Death

Third Person P.O.V.

Ashley, who was extremely sensitive to sound, turned towards Connor. Seeing him cry like this clicked something inside her. Her once angry face turned into a sorrowful one. She started to walk towards him and, in the midst of it, turned back to her human form.

Harry called out to her but she did not listen. Her eyes were fixed on the body lying motionless beside Connor.

Enraged, Harry made his way to the said girl. James noticed and approached Ashley from the other side. But two pairs of hands grabbed James from behind. The hands belonged to Louis and Niall. He started to thrash around but to no avail. 

Harry strolled forward and with a powerful blow slapped Ashley across the face. She stumbled but regained her balance and her attention was drawn away from the corpse. As if by instinct, she swung her fist and punched Harry right on his jaw. Harry was flung back by the exceptional power Ashley possessed. Ashley clutched her head as yet another flashback struck her.

"I don't give a damn about you. You are not even worth it for my words." I said saucily and cringed and that was it for him. He slapped me backhanded but I stayed on my grounds and punched him right on the face.

With her mouth slightly open from the throbbing pain in her head, she stared at Harry. Hatred spreading through her orbs.

Louis and Niall had let go of James and scurried to help their Alpha. The Crystal ball was vibrating noisily inside James' pocket. James took off his eyes from Ashley and pulled out the ball. There was milky smoke inside it that was spinning like a storm. Suddenly, the memory of Ashley and his first kiss started playing in his mind.

"I'll look after Harry and his minions," Tristan said from beside James, reading the latter's mind. With a nod, James walked towards Ashley. 

The girl was still shaken from the flashback. Nothing else was there on her mind. 

"Ashley?" Someone called and she turned around even if she was not sure if it was her name. There stood James and without wasting a second he attached his lips with Ashley's. The girl was shocked and a memory flashed in her mind:

'He started leaning closer and my eyes closed instinctively. I could feel his breath on my lips and then our lips touched. Our lips started to move in sync and everything seemed to have dissolved. James brought his one hand to the small of my back and pulled me even closer. I rested my hands around his neck and played with his hairs.'

James was still kissing her. She pulled away and stared at him with wide eyes. This was the same boy from her flashback. He smiled sadly at her and all the memories came rushing to her making her sick. 

For a while, Ashley clutched her head, taking everything in. Tristan and others had formed a protective circle around them. James was staring at Ashley when-

"Did I transformed?" Asked Ashley as she looked up at him with a knowing smile. James couldn't stop himself and flung his arms around Ashley and trapped her in a bone-crushing hug. She hugged back. It was difficult to know who had a tighter grip on one other.

After a moment, Ashley pulled away and crashed her lips with James', smiling through the kiss. Her smile, sadly, vanished when she looked around. She had forgotten where they stood. Innocent lives were being taken away in front of her eyes. She felt guilty and instantly knew what she had to do. 

James, understanding her motives, called out, "You might want to drink some blood." 

Ashley nodded and set her eyes on Harry, smirking scornfully. She felt her throat going dry for blood at the sight of her enemy. She broke out of the circle and set towards the Alpha who was being treated by his cronies. 

Harry noticed her and, with a horrified screech, commanded the 2 woofies to attack. Ashley, with her eyes still set on Harry, punched Louis out of her way and threw Niall backwards through telekinesis. More people started towards her and Harry was blocked out of her eyesight. 

This stupid fight was wasting her time and she was losing patience. Not wanting to hurt anyone except Harry, she transformed into her wolf and sprinted towards Harry. Everyone made way for her, not wanting to be knocked down by a wolf. No werewolf dared to stop her, making clear who the real Alpha was.

She spotted Harry trying to escape by the woods. 'Oh, not this time.' She thought and, ran and, sank her sharp teeth in Harry's left foot. He screamed with pain. A few of his cronies tried to come but they were held back by an invisible force made by Ashley. She dragged Harry towards the clearing and transformed back to a human. Without wasting any time, she sank her long canines on Harry's neck. He couldn't do anything as the same invisible force held him back.

She sucked the blood feeling satisfied. After a while, Harry fell to the hill floor in a heap, almost lifeless. He still tried to cast a spell but Ashley grabbed him by his neck and twisted it. With a crack, Harry fell, dead.

The fighting stopped completely. Even the other 1D members had stopped. Ashley looked around, confused. The faint light of the rising sun evident on the faces.

"You defeated the Alpha, meaning, you are the new Alpha," Tristan explained. Ashley nodded understandingly. The werewolves started chanting. Ashley smiled softly. Her eyes met Connor's red puffy ones. In an instant, she walked towards him, carefully stepping over the dead bodies. He pointed towards the cliff, daring not to look. Her eyes fell on the only corpse lying there.

Unable to identify, she walked closer and slowly pulled the body towards her to see the face she dreaded to see. It was her brother, Andy. He had a huge hole in his chest and sickly amount of gashes and cuts. 

A muffled sob was heard from Ashley and James rushed forward to comfort her. She cradled Andy's body and cried silently. Everyone looked to be overtaken by grief now, realizing their friends were not standing beside them or just the guilt of taking innocent lives.

After a while of mourning, Tristan spoke up. "Death is sad but inevitable. Ashley, this was a war. We had to make a sacrifice and I think that Andy won't like seeing you cry, right?"

He had a point. Nor was crying gonna bring back Andy, neither would he like to see her like this. So, she let go. She stood up and face the others with a forced smile.

That afternoon, they all stood inside a graveyard where all the deads from the war were buried. Ashley had sworn not to cry. Fortunately, no other member of 5SOS or The Vamps were harmed seriously. People paid their respects and left, everyone except Ashley. 

James stared at her crouching down and talking to Andy. He couldn't help but feel helpless. He didn't know what to do. Michael approached him and placed a hand on his shoulder. 

"You don't need to do anything, mate. She just needs some time and she'll be back to her annoying self." He said, his eyes puffy. James smiled a bit and nodded and went inside the black van to wait for Ashley. 

After 15 minutes, Ashley made her way back to the van. Tho, she was stopped by Liam. Behind him were the rest of 1D.

"Um...I wanted to say that you kill--I mean-- defeated our Alpha--you are the new Alpha so, we were wondering if you would like to come with us and live in the werewolf mansion." Liam awkwardly asked. Ashley looked shocked and looked inside the van where 7 pairs of eyes stared at her, anxiously. An idea popped inside her brain and she smirked.

"Only if it will become a werewolf and vampire mansion and they will live with me." Ashley started. Liam seemed to hesitate. This ticked Ashley off. "Oh, come on, learn from the thing that happened today. We lost people we treasured just because of some foolish conflict. This war was a nasty thing but let's start something beautiful with that. Let's leave the dispute between the vampires and werewolves and unite as one." 

This seemed to awaken something inside the boys and other werewolves and vampires who stood behind. After a long thought, Liam nodded his head timidly. Zayn did not look happy by the First Beta's decision but said nothing. Ashley smiled brightly and shook Liam's hand.

And, in a few days, The Vamps and 5SOS with Ashley had settled in the mansion and changed a few things to make it look less scary and unwelcoming. 

The news of Harry's death reached the media and the mangers had to cover it up by saying he died in a car crash. Ashley's parents were informed too. They were sad for the loss of their son, but happy as well for their daughter. They knew this was meant to happen, anyway.

Ashley now stood in the balcony of her room in the mansion, looking over the trees and the dying sun. A few hours ago, she was crowned and officially accepted as the alpha of the werewolves. She had excused herself from the party and came for some fresh air.

Out of nowhere, a figure had wrapped their arms around Ashley. Ashley smiled knowing it was her soon-to-be husband.

"It seems so surreal, us moving here, the war and everything else. I never imagined that a few months would be enough to turn my life upside down, for good, of course." She said placing her hands on top of James'.

"This is the new beginning for us." Said James, his breath hitting Ashley's neck.

"And I'm more than happy to spend it with you,"