--MC POV--
"So, it is probable that many supernatural beings will start having hallucinations, and three shapeshifters among us are going to be sacrificed" Repeated Stiles.
"Yes, I saw earlier Scott, Allison and Malia losing control of themselves and Allison was about to end her own life with her own hands without even realizing it" I told him.
"Now that I think about it, I also saw Boyd acting strange earlier. He destroyed the glass of the vending machine. Well, I didn't say anything earlier cause I also got some free snack from th… Wait… so Erica is in danger too? I have to check on her immediately" he said, but before he could do that, as we run toward Erica's room, we heard the sound of a chainsaw coming from one of the room and when we forced said room open, we saw one of the twin trying to open his stomach.
"Get out!" he yelled, but before he could take his own life, Stiles threw himself at him.
"Help me" shouted Stiles, but at the moment I'm not that prone in saving the life of one of the alphas who took Laura as a hostage.
"Sorry, but I can't interfere in their business" I stated, and no one tried to act differently, even if Allison showed signs of wanting to do something.
"Seriously?" asked Stiles as he got thrown against the wall.
The twin was then able to take back in his hands the chainsaw, but this time he got interrupted by Stiles again, who turned off the chainsaw by pulling the power plug.
The Alpha looked at Stiles angrily and tried to assault the latter, who kept interrupting his suicide attempts.
This time I was forced to do something, as I couldn't let Stiles die, the man was somewhat of a friend and a useful ally.
So turning in my werelion form I punched Ethan, who was too mad to even pay attention to me.
The punch took the air out of his lung, and with a well-placed kick at his legs I made him fall, just to later start kicking him.
"Stop!" He said, but I feigned ignorance.
"I think he is back… we should go to save the others now" unwillingly I stopped beating the Alpha and without apologizing or adding anything I left, although I'm sure that a man as ungrateful as him won't thanks me for saving his life and make him see reason.
"We'll check on Boyd and Isaac, while you should take care of Erica" I said-
"Wait, she is a werewolf and I'm just a human, she may kill me if I'm alone" I know this, but I can't separate from the others in this situation.
"You must count the fact that Malia and Allison may be affected again, and if either of them were to have other hallucinations your trouble will just increase. I need Lydia to help me control them for this eventuality".
"So what am I supposed to do then?" Asked Stiles.
"Try to reach her heart, and if you die, it will at least be a romantic and tragic death comparable to Romeo and Juliet and worthy to be represented in a theatre" I said, before taking a turn with the girls and going toward Isaac and Boyd's room leaving Stiles alone.
--Erica POV--
The crossroad team was odd in number so I was able to take a room alone, but Stiles promised me to reach me in a few minutes, so I was in the bathroom trying to see if I looked good, but what I saw in the mirror terrorized me.
Acne, a bad haircut, a little double chin, and no make-up. I am back to my old self, but this is impossible I'm no more that weak person, now I'm strong and beautiful, I have many friends and a lover.
To test if I was still a werewolf I tried to punch the wall, but no damage was done to the bathroom, only my hand was now bruised.
I slowly retreated and tried to get away from here.
I thought this was a dream, but the pain that was coming from my hands was too realistic.
Suddenly I felt a sensation I hadn't felt for a long time, but that I could never forget.
A seizure.
It took me by surprise and I fell down to the floor trembling, unable to do anything.
I looked around for help and was happy to see Stiles, Boyd and Isaac around me.
"Look she is spasming like a worm" said Boyd, using words that penetrated my heart like an arrow.
"She is even salivating like a rabid dog" Added Isaac and all of them were laughing.
It was then that I heard my boyfriend voice, Stiles, and I hoped to hear him defend or for him to help me.
"Damn, she is ugly." He said as he placed a toothbrush in my mouth and registered on his phone my seizure.
This had to be a nightmare.
The tooth brush kept being pushed more and more in my throat and I was not able to breath anymore as I chocked.
I thought this was the end, the most horrible end I could have ever though about, but then I realized I was not chocking anymore and that I was in Stiles' arms.
"Please don't leave me" I murmured.
"It was an hallucination, nothing of it was true, I will never leave you Erica" He stated looking at me.
"Don't look I'm ugly, I'm ugly again!" I yelled, while trying to cover my face.
"You've never been ugly Erica, even when I first met you. The only thing that changed about you is that you gained confidence in yourself, be proud of what you are Erica, cause no one can take away your beauty as long as you believe you are the most charming woman of the word. I will never stop loving you, even if you became old, even if you became a monster and even if you stopped loving me back. So trust me Erica, when I say that I will always love you" He stated and kissed me, and soon I calmed down and hugged him while reciprocating.
I'm the most beautiful and lucky woman in the word and Stiles will get a nice reward later.
--MC POV--
"Only three people are supposed to die today, and Allison was one of them. So only two remains" I said as we entered the room of Boyd and Isaac.
The first thing that was evident is that someone was hiding and breathing heavenly under the bed.
"Isaac is under the bed you take care of him. Boyd seems to be inside the bathroom so it's better that I go alone" I said not wanting for Boyd to flash my girls. I wouldn't forgive him even if he is under hallucination.
I took one of the towel on the bed and entered inside.
Boyd was inside the tub, that was filled with ice and he was looking for something desperately inside it.
"Alicia! Where are you!" yelled Boyd.
I approached him and raised him from the water, but he kept trying to go inside again, and it seemed as if I was kidnapping him.
"You are quite cold, let's put you somewhere warm" I said as I pushed his arm against the heater and the pain of his skin being burnt together with the heat woke him up.
"Put this towel on before going outside or I'll kill you" I said before leaving.
It seems that no one of them was about to kill himself so the others two sacrifices, for exclusion, must be Erica and Scott.
At least I was able to confirm that I'm superior to stereotypes, I was clearly bigger of him.
Me and the others soon got out of the apartment, and we saw that Stiles and Erica were already in the park.
In front of them stood Scott in a pool of petrol with a lit emergency road flare in his hands.
This will require a more delicate approach.
"I have been condemned since the moment I got that bite. I'm cursed. You and I were no one then, no one was suffering and no one was dying. I should just go back to be no one."
"You are my best friend Scott" said Stiles as he walked on the gasoline, scaring Erika who called for him, but Stiles stopped her.
"We have always been together and even when we were less popular, we always were there for the other, things didn't go always for the best, but we always acted as a team, we share the same responsibilities and if you want to die than we'll be together in this too. You are my best friend and the brother I never had, let's keep going on, we'll face the whole word if we have to, and things will get better" said Stiles as he threw away the flame. Although he nearly condemned both of them as the flame nearly fell down in the pond of the gasoline.
I must admit that the man has guts, maybe I should hang out with Danny a little more, I've barely spoken with him since the alpha pack came.
Suddenly I noticed that the wind made the emergency road flame roll toward the oil, and I was just barely in time to catch them and pull them outside, before the whole pond was on fire.
From the fire the figure of the Darach manifested and we saw it for the first time.
It had a deformed face and the detail that stood out the most was the huge scar that covered her whole head pale head.
The figure soon disappeared into nothingness as it was never physical, and like this I knew that the Darach was not around here, but it probably remained in Beacon Hills.
(Hi my dear readers. As I told you some days ago I will be on school trip starting tomorrow and I won't be able to write anything for the next five days, but this doesn't mean I'll leave you with nothing to do! I have prepared four possible synopsis for my next story and I'll let you vote which one I'll write and when I come back, I'll start alternating between these two stories. As always, the poll will be on Patreon and this time it will last four days, so you all will have plenty of time to vote. Choose carefully, because there will be no turning back and you won't be given another chance to choose a story for the next few months till I end writing Teen Lion).