"so, i woke up in the middle of a forest, with a note in my hand. i had to choose my name — which thankfully turned out to be the right one. someone left me money. i'm constantly hungry. my mom is a doctor and my dad is a cop. i grow purple, vein-y marks on my cheekbones for some unknown reason, and i can absorb someone else's pain."

aneksi stated what she knew so far to isaac — even though he knew all this — as they walked towards the beacon hills high school. he gave her a single nod and looked at her with rather amused eyes.

she learned from her parents that she already attended the high school, but she kept to herself most of the time. she wasn't a loner, but she liked to be alone apparently.

"maybe you're turning into a vampire." he half-joked and received a body nudge from her.

"not funny." she muttered and glared up at him. "if i do turn, you'll be my first victim. partly because i've learned that you don't stuff junk food in your body."

"you're not a vampire, neks." he laughed and stopped her walking. "they don't exist."

"yeah, that's what everyone says. but you wouldn't know, would you?" she folded her arms together and raised her eyebrows at him.

isaac's smile faded as he gazed at her. he knew she had a point, and no other human would posess the marks she did, or the incredible power. he just didn't want to believe it. aneksi hid her smile and glanced over his shoulder. she noticed the beautiful blonde approach them, a weak smile on her face.

"hey, guys." erica grinned and looked between the two. "i didn't know you went to this school." she added, her big eyes on aneksi.

"hi. yeah, i'm mostly by myself in the library or something. not very noticed here." she sheepishly smiled and looked to the side for a short moment.

"well, you're welcome to hang out with us anytime you want." erica sent her a genuine smile that aneksi appreciated a lot.

"thanks, i'd love to."

"you need to go to the reception and get your schedule." isaac reminded her and she nodded slowly.

"right, okay. i'll see you guys later." aneksi pursed her lips and turned around.

as she made her way inside the school building, she quickly glanced back and stupidly shook her head when the couple kissed quickly. aneksi managed to easily find her way to the reception, where she received her schedule and some more information.

"hey, you." someone uttered from behind her. with a frown, she turned around and swallowed. "have you always gone to this school?"

"yes. cory, right?" she mumbled with a weak frown and pointed at him.

"right. look, i really want to talk to you about what happened at the ho–" he started, but she quickly cut him off.

"i have to go." she said coldly before turning around and hastily walking away. unfortunately for her, cory caught up with her and sighed as he placed himself in front of her.

"seriously. what the hell happened at the hospital? and why did you just run off, much like you did a second ago?"

"i'm not gonna' talk to you about this, so you can just let me pass." she stated as if it was obvious and closed her mouth.

"why not?" he pressed on stubbornly.

"move." she demanded with a steady and low voice, her brown eyes staring at him.

cory had a confused expression on his face at first, almost as if he couldn't believe she acted like that. after a few seconds, his face softened and he obeyed by taking a step to the side. aneksi frowned and slowly walked by him, then hurried a little to her first class, which was english. she almost thanked god that she wasn't late while she sat down on an empty seat in the room. it took her a while to notice isaac in the corner of her eye, and then erica. sinking down in the chair as the teacher began lecturing, she eyed the students who were easy to see.

"... i hope everyone finished their essays by today, because you will be reading them aloud..."

she closed her eyes while silently sighing. of course they had an essay on her first day and not just a lecturing class.

erica glanced behind her shoulders and locked eyes with aneksi, suddenly remembering that the brunette hadn't been in school for quite a while. she pursed her lips and quickly wrote something down on a paper, then discreetly handed it to aneksi.

aneksi quickly grabbed it and read what she wrote. apparently erica wrote several texts since she couldn't choose one, so this was one of them. she looked up at the blonde and sent her a grateful smile.

"thank you." she mouthed and tried to read through it as fast as possible. erica just winked and looked straight forward again, smiling weakly.

the teacher sat down by her desk and initiated the out-loud readings by saying a name that aneksi didn't bother listening to. she did listen to the students reading, especially at erica.

it felt odd sitting there as if nothing happened. she literally had to get to know everyone all over again, although no one seemed to acknowledge her yet.

"next please." the teacher commented and looked up from his note. a few eyes turned to aneksi now, and she parted her lips before slowly standing up and clearing her throat.

she began reading erica's work, which went on rather smoothly thanks to the fact that it wasn't her own text. however, she still felt uneasy due to everyone staring at her. the remaining students read after her, and when the class finally finished, she practically rushed out of there and stopped when isaac grabbed her wrist.

"you're really going to run around in a school you don't remember?" he smirked and folded his arms together.

"no, i just wanted to get out of that classroom." she retorted and looked to the side. "by the way, erica's good at writing. like, really good."

"thank you." erica joined them with a smile and put her hands in her back pockets.

"god, you saved me in there."

"please, it was nothing. i mean, it's your first day. what do you have now?" she waved it off and tilted her head to the side.

"math."

"poor you." isaac mumbled and received a weak look back. she was just about to say something when someone else spoke from behind her.

"aneksi? hey, it's me, stiles." the boy grinned and stopped walking once he stood close to her. with a frown, she turned around and eyed him quickly.

"great, the school's loser." isaac uttered quietly.

"what kind of name is stiles?" she spoke without thinking and cracked a crooked smile.

"wow, major deja vu. remember, that's the first thing you ever said to me. and nice to see you too, lahey."

there was that word again; remember. the word itself made her head ache, and it was frustrating to just hear it because she couldn't remember.

"right, hi. look, here's the thing... i don't remember you." she sighed and glanced at isaac.

"you've been gone for four months and you don't remember me? i'm offended, aneksi. i mean, we see each other all the time considering both our dads are cops." stiles rambled, moving his hands as he spoke too.

"hold up, your dad's a cop too?" she butted in, a frown on her face.

"yes. you've met him like, a hundred times. what's going on with you?" stiles asked, changing expression from a sarcastic one to a worried one instead.

"it's like i said. i don't remember you, i can't remember any–"

"neks." isaac mumbled and nudged her side with his elbow.

"what? i can't go around and pretend like i know everyone, because i don't." she stated and stared up at him.

"i have a class, so i'll see you guys later." erica smiled awkwardly and walked away from their. aneksi had completely forgotten about her presence until she spoke.

"so... you've got amnesia?" stiles asked slowly while frowning. "i'd ask what happened but you obviously don't know."

"yeah, amnesia. god, i'm so sick of that word." she sighed and looked around them, noticing a boy walking towards them.

"what's the last thing you remember?" he asked and seemed rather intrigued, crossing his arms together.

"nothing." she mumbled and looked down at the floor for a short moment. "here's what happened; i woke up in a forest, knew my name and only my name, met isaac, managed to find my parents, and here i am. i don't know anything about myself, and i don't know you. i'm sorry."

"dude, we've got practice." that boy who approached them butted in with a hand against stiles's shoulder.

"sorry, i just– she can't remember us." stiles said quietly and gestured to aneksi, who only looked even more tired now.

"oh my god, you're back. where have you been?"

"if i knew that, i'd be a little less confused." she said and raised her eyebrows.

"aneksi, this is scott." stiles introduced his best friend and made a face. isaac crossed his arms together and looked between all three of them.

she eyed the dark-haired boy in front of her who must be from a latina country. she slightly tilted her head to the side and got nothing, no memory, not even some sort of feeling towards him.

"hi." she smiled and pursed her lips together.

after seeing scott's deeply confused expression, aneksi explained her situation to him too. isaac let out a little sigh and leaned his head back.

"well, have you been to the hospital and checked yourself? my mom's a nurse, and yours is a doctor." he asked and held onto the straps of his backpack.

"yeah, i have. there's nothing wrong with me." she puckered with her lips to the side and peered up at isaac. "you can leave, you know that right? no need to guard over me."

"ha-ha." he deadpanned, causing her to pull a soft smile. "fine. i'll see you later."

isaac ruffled her hair before he left, and aneksi just rolled her eyes. she averted her eyes back to the two boys and fidgeted, suddenly feeling very out of place.

"okay, so... your dad's a cop..." she started, pointing at stiles. "and your mom is a nurse. and both my parents just happen to be the same things?"

"our parents are very close...?" stiles mused, putting one fist in his palm.

"right." she shook her head and turned around to walk away, but scott took a hold of her wrist.

when she gazed back at him, he looked different than he did just a second ago. he was frowning, with his lips parted, and stared down at her hand. almost as if he just saw something that he had earlier pictured differently, or just like someone who realized a severe thing.

"scott?" stiles said and pulled away his friend's hand. "you okay?"

"yeah, i'm fine, i just– nothing, never mind." scott murmured and looked up at the brunette. she simply raised her eyebrows in a questioning manner.

"you two are so weird, and i've only known you for five minutes, tops." she uttered and licked her bottom lip inside her mouth.

"i need to talk to you." scott said quietly just before dragging stiles away from there.

aneksi stood quite dumbfounded for a moment until she came back to reality and left the spot. thankfully, math went on pretty smoothly. they worked with their books — one she could have a new example of since her old one was "lost" — and that was basically it. after doing it more than three times, she realized that the scratching had kicked back in. as the teacher dismissed them, she hurried over to a bathroom and scanned her reflection.

she absolutely did not want the scratching to begin, because that only meant one thing; the vein-y marks. groaning, she sent a quick message to isaac and exited the bathroom. aneksi leaned her back against the wall and felt that strange hunger again. with a hand against her stomach, she barely bent forward and bit on her lip.

"we were pretty young the first time we met. you used bring a toy gun to the police station, literally scaring the shit out of everyone there. it was amusing to see from my point of view, but maybe not from our dads. for a time, you actually wanted to become a police officer — which by the way reminds me that you'd be a great cop."

"stiles..." she sighed with a hopeless smile and shook her head. "there's no point in telling me this. i won't remember."

"i'm not telling you this for me. i want you to know this, since you can't remember it yourself." he retorted and placed himself beside her. "anyway, then you met scott at the hospital. the three of us didn't really hang out that much in school, considering the fact that you preferred being alone in the library."

"that's what they tell me." she referred to the last part and raised her eyebrows for a split second.

"because it's true." he laughed, but stopped when she looked at him. "look, you adjust and take in very easily. you'll learn a lot of things very fast, and if anyone can handle a major amnesia, it's you." he assured her, earning a smile back.

"i suppose that's a good thing then." she mumbled and twitched the corner of her mouth to the side.

"speaking of absolutely nothing, have you experienced anything else that's... i don't know, unusual?" he asked, not so smoothly, and barely squinted with his eyes as he spoke.

"define unusual." she retorted quietly and tried to keep a blank face.

"so you have experienced something?"

"not what i said." she shook her head and gazed at him.

"unusual is something that's... weird, not normal. like, do you hear stuff more clearly? or–"

"stiles."

"–do you smell some scents better?"

"stiles, please stop talking."

"okay, i'll–"

stiles shut his mouth and frowned, almost in an offended way. aneksi scratched the back of her neck and looked away, trying to think of something to say. then it crossed her mind; why was he asking her that?

"why do you wonder that?" she asked and folded her arms together. "the fact that you're asking me this is unusual. is there something i should know of?"

"what? no, no, i was just– uhm... just asking. nothing weird here at all. you know what? i need to leave." he said quickly, motioning behind his shoulder with his thumb.

stiles turned around and took a step forward, but aneksi stopped him by grabbing his wrist a bit more harshly than she intended to.

"you're a very bad liar." she laughed with raised eyebrows.

"and you're crushing my wrist. ouch." he stated while nodding down, making her release her grip of it.

"sorry. seriously, stilinski, what's going on?" she pressed, not realizing just yet that she said something else.

"nothing, i– did you just call me stilinski?" he frowned deeply and pointed at her. "i never told you my last name."

"you're right, i did. oh my god." she mumbled, absently looking down. "i just thought about our parents, and i pictured your dad being called that at the station."

"look at that, you remembered something!" he said happily and grinned at her.

"it's just a name, but still." she smiled and bit on her bottom lip. "anyway, i need to go. i'll see you tomorrow."

"yeah, see you tomorrow." he smiled back as she turned around and walked away.

aneksi met up with isaac outside the school and told him about the last name she remembered. he was still — very visibly — wary of stiles and scott, but put it aside.

"when can i meet your dad?" she asked and tucked away some hair from her face.

"he should be home tomorrow the whole day. i don't get why you want to meet him so badly."

"because, i crashed at your place and we're friends now. i feel like i need to." she shrugged, and he rolled his eyes stupidly.

"fine. come over tomorrow."

hey guys! i literally just noticed that i forgot to post chapter five when i was supposed to, so i uploaded that chapter and this one! hope you like it, reviews are always sooo appreciated, and if you want to see edits of aneksi, just go to my tumblr! the url is "nefertiris" and you can find her on the /aneksi-stone tag!