Book 1
Not all love stories have happy endings.
"It's me, it's me Stiles...your best friend." Brooklyn's stepbrother Scott returns to live with them and from then, her whole world turns upside down. Her life is suddenly filled with werewolves and th...
Stiles arrived at his house later that day with everyone waiting for him. They spent the rest of the day just hanging when his dad went to work.
It is getting late and they have school tomorrow,
"Tomorrow is the last day of school before break, make sure you all come alright?" Kira says and they wave goodbye. Brooklyn walks out of the bathroom into the empty living room with only Stiles.
"Where did everybody go?"
"They left... you should go and get some sleep too."
"I am going to get some sleep alright," she says sitting beside him on the couch, "Right here with you to make sure you don't have another accident."
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Brooklyn's POV
My phone's alarm goes off, waking us up.
"Huh? What is that?" Stiles groans, "Shut up!" I turn it off and stretch realising he is on the ground, "Oh my god, Stiles I'm sorry."
"It's fine, I'm used to it, there is probably not a single place on earth I haven't slept on."
"Yeah, trust me I believe you!"
I guess I'm going to school in the same clothes, I head to the bathroom to fix my hair. After I'm done, I grab a banana from the fridge and Stiles grabs his backpack. We open the front door when we stop to see that his jeep isn't there.
"Oh right Stiles, the jeep is going to be really expensive to pay for right now, so you won't see it for a while," his dad says.
He walks past us into his Sheriff vehicle and we follow into the backseat. The whole way is silent and awkward, the last time his dad drove us to school was years ago. Stiles just stares out of the window and I can tell he is upset, I knew from a while back that they had been struggling with money. He didn't even have money to fix the oil leaks in his jeep, and the engine was already falling apart.
We arrive and he stops the car, I thank him and we walk through the gates. He spots Scott, "Hey, I'll meet you in class ok?"
That's weird, is he hiding something from me? "You got it, the girls are here anyway."
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They walk over to me,
"Last day, I cant wait for the break!" Lydia exclaims.
"Glad Stiles is alright!" Malia says, grabbing my hand and walking inside.
Scott, Kira, Isaac and I have a free period so we all meet in the library. They seemed to be treating him differently and looking at him worriedly.
"Guys, Relax I'm fine. I promise I'm not possessed," he fake laughs. "Oh right, we believe you, because the last time you said that you had a car accident," replies Isaac.
"We are just worried about you Stiles, the Nogitsune, he is back again and he can easily possess you. The more fear he brings upon you, the easier it gets for him," Scott states.
"He's right, he has already shown himself in your form! But it won't be long before he actually is you," I add.
"When Brook ran into him that day, she thought it was you, now that is what we refer to as Void Stiles," Kira explains. Stiles glances at his phone, "Great. My dad cant pick us up."
"Oh, it's fine. You can just go pick up your jeep, it's not that far," I tell him.
"But we didn't pay to fix it."
"I used my allowance to pay for it, my mom and Scott also helped a little-"
"You didn't have to do that!"
"Don't worry about it, I know your dad has been struggling and plus, that jeep is basically mine."
He beams at us, "Thank you, I love you guys."
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3rd POV
Stiles lays in his bed, too afraid to fall asleep and risk encountering the Nogitsune again. Unfortunately, if one lays in their bed for hours in the dark, exhausted, their eyes are going to close sooner or later.
He feels thirsty and gets out of his bed, reaching for the door when he hears the floor creaking. He freezes and turns around to see the Nogitsune standing in the corner of his room.
"Stiles..." he hisses.
"Go away," Stiles whispers, closing his eyes tightly hoping to snap out of it, hoping to wake up. But this isn't a dream, this is real.
"Don't worry, I'm not going to kill you or your friends. That's what you are going to do."
"No."
"Unless... unless you answer this simple riddle."
"R-riddle?"
"What is greater than God, more evil than the devil, the poor have it, the rich need it, and if you eat it you'll die?"
"I don't know..."
"What is greater than God..." he shouts.
"Money?" He sobs.
"More evil than the devil... the poor have it..."
"Love?"
"The rich need it, and if you eat it you die? What is-" He shouts even louder repeating it while Stiles covers his ears with all force and starts to yell.
"Nothing... you die if you eat nothing," he whispers.
The Nogitsune reveals his sharp claws and raises its hand to the wall, carving out a symbol.
己
"Five?" Stiles asks.
"Japanese for 'self'," he stares at him in confusion, "Do you know who I am?"
"Y-you're an evil fox."
"So are you."
"What?"
"Stiles... I, am you!"
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The boy is shaking and breathing heavily too afraid to turn around but when he does, he sees himself smirking back at him. But this Stiles looks evil.
