted him in their pack and they were terrifying. I had dozed off somewhere in the middle of his story because before I knew it we had arrived in Arizona. The sun was just above the horizon, ready to set as we pulled off the highway.

"Where are we?" I looked around and there was something different on either side of the highway. On the side we were on there was a gas station and small McDonalds. Farther down the road there was a small settlement with a neighborhood of houses. How strange that people would live together this far from a town. The forest surrounded the whole community and Derek drove us towards it. We took the first left which took us down a long line of familiar looking houses. At the end of the road we turned right which took us to a small playground with a big field and a dirty pond. Instead of stopping, Derek drove right past it and up a steep hill. The houses at the top were by far the most lavish. They were at least three stories high and contained a large amount of windows. He turned left and we finally stopped in front of a break in the houses.

"This is where the werewolves are, in a forest behind a development off a highway?" My eyebrows had to squint in the bright sun and I ducked back into the car to grab my sunglasses off of the dashboard. I followed Derek to the fence that separated the vacant property from the national forest and watched him as he jumped over with ease. I stumbled over awkwardly as my foot got caught in the barb wiring. "Whose pack is this anyways?"

"Mine" he began walking through the trees managing to fling every tree branch back at my face. I groaned and he turned around angrily. "I know you're a human but do you think you could keep up a little better?"

"I think you should be a little bit nicer since I did save your life this morning! And what do you mean this is your pack? You just became Alpha!" He rolled his eyes and continued to trudge up the mountainous terrain. I gasped for air wishing I had thought to bring my inhaler with me.

After what felt like hours, Derek stopped. I looked around, still not seeing anything that showed signs of inhabitants. "Where are they?"

"Everywhere! They will be here any minute" He sat down against a tree and pulled out his phone. I couldn't believe how chill he was being, especially at a time like this. I was too nervous to sit. I paced back and forth. "Would you stop walking? You're giving me a headache!"

"Well, I'm sorry that meeting a new pack of werewolves doesn't scare you! But I can barely deal with the amount of werewolves I know already!"

Derek stood up and walked up to me, grabbing my shoulders so I would stop moving. "I'm sorry but it was your choice to come! They won't hurt you okay? I came from this pack, I was born here and they don't forget. My mom moved us away when I was three" he released my shoulders and went back to his post at the tree. He didn't pull out his phone again. He just sat and listened.

After that I stayed relatively calm until they actually showed up. Derek stood up and ran over to me pushing me behind him. "I thought you said they wouldn't hurt me!"

"Well, they might! Things could have changed and I'm taking a precaution!" I gulped and stepped behind Derek even more. I peered between Derek's arms and saw three people approaching; a tall, muscular man, an old woman and a little girl.

"Derek, you've returned and as an Alpha, I see" the woman had spoken and she slowly walked over to Derek. He towered over her and he bent down to give her a hug, revealing me. "And I see you brought a little friend" she snickered as she hobbled over to me and pulled me in for a hug. The breath was knocked out of me as she squeezed with all her werewolf might.

"This is my uh, friend Stiles Stilinksi. He volunteered to join me on my mission down here." The little girl cowered behind the man as I had done just moments earlier. The man picked up the young girl and marched over to where we stood.

"Hello, my name is Harrison and this is my daughter Kylie. I am the Alpha and I can sense that you are here on business."

"Yes, we are. I'm Derek Hale and I was born here and moved away when I was very young. I am a newly turned Alpha and the Alpha pack is expecting me to join them especially since I have no pack of my own. I was wondering if your pack would be willing in helping me fight the Alpha pack." Derek had grabbed the old woman's hand.

"I will have to deliberate with my trusted Betas but you are willing to stay with us tonight. Follow us!" The little girl sauntered over to me and grabbed my hand as she smiled up at me. I couldn't help but smile back.

She looked about twelve. She was tall and her brown hair was tied back in a ponytail. She was extremely serious for her age and walked with a grace that was only

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