Joscelyn paces down the school hallways, glancing back every now and then to make sure they are nowhere to be seen.

Was it too soon? Crap, I shouldn't have told them. I've lost their trust, She thinks and frowns.

"Excuse me, sorry I need to pass-"

She trips over someone's shoe, someone leaning on their locker, as she tried to pass through the dense crowd.

Someone grabs her arm tightly and pulled her back. "Woah, careful," A guy says and Joscelyn looks back to find that it's Scott, "We're not going to hurt you Joscelyn, we just want to know more about you please."

She swallows hard, contemplating about all the options she has laid out in front of her. She could choose to run away and forget this but people won't be happy with her... or she could face this sudden awkwardness and get it out of the way.

She decides to choose the latter.

"Alright, we need to be alone," Joscelyn mumbles and Scott nods his head. He leads her to the back door exit where he meets Stiles and Lydia. The four of them walk to the bus park and stand between two buses to get some privacy.

"Okay so you're a Skin-Shifter on steroids?" Stiles questions and she sighs. "Yeah sort of," Joscelyn answers with eyes darting around her for any sign of outsiders, "Look I can't show you all of it but what I can is this."

She shuts her eyes tightly then opens them up, shining bright purple as she stares at the three people in front of her. Claws tear out of her fingers, sharpened and ready for an attack.

"I touch an animal, take in their DNA and then it stores in my body's 'database'. I can turn into that animal completely, any time I want to. Normally, I can communicate with any animal," Joscelyn explains and Scott eyes Stiles and Lydia, "I only know some of how my powers work. It's all true, I just can't show it right now-"

"Yeah we believe you Josie, don't we?" Stiles questions after noticing that his friends have doubts. They now their heads in agreement a moment later.

"Of course we do," Lydia says, "We'll talk about this a little later." Stiles smiles widely then holds the straps of his back pack.

Joscelyn observes his behaviour, his body language. She sees something in him, he's important to this gang of people. His opinion... It's something they listen to and consider very heavily.

She keeps a mental note of that. Befriending Stiles... it could change everything.

She watches Scott and Lydia walk away after saying goodbye. She was consumed by her thoughts that she didn't notice them saying anything after their acceptance of her.

"Hey your mom or dad are picking you up?" Stiles asks and Joscelyn shakes her head. "No I uh... I'm walking home," She answers flatly.

"Nope! You're coming with me, I can drop you back," He offers with a kind smile and Joscelyn thanks him for his considerate attitude.

"Could you... give me a minute? I need to let my dad know," She requests and Stiles nods his head. "I have a sky-blue Jeep, I'll meet you there," He informs.

Joscelyn takes out her phone quickly from her pocket then dials 202-555-0190. She waits impatiently for the call to pick up and-

"Hello?"

"It's me."

"Have you reached?"

"Yes I have... I called to say that I can't do it, I'm sorry-"

"You have to, you have no choice sweetheart. You're capable of anything."

"Please I really can't. They aren't making it any easier for me."

"Look, say whatever you want. You ARE doing this I WILL hear some good news from you very soon."

"I can't La-"

"Shhh, listen. Find something and use that."

"I did."

"Good! Then you'll be done in no time. And remember, don't get too close, don't have any feelings, and there shouldn't be any issues."

"Okay..."

"You're doing a good thing Josie, for all of us."

"Fine. I'll call you later."

Joscelyn ends the phone call and kicks the bus a couple of times out of frustration. She fixes her hair and takes a deep breath then looks around for a blue Jeep.

*****

The atmosphere in the car is too awkward to handle. Joscelyn has never felt this uncomfortable in her life... for at least as long as she can remember.

Stiles grip on the steering wheel is strong, he keeps eyes on the road in front though his attention is on the passenger next to-

SCREECH!

The Jeep comes to a slow halt all of a sudden, and Stiles looks ariund in complete confusion.

"What's going on?" Joscelyn asks and Stiles cuts the ignition. A puff of smoke appears from under the car hood and Stiles sulks.

"Oh crap," He mumbled then steps out of the car, dreading the fact that his Roscoe had finally decided to have some rest. He pulls up the hood and immediately steps back.

Black smoke fills the air in front of him, even Joscelyn starts coughing a little from the pollution.

"What's with all the duct tape?" She asks after the smoke disperses, and peaks into the open car hood.

"It's going to cost a lot to fix it properly and I'm too attached to it to let go," Stiles tells with a small smile and Jocelyn looks at him softly. She finds him to be someone who she'd like to spend hee time with. He's more kind than anyone she's met before.

"I'll call a tow truck, they should be here in half an hour," Stiles thinks out loud then turns to his friend, "Sorry about this Josie, don't worry you'll get home in time."

"It's alright, I anyways have nothing to go home to-"

She pauses and widens her eyes and covers her story up in a rush, "N-Not that I don't have a home, I-I do but my parents don't s-stay home much!"

Stiles looks at her peculiarly but then shrugs the thought off. He doesn't say anything after that for a while, as they both wait for he tow truck to arrive.

"Okay, come here with me," Joscelyn stands up and gestures for him to follow her into the woods, "You want to see my true powers, I can show you out here. Don't move, stay there."

"Joscelyn I believe you, you don't have to-"

Stiles jumps back when he sees the animal approaching him slowly. It's a fox, staring right at him. "Oh my lord JOSIE HELP!" Stiles yells out, moving back away from the wild animal.

The fox sits, tilting it's head and watching Stiles with fascination. It lowers it's gaze and looks to the ground, as if it's giving him permission to pet it.

"Wait are you-No way!" Stiles says with excitement, approaching the fox and sitting right beside it, "Josie, is it you?" The fox looks up to him, a glow in its eyes, then they change to the bright purple colour like she had shown him and his friends at the school.

"OH MY GOD this is amazing! Sorry but I'm a little bit weirded out too," Stiles hugs his knees and the fox runs off into some bushes.

CHIRP! CHIRP! TWEET!

A beautiful Blue-Streaked Lory flies towards Stiles and sits on his shoulder softly. It starts poking at his hair and he laughs. "Stop that Josie!" He says and the bird chirps, "You're so pretty..."

He clears his throat suddenly, "I mean the bird you look like is pretty. You're pretty too but um... y-yeah."

BEEP! BEEP!

Stiles looks back to where he had walked from and spots a big truck next to his Jeep. "The two truck's here Josie, we should be-"

The bird flies off to the trees and Stiles watches with confusion. He starts to walk back to his car but hears a voice yell.

"Hey wait!" Joscelyn calls out to him. Stiles stops and she smirks. "So how was that?" She questions and he smiles widely.

"One of the coolest things I've seen Josie," He answers then notices something in her hair, "Wait you've got something... here."

He picks out a red and blue coloured bird feather from her hair and strokes it slowly. "Keep it, a souvenir of being the first person to see my true self," Joscelyn says and he nods his head, "Let's go home now."