The disaster returns to high school! This chapter is 16,300 words long, which continues in our tradition of  being totally  unnecessary, but here you go. Happy long weekend to the Canadians here.

Hour of the Wolf: Chapter 8

Summary: It's the first day of school. Allison has to negotiate rebuilding the relationship with her pack, deal with the fallout of her previously terrible academic showing, and then there's the thing at lunch with the banana. Gym class features a visit from Deputy Natasha Rushman, and Allison is seriously at the end of her patience. We end the chapter with the first stirrings of supernatural trouble heading south on the way to Beacon Hills.

Notes: So who hasn't  had nightmares about high school? Allison gets to re-live them all, and more. There are a lot of moving parts in this chapter, but what is really interesting to think about  is how Natasha is going to interpret what happens in gym class, and what that fall-out might be.

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oh god, we’re back in high school. Allison has had nightmares about this.

And then the sheriff shows up to deal with one of his recalcitrant children, although not the one he expected:

and finally, we get a little of this (gif from nickelodeon because i can’t find any from teen wolf):

The disaster returns to Beacon Hills! This chapter is 300 words shy of 20,000, which is completely unnecessary. It's literally three chapters shoved into one. So why am I posting the whole thing at once? I don't know!

Hour of the Wolf: Chapter 7

Summary: Allison's repressed trauma makes itself known. The Stilinski house has a few early morning visitors, namely Erica and Scott, and then Allison and Noah have a very uncomfortable conversation. There's a pack meeting at which Allison and Derek try to out-alpha the other, Chris Argent makes an unwanted appearance, and then, finally, it's the sheriff's department Labour Day family picnic. Will school never begin?

Notes: Allison is going through a lot of really terrible stuff in this chapter (I'd say she was coping with a lot of stuff, but who are we kidding, she's not coping at all). Some content warnings for traumatic nightmares, trauma flashbacks, description of a past physical assault, and a certain someone cuts her own arm to prove a really unnecessary point.

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... and what Allison thinks of that:

plus, a teaser of a conversation in Stiles’ immediate future:

The disaster arrives in Malibu! Only 8,000 words in this chapter, which as it's all Tony's POV, is about right.

Hour of the Wolf: Chapter 6

Summary: Tony Stark's quiet evening at home is rudely interrupted by someone hacking into Jarvis's systems, and that's just the start of a very long, very confusing night. (AKA Allison spoils the plot of Iron Man 3 for Tony.)

Notes: I mean. It could be worse. If anyone in this story actually talked to each other, we'd be moving along a little faster but why make things easy when you can make things complicated?

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So we start with this:

get into a little of this:

And flashback in time to this:

and end on this note:

The disaster marches on. Hope everyone’s having a good weekend. Only 9,000 words this time, but we’ll have a second chapter of the week on Wednesday, so stay tuned...

Hour of the Wolf: Chapter 9

Summary: Allison goes to Peter's place for research on the latest supernatural creature threatening Beacon Hills, and gets more than (or, rather, exactly what) she bargained for. Peter wonders what he's doing with Allison, considering everything the Argents had done to him. Later, Allison has an early-morning therapy session at school with Jackson. And the first week of school isn't even over yet.

Notes: You know what's fun when you're writing a story with more than one POV? Having characters interpret the same situation in different ways. What's even more fun (maybe not fun. maybe weird and slightly disquieting) is when one of those characters is Peter Hale. I don't know. I wanted to go into his side of things here as a way to start to explore in a bit of those wider circles around Allison, and how the changes she's making to the timeline are rippling outward.

Anyway please read the notes on the chapter for the content warnings.

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So Allison’s research into the mysterious supernatural creature is hindered slightly by, you know, school...

so she goes to visit this guy, which goes about as expected...

Anyway, later and unrelated, we get a cameo from Jackson and Colton Haynes’ eyebrows:

Sneak peek: Next chapter we get to see what Rhodey thinks of the developing situation...

The disaster marches on!  You know, i used to think that 6,000 words was a long chapter. What is this 15,000-word nonsense.

Hour of the Wolf: Chapter 4

Summary: Allison makes a decision on trusting Stiles (complete with flashbacks to the years ahead), Lydia needs a favour, and Peter expresses his displeasure. Melissa McCall is more than a little bit shaken with what happens on the night of the full moon at the sheriff’s station.

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The disaster marches on! This one tapped out at 50 words shy of 18,000, because I have no sense of proportion or restraint.

Hour of the Wolf: Chapter 5

Summary: After another night of no sleep, Allison goes for a run up in the hills after midnight, makes new friends, gets in an argument with the sheriff, but still has to go to her day job. In an effort to avoid Scott, what steps will she take and what bad decisions will she make?

(Spoiler: the bad decision is Peter. Of course it’s Peter. Please, for the love of god, read the story tags and the chapter notes) (Also later there's Erica and Hunters and stuff so yeah Allison is having a really trying Saturday)

Notes: One of the fascinating things about this story is that I have no idea where it's going. I think I'm taking it in one direction then I write something and think "hey that's actually a really good idea why didn't I think of that?" and on we go.

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Allison Stark’s party days before the Snap:

Alpha’s in town circa 2034 to clean up your supernatural mess (c/o new previews for Swamp Thing which i now have to watch b/c Crystal Reed)

and lastly Allison back in 2012 Beacon Hills really fucking hating how she keeps putting her friends in danger plus no one will let her carry a concealed machete, the laws are trash.