Teen Wolf | Love. Be Afraid.

CHAPTER ONE| The Body

WRITTEN:  January 25, 2017
EDITED:  May 6, 2018
WORD COUNT:  1,241

1

I was retying the strings of my lacrosse stick. It's about ten at night as I walked into the bathroom that is attached to my bedroom. I turned the sink on and cupped my hands under the water, splashing it on my face. I heard something creak outside. Shutting the sink off, I grabbed the baseball bat resting against my door frame. I walked down stairs, trying not to make so much noise. I opened the front door very slowly. I whipped my head side to side as I walked onto the porch. I looked into the bushes over the railing. I screamed and the thing screamed too, flailing its arms around.

"Stiles, what the hell are you doing!" I yelled.

"You wouldn't answer your phone," he replied, his voice cracking slightly.

I saw my best friend, Stiles Stilinski, hanging upside down from the roof.

"Why do you have a bat?" he asked, gesturing to the bat in my hands, giving me a confused look.

"I thought you were a predator."

"A pred-" he coughed then continued. "Look I know it's late, but you gotta hear this. I saw my dad leave twenty minutes ago. Dispatch called. They're bringing in every officer from the Beacon Department, and even state police."

"For what?"

"Two joggers found a body in the woods." Stiles smirked.

"A dead body?"

Stiles jumped down into the bushes.

"No, a body of water. Yes dumbass, a dead body." He rolled his eyes. He climbed over the railing and stood next to me on the porch.

I looked at the ground. My eyes widened. "You mean like murdered?" I choked out, looking Stiles in the eyes.

"Nobody knows yet. Just that it was a girl, probably in her 20s," Stiles replied, shrugging his shoulders.

"Hold on, if they found the body, then what are they looking for?" I questioned.

"That's the best part." He smiled. "They only found half." Stiles's voice got higher when he said half. He paused, looking at me, nodding his head. "We're going."

He started to walk down the porch stairs and I followed him.

2

Stiles pushed on the brakes until we came to a complete stop. We climbed out of his 16-year-old jeep.

"We're seriously doing this?" I asked, looking at the sign that said BEACON HILLS PRESERVE.

Stiles jumped over the chain that held the sign and started walking. He looked over his shoulder, "You're the one always bitching that nothing happens in this town."

We kept walking, the leaves crunching beneath our feet.

"I was trying to get a good night's sleep before practice tomorrow," I sighed.

"Right 'cause sitting on the bench is such a grueling effort," Stiles said sarcastically, rolling his eyes.

"No, because I'm playing this year." I kept walking, "In fact, I'm making first line."

Stiles looked at me and smirked. "Hey, that's the spirit." He turned his head to the trees in front of us. "Everyone should have a dream, even a pathetically unrealistic one," he said.

"Just out of curiosity, which half of the body are we looking for?" I questioned.

"Huh! I didn't even think about that," Stiles frowned.

"And, what if whoever killed the body is still out there?"

"Also something I didn't think about."

We climbed up a small hill. "It's comforting to know you've planned this out. Maybe the severe asthmatic should be the one holding the flashlight, huh?" I said, breathing heavily. I leaned up against a tree and I shook my inhaler, bringing it up to my lips. I inhaled and put it back in my jacket pocket, following Stiles. He dropped to the ground behind an arched tree branch on the forest floor. I dropped down next to him. "Wait, come on!" All of a sudden Stiles bolted up and ran.

"Stiles!" I said loudly, gasping for air. I took my inhaler out of my pocket and shook it. "Wait up! Stiles!" I inhaled, "Stiles!" I got up and ran in the direction he went. I heard dogs barking and I hid be-hind a tree.

"Hold it right there!" someone yelled. Stiles screamed. I peeked my head around the tree. I saw Stiles fall on the ground, covering his eyes with his arms, the person shining a flashlight on him. "Hang on, hang on. This little delinquent belongs to me."

"Dad, how are you doing?" Stiles asked, giving his dad, Sheriff Stilinski, a small smile.

"So, do you listen in to all of my phone calls?" Stilinski asked, glaring at his son.

Stiles got up and shrugged his shoulders. "No. Not the boring ones."

"Now, where's your usual partner in crime?"

"Who, Scott?" Stiles questioned. "Scott's home. He said he wanted to get a good night's sleep before the first day back tomorrow. It's just me. In the woods. Alone."

"Scott, you out there?" Stilinski hollered, shining the flashlight in my direction. I quickly go back behind the tree.

"Scott?" Stilinski yelled again. He looked at Stiles and sighed. "Well, young man, I'm going to walk you back to your car. And you and I are gonna have a conversation about something called invasion of privacy."

I wait a couple of minutes to come out. When I do they're gone. I took my inhaler out again and shook it. A twig snap in front of me. Something moved. I squinted my eyes, trying to make out what it is. It ran towards me, getting bigger. As it started getting closer, I noticed it had antlers. Oh shit. My eyes widened. The deer pushed me to the ground, digging it's hoofs into my stomach. I screamed in pain. The deer kept on running.

"My inhaler," I said, breathless. Three more deer follow after the first one. I stood up after the are gone, taking my phone out of my pocket. I unlocked it and turned my phone around so the light from the screen is shining on the ground. I moved the leaves around, searching for my inhaler. I noticed something that looked like a hand. I shined the light back in that area. My eyes widened as I screamed, falling backwards. I felt like I was going to puke. It was the upper half of the body. Her hair was matted with leaves stuck in it. The most horrifying part was that her intestines and spinal cord were hanging out.

I stood up, trying to catch my breath. Something growled behind me. Turning my head slowly, I held my breath. My eyes widened when I see a large animal. It stared at me with its menacing red eyes. I stood there, as it started running toward me. That's when I realized what was happening. I turned around and started to run but it was too late. I let out a blood curdling scream as the animal's teeth sunk into the flesh on my side. It released its grip after a few seconds and ran away.

I struggled to push myself to my feet. After I steadied myself, I started to jog towards the road. Pain shot up my right side but I ignored it.

A couple minutes later, I'm standing in the middle of the road, trying to catch my breath. I saw light coming from behind me. I turned around quickly, covering my eyes with my arms. A car swerved to the other side of the road, missing me by a few feet.

I hope you enjoyed the first chapter! To those of you who have seen Teen Wolf, please don't spoil it for the people who have not.

To those of you who haven't: what do think is going to happen to Scott and his life? Who do you think killed the girl in the woods?

Thank you for reading! If you liked this chapter, please vote!!

-Marissa💙