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A few days had passed and Derek was recovering from his injuries with the help of Luna and Nina.

"Don't you have to go to school?" Derek asked. Luna was about to say something when her phone started to ring and she picked it up. "Hey Danny, how can I help you?" Luna asked with a smile. "Hey, I wanted to ask if you're coming to school" the boy on the other end of the line asked.

"Sure, I'll be there by training at the latest. I promise" Luna assured him and said goodbye as she hung up and looked at Derek.

The boy in front of her raised an eyebrow. "To answer your question: Yes, I go to school" the young Black replied with a smile. "Mhm. But it has nothing to do with the call, right?" he asked curiously. Luna was about to answer when she noticed the look on his face and started laughing. "What?" Derek asked, confused. "You're jealous" she simply replied.

"Aww, Der-Bear is jealous" Laura teased her brother, pinching his cheek. The boy slapped her hand away and said, "I'm not."

"I'm not" the werewolf defended himself. Nina came into the room and looked back and forth between the two. "What did I miss?" she asked curiously. "Derek is jealous of Danny" Luna explained with a grin. "Of Danny?" Nina asked, which earned her a nod from Luna. Both Blacks burst out laughing, which only made the Hale roll his eyes.

"Don't you have to take Nina home before school starts?" Derek asked angrily. "That's right. Nina, come on, let's go" Luna said. "Okay, let's leave Derek and his jealousy alone!" she replied, laughing, and the two Blacks high-fived each other as they made their way home.

Everyone in the room laughed at Derek's angry face.

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After Luna dropped her younger sister off at home, she headed to school and arrived in time for lacrosse practice.

Zoe called her over and they hugged each other. "Hey Z, how are you?" she asked her best friend, who she hadn't spoken to since the thing with the Alpha and Derek. "I don't know how to feel. I mean, Derek was like family to me" Zoe explained sadly. Luna was about to say something, but Zoe took her hand and went with her to the boys' locker room.

"Yeah, seriously! Didn't you have time to text me to say you weren't dead after you got better!" Zoe exclaimed. Derek cleared his throat and mumbled, "I don't have your number."

"Oh...okay...lucky you" said Zoe.

"All right, geniuses, listen up! Due to the recent pink-eye epidemic-- thank you, Greenberg-- the following people have made first line on a probationary basis-- emphasis on the word 'probationary'" the coach explained.

"Rodriguez. Welcome to first line." "Taylor, and, uh..."

"Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. This is the scene where I get to first line!" Stiles exclaimed excitedly.

"Oh, for the love of crap, I can't even read my own writing. What is that, an 'S'? No, no, that's not an 'S'. That's a-that's a-that's a 'B'. It's definitely a 'B'. Uh, Rodriguez, Taylor and, uh... Bilinski" the coach listed. Stiles was happy and cheered.

"Bilinski!" shouted the coach. "Yes?"

"Shut up!" he ordered Stiles. "Yes, sir."

"Stiles..." Scott began, dazed. "It's Biles. Call me Biles, or I swear to God I'll kill you."

"It must have gone to his head a bit" Luna whispered, and Zoe nodded in agreement.

"Another thing-- from here on out, immediately, we're switching to co-captains. Congratulations, McCall!" Coach shouted. Zoe gasped. "Really? Oh, Coach, thank you, thank you, thank you! This moment is so much bigger than me! I would like to thank my parents, my brother and my friends, and you Coach!" Zoe exclaimed, hugging Coach. "Female McCall! Get off me! I mean male McCall!" Coach exclaimed. "Oh, Coach, admit it, you love not only me, but Zoe too" Luna chimed in with a grin. "Oh, yes, our parents still have to change it, but it's no longer McCall, it's Bennett!" Zoe exclaimed.

"Bennett? As in Marco, Keith and Sam Bennett?" Coach asked, confused and curious. "Um...Keith and Sam, no idea who they are, but Marco is our father, yes" Zoe replied, smiling.

"They don't know who we are?! How could you, Marco!" Sam exclaimed indignantly because his niece and nephew had no idea who he and Keith were. "I didn't really have the time" Marco simply replied.

"Not the time?!" Sam exclaimed, standing up and chasing Marco, who was running away from him. "Can someone help me?!" Marco shouted, referring to Keith. "Oh, let our little brother have his fun" Keith said, grinning.

Melissa stood up. "Stop! Both of you!" she exclaimed, and they both stopped. "You!" She pointed at Sam. "Sit down!" Sam obeyed her. "Haha, you're afraid of her" Marco said, laughing, while his youngest brother gave him a angry look. "Same goes for you, Marco Daniel Bennett!" the human exclaimed. Marco obeyed her reluctantly, muttering, "I hate it when she says my full name."

Everyone watched the show laughing.

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When the training started, the girls saw Scott slam Danny to the ground and he got hurt. "Danny!" Luna shouted and ran with Zoe to the boy who was lying on the ground. Luna checked to see if he was okay.

"Coach, I'm taking him to the school nurse" Luna said, helping Danny to support himself. "Okay, but please make sure he's okay" Coach said, and Luna nodded. The young Black went with Danny to the school nurse.

After he had been examined, Luna drove him home. "There we are. I'll take you inside and stay a while" said Luna. "Thank you, you're a great friend, Luna" the boy said with a smile. "No problem. What are friends for anyway?" she replied with a smile and went inside with him and waited until he fell asleep.

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Melissa was getting ready for work when she heard the front door. "Scott?"

"Stiles" the boy answered when he saw Melissa. "Key!?" 

"Yeah, I had one made, so--" he admitted.

"Did you get one made of my house too, Stiles?" Luna asked sarcastically. Stiles rummaged around in his jacket and held up a key. "Yes, that's from your house" Stiles replied, making Luna look shocked. "Should we get the locks changed?" Marie asked. "No, Uncle Stiles is funny, let him keep the key" Nina said, giggling. "Oh my God, did you hear that? I'm even an uncle to Nina!" Stiles exclaimed excitedly.

"That doesn't surprise me. It scares me, but it doesn't surprise me" Melissa said. "What's that?" the mother asked, pointing to the bag. "Uh, school project..." Stiles simply replied. "Mmm. Stiles, he's okay, right?" Melissa asked, worried about Scott. "Who, Scott? Yeah, totally..." Stiles assured her. "He just doesn't talk to me that much anymore. Not like he used to. And I don't know if he talks to Marco or not" she said.

"Well, he's had a bit of a rough week..." Stiles explained. "Yeah. Yeah, I get it. Yeah. Um, okay. Uh, be careful tonight."

"You, too."

"Full moon" Melissa said. "What?" Stiles asked alarmed. "There's a full moon tonight. You should see how the ER gets-- brings out all the nutjobs."

"Oh."

"Yeah."

"Right...Hey, is Marco there?" Stiles inquired, asking if the other Alpha was there to help.

"No, he's at work" Melissa explained before she left.

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Luna wrote Danny a note before she made her way to the Bennetts' house to help Derek.

"It seems like you've been helping everyone ever since you came to Beacon Hills" Talia said when she noticed. "Well, if people can't help themselves, you have to help them" Luna replied as if it were nothing. "You know what? Aunt Talia is right. You're always there for us, and I sincerely hope that we'll be there for you in the future" Zoe assured her, which made Lydia and Allison nod in agreement. "Thanks, guys" Luna replied with a smile.

"They're right, you need vacation" said Derek. "Are you coming with me?" asked Luna, smiling. "I'll follow you everywhere and stay with you" said Derek, and Luna smiled.

"Did you hear? She called me Aunt Talia" Talia whispered excitedly to Keith, who just smiled at her.

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Luna ran through the forest and saw Derek trying to calm Scott down. Scott tried to attack him, but Luna's whip wrapped around Scott's legs and sent him to the ground. "I thought I'd stop listening to you and come help you" Luna said to Derek with a grin. "1. you never listen to me and 2. good timing" Derek said with a smile.

"That's true, Mom really never listens to Dad or anyone else" Eli said. "And when she does, she blames herself because she should have known better than to listen to Dad" Diana explained. "Is it really that bad to listen to me?" Derek complained. "You just have to keep watching because Mom actually listened to you ONCE and she regretted it" Laura T. said.

"What?! I listen to someone? What's happening to me?" Luna asked herself worriedly.

"What's happening to me?" Scott asked dazedly when he was back to normal. "Exactly what the Alpha wants to happen" Derek explained. Luna and Derek took Scott home.

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"That one's Stiles?" asked Argent as he sat in the car with Kate. "Another friend of Allison's" his sister explained. "Are you gonna tell me about that talk you had with her?" Chris asked his sister.

"You tell me something first-- that night you came across those Betas, one of them was smaller, right?" Kate asked curiously. "Mmhmm" Argent simply replied.

"Well, was he just smaller? Or could he have been younger, too?" Kate asked. "I don't know. But it looks like we're most likely dealing with two Alphas" Chris explained. "Two?" Kate asked, confused. "Marco Bennett is in town, and it looks like he's involved with Melissa McCall" the older Argent explained. "Hmm. Derek's uncle. I wouldn't say Derek knows that his uncle is in town or even still alive" Kate said.

"Still alive? What does she mean, Dad?" Zoe asked her father worriedly. "When the Hale House was on fire, I thought all the Hales were dead. But six years later, when they found Laura's body and Derek became a wanted criminal, I realized I was wrong" Marco explained with a sad look while Melissa squeezed his hand encouragingly. "And I thought Uncle Marco and Uncle Sammy were also in the house and therefore dead" Derek added sadly. Luna squeezed his hand. "I hadn't been to Beacon Hills for a long time at that time. I came back after the fire to see if anyone had survived, but I couldn't find anyone. So I went back and studied law" Sam admitted sadly.

"And I think we're not just dealing with Derek and one another beta, but two betas" Chris said. "Derek and two other betas, plus two alphas. Five werewolves in town" Kate put two and two together.

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Zoe walked to Scott's room and saw Derek. "Derek" she whispered, not believing it. Derek turned to her and smiled. "Hey, Zoe."

Zoe ran up to him and hugged him, which Derek returned. The young Bennett broke away from the hug and punched him. "Ow!" Derek cried, holding his jaw. "That's for not giving me a sign that you were still alive!" she said simply, taking Derek's phone and entering her number. "Now, before you come up with any excuses about not having my number."

"Theoretically, you had my number, but you haven't texted or called me yet" Derek defended himself. Zoe just rolled her eyes and mumbled, "Yeah, yeah."

Derek sighed and said, "I missed you too, Zoe."

"Wait--" Scott cried when he noticed Derek was about to leave. "I can't do this. I can't be this and be with Allison. I need you to tell me the truth-- is there a cure?" Scott asked desperately. Zoe sat down next to her brother and stroked his back.

"For someone who was bitten? I've heard of one. I don't know if it's true" Derek said.

"Well, what is it?" the older twin continued to ask. "You have to kill the one that bit you" Derek explained. "Kill the Alpha?" Scott asked incredulously. "Scott... If you help me find him, I'll help you kill him" he assured him.

"Luckily Dad didn't bite Scott. Because I don't know what he would have done. Would Scott have killed Dad or would he have stayed a werewolf?" Zoe wondered.

"Okay, Scott can do it. I don't really want to kill my Dad, and I don't want to give up being a werewolf either" Zoe said. "Well, goodnight" Zoe stood up, kissed Scott and Derek on the cheek, hugged Luna and went into her room.

"I'm going too. Good night, boys" Luna said goodbye, ruffled Scott's hair, kissed Derek on the cheek and went home.

"Yeah, you know, I don't believe you about the cure" Scott said, making Derek roll his eyes. "I said, I heard about it" Derek replied harshly. "Well, he's not lying. There really is this cure, but for other werewolves. So Derek couldn't have known if it would only work for one type of werewolves or for all of them" Keith explained, defending his son.

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