The Eclipse 🐺

Chapter Twenty-Four: Time of Need

After Scott and Derek had spoken to Deucalion and let him go. Personally, I would have ripped his heart out of his chest. But we all can't get what we want... We had made our way to the Nemeton as Scott had directed Derek. As we arrived at the scene there were small pot holes in the ground. But in the middle was a massive tree stump, and I could feel the power that it holds. It was kind of alluring, and toxic all at the same time...

With half-an-hour we had pulled everyone out of the root-cellar that was under the Nemeton. As everyone started to say 'Hey' to each other. It warms my heart to see families come together, to be missed by one another and at times like this I missed my family, and my Sister... But I didn't want too lie anymore to the people I care for.

"Guys, can I have a word with you..." I spoke to the group, as Allison, Scott and Stiles turned to face me, but so did everyone else. "Everyone actually," I countered, as I knew the parents were going to go away to let us talk, but I needed to talk to them all. They all gathered around me, as I stood to face them all. I took a shaky breath as this was going to be hard for me to say... "Today has made me realise something. That family is everything, and if we lose family then we are lost..." My eyes began to fill with tears but I fought them back. "I lost my family to an Alpha a few years ago," Their expressions softened as they held shock on their faces as well as tears slid down my cheeks. "My eight-year old Sister was the first to go, then my parents...And I couldn't do anything because I ran. Like a good girl I was, I listened to my parents and ran for the hill. Maybe if I stayed and fought for my family. I wouldn't be here today-" my words had gotten lost as I choked them out as feeling overwhelmed me. I saw a few tears in everyone's eyes, but not enough to actually make a tear fall, but I knew that they held sympathy for my story. "-And I would be fine with that," I let out a shaky breath as more tears fled down my cheeks.

"Alice, we didn't know," Allison had spoke gentle, as her voice was comforting.

"I've been holding it in for so long and seeing your parents be taken and their lives risked and what it might do to you all if you lost one of them..." My words had gotten lost again, as my eyes glistened over them all. "But I made an oath to myself that I wouldn't let anything happen to other families," I smiled thinly as I taste saltiness from my tears that had gotten onto my lips. "I'm sorry, I'm laying it all on you, but your my friends and I didn't want to lie anymore," but truth be told, I was still lying to them. I didn't tell them that this happened nearly four- hundred years ago and myself being a vampire, but that can be saved for a later date...

Allison, Scott and Stiles had came forward and stood in front of me, as tears kept rolling off. Their gazes saddened, as they felt for me. Without any warning, they all came in for a group hug, crushing me gentle into their warm embrace. I embraced them back, as I wrapped my arms around the boys as Allison was in the middle.

"We're your family now," Stiles had said, as I smiled at the thought of them as my family now and it warmed my heart. I've came along way since I've met Scott and Stiles, then Allison and Lydia. My friends grew and so did our relationships and this was a good thing. Even the Big Bad Alpha, who was just a Beta again, that turned into something that I didn't knew I could feel again...

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After the whole thing at the Nemeton and their parents being safe, we all went different ways as they will need to time to adjust. Derek had wanted to see me in his loft, it sounded urgent as he had phoned me. Which he doesn't normally do unless it was urgent or he wanted a favour from me...

I stood in his loft, as he wanted here yet. The place was filled with natural light, as the sun shined through the length wide windows. I walked to the table meters in front of the windows, at least they were fixed. I sighed deeply, as I turn around and leaned on the side of the table, my arms crossing over my chest. My gaze glancing over to the door, and to the floor where Boyd had been killed. A flash of images appeared in my minds eye, as I was like living his death all over again. Though we weren't close, he shouldn't have died because of something so petty. But Nature had dealt it's card, and that what it had chosen.