The story has a challenging start to it. Not every story has a happy start to it. This one starts with a fire. The Hale fire.

Everyone living in Beacon Hills knew what happened to the Hale family. A fire erupted in the house which caused the whole house to be engulfed. A majority of whoever was inside was gone. Only six people survived the fire. Peter Hale was placed in a medically induced coma due to the burns he had. Laura Hale survived too. Derek Hale, his wife, and his two daughters. The four moved to New York City a few days after the fire.

Reyna Hale, the youngest Hale daughter was forced to say goodbye to her friends, Scott and Stiles on January 12, 2005 - on her last day of sixth grade. She didn't see them for six years. Reyna and her older sister had difficulty getting used to living in the Big Apple but got used to it over time.

Valeria was a first grade teacher at Beacon Hills and is now a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent. Her husband was working at a car mechanic shop. Both of them were working jobs while making time for their daughters. Laura Hale would watch over the both of them.

Six years later, when Laura told Derek about a new Alpha in Beacon Hills he went back to the town. He brought his youngest daughter with him. Derek was hesitant to leave his oldest by herself for however long he needed to be back in his hometown. With his wife's death, he grew more protective of Reyna and Nova.

That Alpha that Laura told her brother about was actually Peter Hale. He killed his niece. That was the first shocking thing Reyna found out. The second appalling thing was learning that Kate Argent was responsible for the murder of her family. She was a psychopath for killing innocents.

After Derek slashed Peter's throat, he became the Alpha and a huge dick. He only cared about power and that was it. Derek barely acknowledged his daughter and the time that he did was just to use her for power.

Reyna hated what her father's new Alpha status made her. A power hungry bitch. She wasn't a fan of the new pack he made. It felt like Derek was replacing her and Nova. Like he was making a new family. He barely contacted his eldest daughter who was in her senior year at Columbia before attending medical school.

Due to his bitchiness, Reyna couldn't be in the same place with him any longer. She told Scott and Stiles that she wasn't living with her father any longer until he started acting like a dad again. Scott immediately offered her to stay with him and his mom. Obviously being near the Argent family was out of the question. Reyna hates them with passion.

She declined the offer. Explaining her situation to Melissa would be hard, plus she didn't know about the supernatural. Reyna was fine living in a hotel room for a bit but that didn't slide with Scott soon after she was living in Melissa's.

Reyna did enjoy living with Melissa and Scott. Her little crush on Scott, which she had as a child, may have grown bigger the more time she spent with him. Scott's huge crush on her never went away either. It just stayed and grew more when Reyna came back.

With another supernatural problem happening in Beacon Hills, Reyna had to juggle two parts of her life. The supernatural part and the normal part. It was difficult but she managed. Reyna did miss spending time with her father.

During the lacrosse game when both parties knew who the kanima was, both Reyna and Stiles were taken by Gerard Argent. When Derek found out he regretted every decision he made when he became Alpha. He was so focused on power and ignored his two daughters.

Once the whole Kanima and Gerard Argent situation was over, Derek made up the time he was a dick to Reyna and Nova but soon another problem came to Beacon Hills.

The Alpha Pack had come.

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Reyna was looking over the schedule for her senior year. She is taking four AP classes this semester, just one more than she had in junior year. Reyna was taking AP Biology, AP Calc BC, AP English, and AP Government and Politics. She was going to be packed this year but that was expected of her since she plans to get into Columbia University just like Nova. She planned to be a neurologist. She is also planning to apply to a few other colleges.

Reyna didn't go out much during the summer nor did she help her father. Derek did not let her look for the Alpha Pack. He and the others were doing that. He wanted to keep a close eye on her with Deucalion being in the town. He had a suspicion that he wanted Reyna to join his pack because she was a Salazar witch so that ensued a somewhat lockdown at the loft he bought for the two of them.

Derek barely let her hang out with Melinoe Vale, her best friend from New York City. She moved from Brooklyn to Beacon Hills over the summer with her father, Harvey. Immediately, she and Stiles weren't fans of each other for whatever reason. Reyna tried her best to make them tolerate each other but it backfired.

She heard her father calling her name from the kitchen. Reyna quickly put whatever she needed for school in her school bag. She grabbed her phone and put it in the pocket of her leather jacket. A gift from Nova for her sixteenth birthday.

Reyna did one sweep of her bedroom to make sure she wasn't missing anything. She smooths down her white t-shirt. She opened her door and closed it. Her black cat, Morpheus leaves her bedroom not before leaving her a four inch scratch on her leg. "Meirda." She curses. This has never happened before. Not once has he scratched her since she got him as a kitten two years ago. This was an extremely rare occurrence.

She glares at Morpheus who already left her bedroom. The first thing that comes to mind is getting a band-aid from the kitchen and not using her magic to heal herself. Reyna went straight to the kitchen cabinets, looking for what she needed. "Morpheus scratched me." Explaining to her father since he was able to smell the blood.

Derek gets up from his seat and hands the box of band-aids that was on the top shelf to her, where Reyna is too short to reach the top shelf on the cabinet. "You want me to take you to school?" He asked. His daughter shook her head. She is going to take her car.

Reyna looked at the time, spotting that she had under half an hour until her first class began. She grabbed a banana and left the loft. Derek was hoping he would spend more time with her before he continued his search for Boyd and Erica.

Once Reyna made it to the high school, she pulled into the school parking lot. As much as Reyna loved her new car, she longed for a motorcycle. Parking wouldn't be a hassle and getting from place to place would be very easy for her plus traffic wouldn't be as annoying. Maybe she can get one in the next few years possibly while she is at college.

She carefully parked her car before exiting. Melinoe looks up from her phone. "Ready for your first day of senior year?" She asked while putting her phone in her school bag. "Ready to attend your first day at this high school?" Melinoe shakes her head. She is not prepared to start at a new school.

The story of how Reyna and Melinoe met was interesting. It involves kidnapping, torture, and trauma. That is all. Both of them would rather not tell the story of how they met. It is just extremely complicated how it happened. The two of them would rather not relive the moments.

"First class?" Raya asked as she and Reyna walked to their lockers. They were right next to each other which was good. "AP Government and Politics. You?"

"Be thankful you don't have math for the first period. English with a new teacher." Melinoe answered. "Someone named Ms. Blake." Reyna furrows her eyebrows at their being a new English teacher. Last year, Ms. James was the English teacher. There was no way she quit her job. Sure, teaching teenagers is a pain at times but she loved her job.

She grabs what she needs for her class. "I say keep an eye on the new teacher. Something is off." Melinoe gives her a look. When Reyna senses something is off then it is very serious.

The two of them go to their respective classes. Reyna gives Melinoe a thumbs up before going into her first class of the day. She just shakes her head with a smile. When Melinoe entered the classroom, there were a few empty seats so she sat in the seat that was the farthest away from the front. She does not want to be in the front where she can easily be called on.

Slowly more students came in, filling up the classroom. Scott and Stiles came in and sat down. Lydia took the seat next to Stiles and Allison sat in front of Scott. Melinoe knows the history between Reyna and Allison. She was not a fan of hers when Allison moved to Beacon back in January. Reyna tried to steer clear of the Argents but that was difficult since they would not leave her or her father alone. 

Melinoe also knew of the small crush that Allison had on Scott but it went away over time since Scott liked Reyna. Allison and Reyna had bad blood because of what Allison had done. She would be surprised if Allison apologized to her best friend for all she did. 

As Melinoe was looking around the room to get a feel for it, her attention was broken by the sound of everyone's phones going off at the same time. Her phone was on silent so she was confused as to why everyone took out theirs so she did the same. Just as Melinoe was about to read the text she and everyone else in the class got, a new person came into the classroom reading the text.

"The offing was barred by a black bank of clouds and the tranquil waterway, leading to the uttermost ends of the earth flowed somber under an overcast sky, seemed to lead into the heart of immense darkness." The new person made her presence known with the click of her heels on the floor. Melinoe looked up from her phone to see a woman who seemed to be in her late twenties to early thirties. Ms. Blake dressed like a brand new teacher with her skirt and top. Bit overkill in Melinoe's opinion. "This is the last line of the first book we are going to read. It is also the last text you will receive in this class. Phones off, everyone."

Melinoe turned off her phone and slipped it into the side pocket of her backpack. Ms. Blake turned around to write something on the chalkboard. "I am assigning you all homework based on the book we are all reading that is due this Friday " She informs the class. Melinoe bangs her head on her desk. Of course, she would get homework on the first day of class. At least the teacher didn't call her up to introduce herself.

As Ms. Blake was writing whatever else on the chalkboard, a man came into the classroom and whispered something into her ear. She glances at Scott as he is talking to her. Ms. Blake calls for Scott to come up front. Melinoe was kind of interested in the reason that Scott was called. He tends to be wrapped up in the supernatural since being bitten by Peter Hale back in January.

Once Ms. Blake was done talking to Scott outside of the classroom, she told everyone to take out their copy of Heart Of Darkness and read the first five chapters. Melinoe took out her copy from her bag and her notebook. She began reading the first chapter while taking notes. While she was doing that Stiles was discreetly texting Reyna, asking her if Morpheus scratched her recently. Since a deer crashed into Lydia's car last night, when Scott placed his hand on the deer it was terrified. That deer was running from something.

The sound of a bird crashing into the window made some students near it flinch. What remains is the crimson blood stain bird left on the perfectly clean window. Ms. Blake placed down the chalk and walked toward the window. More birds were coming this way and whatever was causing them to fly away had to be extremely terrifying for them. Another bird hits the window, then another. The fourth bird shatters the glass window giving the others access to the classroom. The once clean room was now in disarray with birds flying around.

A random bird's talons scrape Melinoe's cheek. Ms. Blake orders her students to get down. In the classroom next door, the windows were also broken causing birds to fly in. Reyna hid under her desk so she wouldn't sustain any more cuts just like the rest of her classmates. As much as she wanted to use her magic to stop the birds, Reyna couldn't risk exposing herself.

Once it was over, Melinoe slowly got up from under her desk. She looked around to see the classroom in disarray. Black feathers were littered all over the room. She had a feeling that this was only the beginning of whatever was coming to Beacon Hills.

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Reyna, Melinoe, and Stiles were at the burned down Hale house. The three of them left school since continuing classes wasn't a good option considering what just happened. Being back at the ruins of the Hale house brought back painful memories for Reyna. She remembered the day like it was like yesterday. All that childlike innocence was gone in just a matter of hours all thanks to Kate Argent.

When the three of them entered the house, Melinoe's eyes wandered to the unconscious Isaac Lahey on the table. Looks like Scott and Derek found him and he wasn't wearing any clothes under the sheet.

As Scott finished explaining what happened to the tattoo he got last night, Derek used his ruby red Alpha eyes to see that tattoo on his bicep. "Yeah, I see it. It's two bands, right? What does it mean?" He didn't know the answer to the question. "It's just something I traced with my fingers." Scott reached to the dust covered desk and made a small circle with his pointer finger and then used his pointer and middle to create two bigger circles around the small one. He went into detail what it meant to him. The tattoo is a reward to him.

Derek being his usual self, went straight to the point. "The pain's gonna be worse than anything you've ever felt." Reyna knows exactly what he is talking about. The only way to keep a tattoo permanent on a werewolf is by burning their skin where it is. Scott doesn't have an ounce of fear in him. "Do it."

Her father signals her to do her thing. Reyna makes a ball of fire appear on the palm of her hand. "Oh, wow. That's, uh - that's a lot for me, so I'm gonna take that as my cue. I'm just gonna wait outside." Stiles walks to the front door to get away from the scene. Derek grasped his arm without looking. "You and Melinoe can help hold him down," Melinoe smirked as he stood beside her right behind Scott. There is a certain joy she gets when Stiles has to do something that he doesn't like.

Reyna bends to place her hand on Scott's arm. He gives her a nod of confirmation. "Sorry." She whispers. Once her palm made contact with his bicep, Scott started wincing at the pain. It causes him to move around. Melinoe and Stiles keep a tight grip on him to prevent him from moving anymore. It is hard to do that with his werewolf strength. "Hold him." Derek orders.

"We're trying." Melinoe barks. It wasn't easy. She wishes that being a shapeshifter also gave her enhanced strength but nope. "Well try harder."

As Reyna continued doing her job, Scott began to sweat due to the heat he was feeling. Slowly his tattoo was coming back. His scream of pain turns into a wolf's roar with his fangs coming out and his eyes glowing. Seconds later, Scott passes out from the pain. Melinoe and Stiles let go of him. No point in keeping him down now that he is passed out.

Stiles dashes out of the house. He clearly doesn't want to be in the house any longer, watching Reyna do her job. Derek tells Melinoe to leave the house and check up on him. Reyna continued working in silence on Scott's tattoo. She always hated doing this whenever her father got a tattoo. It would always take her too long to make it permanently appear on the skin without the healing factor taking it away.

After some time, Reyna finished, and then a few minutes later Scott hurled back into consciousness. He turns his head to his tattoo which is now there. "It worked."

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I really like how this chapter turned out. it took me a few weeks to write this entire thing. also fyi, i made reyna skip a grade so she is a senior.

i did that for the plot i have for the second book of the series. i have some things planned already for this book. there is something that i might plan to do later on but i don't know if i want to do it yet.

10/5/2024: also with updates, I will prewrite a season/movie and then publish the chapters slowly. im almost done with season 3a. once I'm done i will slowly publish the chapters. the same thing will be done with season 3b. pre writing this whole book will take me forever so i decided to do this instead