"it's a full moon tonight." stiles commented while he and aneksi sat and ate french fries on his floor. she peered up at him with an odd smile and then shook her head.

"what, is it werewolf night?" she joked and bit on a fry. stiles looked at her before smiling too and shrugging.

"don't know. just thought it was interesting." he mumbled.

aneksi had been spending some time with stiles, considering he was kind to her and very willing to hang out. what bugged her was his best friend; scott mccall had been wary of her ever since that first day in school, and she almost felt offended. stiles had no explaination to this, and that alone was annoying.

isaac had been distant, and she hated it. ever since his father's death, he barely spoke with anyone. he skipped school, and he was never home. it worried her, because he was after all her friend now. stiles was becoming one again, but there were times when she simply found him — and especially scott — weird.

"apparently i'm a big fan of the supernatural." she stated what she had picked up from her life so far. "according to almost everyone i've spoken with."

"well, it's true." stiles nodded and swallowed a french fry. "you loved it."

"do you believe in it?" she asked and gazed at him. he seemed to think, and for a split second he had an unexpected expression on his face. a knowing one, as if someone asked him about hia favorite movie, when that person should've known the answer already.

"i don't know." he answered after a while and she rolled her eyes.

"you sure know how to make a dramatic pause." she exhaled while standing up from her seat and going to wash her hands.

"i know." he shrugged and followed her with his eyes. "any news about isaac?"

"no. i barely see him at school, he's never home and sometimes i can see him get in a car with some... stranger. i know something's wrong, and i need him because he's the only one who knows about–" she stopped herself and put both hands against her forehead.

"knows what?" he asked, standing up as well.

aneksi hadn't told stiles about anything yet. she wasn't sure she wanted to either, since scott seemed to study and monitor her and stiles was his best friend. however, due to isaac's sudden absence, she knew she'd feel a bit relieved if she told stiles.

"nothing, don't worry about it. i'm gonna' go and look for him again. are you coming with me?" she announched, putting on a jacket.

"yeah, of course." he nodded and followed her outside. "where are we looking this time?"

"the forest. we've been everywhere, and he's definitely not in the graveyard." she sighed, folding her arms together to heat her body in the chilly air.

"you're not afraid at all, are you? it's late, dark and we're going to roaming around in a forest."

"no, stiles, i'm not." she smiled, walking towards the forest. "i would say that you're with me but..." she added teasingly, laughing as he made a face.

"very funny, stone." he deadpanned.

the two walked in silence for a while, in case they'd hear anything — and they did. a tree branch snapped a few meters away from them, causing her to shot her eyes up in hope.

aneksi glanced at stiles before walking faster, looking around them, trying to listen for any other sound. with narrowed eyes, she could glimpse a silhouette moving in front of them.

"isaac?" she called, trying to catch up with him. "isaac, i swear to god if it's you, i will–"

"okay, okay!" he turned around and quickly shushed her, by putting a hand against her mouth. "what are you doing here this late?"

"i could ask you the same thing." she muttered, pushing away his hand. "what have you been up to and where the hell have you been?!"

"please, stop yelling." he mumbled and grabbed her head softly. "look, i'll talk to you later, just not now."

"not now? i swear, i'm this close to punching you. i finally found you, strolling around in the woods, and you want to leave?"

"yes, aneksi. i'll come over tomorrow, i promise, just not tonight. there's something i need to do." he sighed, looking deadly serious.

"he's right, we should go." stiles commented, only earning a glare back.

"what? stiles–" she scoffed, shaking her head.

"it's late, we should leave." he urged, glancing to the side before gazing at isaac.

aneksi slowly dropped her face as she looked between the two in realization. she took a step back, clenching her jaw and staring at stiles, then isaac.

"you both know something, don't you? i can't believe you two right now." she exclaimed in disappointment.

"no, aneksi, just listen–" isaac began, but she wouldn't allow him to continue.

"oh, so now you want to talk?" she crossed her arms together, and isaac sighed before turning around and walking away. "hey!" she yelled, following him.

"just go home, neks!" he said, refraining from looking back at her.

"there's something you're not telling me. i know you need time after your dad's death, but come on!" she pressed, clenching her fists. "i know we haven't known each other for the longest time, but we're friends for god's sake! what is it that you can't tell me? you weren't home when i went to look for you, you're acting weird, you disappear. meanwhile i'm here, wondering what the hell's going on with me! we both know something's wrong, and you start to seem like you know. what are you hiding from me? why can't you just tell me what's going on with me?"

"please, stop! just stop!" isaac pleaded, scratching his upper arm as he increased his speed.

"i thought you were my friend!" she yelled and stopped walking. that triggered something in isaac, something she didn't expect at all.

in the matter of a second, isaac turned around and grabbed her neck. he had her pushed against the nearest tree, exposing his canines in a growl. his blue eyes had completely changed their color and hers were wide.

"i said enough!" he yelled, tightening his grip of her neck.

"isaac!" stiles's worried voice filled the air. "stop it, you're choking her!"

aneksi would've spoken too if her throat wasn't in so much pain. the shock still lingered in her, and she simply couldn't believe her eyes. who would, anyway?

just when she thought she'd pass, her eyes closed for a brief second. when they opened, she found herself kneeing him between his legs so that he dropped his hand.

inhaling a deep breath, she raised her hand to attack but he prevented her from doing so. isaac grabbed her wrist and turned her around, with her arm behind her back. she whimpered in pain and quickly elbowed him in the stomach.

isaac raised both arms in a cross before punching her face as he separated them. the impact caused aneksi to fall down to the ground, which he took advantage of. a split second later, he was on her again, holding her neck like before. only now, he was full on transformed.

aneksi couldn't melt why she was acting the way she did, how she even had the strenght to fight him, or what was going on at all. she just knew that she couldn't stop trying to remove his hand or stop kicking him.

much to her surprise, she mirrored his face; parted her lips but with clenched teeth, just before snarling and showing her own teeth in a threatening way, as if it would help her.

isaac dropped his expression and stared at her with wide eyes. stiles literally dropped his when laying eyes on her own fangs. just when she was about to throw his body off of hers, isaac squeezed her neck and regained his frightening posture, whilst she made an attempt in resistance.

"god, get off of me!" she yelled, her voice breaking because of his grip.

aneksi couldn't breathe for any longer now. she inhaled a deep breath as she stopped resisting. right before her eyes closed, she could feel his grip cease completely and a third figure appear in the darkness.

the first thing in sight was a huge window. then the smell of tea, and hushed whispering. she remained frozen, holding in a breath, and realized she was in a bed.

"scott sensed something was different with her. she even looks different comparing to the last time we saw her before she disappeared." stiles voice filled her ears.

"what else can she be then?" isaac sighed, looking at the two. "she can absorb pain, she hears better than i do and she's strong."

"are you two sure about this?" a third, unknown person said.

"derek, she had fangs. she fought isaac. but no, she's still just a human. hold up, let me go get my fake fangs." stiles said sarcastically, moving his whole body in an obvious gesture.

"that's not what i meant. there are a hundred supernatural creatures in
the world. all i'm saying is, are we sure she's a werewolf and not something else?"

"we can't find out unless we talk to her, can we?"

aneksi frowned deeply and didn't dare to move at first. she so quietly propped herself up and looked at the three guys standing a few meters away from her.

"fine. let's wake her up." derek mumbled and turned around, but she had already stood up, staring at them with fear almost.

"who are you and where am i?" she asked sternly, taking a step back.

"neks, listen." isaac started, taking a hesitant step forward. "we just want to explain, especially about what happened yesterday."

"yesterday?" she mumbled, moving her hand up to her throat. "you nearly choked me to death!"

"i know, i'm sorry. just sit down, and we'll talk."

isaac approached her when her eyes approved him to do so, and put a hand against her back. the two sat down on the little couch, whereas derek stood with his arms crossed on a distance and stiles sat on the table.

stiles was the one to explain everything, or at least all he could. he told her what they believed she was, and derek had saved isaac from killing her.

"how do you know about all this?" she asked him with a frown.

"derek's uncle turned scott." he answered as if it was no big deal.

"wow, okay. when did you turn, isaac?" she directed her words to her friend, a slight anger in her tone now.

"i, um... i asked derek to turn me after my dad died." he replied quietly, afraid of her reaction.

"you idiot!" she muttered and hit his chest with her palms. "that's why you left?! why you haven't been home? you knew things like werewolves were real, yet you didn't come to me?!

"because you're different! we don't grow the marks you do on your face. we don't needto take away someone else's pain to feel full. there's something about you that we can't explain. and yes, i turned to derek, because i was sick of feeling so small, weak and powerless. my dad abused me, and you know that. turning gave me power and control, and i feel so much better."

his words caused her to close her mouth and look down. it was just too much to process at the same time. she put one foot on the edge of the couch, draped her arm around it and bit on her thumbnail.

"what are you saying, that i'm some sort of hybrid? something unusual and strange?" she asked quietly, for the first time actually looking up at derek.

"we don't know, but we will find out." derek answered, softening up the slightest. "for now, you have to keep this to yourself."

"who else knows about this? you said scott's a werewolf. who else?" she asked, pointing at stiles.

"allison argent and her family. they're hunters." he started. "deaton, who's scott's boss. now you. not many at all."

"isaac, you should know that erica asked me to turn her. she feels just the way you do."

"don't tell me you did it." isaac mumbled, staring at him.

"i'm an alpha who needs a pack. and you know she needs it."

"erica's a werewolf too?" aneksi whispered, pursing her lips when isaac didn't answer.

"well done, derek. perfect moment to drop those news." stiles sighed, glaring at the older one.

"what? he should know." derek shrugged carelessly.

"look at me." aneksi said, turning isaac's face to hers. "i don't know erica that well, but maybe it's true. you can take out your anger on him later, right now we need to figure this out."

"alright, i'm calm." isaac sighed and frowned at her neck, which was still extremely red and marked with huge bruises.

"good. okay, where are we? you never answered that." she asked again and looked at stiles.

"in derek's loft, his home. we'll leave as soon as possible."

aneksi looked around herself and raised her eyebrows a bit. she now realized how big the loft was, and simple. she stood up from her seat and wandered around, feeling the weak hurt linger on her neck.

"are you guys certain i'm a werewolf at least? it's too surreal to even hear." she thought out loud, making a face. even though she had witnessed isaac's face, his eyes, his canines and surely his great strenght, she couldn't believe it.

"for now, we can't match you with any other creature. though the hybrid suggestion does sound good. maybe we should test you." derek answered, folding his arms together as he watched her intently.

"test me? how exactly?" she laughed, turning around to look at him.

"come here." he cracked a weak smile that surprised the two other boys as he neared her cautiously. "stiles told me about your eyes too, how they glowed... black for a split second. that's not something i've seen before. the three colors i've seen are red, golden and light blue."

"well, nothing else about me seems to be according to the norms of supernatural, so..." she mumbled, looking to the side.

"show me your eyes." he demanded, but not in a harsh tone — yet it made her frown and barely tilt her head to the side.

"i don't know how." she stated the obvious and glanced at isaac. derek followed her gaze and thought for a second.

"alright. although yesterday was a full moon, you triggered him and he triggered you."

"by almost killing me." she reminded him and touched her sore neck. isaac looked down in guilt and sighed through his nose. "if you turned him, shouldn't you have been there with him during his first full moon?"

"he was on his way to my loft when you stalled him. you're lucky i got there in time." he retorted, making her look away to refrain from rolling her eyes. "anyway, if you can't show me your eyes by yourself, maybe isaac could help."

"what?" the two other boys said simultaneously.

"close your eyes and try to focus on something that might make you feel something, something strongly. love, hate, sadness, anything."

aneksi let her look linger on him before she did as he said. with closed eyes, she thought about the day she first woke up. she thought about the notes, the money and the dream. all that was still an unsolved mystery.

she thought about that dreadful feeling while being scanned, and how it felt so familiar. she imagined herself being tied up while someone else examined her, performing on her without her consent. she thought about her memories being vanished, and in the end she felt herself digging her fingernils against the skin of her arms.

with that built up anger inside her, she slowly opened her eyes and stared at derek. both stiles and isaac took a few steps closer and glanced at each other.

"your eyes are absolutely black." stiles uttered, straightening his back. "that's pretty cool."

"black?" she mumbled, barely daring to blink now. "shit."

aneksi blinked as she let all that anger slowly falter. her eyes regained their normal color and derek stroked his chin in a thinking manner.

"stiles, did she have any claws?" he asked, averting his eyes to the younger one.

"not that i could see. i mean, isaac was pretty much in the way of anything below her chin..." he said, awkwardly gesturing with his hand from his chin and downwards.

"aneksi, i'm gonna' need you to try and show me your claws." derek said, standing just and inch away from her.

"okay, that sounds even crazier. grow claws out of nowhere?" she laughed, making a face.

"if you shifted yesterday with isaac without realizing it, you probably grew claws. you just need to do it willingly now. think of the same thing as earlier, or anything else. doesn't matter."

derek decided to demonstrate for her. he moved his hand between them, clenched it and then unclenched it, the clicking sound echoing as he now had claws and not fingernails.

"woah." she grinned and stared down at his hand, in awe almost. "now that's awesome. too bad they're so ugly."

derek peered up at her with a look of disbelief. comparing to him, she wasn't particularly severe about this and her comments amused everyone in the room.

"now you try."

aneksi swallowed as she felt how she couldn't do this. they weren't even sure she was a werewolf. closing her eyes, she clenched her hand and brought back that anger, trying to transfer it to her hands.

failing the first time, she sighed as her nails remained nails. isaac puckered with his lips to the side and folded his arms together, trying not to smile over her disappointed face.

she got the same result in her second attempt. stiles continued to remind her that it wouldn't be so easy at first, and derek ushered for her to continue. aneksi pretty much lost hope about growing her claws at the moment, and that frustration and longing to just leave helped her succeed.

"oh my god!" she exclaimed gazing down at her hand. "i did it! holy fuck, i have claws. claws and not fingernails." she started to actually see how twisted this whole sitution was. "i'm not human, i–"

"are you alright?" isaac asked, seeing her expression change slowly.

"i think i'm about to pass out. this is all too..." she started, but couldn't finish due to the fact that she indeed passed out.

hola, emilia again. hope you like this chapter, please review and also check out my tumblr (nefertiris) for more aneksi! :)