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. . .‧₊˚ ✩ 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙚𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩: 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙙 ✩.‧₊˚ . . .

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Ellie, Derek, and Scott run into the parking lot only for Derek to throw his arms out in front of them making them stop.

"What?" Ellie asks him confused as Derek held her back.

Looking down Ellie sees a giant puddle of water and the broken wire sat in the middle of it. Basically creating a giant puddle of electrified death.

"Oh good job babe," Ellie tells him patting his shoulder as Derek shakes his head at her. 

"Yeah, good job big bro you saved my future wife. Thank you," Laura tells Derek who glares at her.

"Laura for the last time she is my future wife. You are dead," Derek tells his sister who huffs at him annoyed while Ellie tried her hardest not to laugh.

The group then looks back up to see Kira standing in the water, unfazed as she grabs the wire. The three watched in shock and amazement beside Ellie who was smirking as Kira covered the end of the wire with her fist.

"What?!" Kira screams looking at her parents in disbelief.

"I think it might be time," Ken says looking at his wife.

"Time for what?!" Kira asks confused.

"I never thought I would actually see one," Ellie says in disbelief looking at Kira who looks at her.

"See what?" Kira asks as Ellie just stares at her.

"A kitsune although they are known as foxes as well," Ellie explains as the ones who knew about Kitsunes look at Kira and then her mom.

"What is that?" Kira asks looking at her mom.

"Japanese fox spirit," Ellie explains before being quiet knowing this was a moment for the mother and daughter.

Ellie then froze as she looks at Noshiko with a glare. She knew how long Foxes could live. And suddenly the family of three moves to Beacon Hills and Oni's appears and her best friend is possessed by an evil fox appears.

With that, all the lights around them flicker as she absorbs the electricity. Kira opens her eyes, looking over at them with glowing orange eyes making Ellie let out an impressed chuckle.

"Damn," Ellie whispers amazed as Derek shakes his head at her with a fond smile on his lips.

Once Kira drops the wire, that's when Derek and Ellie notice Isaac lying in the puddle making them instantly run over to them.

"Isaac!" Ellie says worriedly as she pulls him close to her making Isaac smile as he hugs her.

Allison looks at them worriedly before getting up and walking to sit beside Isaac cuddling into his side.

Isaac looks at her surprised but smiles softly while he wraps an arm around her pulling Allison closer.

"Another werewolf?" Chris asks glaring done with his daughters and their need to fall for werewolves.

"Isaac?" Ellie questions worriedly as she grabs him and leans in to listen to his heartbeat.

"He's not breathing!" Ellie tells Derek panicked as she begins doing chest compressions and chanting under her breath to restart his heart.

Ellie and Allison tighten their hold on Isaac who smiles not used to someone caring about him.

Isaac then takes in a big gulp of air making Ellie sigh in relief as nurses and doctors get up and begin to load him up.

"Ellie?" Allison asks with a broken voice making Ellie look towards her only to see Allison staring at Isaac.

"Allie," Ellie says walking towards her sister and wrapping an arm around her.

"He pushed me out of the way," Allison says her voice cracking making Ellie hold her tighter.

Chris glares at Isaac but nods his head slightly making Isaac smile at him.

"Come on Allie," Ellie whispers as the two walk into the hospital Derek follows behind them.

Isaac smiles slightly at the screen seeing the three care about him while Eli, Blake, Emilia, and Laurie smile at him softly seeing their uncle.

Isaac always told them how their mom and dad basically adopted him and gave him a family he always needed.

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A few hours later Ellie was pacing in the waiting room annoyed that no one would tell her anything while Allison sat in one of the waiting room chairs.

"I'm done," Ellie says making Allison look at her before sighing and watching her twin head towards the reception desk.

"Isaac Lahey? I've been waiting for any news on his condition," Ellie says tapping her fingers on the desk worriedly.

"Sorry family only," the nurse says looking up from the computer and then looking back down.

"Uhm I do not have any family," Isaac says making Ellie slap him over the head with a glare.

"I do not risk my life for anyone Isaac Lahey," Ellie tells him making Isaac smile at Ellie who smiles back at him.

"Hey!" Ellie yells slapping her hand on the desk and making the woman jump and look at her.

"Good luck," Stiles says chuckling slightly while everyone nods while Ellie shrugs her shoulders.

"We are the closest thing he has to family. His brother died in the army. His mother died years ago. And his father was murdered! Now I just had to do chest compressions on him since he did not have a pulse! So can someone at least fucking tell me if he is alive! And if you can't then get me someone who fucken can!" Ellie tells her angrily making the girl gulp as she nods.

"Mom is very protective. I remember when Uncle Liam was helping me with lacrosse and I broke my ankle. Mom was at a conference at least two hours away. She was home in half an hour. Screaming before hugging me and then force-feeding me as much cake as I wanted," Blake says nodding his head making Eli Emilia, and Laurie laughs as Ellie shrugs.

"Sounds like Ellie," Allison says nodding her head as she thinks of her twin.

"And I know you are just doing your job, but please can you get me a doctor to speak to," Ellie says slightly more calmly making the nurse nod her head.

Let me go get a doctor," the nurse says walking away as Ellie nods her head before running her fingers through her hair.

"Too harsh?" Ellie asks Allison looking towards her and making Allison shrug.

"Slightly but you apologized," Allison says making Ellie nod her head as the elevator opens up. 

"You could have been worse," Allison tells Ellie who laughs nodding her head. She could have been.

"Ellie," Derek says walking toward her and making Ellie look toward him.

"You have it?" Ellie asks Derek who nods his head as a doctor walks towards them making Allison get up and walk towards them.

"I'm Doctor Kennedy. Issac Lahey's and I am sorry but patient-doctor confidentiality exists I cannot give any information out regarding his condition," Doctor Kennedy tells the three.

"Actually I am Isaac's legal guardian," Derek says grabbing the papers and handing them to the doctor.

"Wait really?" Isaac asks wide-eyed as Derek just smiles slightly at the screen.

"I had to get the paperwork from the loft," Derek tells the doctor as he flips through all of it.

"Alright Mr.Hale follow me," Doctor Kennedy says as Ellie interlocks her hand with Allison while the two follow the doctor and Derek.

Doctor Kennedy slides his key card to a room revealing Isaac laying still in a hospital bed with electrical burns on the side of his body.

"Isaac...," Stiles says wide-eyed making him shake his head.

"It wasn't your fault," Isaac tells him making Stiles nod slightly but still in slight disbelief.

"He is healing. Half of his body is covered in burns. He did go into v-fib once more but we got him back," Doctor Kennedy tells the three before leaving the room. Derek walks to one side of Isaac while Ellie and Allison walk over to the opposite side of him.

"I thought he'd be healed by now," Allison says confused looking at Isaac.

"It will just take longer due to the amount of trauma his body went through," Ellie explains to Allison as she places her hands over Issac's chest.

"Asinta Mulaf Hinto, Sho Bala," Ellie chants making Allison and Derek look at her.

The two watch as black veins leave Issac making the two look at Ellie concerned thinking she transferred the pain to herself.

"It's a pain relief spell. It'll take away his pain for short time," Ellie tells them before she casts another spell on Isaac.

"And that speeds up his healing," Ellie tells them making the two smile at her as Ellie looks at Issac worriedly.

"Did Stiles really do this?" Alison asks making Ellie shake her head.

Stiles looks down at the reminder making Ellie get up and walk towards him hugging him tightly.

"It's not you. He may look like you but that's not you. You two are two completely different people," Ellie tells Stiles sternly who nods his head at her words.

"No, the Nogitsune did. When he is present Stiles has no control," Ellie tells Allison who looks cornered but nods.

"Hey, Allie will you be okay here? I have some more research to do," Ellie asks rubbing Allison's arm who nods.

"Yeah of course. Call me if you need anything," Allison says making Ellie smile at her.

"Same to you. I love you," Ellie tells Allison hugging her before walking towards Derek and kissing him softly.

"I love you," Derek tells her making Ellie smile at him.

"And make sure to eat and get some rest even if it is thirty minutes," Derek tells Ellie who laughs nodding her head.

"I will. I love you," Ellie tells him kissing his nose before kissing Isaac's cheek before leaving the hospital room.

"She's different with you," Allison states making Derek look towards her confused.

"Ellie. She's different with you. A good different though," Allison tells Derek who just looks at her.

Allison nods agreeing with her onscreen self.

"What do you mean?" Derek asks her as the two sit down in the chairs in the hospital room.

"Ellie never lets anyone help her. She is very independent. She helps everyone and is always there for everyone but for some reason, she doesn't believe she deserves the same. But with you she lets you take care of her. I'm just happy she has someone like that in her life," Allison tells Derek with a slight smile on her face making Derek nod his head.

Talia smiles at her son happy for him while Chris sighs wishing someone would shoot him. He was warming up to the werewolf.

"She deserves it. She puts everyone first she needs someone to put her first," Derek tells Allison who smiles nodding her head.

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Ellie plays with her keys as she walks towards her car before they drop on the ground.

"Damn it," Ellie says groaning as she bends down grabbing the keys off the ground before standing straight back up.

Ellie gasps as she stumbles back seeing Stiles but not Stiles right in front of her.

"Ellie," Stiles says making Ellie shake her head.

"It's not you," Ellie tells Stiles who nods but hesitantly.

"I warned you, Ellie," Stiles's look-alike says as he grabs her wrist in a bruising grip making her wince.

"I told you to stop trying to save him," Stiles look alike as Ellie tries to pull her wrist away before groaning as she begins to fall to her knees while he tightens his grip.

Many people sit up at that seeing Ellie weakened making them worriedly.

"But you went against it," Stiles's look-alike tells Ellie who just looks at him with a glare.

"And that...will not work for me," Stiles look-alike tells her as he grabs her head making Ellie scream out but it was muffled.

Chris got up and walked towards his daughter pulling her tightly to him as Ellie cuddles into him.

Blood then begins to flow down her nose before she fell to the ground unconscious.

"Well then," Stiles look-alike says wiping his hands before walking away from Ellie.

"Asshole," Ellie says glaring at the screen. Rude he just left her there.

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Ellie's eyes blink open slightly as she looks around confused. It was dark all around her making her slowly sit up her entire body hurting.

Ellie looks around seeing she was somewhere unfamiliar but familiar.

"What?" Ellie whispers to herself as she gets up off the ground finding seeing that she was in the basement at the high school.

"Eww," Ellie whispers disgusted making Chris sigh at his daughter.

Ellie hissed as she rubs his wrist on her clothes only to see them both purplish bruises.

"That looks painful," Liam whispers looking at Ellie's wrist.

Ellie feels something dried on her nose rubbing it and finding blood. Ellie sighs before walking out of the basement and heading towards the parking lot seeing cars already there.

"How long have I been out?" Ellie asks herself before she begins to walk home as she pats her body but couldn't find her phone.

"That's what I would like to know," Chris whispers although confused wondering what happened.

Arriving at her apartment dabbing her nose with a napkin Ellie opens the door only to pause seeing Scott's dad and deputies placing handcuffs on Derek and her dad.

"What?!" Scott Allison Talia and Melissa yell at the same time while Ellie groans.

"I always knew one day you two would get arrested," Ellie says nodding her head and making the two glare at him.

"What the hell?" Ellie asks making everyone look at her.

"Just the girl I was looking for," Rafael tells her making Ellie raise an eyebrow.

"Uhm aren't you like fifty? That's a bit creepy and disgusting," Ellie says disgusted as Rafael shakes his head.

"Very," Ellie says nodding her head disgusted.

"Eleanor Argent you are hereby under arrest for the suspect of Katashi's murder," Rafael tells her making Ellie confused.

"Who?" Ellie asks confused tilting her head and wondering why she was being arrested.

"Who?" Ellie asks as she gets handcuffed making her wince.

"Careful. Please," Ellie says making everyone take a look at her wrist confused.

"Ellie?" Chris asks her making her shake her head.

"I'll explain later," Ellie tells him making the two nod although hesitantly.

"And I'm pretty sure I didn't kill anyone! I mean I might have destroyed their ego and killed that but not actual murder!" Ellie defends herself as Chris and Derek shake their heads at her.

"Exactly!" Ellie defends herself annoyed.

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The three now sat handcuffed to a bench in the police station Ellie between the two. 

"You know I always knew someday I would get arrested. I just thought it would be for my driving, not a murder I didn't commit!" Ellie exclaims annoyed as she shakes the handcuffs. 

"Or punching someone," Ellie says shrugging her shoulders.

"I'm concerned that you actually thought one day you would get arrested," Chris tells Ellie who shrugs.

"Dad we all knew she would be at least once," Allison tells her dad.

"I'm not. I thought it would be catching something on fire with your terrible cooking," Derek says smirking at Ellie who glares at him.

"I'm not terrible!" Ellie defends herself making Chris and Derek stare at her.

"You almost brunt down the loft trying to bake cookies," Derek tells Ellie who rolls her eyes at that.

"I thought if I turned the oven up to five hundred they would cook faster! I didn't realize they would burn!" Ellie defends herself as Chris and Derek just stare at her.

"Oh Ellie," Allison says shaking her head while Ellie pouts annoyed.

"Of course baby," Derek tells her making Ellie stick her tongue out at him.

"Do not call her that around me," Chris says annoyed and disgusted while Ellie laughs.

"So Eleanor May Argent want to explain what happened?" Chris asks het making Ellie wince at her full name.

"Stiles but not Stiles found me. Angry I did not listen to his warning," Ellie says sighing making the two look at her.

"What warning?" Derek asks her eyeing Ellie who squeezes her eyes shut at that.

"He might have been appearing in my nightmares sort of and threatening warning me what would happen if I stop him," Ellie says with a winced expression as the two stare at her.

"You are...you are grounded!" Chris tells his daughter who opens and closes her mouth at him but sighs.

"Dad!" Ellie yells at Chris who shakes his head.

"But why you?" Derek asks looking at Ellie who shrugs at that.

"From what I've read he might be looking for revenge, but on who or why I don't know. He is an ancient Dark Kitsune, a true trickster who relishes in creating chaos, strife, and pain, along with other negative emotions, in order to feed himself and gain more power," Ellie tells the two who look at her.

"And you are connected to everyone. While pushing down your emotions focusing on negative ones," Chris says shaking his head at his daughter.

"See Papa Argent is figuring it out!" Peter yells making everyone either ignore him or look at him worriedly. 

"Wait...he strives off of chaos. That explains him having us three arrested but there must be something else. Something to do with the others," Ellie whispers as she looks around the station making Chris and Derek follow her lead.

"He wants us gone, but why? Why us three removed from the chessboard?" Ellie asks more herself than anyone.

"Because he needs to remove the threats before anything else or isolate them," Stiles explains making Ellie nod her head.

"What is the next move? The knight? The bishop? The queen? Maybe all at once?" Ellie whispers to herself looking around the station.

Chris and Derek share a look before looking at Ellie as people begin to run around the station a deputy comes and undoes the cuff around the three.

"What's happening?" Chris asks but no one answers Derek and Ellie turn toward the sheriff's office seeing a box and it ticking down.

"GET DOWN!" Derek yells as Chris pulls Ellie under him and Derek gets on top of them as the bomb goes off and glass goes everywhere.

"Derek!"
"Ellie!"
"Dad!"

Was screamed around the room worriedly as Chris looks at Derek nodding his head slightly making Derek nod his back.

Looking up Ellie sees a total mess, a few officers lay on the ground which was now covered in shattered glass and wood.

Looking at her dad and Derek Ellie sighs in relief seeing them alright before she notices a piece of glass in Derek's back. She didn't even notice that Scott and "Stiles" had come in.

Talia holds her son closer to her who smiles at her patting her hand to reassure her that he was alright.

"Derek!" Ellie yells looking at him worriedly.

"I'm okay," Derek tells her breathing heavily as Ellie shakes her head.

"Yeah right there's glass in your back you idiot," Ellie tells Derek making him give her a look that said now really?

"Yes now!" Ellie yells at him shaking her head.

"Are you alright?" Chris asks looking at his daughter who nods looking herself over.

"I'm alright Dad," Ellie tells him making Chris nod as he moves behind Derek. Ellie crouches down in front of him, grabbing his hand.

"This is gonna hurt," Chris tells Derek as he starts pulling out pieces of glass making Derek groan as he grips Ellie's hands.

Ellie raises her hand cupping Derek's face as she looks at him worriedly closing her eyes as she chants under her breath removing Derek's pain as he looks at her. 

"Ellie!" Scott yells rushing towards the girl making her look towards him and "Stiles" surprised eyeing "Stiles."

"That's not stiles," Ellie whispers she could tell right away. The eyes gave it away. Stiles were soft and full of mischief. Void Stiles was full of cruelty and manipulation.

"Stiles," Ellie says with a grin as she gets up and hugs him sighing in relief as Stiles hugs her back.

"Are you okay?" "Stiles" asks making Ellie nod at him.

"I'm good," Ellie tells him making "Stiles" nod sighing in relief.

"We are heading to the animal clinic. The sun is going down," Scott tells Ellie who nods her head at this. 

"Alright I need to take my dad to the hospital to get him checked out," Ellie tells Scott who nods as they leave. Ellie then looked toward Derek and Chris who were looking at her worriedly.

"That's not Stiles. A simple touch told me. I got to go," Ellie tells them kissing her dad's cheek and kissing Derek's lips before rushing out.

"Eleanor," Chris says in a warning voice making her smile at him sheepishly. 

"Just because you saved our lives doesn't mean I like you or you kissing my daughter," Chris tells Derek with a glare who nods.

"Doesn't mean I like you either," Derek tells him with a glare.

"Such a beautiful bonding moment," Ellie says smiling at the two who just give her emotionless looks as she chuckles.

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Sneaking in through the back Ellie quietly enters the animal clinic. She sees Stiles well not actually Stiles the Nogitsune holding a sword in his hand that was in Scott making Ellie look wide-eyed.

"Scott," Melissa says holding her son close to her as Scott sends Stiles a sad look who looks down.

Ellie sees black veins trailing up from Scott's face to Stiles's hand making the Nogitsune look like he was going through some sick form of pleasure. When it stopped he moved his hand and chuckled.

"You really have to learn, Scott. You really have to learn not to trust a Fox. Mmm-mmm. Know why? 'Cause, they're tricksters. They'll fool you. They'll fool everyone," the Nogitsune says as Ellie steps out.

"Not everyone," Ellie says raising her hands and making the Nogitsune quickly look toward her.

"Ad somnum," Ellie says as Stiles falls unconscious just as Deaton comes out and sticks a syringe into Stiles's neck making him groan in pain as Deaton injects whatever was in the syringe.

Ellie walks towards Scott and looks at him sadly.
"This will hurt," Ellie tells him making Scott nod.

"1,2," Ellie says ripping the sword out making Scott groan in pain.

"Why didn't you go to three?" Scott asks Ellie who shakes her head at him.

"Because you would be expecting it," Ellie says shrugging her shoulders.

"It was better that way," Ellie tells him making the two look at Deaton.

"What was that? Was that a cure? Is he okay?" Scott asks breathily heavily.

"The Fox is poisoned... But, it's not dead. Not yet," Deaton says as Ellie sighs.

"Now we just need to get rid of it before Stiles gives him control," Ellie says taking a deep breath.

"Or worse he kills Stiles," Ellie says looking toward Scott worriedly.

"Or I kill someone else," Stiles whispers making Ellie look at him.

"It's not you. No matter what. That isn't you," Ellie tells him sternly making Stiles nod slightly at her.  

❀ ༄ ❀ AUTHOR NOTE ❀ ༄ ❀
Just a few more chapters! I'm not ready! Not at all!

I hope you all enjoyed the chapter! I love you all!  <333