Laura feels that something is wrong and returns to Beacon hills, when Laura doesn't answer her phone after a few days, Derek follows after and discovers that there is something very sinister happening in his home town. It's then that he meets a young werewolf named Scott McCall and feels that it's his duty and responsibility to look after him even when Scott doesn't listen because he's too in love with Allison to care about anything else.Derek was born into a family of werewolves. His mother, Talia, was much respected within the werewolf community meaning Derek came into contact with members of a number of other packs.He and his family lived in Hale House in Beacon Hills, California and he attended Beacon Hills High School.Peter Hale claims a 15-year-old Derek conspired with an Alpha (Ennis) to have Derek's girlfriend (Paige) bitten in hopes of turning her into a werewolf.The process didn't take and, to end her suffering, Derek killed her.Having taken an innocent life, his eyes changed from yellow to blue.Sometime later, Derek entered into a relationship with werewolf hunter Kate Argent. She used him to gather information on his family making him an unwitting accomplice to the arson fire at Hale House that killed most of his family.After his Uncle Peter killed the conspirators involved in the fire, Derek killed him and took the status of Alpha Werewolf.In order to save the life of his sister Cora, long thought dead in the fire, Derek gave up the spark that made him an Alpha. His eyes turned from red back to blue.Kate Argent somehow physically regressed Derek back to the age of 15. While restored to his proper outward appearance, he seems to have lost all of his werewolf traits and abilities.It is finally revealed that Derek was not losing his powers, but was in fact evolving into something else. He has inherited the powers of his mother allowing him to turn himself into a wolf at will. This is an extremely rare and powerful skill that has now made him stronger and faster than your average beta werewolf however he is not more powerful that Scott.He is now in a relationship with the mercenary Braeden. Show less «