"A little of both," she said. "We always knew we were different, and as we got older, we realized why. Then it was just a matter of trying to fit in. To hide in plain sight and pretend to be normal."

Pointing to one of the pictures taped to the wall over her bed Isabel said, "And it was me, my brother Max, and Michael. But Michael ran away that first night and hid, so he wasn't found when we were. We didn't know what happened to him until we started school a few months later. He's the one I told you about the other day, that wound up in foster care."

She pointed to another picture, one of Tess laughing with Kyle. "That's Tess, she was in the pods as well. But she didn't come out until later, and when she did, the shapeshifter that was supposed to be our guardian was there waiting for her. They spent ten years looking for us, and finally found us last Spring."