"Maeve... oh Maeve. Wake up, kiddo." A familiar voice called. Now they were shaking me. I groaned and painfully opened my eyes.

"Dad?" I said groggily. "What's going on? What time is it?"

"Eight-twenty five. Long day at school?" It was more a statement than a question. I sat up, pushing my loose strands of hair out of my face and rubbed my eyes. I ended up only making my vision more blurry. "Hogan said, you wanted to come home early. Something happen at school?" Dad looked at me and saw I was quiet. "He also said you seemed very anxious, like you thought someone was after you."

"What? No... nothing happened. I just didn't want to be there." I blurted.

"Why is that?"

"I just... felt a little hungover still is all." My dad looked at me. I couldn't really tell from his look if he believed me or not, but he didn't press any further.

"Well, make sure you stay until your last class tomorrow."

"Yes, dad."

I got up from the couch and went upstairs to get ready for bed. Once I finished brushing my teeth and getting my pajamas on I turned the light off and came out of the bathroom and headed straight for my bed. I laid there for the longest time, staring at the ceiling. Who was that guy? What did he mean by 'helping me control my power'? How did he even see me? Where Jason and I were you can't see that part of the forest. It happened all so fast, but I don't remember anyone around us. My next question that was floating in my mind was, should I take him up on his offer? What if he was part of that group of guys that attacked me? Maeve, what are you getting yourself into? I cursed myself. I had a bad feeling about this. I had until the end of the school day to figure it out and I passed out.

The light shined through my window the next morning, right on my face, and I squinted from the brightness. Was it morning already? I crawled out of bed and staggered towards my bathroom to get ready for another eventful day at school. I went downstairs and downed two cups of coffee. My dad was once again at the office early, that or he was with his girlfriend Pepper Potts. I heard the limo honk outside, and I left out the door.

I climbed into the back of the limo, greeted Hogan, and we were off. Hogan dropped me off at school and told me he would be back here at three. I closed the door and headed up the stairs. I would text Hogan when I was in my last class and tell him I was staying for an after-school program, so he wouldn't be sitting there wondering what happened to me.

As soon as I walked through the school entrance Chloe spotted me. She was followed by our other two friends. "Where were you, Maeve? You didn't meet us for lunch? And then you weren't at our last two classes." Chloe pressed as we made our way to our lockers.

"I'm sorry. Just... something came up at home and my dad needed me there." I explained as I started putting in my lock combo.

"Maeve, I swear you have been acting weird these last few days. What's going on?"

"Nothing is going on. Just stuff at home and I don't feel like talking about it." I stated, with a hint of frustration in my voice. Chloe just never knew when to quit.

"Don't lie. This is about whatever happened between you and Jason at my Halloween party. You can tell us Maeve, were your best-friends we wouldn't judge you."

"I told you, nothing happened between me and Jason, now just drop it!" I shouted at her. Suddenly, everyone who had their locker door opened slammed shut. Other students shrieked and stepped away from their lockers. I could hear people whispering, wondering what that could have been.

"What was that?" Beth whispered yelled at us.

"I don't know. Must have been the wind." I quickly said.

"It couldn't have been the wind. The window is closed." Chloe stated, pointing at the end of the hall.

"Then I don't know." I mumbled.

"Maybe it's the hallway ghost." Beth suggested.

"Please, don't be ridiculous Beth, theirs no such things as ghost." Chloe said, quickly shutting that theory down. The bell finally rang for class. I grabbed my book and headed off with the other three following behind.

The day couldn't go any slower. I didn't want to be here. Ever since what happened at the lockers, I grew worried that if I didn't figure out what was wrong with me soon. I would create a bigger scene than what happened earlier, and I wouldn't be able to just brush it off so easily. I just wanted to go back out into the forest and hope that stranger, whoever he is, will be there and could help like he said.

Lunch bell finally rang. I thought it best not to pull another disappearing act since Chloe was already getting suspicious of me and I went with my friends to the cafeteria. I was quiet at lunch and thankfully none of them really notice, thanks to Chloe and her continuous need to hear herself to talk. I constantly looked at my phone to see what time it was. It had only moved forty seconds since the last time I looked. I put my phone back in my pocket and pretended to be interested in whatever Chloe had to be talking about, but I drowned most of it out. I'm sure I could have fallen asleep right there, and I practically jumped out of my seat when the bell rang and we headed for our next class.

Finally, the last bell went off for the day. I was at my locker in seconds after leaving Biology. I grabbed my bag and put my homework in it and closed my locker and locked it. "Maeve, wait up!" Chloe and Beth called, with Danielle right behind. Dammit, I was almost free.

"The girls and I are heading downtown for a much needed shopping spree. Want to come?" Chloe asked.

"I would love to, but I told my dad I would be home right after school." I told her.

"Maeve. I'm sure your dad will not mind you being out for a few hours."

"Sorry. Maybe next week. I gotta go."

I started walking again before they could say anything else, and I left out the main doors. I made sure Chloe and the others didn't see me as I made my way around the school towards the forest. I was at the forest line and I exhaled a breath before entering. "Here goes nothing." I mumbled quietly to myself.

I was deep in the bushes already and I kept looking around, waiting for the dark-haired stranger to appear. I was thinking this was all just a joke to see how gullible I was. "I was wondering if I would see you again." I whirled around at the sound of his voice.

"Who are you?"

A grin slowly formed on his face. "I'm Loki." Loki? What an odd name, I thought. Definitely not a name you hear every day, that was for sure.

"You said you could help me. How?" I demanded next.

"Aren't you at-least going to tell me your name? Or do I have to guess?" Loki asked, with a smirk.

I looked him in the eyes, wondering if I should trust him or if I should lie. I decided to lie. "Amanda."

"Hmm, Amanda, is it? I don't know if you know this Amanda, but I have always had this gift of being able to read people and when they are being dishonest with me. Just like I know your being right now. So, do you want to try again?"

I was honestly not expecting that at all. How did he know? It wasn't like I hesitated when I said the name. I'm sure he noticed that I became a lot more nervous now. What harm could it be, I guess? "It's Maeve."

"Pretty name for a pretty girl. Now was that so hard?"

"Thank you," I said looked down at the ground, feeling my cheeks go slightly warm from his comment. I awkwardly cough to break the silence. "How can you help me?" Suddenly, there was fog forming on the forest floor around us and I gasped before looking at him. "What's going on? Are you doing this?"

"You asked how I could help. Like you, I have certain... abilities, but I've also learned to control mine. I can teach you to do the same." Loki told me and the fog started filling the air even thicker around to where I could barely see him and then it disappeared, like it was never there.

"Why should I trust you?" I challenged.

"Because I'm the only one who can help you with this and find the ones responsible for doing this to you."

"What makes you think someone did this to me?"

"Well, if you were born with it, you would have some control over it and by your face expression yesterday you looked completely freaked out of your mind when that boy went flying. But by all means if you think theirs someone else you can trust with all this then don't let me stop you." Loki informed me.

I looked at the ground. Nothing he said wasn't true. And who else could I possibly tell this to? I tried to tell my dad. The one person who I thought would understand, believed nothing I said, and I hadn't even explained the weird occurrences to him and it was probably a good thing. My dad probably would have put me in the loony bin. I was so deep in my own thoughts looking at the ground when I heard a branch snap. I looked up and saw Loki was leaving.

"Wait!" I called, and he stopped and turned to look at me. "When can we start?"

Loki grinned and started coming towards me. There was something about him and I didn't know what it was and it only made me more curious to know more about him. "I think we should probably go somewhere, where were less likely to draw attending."