Hey, everyone! My name is Maddie! Wow, I haven't posted anything on this site for almost a year now, but now I'm back! Yay! I've never written Teen Wolf fan fiction before and I'm OBSESSED with that show so I figured why not? I am beyond excited to start new stories. I'm going to be starting out with love stories with Stiles and an OC, Derek and an OC, and Isaac and an OC. They will be separate stories but they do eventually all tie in together. I won't be starting Derek's story until the second season. And I know that there's a bunch of stories already with Scott and Stiles having a girl best friend, but I assure you that mine is more different and I have plenty ideas for it. So... here is the first chapter of my first Teen Wolf Fan Fiction, 'Awake and Alive'! I hope you enjoy! :)
It was about a quarter to midnight in Beacon Hills, California, so it made perfect sense that everyone in the Henderson household was fast asleep. Plus, it was a school night so Natalie and Zach had no other choice but to be in bed. It took Zach a bit longer to fall into slumber- it was no surprise since he was a hyperactive thirteen year old boy- but once he did, he slept like a baby. As for the oldest child, she had knocked out as soon as her head hit the pillow.
Natalie was snoring away in her super comfortable queen-sized bed when all of a sudden, the sound of twigs being snapped traveled to her ears. Her eyes opened up right away, mostly annoyed at the fact that whatever was making the commotion outside interrupted her peaceful slumber. She sat up and rubbed the drowsiness out of her chocolate brown doe-like eyes. She waited another minute and as soon as she realized that the noise was long gone, Natalie lowered herself back onto her bed and closed her eyes once again, slowly drifting off…
Snap!
Mumbling to herself angrily, Natalie ripped her blankets off her body and dragged herself to her window. She peeked out into the night only to find nothing except for the tree in her front yard, leaves, twigs, and a few of her dog Rocky's toys. As she was about to turn away, she saw two shadows flash by and disappear not even a second later.
"What the hell?" she said to herself, confused even more.
Deciding to take matters into her own hands, Natalie grabbed her black flip flops and slid them on her feet. She then searched around her room until she found her most beloved baseball bat, which she christened as Tina. No specific story behind it, Natalie just felt like the name rolled off her tongue perfectly.
She slowly opened her door and tiptoed through the halls of her house, cringing whenever the wooden floors would creak. She reached the bottom of the stairs with ease and continued to make her way towards the front door but not before accidentally banging her knee on the coffee table in the living room. Cursing to herself, she held onto her throbbing knee and waited until the pain dulled down before limping over to the door.
The cool night breeze sent shivers down her spine as she opened the door and stepped outside. Her toned arms rose up the aluminum baseball bat, preparing to attack whoever or whatever was making all of that noise. Natalie had a very strong feeling that someone was trying to break into her house, but she wasn't afraid at all to face them. Thanks to countless hours of hitting the gym and baseball practice, she had the strength, muscle, and courage to take anyone down if she had to. Tightening her grip on her bat, Natalie crept towards the porch steps when two teenage boys were suddenly hanging upside down from her roof. She screamed as soon as they came into sight, causing the boys to scream as well and fall onto the grass in front of her. Natalie groaned in annoyance when she realized that the boys were in fact her best friends, Scott McCall and Stiles Stilinski.
"You stupid idiots!" Natalie yelled at them as they got up and fixed themselves, "What the hell were you guys trying to do? Give me a freakin' heart attack?!"
Stiles flailed his arms at her. "Well your phone was off so we figured this was the only way for you to come outside! And what is it with you two and bats?" He gestured to both of his best friends.
Scott started to snicker and Natalie raised an eyebrow. "What?" she asked him.
"Nice outfit," Scott chuckled, nodding his head at Natalie's sleep attire.
She wore a grey hoodie that was a size too big and black booty shorts that showed off her short yet toned legs. Her long red velvet hair was piled on top of her head in a bun that was becoming loose due to her rolling around in bed.
Natalie rolled her eyes and lowered her bat. "Well, I was sleeping like a normal human being at midnight before you guys showed up and started making noise. Why the hell are you here anyways?"
"Stiles was listening in on his dad's calls and found out that two joggers found a dead body out in the woods tonight," Scott explained.
The redhead arched her brow again. "Seriously? You came over to my house and woke me up in the middle of the night just to tell me that?" She threw her hands up and turned to the door. "Alright, I'm going back to bed. Later-"
Stiles grabbed her hand before she could open the door. "You didn't let me finish. I was gonna say that the joggers only found half of the body."
"Only half?" Natalie perked up. Now she was intrigued. She lived for solving mysteries and she's usually good at figuring out who was behind committing crimes. That's why Scott and Stiles no longer watch crime shows with her since she guessed who the culprits were right away.
Stiles nodded his head excitedly. "Yep. So we decided that we're gonna go look for the other half right now."
The curly haired friend held his hands up in defense. "He made me go with him! I had no say in this whatsoever! Just for your information!"
Stiles shoved Scott, making Natalie chuckle. "So what do you say, Nat?" Stiles asked the redhead, "Are you in?"
No need to ask her twice. Natalie was in once he mentioned only half of the body being found. She tossed her bat up in the air and caught it with one hand. "Let's do this," she said with confidence. She started to make her way down the stairs when Scott held her back by putting his hand on her shoulder.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! You're seriously gonna take that with you?" He pointed to Tina.
Natalie looked from her bat to Scott. "Yeah, why not?"
"Don't you think carrying a baseball bat is a little useless for searching for a body out in the woods?" Stiles wondered, pinching the air for emphasis.
The boys' best friend gave them a look that said that they were being stupid. "We're going out in the woods in the middle of the night where some creepy guy or wild animal is out and lurking about. What else are we supposed to defend ourselves with, Scott's inhaler?"
Scott and Stiles rubbed the back of their necks and looked around. They both knew that Natalie was right- she was right pretty much all the time- but neither one of them wanted to admit it. She rolled her eyes when Stiles started whistling.
"Yeah, that's what I thought. I'm taking Tina with me."
Stiles let out an exasperated sigh and flailed his arms once again. "Fine, take Tina, I don't care. Can we just go now?"
The other two laughed at their friend's eagerness and followed him to his jeep. Scott sat in the passenger seat after a couple rounds of 'rock, paper, scissors' with Natalie while said girl was sitting in the back, pouting from losing. The drive lasted only a short ten minutes before parking in front of a sign that forbad anyone to enter the preserve at that time. Not caring about what it said, the trio entered the woods, but not before Natalie jumped on Stiles's back and forced him to carry her along the way.
"We're seriously doing this?" Scott asked, unsure of the whole idea as he followed Stiles and Natalie.
"Oh come on, Scotty!" Natalie encouraged as she wrapped her arms around Stiles's neck for balance and tried to be careful not hitting her friend with her bat, "Where's you sense of adventure?"
"Yeah!" Stiles agreed, "Besides, you're the one who always bitches that nothing ever happens in this town!"
Stiles grabbed onto Natalie's thigh with one hand as he pulled a flashlight out of his pocket with the other. He flipped the switch up and light illuminated from the flashlight, giving the trio a better view of where they were heading.
"I was trying to get a good night sleep before practice tomorrow," Scott told him.
"Right, because sitting on the bench on the bench asks such a grueling effort," Stiles retorted sarcastically. The redhead on his back flicked him on the back of the head. "Ow!"
"No, because… I'm playing this year. In fact, I'm making first line."
For Scott, it wasn't just a fantasy he hoped came true- it was a goal he was determined to make happen. That boy had worked his ass off all summer on improving his lacrosse skills alongside Stiles. Even Natalie had given him some pointers to help him do better. Scott was actually feeling confident for practice and he believed he could really make first line and make a name for himself at Beacon Hills High.
He could just picture it- he was running down the field with the ball in this lacrosse stick, the whole stadium cheering him on. He threw the ball and shot it through the goal. He had just scored the winning point! All of his teammates piled on top of him in excitement. All of a sudden, they set Scott on their shoulders as they cheered. They passed by a group of girls who swooned at the new lacrosse star. The biggest smile was plastered on Scott's face and he finally felt like he was important to everyone-
"Hey, that's the spirit!" Stiles said, snapping Scott out of his fantasy, "Everyone should have a dream, even if it's an unrealistic one." Another flick to the head. "God damn!" He turned his head towards Natalie. "Stop flicking me, woman!"
"Stop being such a butthead!" Natalie hopped off of Stiles's back and clasped her hand on her other best friend's shoulder. "Well, I for one believe in you, Scotty. I know you're gonna kick some serious ass during practice tomorrow."
The curly haired boy smiled at his friend's support. "Thank you, Natalie. So when are your baseball tryouts?"
"Next Wednesday," Natalie answered, "I'm so freakin' excited for this year! State championships, here we come! Whoo!" she pumped her fist up in the air.
Stiles cocked up his eyebrow. "You stole a couple of Adderall from my jeep, didn't you?"
"No!" Natalie rolled her eyes and shoved Stiles, "Excuse me that I actually have team spirit, unlike you, Debbie Downer!"
She poked Stiles's ribcage, not expecting him to grab her by the waist and start tickling her sides. Laughter erupted from Natalie's mouth as Stiles continued to attack her. Her red velvet hair had fallen out of the hair band that was holding it up. It was now all messed up due to her thrashing around in Stiles's grasp, but the boy thought Natalie was beautiful nonetheless.
"Okay, I call truce!" Natalie laughed, struggling to break away, "Now let go of me unless you wanna get your ass kicked!" Continuing to laugh, Stiles finally let go of his best friend. The redhead had finally calmed down and she put her hair back up with the hair band around her wrist. "So Stiles, you know, just out of curiosity, which part of the body are we even looking for, anyway?" she asked after they started walking again.
Stiles was silent for a moment as he thought about Natalie's question when realization dawned on him. "Huh… I didn't even think about that." Natalie snorted.
"And, uh, what if the one who killed the body is still out here?" Scott asked as they started walking up a small hill.
"Also something I didn't think about."
Natalie rolled her eyes. She wasn't surprised that Stiles didn't really think this whole situation through. Why the hell did she even agree to go out in the forest with them? Either way, she was starting to regret her decision, and it didn't help that Stiles was leading the trio. "That sounds so promising."
"Yeah, no kidding," Scott agreed sarcastically, "It's comforting to know that you planned this up with your usual attention to details."
"I know!" the short-haired boy chuckled, finding the situation hilarious for some unknown reason.
"Dumbass," Natalie mumbled to herself.
"I heard that!"
"Good!" she called out from behind, "You were supposed to!" Stiles shook his head as he continued to walk. The two didn't even notice Scott stopping by a tree.
Placing his hands on his knees, Scott was trying to slow down his breathing pattern, but his lungs were starting to hurt from his lack of oxygen. He took his inhaler from his pocket and shook it up a few times. "Hey guys, maybe the severe asthmatic should be the one who holds the flashlight." He brought the inhaler to his mouth and puffed some air into his lungs.
Natalie stopped and turned around to make sure her best friend was okay. "You alright there, Scotty?"
"Yeah, I'm okay, thanks," Scott answered, standing straight. He gave Natalie a reassuring smile, which she returned.
The trio continued to walk until the crime scene investigation came into view. It was all blocked off with caution tape, but they could still see everything. They couldn't help but smile a little when they saw what was going down. How could they not? They were fascinated that they were actually witnessing a crime scene! Not a lot of people at their school could say they've done the same.
Not wanting to be seen, they crouched behind a log but continued to watch. Shivers went down Natalie's spine when she saw a pair of dirty bare feet sticking out of the body bag lying on the ground. Stiles mistook his best friend's shivers as a sign from the coldness of the wind so he put his arm around Natalie and rubbed his hand up and down her arm to warm her up. She turned to Stiles and smiled at his gesture as a sign of thanks, making him blush a little. It was a good thing it was nighttime so she couldn't see his cheeks turning red.
"Man, this is like an episode of 'CSI' but live!" Natalie said excitedly as she continued to watch the scene in front of her.
"Is that the second half of the body?" Scott pointed to the body bag that was now being zipped up.
"No," Stiles answered, "They would have called off the search." He stood up from their hiding spot, pulling Natalie up by her elbow. "Come on!"
Stiles ran off with Natalie hot on his tail and Scott following behind her. Scott began to slow down when he started to lose his breath and it was hard for him to keep up with Stiles and Natalie.
"Stiles! Natalie! Wait up!"
But they didn't hear him; they continued to run to the crime scene. Natalie was now trying to keep up with her hyper best friend since it was hard for her to run with sandals on. She finally got frustrated and stopped to take off her sandals. Being cautious of stepping on something sharp, wet, or painful, she started to tiptoe as quickly as she could, still following Stiles.
It took Stiles a while to realize that he had lost his two best friends behind him. He was slowing down to look behind him to look for his friends when a search dog started to bark at him ferociously. It caught Stiles off guard and he stumbled and fell on his rear. Police officers yanked the dogs back with their leashes before they could get out of control. Natalie had finally caught up to the area and she hid behind a tree so she wouldn't get caught.
"Stay right there!" Natalie heard a police officer yell at Stiles.
She heard someone clear their throat. When she turned her head, she saw Scott hiding behind a different tree a few feet from her. He gave her a look that asked what the hell was going on. All Natalie could do was shrug her shoulders and turn back to keep herself hidden.
"Hold on," she heard Stiles's father, Sheriff Stilinski say, "This little delinquent belongs to me. Do you listen in on all of my phone calls?"
"No…" Stiles answered, 'Not the boring ones."
Natalie could only imagine the look on Sheriff Stilinski's face. She couldn't help but chuckle thinking about it. All of a sudden, one of the search dogs saw her and ran over to her. it barked at her, startling her and causing her to yelp and fall down on the dirt, dropping Tina in the process. Natalie tried to hush the German Shepard as much as she could, but it was no use.
"God, I hate that dog so much!" she said to herself as she got up, brushed the dirt off her legs, and picked up Tina.
Then it dawned on her- she was no longer hiding behind the tree. Slowly, she lifted her head up to find not only Stiles and Sheriff Stilinski staring at her, but also her father, Deputy Kurt Henderson. She had completely forgotten that her father was on duty tonight, which was not a smart move on her part to come out into the forest in the middle of the night.
"Dad! Heeeyyy!" Natalie smiled sheepishly and stretched out the 'hey'. "How's it going?"
Kurt crossed his arms in front of his chest and glared at his daughter. "Natalie. What did I tell you about sneaking off to check out crime scenes?"
Natalie sighed and rolled her eyes as she recited her father's order. "If it's Stiles's idea, never go through with it." Kurt nodded his head knowingly.
"I'm actually kinda hurt by that order, to be quite honest," Stiles retorted. Everyone ignored his statement.
"So where's your other usual partner in crime?" Sheriff Stilinski asked the two teenagers.
"Who, Scott?" Stiles said, "Scott's home. Said he wanted to get a good night's sleep for the first day of school." He threw his arm around Natalie's shoulders. "It's just me and Natalie… in the woods… alone."
When Sheriff Stilinski and Kurt raised their eyebrows simultaneously, Natalie smacked her forehead with her hand. "Stiles?"
"Hmm?"
"Think about what you just said and look where your arm is."
It finally hit Stiles how suggestive the situation sounded when he looked at the arm that was draped around Natalie's shoulders. Chuckling nervously, he drew his arm back and rubbed the back of his neck. As if getting caught sneaking out into the woods at night wasn't bad enough.
Sheriff Stilinski sighed and called out, "Scott! Are you out there?" Stiles and Natalie waited in suspense to see if their best friend would be caught just like they were, but all they were met with was silence. After waiting a few more moments for a response, Sheriff Stilinski turned to his son. "Alright, young man, I'm taking you back to your car and we're going to discuss a little something called 'invasion of privacy'."
Natalie watched as Sheriff Stilinski dragged Stiles away by the elbow. Her dad cleared his throat so she turned back to face him. "So… am I off the hook?"
Kurt glared at his oldest child for a moment before letting out a deep breath. "Yes, you're off the hook. But next time, I won't let you off so easy. Now have Stiles drop you off at home and get some sleep. You have school tomorrow and I don't want you complaining in the morning about how tired you are."
"Okay," Natalie replied, "Bye, Dad."
"Hey," Kurt said to her.
Natalie turned around and chuckled when her dad gave her a knowing look. She walked back over to her dad and they did their little secret handshake. They laughed for a bit after as they hugged. Natalie bid Kurt one last goodbye before following after Stiles and Sheriff Stilinski, completely forgetting about Scott, who was still standing behind the tree.
Once they had reached Stiles's jeep, Sheriff Stilinski scolded his son for a few minutes and then walked back to the crime scene. The best friends climbed into the car and drove to Natalie's house. When Stiles looked over at Natalie, she was looking down at her hands that were folded on her lap and biting her bottom lip. She didn't have to say anything for Stiles to know what she was thinking- she was worried about Scott.
"You know he's gonna be alright, Nat," Stiles told her.
"I know," she agreed, "but I feel bad that we just left him there by himself while whatever or whoever the hell killed that girl is still out there. What if that… thing attacks him and rips his head off and then we'll get in trouble because we knew he was out there but we didn't say anything and-"
"Natalie!" She stopped her rambling when Stiles shouted and placed his hand on top of hers. "Relax. It's all going to be okay. Scott's a big boy. He'll make his way back to his house safe and sound. You know, like a dog."
"Wow, dude," Natalie chuckled and shook her head, "I can't believe that that was your analogy."
"That's just how I roll." Stiles brushed his shoulder as if there were dirt on it. His best friend rolled her eyes and punched his arm. The jumpy teenager whined in pain and rubbed his now sore arm with only one hand on the steering wheel.
The rest of the car ride was filled with jokes, laughs, and making fun of each other. Before they knew it, they were in front of Natalie's house. Stiles parked the jeep beside the curb and turned to Natalie.
"I'm picking you up in the morning, right?" Stiles asked Natalie.
She nodded her head. "Yeah. And we gotta drop Zach off at school, too."
"Sounds like a plan."
Natalie opened the car door and stepped out of the jeep with her bat in her hand. When was at Stiles's side of the car, she bumped her fist with his. "I'll see you tomorrow, Stiles. And if you hear from Scott, let me know right away."
"I will," he promised her, "Don't worry."
Accepting that, Natalie waved goodbye to her best friend then walked to her house. As she was about to turn the doorknob, she heard Stiles call her name. Natalie turned around to see that Stiles had gotten out of his car and was now opening up his arms with a small but noticeable smirk on his face. Shaking her head and giggling, Natalie headed back over to the waiting boy.
When Natalie finally met up with Stiles, he wrapped her up in the biggest hug he could give her. She smiled to herself as she encircled his lanky but toned waist with her arms. The two stayed in that position for some minutes, just enjoying each other's warm and comfortable embrace. Their bodies swayed together, as if they were dancing to an inaudible song.
The crave for Natalie's warmth grew stronger for Stiles when the redhead pulled out of the hug. She looked up at him with sparkling brown eyes and smiled. "Goodnight, Stiles." With that, she walked back to her house."
"Goodnight, Natalie."
A sigh was released from Stiles's mouth as he watched his best friend step inside her house and shut the door behind her. Even though he knew he should be getting home now, he couldn't bring himself to leave. Instead he leaned against the jeep and kept his gaze on Natalie's house. There was just too much on the boy's mind for him to drive at the moment.
These feelings for the redhead have been stuck with Stiles for as long as the he could remember. Ever since Natalie was born, the two have always been close with each other since Kurt and Sheriff Stilinski were best friends. As the two grew older, their bond grew stronger, even when Scott came into the picture in kindergarten. Stiles's little crush bloomed when the school bully was picking on a scrawny and geeky boy so Natalie had beaten him up with no problem. The fact that she was a fearless badass was just one of the many things about her.
Over time, Stiles's infatuation with Natalie had grown into something much deeper. He didn't realize how hard he had fallen for her until his mother Claudia passed away in 2006. Stiles and his father were completely devastated over the loss and the boy turned to his best friends, mostly Natalie. Yes, Scott was there for Stiles when he was at his lowest, but Natalie was able to provide him with the emotional comfort and loving affection that Scott couldn't. When Natalie let Stiles cry on her shoulder and express his grief from losing his mother, he knew that she would always be there for him and he would never let her go.
There's no doubt that Stiles was unconditionally hooked to the redhead. But the real question is, how did she feel about him? Did she return those feelings for him? Or did she only see him as the best friend that he had been for the past sixteen years, or even like a brother? Either way, Stiles was extremely frightened to take the risk of telling Natalie how he really felt and possibly losing her. Then again, he couldn't keep those emotions all bottled up inside him and end up regretting him.
"One day, Stiles," he promised himself, "One day, she'll know."
Stiles opened the car door and sat down. After his door was shut and the keys were in the ignition, he finally drove home. It was now one thirty in the morning and he definitely needed as much sleep he could get before the first day of school.
And that marks the beginning of the story! Excuse me if I made an mistakes in regards of the show. I'm trying to stick all of the episodes as much as I can with my own changes. Plus, I'm looking up the scripts online and it's hard to keep track of whether it's accurate or not. But I really hope I do the show justice! PLEASE review, favorite, and follow and let me know what you think of it so far! Reviews are my motivation to keep writing because I then know if people are enjoying it or not so it's very important and helpful if you review! Also, I'm still debating if I wanna make Natalie supernatural or not. I'd have an idea of what she would be, but leave me a review or PM to give your opinion. OH! And keep an eye out for Isaac's story, 'Scars'! I'll be sure to update soon! xoxo, Maddie :)