Mysteries, Lies, and the Truth

[{J I S A}]

Silence rang through the forest once again. It seemed Ash was contemplating things, well Jisa would be too if she figured out she was a Shifter after almost being killed by the EF. The world was just a place full of surprises wasn't it? All the dark haired Shifter ever wanted was a quiet life. Now she has everything but that. Well there was nothing to be done about it now was there? Nope. Her eyes found their way back to Ash, noticing the little details that they hadn't before. She was considerably shorter than the six foot two Jisa, by almost about ten inches or slightly under that. Ash's hair was more or less the same shade as her eyes, a nice brown. Her skin was tan but not quite as tanned as Jisa's. Ash's question nagged at the black haired Shifter's mind, was she really still a Shifter? The fear of switching forms and loosing her human mind like when she had first been changed stopped her from trying it. Time to make an assumption then.

"Yes, I am a Shifter- though I don't Shift unless I have to. My animal form is that of a Black Panther."

Her voice answered smoothly, if a little tentatively. The feeling of someone watching and surveying you can never be shaken and so Jisa let Ash's eyes wander. Silence descended once again and then her own eyes narrowed.

"If I did shift more then I wouldn't have these, but I don't so I guess I'll keep them."

Jisa gestured to her face. Unknown to anyone else is that the scars weren't only on her face, they riddled her torso from that night that her human life had ended. Constant reminders of what could have been.

[RacingBelle]

"Oh that's pretty cool." I replied back a little tentatively. Her next comment puzzled me. I thought once scars were there, you always had them. I guess that wasn't the case for shifters. The question that I wanted to ask still teased my tongue begging to be just more than a thought. Finally the thought turned into words and tumbled out.

"How did you get them?" The words came in a fast rush, though it was still understandable. My head turned away from Jisa, cheeks starting to turn a slight pink. I bit my lip, wishing that I could clap my hand over my mouth without making it too obvious. Stupid. Stupid! You don't just ask someone that! You stupid girl! I scolded myself. Oh well, good bye short life. What had Jisa just told you? Don't piss a Supernatural off! And what do you go do...you go and try to piss one off, specifically the one that you absolutely know can kill. My whole body stiffened and I felt the need to run away, run as far and as fast as I could. Runaway! Runaway! My brain sang. I seemed to feel myself shift this time, hair getting thicker and longer turning that silvery color. I calmed myself, quickly feeling the change go away before I could really shift. No, I will not change again. No. I started to play with my hair, it was still brown. I twisted it around my finger a few time before dropping it. Good, at least I know how to stop it. Progress.

[{J I S A}]

Jisa shrugs as Ash says that me being a panther was pretty cool, Jisa supposed it would be too if she was a normal person. Puzzled waves came off of the Horse Shifter as she thought about the comment Jisa had made just a few seconds before. It's not surprising seeing as Ash was just new to being a Super Natural. Words tumbled out of the brown haired teenagers mouth, unintelligible for a moment and then Jisa understood. Truthfully, she was taken aback. No one had ever had the courage to push her for answers on her past. No one truly knew what happened to make her the way she was. Actually not even Stella or Ace knew, this revelation surprised Jisa. She had gotten so close to her friends, and they had never once asked her about any of that. How secretive had she been all of this time? With one eyebrow raised Jisa carefully answered.

"To put it in short, someone tried to kill me and actually would have succeeded if a Shifter hadn't have come along a few minutes later and turned me. The scars are there unless I shift regularly."

That was of course leaving out the whole reason her murderer had been looking for her, and why she had been looking for him and the reason he tried to kill her. Honestly, Jisa's history was a mess of conspiracy, mistakes and blood.

"Just mind you train your mind to keep thoughts as thoughts around anyone else."

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[RacingBelle]

Brown hair fell over my face as I lowered my head like a ten year old child being scolded. Jisa had that effect on me. It was like she was that big know it all sister and I was that little sister who wouldn't stop asking silly stupid questions and blurting embarrassing comments out. By this time the lip that I had bitten had that metallic blood taste and I let go. I wanted to mumble sorry again but it didn't seem as if Jisa would care. She was a near heartless girl or was she? Maybe it was just that fact that she was near emotionless. Keep thoughts as thoughts. Check. Just another thing to put in the 'important things to remember' file. Or possibly the survival file.

"Oh..." Was the only thing I could say at the moment. Then I turned to another question. "Got any friends in high places? You seem like a person that would. I haven't meet anyone besides you and the EF...so not exactly a good start with the EF. I don't even know how they found me. I hardly remember how I got into this town." It was true. I know I hitched a ride in the back of some random truck and well I ended up jumping out because the guy nearly saw me. So here I was in this forest with Jisa. I wonder what would have happened if I just stayed in the back of that truck..would it have been good or bad? I couldn't decide which. Sure I was digging a bit now but who wouldn't. I just wasn't somebody to back down because a question might be...weird or blunt. I would answer those questions too. I'm sure Jisa was the same. After all she was tolerating me so far.

[{J I S A}]

Ash lowered her head like a poor little puppy being told that she was bad. Jisa raised an eyebrow but stayed silent, being around people really wasn't all that horrible- it was just different. Being able to speak, and still living in fear but not in critical condition. Ash's feeble 'oh' still reached the eighteen year old's sensitive hearing. Inclining her head slightly, Jisa looked around. Sunlight, air, the scent of the forest, freedom. Everything felt so much better but still there was a stinging feeling in her heart. Loneliness, abandonment, confusion, uncertainty. Life was about balance, but Jisa didn't quite like the way it worked. The dark haired shifter fell deep into a place far away, and her eyes showed it too. Ash's quick turn around in questioning brought the Shifter back into real life and her eyes once more focused on the sixteen year old. Jisa couldn't help the smile that came to her lips and the chuckle that came with it, shaking her head she answered.

"Friends in high places? Hardly."

She snorted, enjoying the irony of what Ash had just mentioned.

"I'd be lucky to have a friend, never mind a friend in a high place. I have enemies in high places, and low places and just about anywhere in between."

[RacingBelle]

I almost giggled. That snort was the closest thing to a laughter that I had gotten out of Jisa. I really wondered who this Jisa really was. She clearly had an interesting past.

"So you've had no friends what so ever in your whole entire life? I think we've all made enemies here and there. Even I have had a short term friend or two." I replied. Jisa was a strange girl, though in some ways she reminded me of well me. Just little things though. I scuffed the ground with my foot before looking back at Jisa, waiting for a reply.

[{J I S A}]

Jisa's sharp eyes caught Ash's want to laugh. Having the newbie around wasn't actually that bad. Her next question was almost overstepping the line but the dark haired Shifter decided to let it slide. The secretive and careful past she had led so far hadn't done so great had it? Why not just relax and have a little fun. Only a little. This Ash definitely wasn't in the clear for everyting but most things could be excused and looked the other way. Jisa looked down at Ash and answered.

"I have had friends, but it's either I leave, or they leave. It's just a matter of when. You'd have to know me to get it."

Jisa crached a small smirk at the girl she had saved earlier and then sprung into the forest, disappearing in a so very Jisa fashion in a blur of black fur.

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