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╰┈˚ · ° . THE SCHOOL DAY ENDED BUT Lydia and I still had something to do.

"She will hate this" I said to my best friend

"Yeah well... We are her best friends, are we not? She didn't want any party so this is a compromise" She said as in one of her hands she hold the strings of the balloons "Plus, this is a much better way to give her her present"

"Still not a good idea"

"Are you saying that you wouldn't do this for me" Lydia stopped walking placing a hand on her heart dramatically

"Every year I wake you up with balloons, a cake and your present" I reminded her "Plus you would never not have a birthday party" I deadpanned

"True, true" With a last grin, she skipped ahead of me. Direction? Allison's locker.

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╰┈˚ · ° . The night already fell, the moon high illuminating my room slightly from the window. Incense burning and candles lit, my entire being focused on my art. Brush after frush of paint coloring the canva with colors. The ring of my phone completely startled me. The ID indicates that it was Lydia. I knew that she would have been with Jackson tonight. I didn't trust him one bit with her and I knew that she deserved a lot better than him.

Preoccupied, I hurried to answer "Lydia, is everything okay?" Her panting and crying could be clearly heard from the other line only increasing my worryness "Lydia. Lydia, please answer me!" I jumped from the stool already running around the room to grab the first clean pair of clothes that I could find.

"I- something happened. I..." She sobbed

"It's going to be okay, just tell me where you are. Are you at home?"

"No- no. I'm at the video store." I could hear sirens in the background, people yelling.

"The police are there?"

"Yes, and the ambulance." Before I could speak she continued "It wasn't me. Don't worry"

"Alright, alright" I took a calming breath. "I will be there as soon as I can."

"Please be quick"

"I promise. I'm already on my way" I said as I slipped on my boots not even lacing them. Hex, without even a word, slithered back in her domus.  We hung up and I didn't wait another second to rush out of the front door.

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╰┈˚ · ° . Apparently from what I understood and from Derek's message, Lydia and Jackson saw the Alpha. I spent the entire night with my best friend. She was shaking in fear, unable to sleep. I easily spelled her into a peaceful sleep and for how much I wanted to stay with her all morning, as she wouldn't go to school, I had too many absences already, something that the strawberry blonde reminded me of when she woke up for a couple of minutes.

Chemistry was one of the classes with the thugher teacher. Mr. Harris was usually an ass but apparently not with everyone. Since I had his class the teacher always had always been friendly with me, definitely a contrast with how he was to the majority of the students. I always associated it with the fact that I was one of his best students.

"Just a friendly reminder– Parent/teacher conferences are tonight. Students below a 'C' average are required to attend. I won't name you,because the shame and self-disgust should be more than enough punishment." Mr. Harris said before turning towards Stiles, who was highlighting his entire book. " Has anyone seen Scott McCall?"

The door of the class opened revealing a very pale looking Jackson. The boy walked to his seat as the entire class observed him already knowing, or at least at some level, what he and his girlfriend had been through.

"Hey, Jackson. If you need to leave early for any reason, you let me know." Mr. Harris placed a hand on his shoulder earning a nod from the teenager "Everyone, start reading Chapter Nine. Mr. Stilinski, try putting the highlighter down between paragraphs. it's chemistry, not a coloring book" He added making the class erupted in chuckles.

"Hey, Danny. Can I ask you a question?" Stiles asked to the boy in front of him

"No."

"Well, I'm going to anyway. Um, did Lydia show up in your homeroom today?"

"No." Danny sighed

"Can I ask you another question?"

"Answer's still no."

"Does anyone know what happened to her and Jackson last night?"

"He wouldn't tell me."

"But he's your best friend."

"Try Lizzie, she is Lydia's best friend, is she not" At that Stiles snapped his head towards me. I raised an eyebrow smirking, unabashedly letting him know that I was eavesdropping in his conversation. Stiles turned turned towards Danny one last time

"One more question."

"What?" Danny said clearly feed up him

"Do you find me attractive?" At that Danny didn't even care to answer the boy who learned so much forward that he fell from his chair. At that sight I bursted into a loud laugh

"Mr. Stilinski!" Rimprovered the teached only seeding me a warning look.

Stiles turned towards me now "What do you know?"

"A lot of things. You have to be more specific" I shrugged my shoulder with a sly grin

"You know what I mean" He said annoyed, "I'm talking about yesterday night. With Jackson and Lydia."

"Ask Scott"

"He is not answering my calls" Stiles gritted out

"That it's not my problem" I said back with a laugh

"You" He said pointing his finger at me "You are a bitch"

I smirked at the Stilinski boy "Oh I know, darling" And with that our conversation ended.

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╰┈˚ · ° . My intention was to rush to Lydia's home as soon as school finished. My plan was ruined though. Ruined by an annoyingly handsome tattooed shadow wolf.

Alec waited for me in front of my car. His body leaning casually against the driver door.

"What do you want?" I was already annoyed. Lydia was home. Aunt Natalie, her mother, informed me that she had to give her anxiolytic to calm her because she was still traumatized. Allison had bailed school with Scott for her birthday and was not answering her phone, only sending a thank you for her gift. And I really wanted to just go back to my childhood home, which was now only charred wood, and practice my magic to calm down.

"You are a witch" Alec stated

"Yes, Alec, I am a witch. You know that. Now if you mind..." I gestured for my car

"Witches can do spells to re-experience a moment that happened in the past, right?" He asked with a huff

"Kind of" I said confused "I can do a spell to see memories, I guess"

"Not that" He snapped

"Mind your tone or I won't care about listening to another word out of your mouth, I'll remove you away by force from my car. Well, by magic. As you said I'm a witch. A really annoyed witch at the moment"

"Fanculo, sapevo che questa sarebbe stata una brutta idea." The dark-haired boy muttered in italian. He started to walk away, moving from the car but I stopped him. [Fuck this, I knew this would have been a bad idea]

"English asshole." I sighed, taking a calming breath before starting to talk again "If you make me understand what you are saying maybe this conversation could go into a completely different direction"

Gritting his jaw Alec said "Can you do a spell that will make you see what happened yesterday night?"

"To see the Alpha" I mumbled already going over spells into my mind "Yes, I can"

"Really?" He sounded surprised. I know that asking anything from me would have been hard for him. Asking for a spell, well, I guess that took a lot of him to do it. Even if this is a thing that could help everyone.

"Yes. It's more of a ritual though and I need to go there. Violent events leave a trace. Of course, the more time passes, the harder it gets to find that trace." I explained

"You can do it?"

"Yes. I need some things from home though." I said "And I would need to be there to perform the spell"

A grin bloomed on his lips "So we need to break in?" he asked, even if it was more a statement

"Yup" I said, matching the mischief in his eyes before entering my car and starting driving

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╰┈˚ · ° . Equipped with a wooden chest filled with the necessary things, I drove towards the video store. Alec was on his black sleek motorcycle, keeping it parallel to my car. We parked our vehicles a couple of streets further away and proceeded with our plan. Alec would obscure the cameras from the store in the front so we could both go inside undetected. Shadows danced around his arms and fingers as he easily manipulated them. He helped me carry the chest inside as we entered from the smashed windows under the police tapes.

"Alright" I said opening the chest "Let's begin" I turned towards Alec and added "Try to not distract me or stop me once I begin. Clairvoyance and precognition spells, like in this case, are very complicated"

Using a mixture of normal salt and one in grain I formed a circle. Next I sprinkled on top of it nutmegs and lavender. The forked hazel branches were next. The salt would garantie protection, nutmegs, lavender and the hazel branches would help with the visions and divination and lastly, I placed five small pillars of clear quartz that would enhance everything. The crystals were positioned to form the five pointed star, a pentagram, symbol of protection that represents the five elements.

I kneeled in the middle of the circle, my grimoire in front of me, opened to the page of the spell. I closed my eyes and focused on my magic, on what I already knew of what had happened yesterday.

"Voco super naturam, ad me res violenta, ostende mihi faciem eam." I chanted repeatedly until I sucked into a breath as images flew past my eyes. The claws of the Alpha slashing through the man's neck. Their red eyes, the lights flickering on and off. Jackson panting in fear and being crushed under the stands.The Alpha hovering over him until he caught sight of the wounds on the boy's neck caused by Derek's claws. Them roaring and running away past a screaming Lydia.

I gasped, trying to control my breathing

"Elizabeth!" I heard but my mind was still too focused on what I had seen as I continued to pant "Look at me Ellie, breath" Hands titled my face making me look at the set of dark chocolate eyes. "Breath, little witch, c'mon" My heart started to slow and my breath to level out. He nodded his head smiling slightly "Good girl. You're okay, you're okay." I collapsed into exhaustion as he brushed his fingers through my hair. "What did you see?" He asked. I explained what I had seen, but I was still shaken up "Alright, what are you not telling me, Ellie"

"It's not what I saw" I gulped "But what I felt"

"What is it?"

"Rage. So much rage that I can still feel it" My eyes now turned from the floor to him as I said "There was pain too, a lot of it." Then I added "And grief."

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˗ˏˋ 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞 ˊˎ˗

Hello everyone!

Shorter chapter today, sorry guys!

I loved writing the ritual. Of course none of these are real rituals/spells. I made them up by translating English to Latin. But on the other hand sometimes the crystals, herbs and things like that have a real spiritual meaning like the clear quartz that is a crystal that amplifies other things.

Anyways, thank you for reading this chapter, I'll see you on tuesday!

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