FOUND ╱ LIAM DUNBAR
꒷꒦ · ˚.‧ . written by liv . . . © -wonderhaze
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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗜𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗽𝘁. The young girl wasn't sure what to think as she opened her eyes and looked around. She carefully grabbed her plush wolf, Moony, and threw her covers off of her. The young girl slipped on her tiny slippers that sat next to her bed before running into the hallway, yelling for her mom as she did so. The strong smell of fire filled her nose as she walked down the hall to her sisters room. Isabella banged on Cora's door, but no one answered. With panic filling her, she went to run down the stairs, wanting to find her mom and wake her up. Isabella wasn't sure where the source of the fire was, but she knew the home had been on fire. The smell of fire was too strong to be somewhere else. She could also feel the heat through the walls and floor, indicating the fire was moving quickly throughout the hale residence.

"Mom!" The seven year old yelled as she ran down the stairs, not noticing the toy on the third step, making her trip and tumble down the flight of stairs

The sound of someone falling made Cora Hale, who had been getting ready to get out of the house, run to the location in which the sound came from. Isabella had been at the bottom of the stairs, burns now covering her back and arms, probably stomach and legs as well. The heat affected werewolves more, so the heat from the floor on her skin was creating burns on her. Not as bad as they would be if she was actually on fire, but they were there. As Cora picked the girl up to carry her outside, Isabella couldn't help but let out whimpers of pain as she came to. Isabella looked up, trying to figure out who was carrying her. It was difficult to tell through the blurry gaze but she sensed who it was. Cora had been okay and was carrying her out of the house. A small smile appeared on the girls face as she dozed off into oblivion. Completely oblivious of the fact that Cora was getting her out and running away, not thinking anyone else was alive and knowing she couldn't take care of a seven year old and herself.

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As the young auburn haired girl came to again, she was a bit panicked. It wasn't the type of panic she had earlier during the fire. It was the type of panic in which your emotions are so high that you can't think straight. The last thing she had remembered was her sister carrying her out of the house, and now that sister was gone and she was in the hospital. It was weird to her how much attention she was receiving from Derek and Laura, who never really paid attention to her. Well Laura never did, derek spent every waking moment he could with his little sisters. Maybe that's why he was more distraught in that moment. His uncle was somewhere in the hospital, in a coma from his injuries. His little sister was supposedly dead, and although he didn't believe that, he wasn't going to share his thoughts with anyone. And then his other little sister almost died, being burned so badly at such a young age and inhaling a lot of smoke.

"I'm so sorry Ellie," he mumbled repeatedly as he sat with his head on her hands, holding her hands in his as well

"It's okay, I'm okay," She kept telling him, not truly understanding the extent of her injuries nor what happened

"You almost died because I wasn't there to protect the both of you, any of you," Derek told the girl, guilt evident in his voice as he looked up and made eye contact with thr girls bright blue eyes

"It was hunters Derek, you would have been dead or drugged had you been there, don't feel guilty for not being there," Laura interrupted, tired and angry at the fact that her family was head and these people were getting away with murder. Murder.

Isabella stayed quiet and ignored the rest of the conversation the two siblings had. She was still coming to terms with the situation, like she ever would only bring seven and truly not understanding what the entire thing meant. She knew people had died and she knew they didn't have a home, but what she didn't understand was why people would do such a thing to them and why they were in danger. There hadn't been any attacks and they were living like normal people so she didn't understand why the hunters had attacked them. She refused to listen to Laura's words about how someone was a spy and anyone that they knew could have told the argent family about them. It was extremely unlikely, and the only reason they attacked was because Derek hale refused to stay with Kate and she was mad about it.

"Ellie, we have to go talk to the police but we'll be right outside if you need us," Derek informed the girl, grabbing her hand and squeezing it tightly before heading outside to join his sister and sheriff stilinkski

Isabella took the time she had alone to finally get rest, yet that rest would be filled with terror and pain as the girls mind was plagued with nightmares. She knew her family would never

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━━━━ liv speaks !
so this is really bad and short but I just wanted to give insight on young Isabella and how the fire affected her

I'm in love with her relationship with Derek and I can't wait to write more of it.

Make sure to vote and comment! I love hearing from you guys and getting feedback.

Much love, liv!

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© -wonderhaze, 2023

word count: 1001. written: 2.19.23. published: 2.19.23