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Sera never thought she'd be surprised again after all the weird things she's seen in Beacon Hills, but when Scott called because Derek was a teenager again. She knew she was always going to be surprised about what goes on in this town. Though Scott assured her that everything was fine and they were going to figure out the Derek situation.

The next day everyone, except Lydia, was in history class listening to Mr. Yukimura talking about... something.

"It might surprise you to know that some of history's greatest leaders have had to endure some pretty great failures. One's you'll recognize from last night's reading, failed in business, had a nervous breakdown, was defeated for both houses of Congress, and lost as Vice-President before he was finally elected as one of the greatest presidents that this country has ever seen. Who was he?" Stiles raises his hand enthusiastically and winks at Scott, Sera rolls her eyes at the two. "Malia?" Mr. Yukimura asked. Everyone looks at Malia. Scott's phone went off and he quickly grabbed it to see what was happening. "Scott, phones off." Scott turned his phone off and set it down paying attention to Mr. Yukimura once again. "Malia?" Malia seemed to be scrambling to find the answer. "One of our greatest presidents? Gettysburg Address?" Kira raised her hand. Another phone went off. "Phones off- everyone! Malia?" She was still trying to figure out the answer. "Does anyone else know?" Sera, of course, knew it was Abraham Lincoln. Just as Sera was about to raise her hand another phone went off. "I said, phones off!" Mr. Yukimura yelled.

"Dad, that was yours." Kira says. Mr. Yukimura scrambles to grab his phone.

"Oh. Um... Scott, call Lydia." He read the text he got aloud. And just like that Scott, Stiles, and Sera were leaving school to head to the animal clinic where Derek had escaped.

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They were all gathered in the main examination room and Deaton and Lydia had just finished explaining what happened.

"I don't think he's just younger in body... I think he's younger in his mind, too." Deaton explained. Lydia finished patching him up.

"He didn't recognize either of us. And he looked like he was scared out of his mind." Lydia added. As if things couldn't get weirder now Derek has... gone back in time?

"So if you're a teenage werewolf and you're scared, where do you go?" Stiles asked.

"How should I know? I turn into a fictional bird and shoot fire out of my hands." Sera remarks, trying to lighten the mood.

"A wolf goes back to his den... but Derek lives in a loft." Scott says.

"Not as a teenager." Stiles points out.

"The Hale house." Lydia says. oh, great.

"He wouldn't remember the fire- it wouldn't have happened yet." Deaton says. Everyone shares a look. This is not going to end well, Sera thinks. Scott, Stiles, and Sera turn to leave but Lydia stops them.

"Hold on... Say you do manage to catch up to him? What are you going to say to him? That his whole family is dead?" Lydia asks, pointing out the flaw in their plan.

"I guess I'm going to have to..." Scott says and Sera puts her head in her hands in disappointment.

"Oh! Good luck with that." Lydia says, sarcastically.

"She's probably right. Maybe you shouldn't? You know, at least until we figure out how to get him back to normal." Stiles suggest.

"I can't lie to him-"

"Okay! I'll do it." Stiles suggests.

"I don't think any of us can. Remember, he can hear a heartbeat rising. When we find him, we tell him the truth." Scott says.

"Somethings going to go wrong anyways. Let's just flip a coin or something." Sera suggests, thinking about her mom.

"If he gets to the house first, you won't have to." Deaton reminds the teens of the point of this whole discussion.

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Sera, Scott, and Stiles run into the station to see Derek sitting on a bench being examined by Sheriff Stilinski. Stiles waves at his dad and he says something to the deputy, then motions them towards his office.

"I want you to be honest with me. Absolutely and completely honest." Stilinski says and Stiles nods his head at his dad. "Have you been time traveling?"

"hang on, what?" Stiles asks.

"Yeah what Stiles said." Sera adds, pointing to the boy.

"Because if time traveling is real... You know what? I'm done. I'm out. You're going to be driving me to Eichen House." He points to Stiles and Sera stifles a laugh.

"We found him like that." Scott says. Stilinski looks to the side and then back to the three teens.

"Where? Swimming in the fountain of youth??" Stilinski asks incredulously.

"No... We found him buried in a tomb of wolfsbane in an Aztec temple in Mexico underneath a church in the middle of a town that was destroyed by an earthquake..." Stiles says. Sera nods her head not at all surprised by that explanation. Nothing will ever make sense here.

"You told me you were camping!"

"Yeah, we were. It was- it was in Mexico..." Stiles says.

"If it makes you feel any better I didn't go." Sera says.

"That actually makes me feel worse." Stilinski says. Sera nods.

"I tried." She says and sits on the couch behind them.

"Derek's been aged backwards- he can't remember anything. We just need to talk to him." Scott says hoping Stilinski will let them.

"Yeah, well, so far, he's not talking to anybody." Stilinski says.

"Why would he? His house was destroyed and he doesn't even remember it." Sera says, leaning back on the couch. Stiles turns to look at her.

"Yeah, not helping Ser." Sera just gives him a thumbs up and looks out the window. Stiles shakes his head and turns back to look at his dad and Scott.

"He'll talk to me." Scott says.

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"Why would I go anywhere with you?" Derek asks after Scott and the others explained what they could about the situation.

"There was an accident... You lost some memory, but we can help you get it back." Scott said, trying to steer clear of the truth.

"How much memory?" Derek asks.

"... a lot. But you can trust us." Scott shows Derek his eyes and Derek stares at him shocked.

"You're an alpha. Okay, who are you?" He asks Scott. "And who is he?" Derek points to Stiles and then looks at Sera. "Who are you?"

"Oh, we're the guys keeping you out of jail." Stiles says.

"I'm not helping a criminal." Sera says, turning to look at Stiles. "If we're helping him resist arrest, I'm out." She says throwing her hands up and walking toward the door to the sheriff's office. Stiles grabs the back of her shirt and pulls her back before she can make it very far.

"She's kidding." Stiles tells Derek.

"I'm really not."

"Just, let us help you." Scott says ending the twos bickering.

"No." Derek says and Sera looks up at the ceiling stifling a groan. This guy was never gonna cooperate. I mean this was Derek Hale we're talking about.

"Okay, dude, you almost tore apart two deputies back there. You need to listen to us- and that starts with no fangs, no claws, no wolf-man. You got that?" Stiles firmly says to Derek.

"I'm fine as long as it's not a full moon." Derek admits and Sera raises her eyebrows at that.

"You still have trouble with the full moon?" Scott asks.

"I said I'm fine." Derek insists.

"All right. You coming with us, or not?" Stiles asks. Impatiently.

"You want me to trust you? Where's my family?" Derek asks and Scott sighs.

"There was a fire. And... They're not here anymore. They're fine- just had to move out of Beacon Hills. And we're going to take you to them, as soon as we figure out how to get your memories back." Scott says. Sera holds back from showing any surprise on her face. That was not how this conversation was supposed to go.

"Okay..." Well at least he bought it.

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"I shouldn't have done that. I lied my ass off." Scott told Stiles and Sera once they were out of the sheriff's office.

"Hey, your ass is fine. You saved him a ton of unnecessary pain! We'll figure this out in a day or two, he goes back to being old-Derek, everybody's happy! ...Except for Derek, who's never happy..." Stiles reassures Scott and Sera nods.

"Yeah, maybe it'll be better this way." She says.

"It's just another person that we're lying to. I always feel like it's always been better when we tell the truth. With Lydia, my mom, your dad..." Sera furrows her eyebrows.

"Who else are you lying to? Is it me?"

"No, of course not." Scott says and Sera nods, not quite believing him.

"Yeah, but that is Derek Hale in there. He may be a kid right now, but he's still Derek Hale." Stiles says bringing the other two teens back to the point.

"All right. Take him to my house, and don't let him out of your sight." Scott tells Stiles. Sera and Stiles look at Scott confused.

"And where are you going?" Stiles asks.

"I'm going to talk to the guy we should have gone to before." Scott says and starts to walk out of the station.

"Uh ...Yeah, I hate that guy!" Stiles yells after him. He turns to Sera and sighs. "Alright, well, you coming?" Sera hesitates fiddling with her fingers. "What's wrong?"

"I was gonna go see my mom... I still have to tell her I know about... us. And Deaton." Stiles nods. "I just feel like the quicker I tell her the quicker we can figure this out-"

"It's okay. I understand. I'll see you at Scott's house in a few hours, yeah?" Stiles says, understanding in his eyes. But of course he knew what she was going through. He had to watch his mom die in a hospital bed too. Sera hugs Stiles.

"Thank you." She pulls away from the hug and starts walking toward the doors to the station. "I'll see you in a few hours." Stiles nods and waves at her.

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And that's another chapter! I'm trying to already show how connected to the pack Sera is since we kinda already missed the bonding that would have happened in earlier seasons.

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