It was the night of the Winter Formal and Daire was in the middle of rewatching Fairy Tail and getting ready for the dance. If she were to be honest Daire would rather stay home watch Fairy Tail and eat ice cream instead of going to a stupid dance. Mainly because she could feel the tensions between her family and the Alpha rising, but if she was truly honest it was because she was terrified about Peter being right about her. What if she was being played right in the middle of his hands? Was she even in control of herself of her life? So in response to these unanswered questions Daire was now watching Natsu and the rest of the guild alliance attacking the Oración Seis to prevent Nirvana from activating. It was a nice distraction but it was only a distraction.

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Daire ended up riding in the back of Jackson's Porsche, Allison was shotgun next to Jackass. They arrived at the dance and Allison and Jackass had some sort of conversation (Daire was zoned out listening to Disney music on her Spotify), which ended with Jackass taking a swig of some sort of alcohol and getting out of the car. By the time Daire put her phone in her purse and got out of the car she could see the familiar shape of her best friend on the schools roof. She let out a small laugh, " Idiot" before turning to Stiles and Lydia who had just arrived.

"Jackson, you look handsome," Lydia commented once she hopped out of the jeep.

Jackass smirked, "Obviously, it's Hugo Boss"

"And no one cares, so get going, stupid head" Daire grumbled before pushing Jackson to get moving.

She turned to face Lydia and Stiles, " I don't care, I do not want compliments, I will not fall prey to society's desire to turn girls into insecure neurotics who pull up their dresses at the first flattering remark." Lydia sighed after her rant.

Daire looked between the strawberry blonde and Stiles, urging him to say something.

"Well I think you look beautiful." Stiles stated.

Lydia sent him a shy smile, " really?"

Stiles turned and offered the girl his arm and with newfound confidence Lydia took it.

Daire let a big grin grow on her face before she let out a low-key squeal, "my ships are sailing!" before walking into the school.

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The dance was going pretty well, Daire got multiple compliments. She ended up picking the black skater dress with the pretty gold Aztec design on the top and paired it with her combat boots, which of course held her throwing knife incase something were to go wrong. Her dark hair was curly and braided out of her face and for make-up she went along with a smoky eye and a pretty nude pink lip color. The only bummer was that the cute boy from chemistry that she wanted to impress wasn't anywhere to be seen but Carson and Greenburg apparently liked what the saw because Daire had to shut them down multiple times when they tried to dance with her and when they didn't take no for an answer. Well Daire ended up kicking them where they held most their pride.

"Excuse me, sorry!" a voice yelled as a person ran through the crowd. "Hey Daire!"

Daire whipped her head causing her curls to bounce to see who passed her. "Scott?" Why in the world would he be running?

Daire's question was answered when Finstock started yelling," McCall! I see you McCall! It's a small gym buddy!"

Daire kept her eyes on Scott's retreating figure as he pulled Danny off his feet. He wrapped their arms awkwardly around each other and Danny boy definitely had no clue what was going on.

"McCall, you're not supposed to-" Finstock cut off when he saw Scott. "What are you... what the hell are you doing?"

Everyone in the room seemed to freeze. Even the music stopped, every ones attention was held on Scott and Finstock.

"Yes, Coach?" Scott asked, pulling himself closer to Danny.

"Okay, hold on," Coach answered as he saw all the people looking at him like he was a homophobic jerk. "I was just saying... You don't think I was... Dance! Dance everybody it's a party!"

Daire bursted out laughing as Finstock attempted to get away from the accusatory eyes, she could faintly hear Finstock yelling at Greenburg as the music started to play again.

To her disappointment it was a slow song, which meant that all the couples were being coupley and Daire just sat on the bleachers wondering what her family was up to which then led her to question why Natsu had pink hair. Yeah she doesn't really know how that came up either.

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After the slow song Stiles came up to Daire, "Hey have you seen Lydia? She went to find Jackson but now I cant get a hold of her."

Daire shook her head, "No, I haven't seen her but I'll help you look." She got up off of the bleacher and joined Stiles in his search.

Stiles led them out to the hallway holding his phone up to his ear, until the doors from outside opened and Jackson Jackass Whittemore came in.

"Hey," Stiles called out to him, "Did you see Lydia at all?"

Jackson didn't answer and Daire could see him shaking and gulping for air.

"Jackson?" She asked.

"I was.... I was out behind the school," he began, shoulders shaking. "And I.."

" What the hell did you do?" Daire asked already piecing it together, her family the Alpha it was all converging.

Jackass looked down and Daire let out a frustrated breath. She couldn't waste her time, they had to find Lydia before someone or something else did.

" Useless cowardly asshat," she mumbled before bursting through the doors, the chill air raising the hairs on her arms. Daire continued to run turning to the back of the school when she was blinded by light.

"Why the hell are the field lights on?" Stiles asked, trying to block the bright light with his arm.

Daire peered at the field, making out the silhouette of a girl and another of a man. Dread filled her veins, "No, no way in hell." She muttered before racing to Lydia before Peter could get to her.

Daire could hear Stiles behind her but she ignored him and continued forward, hoping that she would make it in time. "Lydia!" she screamed as she reached the field. The strawberry blonde looked back at her confused. "Run, NOW!" Daire continued to scream.

But she was a few seconds too late. Peter shifted, his fangs protruding out of his mouth. He attacked and Daire didn't have the time to stop him. Lydia's limp bloody body hit the ground but not before Daire threw a punch.

The next thing she knew a hot searing pain shot through her as Peter's fangs clamped down on her arm. Daire looked at her bloody arm then back at Peter who was now stalking Lydia, " What the hell.." she breathed. Peter turned back to face the Argent girl, " When I usually tell someone to bite me, I don't mean actually bite me." Peter just grinned as Daire toppled over, her world began to fade out around her. The last thing she remembered before it all went dark was his cheshire smile and Stiles' screaming voice.

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Wow! another update!! WHoOoO! Happy Thanksgiving my lovelies I'm so thankful for all of you who have taken your time out of your day to read my story and I hope you all enjoy reading about Daire. So now on to my rant:

SO DID YOU SEE THAT COMING?

PETER BIT DAIRE OMG WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL HAPPEN NOW??

AND DONT YOU JUST LOVE HOW SHE CAN GO FROM BEING A RANDOM FANGIRL TO A TOTAL BADASS?

OH CAN YOU GUESS WHO SHE IS CRUSHING ON??

hey this chapter is also dedicated to my bff who is starting a tronnor fic that you should all check out and give all your love to called "The Beat of the Heart". It would mean the world to me if you would give her story a lot of loving.

alright my rant is now over 😜

as always thank you so much for reading and please vote and comment I love to hear feedback from you guys! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving and I will talk to you guys later!

Akalei