Kill the boy

Scott McCall | Seventeen | Werewolf "The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats." — Theodore Roosevelt _____________________________ Do not mistake my kindness for weakness.

[archgents]

Well then there must be a perk somewhere. Asthma, that would’ve sucked. Definitely something that I couldn’t see a werewolf really having. But I don’t, Scott. Or at least I didn’t, not the real them. You can say it time and time again but you don’t know someone if they’re keeping an entire world from you. Just like I didn’t know who my Aunt was, or my own father. Yeah well, Lydia also fits into this huge world somehow and it suits her you know? I understand why you would tell him, hell if I was turned into a werewolf I would probably be telling Elena since I’ve known her since I was like born or something. I know, I didn’t mean that you were any different, just that some weren’t who I thought they were. Forget I said anything about it.  I don’t believe in fate, never have, never will.

[giftedwithacurse]

It wasn't so bad. I mean, I could have been far worse off, you know? It just prevented me from being as active as I wanted to be. We may have been keeping an entire world from you, but that world doesn't make up our existence. Does it play a huge role? Yeah, sadly it does, but I don't really like to think that my mother doesn't know who I am because she doesn't know about me. It changes the way I act around her, yes, but I don't tell her in order to protect her. She's spent her whole life trying to do what's best for me, so I thought I owed her at least sparing her from this. I just don't want you to think that Caroline and Lydia are any less your friends because of this. You can re-learn each other, if that's what you think is necessary. You can work it out, I'm positive of that. Hey, no, it's your opinion and it's a totally valid one if that's how you feel. Really, not even a little bit? You think everything in this world is circumstantial?

[honorableoriginal]

Well it’s a bit of a complicated story. He wasn’t always like this. Well at the moment, he isn’t but I’m sure that is bound to change, and I’m assuming he’s aware of this fact. Klaus may be one of the most powerful immortal to but it does not mean I think there wouldn’t be anyone out there who could end him. His actions are rarely good intentions. I’ve always been the only one trying to reason with my family, the one trying to hope that we could be a family again for centuries, constantly being let down; yet I’m still here. I’m almost certain that there are a several things in town, several information that people may miss. I’m sure that I would be foolish to think that people aren’t making plans at this moment, which is why I deny it. 

[giftedwithacurse]

Any story that ends with the creation of the first vampires in existence has to be expected to be a complicated story. If he knows he can be destroyed, you'd think he'd have more of a sense of self-preservation. Then I can at least admit that you're determined, if you've gone this long and are still fighting. You'd think that you would have been worn down by now if none of your siblings think the same way you do. If there's more information out there to be found, it's only a matter of time before people find it. And it's definitely not guaranteed at this point that the information will wind up in friendly hands. You're smart. There's always some kind of plan hanging in the horizon. Usually more than one anymore. It's a never ending cycle.

[archgents]

I guess you’re right, we just got dealt the wrong hand of cards. But I remember you saying you used to be way different, so maybe being a werewolf sort of opened you up to something. Thanks, Scott. Means a lot. It’s hard to take in, to figure out what’s exactly going on and who I should and shouldn’t be talking to but it’s almost like I made these friendships with people who I never really knew and it’s just making me re-evaluate. I think this is just becoming one huge problem for everyone, the deaths and the wolves and the vampires. The fact that all of this exists and that there’s real threats out there, it’s not something we should have to endure. We’re just a bunch of teenagers, it’s not like we can handle it. 

[giftedwithacurse]

Exactly, so, now, it's basically all about ho we choose to play them. I was different, but not in personality. I just wasn't noticed before I was a werewolf. I'm basically the same person I was then, just enhanced in that people actually see me. Before, I had one friend and a terrible case of asthma that kept me low on the totem pole. That's basically all that's changed, well, other than the enhanced abilities, obviously. Hey, you know your friends, Allison, you do. Just because you now know they aren't exactly normal doesn't mean you didn't know the real them. Lydia didn't know until she was kidnapped. The only reason I told Stiles at the beginning was because I was freaking out and had no one to turn to because I didn't trust the person that turned me at the time. But we're still the same people when it comes down to it. Yeah. I guess the world forgot that we're just kids when they decided to hand us this fate.

[babywildfell]

You’re so adorable, Scotty. Thanks for cheering me up. That made my day. 

[giftedwithacurse]

Well, hey, if I got you to smile, I'm definitely doing something right.

[raisedbetter-blog]

You can. Being an alpha means you have the same power as the alpha pack now. Probably more, considering you’re a “true alpha,” whatever that is.

[giftedwithacurse]

Just because I might have the power doesn't mean I have the skill to take down an entire pack, even if I wanted to. Besides, I'm not the one that has a pretty big target on my back now. We had a good thing going before, Derek. I don't get why we have to lose that right when we need each other the most.

[curlingironcaroline]

It’s definitely a good episode when it comes to the Khal and the Khaleesi— horse heart eating and golden crowns. I’m technically classified as an adult now, although I don’t know how adult I really feel. I think that feeling will come with going to college and moving on passed high school. I think you’ll get used to it after a little while. I mean, it’s not in every episode, but it is in most of them.

You’re right that the more ridiculous, the better. And more ridiculous cards come out of this game too compared to the regular one. I think we’ve still got some who aren’t in the know, but it’s becoming a bigger trend for people to find out. 

[giftedwithacurse]

Horseheart eating and golden crowns? The show really does like pulling all the stops. You are, technically, which means you're a cradle robber. For the next month anyway. But I get what you mean. Until I'm responsible entirely for myself, I don't think I'm much of an adult. Will I? Guess I'll just adjust to it after awhile. At least, for some of them, it's romantic rather than...completely gratuitous.

I'm actually excited to play this game then, see what we all can come up with. At this rate, the whole town'll know before long.

[archgents]

Yeah well then you’d be about the only person not judging me for what I’m a part of. You know, I never asked to be this way, right? It’s not like I was physically standing there with Kate when she did what she did      but, if people want to paint me as some sort of arson loving protege, who am I to stop them? I don’t have to prove myself to anyone, or at least I don’t really think I should have to. Yeah well, I’ve had a few breakdowns that could be considered mental but it’s in the privacy of my own bedroom. Exactly, strength does you no good when there’s skill involved. Well then sounds like you guys make quite the match, glad to hear it. Guess you just have to re-evaluate who you have to trust and who you’re better off without you know? Weed out all possibilities. 

[giftedwithacurse]

I know that you didn't. Just like I didn't ask to be a werewolf either, and you can't help what you're born into. And you shouldn't feel like you have to prove anything to them. You're Allison Argent and you're your own person, and you're actually a person that I think is pretty stable, especially considering what you've just learned. I think we all have the right to our breakdowns in all of this. No one should deny you that. Well, that's the hard part. I'm usually apt to trust people, but I've been burnt a few times recently, so I'm trying to be more careful about it.

[piercesflame-blog]

Because they go meow.

I guess that makes me more open minded than you. We have a strong belief in earning your place and earning your power. I guess Aiden feels like you haven’t done that yet, which, in his defense; you haven’t. Maybe, maybe not. I’m not a square. There are more than four sides to me. Although, I’ll admit, it is mostly murder and aggression. 

[giftedwithacurse]

I've actually never had the problem of a cat not liking me. Not since I was first bit, anyway.

You, more open minded than me? I don't think it's closed-minded to be cautious. I haven't earned my power? In case you didn't realize yet, I didn't want this power. Nor did I really want a place in your pack to begin with. I didn't see you as one-dimensional, but all I've seen is the girl who, from the beginning, wanted to make it clear that she liked to kill for fun.

[archgents]

Don’t apologize, it’s okay. I can take care of myself, you know? Besides, with the fact that everyone in town seems to just be convinced I come from a long line of bad people, it’s hard to really know how to act anymore. It does, I get that what everyone did was out of protection but in my mind, knowing about it all, well I feel more protected then before. I know now that there’s things in the night that go bump and that those things are dangerous, but it doesn’t mean I’m going to sit idly by and let people hurt my friends. I’m not going to be defenseless, I want to help. It’s just a matter of figuring out who I can trust and who I need to just give up on. Exactly, so thank god you’ve got them to keep your head screwed on straight right? My Aunt did actually, my dad was sort of angry about the entire thing but she filled me in and I heard a lot from Caroline and Lydia, and some other people in town. Huge war brewing or what.

[giftedwithacurse]

I know that you can. Derek actually told me about your family a long time ago, back when I first became a werewolf, but I never judged you just because of them, and I want you to know that. I'm just glad that you're taking it pretty well considering all that you've had to digest recently. I's a lot to take in, but I definitely wouldn't consider you helpless. Far from it, actually. Just because you're not supernatural doesn't mean you can't cause your own damage. It's not all about brute strength. I'm lucky to have both of them in my life, honestly, I really am. Yeah, it's a bit...messed up right now. It's like we don't even know what to do anymore, really. Since there's an enemy lurking in basically every corner.

[raisedbetter-blog]

It made it clear that you were never going to be in the pack. I thought you’d eventually change your mind and join — you were basically a part of it anyway. I was wrong. You shouldn’t. Worry about your friends. You have your own people to protect.

[giftedwithacurse]

And what do you want me to do about it, Derek? I can't turn back time, I can't take back that I've become this when I didn't want to be, I can't take back not speaking up about wanting to join before this all happened. And if you thought I was basically a part of it anyway, does the formality of it even have to matter as much? I consider you my friend, no matter how difficult of one you can be sometimes. And how can I protect anyone anyway? Just because I have power now doesn't mean I can protect the people that I want to.

[curlingironcaroline]

As soon as we get to the episode I was just thinking of, I’ll let you know what I was going to say. Although, I think the funny will be decreased since it’ll have lost it’s place in the conversation flow. I realized a little too late that I should have warned you that it was coming. It didn’t click as something that I should make sure to warn you about until it was already there. Nah, you haven’t made it awkward. It’s actually sort of funny? Although that sounds mean to laugh about.

There’s been times where people will play cards to get rid of them without knowing what they are, and then it makes it funnier for the people who do know what it is. I’ve heard of people accidentally winning that way, but I know I always like to look up the ones I don’t already know to get a better idea about them. Elena’s known for a couple of months now, but I didn’t get too much detail on how Katherine found out yet. I guess she stole some of my parents files, but that was the extent of me finding things out. Elena hadn’t told me anything else about it yet.

[giftedwithacurse]

Well, maybe I'll even know what you're talking about once we get there, who knows? Hey, it's not a problem. You don't have to warn me about those kind of things. I mean, we're practically adults, right? And I should have expected the, well, more mature content from a show like that since it holds nothing back with the blood and guts. It's just that my awkward side likes to show up at the most inopportune moments. It's not mean. I would laugh at me too. I laugh at me all the time.

Ha, but that's the fun of it, right? I always try to put down the most ridiculous ones since those tend to have a better chance of being selected in the end anyway. That's...wow. It, uh, it seems like almost everyone knows by now then, huh?

[piercesflame-blog]

You’d only get along with half the clients.

I know how to separate out people. You’re an alpha now. That changes things. You mean how you lumped our entire pack together?

[giftedwithacurse]

Because they're animals?

I still fail to see what it all changes, honestly. I lumped you all together because I knew you were a threat, so I had to in order to do what I had to to protect the people I cared about. Then you tried to kill Caroline, Aiden's been threatening me from the start, and John and Sophie kidnapped my best friend while Nikita supported the whole thing. The only one of you that I can't lump together right now is Ethan. Your behavior hasn't exactly helped your case, even if judging you from the start as a threat may not have been fair. But it turned out to be accurate, didn't it?

[honorableoriginal]

I’ve heard about that; and you’re right, he won’t and he shall continue, only to get power over to his side. As people should be. He does not believe that death is a punishment. He makes them suffer instead. Like I said, Klaus is unpredictable and it’s even difficult for me to find out what he’s planning. He does not even tell his own family. I won’t say that I will stop them, or whether or not I will be able to, considering that Kol is a bit unreasonable as well. Tipping you off is as much as I could do for you. I understand that, though I can’t say that everything would work out in your favor. 

[giftedwithacurse]

Why does he care so much about power? Obviously, he's worried that someone can come along and defeat him, right? Well, he's doing exactly that so far. He's affected the lives of so many people already, and if no one can get him under control, then I can only imagine that t won't be long before someone tries to go up against him, even if it's stupid and foolish to do so. But there's bound to be a way to defeat him, so if you want to keep your family in tact, you may want to try and find a way to make Klaus and Kol see some kind of reason. Because I can't stand here and say that people aren't already making plans.

[gilbertkat]

I’m peachy, Scott. Just peachy. 

So, let me get this straight — you were an omega, then the alpha pack came into town and suddenly everything changed. Don’t you have to kill an alpha to become one?

[giftedwithacurse]

    You're upset with me, aren't you?

That's...basically how it went, yeah. That's what I thought too, what I was told. That in order to become an alpha, you had to kill one. Apparently I'm the exception. That's why the alpha pack wants me.

[raisedbetter-blog]

I never said you didn’t matter. And you could have been pack — easily. I thought you would be for a while there. But you chose not to, from the beginning. So don’t blame it on me for figuring it out on your own. You shouldn’t care.

[giftedwithacurse]

You pretty much implied it the last time that we talked when you made it evident that me being an alpha had to change things for the worse. If I had thought I could change my mind about being an omega? I would have done it awhile ago when we started actually being able to work together, but I didn't think I had the right to change my mind when I'd already made my choice. I'm not saying I'm blaming you or anyone for it. You can't tell me that I shouldn't care, Derek. Because I do, so that's not going to change. I care about you and your pack. Just because I'm off on my own doesn't change that fact.

[gilbertkat]

I walked around with a scarf on my neck when it was summer because I got bitten, Scott. Not telling me didn’t prevent that from happening. 

— You’re a werewolf. Of course, one more person to add to the list. But if they want you on their pack then it means you’re not a regular wolf. 

[giftedwithacurse]

     I'm sorry, Katherine. I...I didn't know. Who...? Are you okay now? I'm...sorry I didn't know about that sooner.

There didn't used to be so many of us, but since the alpha pack came in, our numbers have increased in town. No, I guess I'm not. I didn't think I was anything other than an omega - which is a lone wolf, one without a pack - until the alpha pack came and told me that they wanted me. I didn't know what that was until a couple weeks ago.

[raisedbetter-blog]

Obviously you don’t understand how it is to be an alpha, pack or not. Better be careful who you bite, McCall. You can turn people now.

[giftedwithacurse]

     Why would I bite people in the first place? But I understand the mechanics of it, Derek. But I'll figure the rest out like I've always done. You said it before, I was never pack, I don't matter, so I'm not your concern. But whether you like it or not, I'm going to be concerned about you. Especially when you get yourself hurt.