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Sera stares at him. After months of searching and hoping she finally had an answer.

"What am I?" Sera ask walking completely into the room.

"You are a phoenix. I probably should have thought of this earlier. Seraphina in Hebrew means burning ones, but in Persian? It means fiery ones. And in Irish Hayes means fire." He shows Sera the picture in the already opened book and she looks at it and then back at Deaton.

"So... I'm a bird. And my name translates to fiery ones fire? How original."

"Yes and no. The Egyptians believed you were a way to worship the sun. Only one Phoenix can exist at a time and their life span was believed to never be below 500 years. The only way for a new Phoenix to be born is if... the one that came before... dies. And as for your name. Based off of what I read it's tradition for phoenixes to have their name derived from the word Fire. Since they don't have a true origin, they typically don't stay to any one translation of the word.

"So?" Sera says not seeing how the part about someone dying could be important information. So what if some random person died? Her mother was dying.

"The power of the Phoenix can only be inherited by the next in line. Generally the mother dies during childbirth but you have a unique situation."

"Childbirth? But my mom is still alive."

"Yes, which begs the question: why? I'd like to run some tests if that's okay?" Sera thinks about it.

"Just give me a chance to talk to her first." Deaton nods and closes the book walking around his desk to give it to her.

"There's more information about phoenixes in here if you like to read it." Sera looks at the cover of the book in his outstretched hand. The History of the Fire Bird. She takes the book and looks at Deaton.

"Thank you for... all of this." Deaton smiles.

"Of course. Now if you'll excuse me I have a meeting to attend." Sera raised her eyebrows at him but didn't question his statement. When did anything that happened in this town appear normal?

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Scott, Stiles, Lydia, and Sera were all standing in the main examination room of the clinic. The reason for this meeting? Derek was missing.

"Okay, how long has it been?" Stiles asks Scott

"Weeks he hasn't gotten back to any of my texts." Sera and Lydia watch as the two boys carry on the conversation.

"Has Derek ever returned your texts?"

"Once. Definitely once." Scott says and Sera shakes her head this was a waste of time. If Derek wanted to be found they'd definitely know. "But this time it felt different. So, I went to the loft. The alarm was on. Everything looked okay but then I found these." Scott explains holding out a cup of bullet shells for the rest of the group to look at. "So, I sent a picture to Deaton. He said it's the mark of a family of hunters based out of Mexico. The Calaveras."

"What would they want with Derek?" Lydia asks Scott.

"You don't think they killed him do you?" Stiles chimes in.

"I... I don't know. That's why you're here." Scott turns to Lydia and slides the cup of shells to her. She pours them out of the cup onto the table. "Lydia, what? Is he dead?"

"No... but I'm not sure he's alive either." She responds.

"What does that mean?" Stiles asks.

"I don't know... there's something not right. I just... I don't know."

"So the Calaveras have him, how do we find them?" Stiles asks.

"Mexico." Scott responds. They all decide to create a more detailed plan with the rest of the pack but before they leave Sera has some news of her own.

"I found out what I am." She says uncertainly.

"What? That's amazing! Right?" Lydia ask after noticing the less than pleased look on Sera's face.

"I'm a Phoenix but... there can only be one at a time... which means..."

"Your mom." Stiles says quietly. Sera nod with tears in her eyes.

"I'm... killing my mother."

"No. Oh Ser. It's not your fault." Lydia pulls her in for a tight hug. "You didn't mean for this to happen. You didn't even want this to happen."

"I talked to Deaton." Sera says pulling away from the hug and looking at the boys. "He's not sure how long she has left." Scott nods.

"We'll figure it out."

"No, you already have Derek to worry about I'm not gonna add to that."

"Sera. You are never a burden. Neither is your mom. We're going to help you save her. Just like we always do. Okay?" Sera nods and wipes her eyes.

"Okay. Thank you Scott."

"That's what best friends are for right?" Stiles says as he walks around the table to hug Sera. She slightly smiles and grabs Lydia's hand from next to her.

"I couldn't imagine having better friends." Sera says. And she means it. If she had to go through this with anyone it would be this small group of people that have become her family. Her pack.

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And that's episode two!! We're finally getting into the actual season. I'm so excited for Sera's story to come to life!!

♥︎Bayler♥︎