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Lunch had already passed, but the new girl had yet to show up. Allison, Lydia, Scott and Stiles had meet up with Isaac, Erica and Boyd and let them in on their plan of the supernatural background check. Stiles felt a little left alone with his idea that something normal could happen to Beacon Hills once. When he had looked at them indignantly, they just shrugged. "Nothing normal ever happens in Beacon Hills these days." was all Isaac said before he returned to his sandwich. Even Boyd seemed to think that and tuned out every attempt of Stiles to convince him otherwise. Later Danny sat next to them and they changed the topic towards the upcoming lacrosse game.
"Maybe she's just not coming today." Allison said as they walked towards their history class.
"No, Mrs. Thawn told me that the new girl is coming in late." Isaac said.
"She told you?" Lydia asked.
"OK. Maybe I just overheard her talking to Ms. Callson, who said something about being jetlagged."
"If so, she may or may not come. We could still ask Mrs. Thawn for some details." Lydia suggested.
"You mean gossip and then subtly ask for the new girls name? And seriously, what about 'Innocent until proven guilty'?" Stiles complained. Why could nobody believe that a transfer student could be something normal?
"God Stiles! You do see that nothing normal has happened since that night on the Hale property?" Scott exclaimed and looked at his friend expectantly.
"Why… but yes."
"And since that is the case, it does seem more plausible that we should maybe take 'guilty until proven innocent' - as the safer statement - into consideration." Lydia piped in.
"Stiles." Allison stopped in front of Stiles and looked him directly into his eyes. "Let us just pretend for a second that she is indeed very normal. What do you want to do? Do you want to befriend her and maybe pull her into our mess? I think that wouldn't be fair. I believe that every normal and not affiliated with the supernatural person should be left out of this. We don't need to endanger an innocent person; we are to protect them."
Stiles stared at her for a second before averting his eyes. He was aware of those facts and he surely didn't want to endanger another person. Every single person in their group and all of their loved once were always in danger, even if they didn't even know about that. Knowing about all of that wasn't really minimizing the risk.
"You're right." He sighed. "But if I'm right I will say 'I told you so!' and then we are all going to watch the whole Lord of the Rings saga – extended edition – this Saturday at Dereks!"
Scott rolled his eyes and punched his friend in the shoulder. "You do realize that Derek will veto that…"
Stiles grinned and started to walk towards the history classroom. Allison, Lydia and Scott waved goodbye to the rest with the promise to text them if the girl showed up before following him.
They sat down on their seats and waited for the class to begin. The class droned over them as they tried to focus on D-Day. They were halfway through the lesson when Scott popped his head up. He heard talking in the hallway, two females, but they just entered the school. He was pretty sure that that was the new girl and Ms. Callson. He couldn't hear them anymore as they went towards Mrs. Thawn's office, so he pulled his cell phone out and wrote a group message saying 'she's here' and waited until he could hear them again. Scott heard the soft buzzing as Allison, Lydia and Stiles received his text. Stiles shot him a meaningful look and he nodded.
Sometime later, Scott could hear the two females and the principle coming towards their classroom. The small group stopped in front of the door. He shot Allison and Stiles a look and motioned towards it. Scott heard a pair of shoes leaving before the door was opened.
Principal Francis came in, followed by a brunet girl with sapphire blue eyes, clothed in plain jeans and a bit too big a shirt, hair in a messy bun. She wasn't beautiful, but also not ugly; she looked… normal. In a flicker of a moment Allison, Lydia and Scott thought about the possibility of her being simply normal, the changes of Boyd's, Erica's and Isaac's behaviour after being bitten coming to their minds. The girl in front of them definitely wasn't screaming self-confidence.
"Class, this is Ms. Sophie Marther. She is joining you for your studies, starting now. I expect you all to treat her to your best." The principal said, padded Sophie's shoulder and left the room.
Scott grabbed his phone and texted the name to Isaac and saw Allison typing into hers, probably texting her Dad, too.
"Well, Ms. Marther please sit down." Mr. Mikels said, pointing at the chair diagonally left in front of Scott.
As she made her way towards the seat, Scott sniffed the air, letting his wolf check the approaching presence. She sat down while Scott wrote another group message.
'No were-thing'
Sophie stepped through the door following the principal and instantly felt all eyes on her. She really didn't like being the new one. Standing awkwardly next to Mr. Francis, hearing him introduce her, her eyes swept over the room. A few people typed away on their phones before looking at her again. 'Great. By the end of this lesson the whole school will know my name'. She snapped out of her musings when the teacher said her name and motioned towards an open seat.
Walking to the seat, she still felt the gazes of the other students in the room on her. One guy was staring at her and she thought she saw him sniffing the air out of the corner of her eye, but that was really unrealistic. He was probably just wrinkling his nose.
She sat and pulled out her pen and pad, trying to block out the feeling of eyes staring at her back.
"OK. Back to business Ms. Marther as a German you probably know a lot about D-Day. Would you give this class the pleasure of sharing your knowledge? It should be an interesting point of view." Mr. Mikels said and looked at her with something in his eyes that Sophie couldn't place.
Not really sure of what she should make of the 'point of view' part, she searched her brain on everything she knew about D-Day. "Well… the most known D-Day would be 6th June 1944. Also called 'Tag-X' in German and most commonly referred to as the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany. It was a combat attack initiating the western allied effort to liberate mainland Europe. The invasion of Normandy, at the northern coast of France, is the largest amphibious invasion in history. The operation was a success. Henceforth, the western forces and the soviets successfully liberated Europe and Germany. The total surrender was signed on 7th May and effective by the end of 8th May 1945." She stopped still not sure what was expected of her.
"Very right, but as a German, how do you feel about all of that?"
Sophie stared, feeling uncomfortable. Was this guy serious? "Sir, I'm not too sure what you want to hear…. But I think I'm feeling thankful." She started to get a really bad feeling. The feeling of stereotypes being tested, but she wasn't really up to let that get to her.
"Why so? Weren't it the Germans who started the war? How are you as a German living with that burden?"
'Yes. Definitely being tested.' Sophie was getting a bit angry. Nothing of this seemed relevant to her and the start of her new life. "The first country occupied by the Nazis was Germany. Lots of people died and families were destroyed. Yes, it was Germany starting the war but the people of Germany suffered greatly in this time too. I don't see how this is relevant for this class, but the Germans are constantly reminded of the happenings in world war two. Nobody is going to forget what happened but time moved on. After seventy years it is no taboo to talk about that time, nobody wants to repeat history. I'm afraid I can't give you the insight you might seek. I'm too young for that and I have no family I could ask, since it has been seventy years."
"That is your opinion as a born German?"
"No, that is my opinion as a born US American living my whole life in Germany until two days ago." Sophie stated just as the bell signalled the end of class, but instead of starting to chat or pack their things, everybody sat stock still and watched. 'Way to go as the new girl… not even an hour in and I already made myself an enemy.'
Mr. Mikel nodded and that seemed to snap everyone out of it. People started moving, shooting her looks while exiting the room. Sophie sighed before putting her things in her bag. A strawberry blonde was looking at her with a thoughtful expression. The history teacher signalled Sophie to stay back, so she stayed until the last student left the room.
"Mr. Mikel, sir, I – " Sophie started but was interrupted by her teacher.
"No, Ms. Marther, I need to apologies. Let's face it. I was being a real terrible teacher trying to label you with stereotypes. I was testing you. Knowing facts and having an own opinion are things I normally can't extract from my students like this. In tests or papers I won't get your opinion but your opinion on my opinion. Please don't believe I think of you as a Nazi or some other kind of stereotyped person. I don't know you enough for that yet. Right now, I think of you as a bright person that can stay calm when faced with pressure and prejudices."
Sophie smiled. Seems like she didn't make an enemy on her first day. Mr. Mikel extended his hand and she grabbed it for a firm shake. He smiled at her before waving her out. She thanked him and went into the hallway.
A/N: Hey guys :) I'm terribly sorry for the delay. It is short and a bit random but please tell me what you think. The next chapter won't take so long and will be longer, I promise!