Hey guys ~*~*~* this is my first story ever. :)

It was stuck in my head for a while and I am glad I got it out. I really hope you enjoy! I can't promise I can keep up with it. My head only came up with so much and I don't want to force it. There is more than this, but once I run out...I hope it continues. I am open to any suggestions!

Disclaimer: I don't own anything besides my OCs

I flipped my long ebony hair upside down to place it in a bun and out of my face. I was becoming quite fond of the look of slightly high messy buns. I think it was a clever way to put up your hair. Ah girls, we are always being sneaky with our fashion choices. I pulled the bun down a bit so I don't look like I am imitating dear Tinkerbell then proceeded to pull some small baby hairs out to frame my face and noticed the waves peeking out from the bun. Satisfied, I forced myself to go drink some water.

I haven't been drinking too many fluids lately and my skin was starting to lose its glow, and since I just came back for a walk I was deeply grateful once the refreshing liquid passed my lips. As I leaned on the counter drinking my water, I noticed it was getting dark outside which means that Kai would be home soon. I glimpsed at the mirror that hung on the wall opposite of me, noticing that my face was already improving.

Kai is my idiotic drunk cousin that I currently reside with. God knows where he goes all day but I frankly don't want to find out. He used to be so kind with me, play with me after his sick father, my uncle, took me in. Once the kind mysterious man passed away Kai turned to alcohol as an anchor for his grief. His personality started to change as his face did. His beautifully structured face started to sink and become like a demon. It seemed that a demon entered him and started to come out.

I jumped as I saw the car lights shine in the dark driveway. I quickly surveyed the house with my eyes to make sure if anything was out of place. I thanked myself for my perseverance to clean earlier or I would have been in a lot of trouble.

"Heeeee-y-y-y BITCH" said a raspy voice that rang through my ears. I closed my eyes and exhaled and thought to myself that this night will not be a smooth one. Ha, little did I know at the time. I put a genuine smile on my face and greeted Kai. I simply smiled and greeted him with an equally simple hello. I tried to make my tone happy so he would be happy. As long as he is happy, then I will have the chance to stay happy.

"Would you like some tea?" I casually asked while making myself look busy so I wouldn't pin him on the spot.

See, I have learned over the years how to deal with the abuse. Things such as NEVER beg for mercy because it gives them the satisfaction to keep going. NEVER act too brave or they will hurt you more until they get the reaction they want. The trick was to treat him as if nothing was wrong, make his outside world perfect so he would forget on how messed up it was on the inside. Because when he realized how sad and angry he was…that's when he struck.

"Yes….actually, no." he replied with a face that I knew. I started to breathe calmly because I knew it was coming, oh I knew. "No, you know what I want…I want you to STOP BEING THE UGLY FUCKING PERSON THAT YOU ARE!" He screamed and swiped everything off the table. He pinned me up against a wall and grabbed my arms and pinned them to match my body. I could feel his hot breath in my ear threatening me. "Do you want me to bring the friends over hmm? Would you like that?" I held back tears and stayed strong closing my eyes at the hidden meaning behind his threat. I calmly replied no. I felt a hit coming when something saved me from the pain I was about to endure.

The doorbell.

He grunted and punched the wall instead and yelled "what" at the door so loudly, I was afraid the neighbors would hear. He looked back at me and silently asked "Did you invite anyone?" and I replied with an honest no. He ran quick as lightening and pinned me again. "Because if you did…" his tone sent shivers down my spine. He finally let go to answer the door. It sent a relief through my body. I was shaking from the reminder of his friends. I tried to block his reminder out of my memory as fast as possible. I did it so I could move on…so I could feel normal.

Since he left to answer the door and I used that opportunity to escape to the kitchen to inspect the damages on my arm. "Not too bad," I thought to myself. But they will show, oh how they will show. I was thankful for my high pain tolerance as I put some soothing gel on my forming bruises. To anyone else, it would hurt incredibly bad. For me it was just a simple soreness.

Maybe I am just used to it…

I then heard Kai start to fiercely question the mysterious stranger. That caught my attention immediately so I peeked the corner to make sure no one would get hurt. I only saw a very handsome boy, perhaps my age, standing at the door. He had a deadly look in his blue eyes and wasn't responding to my cousin's questioning. He glanced at me and I ducked the corner quickly. I internally blushed but I mentally slapped myself knowing that guy didn't look too friendly anyways.

I didn't feel well about this at all. I reached out for the phone blindly since I knew it was right next to me. I didn't feel a phone and that's when I turned only to see the phone on the ground. It was sliced clean off the power cord.

That's when I knew.

I heard Kai scream and I glanced and the boy was gone. The only thing left was my cousin on the floor twitching. I ran out in plain sight so my cousin could see me.

"DUMB BITCH, COME HELP ME!" I couldn't. No I am not heartless, I know he abuses me but I would have helped him, really I would. But my gut had a pain I couldn't describe; it was telling me that I shouldn't go over to where he was laying. I soon thanked my gut because moments after the thought danced inside my head, a green creature started to attack him, ripping him to shreds with its sharp claws.

My eyes were glued to the scene, I didn't scream – I couldn't. I started to cry without tears, I felt so sick. I was going to die, I knew it. I started to hyperventilate and I didn't know what to do. That phone was the only phone in the house and now I am helpless stupid girl. Kai hides my cell phone whenever he leaves the house and since I have no friends or no use for it, I never searched for it

…until now.

I was scrambling all over the small ranch style house trying to find it but no luck. I went to the closest rooms with tears fogging my vision so I couldn't even search properly. I was getting so frustrated but the tears would not stop. It was extremely difficult since I couldn't be too loud as well. I only searched the easy places, like open cabinets and drawers; all the clean surfaces of all the table tops. Of course I found nothing. Knowing Kai, he probably had a more intricate hiding spot for my phone.

I quickly sulked back into the kitchen and tears started to form again. I have already accepted my death at this point, I was calm but tears were naturally flowing down my face. I saw it, peeking around the corner. The reptile crept close to me, its tale flowing with it. It was such an alluring creature the way it crawled towards me that my tears stopped. I was so astonished by its beauty. I closed my eyes ready for what was to come when I felt something touch my knee. I opened my eyes and it was the creature's head. It was nudging me…cuddling me. Standing in awe with uneven breaths…a single tear dropped from my eye and fell on its head.

It looked up to me with its feline eyes while I looked straight ahead. I then whispered words that I never thought I would say

"Thank you"

The moment of silence was suddenly broke as two boys ran in my house causing a commotion. The creature turned and hissed at them, looked at me and scurried away using the ceiling as an advantage. I was shocked that they didn't seem too frightened by this unknown beast. Before it completely disappeared I felt a painful swipe across the back of my neck. I shrieked as I covered the back of my neck in agony with my hand as I looked the strangers in the eyes.

One was freckled with brown hair, he held a scared confused gaze on his face. The other was tanned with black hair but his eyes were like dripping liquid gold and his face resembled not that of a human…but of a wolf.

I was overwhelmed. So many emotions going haywire in my brain, I tried to pull it all together but my body couldn't handle it. I started swaying in a daze, letting my mind get the best of me. With my eyes rolling back in my head, I gracefully fell my way to the floor. I wasn't completely out when I felt strong warm arms instead of the cold floor I was expecting. I stole a quick glimpse at the arms before my eyes went shut.

Freckles was the last thing I saw.

Stiles POV

"Okay so you are sure this is the right way Scott?" I questioned my best friend. I kept my eyes on the road even though it was clear I couldn't focus. He gave me a 'are you kidding me' type of look which was starting to get really pretentious. This time we were CHOOSING to face the Kanima. Why anyone would, I don't know. We were only on this mission of stupidity because we had an advantage.

We knew who the next victim was.

"Oh yeah I am sure…I can smell the beer," answered Scott. "Ah, turn left."

I followed the order as I turned my faithful jeep to the direction of danger. We learned by snooping through my dad's files that the guy we are tracking is a raging alcoholic; I don't even know why this idiot is even driving. Deciding to break the stressed silence I asked another question.

"So uh, what's this guy's name again…I know it sounds like the kanima"

Exasperated, Scott replied "Kaiser."

Trying to ease up the tension, I started to make jokes about the name which earned a slight chuckle from Scott. I could tell he didn't put his whole heart in the laugh though, poor guy had too much on his mind.

I was really proud of my best friend. He managed to stay on the good side throughout this messy paranormal shit. He always does what is best for other people which I know can be difficult when you are in the moment. The reason why he decided to just do this between the two of us is because one; we didn't need more people in danger and two; we weren't exactly planning to save the victim. Terrible I know, but we were rather hoping to stumble upon more clues as to why the Kanima was killing these people.

I felt bad for this Kaiser guy, his fate has pretty much been decided; he has no hope now. We learned a very important fact recently; when the Kanima has to kill someone, it will and there is no chance in stopping him unless we know who is controlling him. Deep in thought, I didn't realize we were at our destination. The Kaiser guy must have arrived 5 minutes or so before.

Scott turned to me as we parked the car at the cul-de-sac. "I will go find the Kanima and you look around the house through the windows to make sure there isn't anyone else in trouble." I simply nodded my head in agreement and we both got out of the car. Well, more like jumped out. We both paused for the moment because we noticed that the door was left open which was not a good sign.

Scott then surprised me with his actions; he started to creep around the back to do the job he had assigned me. I was severely confused and frustrated at this point. "Okay so, do you want me to go in there and save the guy or…?" I sarcastically questioned. He gave me glare that I was used to in reply; a glare that meant to follow his lead as usual. I sighed and muttered under my breath as complied with the tanned wolf's wishes.

He reached the nearest window before I did and looked shocked at the display. It seemed that all the color was suddenly drained from his face. I rushed to catch up with him to see what made him react like that, tripping in the process. I bet the neighbors thought we saw a ghost by the way we were looking through that window. Brushing off the grass from my knees when I finally looked up and saw what he was seeing, I was equally confused but also instantly in a trance. What seemed like hours of standing there watching the display were only mere seconds. Scott was probably watching the Kanima, but I couldn't help but stare the girl. She seemed to have given up, accepted her fate and her face was extremely captivating in a way I didn't understand. Her and the Kanima looked so…alluring together. I heard Scott faintly whisper, "I knew something felt different, I knew it."

We both instantly snapped back to our senses and realized that we couldn't just stand there. It was a simultaneous decision, and it wasn't spoken. We just both happened to run towards the front door at the same time. I guess since we have been dealing with this for so long we just know what to do.

It was a huge mistake to stomp through the house like that because the Kanima noticed us immediately. I glanced at where Scott was standing from the corner of my eye only to find a wolf in his place. Poor girl was probably wondering what the hell is going on by now. The green beast hissed at us and did exactly what we expected him to do; he scratched her neck. The toxin would eventually release into her petite body only to instantly paralyze her. We waited for her show signs so we could catch her but there were no signs. She just looked overwhelmed and she started to sway back and forth. I ran up just in time to catch her when she fell.

I simply looked at Scott and muttered as much as I could muster. "She…she is not paralyzed…she just f-fainted"

His face lost its color all over again.