Scott was just your below average high school student however his reason for his failing grades is that he wasn't applying himself because he wanted to play lacrosse instead of talking to Stiles about it he talked to Stiles dad about it because he played football in high school so he understands the advice he gave was that if he studies he would be able to play next he went and talked with his doctor about wanting to play due to his asthma because he has severe asthma he even talked with his coach and it was determined that he will unfortunately only be able to play should he become good enough roughly 10 minutes of game time instead of the whole 48 minutes of a typical game.
Coach along with his doctor after he completed the 2 weeks of summer school gave him a workout regiment to follow which is what he's doing now he has to do stretches a warmup run his list of exercises that work every muscle in the body then a cool down exercise he chose swimming the school gave him permission to use the pool as long as he agrees to keep it maintained and clean before and after he uses it he agreed while he was doing this stiles was helping him with his summer homework and reading so he wouldn't fall behind when he wasn't busy he was just hanging out going to movies or doing other things to have fun most recently they went bowling together with their parents.
Instead of getting mad at Scott's constant putting the ball in the gutter he asked for advice to which they helped as best as they could but ultimately he had to learn on his own eventually he and stiles just kept coming back until Scott became so good at it that he could do it blind folded they did the same thing with basketball softball and various other sports to help with their coordination leaving lacrosse for last fearing that they would conquer it too quickly and lose interest not knowing that it wasn't quick it was just years of failure and stored muscle memory that helped them succeed where they previously failed however their success doesn't go unnoticed coach Finstock has been watching them over the summer slowly improve in various other sports and he's impressed.
Stiles also joins scott in his workout routines but unlike him doesn't have to slow down and hold back due to asthma so he can do alot more Stiles feels that it's not fair he looks at Scott sometimes and sees a caged animal that can never be freed only through sports does he sometimes show what he's really capable of but when his asthma acts up that's when he can tell that no matter what guidelines Scott follows or what meds he takes this will always be Scott's fate always be chained down never be allowed to fully tap into what he can really do even academically sometimes he feels like Scott is purposefully holding himself back he just doesn't know why as he feels like that's the one area where he shouldn't have to.
Because there's been moments in class where he was truly blown away by Scott's level of insight and genius just like he is with Lydia's but unlike with her as she does it because of boys Scott he feels is because of something deeper he just doesn't why or how to reach him he's been trying for years as has his mother even his father can't get him to tap into his potential he fears if not for wanting to play sports he wouldn't have chosen to seek advice at all as Stiles is lost in thought and lamenting his best friend's potential and life up to now things are being set in motion that will change everything little do both boys know that they are currently being watched and have been for the better part of 10 years.
There's two individuals watching them each one has their own agenda and goals though both know that the other is there they also know that it's too public and too bright to discuss anything out in open like this so they retreat back to the woods getting rid of their tracks and scent also made sure that they weren't followed by anyone they move to a place so remote that no human lives here the two people are Kate argent and Laura Hale Laura says Idk what your interest in Scott is but leave him alone he doesn't know anything it's me that's been snooping Kate laughs then says I know he doesn't know anything about the fire and quite frankly I could careless if he does or not besides I only did that under orders I didn't know that there were humans in that house I honestly thought that the entire family was nothing but werewolves atleast that's what I was told.
Laura listens to her heart and even though Kate has trained herself to fool werewolf hearing so that she can fool them into accepting what she says is the truth she doesn't do that she keeps herself honest Kate says listen Idk everything or how it's going to go down but there's a plan to kill you and lure Derek back here Laura says I know that I'm meant to die soon I just didn't know when so I have a question if I turn him will you hunt him down Kate says no you will receive no threat from me unless you want to train him to look out for hunters Laura asks how long does he have and how long do I have Kate says the both of you have until October it's currently mid-July.
Laura says then we have work to do and we have something to kill that will get stiles interested enough to drag Scott out there Kate agrees but what Laura asks are there still deer in Beacon Hills Kate says yes there is plenty good then we have work to do and unfortunately some of what I'm about to do will draw Derek here as well as make him hate you which is good if everything goes good then stay away from Derek if Scott is your mission then stay away from Derek also if your mission is to seduce him I don't care if the rival is your own niece do whatever you have to to sabotage that relationship Kate nods with guilt as she always loved Allison like a sister and would never do anything to hurt her Laura laughs then says don't worry Derek will do it for you.
All you have to do is help her move on from him Kate nods in relief once night falls she helps Laura find two deer one she helps carve a spiral in the side of it the over she helps rip to pieces and make look like an animal attack as Laura will need all of her energy for tonight as it will be a full moon the spiral deer she places it where it will be found and reported the second she places in Beacon hills reserve this one also has been reported stiles hears about the second one not the first so when the moon rises he takes Scott out there to check it out they egt separated stiles gets caught by his father scott sees a whole bunch of insects and animals runn away in terror.
After the stampede knocks away his inhaler he stands back up he hears growling then sees red eyes then gets bit next thing he knows he's passing out the fear the adrenaline the bite everything just overwhelmed his system Laura is shocked as he passed out while standing up with his eyes open Kate walks upto them seeing this she asks Kate have you ever seen this before Kate says only when someone was in battle and fought to the bitter end but not just because they got bit by a werewolf before she pulls out a stethoscope checks his heart it's beating stronger now than when she checked it last night while he slept to make sure that he could handle it .
Laura asks what's your theory Kate says I have one but I could be wrong something happened to him that forced his body to always be on reserve / survival mode it's probably why he's an asthmatic so he doesn't use up whatever last bit of strength his body is saving for something big now because of the bite it's reworking itself to get out of that mode and into something else essentially his body has shut down until the bite does it's job he will be like this and won't wake up for the foreseeable future Kate closes his eyes so they don't dry out then takes him home lays him in his bed without anyone the wiser before she leaves she was given an herb to speed the process along so nobody would get suspicious she feeds it to Scott in his sleep she also feeds him an herb so that his body won't work as hard to repair itself during this and the last herb will be to make the bite succeed.
Instead of having him eat them she blended them into a tea along with several healing and soothing herbs she also put in several poisons so that he could become immune to them none that would hurt him or werewolves just humans she even put in small traces of tranquilizers so that his body could get used to them and adapt to overcome them turns out that her tea actually made everything better as his body not only adapted to it rather well but it's beginning to become stronger because of it and change in ways that nobody could have predicted when he finally wakes a few days later nobody noticed as stiles was busy trying to find out about the deer that got ripped apart official cause is animal attack determining the exact one is what they are doing now.
Not knowing that he's any different Scott goes back to his routine he even does his workout the exact same he notices that he can do it for longer but doesn't question it when Stiles finally shows up Scott acts as normal even using his inhaler when he feels exhausted but notices that he doesn't need it anymore he just keeps it for appearances not really sure why but some part of him isn't sure if he can trust anybody else around him so one day they head to the woods not the preserve the actual woods as the preserve is owned by the Hales and they setup a whole bunch of stuff to practice lacrosse a couple of soccer goals a plastic ring on a string a pitching machine with the balls that they use they set up in a part of the woods where nobody goes and practice their skills stiles does it to be an expert player Scott does it to blend in as an average player when Scott is sure that he is good enough he finds Issac and Boyd for him and Stiles to go up against.
They never got to play either so this place is the perfect way to improve and play at the same time they also copied down last years plays as well as the middle school's plays and went over them together they grab Greenburg he finds more people to have a proper game one night Greenburg was easily followed by coach and watches the whole thing along with the coach from middle school both of which notice that each side is using a combo of their strategies from previous years better than they did strategies that they scrapped because they failed to make it to state or regionals .
But what catches Finstock's eye is that Mccall is leading them and explaining what they are doing wrong and how the play should go as he brings up a marker board with Stilinski taking over in explaining what they should be doing once done those two step aside while the rest play after the game is over the score is 20-50 instead of yelling at them Scott and Stiles write each of them tips for how they can improve what's more is that there's not just high school kids there but also middle school ones as well both coaches wait until everyone else leaves leaving just Scott and stiles walking upto them Scott asks did you two enjoy the game?
coach says actually yes we did but why would you take our least promising players and train them into what we just saw Scott sighs rubbing his hand through his hair then says because it's much too easy and boring to train someone who's naturally gifted at sports as they have no real appreciation for it as they don't have to work at it and when a real hard worker comes along and surpasses them they act like that person cheated to get what should have been always rightfully theirs all along and when they finally do surpass the hard worker because of life that takes over they sneer and act like it should have never happened in the first place and sometimes will demand to the one who passed them over to never acknowledge the hard worker's efforts again.
Once he was done with his explanation they were flabbergasted even Stiles couldn't do anything but nod also they couldn't help but picture Jackson as he was describing that behavior as he's exactly like that Scott says also hard workers will go above and beyond to prove themselves in the eyes of the coaches and the ones that they respect most now just because Stiles and I helped them with a few basic drills and help understanding how to read plays doesn't mean that we are equipped to teach them how to play the game like you two are as we only know the basics of it Coach says I know we could tell that several rules got broken and lots of misconduct happened also there was glaring holes on defense as well as your goalies were several times left defenseless or abandoned their goals to help on the field.
Coach sighs then says all of this can be fixed and learned also getting Greenburg Layhey and Boyd upto snuff couldn't have been easy Stiles says it wasn't coach but we did it he looks at Scott then says Mccall I know that you wanted to play but I have a better postion in mind for you I've never offered this before and after you graduate I never will again so think about it Assistant Coach Scott is stunned as is Stiles as he thought that Scott would be made captain he looks at Stiles than says Stilenski you will be made Co-captain right next to Jackson both of them accept coach says with your new coaching job this means that you get paid by the school which means that you must maintain a B average to coach next to me Scott nods he looks at Stiles then says to remain an athlete you must maintain atleast a C average to play sports.
Stiles nods with that the two coaches leave Stiles heads home Scott stays behind to put everything up in the shed that they had built that everyone pitched in and bought once it was locked Scott made sure with his new senses that were going haywire as the full moon is in a week that he wasn't being overheard by any stragglers he says you can come out now whover you are Laura comes out she smiles then says good I was afraid that you wouldn't be able to sense me and don't worry nobody is watching or listening to us right now Scott nods then asks are you the one who gave me advice to set up out here she nods then says it was the only way I could meet with you without your friends wondering why your in the woods all the time and don't worry about the shed it's been paid for everyone got their money back including you.
Scott asks why would you do that she chuckles then says because unlike everyone else I was born from a family that was well off now onto the reason I came here today the full moon is in a week have you noticed anything different about yourself like the fact that you don't need your inhaler anymore Scott gasps in shock wondering how she knows that Laura asks or the fact that you don't have to keep doing that pitiful workout that you did before Scott says okay obviously you have been spying on me or you know what's happening to me Laura says both actually as it was I who did it to you.
Scott isn't mad he actually hugs her normally he would be mad but he's feeling every other emotion on top of that and he just reacted he backs away guilty says sorry idk why I just did that she chuckles then says it's okay I could tell by your eyes before you did it that you're feeling all of your emotions at once and I figured that you were going to do one of two things hug me or punch me but Scott we can't stay here any longer or your friend might get suspicious and come looking for you if you want to know more about what these new powers are take my hand now and come with me Scott hesitates at first but does so.
She puts him on her back then speeds to the woods on the outskirts of Beacon Hills once there she makes sure that they are not being watched or followed then says okay my name is Laura I come from a family of werewolves feel free to begin your questions Scott asks if werewolves are real what about vampires she chuckles then asks let me guess you have seen and read everything involving them Scott nods then says also played every video game however lets say that they exist why would they go to war with werewolves that's never been explained Laura says that's because werewolves are very territorial and have protective instincts also they are dependent on nature to survive as are vampires but vampires only care about using people to their own ends not protecting them.
Laura says yes they are real there's probably 6,000 left out who knows how many pretty much every creature you can think of used to exist including dragons from what my mother told me before she died that there used to be 1 left in the world but no one knows where it was and probably never will know the same with the last of the phoenix Scott asks is what we are dangerous Laura says we can be when we first start out but with time and training you will be amazed at what you can do for now instead of trying to shift into your beta form lets have you hone your senses better which is why I brought you here where there are so many scents and sounds to distract you.
Laura says first we will work on your hearing even as you are while not shifted your hearing is much better than that of any human you can hear from miles away should you train it and if mastered you can eliminate sounds that you don't want and focus on ones that you do so that you don't have to search for the right one every time before having Scott sit down she finds a piece of cardboard that she placed here days ago for his senses training then says sit on this he does so she grabs his shoulders then says listen to me scott before we begin each time with your hearing I want you to try to just do as you can I don't expect you to try to master these powers right away and lastly empty your mind of all thoughts doubts and questions.
Scott clears his mind it takes him 30 minutes to do so once done he lets his hearing expand beyond what a human is capable of and each sound of the frest is amplified he can hear how each insect and each animal makes their sound his brain would have been overloaded if his eyes were open but they are not Laura didn't tell him to close them or to not use his nose but it was implied finally Scott goes beyond where they are and hears Stiles back where they set up the Lacrosse stuff at then goes home he expands further going into town he hears Deaton and the Sheriff talk about a deer with a spiral on it then gets a headache and has to stop Laura gives him a water bottle.
Which he happily drinks she asks how far did you go he says the animal clinic where I work she claps impressed then says that's 3.5 miles from where we currently are most newly bitten werewolves can only do the area that you are currently sitting in Scott says I probably could have mastered the other technique in this area but it wouldn't have benefited me to do it just yet not when there are so many other abilities that I need to learn first she nods impressed with his foresight but gets a grim expression on her face then says Scott even if you master every power that I can teach you you do understand that my bite wasn't able to unlock all of your potential most of your power and abilities locked you'll have to be bitten again to unlock what you can really do and that means that I might have to die for tht to happen Scott grabs her faster than she's ever seen a werewolf move he growls but it sounds like a baby puppy.
Hearing this worries her about how powerful he will become looking into his eyes she sees what Stiles was afraid of that with her death he will go back to what he was and hold back in everything even if someone bites him again he won't care not until someone forces him to by then they will regret it she even fears for the Argents lives if they have something to do with her death as he has become attached to her not romantically no it's worse than that she can see that he that he's beginning to see her as family which explains why he's been like he was before she bit him he must have lost a family member she hugs him then soothingly says don't worry I have a brother he's a little abrasive but he's a big softie and I've set things in motion that will draw him here.
Scott says whatever you're up against let me help you she says even fully trained you're no match against this threat he pulls away from her looks her in the eye then says you give me no choice she quirks an eyebrow Scott says we're wasting time how long until I lose you to this mysterious enemy she says October 1st he says then lets continue the training Laura nods then says for this first day I'm only teaching you one more ability while in your human form and that's your sense of smell Scott sits back down he does the same as before and he can smell everything including the bad oil in Stiles's jeep as well as the faluty break lines and bad fluids in it as well as it constantly overheating due to a leak in the antifreeze container and a hole in the radiator finally he smells something foul and bad almost like death at the animal clinic.
Laura sees the weird face he makes at the end then asks let me gues the animal clinic again he nods he asks what would have a foul and smell like something is dying there she says it's cancer one of the animals must have it even humans who have it have that rotting smell he asks is there anything that we can do for them she says we have tons of abilities but curing cancer isn't one of them I'm afraid she says I honestly don't know if the bite would work on someone who has cancer or not and I might seem wise but I'm not like you Scott I wasn't bitten I was born like this in my family there's a 50-50 chance you were going to either be human or a werewolf.
Scott asks couldn't you guys just bite them she says we tried over the years their bodies are immune to our bites and they die from it so 20 generations ago the first female Alpha of our family put a stop to it and let them live their lives they could marry a werewolf if they wanted or marry a human half of them married wolves from other packs while the other half married humans Scott says sounds like an elegant system Laura chuckles then says only you would think so get some rest Scott because soon we will intense your training beyond what we did today and here is where we will your senses back at your lacrosse place is where we will work on honing your speed so that if you ever have to you can play and not look to good that's too above human standards.