Following the Stars

Stand by Me

Allison forced her eyes open, blinking slowly until they adjusted to the fluorescent lights overhead
"Lydia?" She whispered, her voice hoarse as she tried to lift her head, feeling a weight stir on her chest, locks of red hair spread out against the blanket, her right side ached, she looked closer and saw her hand wrapped up firmly in bandages, wincing as she remembered the knife and crossbow "Lydia" She repeated again, her voice stronger. The girl's head shot up, eyes locking on her own immediately, Allison watched Lydia's eyes focus, and suddenly Lydia's lips were on hers, hands clutching Allison's face, holding her close, Allison's lips parted to breathe a sigh of relief and Lydia took the opportunity to deepen the kiss "You idiot" Lydia muttered against her lips "You fucking idiot" Allison felt tears soak her cheeks, it took her brain a moment to realise that they weren't her own "You died" Lydia broke the kiss and reseed her forehead against Allison's "You died Allison"
"I came back" Allison lifted her hand to cup Lydia's cheek, Lydia leaned into the touch and sighed "I came back to you"
"You did" Lydia's eyes shined with fresh tears as she pulled away from the touch, settling back into her seat and clutching Allison's left hand and holding it up to her lips. "You idiot"
"You're never going to let this go are you?" Allison smiled
"Nope" Lydia smiled back. She fumbled with the remote on Allison's bed and fiddled with the buttons until she was sat mostly upright.
"What happened to your wrists?" Allison grabbed her hands and trailed a finger over the bandages
"Oh... its from struggling against the ropes" Lydia replied hesitantly
"I'm sorry" Allison replied "The pack, are they?"
"All alive and well, Isaac, Boyd and Erica are back too"
"And my dad?"
"He's fine"
"Where are they?"
"The pack are in the cafeteria, grabbing coffee, your dad was meeting with the Sheriff last I heard"
Allison nodded slowly, a grin stretching out across her cheeks
"We won"
"We did" Lydia matched her grin "What happened in there?"
"I chased Aisa through oblivion until we ended up in the underworld, Lydia, I met Hades" Lydia's eyes widened as Allison nodded "Hecate was there as well, somebody caught Aisa and we went to Olympus"
"Olympus as in...realm of the twelve Olympians?" Lydia's eyes were wide
"The very same"
"You met the Olympians?"
"Only Zeus really, I spoke to Apollo briefly but..." Allison frowned "It happened so fast, they sentenced Aisa to spend eternity in Tartarus and then it was like a shock wave hit... Zeus told me it was you"
"Me?"
Allison nodded "You were opening the tears, you almost tore the world apart Lydia, you... You're a descendant, like me"
"A descendant? From who?" Lydia leant closer
"The unknown god"
"What? That's crazy" Lydia muttered
"It's true though"
"What's his name?"
"They didn't tell me, they only told me that he had the powers of time, fate and the fountain of magic and that he was elusive so they cast him out and removed his powers.. But he had already hooked up with someone"
"Holy shit" mumbled "That's a lot to take in"
"I know the feeling" Allison chuckled, she entwined her fingers with Lydia's and lay them on her lap "I don't think they were going to let me come back, Apollo didn't seem to approve anyway, he said we're dangerous together"
"What changed their mind?"
"Me basically threatening to cause hell and telling them that nothing would stop you from trying to get me back" Allison shrugged "Zeus liked the fact that I have the balls to threaten them"
Lydia snorted "You idiot, they could have killed you"
"But they didn't, and now I'm here with you and I have the blessing of the Gods"
Lydia's eyes widened "They gave you their blessing?"
"Yeah" Allison frowned "Why?"
"Alli, that's a big deal, God's don't just throw around their blessings, what else did they say?"
Allison frowned as she replayed her memories over in her mind "I could only come back on the condition that I protect you, that without you I am nothing, that I have to keep you safe" Allison shrugged "But I didn't need a god to tell me that" Lydia laughed disbelievingly "What?" Allison smiled
"You, you just.." Lydia sighed "I fucking love you" she shook her head with a smile. The door opened behind Lydia
"ALLISON!" came the chorus of replies. Stiles was the first to reach her, almost pushing Lydia out of the way in the process
"You scared the crap out of me" He said as he hugged and peppered kisses all over her face
"Did you?" she asked with a grin when he pulled back, her gaze jumping to Derek briefly
"I did" he replied with a blush. Allison laughed and wrapped him up in a one armed hug
"Good, I'm glad"
Scott was next, hugging her so tight she squeaked involuntarily, he pulled away, worried that he had hurt her, Allison just laughed and waved him off
"I am so, so sorry" he muttered, his eyes flicking to her shoulder
"It's okay Scott, I'm here"
Scott smiled but still looked unconvinced, Isaac and Boyd went next, firm hugs and a chorus of "I'm glad you're all right"
Danny had grinned and hugged her "You're a total bad ass, I'm glad you're back" he glanced to Lydia and dropped his voice into a stage whisper "Cause your girlfriend scares me" Lydia slapped him playfully as he walked away. Erica settled herself on the edge of the bed and glared at Allison before slapping her on the arm
"Ow! What the fuck?"
"What did I say to you Argent? You had one job, don't die. So what do you do? You go ahead and die!"
Allison laughed as she settled against the bed "I missed you to Erica" Erica grinned and hugged her quickly
"I'm glad you didn't let the world end, but I'm still pissed at you for dying" she pushed herself from the bed and left the room, announcing that they needed more chairs, Boyd dutifully followed her. Derek lingered hesitantly against the wall before eventually walking over and pressing a kiss into Allison's hair
"I'm glad you're okay" He said simply and moved away until he was stood beside Stiles and Allison had to blink back tears because an affectionate Derek is not something she's accustomed to seeing. Lydia pushed her chair closer to Allison as Erica and Boyd returned and set the chairs up around the bed
"Shouldn't we, you know, tell someone that Allison's awake? Isaac spoke up
"How long have I been out?" Allison frowned
"Two days" Scott replied, wrapping his arm around Isaac's shoulder and pulling him closer, Allison smiled at that, things were looking up for the pack
"We had to almost physically drag Lydia away and force her home" Stiles added. Lydia smiled sheepishly
"I'll go find my mom, she won't kick us all out" he pressed a kiss to Isaac's cheek and slipped out of the room
"You're a total bad ass Argent, running around a forest with a crossbow bolt in your shoulder?" Erica whistled appreciatively
"We spent a good few hours filling them in on everything" Stiles explained
"I swear, we leave for five minutes and things go to hell" Isaac rolled his eyes
"That reminds me, did Derek kill you when you got back? Have you been to school yet?" Allison asked
"Yes and no" Boyd replied
"Sour wolf was so relieved to have us back he couldn't kill us" Erica grinned
"He did punch the wall though"
"Well yeah, but he loves us" Erica twisted to grin at the alpha
"We haven't been to school yet" Isaac frowned
Scott returned with his mom at that point
"Allison, how are you feeling?"
"Oh, fantastic" Allison laughed as Melissa went about doing her nursely duties, she seemed to struggle as she tried to manoeuvre past the mass of teenagers filling up the small room
"Scott had to explain everything to me" Melissa looked around the room, wearing an expression that screamed I'm in a room with werewolves "Thank you, for... Well saving the world I guess"
"You're welcome" Allison chuckled
"Werewolves and Greek goddesses" Melissa muttered "Crazy"
"You have no idea" Lydia replied, rolling her eyes
"So, somebody will have to change your bandages soon"
"What's the damage?" Allison asked
"You got lucky with your shoulder, it was a clean shot, no permanent damage, but your hand..."
"How bad?" Allison asked, fearing the worst
"You were lucky, the blade just missed the arteries, but it's going to take a lot of rehab to get you as close to your original motor functions" Melissa frowned apologetically "With modern medicine after all... I guess there might be magic that could help" she made a face "Magic... Can't believe I just said that"
"You okay Allison?" Lydia asked, noticing Allison's expression "It doesn't mean you can never do archery again, it'll just take time" Allison turned her head to face Lydia
"Actually... I was more concerned with how it would affect our sex life" Allison smiled sheepishly
"Oh my god" Stiles face palmed
Lydia raised an eyebrow "I'm sure we can work something out" She smirked. Melissa coughed loudly
"Anyway, I saw your dad talking to the sheriff on my way, I'll go get him for you"
Allison nodded her thanks and held onto Lydia's hand tighter
"He's going to want to see you alone" Lydia stated
"I know"
"You okay?"
Allison managed to smile and nod "I'd rather just stay like this with you and the pack" she answered honestly
"You need to get out of here soon" Stiles said to Allison
"We need to have our celebratory pizza and or go to the diner" Allison replied
"Yes!" Stiles exclaimed, fist pumping the air and pointed a finger to Lydia "See, it's not just me!"
"You two are scary alike sometimes" Lydia sighed
The pack talked for a few minutes more until Allison saw her dad lingering in the doorway, one by one the pack rose from their seats, kissing or hugging her again as she muttered their goodbyes (Allison whispered to Stiles, asking them to stay close and not to leave) Lydia seemed to hesitate before pressing a kiss to Allison's lips and nodding towards Chris as she left the room