After running away from Isaac, Stephanie found herself back at her house, Will just pulling into the driveway after detention.

She practically crashed into her brothers chest who looked at her like she was crazy. "What are you-" "Come on." Stephanie interrupted, pulling him into the house.

"What is wrong with you?" Will asked, a breathy chuckle escaping his lips as Stephanie looked up at him with wide eyes. "Did you see someone following me when I ran up to you?" Will scrunched his face at Stephanie's question, shaking his head no, making her sigh.

A repeated knocking at their front door made them both freeze. They both took slow steps to the door, Will slowly grabbing the baseball bat that sat in the corner as Stephanie threw the door open. They instantly calmed down at who was there but grew worried again when they saw Scott's out of breath and worried state. "We gotta go. It's Stiles."

...

"You were right. It's not like you. Its eyes were almost like... Reptilian. But, there was something about them." Stiles sighed as he got into Scott's car. Will's face scrunched as he and Stephanie leaned in between the drivers and passenger seat. "What do you mean?"

"You know when you see like, a friend in the Halloween mask... But all you can actually see are their eyes? And you feel like you know 'em but you just can't figure out who it is?" Stiles asked and Stephanie straightened up at his words. "Are you saying you know who it is?"

Stiles shook his head at her question. "No... But I think it knew me."

...

The next day, Stephanie sat with Scott and Stiles on the stairs, she was half asleep on Stiles' shoulder as he went over what Allison wanted him to tell Scott. "I'm so sorry about the other day. I'm trying. We'll get through this. Um, I know, because I love you. I love you more than.. Oh, my God!"

Stephanie shot up from Stiles' yells and he quickly spun around to face her, patting the top of her head as an apology for waking her up and turned back to Scott. "I can't.. You and Allison just have to find a better way to communicate. Ask Steph or something."

The tired girl turned to the boys at her name, shaking her head. "I don't know what you want me to do... but no."

Scott sighed. "Come on, you guys are the only one we can trust. Is she coming to the game tonight?" "Yes!" Stephanie answered, annoyed from being woken up. "Okay, message complete. Alright now, tell us about your boss?" Stiles added and Stephanie adjusted herself to face the two boys, hearing what Scott had to say.

"Uh he.. He thinks that Allison's family keeps some kind of uh, records of all the things that they've hunted. Like a book." Stephanie's eyes slowly started to grow wide as an idea popped into mind.

"He probably means a beastary." Stiles said and Scott's brows furrowed. "What?" "A beastary." Stephanie restated and Scott started to chuckle. "I think you mean bestiality."

Stiles and Stephanie looked at him in shock. "Nope, pretty sure I don't." Stiles said, shaking his head.

"It's like an encyclopedia of mythical creatures." Stephanie explained, hitting Stiles' shoulder, hoping he'd understand why she's freaking out.

Scott's jaw dropped. "How am I the only one who doesn't seem to know anything about this stuff."

"Okay, Steph... Stop hitting me." Stiles said, not even turning around to face her. "You know, Scott, you're my best friend, you're a creature of the night. We have no clue what Steph is- Oh! That's why you're hitting me..." Stiles rambled, finally realizing what she meant.

Stephanie smiled, nodding her head eagerly. "Exactly! If we can find it, and it can tell us what I might be and what this thing is..." "And who..." Stiles interjected.

"We need that book!"

...

"I think you mean-" "No, we mean beast-iary." Stiles and Stephanie interrupted Allison as Stiles pointed a finger at her. "And, the two of you.. I don't want to know what's going on in your heads."

"Okay, um.. Can you describe this thing." Allison asked and Stephanie pursed her lips, squinting her eyes as she tried to think. "Uh, it's probably like a book. Old, warn."

"Like, bound in leather?" Allison asked and Stiles, Stephanie and Will smiled, nodding their heads.

...

Stiles, Stephanie and Will ran up to Scott, all three of them nodding their heads. "Yes." Stephanie said. "Seen her grandfather with a book like that." Will added and Stiles tiredly nodded along with the two.

...

"Where... Does he... Keep it?" Stephanie asked once they got back to Allisons table outside.

After Allison answered the question, the three of them headed back towards Scott. "Why are all three of us doing this?" Stephanie said out of breath as her, Stiles and Will ran through the halls.

"Well, because Stiles would most likely forget what they said and then you'd have to remember but would probably forget a key part so I'm here as backup for the back up." Will said, a slick smile on his face.

Stiles glared at Will as he practically hyperventilated. "So then why don't just you go back and forth?" Will turned to Stiles and shrugged. "Cause I might forget it. But all of our brains could morph into one and BOOM! We remember everything."

Stephanie looked ahead, thinking about it for a moment before shaking her head and leaned closer to Stiles. "That made no sense to me. Did it for you?" Stiles vigorously shook his head as they got closer and closer to Scott. "Not one bit."

The three teens fell tiredly on the lockers beside Scotts, trying to catch their breaths. "She says.. It has to be.. Office." Stiles said, trying to catch his breath.

"Well, can she get the book?" Scott asked and the three teens slowly turned to him. "Not it." Will and Stephanie muttered and Stiles' jaw dropped as Stephanie gave him a tired smile and a pat on the shoulder. "Have fun!"

...

Stephanie sat in the row behind Will and Stiles as they sat on the bench. The three watched as the opposing team, threw a poor kid to the ground, making Coach blow his whistle.

"Come on! Is that thing even a teenager? I want to see a birth certificate!" Coach screamed as he took a seat in between Will and Stiles. "Who or what is that genetic experiment gone wrong?" Coach asked and Will sighed. "Eddie Abomowitz, coach."

"They call him "the abomination"." Stiles muttered and Coach let out a dry laugh. "Oh, that's cute." Stephanie stifled a laugh and craned her neck where she could see Allison. The girl nodded her head to silently tell her she had the keys and Stephanie whacked Will and Stiles' heads. "Allison's got the key. Stiles and I will go."

Will shook his head at Stephanie's idea. "Wait. Why am I not going?" Stiles gave him a sarcastic smile, patting his back. "Because you're the only one that can play... Have fun!"

Stiles and Stephanie shot up from their spot on the bleachers and headed towards Allison. While her grandpa wasn't looking, Stephanie took the keys from Allison's hands.

Once the two were far enough away from the field, Stephanie let out a proud laugh, tossing the keys up in the air and catching them when she realized Stiles wasn't beside her anymore.

Stephanie stoped walking, turning around, she could see Stiles looking off at Lydia's car. Stephanie sighed, bumping his shoulder. "Go talk to her. Just meet me inside." Stiles nodded, running towards Lydia's car as Stephanie made way to Gerard's office.

...

"How many fingers am I holding up?" Coach asked Danny. The boy squinted his eyes at the mans hand, slowly looking up at him, "Four?" "Say two." Coach instructed. "Two?" Danny asked and Coach laughed, pushing Danny to the field. "Perfect, get out there. Go on! Get out there.. Have a stick."

"You're still short two players, coach." The referee screamed and Coach groaned. "God dammit." He turned around and pointed at Will. "Saticoy! Get on the field!" Will nodded, running to his spot on the field as Coach scanned the bleachers for another player.

"Where's Stilinski? Where's Stilinski?" His eyes fell on Boyd and he quickly pointed at him. "You! You! You play Lacrosse?" Boyd quickly nodded his head and walked down the bleachers. "We got ourselves a player!" Coach cheered.

Will slowly turned to Scott who had the same worried eyes as him.

...

"Book, book, book.." Stephanie mumbled, searching threw the last drawer in Gerard's office. Stephanie heard the door open and looked up at the slightly out of breath Stiles. "Book?" Stephanie shook her head, making Stiles, groan. He quickly ran up beside her to help her finish looking. Stephanie straightened up, pulling her phone out of her pocket and quickly texted Allison.

Nothing here

The pair heard another person walk into the room, making them jump and Stephanie let out a yelp in surprise. Erica smirked at the two. "Hello."

...

Erica pulled the two into the pool room by the ears, aggravating Stephanie but she bit her lip to hold back saying anything to the girl.

Stephanie groaned at Derek and the smirk on his face as he walked over, Erica finally letting go of them go. "Stiles. Stephanie." Derek greeted. Stephanie turned er gaze to the ground as Stiles nodded. "Derek."

"What did you see at the mechanics garage?" Derek asked, throwing the ball in the air. "Uh.. Several alarming EPA violations that I'm seriously considering reporting."

Derek and Erica laughed before Derek stabbed the basketball in his hands, popping and deflating it. "Holy God." Stiles muttered, taking a step back. "Let's try that again."

Stiles turned to Stephanie who nodded her head, making him sigh. "All right, this thing was pretty slick-looking... Um, skin's dark... Kind of patterned. Uh.. I think I actually saw scales. Is that enough? Okay? Because I have someone I really need to talk to." Stiles said and Stephanie nodded. "Yeah, we have to go."

Derek glared at the two, making Stephanie shut her mouth. "And we could just cancel those plans." Stephanie muttered.

"All right, fine.. Eyes. Eyes are um.. Yellowish. And, um, slitted. Um.. Has a lot of teeth. Oh. And it's got a tail, too. Are we good?" Stiles asked as Steph noticed both Derek and Erica looking up with wide eyes, making her slowly turn around and look up as well.

She hadn't seen the creature herself until now, only hearing the descriptions, seeing it in person was much more terrifying in her opinion.

"What? Wait, have you seen it? You have this look on your faces, like you know exactly what I'm talking about." Stiles rambled and Stephanie tapped his shoulder. "Stiles?"

Stiles turned to see what Stephanie was talking about just as the creature roared. Stiles gulped, standing back beside Derek, pulling Steph with him.

The creature jumped down to be on the same level as them, pushing Erica into a wall, instantly knocking her out. "Run!" Derek screamed, pushing Stiles and Stephanie away from the creature.

As he was looking at the two teens, the reptile sliced Derek's neck. Stephanie's eyes went wide as she looked at the small cut. "Derek you're neck..."

Derek started to fall backwards but Stephanie noticed and quickly caught him under his arms. "Help me!" Stephanie screamed at Stiles who was just watching. He quickly took one of Derek's arms, putting it over his shoulder as Stephanie did the same with the other. "Come on. Where's it at? Do you see it?" Stiles asked and Stephanie turned around, not seeing it.

"No. Just hurry." Stephanie breathed out. "Call Scott!" Derek muttered and Stiles nodded, grabbing his phone from his pocket. "Yeah."

Before he could even press a button, he dropped his phone. Stiles let go of Derek to pick it up, leaving no balance on Derek's left side, making him fall into the pool, taking Stephanie with him. "Shit!" Stephanie screamed, grabbing onto Derek and holding him up above water.

Stiles quickly grabbed his phone, going to dial Scotts number but the creature came up right behind him. Stiles yelped, dropping the phone again and jumped into the pool, swimming towards Derek and Steph.

...

"Hold onto him, I think I can get the phone." Stephanie whispered to Stiles and he nodded. She quickly and quietly swam towards the edge of the pool, just before she could lean over to grab the phone, Derek screamed.

"Steph, stop!" Stephanie freeze as she heard the creature hiss and growl all around her, none of them knew where it was. "Where did it go?" Stiles asked, turning to Stephanie. "Do you see it?"

Stephanie slowly shook her head. "No... Maybe it took off." The growls of the monster sounded again and Derek turned to Stephanie. "Maybe not." He turned back to Stiles almost annoyed. "Will you get me out of here before I drown."

"You worried about drowning? Did you notice the thing out there with multiple rows of razor sharp teeth?" Stiles sassed and Derek glared. "Did you notice that I'm paralyzed from the neck down, in 8 feet of water?"

Stephanie's eyes went wide as she looked back towards the two. "Okay. I don't see it." Stephanie went for the phone but Derek stopped her again. "Wait, wait, wait. Stop.. Stop." Stephanie turned to see where Derek was looking and could faintly see the outline of the creature in the shadows.

"What's it waiting for?" Stiles asked quietly. As if to answer his question, the creature went running for Steph since she was so close to the pool wall. Stephanie swam away just as its claw went for her face, making its claw fall in the water. The creature jumped back, hissing at the water.

"Wait, did you see that? I don't think it can swim." Stiles breathed out, making Steph laugh and flip off the creature with both hands. "Haha! Bitch!" The reptile growled at her, making her yelp and go under water, swimming back to Stiles and Derek.

...

"Okay, I really don't think I can do this much longer." Stiles said grunted, letting go of Derek, making all of the mans weight fall on Stephanie. "No, no, no. Stiles." Stephanie muttered, kicking her feet harder under the water to keep her and Derek up.

Stiles swam towards the edge of the pool as the creature crawled towards him. The two had a mini stare down until Stiles swam to the phone as quickly as he could, barely missing the creatures claws. He quickly dialed Scotts number waiting for him to answer.

"Scott!" Stiles yelled as soon as he answered but after barely three seconds, Stiles' jaw dropped. "He hung up on me." Stiles muttered before his phone slipped out of his hands and fell in the pool. Stephanie glared at Stiles. "You did not just drop your phone in the water." Stiles awkwardly swam towards the pair, helping her hold up Derek, not answering her question.

"Where's your phone?" Derek asked Stephanie who turned her head towards the knocked out Erica still on the ground. "Blondie kidnapped us before I could put my phone in my pocket. It's still in Gerard's office."

The creature walked to the very edge of the pool, it's eyes set on Steph as it growled. Stephanie felt the burning feeling in her eyes again and hissed in pain, shutting her eyes but when she opened them back up, they were purple and everything she could see was purple.

Derek looked at her with wide eyes. "Your eyes." Stiles let out a small shriek at Stephanie getting caught and she quickly shut her eyes again, hoping it'd go away but when she opened them again, they were still purple.

"Let me see your shoulder." Derek said, making Stephanie's face scrunch. "What?"

"Your right shoulder!" Stephanie jumped back at Derek's booming voice, she grabbed the neck of her shirt and pulled it down slightly to show her shoulder were she had a huge birthmark in the shape of a spider.

Derek's eyes went wide and Stephanie shook her head, putting her shirt back to normal. "It's just a birthmark. It looks like a very realistic spider, I know." Derek shook his head, letting out a deep breath. "It's not just a birthmark... "

Stephanie's brows furrowed, her heart thumping loudly in her chest. "What do you mean?"

"That marking... is a-" The creature roared again, cutting off Derek's words.

...

"Stiles, where are you? I need Gerard's keys, there's a USB drive on them... That's the beast-iary." Scott said into his phone as he jumped out of his car and ran into the school.

As he ran for Gerard's office he heard another pair of footsteps coming towards him from another hallway. As he turned the corner, he ran into Will who screamed.

Once he realized it was just Scott, he calmed down. "Jesus Christ, man!" Will let out, trying to catch his breath.

"Where's Stiles and Steph?" Scott asked and Will's eyes went wide. "You think I'd be running around the school if I knew?" Scott rolled his eyes, calling Stephanie's phone. He listened to the ringing, waiting for her to answer until Will and Scott heard a phone ring a few doors down. Gerard's office.

The two ran into the office, Scott grabbing the keys that were still in the door while Will went to Steph's phone. A loud roar was heard through the school. Will and Scott made eye contact before running out of the room and towards the sound.

...

Stephanie slowly felt her legs growing weaker and weaker the longer she held Derek up and she knew Styles was starting to feel the same. "Guys, I don't think I can swim much longer." Steph breathed out and Derek looked to her out of the corner of his eyes. "Steph, I swear... if you let go-" "I want to let go to." Stiles interjected, making Derek turn to Stiles, sending him the same glare.

Suddenly, Stiles let go of Derek, lying in the water. Stephanie, not being able to carry the weight of her and Derek, started drinking as well.

She didn't get to catch her breath in time. Her lungs started to burn as all she wanted was to swim to the surface and breathe but she couldn't. Not by herself.

That's when Will and Scott finally got to them. Scott throwing Derek and Stiles out of the pool as Will grabbed Stephanie, pulling her out of the water. Stephanie took a big breath of air as she looked straight ahead at Scott and the creature fighting.

The creature threw Scott into the mirror, glass falling everywhere. Scott picked up a piece of the glass as a weapon and Derek, Stephanie, Will and Stiles watched as the creature looked in its own reflection before running away, leaving them alone at the school.

...

"Is that even a language?" Stiles asked as he, Stephanie, Scott and Will looked through the bestiary. "How are we supposed to figure out what this thing is?" Scott breathed out.

"It's called a Kanima." Derek announced, walking towards the four, Erica by his side. "You knew the whole time?" Stephanie asked.

"No. Only when it was confused by its own reflection." "It doesn't know what it is." Scott breathed out and Derek nodded. "Or who."

"Well, what else do you know?" Will asked, putting his hands in his front pockets. "Just stories.. Rumors."

"But it's like us?" Scott asked.

"A shape-shifter, yes. But.. It's.. It's not right. It's like a.." "An abomination." Stiles finished and Stephanie let out a breath of air she didn't know she was holding in. Derek went to walk away but stopped at Scott's voice.

"Derek? We need to work together on this. Maybe even tell the Argents." Scott called out, making a scowl grow on Derek's face. "You trust them."

"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 said, walking away. Stephanie took a step towards the alpha, her arm out as of she was reaching to him but he was a few feet ahead of her. "Wait Derek." The man turned his head and Stephanie and she straightened up, clearing her throat and throwing her hands in her pockets.

"What am I? You were gonna tell me at the pool." Stephanie asked, her shoulders raising slightly. Derek nodded, a faint smile painted on his face as he answered the question the girl had been longing the answer for.

"A Kanay."

—BYE I WATCHED EVERY WITCH WAY GROWING UP LEAVE ME ALONE 😭

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uhhh... future chapters will explain what a kanay is and if y'all don't wanna wait that long, you can search up 'kanay' on goggle and go the the every witch way fandom page💀🤚
but also i won't be using every single thing that fandom lists and i'm also gonna change somethings up