Once in a Blue Moon [TW/TVD Fanfic]

Road Trip Worries

Chapter 10 - Road Trip Worries

S3 Ep05 "Frayed"

Scene 16: Vampiric Hallucination

3rd Person POV

Being stuck on a school bus in the middle of traffic all while having an existential crisis was definitely not something Briar Mikaelson had expected.

Just a few nights ago a battle had taken place, one of many that the vampire had participated in. It was held in a worn down shopping mall that had been abandoned for several years. At first, they all thought they had a clear advantage, though, it turned out that they didn't. Their careless planning had lead to the downfall of one man. A man who held a special place in the hearts of very few alive, but many who were dead.

Derek Hale's death tore a gigantic ever-bleeding hole in Briar's heart. The Mikaelsons' might be known for expertly hiding their true emotions, but at the moment anguish could very well be seen by a blind person overtaking the whole of Briar Mikaelson's features.

Finally, the vampire was served a distraction by the conversation taking place between a human and his werewolf best friend.

"Yo, Scotty. Hey, yo. Scotty? Still with me?" Stiles, the teen who was still as spastic as ever asked as he turned towards his friend sitting beside him in the seat.

"Yeah, sorry. Uh, what's the word?" The werewolf was clearly being affected by the aftermath of the fight as well. Briar had taken notice of the slight winces the wolf would make every time he moved. She also recognized the pungent scent of blood coming from a wound that his friend had yet to see.

"Anachronism." Stiles repeated.

"Something that exists out of its normal time." Scott answered.

"Nice. Okay, next word... Incongruous."

Scott scratched his chin in thought. "Um, can you use it in a sentence?"

"Yes. Yes, I can. It's completely incongruous that we're sitting on a bus right now, on our way to some stupid cross-country meet after what just happened... incongruous."

Briar snorted at the boy's example of the word. Though, it had caused the memories of that night to come flooding back to her which in the end caused the vampire to stiffen and space out. Briar didn't even hear the teen wolf's answer as she was brought into some sort of memory vision.

Isaac and Boyd who were sitting together a few seats ahead both noticed what had happened and were immediately concerned for the vampire. The two Betas shot each other a look and came upon a decision.

Isaac sent a quick text to Scott which was instead read by Stiles since the teen wolf was a bit preoccupied handling the pain of his own injuries.

After taking a look at what had caused the annoying buzzing Stiles sighed and ran a hand through his hair.

"I knew it. We shouldn't have come."

"We had to. There's safety in numbers." The spastic teen looked over when his friend spoke up looking like he was finally able to breathe properly again.

"Yeah, well, there's also death in numbers, okay? It's called a massacre... or bloodbath, carnage, slaughter, butchery..." Stiles' rant quickly came to a halt when he noticed Scott looking over his head.

"What is it?" The teen wolf didn't answer causing Stiles to become audibly irritated. "What are you looking at?" The boy hastily turned around before going stark white when his eyes happened upon the sight where his best friend was looking.