Alexandra kept running and soon ended up in the forest like she had last night. "Maybe Amy right..." she sighed to herself as she slowed down. "Maybe I dangerous..." Alexandra just looked at her reflection and growled her reflection turned into her human self
"You can't give up now!" The reflection told Alexandra.
"Uh... This is weird... My reflection is talking to me... How is this possible?" Alexandra asked herself.
"I'm your human self, but that's not important right now," The reflection replied. "Right now, it's that you are a hero."
"Treat me like a monster, you mean!" Alexandra huffed. "I hate it when I save people."
"That may be so, but you can prove to them that you are good and a noble hero," The reflection coaxed. "I mean, think about what might've happened if you didn't go in and save your best friend?"
Alexandra turned around, not saying anything.
"What would Mom do if she were here?" The reflection asked.
"Besides abandon me?" Alexandra muttered.
"Be a hero, and not just for yourself, but for your friends, especially Jayna and Henry." The reflection said.
"Oh, I don't know..." Alexandra sighed as she turned back to normal briefly. "How can I even go back there when apparently no one wants me and thinks I'm a monster?"
"Maybe once you do good things and help more people, maybe they will think differently of you." The reflection advised.
"How do I do that?" Alexandra asked. "All the heroes in this town make it sound so easy."
"Do you think everything comes easy for anybody else?" The reflection asked. "You should get to know them better. Nobody's born perfect, not even Josie."
"Why do you think I left?!" Alexandra glared. "Everyone think that Josie is so perfect!"
"Nobody is perfect, you should know that, it's a common lesson." The reflection told Alexandra, almost like a mentor.
"What do you think I should do?" Alexandra asked.
"Be a hero, Alexandra," The reflection advised. "Be a She-Hulk."
"But the others..." Alexandra said.
"Hey, who cares about being different anyway?" The reflection pumped her. "Being different rules!"
"Could I get a cool costume, one that doesn't rip up?" Alexandra asked.
"Heck, yeah!" The reflection smiled.
"Hm... But where could I go?" Alexandra asked.
"Well, to find out, you gotta go back and make friends again without worry or fear of your heritage." The reflection advised.
"What if I can't control my other half?" Alexandra asked.
"You can, I know that you can do it." The reflection coached.
"I don't know though..." Alexandra said.
"I bet your new best friend could give you some advice..." The reflection suggested. "She trusted you by telling you she was Jayna from the Wonder Twins."
"Yeah... You're right..." Alexandra said.
"And that boy genius known as Dexter Tartovosky can help you too," The reflection added. "He knows who you are."
"Wait a second, how do you know more than I do?" Alexandra asked. "You're me!"
"Let's just say I want to help you, Alexandra Cabot." The reflection replied.
The water came up and formed into a familiar shaman-in-training.
"Who are you?!" Alexandra asked.
"I'm Ingrid: a shaman-in-training." The girl replied.
"Ingrid?" Alexandra replied.
"Yes, I help people out for their journeys and expeditions in this subconscious adventure we call life." Ingrid informed.
Alexandra stood up and growled as she was ready to fight.
"Easy, my child, I'm not here to fight you, just help." Ingrid told the teenage girl.
"This better not be a trick." Alexandra glared.
"I would never trick, my grandmother taught me to never do so." Ingrid shook her head.
"How do you know about me?!" Alexandra still glared. "Have you been following me?!"
"My grandmother tells me about anyone who might need any kind of help." Ingrid replied.
"Okay, and where is your grandmother now?" Alexandra glared.
"Back home in our village... Helping the other people..." Ingrid said. "Then soon, it will be my turn to follow in her footsteps, such as handing people their totems."
"Totems?" Alexandra replied. "You mean those stones with animal faces on them?"
"Oh, yes, they're an important and special custom to my people..." Ingrid nodded to Alexandra. "Such as the Bear of Love, the Eagle of Guidance, or the Wolf of Wisdom, like three brothers who learned a very important and valuable lesson about their own totems."
"How do you know about me?" Alexandra asked.
"I had one of my friends follow you." Ingrid said as she pointed into the sky.
Alexandra looked up and saw an eagle flying around the forest. "Your friend is an eagle...?" She then asked the village girl.
"Yes, I'm friends with all sorts of animals," Ingrid nodded. "That's how I know all about you, my friend."
"If you know everything about me, then why did my mother leave me?" Alexandra asked out of prolonged anger. "She's supposed to be a hero!"
"Now, relax." Ingrid told her.
"How can I relax when my mother just up and left me?!" Alexandra glared. "What kind of mother would do that?!"
"There is a reason." Ingrid replied.
"Yeah?" Alexandra scoffed. "This, I gotta hear."
"Jennifer Walters, best known as The She-Hulk and cousin to Dr. Bruce Banner, best known as the Incredible Hulk, she didn't want you to know who she was," Ingrid informed. "Thinking that you would think of her as a monster, The Government and the Military were after her like they had done with Bruce Banner. Your mother did love you very much, and she wanted you to be safe, so she left so you could be safe. Sadly though, no one knows if she is dead or alive."
"Whoa..." Alexandra whispered.
"Indeed," Ingrid replied. "Your mother still loves you, no matter what."
"Are you sure about that? "Alexandra asked.
"But of course..." Ingrid told her. "She misses you and Alexander with all her heart."
"Will I ever see her again?" Alexandra asked.
"Perhaps, in the future." Ingrid hinted.
"But when?" Alexandra frowned.
"I know you're anxious, but you cannot rush these things." Ingrid advised.
"I miss her so much that I just want her to come back." Alexandra sighed.
"I understand, I've felt the same way when I found out about my natural parents after living in the wild for a few years." Ingrid nodded.
"Alexandra, where are you?" Jayna's voice called out.
"You better get going." Ingrid advised.
"Will I see you again?" Alexandra asked.
"You will, eventually..." Ingrid told her.
Alexandra then turned away to talk with Ingrid some more. "How will I-?" she was then about to ask only to see that Ingrid had disappeared in thin air. "Where'd she go?!" The former mean girl just looked around and shrugged and went back to school after changing her clothes of course.
The fire department came to take care of the fire.
"I swear, this is the fifth time this month we've been to this school." One fireman commented.
"We need to retire." Another fireman agreed.
"Come on, guys; I say we kill the creature!" Amy told the others.
"Amy, stop that!" Anne Maria glared.
"You think just 'cuz you're a teaching assistant, you can tell me what to do?" Amy glared back. "I don't think so, you orange!"
"Ooh, that's it, now you're getting a beat down!" Anne Maria threatened.
"Now, girls-" Johnny tried to settle them down.
It was too late, Anne Maria soon tackled Amy and the two got into a fight.
"This won't end well." Johnny muttered.
"My money is on Anne Maria." Eddy bet.
The firefighters soon put out the fire and rode away in the Fire Engine.
"What'd I miss?" Alexandra asked Jayna.
"Nothing special..." Jayna sighed. "Just a smackdown on McAuley and Karkanis."
The two teens got up from each other. Amy had messed up hair, and two black eyes, and Anne Maria had messed up hair, and a bloody nose.
"Anne, are you all right?" Johnny asked.
"No big deal, but I could use a Kleenex." Anne Maria said softly.
Amy just scoffed and walked away to the other students.
"Amy is right," Cartman told the others. "I say we kill that creature!"
"You guys, don't," Jayna frowned. "Please, that creature isn't going to hurt you guys."
"Don't listen to her!" Amy argued. "Kill the creature!"
"Sometimes I wonder what would happen if I stayed home-schooled..." Cindy muttered about how everybody else was acting.
"Shut up, Butler!" Amy glared. "You're the one who told us about the creature!"
"Well, yeah, but the creature didn't kill Joanna, it saved her." Cindy defended.
"We're killing the creature one way or another." Amy said.
"Amy, isn't it a bit sadistic to kill someone for being heroic, even if it did scare me last night?" Cindy glared.
"I'd be careful if I were you," Amy told her. "You saw that creature when it roared at us."
"Wellll... You're right on that." Cindy admitted.
Later on in school...
Alexandra was mostly distracted from what Ingrid said to her, and about who Ingrid was.
"I know who you are." A voice told the black-haired girl.
Alexandra looked over and saw Mike leaning against the lockers. "What are you talking about?" she then asked.
"I know that you're the creature." Mike replied.
Alexandra's eyes widened and she then gulped nervously. "No, I'm not."
"You can't get past me." Mike told her.
"I don't know what you're talking about, I was at the Mall last night." Alexandra lied.
"Really, if you were at the Mall, then how do you explain this?" Mike replied as she pulled out a piece of the other girl's red dress.
"Uh, I fell." Alexandra said.
"You fell in the Mall?" Mike asked.
"Oh, yeah, I hate escalators sometimes..." Alexandra said nervously. "I can be quite a klutz."
"You're lying, I can tell that you are," Mike told the former mean girl. "Your heart is beating really fast, and I can smell that you are lying."
Alexandra soon sighed in defeat and bowed her head before mumbling. "How do you do that?"
"I'm not human either." Mike revealed.
"Oh, just get it over with." Alexandra sighed.
"What?" Mike asked.
"Go ahead and kill me, that's what everyone wants." Alexandra replied.
"I don't wanna kill you." Mike told her.
"Yeah, right, you're probably just pretending to be nice to me, and when I least expect it, you're gonna mount me on the wall in your living room or something like I'm some kind of beast." Alexandra muttered angrily and sadly.
"I'm not lying to you," Mike told her. "If I was going to kill you, I would've done it right now."
"Yeah, right, you'll probably do it when I'm not looking." Alexandra shook her head.
"No, I won't, Mike Mazinsky never lies." Mike told Alexandra.
"How can I be so sure?" Alexandra asked.
"Because you're not the only one who has a creature inside of you." Mike replied.
"Yeah?" Alexandra asked.
"I'd show you right now, but I can't because we're in school, and it's not time." Mike told her.
"Time for what?" Alexandra asked.
"You gotta wait until after school." Mike said.
"Oh, um, okay..." Alexandra replied. "Say, I'm sorry that your friend Jo is getting blamed for being the creature."
"It's okay; they just blame her because she hates Eva the most." Mike reassured.
"They really hate each other's guts, huh?" Alexandra asked.
"Oh, yeah, they're like natural enemies, kinda like a cat and a mouse." Mike nodded.
"I guess she's gonna hate me when she finds out." Alexandra sighed.
"Well, I know Jo can be mysterious sometimes, especially since you have her in Science Class next period." Mike said.
"Thanks for the info, but can I-" Alexandra was about to say, but...
Suddenly, Mike was found only to be gone.
Alexandra looked around and soon looked annoyed. "Okay, how does everybody keep doing that?"