ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴀʀᴋ ɴɪɢʜᴛ *ᵈᶦˢᶜᵒⁿᵗᶦⁿᵘᵉᵈ*

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Stiles POV

As I walked downstairs this morning, someone knocked at the door, but before I got to the bottom Damon was already at the door. Revealing Jeremy Gilbert.

"I need to talk to you" He demanded. "And why do I need to talk to you?" Damon asked him before trying to close the door, but Jeremy stopped him.

"Tyler Lockwood has to kill someone to activate his curse. He's not a werewolf yet" Jeremy stated, but it wasn't enough.

"Yeah. Come back when you have something else buddy" I told him. "But Mason Lockwood is and he's looking for a moonstone – a special rock connected to the werewolf legend. That's why he's here" Jeremy added.

"A moon stone?" Damon asked. "And I know where it is" Jeremy smirked. "And you're bringing me this why?" Damon asked him "Do I need a reason? Look, I just want to help, okay?"

"What's your sister say about this little discovery of yours?" I asked him because I had a feeling she didn't know he was getting involved. When he didn't answer I knew I was right. "You haven't told her, have you" I smirked at him.

"Well, Elena doesn't want me involved in all of this" Jeremy answered as he tried to walk into the house but Damon stopped him.

"And you're a Gilbert and you just can't help yourself. Wow. Your search for life's purpose is as obvious as it is tragic" Damon told him.

"Are you going to let me in?" Jeremy asked looking at us both. Damon stepped aside so he could come in before he closed the door.

Damon called Ric to come and join us and to bring Isobel's research, to see if there was anything about a moon stone in them.

Thankfully it didn't take him long to arrive, but while we waited I sat in the living room drinking some coffee.

It helps us a lot to be honest, calms down the cravings for blood and it keep us warm. I mean we are technically dead.

"Ric!" Damon greeted him, as he walked into the living room carrying a box. As soon as Ric noticed Jeremy he looked shocked. "What are you doing here?"

"Helping Damon and Stiles. I'm the one who found out about the moon stone" Jeremy told him. "Elena doesn't know about his newest purpose in life" I told Ric.

"What you got?" Damon asked him as he started digging through the box. "This is Isobel's research from Duke. Her assistant sent it to me" Ric told him.

"Mmm, Vanessa. The hottie" Damon smirked. "The bitch that shot me" I grumbled.

Ric grabbed the book out of Damon's hands. "Vanessa, yes. Now do you remember the old Aztec curse we spoke about?" Ric asked.

"Sun and the moon, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah" Damon nodded. "An Aztec curse? Cool" Jeremy spoke as he walked over to us.

"Yeah, supposedly vampires and werewolves used to roam freely until a shaman put a curse on them to limit their power. Since then, werewolves can only turn on a full moon and vampires are weakened by the sun" Ric explained to him.

"Well, most of them" I smirked as I tapped my lapis lazuli ring.

"According to the legend, the werewolf part of the curse is sealed with the moonstone" Ric added.

"What do you mean sealed?" Jeremy asked as Ric showed him a map of the story of the Sun and Moon curse.

"Witches. Whatever they use to seal a curse, is the key to unsealing it" I told him. "Maybe Mason Lockwood believes he can use the moonstone to break the curse" Ric suggested.