17

Lydia was the first to wake up and get ready. She looked at the time it read 7:15 and Malia is still asleep, which is odd since she is always up by seven. She walked to Malia's room and opened the door to wake her, but she was already up and dressed.

"Um, you're up already"

"Yea"

"What time did you get up anyway, I didn't even hear you make a sound."

"I was up at 6 and I tried to be as quiet as possible" Malia replied as Lydia nodded being suspicious of her since Malia is never quiet when getting ready.

"Well, let's get to school then. We will eat poptarts on our way there since we don't have time for actual breakfast."

They made their way out of Malia's room and each grabbed a poptart and went out the door to Lydia's car. They were on their way to school. The ride was very quiet, which is odd. From the corner of her eyes, Lydia saw that Malia was smirking evilly, which was kind of freaking her out.

"Hey Malia, are you okay?"

Malia stopped smirking and looked at her said, "Yea, I'm alright; I'm just happy that we defeated the wild hunt"

Lydia nodded, still creeped out by her behavior since she was still smirking but less evilly. They made it to school.

"Let's create some chaos" Malia whispered and Lydia heard it.

"What did you say?"

"Oh, I said let's go meet our friends" Malia lied, but Lydia knew that was not what she said. She just nodded and got out of the car along with Malia. They walked to their friends sitting at their table outside. Lydia sat next to Stiles who was sitting next to Theo and on the other side there was Scott with Layla on his right, both wearing sunglasses. Malia sat on his left. She saw that they were holding hands from this girl's memories, they are supposed to be mates. She smirked and grabbed Scott's other hand and held it. She pulled him towards her. He turned towards her and she smiled at him batting her eyes. She saw that his mate frowned, which made her happy. She inhaled her negativity closing her eyes and felt herself getting stronger. When she opened her eyes, she saw his mate caught on since her eyes widened. She controlled and fixed her emotions and was looking around. I got to be careful around her.

"Malia, can I talk to her?" Scott asked her. She nodded and let go of him as he stood up letting go of his mate's hand. They walked a few meters away from the group.

"What did you wanted to talk about?"

"Um, well, I wanted to break up" Scott said softly and she frowned.

"Why?"

"Well, I found my mate and you know what would happen if I reject her. I'm sorry"

"It's fine. I understand" Malia replied without an argument since it will expose her, but inside she is plotting a way to seduce and kill him since it would be harder now. "We are still friends right?" It would be easier if I'm around him a lot.

"Okay we are, why wouldn't we be," Scott said, frowning. Malia nodded. As they were making their way back to the table the bell rang. Everyone made their way to class. Scott grabbed his mate's hand and walked inside the build.

~Timeskip Lunchtime~

Lydia and Layla walked into the cafeteria. Lydia went to get her lunch. Layla went to their table since she brought lunch from home because she hates the cafeteria food after eating it on her first day. She sat at their table next to her mate and held his hand to allow him to open his eyes. As soon as she sat down, she saw Theo walk in. She shouted his name and waved at him to come sit with them. Stiles gave Scott a look, but Scott shocked his head. He didn't want to make his mate sad. They had to put up with Theo since he is his mate's brother. Theo hesitated to come since he knows that the pack doesn't trust and hate him, but Layla kept waving at him to come with an assuring smile. He only sat with them in the morning because Layla made him. He had no choice but to go with slow steps to the table. He stood next to the table not knowing where to sit. Layla patted the spot next to her and he sat next to her. He sat his lunch made by Mrs. Irving on the table began to eat it camly as Lydia came to sit next to Stiles. Lydia felt the tension at the table, so she decided to loosen it up.

"Hi,Theo. I'm glad you can join us." She said friendly to Theo and smiled at him. Theo gave her a small smile, replying,

"Hi, thanks for allowing me to even with what I did"

She nodded at him, nudged Stiles and gave Scott a knowing look. From the corner of his eyes, Scott saw his mate frown, so he spoke up.

"What happened was in the past. As long as you don't double-cross again, you can sit with and help us. Also because you are my mate's brother, but you are not part of my pack until you have proven that you won't double-cross again"

Layla was pleased with his answer. She was happy that her mate was trying to get along with her brother, she wouldn't know what to do if they didn't. She was going to make sure Theo proved himself. If she was going to be luna, she wanted her brother by her side too.

"Okay, thank you" Theo replied and Scott nodded. After that, the tension was loosen. Lydia noticed that Malia was missing.

"Where's Malia?"

"I don't know. Scott, why don't you try to call her?" Stiles said. Scott nodded and pulled his phone out to call her, but as soon as he did that, she walked in the cafeteria with a guy. They were talking. "Listen to what they are saying." Scott prick his ears to listen. Layla did the same.

"I will pick you up later tonight for our date," Guy said.

"Okay, I will be waiting, don't be late," Malia said seductively.

"I won't"

"What are they talking about?" Stiles asked.

"They are talking about going on a date" Scott answered

"She moved on that quickly, that's good, I guess," Stiles said. Everyone nodded at her, but Layla was feeling weird because Malia never talk seductively like that. She just decided to ignore it. After that, Malia and the guy parted ways and Malia started to make her way to the table.

"Hi, guys"

"Hi," everyone said. Malia saw that Theo was sitting at the table. "Malia is not a fan of this Theo guy. I can use this to make chaos" the creature thought.

"What is he doing here" Malia growled.

"As you can see, I was invited to sit here" Theo replied sarcastically. Layla nudged him with a looked and he stopped.

"Malia, calm down," Scott said calmly.

"How can you guys allow him to sit with us? Don't you guys remember what he did!" Malia replied angrily ignoring Scott. Theo frown and Layla saw this.

"Hey, come on. that was in the past and he was being controlled." Layla said calmly, trying not to get angry and control her emotions in case that creature she felt in the morning was in the cafeteria.

"You don't know anything about what he did. You were not here for it, so you shouldn't be talking! You are just Scott's mate nothing more, you are not part of the pack. You have no say in this." Layla was hurt by this. She tried to control it, but it was hard. She was going to say something again, but her mate spoke up before she could.

"Malia! Watch what you say. She is part of the pack because she's my mate even if she does not have the pack's mark. Yes, Theo shouldn't be trusted for what he did. Him sitting here doesn't mean we trust him or he is part of the pack. We are just giving him a chance to prove himself. And, for the record, she does have a say in this. Theo is her brother!" Scott whispered angrily trying not to attract attention.

"Yea, but he doesn't deserve a second chance!" Malia growled again.

"Everyone deserves second chances!" Scott replied back baffled by what she said. He was so angry with her that he was breathing heavily. Malia calmed down as the creature gave her back control and took that moment to inhale the negativity in the air closing her eyes and being careful not to show that she is the one inhaling it since the hybrid is here and she is on to her.

Layla POV

I felt my energy, hurt, and angry feelings becoming drained from me. I knew that it was that creature from the morning again.

"Guys, stop arguing. Please control your negative emotions!" I said while looking around for the creature, but nobody was looking suspicious.

"What? Why?" Stiles asked, looking at my frightened face.

"Layla, what's wrong?" my mate asked, worried holding my hand tightly turning towards me.

"There is a creature among us that is feeding on our negativity. I felt it in the morning also, but I didn't think much of it then. I can sense it getting stronger. That's why you guys have to stop fighting and get control of your negative emotions."

"What? Why didn't you tell us in the morning when you felt it?" My mate asked.

"I didn't want to worry you guys after you defeated the wild hunt and also, I didn't think nothing of it. I just thought it was my imagination."

"Okay, guys control your emotions and Malia sit down, so we can talk about this" my mate said as Malia sat down next to Stiles since there was no more room on the other side. Everyone turned their attention on me. "Tell us everything you felt about the creature"

"Well, this morning I was kind of feeling jealous of Malia and you. In that moment, I felt my energy and jealousy being drained from me. I knew it was that creature. I tried to find if someone was acting suspicious, but couldn't find anyone.I felt it again just a few minutes ago. I still couldn't find anyone when I looked around."

"I felt that too but thought nothing of it," Theo said.

"Do you think this creature has anything to do with the two male dead bodies they found this weekend?" Stiles asked my mate.

"I have no idea, maybe"

"Do you know more about the creature?" my mate asked. I shook my head and said,

"Not really, all I know is that there is a creature that feeds on negativity and gets stronger because of. I knew I should've listened in supernatural creatures class"

"Wait wait. You took a class where you learn about creatures?" Stiles asked. I nodded,

"Yea, I went to a supernatural school back in Seattle."

"When you say a supernatural school, you mean a school only for supernatural children," Stiles said. I nodded. Stiles was about to say something else, but my mate interrupted,

"Stiles, you getting off topic"

"Sorry, sorry"

"We need to find more information on this creature before it does damage. We will go to Deaton afterschool to ask him about this creature" my mate said as we all nodded except for Malia, she was frowning. When she saw me looking, she fixed herself. There was something off about her since this morning, but maybe it's just the way she is. I shrugged and focused my attention back on my mate. At that moment, the bell decided to ring. We got up to turn to throw away our trash and made our way to our final classes.