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       Harper was walking through the woods, towards the Hale house. The young girl hesitated slightly at the thought of what had just happened only a few hours ago.

Her eyes fall closed as she takes a deep breath, trying to push away the sight of Derek slashing open her father's throat forcing the man to choke on his own blood before dying.

but this nightmare of a night was far from over as a whistle sound filled the air and an arrow lands right into her shoulder knocking her onto the ground with a groan.

Harper's hand went to the arrow, she began to pull it out- her jaw clenching at the pain as her head fell back onto the ground the fall leaves crunching beneath her.

The arrow finally pulling out from her skin as she tossed it to the side.

Her eyes dart upwards at the sound of a gun cocking.

There stood Chris Argent, standing above her pointing the weapon to her head.

Harper took a shaky breath, panic setting in and she didn't dare move even though she might be faster, one slip up could end up with her six feet under. "what, are you going to kill me after that whole speech you gave to your sister?"

Chris tilted his head "your eyes are blue. We both know what that means"

"that was an accident" Harper said quickly her voice shaky, trying to save her life "it was one time and it happened three years ago"

Chris's face didn't faulter as she continued to talk "I was thirteen years old and dumb. And if it brings you any consolation I hate myself for what I did"

Harper glanced at the gun then back to him "And I don't want to die. I'm only sixteen"

Chris kept the same blank- almost cold expression on his face as he spoke "who's to say you won't make the same mistake again"

Harper looked at him "Because I grew up and gained control"

Chris shook his head Harper kept her eyes on the gun "and if anything you should be thanking me for protecting Allison. I fought against my own father to keep your daughter safe"

Chris hesitates for a moment which didn't go unmissed by Harper- the girl now knowing how to persuade him to spare her life "after Peter slashed you sisters throat open Allison went to run towards her, towards Peter, but I stopped her and then when my father was about to go for her next I stood in front her and protected her"

Chris lowers the gun as he grabs ahold of Harper's jacket lifting her up against the tree behind her. Harper's eyes squeeze shut, the fear and panic continue to rise, her heat beating rapidly

What if what she was saying isn't enough to persuade him- could this be it? is she going to die at Sixteen?

Chris pointed at her, he sternly spoke "you never set foot near Allison again." His hat gaze in the teen "and consider this our way of being even"

Harper quickly nodded "Okay, deal" her eyes re-opened as her heart thumped in her chest "I won't go near her, ever again"

Chris nodded and he let go of the girl stepping away from her.

A relieved sigh leaves her lips and with that he disappeared into the woods again.

Harper leaned back against the tree behind her as she slid down it, her shaky hand went to her chest as she took deep breaths trying to calm down her rapid heart that felt as if it was going to beat right out of her chest.

she exhaled as she ran her hands through her hair, She didn't think Chris would actually pull the trigger seeing as she is just a kid but even though she was scared shitless she knew why he had threatened her life because of the color of her eyes.

For his daughter.

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"Scott" Harper made her way towards the boy with furrowed brows, She holds out her arms "is there a reason for the ambiguous text that both you and Stiles had sent me?"

Scott turned to her as he nodded opening the jeep door "Yeah, Lydia's gone missing"

"Missing?" Harper questioned, brow raising.

He nodded once again "Yep, but, uh" he paused scratching his brow, avoiding her gaze "she's not wearing any clothes"

Harper's eyes widen slightly "She's missing and naked?"

Scott hummed with a nod, Harper took a deep breath "okay" she muttered, climbing into the back of the jeep, Scott getting in the front after.

It was silent while the pair waited for the Stilinski boy to emerge from the Hospital with Lydia's gown.

Harper leaned against the seat, her finger drumming a rhythmic pattern on the seat beside her.

A few moments went by before Stiles opened the door and climbed in handing Scott a hospital gown.

Scott looks from it then to Stiles "This is the one she was just wearing?"

Stiles nods- not looking at his friend.

Harper leans in between the seats "you sure?"

He glances to her, worry covering the boys face as he sighed out "yep"

"I'm not gonna let anyone hurt her, not again" Scott said trying to reassure his friend.

Harper nodded in agreement "yeah, me either"

Stiles looked between the two as he nodded before motioning to the gown in Scott's hand "Alright, just shove the thing in your face and let's find her"

Stiles turns the keys in the ignition, the engine to the worn out jeep humming to life- the headlights flicking on revealing non other then Allison Argent.

the three jump back slightly "Wow!" Stiles mutters as Allison walks towards the passenger side door.

Scott looked at her with wide eyes "What are you doing here? someone's gonna see us"

Allison bunches her shoulders "I don't care. She is my best friend, and we need to find her before they do."

"I can find her before the cops can" Scott said looking around quickly.

Allison raises a brow "how about before my dad does?"

"He knows?" Stiles questions as Harper leans in between the seats once again, looking at the Argent girl.

Allison nods "yeah. I just saw him and three other guys leave my house in two SUV's"

Scott looked to Stiles and Harper before he spoke "search party"

Harper scoffed "Please, it's more like a hunting party" she reached past Scott opening the door "get in"

Allison didn't waste anytime as she climbed over Scott and into the backseat beside Harper, Stiles sped out of the parking lot and onto the road.

"Alright, if she's turning will they actually kill her?" Stiles question glancing in the review mirror.

Allison shrugs "I don't know. They won't tell me anything, Okay? All they say is we'll talk more after Kate's funeral when the others get here"

Harper cleared her throat, looking at the girl "others?" she raised a questioning brow.

"what others?" Stiles adds shortly after.

Allison shrugs once again "I don't know, they won't tell me that either!"

Stiles tilts his head "okay, your family has some serious communication issues to work on." he turns his gaze to the McCall who currently had his head sticking out the window "Scott, are we going the right way?"

"Take the next right!" Scott hollered to the boy from the window.

Allison glanced to Harper "you're part witch, right? So can't you do some spell or something"

Harper pressed her lips in a line before her attention shifts to the Stilinski "you just go blabbing that to everybody we know!? I've been keeping that a secret my whole life!"

Stiles hand raises from the steering wheel as he sighs "well- What am I supposed to do!? This isn't exactly something easy to keep a secret"

Harper rolled her eyes before going back and answering Allison's question "I don't have anything personal with Lydia, hell I don't even have a picture of her and I can't exactly go off a hospital gown"

Allison sighs before nodding.

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The four were now hiking through the woods as the Hale house came into view.

Harper took a deep breath as she tries to distract her mind from the thoughts of what happened only a few weeks ago.

Stiles stops walking as he turned to the two werewolves "She came here?"

Harper nods before Stiles asks another question "you sure?"

"this is where the scent leads" Scott answered his friend.

Stiles sighs as he begins to walk before stopping once again and looking to them "Alright, but has Lydia ever been here?"

"Not with me" Allison answers with a shake of her head and Scott just shakes his head no.

"I can't remember her ever being here" Harper answered as she eyed the house that now just haunts Harper- and reminds her of every bad thing that has happened

Stiles tossed his arms as he walked again "Maybe she came here on instinct, like she was looking for Derek" Allison suggested with a shrug

"you mean looking for an alpha"

Harper looked from Scott to the Argent "Derek isn't here, we haven't been here since you're dad had sort of threatened my life"

Allison bit her lip as she nodded "Sorry about that"

Harper bunches her shoulders "don't stress, It's not the first time I've had hunters threaten my life"

Harper walked up to Stiles as she looks around for the strawberry blonde anywhere but the girl didn't even catch the eye of anyone.

Stiles glanced at the girl "Are you okay?"

Harper looked at him the furrowed brows before realising what her was talking about as she took a deep breath "Yeah, I just act like nothings wrong and I'm starting to believe it" she lies but the lack of emotion on her face made it practically believable.

Yes, she has been acting like nothing had happened, like everything was fine but she didn't feel fine. She was angry- sad- every single emotion in between, About what Kate had done to her family and what Derek had done to her father and mad at herself for just standing there.

And the list only goes on.

Derek and Harper have barely even spoke- Harper refused to say more than two words to him.

Harper took a deep breath shaking her head as she began to look around the area for something any hint that the Martin girl was around here or was here.

"oh, Hey look at this" Stiles spoke gaining her attention. Harper crouched down beside him- Allison joining shortly after.

Stiles ran his fingers across the wire "I think it's a trip wire" Harper looked from him to the wire as Stiles pulled it.

Harper frowned expecting something to happen like an arrow coming towards their heads or something but nothing did.

"Stiles" Scott's voice gained the three's attention as they turned.

Harper tried to suppress a laugh that wanted to escape her lips at Scott- who was currently dangling upside down with a wire wrapped around his ankle.

"Next time you see a trip wire" Scott holds out his arms as he shrugs "Don't trip it"

Stiles gave him a thumbs up "yeah, Noted"

Harper begins to laugh- a hand going to her mouth as she mumbles a sorry before the three begin to walk towards the boy.

Scott holds his hands up signaling for the three to stop "Wait, wait, wait" he pauses as he looks around "Someone's coming. Hide"

Harper looked around as her ears pick up the sets of multiple footsteps, she grabs Allison and Stiles arms dragging them behind a large tree down a small hill not too far away from the McCall boy.

Harper peeks around the edge of the tree to see Chris and two of his men walking towards the boy.

"Scott" he spoke.

"Mr. Argent" Scott replied back.

Chris looks him over "how are you doing?"

"good, you know" Scott shrugs "just hanging out . . . Is this one of yours, it's good, Nice design very . . . Constructive"

"what are you doing out here Scott?" asked Chris ignoring what the boy had said.

"Looking for my friend" he states

"that's right" Chris looks to the ground for a moment "Lydia's in your group now isn't she? part of the clique, is that the word you use?" Harper and Stiles peak around the tree as they listen in on the conversation

"or is there another way to put it?" he pauses for a moment "part of your pack"

Scott narrows his eyes at him "Actually clique sounds about right to me"

"I hope so 'Cause I know she's a friend of Allison's and one special circumstance such as yourself and another for Harper. . . One I can handle Two is a stretch" Chris shakes his head "But Not three"

he pauses for a moment "Scott, do you know what a hemicorporectomy is?"

"I have a feeling I don't want to" Scott spoke slowly, his lips pressed in a line.

"the medical term for amputating somebody at the waist, cutting them in half takes a tremendous amount of strength to cut through tissue and bone like that" he explains, dragging his hand across Scotts torso.

Chris looks the boy dead in the eye "let's hope a demonstration never becomes necessary" and with that he stands up and walks away followed by his men.

After a moment of making sure they were completely gone the three come out from behind the tree and run up to Scott

"you okay?" Allison questions with worried eyes.

Scott shrugs with an upside-down smile "just another life-threatening conversation with your dad"

Harper tilts her head "been there" she mutters as she looks over her shoulder.

Allison's gaze follows the wire "Harper, Stiles help me with this"

the two come up beside the Argent, Harper's brows furrow as she looks it over she tosses her hands at her sides "I don't know how this thing works"

Not even a moment later the wire goes slack as a thump was heard from behind them.

The three turn to see Scott standing upright.

He smiles at them "thanks. But I think I got it" he begins to makes his way towards the Hale house, Scott looks over his shoulder to them "coming?"

Harper shakes her head- they begin to follow after the boy towards the house in search of the Martin girl.

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Harper's face was covered in disgust at what Stiles had just said as they walk towards the school

"She ate the liver?" Scott questions with the same expression as Harper.

"No, I didn't say she ate it, I just said it was missing" Stiles said looking between the two before bunches his shoulders "and even if she did, so what? it's the most nutritious part of the body."

Harper's brows knit together as she looks at him "I don't even want to know how you know that" she uttered under her breath.

"I never ate anyone's liver" Scott stated with a frown.

Stiles gave him a look "yeah right, 'Cause when it comes to werewolves you're a real model of self control"

Harper raised her eyebrows "Well, I've never ate anyone's liver"

Stiles stopped walking as he turned to her "okay, well I'm gonna say that's the whole witch half of you" he turned back to Scott but looked back at her again "Which by the way we still haven't gone over enough"

Stiles pause as it looked like a light bulb went off in his head "actually, hold on" he points at Scott "you're the test case for this, so we should be going over went happened to you"

Scott's brows furrow "what do you mean?"

"I mean like what was going through your mind when you were turning, you know? what were you drawn to"

Scott looks to the ground slightly embarrassed before he answered "Allison"

Harper gave him an are you serious look "Really?" she said in almost disbelief

Stiles let out an exasperated sigh "Okay, nothing else, seriously?"

Scott shrugged "nothing else mattered" Scott eyes lit up slightly "but, no, that's good though, right? 'Cause the night Lydia was bit she was with you"

Harper couldn't help but roll her eyes as she crosses her arms.

There was almost a pit in her stomach at Scott's comment but she couldn't understand why.

Stiles sighs his face falling "yeah but she was looking for. . . Jackson"

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Harper peeked into the door of the boys locker room before sneaking her way in- catching the last of Coach's sentence which caused her face to contort.

"And I don't know about you, but the last time it was that cold out and I was running around naked" he paused for a moment "I lost a testicle to exposure. Now I don't want the same thing happening to some innocent girl"

Harper's head tilted as her brows furrow, shaking her head.

The Hale girl coming up beside Scott and Stiles who were currently talking to Jackson.

"If Lydia want's to take a naked hike in the woods why should I care?" Jackson questioned with a shrug.

"Because we have a pretty good idea that she might be, you know, turning" Scott hinted to what he was talking about without actually saying the word in a room full of people.

Jackson's brows raise as he looks between them "turning?"

Harper's eyes fall closed in annoyance "yes, turning. would you like be to spell it out"

Jackson rolled his eyes at her, before he looked between the three with a shrug "Into" he trailed off.

Stiles eyes narrow at him "a unicorn, what do you think, dumbass?"

Jackson tilted his head "Well, I think that if Lydia's turning, she's not gonna be the one that's gonna need help"

confusion covered Scott face as he asked "what do you mean?"

Jackson sighs with a light shake of his head "Oh, god. You've got it all backwords, McCall. When I was with Lydia, you should have seen the scratch marks she left on me" a smirk falling on his face "what do you think she's gonna do with a set of real claws?"

He chuckles before pushing past them, Harper ran her tongue across her teeth as she looked to the two boys beside her "You know, we could just kill Jackson might lure Lydia from the woods"

The two give her a really look as she shrugs "What?"

"We're not killing him" Scott said firmly, giving the girl a look.

Harper raised her hands "Alright, it was merely a suggestion- I think a good one but okay" she patted his shoulder "relax"

The Hale girl made her way to the door but was stopped when Stiles took ahold of her arm "Wait"

Harper stopped and turned to him "what?"

"How are you a werewolf and a witch?" he asked in a whisper.

Harper leaned against the door frame "is this one of the many questions you've been dying to ask me?"

Stiles tilts his head before nodding "yeah, pretty much"

Harper pursed her lips before she spoke "My father was a werewolf, as you know and my mother was a witch and I was supposed to be one or the other but I got both" she shrugged.

"Okay, is there anymore like you?" he asked once again.

Harper shook her head "as far as I know it's just me" she paused giving him a serious look "and as far as the supernatural world knows, no such thing exist. And it needs to stay that way"

Her tone was serious- but almost scared in a sense.

And with that she made her way out of the doorway and down the hall, leaving a confused Stiles by what she meant.

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After Scott had promised to Allison he'd somehow be at the funeral they three were now tucked in behind a statue a few feet away as they peered around the corner.

Harper watched as an older man took ahold of Matt's camera before taking out the memory card and snapping it in half.

Harper takes a breath "well he doesn't look exactly friendly" she mutters before her brows furrow, she watches the man hug Chris.

"who the hell is that?" Stiles asks just as confused.

Harper bunches her shoulders just as she was about to answer almost every head at the funeral looked straight at them.

The three teens quickly ducking back behind the statue, harper's eyes falling closed.

"he's definitely and Argent" Scott muttered to the pair.

After a moment or two the three look over the statue once again but Harper's gaze shifts to the boy behind her as he spoke

"Maybe they're just here for the funeral" he shrugs "I mean, what if their the non-hunting side of the family? There could be non-hunting Argents. it's possible-"

Harper couldn't help the quiet laugh that escaped her lips- more like a scoff that quickly died out from the looks from the two boys "Oh, you're being serious?"

Stiles gave her a look "Yeah"

Harper made an 'o' shape with her mouth as she nodded.

"she has a point though" Scott spoke up gaining their attention "they're reinforcements"

They looked back to the funeral but not for long-

Harper jumped slightly as Scott and Stiles were lifted up from their crouching positions and Harper falling back to see the Sheriff holding the two boys by the collars of their shirts.

he looked between each of them "you three, unbelievable" he gave his son a look "Pick up my tie"

Stiles reached down barely even able to reach it as Harper hands it to him- she stands up while the Sheriff drags the two boys away from the funeral and another deputy was behind Harper.

The Hale following them, Noah forcing the Scott and Stiles into the back of the squad car before giving Harper a look. The girl gives him a tight-lipped smile and a nod before she got into the car joining the boys.

Harper sighed as she tossed her head back being squished into the door from the two boys who were staring at the roof to the car.

Static came through the radio before a voice did "4-1-5 Adam"

the Sheriff's brows furrow who was now sitting in the front seat as he talks back "I didn't copy that, did you say 4-1-5 Adam?"

"Disturbance in a car" Stiles whispered to the two as they immediantly listen in on the conversation.

"they were taking a heart attack victim, DOA, but on the way to the hospital, something hit 'em"

the confusion only grew on the older mans face "what? hit the ambulance?"

"Copy that" with those words the three in the backseat lean forward slightly listening with attentive ears.

"I'm standing in front of it right now. Something got in the back. There's blood everywhere, and I mean everywhere"

"Alright unit four, what's your 20?"

"Route five and post" the deputy answered "I swear, I've never seen anything like this"

the three share a look as Stiles quietly opens the door and they quickly pile out rushing away from the Sheriff to Stiles jeep.

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It didn't take too long for them to arrive as they ditch the jeep a street or two away and cutting through the woods to keep them hidden from the deputies that surrounded the ambulance.

they climb up a smile hill before resting on the ground looking at the scene.

"what the hell is Lydia doing?" Stiles questions as Harper tilted her head before looking at him "Killing people, or tearing up an already dead guy"

Stiles narrowed his eyes at her "not helpful" his gaze shifts to Scott "what kept you from doing that was it Allison?"

Scott shook his head his eyes trained on the bloody back of the ambulance "I hope so"

Silence filled the air as they stare at the vehicle "Do you need to get closer?" Stiles said breaking the silence looking between the pair

Scott shook his head "no I got it" Harper nodded in agreement as she and Scott started to get up from the small hill they were on.

Stiles grabbed ahold of Scott's jacket stopping the man "I just" he paused "I just- I need you to find her"

Scott nodded "we will"

Harper's jaw clenched an almost annoyed expression falling on her face, the same feeling washing over her as she thought to herself for a moment.

Was she jealous? Jealous of what? Certainty not Stiles and Lydia- I mean she could barely stand the Stilinski boy.

That's what seemed to stump her.

she looked from Stiles to Scott "Okay, let's go" she spoke quickly taking her attention from the thought that entered her mind.

Scott nodded the boy standing up, the two beginning to run through the woods following the scent of the girl- well, what they thought was here.

Harper stopped in her tracks holding her arm out as a mere silhouette of a person caught her eye.

her and Scott share a look before following after it, harper picking up her pace as Scott jumps into the air tackling what they though was Lydia to the ground but they soon realise wasn't.

Harper skidded to a stop as she glared at the unfamiliar werewolf in front of her "well that's not Lydia" she muttered.

the wolf glanced to her before running towards her, his claws slashing against her side. Harper groaning in pain while the new wound bleeds, staining her shirt before it began to slowly close.

Harper looked back up as it went to throw a punch at her but Harper quickly caught his hand twisting his arm behind its back. before shoving him into the ground harshly.

Her gaze shifts to the practically healed wound and the tears in her shirt, the girl rolling her eyes "this was a really nice shirt"

the werewolf went towards her once again but Scott grabbed ahold of him tossing him to the side. The wolf glared at the two before running off.

"Wait!" Scott called out as he rushed after it.

Harper's eyes widen slightly "Scott, let him go!" she tossed her head back as Scott continued following after the werewolf as she rushed after him "we're on mission find Lydia not chase after some guy!"

Harper quickly caught up to the two while Scott kept hollering at the wolf telling him to wait while Harper kept telling Scott to let the guy run off- basically just repeats of two people yelling and no one listening.

but Scott came to a stop Harper stopping herself just in time to avoid running into him, the pair look up at the werewolf they were chasing now strung up in the air his hands bound together.

Before Harper could comprehend what was happening a hand grabbed ahold of her leather jacket tossing her to the side Scott following shortly after.

Harper looked up to see Derek as he grabbed ahold of the two's jackets dragging them towards a tree- covering the pair away from the hunters.

Harper glared at the man as he finally let her go but pulled Scott up into his hold, forcing him to stay put.

he glanced to the girl who had just stood up, the man giving her a look- a look Harper had known well now.

The hide look.

Harper's brows furrow but she didn't hesitate as she ducked behind the tree looking over the edge.

Scott thrashed in Derek's hold as he tried to break free "what are you doing I can help him!"

"they're already here!" Derek whispered as Scott went to speak again but Derek cut him off "quiet!"

Harper glanced at him but when she looked back she saw a group of men along side Chris and the older man they saw earlier walking towards the line wolf.

Harper watched as they electrocuted the man forcing him back into his human form "what are you doing here?" Chris demanded from the man.

"Nothing" Harper could tell by the werewolf's voice that he was scared- hell she'd be too.

the man shook his head "Nothing, I swear"

Chris eyed him "you're not from here are you" the wolf didn't reply so Chris raised his voice "Are you!"

"No" the man took a deep breath "I came- I came looking for the Alpha. I heard he was here that's all. Look I didn't do anything. I didn't hurt anyone, no one living. He wasn't alive in the ambulance, he wasn't I swear!"

"Gentlemen! Take a look at a rare sight!" Gerard said looking at the group of hunters around him before his eyes landed on Chris "You wanna tell them what we've caught?"

They way they talk about werewolves always seemed to anger Harper, to them they were like a prize to be caught then killed- like a trophy to be hung on a mantle- Like they weren't people anymore just things that deserved to be put down.

Chris nodded "An Omega."

"The lone wolf!" Gerard added "Possibly kicked out of his own pack, or the survivor of a pack that was hunted down, maybe even murdered... and possibly alone by his own choice...Certainly not a wise choice"

Harper watched as the older man walked towards something that she couldn't quite see but her eyes quickly widen at the sword in his hand.

He walked back towards the lone wolf, holding the blade tightly.

"Because, as I am about to demonstrate... an Omega rarely survives on his own." Gerard swung the sword cutting the wolf in half.

Harper's eyes widened a gasp leaving her lips, her hand flew to her mouth as she leaned back against the tree looking away from the sight.

Harpers eyes squeezed shut a sick feeling falling upon her.

Death was something the Hale girl had became used to- but nothing like this.

Derek looked at Scott as he spoke quietly but fiercely "Look at them! You see what they do? This is why you need me, why we need each other. the only way to fight them is together"

Harper's breathing was heavy as she looked at Scott while he spoke "what are they doing"

Derek glared at the Argent's in the distance "declaring war"

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Harper in her season 2 Jealous era?? Anyways I hope you enjoyed, Thanks for ready, voting, and commenting. Love u all <3