Danika's POV

I opened the door to the school and my stomach instantly dropped. I'd never done this before. I'd gone to the same schools with the same people since I was in kindergarten and now I was in a new town, at a new school full of people who have probably known each other since they were babies.

Oh god, how long have I just been standing here? Has anyone noticed? Just act natural! Pretend you weren't just standing here freaking out. Damn, I'm still doing it aren't I? Okay let's go!

Danika took a deep breath and headed down the hall, following the signs written on the wall pointing towards the office, but still looking extremely lost.

Stiles's POV

Down the hall from where she entered, Scott and Stiles were talking at their locker. Scott was nervously talking about the Alpha pack, as he had only just found out that Erica and Boyd were taken. Stiles looked around to make sure the twins weren't around listening in, as Scott was trying to figure out a way to find Erica and Boyd, when he saw a girl. She entered the building and froze, full deer in headlights look on her face. While she was staring out into the hallway, it looked as though she was lost in thought.. errr….freaking out in thought. After about a minute she shook her head and looked around and then headed off down the hallway. Stiles chuckled as he could recognize the panic and inner dialogue from anywhere, it was an experience he was very familiar with.

"Stiles?" Scott questioned, snapping Stiles back into the conversation.

"Uh yeah. You're probably right." Stiles nodded, trying to play off his inattentiveness as simply listening. It didn't work and Scott shook his head.

"Come on, let's get to class." Scott laughed and the pair walked off to their first period English class and sat in their usual spots. The bell rang and the desk beside Stiles remained empty, Lydia didn't show up. Must just be sick or maybe she even switched classes, after the bird incident, he couldn't blame her! A lot of kids were missing actually, must have freaked them all into staying home for the day. Scott wrote it off as the Alpha pack but something about that just didn't sit right with Stiles. He knew it was something else, something more. He just didn't know what it was yet but it was coming.

Right as was about to begin teaching, a really faint knock came from the doorway and that girl from earlier stood there, anxiously playing with the pile of papers the office must have given her.

Danika's POV

The second I stopped knocking the nerves hit her like a bag of bricks. Was it too late to run and consider homeschooling? Yeah I guess so, everyone was already staring. Just be cool! Or at least don't make a complete fool out of yourself!

"Can I help you?" The teacher asked. I looked at her anxiously and walked into the classroom and handed her the paper on the top of my stack. The office had told me to give it to all my teachers.

"Yeah, sorry I'm late. I'm new here." I said meekly. She smiled at me.

"Don't make a habit of it and we'll forget about it! Class, this is our new student Danika. I'm sure you'll all be very welcoming and help her out in these next few days! Danika, why don't you go sit over by the window, next to Stiles." I nodded and quickly made my way over and sat down. I looked to my left at, who I guess was Stiles, and smirked and raised his hand at me, causing me to shyly wave back and then quickly move my hand from the air to the back of my neck, something I did rather frequently when I felt out of place. The class started pretty normally, except for Stiles, the tan guy beside him and the brunette girl in front of that boy seemed to be having a very heated whispering discussion. Towards the end of the period, we were suppose to split into pairs and discuss the readings from last class, which obviously I hadn't done. The second we were suppose to break off, I didn't even want to look up, knowing everyone would pick their friends and I was going to be the awkward person left out.

"Hey, uh… Danika right?" I looked up to see Stiles looking over at me.

"Yeah. Stiles?" He nodded.

"Here, why don't I move my desk a little closer and we'll talk about something other than the Odyssey because odds are, neither of us did the reading, right?" He raised his eyebrow at me and I laugh and nod. He stands up in his desk and move the few inches over so our desks are side by side.

"So Danika, where ya from?" He rested his elbow on the table and put his cheek up to his fist.

"Oh I actually just moved here from Canada. My family had some property here. You been here your whole life?" He nodded.

"My father is the Sheriff so there isn't much moving around!"

"That's pretty cool! Any sort of exciting adventure or intense drama going on around here?" I jokes, coming from the world's most boring town. Stiles's eyebrows jumped for just a second and the with a chuckle he said

"You know, I'm sure if you look hard enough, something is always going on in Beacon Hills."

The rest of our conversation that period was friendly and actually quite hilarious! Stiles is quirky but charming and very sarcastic!

"Hey, if you want, I can show you around later! At lunch or something. Make sure you know where everything in the school is! It can be a really confusing place!" He smiled at me. Maybe I wouldn't be so lonely after all. Maybe this could be a good thing!

"Yeah that would actually be amazing! I was really worried about spending my first lunch alone, in the bathroom or something." Danika! You are so lame, oh my goodness. I laughed, trying to play it off and he grinned back!

"What class do you have next?" He asked. I pulled out my schedule and handed it to him.

"Oh man! Like we have the same science class next but I'm so sorry." He looked so upset for me, it freaked me out a little.

"Why? What's wrong?!"

"This teacher is a dick!" I stared at him for a moment then burst out into laughter.

"You laugh now Danika but once you get in there you'll be sorry!" In between laughs I thank him for the warning and then the bell goes off, causing everyone to stand up to leave.

"Stiles?" I call after him, causing him to freeze and turn around. "Could I come with you? I have no idea where I'm going…." He shakes his head smiling.

"Come on!" He waves me over and I scurry after him. We get out into the hall and start walking with the tan boy from earlier in the class.

"Hey, I'm Scott. Nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you too! You headed to science too?" He nodded but then tells us he'll meet us there and runs off after a tall lanky boy.

"So how do I survive this science teacher?" I look to Stiles.

"Well, probably just sit down, take notes and shut up. Not really my style, too boring for me but then again…. He hates me…" His face looked puzzled causing me to giggle and nudge him right before he stops at a door.

"Inside here is hell but now you have to make a choice. Come to the dark side Danika! The Dark side is way more interesting than some boring science formulas!" I push him through the door and he shoots me a wink before heading to the back of the classroom. I stop at the teacher's desk and the man sitting there gives me the most unimpressed look I have ever seen. I hand him the paper and let him know I'm new.

"Okay. Go sit down and don't cause a disturbance and you'll be just fine." He stands up and walks away. I furrow my brows, grab the paper and start heading to the back to where Stiles is. As I'm heading down the row I notice to twin boys sitting at a station near Stiles and they're staring me down. The eye contact we make last just for a second before I feel too awkward and break it. Finally I reach Stiles.

"It's been decided. Dark side it is!" Stiles celebrates in his chair and Scott comes in and joins our station on the other side of Stiles. As Scott sits down, he looks super confused because Stiles is still celebrating.

"She's joined the dark side! And by dark side I mean messing around in this class because Mr. Harris is a dick!" Scott laughs and gives me a high five.

The lesson starts and I keep the two quiet while Mr. Harris is talking but then we reach the point in the class where we have to do an experiment. I take the lead and pretty much do it all on my own, leaving the boys to chat. This was probably better anyways! I'm much faster on my own! I finish the task and fill out the sheet, while most groups are nowhere near done, so I decide to interrupt and ask the question I've been thinking all period!

"Hey guys! Can I ask you something?" I spit out very quietly but they both stop talking anyways and turn towards me, silently telling me to go on.

"What's up with those twins?" Both their mouths opened as if to talk but nothing came out. It was just mouth twitching and looking at each other, unsure of what to say.

"It's just that they were just staring at me when I got in. But not like a 'who is this new person I've never seen before' kind of stare. Like they were staring me down! It was weird!" I turned to look at them and saw one of them looking at me. I whipped my head back around to see Scott shooting Stiles an extremely worried look that disappeared only seconds after I turned around, I guess they were hoping I wouldn't see it!

"They're dangerous from what I've heard…." Scott started.

"Yeah… Honestly just stay away from them! I know they're definitely no good and they're weird so they were probably just confused at the new person in their class!" Stiles spilled. I was pretty sure he was lying but just decided to drop it. Don't want to push too much and then lose them as potential friends!

Just as the bell to lunch rang, I noticed both twins looking at me again. One was saying something to the other and then they ran off, literally at a running pace! I looked back to Scott and Stiles but neither seemed fazed or even seemed to notice their abrupt exit! Super weird! Anyways, the three of us get up and leave the classroom. Stiles turns to me.

"Hey Danika! Wanna go to your locker and then meet me back outside our English class?" I nodded and waved goodbye. As I walked off I could still hear Stiles above the crowd.

"Yeah I'm just showing her around…. Scott! It's not a big deal!" Confused, I quickly made my way to my locker, and put all my stuff in it. Heading back to my English classroom, I realized it's much harder to remember directions when the hallways are full instead of when everyone is in class, especially because for some reason, everyone was so tall! All the guys were like 6 foot a million and so many girls were wearing heels! I'm going to have to start remembering this laying by the walls and not the hallways!

While trying to move through all the bodies, I accidentally bump into one. I look up and it's one of the twins from my science class! Uh oh!

"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry!" I start to slowly move around him in order to get past. "Sorry, sorry, ah I'm so sorry. I hope you're okay!" And before he can even get a word out, I'm past him and see Stiles waiting at what must be his locker, right across from the classroom.

"Have a fun chat with Aiden?" He asked sarcastically.

"Ugh no! Everyone is giant in this school so I'm trying to figure out where I'm going, bump into him, freak out, apologize profusely and leave before he can even say anything." Stiles burst out laughing

"What? I panicked!" Stiles shook his head and motioned for me to follow him.

Our tour started with finding my next two classes, the next one being history which she had with Stiles and Scott and her last class she had by herself.

"Awesome! Thanks Stiles! I think I'll be able to find everything when the time comes! Now show me all the hidden secrets of the school!" I smirked at him and he looked rather shocked.

"What? What do you mean?"

"Come on Stiles! If anyone was going to know all the cool secrets or have cool stories about certain parts of the school, it would be you!" He opened his mouth to protest but ended up nodding to himself. Soon after we reached a small door with Coach's Office written on it.

"This is Coach's office!"

"Thanks Stiles, I guess now I know where to go if I want to join a sports team?"

"It's more than that! Every Mischief Night we pull a prank of Coach because it's his birthday! This year I'm going to take out all of the nuts, bolts and screws from all the furniture in here and put it in a tiny little wrapped box that when he lifts, will knock everything down!"

"You evil genius Stiles!" I laughed at him and he smiled proudly.

"Honestly though there aren't too many secrets built into the school! No secret passages or anything that we could get into. Just a normal three story building!"

"Oh I get it! It's more the people inside the school with secrets!"

"Uh, yeah I guess you could say that!"

"What's yours Stiles?"

"Uh… You know, I don't think I have any! I more just observe other people."

"Mhm. I'll find out eventually!" I laugh and we just start walking around, him telling me about him and his dad, and I talk about life in Canada. Stiles is astounded by how much snow we get and promises me the winters here are nowhere near as harsh. We end up at my locker only a few minutes before the bell.

"Stiles?"

"Mhm?"

"Thanks for showing me around! I was really worried about today. I've never moved before and I kind of imagined it would be really horrible but you've really made it so much better!" He smiled at me kindly.

"Trust me, I get what it feels like to be the odd man out. Anyway I can help! But I should probably head back to my locker, bell is going to ring soon. You think you can find History okay?"

"Yeah I think so! Worst case scenario I'll just walk about for a while. I'm new, teachers have to forgive me." We laugh and Stiles pulls out his phone.

"Here, I'll send you a text and if you get lost, just let me know and I'll come find you!" He hands me his phone nervously and I awkwardly take it, putting in my number and soon receiving a text.

Hey it's Stiles :)

"Thanks Stiles! Now get lost before you're late." I lightly push his shoulder to send him on his way.

"And you don't get lost!" He calls back and chuckles.

I grab all my stuff for the next two periods and follow the path that Stiles had shown me from my locker to my History class. I stood near the teacher's desk as the students piled in, including Scott and Stiles. Scott nods to acknowledge me and Stiles waves. Finally the teacher comes in and deals with the paperwork, allowing me to finally take a seat and I took the closest empty seat to Stiles but it definitely wasn't close enough to have any conversations so the period was rather boring. After the bell I said goodbye to Scott and Stiles and headed to my next class. After the paperwork was dealt with I tried to sit near the front, noticing one of the twins was sitting at the back. The period went by super slow because the whole time I could feel his eyes digging into the back of my head. When the class was finally over, I darted quickly out of the classroom to my locker, not wanting to have to deal with another encounter of a twin. I put all my stuff away and headed back to the office, as they had asked me to do in the morning. I had a quick chat with the principle, they gave me all the books I needed for my classes and all the work I'd have to do in order to get caught up with the class. I was even recommended a tutor but I'm sure I can catch up really quickly. Soon after, I left the office and headed back to my locker, gathered my things and started to head towards the main door. By this time the school was pretty much empty. Just before I was going to turn the corner into the hallway with both the door and Stiles's locker, I heard my name come up in a conversation and I froze. I peered my head around the corner for a second and saw Scott and Stiles, apparently having an argument.

"Stiles, you can't drag her into this. It's too dangerous!"

"Scott, I'm just being nice! Since when am I not allowed to have any normal friends?"

"Stiles. You can't do this. You can't be friends with Danika." Scott said firmly and Stiles sighed in defeat.

"Fine." He mumbled. Fuck. I knew this was too good to be true. This was too great of a first day for it to last. I turned around to try and find another way out of this stupid school when I spun too fast and bumped into the locker next to me.

"Fuck." I whispered as I heard feet start to head in my direction. I quickly turned and started back the way I came from.

"Danika? Danika!" I heard Stiles call after me. I didn't want to stop but I did anyways. He ran up and stood in front of me, which sucked because I was definitely visibly upset.

"What is it Stiles?" I look to the floor, moving my hand to the back of my neck.

"Did you...uh…" He swayed awkwardly

"Hear your conversation? Yeah… I don't know why Scott doesn't like me so much but it's fine. Thanks for your help today Stiles, I won't be a bother anymore." And with that I walked past him, leaving him standing there, unsure of what to do. I kept walking and quickly realized I had no idea where I was going or how to get out of the school without breaking a window! I sat on some nearby stairs and started to pull out the map of the school I was given to try to find the nearest exit.

"Hey, you're the new girl!" I looked up to see the twins towering over me. I almost took off up the stairs but then I realized that neither Scott or Stiles was going to be my friend so I had to make some new ones and quickly!

"Yeah, I'm Danika."

"I'm Aidan and this is Ethan. I think we have two classes together right?"

"Yeah I think so!" Ethan came and sat down beside me.

"Are you okay?" He looked at me concerned.

"Yeah, just been a rough first day I guess." Ethan looked knowingly at Aidan.

"I get it. We're both still pretty new as well." Ethan jumped up. "Us new kids have to stick together, right?" He put out his hand to help me up. I paused for a minute but then realized they were right. I took the hand and stood up.

"Yeah you're right! Now from one new kid to another….. Can you help me find an exit?" They laughed and led me down the hall.