Part 7 : From the beginning

Like she told me before, I freeze, petrified by the fear who's consuming me. I don't have much choice then to throw this stupid bomb at her and runaway, to get help. When I reconsider it, she's still her. She's still Cora. And I'm still her best friend. That means I'm not gonna leave her. I'm gonna help her, do my best. Just like she would do for me. I run into a boy. Must be around twenty years, gorgeous and looks like Cora.

-You must be the brother.

-Dereck. And you are ?

-The best friend. Obviously ! I need help with the full moon. Let's go.

We come back together to Cora. She has broken her chains, and doesn't seem in pain because of the bomb. I arrive first, weirdly. Dereck makes his eyes glow blue too and Cora seems to relax. He's a werewolf too, so what her whole family is ?

-Alpha, Beta, Omega. Repeat after me. Alpha, Beta, Omega. Slowly. Alpha, Beta, Omega.

-Alpha...Beta...Omega. Alpha..Beta..Omega. Alpha. Beta. Omega. Alpha, Beta, Omega.

-Keep going. Alpha...

-...Beta, Omega.

That's it, Cora's turning back to human and I have my best friend back.

-Cora ! Cora ! Are you alright ?

-She'll be fine. She doesn't have a total control on the full moon. I let you two talk. says Dereck.

And he leaves the room. When he's totally gone, I sit in front of her and say :

-Okay. Let's start with the beginning.

And then, she told me all about the fire when she was young, that her uncle Peter started. He was the Alpha of the Hale pack back then. Now, it's Dereck, Cora's older brother, because he killed Peter and stole his power from him. But Peter came back to life, and basically tried to kill everyone, especially Scott. Now he's an Omega, a lonely wolf. And Cora's a Beta. Alpha, Beta, Omega.

-So wait, everybody's in your pack ? I mean, Scott and the others, are they all werewolves ?

She chuckles.

-Not at all. And they're from a different pack.

-Wich one ?

-The McCall pack. Scott's a true Alpha. That means he wasn't born with his power and didn't have to steal it from another Alpha. That's why Peter wanted him dead, he was afraid of what he could do.

-What about the others ? I ask.

-Well, Lydia's a banshee. The welling woman. Her voice is her weapon and she can predict death. She's always the one who finds the bodies. She's like psychic, but more... Supernatural. Then there is Stiles. he's just human but he always comes up with the plans and figures it out before anyone else does. We also have Allison. She's from a werewolves hunters family. The most ancien one. She's the best with a bow and arrows.

-Wait, Scott's dating Allison. But he's a werewolf and she's a hunter, right ?

-Hasn't always been easy between them. Then, Malia and Kira. The first one is a werecoyote, same as werewolves, the full moon, claws and fangs and everything, but with coyotes. Oh, and she's been trapped in a coyote's body for half her childhood. About Kira... Well she moved in with her family last year and she's a kitsune. To make it simple, she has an evil fox inside her head, sometimes she speaks japenese in her sleep to honor the devil and besides that she's pretty good with her sword. And she has a huge crush on Scott, wich everybody besides him of course, knows. That's why, she's not really friends with Allison, there's kinda competition between them.

-What about Liam, I mean he's a werewolf isn't he ?

-That's right. But he was an accident. Scott did bite him to save his life. He's Scott's Beta, wich means, they're like father ans son. Then Mason's Liam's best friend. He's really smart and he's like his Stiles. After that, it all began with Theo.

-What about him ? What happend ?

-Theo's not a werewolf. He's been the little experiment of some Dread Doctors. They tested him and succeed creating the perfect chimera. The abilities of a shapeshifter, but without all the supernatural laws to follow. Like the Mountain Ash.

-Mountain Ash ?

-It's a powder. Made from a really rare tree. Humans who face the supernatural like emissaries, the pack's consellers, use it. It's a line that can't be crossed by werewolves. Nobody has ever succeed passing through the Mountain Ash. Exept Scott, one time, to save my brother's life.

-Whoah. Like if I was expecting this. But how does the story end ?

-Nobody even guessed Theo wasn't a supernatural creature. We all believed him. And he nearly killed Scott. Before that he even put us against each other. Nice, right? Well, he was feeling lonely so, with the help of the Dread Doctors, he built himself a pack. A Chimeras pack. Hayden and Corey, Mason's boyfriend were in it. Actually, all the others members are just dead. Scott turned Hayden into a werewolf and let her in the pack so she can be with Liam. Corey's a werecameleon. He can be invisible.

-Sweet.

-Now the quesion is : What are you ?

-What do you mean ?

-You're something ! Something I haven't seen before and believe me when I tell you, I have seen a lot of things before, but nothing like that. A perfect earing. And an incredible speed. You arrived before Dereck, didn't you ?

-Where can I find answers on something both of us know nothing about ?

-It's gonna take a long time, and we'll maybe need help.

-I don't wanna tell Scott.

-So what are we gonna tell him ?

-Didn't you listen to what I said a second ago ? I don't wanna tell him anything !

-I know that, but we'll have to come up with something because, remember, I tried to tell him the thing this morning. So I'm pretty sure, he'll ask questions about it.

-I know.

-What ?

-I know !

-You know what ?

-About the supernatural, dumbass ! You told me !

-Of course, I'll just have to tell him this. We'll maybe be able to tell him together ! But we can't only tell Scott...

-We have to tell the others too. I complete.

-But what are we gonna do about the Theo thing ? You still have to convince him to ask me out !

-Gosh, I thought you've forget about that !

-Come on, it's not that big of a deal !

-Not that big of a deal ? You clearly want me to talk to a guy, to tell him "Hey, here's my best friend, Izzy, she has a huge crush on a guy already taken, but would you like to help her make him jealous ? Let's not forget, you do like the girl too so it will totally not be awkward at all !" Come on !

-Come on ! You're a super werewolf who can run a thousand miles in less than an hour. And, you nearly tried to kill me !

-Okay... It's not that big of a deal...

We hug each other. I'm so happy that this secret made us closer than ever.

Tomorrow, after the school day :

- What are they doing ?

- I'm sure they'll be here soon.

- Are you sure they got it when you said "Meet me at the volt" ? I mean, they probably don't even remember you got a volt ! Who else has a volt ?

- Trust me, they remember.

The doors opens on Scott with Allison, Stiles with Lydia, Malia with Kira and finally Liam with Hayden.

- I think pretty much everybody's here so we can begin. says Dereck (who was apparently here too)

- So... starts Cora.

- Cora told me all about the supernatural and the pack.

I start walking around my classmates

- You're a werewolf, a banshee, a werecoyote, a huntress, a human, another werewolf and... a fox ?

- Kitsune, but fox works too.

- ...That's it. ends Cora.

- And I'm a fomer chimera who's now a werewolf.

- I know that.

- Then why didn't you say it ?

- Maybe because I don't like you ?

- Well that was pretty honest. comments Liam.

- Liam ! yells Hayden, outraged and humiliated by her own boyfriend.

And then, suprising everyone, Cora just starts laughing. I've never heard her laugh before. When I look into Dereck's eyes, I guess he hasn't heard her laugh in forever either. At first I'm kinda shocked by her reaction but then I just can't handle it anymore, I start laughing along with her. We must look like two stupid teenagers laughing at a boy's joke. It wasn't even that funny ! All the gang's staring at us. Then we stop, cause it's really starting to feel awkward. Scott dosen't let anyone appreciate the silence that much cause he adds :

- Actually I'm glad you told Izzy because...

Then Alli interrupts him and yells a bit :

- We told your brother Isaac everything !

And we see Isaac come out of the dark like he was waiting all this time to make an entrance.

- What the hell is she doing here ?

He points at me, angry.

- We said we weren't gonna tell her, cause I didn't want her to be involved !

- Well you didn't say that to everyone apparently, because Cora didn't know about it and I guess neither did Dereck cause he didn't even know me at all ! Also you really thought you were gonna be able to just keep something as huge as this from me ? I would've found out anyway !

- I know I just guessed the later, the better.

- No, the later, the angrier !

- Okay, siblings feud is over ! acts Hayden.

The silence comes back for a while but I quickly make it stop by turning to Liam as asking :

- So, I didn't fully understand. I mean, you're not an Alpha but you do have a pack.

- They're my friends. Well, most of them.

- You're talking about Theo, aren't you ?

- Yes, you've got that part right.

I smile.

- Anyway, the only difference is that, when I howl, they hear me, humans or not, wherever they are, and they know where to find me.

- Wow ! And Cora's in your pack ?

- Well...

- The Hales have a particular definition of a pack. Pack is family. So I'll always be a part of the Hale Pack because that's where my blood comes from, but I also hear Liam's howl. So I think I might be between two packs. Same for Dereck, actually, he's the new Alpha of the Hale pack but also a former member of Scott's pack. Wow. That is a lot. Might put it on my resume.