01: Prologue

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Prologue- Welcome to Beacon Hills.

"Miss Lightwood," Principal Thomas leant forwards to inspect her, eyes narrowing behind his glasses as she supressed an eye roll, knowing exactly what was coming. "You're twenty years old, and applying to be a gym teacher in a school with teenage hormonal boys. Do you understand my reluctance on hiring you?"

"From what I hear you've got a member of staff, who gave out information about arson that led to a family being burned alive," Isabelle cocked her head to the side. "Yet, here you sit, worried more about my body in front of kids rather than the members of staff you've previously hired, and are still keeping around."

He pressed his lips together at this, lost for words as Isabelle thought he should be. It wasn't her problem if kids were attracted to her, it was her problem to deal with the supernatural within this messed up school.

"I understand your reasons," she assured him. "There's not much I can do about that then you putting the trust in your students and staff, but we're talking about students thoughts here, not actions. I think I deserve as much as a chance as this other teacher, Harris, has been given."

"From your records I think you'd be an exceptional gym teacher," he informed her, still underlining about her age, and well, how she looked. The man could tell that she would cause a stir up in the school, something he didn't want to have to deal with if it got too far. "Gymnastics, karate, boxing, the list goes on and on. The only thing I'm not seeing is any ball games."

"It doesn't take a genius to kick a ball," she stated. "Let the other teacher, what's his name, do that and I'll just be of assistance."

"All right, all right," he nodded his head, not seeming to have any choice but to hire her. "How about this, I'll put you down as an assistant for now, for you to trial behind Finstock so you can get the hang of things..."

Isabelle gritted her teeth together, hating being treated like a child more than anything but if she wanted the job here then she would have to agree with him. She needed the money anyway.

"Yeah, that'll be great," she smiled warmly at him. "It has been a while since I've been to school after all."

Actually, when it came to schools, Isabelle hadn't a clue to how they worked so perhaps following the other Coach around wasn't a bad thing after all. The closest she had been to for a school was the Shadowhunter Academy. She had only visited it a couple of times. When he had been there. When she realised that he was never going to remember her again.

"Two years, huh?" The man chuckled, comparing it to his nearing thirty years since he left school. "Well, Miss Lightwood, if we have everything sorted and discussed, then all I can say is: welcome to Beacon Hills High School, Coach Lightwood."
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Short chapter as a mini introduction. Timeline for tmi and teen wolf all stands the same, hint why Isabelle is twenty and applying to be a teacher. Other characters will make an appearance but I don't know when yet, it'll be a surprise. I'm excited to see Izzy in this story, especially as a teacher forced to work with coach while being a badass searching for the supernatural. Then there's Derek. Izzerek? Izzek? Dizzy? Dezzy?

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