#and make a couple mini monsters on days when staying upright is a challenge

[tj-crochets]

I’m thinking about giving out little monsters to the neighbor kids for Halloween, so I tested out some patterns* and I think it might work! The monster on the left (with the separate arms and legs) took about 30 minutes to make, and the one on the right took about 20 (though nearly five of those minutes were spent looking for my box of noses lol)

*pattern is a strong word; I basically freehand drew some shapes on a doubled over piece of fabric, sewed it, cut it out, and finished off the plushie from there

[siren-queen-imagines]

Talking To the Moon: Chapter 4

Summary: REBOOT: Cassidy Fernandez, an omega, finds herself in Beacon Hills and smack dab in the middle of a war between the hunting Argent family and new alpha werewolf Derek Hale. She joins his pack and helps him with his newly turned betas, growing close to Derek and beta Isaac in the process. Will these budding relationships be too distracting as the pack deals with hunters and a monster running around? Takes place during Season 2 (spoilers!).

Masterlist

Previously...

Chapter 4: Abomination

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New day means new lesson. In this case it was a fighting lesson.

Today, Derek set up a couple of obstacles in the way so that his betas could get across them before engaging him in a fight. Since Boyd was still healing from his bite, it was Isaac and Erica’s day.

Boyd watched from the stairs, sitting on the steps with a smile as he watched Isaac make his way through the obstacles before being knocked down immediately by Derek.

“Again.” Derek told Isaac.

Isaac got back up to redo the mini course only to get the same outcome. Over. And over. And over again. Only this last time, Erica jumped from the top of the train car in an effort to surprise him. Derek heard her coming because he dodged her so she fell to the ground next to Isaac. Derek looked down at his betas with disappointment, his lips pressed into a thin line.

“Does anyone wanna try not being completely predictable?” Derek said, irritability lacing his tone.

Accepting his challenge, Erica decided to be unpredictable and jumped on Derek, wrapping her legs around him. She kissed him, letting out a small moan as he kissed her back. Cassidy felt a pang of jealousy hit her when that happened. But almost as fast as it happened, Derek got her off him, sending her back to the ground.

“That's the last time you do that.” Derek told her, wiping his mouth before briefly looking to Cassidy.

“Why? Because I'm a beta?” Erica pouted.

“No--” Both Derek and Cassidy said in unison.

“You’re underage! He’s almost 23!” Cassidy scolded her. She was a fine one to talk. She’s 17 and almost kissed Derek the previous night. Derek lightly nodded in agreement as he rolled his eyes.

“Because I have someone else in mind for you.” Derek said after glaring briefly at Cassidy for interrupting him. 

“Are we done? I got about a hundred bones that need a few hours to heal.” Isaac interrupted, wiping the dirt off his hands.

Derek looked down at Isaac with a fake look of concern. Cassidy knew this wasn’t gonna end well. She watched as he squatted down and motioned for his arm.

“Here?” Derek asked before he immediately broke Isaac’s arm causing Boyd, Erica and Cassidy to flinch. “A hundred and one. You think I'm teaching you how to fight? Huh? Look at me!” Isaac looked at Derek pain all over his face as Erica and Boyd watched in fear. “I'm teaching you how to survive!”

Derek let go of Isaac’s arm and stood upright. Isaac sat back up, holding his arm.

“If they wanted us dead why aren't they coming for us now? What are they waiting for?”

“I don't know. But they're planning something. And you, especially, know that's not our only problem. Whatever that thing is that killed Isaac's father, I think it killed someone else last night. Until Cassidy and I find out what it is, you all need to learn everything that we know. As fast as we can teach you.”

Derek went onto the train car leaving Cassidy with the betas. Cassidy sighed and knelt down next to Isaac.

“You mind if I check that?” Cassidy asked Isaac.

“You’re not gonna break it more, are you?” Isaac replied, pain etching his face.

“No.” She offered him a comforting smile. Isaac held out his arm allowing her to feel it out. Biting her bottom lip, she looked back up at him. “I’m gonna have to reset it. It’s gonna hurt.”

“Do it.” Isaac sighed and grit his teeth, preparing himself for the pain.

“On three. Ready? One--” Cassidy counted before quickly resetting his arm back to place as Isaac let out a cry of pain. “Sorry.” Cassidy stood upright and helped Isaac to his feet as Boyd had already helped Erica to hers. “You guys go ahead and take a break. Rest up and I’ll take over in about an hour, okay?”

Cassidy watched as the three betas headed to their ‘rooms’. With a sigh, she walked into the train car where Derek was sitting, deep in thought.

“Don’t you think that was a bit harsh?” Cassidy asked him calmly as she walked over to him.

“They’re not taking it seriously. They don’t get this is a matter of life and death.” Derek vented.

“They understand.” She sat down next to him. “You were a bit too hard on them right now. They all learn at their own paces and yeah, that sucks. But we have to do our best and getting angry all the time won’t help us or make them learn faster.”

Part of Derek hated how calm she was because she was talking some sense. That part wanted her to yell at him for being the way he was. Hell, even if it were for about kissing Erica back.

“Listen, about that thing with Erica--”

“Don’t worry about it. Last night was a heat of the moment thing, right? It’s not like anything happened. “She looked down at her hands. “Plus, what I said about Erica, you know? I’m 17...it wouldn’t be right for us to--”

“Yeah.” Derek agreed, nodding as he followed suit in looking down at his hands. 

“Anyway we should be focusing on the Argents and this thing killing people right now.”

“Speaking of. I think I know where to start.”

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Later that night, Erica and Boyd’s jobs were to go to the lacrosse game for a while until Derek can question Stiles about what happened at the car garage he was at when the monster struck. Isaac had to remain out of sight so Cassidy decided to stay with him at the station. She was technically on standby in case Derek needed her help.

So Isaac and Cassidy decided to hang out and watch a movie on Cassidy’s laptop. They decided to go full on movie theater with popcorn and soda in the dark to see it better. The two teenagers decided to watch ‘Dumb and Dumber’ as their second movie of the night.

Laughter filled the room as Lloyd Christmas fantasized about fighting a bunch of guys for the heart of his love interest.

“Could you ever see yourself having as elaborate of a fantasy as this?” Cassidy asked Isaac.

“I mean, kinda but I don’t think it would be this crazy.” Isaac replied with a chuckle.

Cassidy took some popcorn from the bowl and ate it as she glanced over secretly at Isaac. It was nice to see him comfortable, smiling and without a care in the world at the moment. He had a really nice smile and she would like to see it more often.

“You still staring?” Isaac looked over at her, a cocky smirk on his face.

Cassidy coughed, choking on a popcorn kernel in surprise. She took a drink from her soda to stop it.

“I wasn’t staring.” She denied, watching the movie.

“Mm hmm. That’s why I caught you watching me out of the corner of your eye.”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“Don’t get me wrong, I’m flattered. Really.”

Cassidy made eye contact with Isaac...huge mistake because she found herself lost in his blue eyes. She would be lying if she said she didn’t find him endearing from the moment they met. Maybe this was a sign that she could and should spend more time with him.

“Cassidy!” Erica’s voice called out from the distance.

Cassidy got up and went to where she heard Erica’s voice was coming from, Isaac following her.

“The t-thing, it-it’s got Stiles and Derek trapped at the school.” Erica told her as soon as she laid eyes on the alpha, Boyd helping her stand upright.

“Where at the school?” Cassidy asked her.

“The pool. They’re in the water.”

“Okay. Guys? Will you take care of that?” Cassidy motioned at the blood on the side of Erica’s temple.

“Yeah. I guess we’ll have to discuss this more some other time then, huh?” Isaac asked Cassidy as she grabbed her shoes.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.” She smiled at him before she left.

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Cassidy heard the shriek of the creature and followed the sound. It was then she ran into Scott coming out of the principal’s office, startling both teenagers.

“What are you doing here?” Scott asked Cassidy.

“I’m here for Derek and Stiles, what are you doing here?” Cassidy shot back.

“What’s going on with Stiles?”

“They’re trapped in the pool. We have to help them.”

The two werewolves rushed to the pool next to the gym, peeking inside to see the creature walking around the pool, waiting for them to swim to the edge.

“What’s the plan?” Cassidy whispered to Scott.

“One of us can distract the creature while the other gets Stiles and Derek out of the pool.”

“Alright. Here goes nothing.”

Both teenagers shifted and cautiously walked through the door leading to the pool. The creature was hiding it seemed as Stiles swam to get him and Derek to the diving board. Only when they made it, they both began to sink.

Seeing as the creature wasn’t around, both Scott and Cassidy pulled Stiles and Derek out of the pool. 

“Cass.” Scott called as the creature showed itself, slinking out of its hiding place.

Both Scott and Cassidy let out a roar to the creature, who advanced on them quickly. The creature tackled Scott off the diving board but the wolf recovered quickly. Scott and Cassidy stared down the creature, waiting to see if it would make a move. Cassidy went to attack it first but just as the creature flipped her over it, its tail grabbed Scott’s ankle, sending him crashing into a mirror and right next to Cassidy on the ground.

Both Scott and Cassidy got up and fast as they could when Scott saw no other choice but to grab a shard of glass he crashed into to use as a weapon. The creature stood there for a moment, Scott noticing the creature seeing its reflection in the glass he held. The creature advanced forward, bypassing Scott and climbed out of the building through the glass roof.

“What the hell was that?” Cassidy asked Scott as they looked over to Stiles and Derek, who watched on, Derek holding himself up on the diving board.

“I don’t know.” Scott answered as he and Cassidy shifted back.

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“You okay?” Cassidy asked Derek quietly a few feet away from Scott and Stiles, who were on a laptop.

“Yeah. I’m getting feeling back.” Derek replied as he flexed his fingers. “Erica--”

“She got out. She and Boyd are back at the safe house with Isaac.”

“I know what it is.” 

“What is it?”

“Is that even a language?” Stiles asked irritably as he stared at the laptop, interrupting them.

“How are we supposed to figure out what this thing is?” Scott asked, sharing the same sentiment as Stiles.

“It's called a kanima.” Derek said as he and Cassidy walked over to them.

“You knew the whole time.” Stiles guessed irritably.

“No. Only when it was confused by its own reflection.”

“It doesn't know what it is.” Scott stated his thoughts aloud.

“Or who.”

“What else do you know?” Stiles took his turn.

“Just stories. Rumors.”

“But it's like us?” Scott tried to make sense of it.

“A shape shifter, yes, but it's--it's not right. It's like a--”

“An abomination.” Stiles finished for Derek.

Derek nodded at Stiles before he and Cassidy turned to leave.

“Derek?” Scott called out to them, stopping them. “We need to work together on this. Maybe even tell the Argents.”

“You trust them?” Derek hissed.

“Nobody trusts anyone! That's the problem. While we're here, arguing about who's on what side, there's something scarier, stronger and faster than any of us, and it's killing people and we still don't even know anything about it!”

“I know one thing, when I find it? I'm gonna kill it.”

Derek walked away from the teenagers. Cassidy looked over to Scott and Stiles, sheepishly.

“About this kanima, I agree but I don’t know if we could trust the Argents.” Cassidy told them. “Maybe your girlfriend but the rest? I don’t think so.” Cassidy looked in the direction Derek walked off. She pulled out her phone and gave it to Scott. “Maybe we can work together on this. Just don’t expect me or Derek to have anything to do with the Argents. I can’t stop you if that’s what you choose. If we learn anything, I’ll call you.”

Scott decided to take that as it was because he put his phone number into Cassidy’s phone. He gave his phone to Cassidy so she could do the same.

“If anything, right now, we have to trust each other on this one.” Cassidy added. “At least, I’m willing to. Take care guys. See you tomorrow.”

Cassidy gave Scott his phone back and  walked in the direction Derek went. She found him waiting for her, leaning against his car.

“You know we shouldn’t trust the Argents.” Derek told her.

“I know. But I think we should trust Scott.” Cassidy said, stopping in front of her fellow alpha. “If he wants to deal with the Argents, fine, but he knows I’m only willing to work with him.”

“What about me?”

“Of course.”

“And if I ask you to keep something from Scott?”

“I will. We have to trust each other, right? It’s the only way you and I are gonna make this pack leaders thing work. But if I think it’ll be beneficial to the whole ‘investigation’ thing about the kanima, I will make sure you know how I feel about keeping it from him.”

“I wouldn’t expect anything less.” Derek offered her a nod as he opened the passenger door of his car for Cassidy. “I have an idea of where to start.”

Cassidy waited until Derek got to his side of the car and got in before she asked her next question, “Where?”

“Remember that bite I told you I gave before Isaac?”

“Yeah? That Jackson kid, right?”

“Yup. We start with him. And until we’re sure it’s him, don’t tell Scott.”

“And how exactly do you plan to be sure?”

“Trust me. I got a plan already.”