Talk:Derek Hale/@comment-96.255.113.147-20120724224718/@comment-75.177.7.159-20120725004307

If you think about it from what we've seen - you can only become alpha by doing two things. Betas can become alphas by killing the current alpha (we've seen it when Peter killed Laura and when Derek killed Peter) or you are are the next natural born heir in your pack (Laura had to become the Alpha since all of the Hale members were thought to be dead).

Having said that people are constantly fighting about if Derek is still an Alpha or not since Peter's revival. Since Peter didn't kill Derek then its safe to assume that Derek still has his Alpha powers.

My theory may sound crazy but think of it as Derek having "royal blood" as the Alpha - Peter simply was "using" some that "blood" (power) since they do come from the same pack to come alive again. That's why Peter was able to come back alive but Derek wasn't stripped from his powers. Crazy but it might explain why Derek is still an Alpha.