her life began the second her hands grasped the damp grass. memories flashed through her mind quickly, but were also vanished just as fast, and every bone and nerve in her body jolted, as if they had just been switched on.
she lifted her heavy head up, taking in her surroundings while slowly sitting up from her laying position. her hand found its way to support her aching head and she couldn't exactly say where she was.
shutting her eyes tight in an attempt to remember everything, anything really, she only resulted with a pounding head instead. she needed whatever had just floated in her mind back, but it was void, as if she was just born with nothing in there. except she had the body of a teenager and knew how to talk, walk, and those things.
when something sounded against her hair, that's when she opened her eyes completely and let her arm fall down in front of her, revealing a piece of paper scrambled between her fingers.
on it was two sentences written, and those only.
davina, caia, aneksi. choose right.
"what the hell?" she mumbled to herself, frowning at the white piece of paper. she recognized the first three words as names, very rare names.
something pounded inside her head again for a split second, and it wasn't particularly pleasant. once she had scribbled the piece of paper and put it in her back pocket, she surveyed the area around her, first now noticing she was in a forest.
she wasn't fully aware of anything yet, her eyes blinked more than they should and her fingers twitched whenever another sound was made close by.
"hey." someone uttered, causing her to turn around with sudden fear. "what are you doing in the woods alone?"
"i could ask you the same." she exhaled and eyed the guy in front of her in the slight darkness. what she could see was his dark brown hair, his blue eyes and a prominent jaw.
"i happen to like taking walks here. what's your reason?" he shrugged and took a step closer. she backed away on instinct.
"they say the forest is a peaceful place."
"i'm isaac, by the way. lahey" he introduced himself, stretching out his hand.
her throat suddenly felt dry due to the lack of knowledge about her own goddamn name. but she knew she had to make a choice now; if she couldn't remember it at the moment, he at least needed something to call her by.
"i'm..." she mumbled, swallowing a lump in her throat. and then all of sudden, she felt so sure about what to say, as if she knew it was the right one. it felt like a drawing. "i'm aneksi." she smiled, shaking his hand.
"that's a very rare name. it's cool." isaac smiled, cocking his head to the side.
"yeah, i know. i think it's egyptian or something." she mumbled and put a hand against her stomach.
"uh huh." he hummed.
aneksi bit her bottom lip and played with the hem of her shirt. she met his gaze and smiled instantly, admiring his dark eyes.
"you're very beautiful." she blurted out without thinking about it. isaac seemed a bit taken aback and raised his eyebrows.
"thank you, i guess." he smiled awkwardly, pulling his fingers through his hair.
"sorry, is that an inappropriate thing to say?" she frowned, folding her arms together underneath her chest.
"not inappropriate, but strange." he mused, sliding his hands down his pockets. "but everything's strange these days."
"sorry, i'm not very good with people in general." she apologized, looking down at the ground.
"why are you apologizing?" he asked, and she just shrugged.
isaac took a step closer to her, causing aneksi to take deeper breaths. he examined her golden eyes, intrigued by what a strong color they had, and how prominent the golden shade was. her pupils were all too cat looking and thin, it almost scared him. but at the same time, he could stare into her eyes forever.
"what are you doing?" aneksi mumbled, blinking once to bring him back to reality.
"sorry, but your eyes are really weird."
"wow, you're such a charmer, aren't you?" she smirked and blinked while looking away.
"no, i'm serious. they really are, let me s–" he started, but cut himself off when her brown eyes looked perfectly normal. "what?"
"you're creeping me out." she stated bluntly and stared at him.
"yeah, i tend to do that a lot." he shrugged, but took a step back so she'd feel more comfortable.
"you're not very loved by many, are you?" she suppressed a smile and tilted her head sideways.
"what makes you think that?" he asked sarcastically and frowned a bit.
aneksi folded her arms together and tried so hard, but she cracked a wide grin and looked down at the ground. isaac smiled and glanced around them quickly.
"since you're the only person i know so far, you should know that... there's something wrong with me." she let him know after a while, fidgeting in her position. "i can't remember anything. i think it's called amnesia, only i can't remember any personal thing about myself. i don't even know if aneksi's my real name."
"wait, what? you– okay, more details please." he said confused, causing her to roll her eyes.
"i woke up, a few minutes ago in this forest, with no memory. i scratched my head and realized there was a note in my hand, with three names written on it and a demand that i choose one. so aneksi might not be my real name."
"someone put a note in your hand? and you think i'm creepy." he mumbled and looked away for a second.
"isaac, this is serious. i don't know the first thing about myself! i don't know my age, my name, who i am. but i'm definitely not a newborn baby."
"you really don't remember anything at all?" he asked in a whisper almost and automatically took a step closer.
"nothing. it feels like i was just born, with no memories whatsoever. but i do know things, like the fact that the red car passing right now is a camaro." she explained, nodding to the car up on the road.
isaac turned his head around to see the car, and it was indeed a red camaro. he frowned as the confusion grew inside of him and hummed.
"that's weird. you don't even remember if you have a family?"
she opened her mouth to speak, but then closed it. the thought of a family hadn't even crossed her mind yet, and now she felt even more devastated.
"no... i don't." she mumbled, closing her eyes for a brief moment. suddenly her stomach left a sound, indicating that she was hungry.
"are you hungry?" he managed to weakly smile, which eased up the air a bit.
"i need to figure this whole thing out first. i mean, it's weird, isn't it?"
"really weird. do you remember your last name?"
"not even that." she sighed, licking her plump lips.
"then this is going to be really hard. if you knew your name, we could at least search for you somewhere."
"why are you saying 'we'. are you offering to help me?" she wondered, parting her lips. isaac smiled softly and put his hands in his pockets.
"yes, because you seem nice and i would be such a dick to leave you when you don't know the first thing about yourself. it's like an unwritten law, i kind of need to help you at the moment." he explained vaguely, moving his hands to the sides in the air in front of him.
"you're right and thanks. but for all you know, i could be a murderer." she faintly smirked, pulling her fingers through her hair.
"well, you don't know that yourself so i hope i'm safe." he chuckled and shook his head at the ground. "i could start with showing you around? even though it's extremely late and dark."
"yeah, that sounds good." she smiled and moved her feet when he started walking out of the forest.
isaac ended up showing her as much as he could of beacon hills, and since they were only walking, aneksi found herself growing more and more warm for each minute that passed. taking off her leather jacket, she frowned as she discovered an inside pocket and let her hand dig in it. in it laid an envelope which, to her surprise, consisted of money.
"... and here's the school that you probably should attend— what's that?" isaac interrupted himself and squinted with his eyes at the money in her hand.
"it's money. apparently i've had it in my pocket all the time." aneksi shrugged and frowned with her lips. with a sigh, she dropped her hands and looked around in frustration; first the note, now the money.
she smiled once she laid her eyes on the night view, the moon shining brightly while being surrounded by black darkness. the forest was still visible near them, and the whole area just began to feel eerie somehow.
isaac joined her side with his arms folded and his hands hugging his elbows. the colors were so clear in her eyes and she honestly adored the view so much. he glanced at her, taking in her profile, and smiled too. then he realized something.
"wait, where will you sleep tonight?" he asked once the thought hit his mind, causing aneksi's smile to fade slowly.
"i... don't know." she mumbled slowly, looking down at the ground.
"okay, i'm probably going to regret this later, but you can stay at my place until you're... stable." isaac offered, looking dead serious.
aneksi gazed blankly at him, rolling her thumbs with her arms stretched down. she was too confused to make any rational decisions, but she wasn't dumb. what if he was a murderer? there was no guarantee that he was a good person just because he came out to seem like one. but then again, she literally had nowhere to go.
"you'd really let me do that?" she asked so that he'd be a hundred percent sure.
"as long as you don't rob me." he half joked and checked the time on his phone. "but my dad might not be the warmest person ever. fortunately, he's not home tonight."
"lead the way, isaac." she remained expressionless and followed behind him as he walked.
isaac glanced back at her every minute just to check that she was keeping up with him. he knew it was stupid of him to invite a total stranger to stay at his, but he couldn't help himself. every nerve in his body told him to do it, or something bad would happen to her. but he couldn't comprehend why he was being so protective. he tried telling himself that anyone would do it, since she had no one apparently.
as they walked, she could feel the previous hunger return, but she didn't say anything. she just walked slightly behind him, a hand against her stomach and a displeased expression on her face. every time she even tried to remember anything, her head just started to ache and pound. sometimes a sharp but brief pain hit it, so she gave up halfway over to his home. it was frustrating to say at least, but she had to accept the fact that this problem would be taken care of in the morning.
when he reached his little house, his hands found the keys and unlocked the door. aneksi stayed on her distance but dragged her feet to the entrance and bit on her bottom lip.
he entered his house, but when she was about to do the same, something stopped her. a burning sensation flowed through her body, starting with her hand, causing her to hiss in pain.
"what are you doing? come in." he frowned, looking back at her.
"i would but—" she stopped herself when the pain vanished slowly, feeling more and more like it wasn't even there in the first place.
"but what?"
"nothing." she smiled, taking small steps forward into his house.
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oh yay first small chapter of my new fic! it's my first teen wolf fic (or any tv show) ever. so here are the things;
✯ first of all - i know it's a big change, but - cora hale as a character does not really exist in this story. i planned before i even knew i was gonna write this story that i wanted to "use" adelaide kanes face for my next made up character. i know it's probably confusing, but hopefully you'll get it
✯ it won't be set in a specific season. like, of course i'll probably start around season one, but since aneksi's a bit special, and the main character in this story, i won't write what we can see on teen wolf like that.
✯ i'll probably write about the characters in the show that she stumbles upon, but i won't focus that much on lydia for example.
✯ that's basically it. please criticise the story since it only makes me a better writer. hugs!