Once in a Blue Moon [TW/TVD Fanfic]

Vampiric Vitality

"You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have." Cayla Mills

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Chapter 17 - Vampiric Vitality

S3 Ep09 "The Girl Who Knew Too Much"

Scene 29: Absence of Self Control

3rd Person POV

It was a little after sunset when Stiles arrived at the school. He had just received a call from Allison saying that Lydia had driven them there unintentionally.

As Stiles stepped out of his jeep he yelled, "Where is she?"

Allison replied, "Over there."

Standing wide-eyed and dazed was a shivering redhead with glossy green eyes. As Stiles called out to her she didn't make any attempt to respond. It wasn't until Stiles grabbed ahold of her shoulder that she jerked out of her stupor.

"Lydia?"

"Before you ask, I don't know!"

"Don't know what?" The spastic teen asked, confused.

"Why I'm here." The redhead murmured.

"Maybe it's because you found a body." Allison suggested to which Lydia immediately declined.

"No, I didn't. From now on you guys find the bodies."

As soon as she said this Scott showed up on his motorbike quickly parking it and peeling off his helmet.

"What's going on?" The teen wolf asked as he jogged over to the group.

"We don't know, apparently." Stiles exasperatedly pointed out as he flailed his arms around.

"Yes, we do. Lydia, here, found a body. She just doesn't want to admit it." Allison informed.

Scott turned towards the redhead and asked, "Where is it?"

"I don't know! I never found it!" Lydia shouted.

Out of the corner of his eye, Scott spotted a patch of blood flowing through the grass behind the school sign.

The teen wolf sighed and said, "Guys, I found the body."

The Next Day
At the High School

"Idioms, analogies, metaphors, and similes, all tools the writer uses to tell their story. Lydia, I wasn't aware you had so many hidden talents."

The redhead continued sketching as she replied, "You and every guy I've ever dated."

"Oh, um, well, that was an idiom, by the way. Idioms are something of a secret to the people who know the language or the culture. They're phrases that only make sense if you know key words. "Saying "jump the gun" is meaningful only if you know about the starting gun in a race, or a phrase like "seeing the whole board.'"

"Like chess."

"That's right, Stiles. Do you play?"

"Uh, no. My father does."

"Now when does an idiom become a cliche?"

During class, Scott spoke to Stiles about a plan on talking to Ethan.

"I think I can get to Ethan, I'm pretty sure I can make him talk."

"What do you want to do that for?"

"The Druids are emissaries, right? So, what if the Darach was an emissary to the Alphas?"

"Okay, first of all, I cannot believe that we've gotten to the point where a sentence like "what if the Darach was an emissary to the Alphas?" actually makes sense to me. Second of all, we're gonna have a huge problem getting to Ethan."