Gabriella was walking from her locker trying to think of a way to help Scott control himself on full moons.

As she was about to head out onto the lacrosse team where Scott and stiles were she heard growling and yelling coming from the boys locker room.

She walked in there to so Stiles retreats, almost stumbling over his own feet and scott as a fully transformed werewolf.

The sounds coming from him are painful, animalistic and frighteningly aggressive.

Scott hurtles toward Stiles, rounding the corner of the lockers, jumping onto the wood bench and up ready to tear Stiles throat out.

Gabriella eyes glowed red ad she stepped in stopping Scott by throwing him against the lockers, but that temporarily stopped him as he got up again but this time scott's murderous gaze fixes on Gabriella.

He lunges forward when Gabriella roars with a ferocity and power that practically shakes the building.

Scott drops down, cowering back with his arms over his head.

When he slowly pulls them away, he's transformed back to human.

Now just a teenager again, confused and frightened, Amazed, Stiles looks to Gabriella "How'd you do that?"

Eyes dimming back to normal, Gabriella turns to Stiles " I'm an Alpha"

" Wait, seriously? You're an Alpha? Like a werewolf Alpha?"

Ignoring his question Gabriella went over to check on Scott

" What happened?"

"You tried to kill us" Stiles said shaking and unable to conceal his anger at his friend.

"It's the anger, your pulse rising. They're all triggers to losing control" Gabriella helped Scott to his feet

"But that's lacrosse. It's a pretty violent game if you hadn't noticed"

"A lot more violent if you end up killing someone. You can't play Saturday. You have to get out of the game"

"But I'm first line"

"Not anymore"

[...]

Gabriella was now in Stiles room answering all the questions he had about werewolves.

"so your an Alpha what exactly is that I mean what can you do that Scott can't"

"an Alpha is a leadership position within a Pack"

"Wait pack? Like a packs of werewolves. How many packs are there? Do you have a pack. Is de-" Stiles rumbled before Gabriella cut him off

"Stiles one question at a time... and The majority of Werewolves belong to a pack A pack makes a werewolf stronger they have additional power they gain from the support of their packmates, but some Werewolves chose to be a lone wolf, and I use to have a pack but I left it wasn't the place for me"

Stiles sensed Gabriella's uneasiness when she talked about her pack so he decided not to pry "ok you said there are roles in the pack what are they"

"yea there are 3 roles in a pack a alpha a beta and an omega... Alphas are distinguishable by their glowing red eyes and only the Alpha's bite can turn somone into a werewolf "

"that means Derek is an Alpha?"

"no he is a beta, he couldn't have turned Scott,somone else did another alpha"

Stiles sighed and leaned back on his chair "Great, now we have two psychotic werewolves running around. Just what we needed"

"two?" Gabriella asked confused

"yea the alpha and Derek"

"why do you think Derek is evil he saved Scott from the hunters"

"no you saved Scott he ran and Derek's a creep he literally snuck into Scott's room and threatened him"

Gabriella's eyes widen not knowing that piece of information "why did he threaten Scott?"

"he saw him lose control on the field"

"Derek is just trying to look out for scott in his own messed up way"

" how the hell is he looking out for Scott?"

"If people find out what Scott are, they find out about him. About all of us. Then it's not just hunters after us. It's everyone" Gabriella explained to him

"Yeah, yeah, I get it. You're all in danger if Scott's secret gets out. But did Derek really have to go all killer wolf on him? Couldn't he have just used his words like a normal person?"

"Derek's whole family and pack where burnt to the ground by hunters so expressing his emotions doesn't come so easily to him"

"that doesn't mean he gets a free pass to threaten people whenever he feels like it. Emotions or not, there are better ways to handle situations than going all wolfy on someone" Stiles said

" I know It's definitely not an excuse for his behavior. But sometimes, past traumas can shape how people react to situations.

Derek's been through a lot, and while it doesn't excuse his actions but It's a complicated situation for him he can't find a balance between protecting himself and not resorting to violence is a challenge for Derek"

Stiles sighed looking down smiling a little before dropping it "Derek reminds you of somone doesn't he"

"Yea... my old pack were filled with people like Derek"

Stiles leaned in slightly " Why'd you leave?"

Gabriella looked at him not wanting to answer "that's a story for another day"

the two sat in silence just glancing at eachother and they found themselves leaning closer. Their lips were about to meet when suddenly, the door swung open, and a surprised voice rang out, "Stiles..... what's going on here?"

Stiles and Gabriella sprang apart, their faces flushing with embarrassment as they turned to see a man standing at the doorway, clearly taken aback. It was Stiles' father, Noah, who had walked in on the almost-kiss.

Noah's eyes darted between Stiles and Gabriella, confusion etched on his face " Who's this?"

Stiles stammered, trying to find the right words.

"Uh, Dad, this is Gabriella. Gabriella, this is my dad"

Gabriella smiled nervously and extended her hand "It's nice to meet you, Mr.Stilinski

Noah shook her hand, still trying to process the situation"

" Likewise... So, what exactly was happening in here?"

Stiles scratched his head awkwardly "We were just, you know, talking about school and stuff. She's got a lot of knowledge to share"

Noah raised an eyebrow, clearly not convinced, but he decided to let it go for now.
"Alright, well, just remember to keep the door open when you have... friends over"

Stiles nodded rapidly, relief flooding his features. "Absolutely, Dad. Wide open from now on"

Noah turned to Gabriella, studying her for a moment before offering a small smile " Well, it was nice meeting you, Gabriella. If you're a friend of Stiles, I hope we'll see you around"

Gabriella returned the smile "Thank you, Sheriff. I hope so too"

As Noah left the room, Stiles let out a nervous laugh "Well, that was... unexpected"

Gabriella chuckled softly "Tell me about it. But I guess we'll have continue another time"

Stiles grinned, his confidence returning "Yeah, I would love to talk about werewolves and have almost-kisses interrupted by my father"

Gabriella leaned in closer again, their lips just inches apart.

Stiles heart began racing.

And their lips finally met, sealing the beginning of a new chapter in their lives.

[...]

Gabriella slams her locker slams shut as Stiles whips around the corner, grabbing her. "Come here, come here"

He leads Gabriella around the corner where they can both see down the hall to the VICE PRINCIPAL talking to Sheriff Stilinski and one his Deputies " See if you can hear them"

Gabriella focuses, attempting to tune in the voices.

"...animal attacks... just don't
want the kids out... 9:30pm..."

"What are they saying?"

"shut up"Gabriella shushes him and focused again on what the sherrif was saying

" ...institute the curfew...."

"A curfew. Because of the body."

"just what we needed -

Gabriella follows a furious Stiles around the corner.

Seriously unbelievable. My Dad's out looking for a rabid animal while the jerkoff who actually killed the girl is just hanging out doing whatever he wants"

"why do you think it's him and not the alpha that bit Scott"

"because..." Stiles paused not really having an explanation.

" stumped you huh?"

Stiles mouth hanged open still trying to find an explanation and Gabriella just playfully raised her eyebrows teasing him. "Well it'd not like You can exactly tell your Dad the truth"

" but I can do something"

"Like what?"

" Like find the other half of the

"and how are you gonna do that"

"easy break into the morgue with you and scott, you guys smell the body get a scent and then lead us to the other part of the body" Stiles said like it was gonna be the easiest thing in the world and walked into class with a dorky smile, leaving Gabriella scoff at him.

She turned to head to her classroom but stops when she spots Allison with a jacket rested on her arm not any jacket the jacket that she left in Derek's car the one used to lure Scott into the woods during the full moon.

As Gabriella sees the jacket she officially was pissed.

She bit her tounge when he tricked Scott.

She bit her tounge when he threatened Scott.

But now he had taken it to far.

Allison is her bestfriend even though she is an Argent.

She's just a kid she probably doesn't even know about supernaturals.

Even though it was just a simple kind gesture returning her jacket but the meaning behind it is anything but kind.

He can get to anyone we care about and we can't do anything

[...]

Gabriella is now in her car and driving at top speed charging down the road.

Finally, she whips onto a driveway leading to the rundown Hale house.

She got out of her car and stoop infront of the house. " Derek!"

not getting a response Gabriella slips around the side of the house and to the back.

Then something catches her attention.

At the edge of the woods, she sees fresh dirt covering the ground as if something had been dug up Or buried.

But before she can approach, a sound stops her in her tracks... A HEARTBEAT. At first it's a tiny rhythm in the
distance.

But then it rapidly gets louder, stronger.

Gabriella starts to back away, moving for the front of the house again and when Derek steps out of the woods.

No sudden appearance, no theatrics. He just calmly walks out of the shadows. "Stay away from Allison, She doesn't know anything"

"What if she does?" Derek keeps walking closer to Gabriella, but she doesn't back away and holds her ground.

"She's a teenager, she hasn't even turned 18 yet"

"You really think the argents care about age they start training as soon as they walk and your the same age as Allison and you've killed before" Derek said remembering her eyes from the other night.

"I killed because I was forced to not because I wanted to, alli-"

"Allison comes from a family of hunters even if she doesn't want to kill anyone her family will manipulate her into killing like your dad manipulated you"

Gabriella was speechless not knowing how the hell he found put.

"suprised!? I knew who you were from the moment I saw you Gabriella Gerardo your dad is an asshole... relax I won't tell Scott or your little boyfriend I just brought it up to make a point you killed for your father, allison is gonna kill for her's... the apple never falls far from the tree"

As soon as he said said that Gabriella snapped she grabbed his arm breaking it in half before slamming him against the ground.

She crotches down putting her claws near his throat. " I'll say this one last time say away from Stiles and allison, stop threatening Scott and focus your energy on finding the alpha that bit Scott so they don't bite somone else"

Gabriella got up retracted her Claws and walked back to her car not forgetting the scent that was coming from the freshly dug up dirt.

[...]

Gabriella was currently in Scott's room waiting for stiles to come so they can figure out if the body that she smelled was actually the body that was found torn in the woods.

Stiles bursts through Scott's door and into his room "What did you find? How did you find it? Where did you find it? And yeah, I've had a lot of Adderall"

"I found something at Derek Hale's."

"Are you kidding? What?" Stiles said excitingly as he sat next to her

"Something's buried there. I smelled blood"

"That's awesome I told you be was the killer, oh and I mean that's terrible, Whose blood?"

"That's what I need your help you and scott need to distract anyone who was going to the morgue when am I there seeing if what I smelled matchs the victim"

"And when we do that, we're going to help your dad nail Derek for the murder and then" Scott turns and looked at Gabriella "you're going to help me figure out how to play lacrosse without changing"

Scott stands with his lacrosse stick as he spins it in his hands with a look of pride.

"Because there's no way I'm not playing that game"

[...]

The doors of BEACON HILLS HOSPITAL slide open.

Gabriella, Stiles and Scott casually walk past the front desk trying not to be conspicuous in front of waiting patients, nurses and orderlies.

Stiles nods to a set of double doors and a sign pointing to morgue.

Gabriella quickly pushes through the doors as Stiles and scott heads to a waiting area.

Gabriella steps inside the almost pitch black freezer room.

She lights the display on her phone using it to search the labels on the drawer.

She locates one marked: JANE DOE - partial. Police Evidence Do Not Tamper.

Gabriella takes a breath and yanks it open.

She slowly pulls to where the sheet
finally flattens out just above the severed hip.

Gabriella pulls the sheet up to
reveal the decayed and rotted feet.

Grossed out Gabriella covers up the body and slides the drawer shut.

She walked out of the morgue and saw scott and stiles behind the pages of a hospital pamphlet. It's titled: All About Your Menstrual Cycle.

" gross" Gabriella yanks it out of their hands, surprising them. "The scent was the same."

"You're sure?"

Gabriella nods and starts off with Stiles and scott following.

"So he did bury the other half of the body on his property"

"Which means we have proof he killed the girl" Scott said

" Then I say we use it'

"How?"

Stiles turns and faces scott "tell me something first. Are you doing this because you want to stop Derek? Or because you want to play the game Saturday and he said you couldn't?"

"There were bite marks on the legs. Bite marks. And if he knows about Allison now..."

"Okay. Then we're going to need a shovel"

Gabriella looked to her side to see a blonde girl leaning against a wall and looking weak "you guys go I'll catch up"

They nod and head to the exit door and out into the night.

Gabriella walked to the girl who was holding the railing on the wall "Hey are you ok?"

" I'm in a hospital... does that seem like a person is ok to you?"

"yea totally stupid question... I'll help you back to you room"

"Um...thank you. I appreciate it"

With a gentle and supportive arm around Erica's waist, Gabriella helped her to stand upright, as they began to move slowly down the corridor. The overhead lights cast a soft glow, illuminating the way.

"So, how'd you end up here anyway?"

Erica managed a weak smile, her face still showing signs of discomfort " I have epilepsy I had another attack"

" that sucks"

"you have no idea"

As they reached Erica's hospital room, Gabriella helped her into bed, ensuring she was as comfortable as possible.

"Thanks, Gabriella"

The brunette looked at the blonde confused "how did you know My name?"

" we go to the same school and everyone is talking about the hot new girl"

Gabriella grinned "did you just call me hot?"

" No they called you hot but honestly, they're right. You're pretty easy on the eyes"

Gabriella raised an eyebrow playfully "if your gonna flirt with me atleast tell me your name"

"Erica"

"Well it was nice meeting you Erica"

"It was nice meeting you too. Thank you for helping me back to my room"

" anytime and when you come back to school we should hang out your pretty cool" With that, Gabriella left the room, leaving behind a sense of companionship that offered a glimmer of comfort in the midst of Erica's challenges.

[...]

Derek's black Dodge Challenger roars out from the long driveway leading to the dilapidated house. In its wake, Stiles's 's Jeep slowly pulls forward.

Now carrying a shovel and pick, Gabriella, Scott and Stiles head for the house.

But Gabriella pauses, glancing around "Something's different"

"Different how?" Stiles asked

" Like it isn't blood of a human but blood from a werewolf"

Scott said "so Jane doe was a werewolf"

" probably"

"Let's get this over with"

Unnerved now as well, Stiles and Scott follows Gabriella around the house to the edge of the woods.

Waving them over, Gabriella kicks at the dirt on the ground.

It's loose, gravelly they start digging and after awhile Piles of dirt landing on the grass nearby.

Scott complained "This is taking too long"

"Just keep going"

"What if he comes back?"

Stiles said "Then we get the hell out of here"

Scott questioned "What if he catches us?"

" I have a plan for that"

" Which is?" Gabriella asked wanting to know the dumb plan he probably made

"everyone runs a different way Whoever he catches first? Too bad"

Gabriella pointed out the flaw in his plan "do realize your human and we are werewolves right? and we can rush much faster than you so your the one who is going to be Derek's chew toy."

He Stopped for a minute thinking about what Gabriella said " I hate that plan'

Smiling smugly at Stiles Gabriella's shovel hit somthing hard making it sound like broken bones.

"Stop, stop, stop!" Dropping the shovel, Stiles clambers down into the hole.

He feels around and finds a dark FABRIC in the dirt.

The three of them now digging with their hands they finally uncover a black bag, drawstring tied in tight knots.

Gabriella got her claws out and cut the drawstrings.

The black bag flutters open to reveal the body inside except it's not a dead girl. It's the body of a WOLF.

Stiles and Scott both HOLLER, jumping back.

" What the hell is that?"

"It's a wolf." Scott said stating the obvious

"I can see that " Stiles turned to face Gabriella "I thought you said you smelled blood? As in human blood?"

"yes I did say blood but I didn't say human" Gabriella jumped back looking around the burial site and she noticed a purple flower next to the grave. "Mighty and powerful aconite"

Stiles followed Gabriellas gaze "Wolfsbane"

"what's that?"

Stiles looked at his friend with an offended look "Haven't you ever seen The Wolf Man? Lon Chaney Jr.? Claude Rains? The original classic werewolf movie?...You are so unprepared for this"

Stiles kneels next to the flower, gently feeling around the stem.