New Beginnings Volume I - The Hunt

Home Sweet Loft

Stiles : " It's you ..." he said looking from the pendant to me. I quickly looked at their faces and slowly started to back away.
Scott : " Wait! Hanna! " he said as he started to walk towards me. Fear was rushing through my body with each step he took closer.
Scott : "Don't freak out, ok ? We are not going to hurt you ... "
Hanna : "What the heck is going on ?" I said tired already of secrets and lies.
Scott : "I know how this will sound but you .... you are ..."
Stiles : "A fairy! You're a fairy ... " Scott nooded.
Hanna : "A what ? " I said chuckling. "Ok ... now, I'm pretty sure you're on drugs or something so I'm just going to go now. " But Liam blocked my way.
Liam : "It's true. The pendant is the proof."
Scott : " Hey, I know how it's like to be in this situation ... we're here to help you."
Hanna : "No! I don't want all this .. I'm not a fairy! Fairies are not real! Why do you keep messing with my life?! Just leave me alone!" I said and took off.
Scott : "Hanna, wait!" he said preparing to follow me but Derek stopped him.
Derek : "Just give her some time. "
       In that moment I hoped it was all a nightmare. I hoped that Chris would come to wake me up and everything to be back just the way it used to be. But to my disappointment it wasn't. I spent the rest of the night in my bed staring at the ceiling, thinking of how my life changed since my parents died. It was just too much for me. All these crazy things ... but then I thought of all the good memories that I had from here. Even with all stress I must admit it was pretty cool. I mean having a bunch of supernatural friends it's not everyday stuff. And even if I didn't want to admit it, I was part of their wolrd.

      Finding out that you are a supernatural is not the easiest thing to deal with, but I wasn't so surprised. I knew somehting was wrong from that night, but I always hoped it wasn't real and their confirmation just washed away all my hopes. Beeing supernatural didn't seem different from beeing human. I couldn't feel any change. Exhausted by the latest event I just turned the lights off and went to sleep. I thought I was too tired to even dream of something, but I was wrong. This was a pretty strange dream. I was sitting on this tree stump waiting for something. I had no ideea what but I just knew I had to stay there. The place looked familiar, too familiar ... and that's when it hit me! I was back in Belleville. It was a place near the treehouse. I soon stood up prepared to leave like the one who I was supposed to meet decided not to show up when I heard someone whispering behind me "I know what you did. "

      I turned around to see who it was but the place was empty. I was trying to wake up but no good. I tried to run but I tripped over a root and fell. Right that instant I realized I was not dreaming anymore, this was actually happening. The forest, the whispers, the pain from the fall, they were all as real as possible. I first though I sleep-walked, but how the heck did I reached Belleville. I raised and was relieved to see my bag lying on the ground. I quickly grabbed my phone and dialed the first number I could find.

Stiles : "Umm .. do you have any ideea what hour it is ?" he said almost unhearably low.
Hanna : " Stiles ... something happened .. come pick me up! " I said with a tremulous voice.
Stiles : "Hanna ?! Where are you ... what happened ? "
Hanna : " Near Belleville, I think there's a gas station near ..."
Stiles : "How did you got there ?"
Hanna : "I'll tell you later just come and pick me up."
Stiles :" Ok, hold on. I'm on my way." he said and hung up. As I was waiting for Stiles to come and pick me up I noticed that there was something else in my bag. I pulled it out to have a better look and was shocked to see a bracelet with blood stains with "Vanessa" written on it. Again there was note "How many will suffer because of you ? - Your choice. " My blood froze in my veins. I looked scared both to left and right when I noticed Stiles' jeep parking in front of me.
Stiles : "Hey! Are you ok ?" he said as he got out of the car.
Hanna : " I'm fine ... just take me home ... " I said as I headed to the car.
Scott : "So, how did you end up here ?"
Hanna : "I don't know .. can we drop this please ?"
Scott : "You want us to ignore the fact that at 3 a.m. you were wondering around the woods in a town nearby ?"
Stiles : "Hey, Scott ... I think she had enough going on for tonight. "
Scott : "And when will be the perfect time ? Because I keep hearing that line ... "
Hanna : "You want to know ? Well so do I! I have no freakin' idea how I got there or who is after me, sending me all these stuff!"
Scott : "Wait, what stuff ?" Right! I didn't tell them about the locker note or the one from tonight. I thought I would figure it out myself but It was the time to tell them.
Hanna : "Before our teacher's death ... there was this note in my locker ... it said 'I know what you did' and the mark from his neck ... it was drawn with blood inside. Their expressions turned to more frightened ones. " And tonight, I found this in my bag ... " I said as I revealed the note and the bracelet. "I have no idea who put them there."
Scott : "So they are after you ... I think this is worse than we imagined. If they already know who you are then you could get killed any moment."
Hanna : "First I have to be marked." I said and quickly scanned myself looking for the mark. I sighed in relief when I couldn't find any.
Scott : "Still, you need to be very careful."
Hanna : "It takes only one hunter to mark but it requires all of them in order to kill someone. And it's a specific ritual made in proper conditions." They looked at me amazed of how much information I had. "I did research ... I'm blonde not unconscious!".
Stiles : "So ... these conditions ... "
Hanna : "They need all the power they can get and the full moon is the perfect choice. But ... "
Stiles : "There's a but ... "
Hanna : "The full moon is the best time for them to put the killing curse on. But the Autumn Equinox is also a special time. It was the time of the year when the people shared their crops in order to get rid of the witches. That's when they can leave their bodies in order to find a victim."
The last sentence made even me shiver.
Stiles: " The Autumn Equinox which is ..."
Scott : "Tomorrow ... "
Hanna : "They can only perform it after dark thought. "
       Stiles took me home and waited for me to get inside before taking off. I've been in this town for a week now but still haven't gotten used to the idea of beeing part of their group. It felt like I was still an outsider. The night was eventless, or so I thought. I got a text from Lydia. As I read it my heart stopped for a split second. "They found Vanessa's body this morning in the woods. with a mark on her forehead. - Lydia". That's what that bracelet meant. They killed her ... and I could've done something ... what if the teacher wasn't a supernatural either ? What if they both were innocent and It was only my fault that they were dead now ?! I felt the desperation taking over me. But soon snapped out of it, realizing that was exactly what they wanted. They wanted me to feel guilty and to surrender. They never killed humans. So whatever Vanessa and the teacher did to get caught it was not my fault. It wasn't much until I noticed that it was 3 p.m. already.