If We Could Only Turn Back Time
xXx Back At The Diner With Peter, Lydia, Aiden, And Scott xXx
"I wonder what's taking him so long..." Scott said anxiously.
"Maybe we should just go back to the hotel?" Aiden suggested.
Lydia nodded and they all looked at Peter. "Yeah Peter, I mean he can just sniff out our trail right?"
Peter took one last look around and nodded. "Yeah. Let's pack up pups."
xXx Back At The Clearing With Isaac xXx
"M-Mom?" Isaac whispered brokenly.
Stiles froze.
Isaac took a step closer and Stiles shouted, "Not. Another. Step. Isaac."
Isaac whimpered and winced a little. Stiles slowly turned around and stared at Isaac for a moment. "Hi pup." he whispered soothingly.
Stiles could feel Isaac's wolf pawing at the surface. Stiles nodded and Isaac ran to Stiles, wrapping him up in his arms, burying his face in Stiles' hair. They were in tears when Stiles whispered, "Oh how I've missed you pup. How'd you find me? Actually, let's go talk in the car. It isn't wise to be in the clearing at this time of night."
"Your dad hasn't been able to get a trace on your jeep, you know." Isaac paused and furrowed his brown then looked at Stiles in a accusing way, "You disguised it, didn't you?" Isaac asked, slowly piecing everything together. Stiles looked at him and nodded sadly.
"I had to make sure nothing was recognizable or traceable." Stiles replied quietly and continued walking on the path, leading further into the woods.
xXx 45 Minutes Later, In The Car xXx
"What were you doing out there anyways?" Isaac asked. What he really wanted to say was, "Why did you leave without saying goodbye?"
"There is a rare form of wolvesbane that grows in this area and I've been trying to track it down since Junior Year." Stiles said but what he really meant to say was, "I had to do this for me."
"And what exactly are you going to do with it?" Isaac asked. "Make alcohol we can actually drink?" he joked.
"Well there's that but it actually helps you guys heal faster. Say if Scott, an alpha, gets nicked by another alpha? Instead of waiting a few days for it to go away, this type of wolvesbane will make it go away within hours. There's many resources Zac. Plus it only grows every few hundred years. Like I said, it's quite rare. Not even Deaton has this in his possession. When you caught me in the clearing, I had just captured the last of the plant. I've spent about a month tracking it all over." Stiles said.
"So now that you have all of it will you be coming home now? Or at least checking in more?" Isaac asked in a hopeful tone, his mood picking up a bit.
"No pup, sadly I still need a little more time to myself to prepare a few other things." Stiles said and turned to ruffles Isaac's hair a bit. He then let his hand fall to Isaac's cheek so he could caress it.
Isaac closed his eyes and leaned into Stiles' touch more, desperately seeking his pack mother's scent. "You're going to make me forget this aren't you?" he whispered sadly.
"Yeah pup. I have to. I'm sorry. I'm going to make some stronger scent blockers for myself too." Stiles sighed. "I need to block this from your mind but I will not make you forget it. I will make it so you remember at the exact moment I need you to. And then I am going to mask my scent from you, place a false memory for Peter and Scott to see and send you right back to them with a message. Hopefully my wolf will understand it. Something bad is going to happen to Beacon Hills and I need you to be the one to protect my dad. Can you do that for me Isaac?" Stiles asked in a motherly tone.
"Yes mom. I can be a good pup. Tel me what I need to do." Isaac replied, suddenly eager to please his pack mom.
"I don't know how but something has happened to me. Since we graduated, I have been able to transform into a fox." Stiles said slowly as he and Isaac connected eyes. Isaac nodded slowly and motioned for Stiles to continue. "I think it has something to do with the bite that Peter gave me the last time we were together on the full moon, so to speak. But that was months ago.. Anyways, then I left and sort of numbed all of the pack bonds and now my senses are heightened and even more out of whack. And all of a sudden I wake up one morning in the preserve and I'm a fox. So that makes me, Malia, Derek, and Peter the only ones who can fully shift. As far as I know." Stiles paused and looked down at his hands then back at Isaac. "I don't feel safe around the pack Zac, that's why I can't go back. All my research and even Deaton's doesn't have any answers for this. Now do you understand why I can't go back pup? At least not until I am fully in control?"
xXx Three Hours Later xXx
Scott was pacing back and forth frantically, looking out the window every few minutes. Aiden was sitting on the bed, his back to the wall, with Lydia asleep in his arms. Peter was sitting on the floor, staring hopelessly at the wall, he kept rubbing something in his hand. When Scott looked closer he could see it glistening in his hands, it was Peter's anchor in physical form. Scott knew that Stiles had been Peter's anchor but there was a Hale talisman that that meaning to both Peter and Derek. He was going to say something about it when Isaac came stumbling into the room.
They all shot up and demanded to know where he had been and if the trail had led to Stiles.
Isaac stood in the middle of the room and looked directly at Peter before saying in Stiles' voice, "Only the wolf can follow the fox to a place where he thought sleep never existed."
They all stood frozen in place, confused at Isaac's/Stiles' riddle. Peter's knees began to buckle as he fell to the ground, catching Isaac in the process.
xXx The Next Morning xXx
"I'm sorry Peter but Isaac said that it wasn't Stiles. He said that it was an old scent trail of his. His heart didn't skip Peter, Isaac really didn't find anything. I'm sorry." Scott said as he sat across the table from Peter.
Peter growled lowly and looked Scott in the eye, red bleeding through his irises. "Then why was he gone for hours Scott? There has to be something he's hiding. I need my mate, you know Stiles is my anchor. We need to see into Isaac's mind."
"Are you sure that would be a good idea?" Aiden asked from the doorway.
"I didn't sense anything from him either Peter, I think Scott's right." Lydia said as she sat next to Scott, placing a cup of coffee in front of the two alphas.
Isaac walked into the room and kneeled on the floor next to Peter's feet. "Alpha, I'm sorry to have failed you but please believe me when I tell you that I did not find anything. Feel free to check my mind. Something tells me that you'll want to."
Peter and Scott looked at Isaac shocked. "As happy as I am that you're aware of pack politics, you and I both know that Scott is your alpha mate. You do not need to address me as your alpha but that thank you. I am however going to do just that once I get your alpha's approval. So Scott, what will it be?"
Scott looked between Peter and Isaac for a moment and nodded. "Fine. But I don't like it. You know how risky it could get Peter."
"I'm aware of the stakes Scott. Aiden come help Scott hold him down. Lydia go and grab some towels and ice." Peter said as everyone got into place.
Isaac sat in the chair as Peter stood behind him with his claws out, behind Isaac's neck. Peter looked at Scott who then looked at Isaac and back at Peter before nodding. Peter stuck his claws into Isaac's neck.
xXx While In Isaac's Thoughts xXx
Isaac ran to the the clearing where Stiles' scent ended. There was a shadowy figure at the end of it, about to run off into the woods when Isaac whispered, "M-Mom?"
The shadowy figure, who happened to be a fox, was on all fours. It turned slowly towards Isaac and snarled with red eyes. Isaac whimpered and kneeled down, baring his neck for the fox, submitting completely.
Peter, who wasn't really there, stilled when the fox snarled. "Stiles? It can't be.. He's human. He's the pack mom, the pack emissary." Peter thought to himself.
He stepped closer as the fox walked over to Isaac, scenting him. The fox then nipped Isaac's throat softly and yipped happily. Isaac shifted and started chasing the fox around, the sight made Peter's wolf whine and scream "MATE, MATE, MATE".
As Peter walked closer to the fox, the memory shifted into something else.
"You know, whatever it is you can tell me Stiles." Isaac said.
"I just.. Something bad is going to happen to Beacon Hills. It's just the weird feeling in the back of my head. I don't know what it is Zac but you can't tell anyone alright?" Stiles said and Isaac nodded. "My dad will be a target, you have to make sure Peter takes care of my dad. Alright Isaac?"
"But why won't you be there?" Isaac asked, clearly confused.
"In every single one of my dreams, I'm not there. I don't know why but something tells me that when this happens, I absolutely cannot be anywhere near my father." Stiles said.
xXx Out Of Isaac's Head xXx
Peter was violently thrown out of Isaac's head. When he and Isaac came to, they were both shaking and mumbling Stiles' name.