STRINGS AND SCISSORS - (TW/TO/TVD crossover) [2]

03) hold up, buttercup

"Now, let's begin with American history at the turn of the 20th century." Maddie zoned out when she heard Scott's heartbeat quicken. "Stiles, Scott's seeing something." Maddie whispered and Stiles nodded, turning and tapping his friend's desk, snapping the Alpha out of his hallucination only to see his two friends staring at him in worry.

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"Maybe we need a little more time to get back to normal." Scott theorised as Stiles went to unlock his locker. "Yeah, try not to forget we hit the reset button on a supernatural beacon for supernatural creatures." Stiles stated and Maddie sighed.

"Stiles is right. There's a pretty good chance things are never going to go back to normal here." Maddie stated causing Scott to sigh. "Yeah." Scott said before Stiles yanked at his, still locked, lock, before staring at it. Instead of seeing numbers, he saw symbols.

Maddie scrunched her eyebrows together, taking the lock out of Stiles's grip, putting in the code as it unlocked in her hands. She then placed the lock in Stiles's palm with an expectant look as the boy shook his head. He looked back down to see the lock had numbers again.

The two then heard heavy breathing and looked at Scott, who's eyes were glowing red. "Oh, dude, your eyes." Stiles warned and Maddie looked around as she moved to shield Scott from any eyes that may look his way.

"What about them?" Scott questioned and Maddie purses her lips. "Well, and I'm going to say this in the nicest way imaginable, you're kinda wolfing out right now." Maddie whispered causing Scott to kinda freak out.

"You mean, like, right now?" Scott asked and Maddie and Stiles gave the Alpha a look. "No, later. Yes! Right now!" Maddie hissed as Stiles looked around before looking back at his friend.

"Scott, stop. Stop it." Stiles tried but the Alpha shook his head. "I can't...I can't control it." He breathed out, before Maddie and Stiles shared a look.

"Alright, just keep your head down. Look down, come on." Stiles encouraged as he pushed Scott's head down and guided him to an empty classroom, Maddie following after them, closing the door behind them.

"Dimerte." Maddie chanted, twisting her hand as the door locked before turning to the human and the transitioning werewolf. "Wait no, get back, get away from me." Scott groaned as he backed away from Stiles, his claws were out and so were his canines.

"Scott, it's okay." Maddie tried to reassure but the Alpha wasn't having it. "I don't know what's gonna happen, Maddie! You both need to get back!" Scott growled and Maddie sighed, pulling Stiles behind her.

"Sorry Scott." Maddie apologised before she held her hand out, causing the werewolf to fall to the floor, clinching his head as he groaned. Slowly, he shifted back and Maddie found herself bringing her hand back down, causing the pain to fade as Scott lies on the floor, back to normal.

"Pain makes you human." Maddie explained softly as she and Stiles bent down next to the werewolf. "Scott, this isn't just in our heads. This is real. And it's starting to get bad for me too." Stiles sighed and Maddie looked at him.

"I'm not just having nightmares, I'm having dreams where I have to literally scream myself awake. And sometimes I'm not even sure if I'm actually ever waking up." Stiles stated and Maddie tilted her head . "What do you mean?" Maddie questioned.

"You know how you can tell if you're dreaming? You can't read in dreams. More and more the past few days, I've been having trouble reading. It's like I can't see the words, I can't put the letters in order." Stiles explained and Maddie shared a look with Scott before the Alpha turned to his best friend. "Like even now?" Scott questioned and Stiles looked around.