Dark of the moon (Dnf)

Lunar Eclipse - 1

When I didn't feel my hands on my shoulders I jumped up. An instinct. Breaking through the cold icy surface. Scott and Stiles did the same, all of us scrambled out of the bins. We were no longer in the animal clinic, now we were in a white room. With nothing except our clothes and tubs of ice.

The room was large and vast, very white with bright lights on the ceiling.
We looked out into the distance and saw a tree trunk. My eyes went wide, I might have forgotten where the nematon was, but I still remembered what it looked like.

The nemeton was wider than both Stiles' Jeep and my car. flat with moss growing in between cracks and on the side. Well here we go. I began to walk to it with the boys in tow. It looked smaller then I remembered, but then again I was smaller back then.

"We're all in this together." Stiles muttered, Scott and I sighed. I can't believe we're dead, We all reached out to touch it. The second we did we were transported.

The first thing I feel is dirt in between my toes, then my surroundings come into focus. Stiles and Scott were not with me anymore, I was alone surrounded by trees and darkness.

I looked around, is this the preserve?

"I am never following you into the woods again!" I heard someone yell. I frown, wait, that's me. How is that me?

I turned around, peering into the woods to see Stilinski, Stiles and myself trudging away. Oh my god. This is the night it all started. I guess that answers my question. "I can't believe I actually came with you to find a dead woman." exclaimed my past self.

I remember this argument, I kept thinking how I should have outed Stiles and Scott to Stilinski so they didn't get the idea of going into the woods and then going searching with my parents to find Laura. "Hey I didn't force you." defend past Stiles.

I chuckled, wow. I suddenly heard a thud, I looked to the direction it came from. I almost screamed when I saw Laura cut in half. Her hair was tangled with leaves and twigs, her body was covered in dirt scuffs and her eyes.

God her eyes were open, staring at nothing. Scott never told me this is how she looked. I backed away rapidly.
I hit something hard behind me, I trip and fall on wood. "Oh my god." I clammed to my feet when I noticed what it was. The nemeton.

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I break from the water. I expected to feel the ice cubes around me, however the water felt strangely warm. I spit out water, despite no ice cubes, I was freezing.

Isaac ran up to me, taking my hands and helped me stand in the tub. Stiles and Scott came up a second later. Gasping for breath. "I saw it!" I exclaimed as I climbed out of the tub.

I almost slipped from the water, my dress was dripping on the ground. "I know where it is."

Stiles nodded. "We passed it. There's-there's a stump... this huge tree--"

"Well, it's not huge anymore," Scott said. "it was cut down-- but it's still big, though!"

I looked at the others and made a motion with my hands. "Very big!"

"It was the night we were looking for the body--" Stiles added. Looks like we all somehow ended up in the exact same place.

I nodded and looked at Scott. "The same night you were bitten by Peter."

Scott looked at Isaac, Lydia, Allison and my dad who must have arrived earlier. He looked mad. I didn't exactly tell him what we were planning. I guess Peter could only lie for me for so long. "We can find it."

Isaac began to speak hesitantly. "You guys were out a long time." I do not like the look on his face. "How long is a long time?" I asked wearily, my voice shaking.

I wrapped my arms around myself, it was taking longer than I'd like for my body temperature to return. Lydia comes and hands me her jacket which I gladly take and slip it on, taking the warmth.

"Sixteen hours." Dad replied through irritated teeth. My jaw dropped in shock. What? Dying for a second or two is one thing, dying for 16 hours is- oh my god.

"We've been in the water for sixteen hours???" Scott asked, stunned.
My dad nodded. "And the full moon rises in less than four." Shit.

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"No, dude-- you are not going back with them." Stiles argued with Scott. I ruffled my hair with a dry towel, wringing the water out of it. "I made a deal with Deucalion."

"Does anyone else think that sounds a lot like a deal with the devil?" Stiles questions us all.

I put the towel down and looked at Scott. "Why does it matter, anyway?" I asked.

"Because I still don't think that we can beat Jennifer without their help." I crossed my arms burugently. Did Jennifer fear the alphas? Yes she did. Were they stronger than us? Yes they are. But we had bigger numbers.

My dad looked at Deaton with crossed arms. "He trusts you more than anyone--" he points at Scott. "Tell him he's wrong."

Deaton was hesitant to say that. "I'm not so sure he is." We looked at him stunned. Are my ears still full of water? Or worse, ice? Did I hear that correctly?

Deaton was quick to explain his words. "Circumstances like this sometimes require that you align with people you'd normally consider enemies."

Well he is definitely an enemy. I raised an eyebrow. "So, we're gonna trust him-- the guy that calls himself 'Death, the demon-Wolf, Destroyer of Worlds' -"

I looked at everyone because yes this is what he called himself. "We're gonna trust that guy?"

Deaton shook his head and corrected himself. "I wouldn't trust him, no. But, you could use him to your advantage."

I almost snorted, Deucalion might not see but I am almost sure that he would be able to see anyone playing him.

"Deucalion may be the enemy, but he could also be the bait."

The bait. How would we even get him to be bait? The front door of the vet creaked open, all of us heard it. I put down Lydia's jacket and we all approached the doorway.

Deaton and my dad took the lead with all of us behind them. If it was someone supernatural they couldn't get inside anyway without the help of either Allison, Stiles or Deaton.

We all peered to see who it was. Poking our heads out. "Ethan?" He stood alone, surprisingly. I half expect for Aiden to pop out from somewhere. Or at least one of the alphas. I sniff the air, no, no repugnant alpha smells.

"I'm looking for Lydia." Ethan told us. Well he's alone. We let Lydia step through. "What do you want?" Lydia asked.

"I need your help."

"With what?" My dad questioned.

"Stopping my brother and Kali from killing Derek."