"Hey, you ready to go see Embry?" Jake asked her suddenly. Mayzie looked up, but she felt ill, wrong inside.

"I think I might go home actually, I'm not feeling too great." Jake looked at Mayzie and studied her face. She was sweaty, a sheen of it gleamed across her forehead. She looked off, but Jake couldn't place it.

"Oh no, you too?! Stay away from me!" Quil side stepped away from his cousin, getting a face full of Jake's long hair.

"Ew man." Jake pushed Quil away from him. Mayzie laughed a little, but her heart wasn't in it. She turned and walked out of the school. She pulled out her cell phone, dialing her grandfather's number quickly.

"Mayzie? What's wrong, my dear?" his voice normally soothed her, but this time it just made her grit her teeth.

"I'm on my way home, I don't feel well. Embry was sick today, maybe it's what he has."

"Ah, probably not but I'll see you when I get home later. I'm on my way to a council meeting right now."

"Okay. Hey, Grandpa?"

"Yes?"

"Would there be a reason why my mom drilled the Legends into my head as a child? We were talking about them in Tribal today, and I can't shake the feeling that there is a reason she worked so hard to have me memorize them."

Her grandfather was silent on the other end of the line before Mayzie heard voices on his end of the phone. "Quil, were about to start."

"It's fine, we can talk later. Go to your meeting." Mayzie hung up the phone and tucked it into her pocket. Feeling frustrated and oddly angry, she decided to take the scenic route through the woods to get to her small, cramped house. She felt hot suddenly, like her clothes were suffocating her. She struggled to take off the tight sweatshirt and started to feel her anger boil when she couldn't get the stupid garment off.

"God dammit!" she yelled. She was in the woods now, past where she had dropped her backpack.

"Are you alright?" a voice said behind her suddenly. She turned and saw Jared Cameron, one of the steroid-using cult members.

"Fuck off, Cameron." Mayzie spat. Jared appeared not to be phased (punny?:), but he was curious. If he didn't know better, he'd say that Mayzie was about to phase.

"I'm just trying to help, Mayzie." Her blood boiled, fueled by outrage and disbelief.

"Really? You aren't just trying to get closer to me for my grandfather, so he'll get you more money for your stupid steroids? Right." Mayzie attempted to turn and walk away but Jared grabbed her arm.

"Mayzie, it isn't like that."

"Fine, well then let go of me for Kim's sake." She glared at Jared, who realized firstly, that her skin was burning up and she actually was going to phase, and that secondly he had no clue what this Kim thing was. He wasn't sure what to do, whether to push her and have her phase with him, or to make it wait. By now, there was no turning back.

"What do you mean for Km's sake?" he asked her.

"Kim Connwellar? She sit's next to you in history? She's my best friends and she's in love with you. Can't see why, especially since you haven't even given her a glance." Jared was shocked when Mayzie said this and stayed human. Maybe she wasn't going to phase, however he was interested to hear about this Kim person.

"What do you mean? How do you know I've never looked at her."

"Because if you did, you'd remember her. She sits right next to you. Every. Single. Day."

"Maybe I have seen her and I just didn't think she was anything special?" Jared knew it was a cheap shot, but he needed her to phase, and he didn't know much about her except that she was one of Embry's best friends.

"You don't know anything about her. Or me. So shove off." She started to turn around, but Jared spoke first.

"I know enough. Your friend Embry says hi, by the way." She spun around and Jared almost let out a sigh of relief. She's staying to talk and she's gonna phase with the Embry stuff, he was sure of it.

"What do you mean? He's home sick." Mayzie's face showed that she was suddenly curious, and Jared was nervous that he was making her angry for no reason.

"You sure about that?" Suddenly Mayzie's phone rang. "Go ahead, answer it. I'll wait." Jared stared at her.

Grimacing, she answered. "Hello? Jake? Wait, what do you mean he's part of the cult?!" with a frustrated grunt, Mayzie turned the phone off, tossed it on the ground, and then turned to Jared.

"What is going on with Embry?"

"Maybe he just doesn't want to be near you. I mean, you're what, a year younger than him with that weird birthday thing? Maybe he doesn't want to babysit anymore." Jared wondered who Mayzie's father was silently as suddenly her anger took her over the edge and she phased, turning into a smallish wolf, larger than a regular one but the smallest one of the pack by far. He phased quickly to help her and found out that Paul was phased in too, with Embry.

"Another pup?" Paul groaned.

"Yea, a girl this time too." Jared responded.

"What? Who?!" Embry's voice bounced around in Mayzie's head.

"Mayzie Atera."

"Oh, that makes sense." Embry responded.

"All the Legends are true." Mayzie whispered. The 2 older wolves paused.

"That was quick." Paul said, surprised. "I'm gonna go tell Sam."

"My mom was right then, she used to tell me the Legends and say that I should never forget them and that one day they would be a big part of my life." Mayzie's voice held a sense of wisdom that freaked Jared out a little.

"Yep. Okay, let's get you to Sam and Emily's, then we can try and phase you back." Jared's voice suddenly felt safe to Mayzie in a way that didn't really make sense to her.

Mayzie's body hurt, as if everything broke and readjusted all at once. She was sore and confused, but also aware of the intense pleasure running in this body was providing. She arrived at a house, small but cheerful with bright flowers in the window box and the smell of baking cookies.

"Alright Mayzie, Em sent out some clothes for you, since you won't be clothed when you phase back."

"Great"Mayzie snorted.

"Okay, you need to pretend that you are as light as a cloud and happy as a clam. Try and picture yourself shifting back into a human, into legs and arms and human features." Jared knew his words weren't the most graceful, but he thought they might work. Mayzie focused, trying to do what Jared said and become human once more. She willed her cells to change, for her entire being to once again become her. Suddenly, she was herself again, kneeling nakedly on the forest floor next to a naked Jared. They both got dressed quickly, turning to face one another and then looking to the house's porch to see two figures, Paul and Embry, waiting by the door for them. With her eyes on the ground, Mayzie followed Jared into the house of a man that only she and Embry knew was her brother.

"Alright, don't stare at Emily, she's Sam's fiancée. It bugs Sam when people stare."

"Okay?" Mayzie questioned. Embry took her hand reassuringly, knowing her nerves would get the best of her. Jared looked between the two and then led them into the house.

"I'll see you guys later, someone needs to be on patrol." Paul announced. With a curt nod to Jared, he ran off into the woods.

"Here goes nothing." Mayzie muttered. She turned to Embry and shushed him with a facial look saying "don't tell."