Stiles' POV
"They were there for two days, waiting, hiding. That's what we're taught to do when the hunters find us... hide and heal." Cora said as Talia was asleep in my lap.
"Why do you care?" Cora asked me. "Why do I care? Let's see... because over the last few weeks, my best friend's tried to kill himself. His boss nearly got ritually
sacrificed. A girl that I've known since I was three was ritually sacrificed. Boyd was killed by alphas. My fiancé is pregnant with my children I... do you want me to keep
going? 'Cause I can, all right? For, like, an hour." I said as Talia shifted in her sleep. "I don't know. There's something different about them now. He wasn't like this
when we knew them." Cora replied as Talia woke up. "What were they like?" I asked my future sister-in-law. "A lot like Scott, actually. A lot like most teenagers...
unbearably romantic, profoundly narcissistic, and tolerable really only to other teenagers." Peter smiled, Talia shifted closer into me. "And so what happened? What
changed them?" I asked as Talia went back to sleep. "Well, the same thing that changes a lot of young teens...a relationship. Do you remember Derek and Akira before
they were Alphas had blue eyes? Do you know why some wolves have blue eyes?" Peter said standing by the window. "I just always thought it was, like, a genetic
thing. "I said shifting my daughter, "If you want to know what changed Derek and Akira, you need to know what changed the color of their eyes." Peter said looking at
Talia.
Past 3rd POV
In the high school, a girl as practicing her cello and a guy was working on his drawing in the same room. The constant pounding bothered them both. The two went out
and saw a group surrounding two teens. "Hey, do you guys mind? I'm trying to practice." The young girl said and the guy behind her had this are you kidding me. Two
teens stared back at them. It was Derek and Akira Hale, the Hale Twins. "How do you know we're not trying to practice here too?" Akira smirked. Her hair on one side
of her shoulder. "Yeah, well, see, I was practicing in the music room, and I'm pretty sure basketball practice takes place in the gym." The girl smirked. "Well, I'm pretty
sure basketball practice takes place anywhere you got a basketball. See? Wait. Hold on. Hold on. If you can get the ball from me... maybe I'll stop. Come on. It'll be
easy." Akira said smirking. The guy tried to grab the ball. Akira moved. "Oops." Akira said smiling at the guy. Akira tossed the ball back to drew, one of her friends. The
guy who tried to get the ball away from her was walking towards the door. "Der, I'm going home, I'll see you" She said grabbing her bag. She got to the door and saw
the guy near her bike. "Stalk much?" She looked at the guy. "No just admiring the bike." He smirked. Akira grabbed her keys, the guy handed her the helmet. "Thanks
um" She said confused. "Tyler. My name Its Tyler." He smiled at her. "I'll see you later then Tyler" Akira smirked at the guy, he then kissed her cheek. He saw her blush,
then she nodded.
Stiles' POV
"Okay, so if Derek and Akira were sophomores back then, how old was they? How old were you? How old are you now?" I asked the resurrected wolf. "Not as young
as we could have been, but not as old as you might think." Peter said as Cora picked up Talia, she woke up and stretched. "Okay, that was frustratingly vague. How
old are you?" I asked Cora. "I'm 17." She replied as Talia nuzzled her neck. "See, that's an answer. That's how we answer people." I said remembering what Akira told
me. The memory of her telling me about a boy she knew before me. This must be the kid Akira was talking about. "Well, 17 how you'd measure in years." Cora said
confused. "All right, I'm just gonna drop it. What happened to Derek and Akira with the two" I asked him, while twiddling my thumbs. "What do you think happened?
They were teenagers. One minute, it's, I hate you, don't talk to me. The next, it's hiding in any dark corner they could manage to find themselves alone for five
minutes." Peter said and I saw Talia shift in Cora's lap. "All right, hold up. How do you know all this? You just said that they were alone." I said confused. "Back then, I
wasn't just the Twin's Uncle. I was their best friend, their closest confidante. That's how I know." Peter said shifting his weight on his footing. "Derek and Akira saw
something different. They saw opportunity." The old wolf said as he was walking to the window. "Opportunity? To do what?" I said very interested in what the old wolf
said. "To always be with them. The thing was, they had this constant fear. They were obsessing over it, thinking about it all night, all day, always on their mind." Peter
said looking grim.
Past 3rd POV
"Why does they eat alone?" Peter asked the twins. "What are you doing here?" Akira asked her uncle. "I'm looking out for my favorite niece & nephew, making sure no
one has a crossbow aimed at your throats." He replied. Akira scoffed at that. "We can take care of ourselves" Derek said taking a drink of his Pepsi. "We could get you
banned from school grounds. You know that, right?" Akira smirked as she adjusted her leather jacket. "No one would ban me from anywhere. I'm too good-looking.
Doesn't they have any friends?" Peter said looking at Paige and Tyler. "A few, but Paige likes to study during lunch. Tyler like to draw with his own being." Akira said
giving her uncle a stop talking look. "I kind of just don't think she likes my friends." Derek said punching his twin lightly in the arm. "No one should like your friends.
They're a bunch of hormonal half-wits. But those two over there... they are perfect for you. And perfect combinations are rare in an imperfect world. It would worry me
too, though. I'd probably be thinking about it all the time." Peter said taking a bite from one of Akira's Reese. "Thinking about what?" Akira said grabbing the rest of her
candy. "Them finding out. You've thought that through, right? You know it always happens. One minute, you're in this blissful teen romance, and next, they sees fangs,
glowing eyes, and claws." Peter said giving the twins a smirk. "They don't have to find out." Derek said looking at Paige. "But they always do... especially when they're
perfect for you. There's really only one way to make sure you'll always be together. Turn them. "Peter said looking at them.
Stiles' POV
"I kept telling them not to do it. Every day the more they thought about it, the more convinced they became. You know teenagers. I bet they even blames me. They
probably convinced themselves the whole thing was my idea." Peter said as he looked outside.
Past 3rd POV
"I have the perfect idea." Peter told the twins in the locker room. "Go away." Akira said looking at her hand. "Laura told you two about the packs being here, right?
There are more alphas than I've ever seen in one place. Your mother would never do it. And these packs won't be here much longer. The time to do it is now. One little
bite, and they never gets sick again. They stays younger, more beautiful. Think how they'll be able to protect themselves. Derek Akira, the bite is a gift." Peter said
leaning closer to them.
Peter's POV
"They keep us connected to humanity. But they're a secret even in the pack. Sometimes only the Alpha knows who the emissary is. Derek and I had no idea about
Deaton." Cora said as my great niece stood and walked to her father, my niece's future husband. "Akira knew about Deaton and his sister, Morrell." I said looking at
the boy. "She's an emissary too?" Stiles said panicking. Talia then nuzzled her face into his neck. "For the Alpha pack." I said looking at him. "Our guidance counselor?
Why the hell don't you people tell me any of this stuff, huh? I shared some really intimate details with her." Stiles said as Talia wrapped her arms around his shoulders.
"And did she give you good advice?" Cora asked him, I saw Talia's eyes go gold for one second, then falling asleep in Stiles' lap. "Actually, yeah." He nodded his head.
"That's what they do. That's what Deaton used to do for Talia, my sister" I said sitting down.
Past 3rd POV
"Derek? Derek, is that you?" Paige called and Tyler was right behind her. "I got a note from Akira telling me to meet her here" He said looking for his girlfriend. The two
humans then looked behind them, there stood a tall man, a monster, and the two then ran, the tall man running towards them.
Stiles' POV
"Ennis? Why would they choose him?" Cora asked her uncle. "Why not? Ennis needed a new member for his pack. Paige and Tyler were young and strong. Doing a
favor for Derek and Akira meant Ennis would be in good with Talia. Back then, everybody wanted to be in good with her." Peter said looking outside at the lightning.
"They don't remember it was Ennis, do they?" I asked the old yet very cunning wolf. "If they do, they keeps it to themselves." Peter corrected me. "So then what
happened? Did he turn them?" I asked out of the blue. "Almost. They came at Ennis. The 15 year-old twins against a giant. There was no reason for them to fight.
They'd already been bitten." Peter said with a grim look on his face. "So did they turn?" Cora asked. "They should have. Most of the time, the bite takes. Most of the
time." Peter said saddened. "When you offered it to me, you said, "If it doesn't kill you." I reminded him. "If." He replied worried.
Past 3rd POV
At the Nematon, Akira had Tyler in her arms, while Derek had Paige in his arms. Both bittens were bleeding black blood. Akira saw Peter at the steps. "What's
happening to them?" She asked her uncle.
Stiles' POV
"She knew the answer, though. It didn't matter that they was young and strong. Some people just aren't made for this. But they fought. Those two struggled
desperately, trying to survive." Peter said as he looked at me, I can feel how Akira felt, I can feel it through the bond.
Past 3rd POV
Akira felt Tyler in pain, so she took his hand and began drawing pain from him. Akira and Tyler were on one side of the roots, while Derek and Paige were at the other
side. "I'm sorry." Akira said as Tyler cried. His complexion was so pale. "I thought I knew" Tyler said as black blood began to pour out of his mouth. "Knew?" Akira
asked. "I have seen things in this town that others couldn't understand." He said looking at her. "And you still liked me?" She asked him. "I loved you. I'm gonna die...
aren't I?" Tyler asked her, she looked him in the eyes and said nothing. "I can't. I can't take it anymore. Akira" He cried for the girl's mercy. "I can't. Please. Please." He
looked her in the eyes, she nodded her head. Akira had kissed his forehead, she had held him up against her left arm. Tyler holds his arms against her arm for support.
Akira took in his scent one last time. She then opened her eyes, they were their glowing gold. Then Akira closed her eyes, and crushed Tyler's spine. Two different
sickening crunches filled the cellar from each side. Tyler let out a pain filled gasp, Akira held him there, she cried. "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry" Akira kept repeating to him
even after his arms went limp from her left arm and when his body went cold.
Stiles' POV
"I remember taking the bodies from their arms, to the woods, to a place where I knew that they would be found... another in a long line of Beacon Hills animal
attacks." Peter said after he sat down on the steps. "And what about Derek and Akira?" Cora asked, I could practically hear her tears falling from her face. "Taking an
innocent life takes... Something from you as well, a bit of your soul... darkening it, dimming the once brilliant, golden yellow to a cold, steel blue" Peter said looking at
us. His eyes glowing their electric blue. "Like mine." He said before leaving. "What? What's this... what's this look on your face?" Cora asked me. "What look?" I replied.
"The kind of look that makes me want to punch you." She growled. "Oh, my God. You are so Akira's & Derek's sister. I forgot." I said a bit scared. Talia woke up and her
eyes flashed gold at her aunt. "Well, what is with the look?" Cora asked once again. "I just don't believe him. All right, in Ms. Blake's class, we're reading heart of
darkness, and it's in first person, right? Narrated by Marlow. The thing is that he's... he's an unreliable narrator. You know the details of it have changed, you know,
just because of his perspective." I said in a complex manner. "Well, then we heard the story from Peter's perspective." Cora responded interested. "Right, and I don't
think we got the whole story." I replied to her statement. "So, what, are... Are you just gonna ask Derek and Akira about the people fell in love with and then killed?"
Cora said looking me dead in the eyes. "If I have to... Yeah." I replied as I held Talia closer to me.
Past 3rd POV
"Derek, Akira" Talia said looking at her children. "We did something... Something terrible." The twins said in unison. "I know." Talia replied kneeling down and lifting
their chins so their faces were looking at her. "Our eyes... they're different." Derek said, the twins eyes still closed. "Different, but still beautiful... Just like the rest of
you." She said before the twins opened their eyes. Showing their mother the glowing electric blue that was now their wolf's eyes.
My POV
I was in the old distillery where Ennis had clawed a spiral when the hunters killed his beta. I placed my hand on my belly as the twins began kicking. I gave a sad look
at the spiral. I walked outside, Derek waited for me. I nodded at him, my eyes glowing their blood red, the red was brightened because of Boyd's death, Derek then
ran to me, I fell to my knees, I began letting out angered cries, I soon let out an angered yet mournful howl. It had echoed through Beacon Hills. Derek hugged me,
rocking me back and forth, I cried in his grip, I soon tired myself out, Derek picked me up, and took me back to the car, and I curled up in a ball. I felt Derek's hand on
my bump, I smiled as he rubbed my back. "Der, let's go home" I said making my eyes glow. He nodded his head and started the car