TEEN WOLF
SEASON 1 EPISODE 5

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          Imelia stood with Scott and Derek on the roof of the movie store being sure not to be seen by the crowd of people including police and paramedics as she watches the paramedics wheel out of body covered in a white cloth.

"Do you get it now?" Derek asks glancing at the pair.

Scott bunches his shoulders as he stood from his crouched position "I get that he's killing people, but I don't know why"

Imelia crosses her arms as she tilts her head "Probably because whoever it is, is clearly out of their mind"

Scott gave the girl a look "I know, but I mean this isn't standard practice, right? We don't go out in the middle of the night murdering everyone, do we?"

"No" Derek answered still looking at the scene below them "We're predators. We don't have to be killers"

"Then why is he a killer?" Scott questions looking at the older man

Imelia shrugged "Psychopath" she muttered

Derek glanced at her before turning his attention to Scott "That's what we're gonna find out"

and with that Derek turned around begin to walk away, Imelia and Scott following as they get down from the roof.

The blonde looked to Scott as she spoke "Is it alright if I go home? So I can at least try and walk through the door without Andrew asking me every question in the damn book"

Scott nodded "Yeah"

Imelia gave him a look "Are you sure?" she glances to Derek "because the two of you don't exactly get along"

"Yeah, It'll be alright you can  go home" he reassured earning a small smile from Imelia as she squeezed his arm gently before walking in the opposite direction of the two.

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"Allison Argent" Imelia spoke as she walked up beside the girl

"Imelia Drake" she retorts back as Imelia gives her a quick hug

Allison's brows furrow at the weird smile on Imelia's face "what's with the look?"

Imelia chuckled slightly "what are you talking about? It's your birthday, Lydia would be scolding you for not shouting it from the rooftops"

Allison's face fell slightly as she spoke in a hushed tone "how did you know it was my birthday?"

"Lydia told me" Imelia answered with furrowed brows before realisation dawned on her "you didn't tell Lydia, did you?"

"Nope" Allison sighs out

Imelia presses her lips together as she nods "Ah, got it. . Um, I should probably warn you about your locker"

Allison's head tilted with a confused look covering her face as the two stop at the Argent's locker, Allison gave the girl a hesitant look as she puts in her combination, opening her locker only for small balloons attached to strings come out of her locker.

Allison's eyes widen as she quickly tries to push them back in so no one could see, Imelia came to her side helping the girl hide them in her locker.

Once all the balloons were in Imelia inhaled sharply plastering a small smile on her face "Surprise" she sang out awkwardly.

Allison gave her a quick look causing Imelia to sigh "I'm sorry, if I knew you didn't like your birthday I would've never let Lydia convince me into helping her do this"

Allison shook her head giving the girl a half smile "it's fine, it's not that I don't like my birthday it's just"

Allison bit her lip as she looked around "I don't want people to know because" she trails off before looking at the girl as she whispers "I'm seventeen"

"Oh" Imelia managed out before shaking her head "Well, I wouldn't care what people think" she smiles at the girl "Live your life to the fullest, with minimal regrets"

Allison chuckled "Minimal?"

Imelia raised her hands "I know the saying is no regrets, but you're gonna regret something so I changed it to minimal"

the blondes gaze shifts to the McCall boy making his way towards them  "I'm gonna go, Maybe skip first or something to check on Lydia, and no one can say that's not a good excuse to avoid listening to Mr. Harris"

Imelia shook her head giving the girl one last smile "I'll see you around"

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Imelia made her way up the steps to the Martin home, Imelia was aware of everything that had happened the night prior because not long after it happened Lydia had called the girl and Imelia came and stayed with her for about two hours before she had went home.

Imelia knocked on the door as she stood waiting for an answer. Natalie martin, Lydia's mother answered the door with a smile on her face "Imelia"

"Hi, Mrs. Martin" Imelia gave her a soft smile "I heard what happened with Lydia I was wondering if I could see her"

Natalie nods "yes, of course" she steps aside letting the girl walk in "She's up in her room. I uh, gave her something to settle her nerves"

Imelia nodded as she made her way up the stairs already knowing the way to the girls room considering they have been friends since the third grade.

Imelia knocked on the door peaking her head trough the door "Lyds"

A dopy smile covered Lydia's face "Mel"

The blonde took a breath noticing the girl was completely drugged out of her mind "How you doing?" she asked walking into the room

Lydia waved her hand dismissively "Pfft, never better"

"Oh, I bet" Imelia uttered under her breath as she was about to sit down but stopped as her phone rang.

She rolls her eyes as Andrew's names pops up on her phone "What do you want?" Imelia asks as she put the phone to her ear

"well, hello to you too" Andrew answered sarcastically "Where the hell are you!? You've been practically MIA since I last saw you this morning"

"Well, I skipped first got something to eat, drove around in my car, missed second and now I'm at Lydia's" Imelia deadpanned as she looked over her shoulder to her friend who was playing with a strand of her hair

"Mason's gonna kill you" Andrew sang out

Imelia scoffed "Please, he's supposed to be our legal guardian but disappears for weeks, even months at a time. He has no say in my choices whether he likes it or not"

Imelia shook her head "Anyways if you don't mind I'm going to sit with my severally drugged out best friend after she's gone through something traumatic"

and with that she hung up the phone leaving her brother baffled on the other end.

Andrew lowers the phone from his ears as he looks to Stiles who was walking beside him "She hung up on me"

"Scott too" Stiles stated holding up his phone

Andrew shook his head "we gotta get new friends, I mean I'm stuck with Imelia, cause she's my sister and all but we can kick Scott to the curb"

Stiles gave his friend a look causing Andrew to sigh "Yeah, yeah, I know Scott's stuck with us too"

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About an hour has gone by while Imelia was sitting with Lydia trying her best not to laugh at her high out of her mind friend.

Imelia stifled a laugh as she patted her friends shoulder "As fun has this has been, I have to get going and I'm glad you're okay, Lyds"

Lydia looked as if she didn't even hear a word the girl said as she laid playing with her hair. Imelia pressed her lips together as she nods grabbing her bag from the bed as she headed towards the door

Just as she opened the door she was met with Mrs. Martin and Stiles "Stiles?"

"Imelia?" Stiles says with a confused look "You've been here?"

Imelia gave him a look as if he was stupid "Obviously, I was checking up on my best friend"

a half smile appeared on her face as she patted Stiles shoulder "She had something to calm her nerves" she chuckled lightly before walking out of the room giving Mrs. Martin a smile

"Feel free to come by anytime, Imelia" Natalie said to the girl as she passed.

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Imelia and Andrew walked up the stairs in the Stilinski home after receiving about a million messages from Stiles.

just as they came to the boys room the siblings stop in their tracks as they listen to Stiles ramble on to who they could assume was Scott's voicemail

"Do you understand me, I'm gonna kill you. And I'm too upset to come up with a witty description about how exactly I'm gonna kill you, but I'm just gonna do it, okay! Ugh goodbye!" Stiles sighs as he throws his phone on the bed before his gaze lands on the two drakes standing in the doorway.

"Finally!" Stiles exasperates, Imelia and Andrew share a look before they walk into the room

Imelia bunches her shoulders "So, what was it that you found?"

Stiles rushes over to his desk, grabbing a cell phone that wasn't his that Imelia immediately recognizes "Why do you have Lydia's cell phone!?" Imelia swipes it from his grasp causing his jaw to drop

Stiles takes it back from her hands earning a glare from the girl "Just, look what's on it" Stiles sighs out as he holds up the Martin girls phone showing a video of something that looked like a wolf but was bigger, different.

"What do I do?" Stiles questions the pair Andrew grabs the phone from Stiles hands earning an annoyed look from his friend.

"What the hell is that?" Andrew mutters his eyes squinting

Imelia rolled her eyes taking it from her brothers grasp "Obviously, supernatural-"

"Would you two stop taking it the phone from my hands!" Stiles snaps taking the phone back before sighing "what do we do?"

it was silent for a moment, Imelia took a breath "Delete it" all eyes land on her as she shakes her head "I don't want Lydia involved in this mess, I want her to live a full supernatural free life. Because living like this isn't exactly easy"

Stiles nods as he hesitates for a moment before deleting the video. Imelia nods as she grabs the cell phone from his hands once again. Causing an exasperated sigh to leave Stiles lips.

"I'm returning this" she holds up the phone taking a breath hoping she made the right decision "I'll see you later, Stiles" her gaze falls on her brother "See you at home" and with that she walks out of the room

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Imelia was done with the day, she wanted nothing more than to go to sleep but yet again that wouldn't be the case, she knew something would probably come up.

Imelia walked into the kitchen her eyes falling on Mason who was looking over some old papers in a file "Hm, surprised you're still here" Imelia commented as she opened the fridge door.

Mason frowned with a nod "Okay, deserve that" he muttered looking at his niece "Imelia, I'm staying this time, no matter a work thing I'll stick to towns close to her and I won't be gone for months"

Imelia glanced at him as she takes an apple from the fridge "Okay. I know I should probably stop believing you by now but, I'm choosing to and since you're back you get to get groceries now"

Mason chuckles lightly as he nods "Okay, I'll do that now" he closes the folder in front of him and grabs his keys walking out of the kitchen.

Imelia hears the front door shut as she smiles softly, it felt nice to have her uncle back and hopefully he'd stay. Imelia and Mason were particularly close, they'd come up with stupid nicknames for each other and make jokes sometimes even team up on Andrew which he seemed to feel bad about later but it never seemed to stop them from their antics anyways.

Imelia eyed the folder, She was always curious, always listening in on conversations from the stairs but she was trying to change, trying to be less nosey. Imelia shook her head and began to walk out of the kitchen as she stopped once again.

Her eyes landing on the folder as she squeezes her eyes shut walking back towards it and around the island counter, her hands grabbing the folder

"this isn't being nosey, this is investigating" she said to herself as she nodded "yeah, investigating" she takes breath as she flips open the folder.

Imelia's eyes quickly widen, her mouth falling open as her eyes scan over the pages. Imelia's breathing quickened as each page had something to do with werewolves and most were centering around the recent things in Beacon Hills.

she quickly slammed the folder shut, her eyes closing as her hand covers her mouth.

Her uncle was a hunter.

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Imelia hid out in her room the rest of the night, she sat in her window seat her head resting against the window, her legs pulled up to her chest as she bit on her nail.

Andrew knocked on his sisters open door before walking in as he chuckled "So, parent teacher night was fun" he stuck his thumbs up before his brows cinch together "or should it be guardian- Uncle teacher night?"

he shook his head waving himself off "doesn't matter-" he paused looking at his sister with furrowed brows noticing she was to much in her own thoughts to be listening to whatever he was saying "Mel? what's going on?"

Imelia stayed silent, she wasn't ignoring him purposefully but her head was elsewhere and anxiety was consuming her.

Andrew walked towards her "Imelia?" he placed his hand on her shoulder causing her to jump slightly. Andrew eyed his sister with worried eyes as he sat down across from her "what's going on?" he asked once again

"Um" Imelia trailed off as she bit on the inside of her cheek "you're not gonna believe what i just found, I mean I- I can't believe it and now I'm just consumed in Anxiety and I feel like I can't think"

"Imelia, hey" Andrew spoke causing the girl to stop rambling  "what is it?"

"mason, he's uh" She swallowed thickly "He's a hunter, like um, like Allison's dad and I don't know what's gonna happen if he finds out about me, about Scott, I mean what if he puts his hunter beliefs before family I'm, I'm dead-"

Andrew's eyes were wide with shock, but he couldn't freak out about the situation I mean his sister was already freaking out as it is

"Imelia" Andrew spoke gaining the girls attention once again "Mason may act like he doesn't care sometimes, but he does, he's our uncle and we know he loves us and I refuse to believe that he'd be so heartless to kill you, to kill a teenager."

Imelia nodded, his words calming her down bringing a sense of ease onto her.

Tears filled Imelia's eyes "I'm just scared, All the time. I'm only sixteen and my whole life just changed in one night- i could've went my whole life never believing in werewolves or hunters and the supernatural but that didn't happen" her voice cracked

"I'm just so scared Andrew, I don't understand any of this werewolf stuff. I- I'm terrified I'm going to hurt you, or do something worse" her head shook a few tears falling from her eyes "I'm just a kid"

Andrew's gaze soften as leaned forward wrapping his arms around his sister in a tight, comforting hug. Imelia hugged him back as she sobbed lightly.

She was right, she was just a kid only sixteen and now her life is completely upside down and she had no idea how to deal with it except pretending she was okay, pretending she knew what she was doing and pretending that she wasn't even scared. That's how she got through the day but eventually the pretending caught up with her and she broke.

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A/N:  I am So sorry for abandoning this book for four months I'm sure most of you have lost interest because of it but I'm going to try and be better with updating this book. Anyways thank you for reading and voting and I hope you enjoyed! :)