Alive ◊ teen wolf

xviii

Something terrible has happened to all of us. Lydia, Scott, Allison, and me.

And everything is related to the tree that I saw in my dreams. Well, more like nightmares.

Lydia had that head injury and for weeks she kept having hallucinations about the tree. I had the sleep paralysis thing. Scott couldn't control his werewolf power and he kept saying that he was looking for the tree. Allison went hunting and she never knew why, she always went into the woods with her bow and arrows and kept practicing her shooting and everything.

It's been a pretty scary couple of months for all of us. But it all stopped three days ago. Everything is back to normal and hopefully it stays that way.

It was the weekend and Scott wanted the whole pack to go to the school and find out more about a girl that went missing four days ago.

Scott, Lydia, Allison, and I stand outside the school.

"Are you sure about this?" Allison asks.

Scott nods as he walks towards the door. He grabs a key from his pocket and unlocks the front door.

He pushes the doors open and we al walk in.  We make our groups and go separate ways.

I was with Lydia.

I felt nervous but I tried to stay calm and confident.  The both of us wander around the school, looking for clues.

To make myself calm for a bit, I tried to start a conversation.  But in a horrible conversation starter.

"So, do you think we're going to find the girl?" I asked while walking down the hallways.

Lydia looked at me with a worried expression.

"I hope so..." She says.

"You okay?"

She sighs and looks down.

"She was one of my good friends." She explains.

I nod, feeling bad for her.  So I tried to comfort her.

"Trust me, we will find her.  I'm sure she's fine..."

We walked into a classroom and suddenly, something appears.

The tree.

It was there like my dream and I instantly had a flashback of the nightmare I had.

I was frozen.  Freaking out inside, something about that tree made my breathing become heavy.

"Stiles?" I heard Lydia ask as she shakes me.

I look at her and she tries to calm me down.

"What's wrong?" I could not speak.

As I ran out, I heard Lydia yelling.  I ran and ran down the hallway and inside another classroom.

Suddenly, another memory.  The whole class was signing the same thing as my dream.  Everyone was staring at me and I freaked out even more.

I was panting and breathing heavily.  My became light-headed and I lost my balance.

"Stiles!" I heard Lydia yell.

She ran towards me and placed her hand on my back.

"Stiles, can you breathe?!" She began freaking out.

I was having a panic attack.

I could not breathe or think straight.  Her words didn't process right and corners of my sight became blurry.

She helped me up and she lead me into a room.  I threw myself in and I leaned on a locker.  As I sat down, she sat in front of me and looked worried.

"Stiles just breathe..." She tried calming me down and I tried to follow her orders.

But I just couldn't.

"Try to think of happy things, friends, family..." And I looked at hers

Really?

"Right, family's a bad idea..."

Then she placed her hand on my chin to lift my head so I could lol at her in the eyes.

"Stiles, look at me, look at me..." She said calming me a bit.

I looked at her in the eyes and everything became slow.

She pulled me into a kiss and my eyes opened wide.  I slowly closed my eyes and I held my breath, calming me down.

My heavy breathing stopped and everything became dark.

Except me and her.

I finally felt something is wanted to feel for a long time now.

I felt Alive...