Just A Flick Of A Wand (Sterek AU)

VI

Stiles was walking down a white hallway. He noticed people walking by, they're wearing healer uniforms. He stopped at an open door where a familiar woman was lying on a hospital bed. He walked inside to have a closer look and stopped dead when he finally recognized her.

"Mom?"

The woman turned to him, looking rather horrified. She began to scream, hysterically. She flailed her arms, trying her hardest to get away from him.

"Please don't kill me!" she begged.

"Mom... It's me, Stiles." he said, feeling tears forming in his eyes.

The woman kept begging for help and mercy as if she didn't know who he is. She cried and cried as she tried to get away from Stiles... her son.

"Mom, please." Stiles begged, hating how his voice cracked. Tears are now streaming down his face.

Then the woman stopped, looking at him, wide-eyed. "S-Stiles..." was all she said before she dropped dead on the hospital bed.

The next thing he knew, he was sitting on the bench. He can hear a man yelling at him. "This is your fault!" the man yelled. "This is all your fault!!" the words repeating in his head. He looked at the man, tears blurring his vision, but he can recognize his voice.

"You killed your mother... And now you're killing me."

"Dad... I-" he tried to say, but he was cut off when the man turned his back on him and walked away.

"Mr. Stilinski!" he heard a woman called. "Mr. Stilinski, wait! John, wait!"

"Stiles." he heard someone call his name. But he doesn't know who it belongs to. Then he felt someone shaking him with so much force. "Stiles!" the voice called, growing louder and louder. "STILES!!!"

His eyes snapped open and he saw a boy in his year, shaking him. He looked worried.

"Ethan?" he said, recognizing who the boy is. "What happened?"

Ethan sighed in relief. "You kept screaming and it freaked us all out."

Stiles looked around to see all the boys in his year looking at him, worried. One of them stepped closer to him. It's Liam.

"You're having a nightmare, aren't you?" he asked.

Stiles silently nodded. "Just go back to sleep. I..uh.. I'm okay. I'll just take a shower..." He turned to Ethan, a fake smile plastered on his face. "Thank you... uh.. for waking me up."

"Anytime." Ethan said with a smile.

He got up from his bed and went to the bathroom. He slid off his clothes and went towards the shower. He twisted the knob and flinched at the contact with the cold water. Eventually, the water warmed up. He stayed still, letting the water stream and wash over his body. He recalled the nightmare... Or rather, the memory. It's been 4 years since he had those flashbacks. And it takes just one day to bring them back.

He sighed before turning off the shower and grabbing a towel to dry himself. He wrapped the towel around his waist and walked out the bathroom. He grabbed some clean clothes and the hoodie–Melissa's gift–and slid them on. He silently walked out of his dormitory and into the common room. Then he walked out of the Ravenclaw common room and snuck out into the hallways.

The hallway was dark, so he cast a lumos spell to use as a flashlight. It's already four in the morning so he stayed cautious unless he was to run into a professor, or Filch. I hate that bastard. He snuck out of the castle and went to side of the black lake. He sat under a tree and leaned his back on it. He needed a breather. Some peace. Some space.