Chapter One : Open wounds can Heal

Lottie and I sat in the back of Stiles jeep. I was fairly smug at the moment knowing what this tattoo really meant. It may only be a healing wound to Scott, but to me it will always be his pack sign.

"Hey can I ask why the two of you came with us?" Stiles asked from the driver's seat. I couldn't stop looking at Stiles. For one reason, he finally grew his hair out. The boy no longer had a buzzcut, it was beautiful. Now not as beautiful as when Scott cut his hair, but still beautiful.

"Because I better friends with you two then Lydia." I say twirling my hair.

"Yeah the alternative was going with Lydia to, and I quote 'Group thing'." Scott gave Lottie a confused look. "Basically a sex-less orgory." My sister explains to the brown eyed wolf.

"Oh. The twins there?"

"Didn't know how to get out of it." I laugh out.

"Okay you sure about this Scott?" Stiles asked his best friend as he parked the car.

"Yeah. I am." Scott helped me out of the car, and Stiles helped Lottie.

I have to say, Scott was always a little too nice for the whole tattoo vibe. But he wanted it. The four of us waited around for a bit as the artist finished with his other client. I looked at the image Scott drew. One thicker band above a smaller one. I'm not sure why he drew it but still. "Why did you pick this?"

"Imagine it as a circle." He told me. "Do you see it now?" I shake my head no, but it was a lie. "It's what you burned into the wall when Allison's mom tried to kill us." Scott explains. I smile.

"Huh."

The artist takes the four of us back into a seconded room. "I'm so glad you drew me a picture." He told Scott as he took a seat. I tucked my lips in to hide a smile.

"Hey Scott, you sure you don't want something like this?" Stiles hold, up a tattoo ideas book. It was open to a page with a lizard like human. With a scarcely amount of similarities to the kanima.

"Not funny." Lottie told Stiles, giving him a pat on the shoulder

"What to soon?" Stiles jokes.

"Yeah." Scott told his best friend.

"Okay but why two bands?"

"I just like it." Nice lying Scott. I scoff and look at the ground.

"But don't you think your first tattoo should have some sort of a meaning?" Lottie asked, in all sincerity.

"Getting a tattoo means something." I say, shrugging.

"She's right." The artist says. "Tattooing goes back thousands of years. The tahitian word 'Tatua' means 'to leave a mark' like a right of passage."

"Yeah see." Scott says looking back to his friend. "He gets it."

"He's covered in tattoos, Scott. Literally."

The artist just shakes his head, "Okay you ready?" Scott nods, "I hope you ain't got any problems with needles."

"I tend to get a little squeamish though, so..." Stiles scratched the back of his neck. Then faints, falling into Lottie's arms.

"I'm gonna take him outside." My sister says, already dragging Stiles body to the door.

I just laugh. "Why did you lie to Stiles. About why two bands?"

"He and your sister don't know much about that night, and I see why they need too." The artist gives the two of us a knowing look. Yep he thinks we had sex, istead of almost dying.

I laugh again, "If you're sure." He smiles.

When we get back into the car, Lottie is talking to Stiles. Stiles looks like he just woke up. When Scott took a seat, he winces. "You okay?" I ask, from the back seat.

"It just kinda burns."

"Well yeah, Scott." Stiles starts, "I mean you just got your skin stabbed about 100,000 times with a needle.."

"Yeah I don't think it's supposed to feel like this." We were all quite for a few seconds. Scott bits back a groan, "Oh god. Yeah it's definitely not meant to feel like this. I gotta take this thing off."

"No, no, no, no, Scott. Oh god, Scott, please stop." Stiles begs. I reach forward and rip the cotton off of Scott's arm. The two black bands are as red as tulips. Slowly they fold in on themselves. "Whoa." Stiles says opening his eyes.

"It healed?" Lottie asked, placing her hand on Scott's biceps where the tattoo was a moment ago.

"Ahh, thank god I hated it." I slap Stiles in the arm. "Ow. Sorry."

"Okay subset change here, has anyone heard from Allison?" Lottie asked, giving Scott a sympathetic look.

"I haven't. I mean the last time she sent me a text was last month. And that was just a picture of her holding champagne at the Eiffel tower." I say to the group.

"I haven't heard from her either. Scott?"

"Uhh no we agreed to give each other the summer-- no text no calls."

"Are we even sure she's coming back to school then?"

"I guess we're not." I answered my sister's question.

"Oh I'd say she's coming back. I say pretty defenift, you know." I furelled my eyes at Stiles, he nodded to the car next to us. The only other car on the road has Allison in the front seat, Lydia driving and the twins in the back. My eyes widen. Scott takes notices and turns his head as well. It was fine for a moment till Scott and Allison locked eyes.

"Oh god. Oh my god." Scott mumbled to himself, as he bent over in his seat. "Can we just drive please Stiles?" Lottie takes out her phone and texts Evlynn about what was happening in our car. Apparently Allison was doing the same thing. All four of us Holmes were bitting back laughs.

"Scott, It's a red light. I think we should talk to them, I think we should say something."

"Oh, Stiles, don't." I try, but he was already learning over Scott and rolling down the passengers side window.

"Oh my god, Dude NO!" Scott was begging. Lydia speeds off down the road.

"You know I think they didn't see us." I hit Stiles in the back of the head, "Jesus, what is with you and abuse tonight?"

The light turns green as we start back down the road. "What are you doing?"

"Scott, I'm driving."

"We're right behind them."

"Scott there isn't anywhere we can turn." Lottie states, rolling her hand in the air for emphasis.

"I just don't want to look like we're following them."

"Scott calm down they know the road doen't have turns." I say.

"What do you want to do even do?" Stiles asked.

"A-anything." Stiles slams on the brakes making Lottie and I hit the seats in front of us.

"Damn it Stilinski that hurt." Lottie said, shaking out her wrist. "Why did they stop driving?" I look up to see Lydia's car stopped in the middle of the road as well. We heard screams come from the car in front of us.

All four of us ran over to the car in front of us. "Are you okay?" The two groups of four mixed together. Scott running to Allison, Stiles to Lydia and us four Holmes to one and other.

"What happened?" I asked Evlynn holding her shoulder as she caught her breath.

"It, It just ran into us."

"Lynnie, what ran into you?" Lottie asked coming closer to me and Evlynn.

"The deer." I looked over at the front of the car, a full grown deer was resting on top of the hood, halfway into the windshield.

"Are you oka?" Scott asked Allison.

"I-i'm okay."
"Well I'm not okay!" Lydia yells. "I am totally freaking out! How the hell does it just run into us?" I join Scott at the front of the car. "I saw it's eyes just before it hit us.. It was like.. It was like it was crazy."

"No it was scared." Scott whispered to me, that way the twins wouldn't hear. He reached out and placed his hand on the deer's neck. "Actually more like terrified." We both turn our heads to look at the road left to drive. There was nothing. No cars, no animals, just an almost full moon hanging overhead.

I stood in front of Beacon Hills highschool. First day of Jr year. But it was pointless, because when we got back to earth 33 I would still be in sophomore year's winter break. "This year will be better." Lottie says from behind me.

"Last year was still somehow great."

"Yeah still terrifying."

"Come on, could have been worse. Come we got to meet Scott. And Stiles if he gets out of bed."

The two of us walk over to where the McCall boy was. His hair was ruffled from being in his bike helmet. It was adorable. We started walking down the halls. Two missing posters hung in the halls. Body and Erica. They didn't arrive back at the Hale house once Allison let them go.

I noticed Lydia, Allison, and the twins standing at a set of lockers. There eyes we trained on a new set of twins. Both had bike helmets in their hands and both were decked out in leather. (Is that just the sign of a werewolf?) Either way Ethan and Aiden were officially in town. One of the twin stared at me wide eyed and the other wink. I'm sure you could tell Aiden was the one to wink. But if Ethan had that look on his face he knew something. And not about being a witch, but about being the Doppelganger.

I shake the thought out of my head and walk into the room that was now our english class. Little update on my memory of earth 40. I know who everyone is and that's about it. For instance I know Ethan and Aiden are twin alphas part of an alpha pack, but that's all I knew.

Like always, our minne friend group sat in a square. Scott in front of me, Lottie next to me, and Stiles in front of her. It got super awkward when the only seat left in the class was in front of Scott. And the only person who didn't have a seat was Allison. At least that was a human problem to worry about. Scott spins in his seat to look at me. I just shrug and give him a half smile.

"Is someone?" Allison points to the desk.

"No. No,no,no. It's all you, all yours. Uh it's totally vacant." At this point a kick Scott from under our seat. At this he shuts up, thankfully. He leans back in his chair, "Thank you."

"Anytime hot-shot." I whisper back.

Suddenly everyone's phone starts to go off. For a second I was hopeful enough that it was an update and Erica and Body and that they were fine. New Message : Unknown ID: The offing was Barred by a black bank of clouds. And the tranquil waterway, lading to the uttermost ends of the earth flowed somber under an overcast sky, seemed to lead into the heart of an immense darkness.

When I was reading over the text a woman walked into the room and started reading it out loud. "This is the last line to the first book we are going to read. It is also the last text you will receive in this class. Phones off everyone." Something seemed off about this woman. I racked my brain for who she was, but nothing came, nothing at all. As if she was just a new annoying teacher to deal with.

I don't even want to begin to question how she got a whole class of students private contact. We started to assessment. It was to predict what the line we were provided meant. I'm sure after something like that, at least four kids remembered reading the book at one point or another. "Mr. McCall?" I looked up from my work. Mrs. Blake beckoned Scott to the front of the class. Me and Stiles share a look as Scott starts to pack up his things. He just shrugs, not sure what is happening. I go back to work slightly uneasy.

"Lydia?" Stiles whispers yells to the girl next to him. "Was that from the accident?" Stiles asked, pointing at a band-aid on Lydia's ankle.

"No. Prada bit me."

"Your dog?"

"No her dictionary handbag." Lottie jokes. "Yes her dog."

"Thanks for the input Lottie. Has he ever bit you before?" Lydia just nods her head no. "Okay what if it's like the same thing as the deer? You now like how animals start acting weird right before an earthquake or something?"

"Are you saying there is going to be an earthquake?" I asked Stiles, now completely unfocused.

"Or something. I just- maybe it means something's coming." Or someone.

"It was a deer and a dog." Lottie says, eyeing Stiles like he was crazy. "What that

thing you say about threes? One's an incident, two a co-" Lottie was cut off by a bird slamming into the window. Blood was now staining the glass.

A swarm of crows was flying outside the window. "Lottie get down" I whisper to my sister as I sink to the floor. She does as I tell her to. One by one the crows hit the window, breaking the glass so they were hitting the walls of the room as well. "Get down everyone!" Mrs. Blake yells, but I was already on the floor. I crawled over ot Stiles Lottie and Lydia.

"Cait can you do anything?" Stiles asked using his body as a shild over my sister. I raise my right hand from the floor creating an air-shield. (Oh that not normal night out with Isaac and Scott became a normal thing, and now all three of us were in better control. The miracles of summer break.)

My arm was scratched up from crawling but the four of us had it the best being able to block the birds. Glass covered the floor as well as dead birds. When it died down I finished Lottie's statement from earlier. "Three's a pattern." Stiles nodded helping us three girls from the floor.

The desks were disoriented and almost everyone was scratched in some way. Fethers lay on the floor, and bits of clothes are ripped up. Lydia shakes as Allison holds her up. "Stiles, call your dad." Allison sighs, knowing this was not natural.

"Already did."

10 minutes later, EMTs show up at the school. Mr. Argent questions his daughter. "Allison next time you want to stay home, you can."

"Dad, I'm okay. But dad the deer and now this."

"I know."

"It can't be a coincidence."

The Sheriff makes his way over to the Argents. "Mr. Argent, you wouldn't have any insight into this would you?"

"Me?"

"Yeah. All this bizarre animal behavior, it's- You must have seen something like this before right?"

"I'm nor sure why I would or why you would think I would." Mr. Argent replises.

"I'm sorry I could have sworn I overheard my son talking about how you were an experienced hunter." Stiles hangs his head down.

"Really Stilinski?" Lottie rolls her eyes and hits Stiles in the back of the head.

"Ah, right. Well not anymore." White lies never hurt.

"Allison are you all right?"

"Yeah thank you Sheriff."

I pull out my phone and Call Scott. "Hey Cait."

"We got a serious problem at school. Ms. Blakes class-."

"Can you tell me about it Later?"

"Uhh it would be best if I didn't."

"Okay then can you meet me at Derek's."

"Yeah, I'll be there."

The sheriff issues that everyone can go home. Thank god. When I walked outside Allison and Lydia stood in front of the doors. A woman whose face I couldn't see was holding onto their arms. "Where's Scott McCall? You're Allison right?"

"Yeah how do you know-"

"Where's Scott?"

"He had to leave. He was meant to be back in class-"

"Is he coming back."

"Hey easy with the physicality, Sweetheart." She lets go of the girls arms.

My feet pick up as I run down the hall after the woman. "Wait. WAit!" She turns to face me.

"Do you know where Scott McCall is?"

"No." I lie. "But it's happening isn't it? He's becoming an Alpha." She nodded and walked away from me.

I knock on the door to the Hale house. Scott let me in. He walked back to the other room. "Can I ask why your shirt is off?" I say crossing my arms.

"I'm getting a tattoo." Scott takes a seat in front of Derek.

"Yeah I see it." Derek said, his eyes glowing red. "Two bands right? What's it mean?"

"I don't know. I guess you should ask Cait that." Derek gave me a look. "Remember the night you bit Victoria Argent. The symbol on the wall was burned in by Cait. She let this ear piercing Scream, then the wall was on fire. When the flames were gone, two circles were left." Scott traces the pack sign into the dust that was on a table.

"Okay. But why is it so important to you?"

"Do you know what the word 'Tattoo' means?"

"To mark something." I answer, thinking of when he tried to get this done professionally.

"Well that's only in Tahitian. In Samoan, it means 'open wound.' I knew I wanted to get a tattoo when I turned 18. I always wanted one. I just decided to get it now, to make it kind of a reward."

"For what?" The Alpha asked.

"For not text or calling Allison all summer. Even when I really wanted to, even when it was so hard not to sometimes. I was trying to give her the space she wants. Going four months later, it still hurts. Still feels like a, uh-."

"Like an open wound." I suggest.

"Yeah."

"Can I ask why you chose the sign I burned into the wall?"

"Because no matter how much a wound hurts. It has to heal. The reason you screamed that night was because your leg was burning from the melting metal. But you still walk. I chose it because it reminds me that a circle may be endless but pain isn't."

"Well this is gonna be painful it's self. It might be worse then anything you ever felt."

"Do it."

"Cait, hold him down." I walk over to the two wolves. I place my hands on Scott's shoulders. Derek lights a blow torch. He brings it closer to Scott skin. I pushed down forcing Scott into his chair as the sound of skin burning could be heard. I closed my eyes, still putting all my weight into holding Scott down. I drowned out the noises of Scott's screams. Then it was over.

I opened my eyes and saw the mark that meant so much to the safety of this town. If only the other people in the room understood why it was so important. "Can you put your shirt back on. The abbs are distracting." Scott laughed at my comment as he slipped his shirt over his head.

We start to the door, "I think it's permanent this time."

"I need something permanent. Everything that happens to us, It just changes so fast. Everythings so uh- Ephemeral."

"I'll pretend to know what that means." I laugh. Scott pauses in the doorway.

"Derek. You painted the door?" Scott asked more as a statement. Derek doesn't answer. "Why'd you paint the door?"

"Go home, Scott."

"But why only one side?" Scott moves his hand so his claws show. He starts to scrape off the paint job.

"SCOTT." Scott counties to scrape up the door. Bits of red paint fly around the room. When he finishes a black symbol shows underneath. A triangle with three tags hanging off. The pack sign to the Alpha pack.

"Derek what is this?"

"It's nothing."

"The birds at school and the deer last night. It was like they just like the night I got bit. I got trampled by a deer, then I was bit by the alpha." Scott pauses putting the pieces together. "How many are there?"

"A whole pack. An Alpha pack."

"How would that even work?" I stay silent.

"I hear there's some kind of leader. He's called Deucalion. As off now we know they have Body and Erica. Peter Isaac and I have been looking for him for the last four months."

"What happens if you find them? I mean, how do you deal with an Alpha pack?" I ask.

"With all the help I can get."

"Where is she, where's the girl?" Isaac asked. I didn't even notice he woke up.

"What girl?" Derek asked, his beta.

"The one who saved me."