10. The Mysterious New World (1/2)

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she glanced at the alpha who was staring at her, tired. she inquired, "what are you going to do? use your alpha powers or something? there's little i can do. she's too far along. i can only save time for about minutes but that's it."

he sighed, "yes, i was gonna use my 'alpha powers' to heal her. it will lower me from an alpha to a beta but i. don't. care." he narrowed his eyes at her. pursing her lips, she raised her arms, "okay, okay but let me help you. i can keep her safe from the alpha pack and the darach."

after a moment of hesitation, derek nodded. she smirked, "well, let's do it."

ellie sat on the bed on which cora laid, and grinned. the latter was finally safe from the meanies. ellie hadn't needed much od her powers to do it. only a simple notice-me-not charm and a ward had done it.

she smiled at the werewolf who was sitting beside her. he cocked a

ow.

"i'm just thinking of how she's well, not good but at least safe again." his lips twitched, and he almost smiled. he was clearly glad as well. grinning in achievement, ellie wrapped her arms around him. derek grunted.

"let go."

shaking her head, she answered, "no. you're my teddy bear, my cuddly wuddly teddy bear from now on and to forevermore."

the seemingly five-year old put her head on derek's stomach, almost shoving him on the bed. she tightened her hands around his waist with the vow to never let go.

"let. go." the man growled, and tried to push her away from him. though against his wishes, a small smile appeared on his face.

she grinned, and yelled against his waist, "no!"

"ellie?" their heads snapped towards the talker. a shaken lydia stood in the middle of the loft, her eyes wide. the two, still stuck in their hugging pose, looked at pete with large eyes, who just shrugged.

"i don't know how she got here."

ellie quickly released derek from her grip and rushed to the banshee. she hugged her tightly. the girl almost immediately wrapped her arms around her, and

oke down. between sobbing, she managed to mutter something.

"could you say that again?" the girl-who-lived asked. lydia lifted her head, and whispered into her ear. her voice shook.

"i thought you were dead."

ellie spoke softly to her, "i was but now i'm here, with you. and that's what matters." they

oke from the hug, not noticing the two hales. one of them was smirking, the other's lips twitched into a smile.

the girl grasped lydia's shoulder, "now, why are you here?" she smiled.

the banshee tried to explain it as quickly as she could. of course she didn't get the information that she wanted. the hales knew nothing of the location of the nemeton. it had been erased from their memories by talia hale.

but in the middle of peter speaking, ellie's eyes widened. she quickly looked around for something but saw nothing.

she cursed, "oh, shit." the young woman slowly faced the confused lydia and bit her lip.

"uh, lydia? allison and isaac are in trouble so i kinda have to go help them. sorry."

the banshee's eyes widened, and she quickly waved for her to go, "go. go. they need more help than i do."

ellie gratefully smiled at her and raised her right hand to snap fingers but stopped. she quickly glanced at the banshee and bit her lip.

"y'know you can come and help. you can distract the others or something."

her eyes widened before she nodded rapidly. at ellie waving for her to come closer, she rushed to her.

"okay, now grab my arm and let's go." as the mistress of death felt the touch of the banshee on her arm, she snapped her fingers, disappearing into grey fog.

the fog misted their vision. ellie closed her eyes and felt a strong

eeze around her, her hair flying and the ground vanishing under her feet.

as her legs were on cold ground again, the young woman grabbed the first thing in her reach. it seemed to be of metal or something. her eyes fluttered open, and she gazed into the eyes of shocked allison, stiles, and isaac. deaton just smiled. apparently, they had travelled to the back of his clinic. grinning and a bit panting, she spoke.

"you called?"

from the corner of her eye, she saw lydia holding a hand on her chest. it was always hard to get used to the traveling for others.

they blinked rapidly out of their daze, and allison sadly spoke up looking down, "yeah, but you were too late. jennifer got my dad, as well. now she has all the three guardians she needs."

"ah-ah-ah," ellie raised a finger with a grin. "you forget i can… teleport with my powers. just say the place and i can get myself there."

the veterinarian spoke up, "miss black, it's not that easy. it's called the nemeton. it is a tree stump and a magnet for all supernatural creatures, including you."

her grin widened, "well, that's great. then i can just go over and get them. if it truly is a magnet, i should feel it."

ellie closed her eyes, and started to concentrate only on her

eathing, how her stomach rose with every

eath and the deep dark sight of hers. she imagined a big stump in the middle of the forest. where else could it be? in the city? no one would find it in the middle of the woods. she raised her right hand, and snapped her fingers.

nothing happened. the young woman snapped her eyes open, and frowned. muttering, she crossed her arms, "that should've worked."

deaton's face expressed nothing but he radiated amusement and certainly would've smirked. she glared at him, "i know what you're thinking. fine. even the mighty mistress of death can't do this. jennifer must be under a notice-me-not charm. those are the worst and exactly how did she contact a wizard?" she grumbled.

scorching sparks flew off her body, causing the rest of the group to take a step away from the young woman.

"uhh… ellie?" stiles awkwardly said.