Little runner § Stiles Stilinski

Chaper 21 § Let's party!

"Let's open some presents!" my mother yelled excitedly clapping her hands, with a big smile on her beautiful face. My cousins gathered around me in a circle, while their parents - my aunts and uncles, my brothers and sisters, and my parents stood behind us.

My uncle Peter stepped forward "I'll go first. I have a special present for my youngest niece," he said giving me a small box with a dark blue ribbon wrapped around it. I untied the ribbon with a big smile on my face. I opened the box and my the smile on my face grew even wider. In the small box lays a triskelion, with a spiral on it.

"Do you know what this is Alicia?" my uncle Peter asked couching in front of my, taking the triskelion out of the box. I nodded my head rapidly. My brothers and sisters have this triskelion too, they said it will help during the full moon or when you get angry.

I traced my fingers over the spiral, the same way I saw my brother Derek do once. "It's a triskelion," I told him looking at it in awe.

Peter nodded "and do you know what it's for?"

I nodded telling him what Derek had told me "it helps us calm down during the full moon or when we get angry. We say the words; alpha, beta, omega."

"Good, do you promise to take this with you everywhere you go and say the words when you feel like you need too?" I nodded once again promising him that I'll use whenever I need to.

The rest of the presents where normal toys. A Barbie doll and some accessories to go with it, a new bike and some other things. At last my mother came to me, holding her present wrapped in some paper.

"Alicia, the present that I'm gonna give you is something you need to treasure for the rest of your life," My mother, Talia, said, couching down in front of me just like uncle Peter had done earlier.

With curious wide eyes I carefully took the paper away, seeing that the present was a beautiful, pink necklace. My mother stood back up, standing behind me to place the necklace around my neck "Alicia, this necklace means protection. It will protect you whenever you need protection. It's important to never take it off."

I take the amulet in my hand "why not?" I asked my mother, my 7 year old mind not understanding why I can never take the necklace off.

My mother showed her, kind, warm smile "because, someday you might need it. And only when you wear it, it will give the protection you need."

I traced my fingers over the necklace hanging around my neck as I wait for the curling iron to heat up. I still don't understand how this necklace is supposed to give me protection, but when my mother died I swore that no matter what, I will never take it off. The triskelion my uncle gave me that night, is put away in the pocket of my shorts. Even though I don't need it anymore, I still carry it around with me. It's a promise I made, and swore to never break it.

I pick up the curling iron, and wrap a strand of hair around it, till a nice curl has formed. The same I do to the rest of my hair till it's exactly the way I want it to. I look in the mirror at my outfit, black shorts and a baby blue crop top and black sneakers. I didn't put on a lot of make-up, just enough so it does look like I'm there for the rave. But in reality I'm there to help catch the Kanima and his master.

I added some lipgloss and walked downstairs where everyone is already waiting. Isaac, Erica and Boyd are going together and I will go with Scott and Stiles. As I walked down the stairs I heard a loud gasp. Stiles' mouth is wide open, his eyes blinking rapidly. A blush formed on my cheeks, and with a shy smile I make my way further down until I'm standing in front of him.