The Battle for Beacon Hills

Chapter IV

Friday could not end fast enough for Stiles. After being up late with Victor practicing he was very pumped up when he got back home and had trouble falling asleep and when he did it seemed like his alarm went off right after he shut his eyes. He came home from work, ate something quick and easy for dinner and then went to his room. He definitely wanted to see Derek at some point but he was exhausted so he sent him a text message.

'Hey, very tired so I'm going to take a quick nap but I would like to see you later tonight. Let me know what works for you. I'll reply when I wake up.'

Stiles put his phone on vibrate and noticed it was just around six and lay down to take a quick nap for about an hour or so.

Stiles found himself waking up in that enchanted forest as he liked to think of it so he immediately followed the same path through the trees to the clearing where the bright light was emanating from. Just as he had hoped his father was there waiting for him and he was smiling but this time Stiles didn't take any chances he ran around the small pool of water and hugged his dad and was happy that he could hug him. He said nothing, just being able to hold his dad again was enough for him.

"I'm so proud of you Stiles you did it, you learned the spells and so quickly" his dad said.

"I don't want to ever let go dad" Stiles said as tears started to run down his face.

"I know son but you can't stay here, it's not your time yet and there is something you have to do, your family needs you."

"Dad you and mom were my family, I'm all alone now" Stiles said as his father forced him to break the hug.

"Stiles family is more than just bloodlines, it's the people that mean the most to you and to who you mean the most. The pack is your family, they always have been especially Scott and they are going to need you know more than ever."

"Stiles"

"Stiles looked at his dad, he didn't say his name and whoever did sounded weak and then Stiles noticed his father looking past him and he turned around.

"Oh my God Victor" Stiles said looking at the vision before him. It was Victor his eyes barely open and bleeding, his arms looked funny against his body.

"Victor what's wrong why do you look like that?"

"Stiles we need your help. Karl, myself and boys are bound to trees with silver chains, we've been stabbed and can't heal. The pack has been captured, even Chris, Allison and Lydia. They are going to kill us Stiles you are the only one that can save us. I'm too weak to use my magic please hurry and head north, look for the lake."

Stiles watched as the vision faded away and he turned around to look at his dad.

"That's your family now son and they need you and your gifts, this is why you needed to find the book, this is why I urged you to study it and learn it. That nightmare you had wasn't just a bad dream son, it was a prediction of the future but now that you know what you can do, you can stop it, you can save them Stiles now go" his father said and vanished and Stiles sat upright in bed taking in a deep breath.

"No it was a bad dream that's all" he said to himself and looked at his clock, it was eight fifteen. He grabbed his phone but there was no response from Derek and he knew that wasn't a good sign. He got out of bed and got dressed and drove to Hale House, his jeep skidded on the gravel when he slammed on his breaks but he instantly felt relieved, both Derek's and Peter's cars were parked at the house.

He knew all of them heard him pull up so he took a deep calming breath and got out of the jeep and started heading towards the house, a smile on his face and feeling better but the feeling started to fade fast.

The front door didn't open, nobody came out to see who made all the commotion. Stiles didn't knock he just walked in the front door and immediately looked to his right in the room where Isaac and Danny played video games but it was empty. He went to his left into the living room and it too was empty. "Guys" he called out as he finished checking the rest of the first floor.

"This isn't funny" he said as he ran upstairs, taking the steps two at a time. He opened every bedroom and bathroom door up there but nobody was around. He was in full panic mode again, he was starting to hyperventilate.

"Scott, I'll call Scott" he said and called Scott's phone but it went to voice mail and then he tried Allison's, Jackson's, Lydia's everybody's phone and no answer on any of them. Suddenly he was hit with a searing pain in his head that dropped him to his knees.

"Stiles you must hurry, we don't have much time" Victor's voice said.

"I'm afraid, I don't know where you are I don't know what to do" Stiles replied.

"Fly boy fly, north, lake" Victor said.

Stiles was about to breakdown and cry if it hadn't been for something he heard in the background when Victor was talking to him, he heard the all too familiar cackling laugh that he heard in that nightmare.

"You bitch" he said standing up and running outside of the house. He levitated and then made himself higher and followed Victor's instructions thinking north and lake and soon he was moving through the air above the trees.

That cold cackling laugh seemed to spark hatred in him so intense that all he could think about was killing the she-wolf that owned that laugh, the bitch who decided to crown herself queen of the werewolves. He just prayed that it was not exactly like the dream and that Erica was already dead and that Danny was not going to be decapitated when he arrived.

He didn't know or care how far he traveled he just knew he arrived at the place quicker then he thought. "Stop" he thought and he did and to his amazement he realized he was able to hover without falling. He looked around and there was no place for him to land other than in the water and where he was now, he was high enough that nobody would think to look up and it was dark enough that if they did they shouldn't see him. Stiles could see Derek and Peter tied to post, their backs facing the water and in front of them a huge fire burning. To their right all the others were tied to trees.

On the other side of the fire Stiles could see the she-wolf sitting on the porch of the small cabin and he counted about twenty others around the area. From what he could see she was talking to a few of them about something.

"Victor I'm here" he said mentally.

"Thank God, where are you?"

"I'm up in the air over the lake, what is going on?"

"Well I think they think I'm already dead…again….and right now they are talking about Lydia and Allison, two of her guys want to keep them for themselves she will not allow them to be changed, she will have no other females in her pack which pretty much means an automatic death sentence for Erica."

"Nice to know you still have your sense of humor."

"I'm British Stiles, everything is funny to us" Victor said and Stiles just chuckled.

"Is this all of them?"

"No there are more out and about in the woods keeping guard but for what I don't know. It's so desolate up here I don't know who she thinks is going to come along. Whatever you are going to do you better do it quick because I think time is almost up."

Stiles watched as two of the werewolves who seemed happy went over to Allison and Lydia, he couldn't hear anything but from the girls' reactions and that of Scott and Jackson he knew it wasn't good and now was the time to act.

"Hey pretty I get to keep you for myself" one said as he got up close to Allison and started grinding against her. Both Scott and Chris, who were tied to trees on either side of her tried to break free but he just backhanded both of them.

"And you're all mine" the other said as he licked the side of Lydia's face and laughed at Jackson as he tried to move.

"What's that" the other said and they both looked out towards the water and before anybody knew what happened two giant hands made of water reached onto the beach and grabbed the werewolves and pulled them out to the lake and Stiles made sure to hold them under the water until they drowned. The others on the beach saw this and ran to the water's edge, changing and growling. Grace was on her feet and she howled and Stiles noticed more werewolves coming onto the beach from all directions.

"That's the rest of them" Victor said "and nice job with the water hands" he added.

When Stiles was certain they were dead the hands appeared again and dropped the lifeless bodies on the beach.

"What is this" the she-wolf screamed and as for Peter, Derek and the others, they looked just as shocked and confused as the rest of them. Stiles caused the water in the lake to start moving like the ocean in the middle of a storm. Decent sized waves started crashing on the beach and the noise alone was distracting.

"Close in" Stiles thought while concentrating on the trees and several trees moved on their own completely enclosing the beach so none could escape.

Stiles next moved onto the fire, making the flames grow higher and higher and the fire to become more intense. Everybody on the beach was confused and frightened, they didn't know what to do or where to go. Stiles watched and waited and as soon as some of the werewolves were close enough he used the flames to reach out and pull them into the fire. A few tried to pull them out and Stiles had them pulled in as well and all that could be heard was their screams as they burned.

"Break the bonds" he said quietly and soon the ropes and silver chains holding everybody broke and fell to the ground. Stiles watched as Chris grabbed Lydia and Allison and pulled them with him and then stood in front of them to protect them. Stiles saw some werewolves heading after them and he used the fire to grab them as well.

Derek and Peter were up and going after the she-wolf, Karl and Isaac had each jumped a werewolf and they started to drink their blood to heal and regain their strength. Victor grabbed Danny and managed to get them high up into a tree because there wasn't anything they could do.

Stiles manipulated enough water to seep through the trees onto the beach and then he made a wall of water and froze it, shielding Chris and the girls from any further attacks.

Stiles drifted closer, watching from above and realized it was total chaos and that he should probably get closer so he managed to lower himself down to the ground and nobody noticed his arrival. Using the spell of protection he walked right into the fire where he started using the flames to grab and set the others on fire, some he pulled into the fire with him others he just swung at. He looked towards the cabin and the she-wolf, Peter and Derek were all wounded but it seemed like she wasn't going down easy so he threw flames onto the roof and the cabin immediately went up in flames and when it did, both Peter and Derek jumped back and Stiles took the opening and shoved her into the flaming building. A few others went in to try and save her but eventually their screams stopped and soon the beach fell silent, the battle was over.

"Victor, Danny?" Peter yelled looking around.

"We're up here" Victor said and he and Danny jumped down. They looked at the wall of ice so Stiles released it and they were shocked but quite happy to see Chris, Lydia and Allison were all safe.

"What is that?" Boyd asked and soon Stiles noticed they were all looking at the fire, they could see his form but didn't know who or what it was. Derek was closest, his eyes red and teeth showing, he was ready to attack whatever it was and Stiles was a bit nervous about stepping out afraid that Derek would jump on him before he realized who he was.

"Return" he said and they all jumped back at the sound of a voice coming from the flames and watched in amazement as the trees returned to their normal positions. Stiles turned and raised a jet of water that he shot at the burning cabin to put it out and then once again manipulated the water to pick up the charred remains inside and take them back out into the middle of the lake where they wouldn't be found.

"Victor can I get a hand here" Stiles asked, afraid of falling out of the fire since he was standing on burning bodies. The others watched as Victor stepped forward and put his hand out and then they gasped as a hand came out of the flames and took hold of Victor's. Lydia and Allison let out little screams when Stiles emerged from the flames.

"Thanks" he said to Victor.

"Hey we wizards need to stick together" Victor said.

"Are you and Danny ok, I mean strength wise?" Stiles asked, talking to Victor and basically ignoring the others. Victor understood why Stiles was doing this and he was amused by it.

"I'm ok but Danny still being new he will need to feed to get his full strength back. I'm sure there is some wildlife between here and home we can hunt on the way back."

"Oh kind of like fast food for vampires."

"Yes exactly" Victor said and they laughed.

It was then that they both noticed everybody was standing much closer and Stiles noticed Derek standing there with that sourwolf face and his arms folded across his chest.

"Are the rest of you ok?" Stiles asked looking around.

"You're joking right? Um how about explaining what the hell just happened?" Scott said.

Stiles looked around and tried to think of something witty to say but judging by the looks on their faces, it appeared that that was not such a good idea, especially the look on Derek's face.

He turned back to Scott, "you want the quickest and simplest answer?"

"I think anything would suffice right about now?"

"I'm a wizard" he said and waited but there was no reaction, just the same dumbfounded looks.

"Ok well I guess me stepping out of a raging fire wasn't proof enough" he said so he stepped back in and then pushed his hands out to his sides separating the flames, "does it look like I'm wearing fire proof clothing?"

He stepped out on the other side and walked down to the water again and they watched as a long tubular looking stream of water came up on the beach and at the end was normal looking sized hand, a hand that strongly resembled Stiles' hand. He maneuvered it around getting in people's faces. He waved at Scott who laughed, tickled Peter under his chin but he just waved his hand like he was waving a bug out of his face but Chris was amused. He got more laughs when he had the hand stop in front of Derek and he drummed its fingers like he was doing it on a table but there was no reaction from Derek, just the same cold stare so he gave up.

"Is this a joke to you?" Derek said coldly.

"No but after everything making them laugh at least allows them to temporarily forget about what just happened."

Stiles said nothing further, he walked back to the fire and just told them to back up and he again raised the flames and made the fire burn more intense, so intense that the heat coming from it caused everybody to back away even further. When Stiles was sure that all that remained of the bodies in there was ash, he called the water up onto the beach and when it washed away, it took with it all signs of what happened. The wood and whatever was left of the bodies was gone, any blood on the ground was washed away. With the exception of the burned out cabin there was no evidence of what took place.

"Good night" Stiles simply said in a very sad sounding voice and then he looked directly at Derek, "oh and your welcome" he said and they watched as he levitated up into the darkness and vanished.

"Aren't you going to explain to them?" Victor asked mentally.

"No, you can do it if you want, you know the story" Stiles replied.

Victor smacked Derek in the back of the head and he looked at him, "it's your fault he just left like that" he said.

"Come on Danny" said and they left to hunt.

"Nice going asshole" Scott said as he walked away. Peter put Chris on his back and Karl and Isaac took the girls and they all started running through the woods making their way back to Hale House. Derek remained where he was standing, not watching the others leave but listening as they went and he realized what he had done and a tear ran down his face.

Karl and Isaac had just arrived back at Hale House with Lydia and Allison in time to see the tail lights of Stiles' jeep leaving. Isaac was about to go after him but Karl grabbed his arm, "no, none of us do anything. It's up to Derek to talk to him" he said. They took the girls in the house and while they waited Karl got to work in the kitchen making food for everybody. Soon the other's started to return except Derek. Once they were all cleaned up and eating Victor started to tell them all he knew about Stiles and revealed to those that didn't know that he too could do magic but because he was so weak at the lake he didn't have the strength to do more than call out to Stiles.

Stiles was both pissed and hurt as he pulled away from Hale House, he glimpsed in his rear view mirror in time to see Karl and Isaac arrive with the girls and he wanted to stop but wasn't going to risk Derek showing up for fear of what he might do to Derek out of anger. Stiles didn't drive right home in fact he just drove around town and eventually found himself passing the high school. He parked and got out and walked around and ended up sitting on the bleachers on the lacrosse field. He thought back and though how much simpler his life was then compared to now. Back then Derek was just annoying and there weren't as many threats and most importantly he knew nothing about this Grand Grimoire and his abilities.

Derek finally made it back home and when he arrived he smelled the food cooking and heard everybody inside talking and laughing and he never felt like more of an outsider than he did at that moment. He knew they would hear him but he didn't care as he got in his car and drove away, Stiles was all he cared about right now and he had to find him and hope he hadn't ruined everything between them.

It was getting late and Stiles was tired he was about to leave but realized that if Derek saw his jeep in the driveway then he would stop. Since tomorrow was Saturday Stiles didn't have to worry about being parked in anybody's spot so he moved his jeep to the darkest corner of the parking lot and walked home normally.

Derek drove right to Stiles' house but the jeep wasn't there, he got out to check the garage but that was empty as well, 'where are you' he thought to himself as he got in and started driving.

As Stiles was walking he hear the all too familiar sound of a camaro coming up behind him 'great' he thought to himself but didn't stop. The car skidded to a halt, "I'm sorry" Derek said when he got out of the car.

"Uh huh" Stiles said as he kept walking. Derek caught up to him and started walking with him.

"Look I'm sorry for how I reacted but after what happened I didn't think it was very funny to put on a show."

Stiles stopped and turned on him and got in his face.

"A show, is that what you think I was doing, putting on a show like a cheap magician at a kids birthday party? Let me tell you something what I did made everybody, accept you of course, smile and laugh. None of us will ever forget what happened tonight as long as we all live so I'm sorry if my trying to at least help everybody put it out of their minds just for a little while offended you but when I said I was a wizard you all had the same blank looks on your faces so I was just providing proof. I wasn't trying to mock what happened and make it seem like it was all a big joke. I can't tell you how panicked I was when I had the vision that Victor sent me when I was sleeping earlier. I can't tell you how it felt to pull up to the house and saw with relief that your car and Peter's car were still at the house and then the fear when I realized nobody was home. I called every cell phone number and nobody answered and I fell down crying and hyperventilating when I realized it was all true. That nightmare I had was coming true, my family's lives were in danger and it was up to me to do something about it and I didn't know that I could. Go home Derek, just go home. We had dinner and one night of sex so I'm not holding you to anything."

Stiles turned and started to walk away at that point, "I love you" he heard Derek say quietly and stopped and turned around. When he did he saw tears running down Derek's face.

"What did you just say?'

"I said I love you" Derek said as he rubbed his eyes and started walking towards Stiles.

"I know my reaction at the lake makes that hard to believe but I was pissed, I was afraid after what had just happened and I was confused about everything you did and the fact that it was you that did it all. It wasn't until after you left that I realized what a huge mistake I made. Victor smacked me in the back of the head, Scott called me an asshole all of which was deserved and true."

Stiles just looked at Derek and listened to him the words 'I love you' still ringing in his ears like a giant bell. He took another step closer to Derek and gently kissed him on the lips and then he leaned in and did it again and then he put his arms around Derek and pulled him tight against his body and kissed him hard, Derek doing the same.

"I love you too" Stiles said when they both came up for air.

"You know I hate the fact that I can never stay mad at you because you're so goddamn sexy" Stiles said.

"The funny thing is, is that I can never stay mad at you for the same reasons."

Stiles threw his head back and laughed, "I think you may need to get your eyes checked because I am far from sexy."

"Not to me you're not."

Stiles just looked at him completely stunned, nobody ever said anything like that to him before.

"Stiles have you seen Derek" Stiles heard in his head.

"Yes he's here with me" he responded.

"I think the family is worried."

"Why do you say that?"

"Victor was just asking if I've seen you."

Derek looked at him confused.

"Victor is also a wizard and I found out that he and I have the ability to talk mentally, or telepathically whatever you want to call it"

"Really, wow that's pretty cool. So you can do things with water and fire and apparently make tree's move at your command and talk to Victor without opening your mouth. What else can you do?"

"You forgot one" Stiles said and grabbing Derek tight he lifted them up about ten feet off the ground. Stiles couldn't help but laugh at Derek's panicked reaction and the look on his face so he lowered them back down.

"Please don't do that again."

"Sorry but you did forget to mention flying."

"Yes how silly of me" Derek said and couldn't help but laugh as well.

"So Mr. Big Bad Wolf did you want to stand here all night like this?"

"Well Little Red Riding Hood I actually wouldn't mind but how about we head back to the house so everybody can see you and say thanks."

"That sounds good, so do you want to drive or shall I?"

"Oh no I'm driving the car that will stay on the ground."

"You're no fun sometimes" Stiles said and they got in the car.

Stiles got a massive welcome when they got back to Hale House, everybody hugged him and thanked him and Karl made sure to keep food aside for the both of them so they had something to eat as well. Victor had already explained about the dreams that Stiles had and about the book and the training that they had done the night before but they wanted to see more of what he could do.

Derek on the other hand had gotten a very cold reception but he expected it but Stiles stuck by his side, holding his hand the entire time.

Eventually they left Hale House and went back to Stiles' place and went right to his bedroom. While they were making out on the bed Derek heard a click and looked.

"You can lock doors apparently."

"Yea I was just trying to see if I could, I just hope I can unlock it again."

"Yes because being trapped in here would be terrible" Derek said and Stiles laughed.

"Absolutely horrible" he said.

THE END