My earliest memory is my brother's face.
His scruffy black hair, his sea green eyes. That was when I was 1, though, most people can't remember that far back, but I can. My brother was 14 then. My name is Faye Jackson, because for some reason my mum, sally Jackson, wanted to keep her maiden name so my dad Paul is also a Jackson now. After my 1st birthday, my brother left and hasn't come back since. I don't know where he went but I think my mum does and I always here her crying at night. I'm in 6th grade at yancy academy, my 3rd school so far. I'm diagnosed with dyslexia and ADHD so school has always been hard and it makes it Evan worse at Yancy because my brother was expelled from there for being in too many fights and every one expects me to have the same kind of reputation. I can't remember what my brother's name is but it was something like peter, Evan if I ever found him he'd be like, 18 now?
So basically that's my introduction but lets get to the good bit eh?
It all went wrong on Tuesday.
I left the house and waited at the bus station for my friend Gideon. He was crippled so I always helped him on the way to school.
He appeared at the station on time, but something was wrong, he kept glancing around as if looking for possible frets so I said,
"Gid, what the heck are you looking at?"
"What?" he said staring at me nervously "I'm not looking at anything!"
I decided not to argue because it was pointless.
When we arrived at school, I noticed our Latin teacher, Mr. Brunner, was acting similarly.
It was sooo boring in School that I fell asleep in every single lesson, and then woken up and lectured about being exactly like my brother and given a detention.
It got no better in those 6 detentions I was meant to have at the same time, because a letter came from Dad saying I had to board at Yancy over Christmas because he was wrapped up in work.
It was no surprise because my Dad was an English teacher and normally spent Christmas on school trips with his class, but I always had to get hopeful or there'd be nothing to look forward to!
When I got to my dormitory I sunk onto my bed, not noticing the other girls giggling and saying, "ooh Faye's parents don't want her again? Oh how sad!"
I tried not to punch them in there smug little faces…again or ill get expelled and my dad will have to find me yet another school to go to!
"Go prance around your mansions!" I shouted then covered my head with my pillow.
The only person who understood me was Gideon, he'd always left schools with me, I don't know why but if I got expelled he'd cause havoc and get himself expelled to be with me the following year.
He was soo good at every thing in school so I could hardly bare it when he purposely snuck into the teachers lounge and stole all the cokes in the fridge, and purposely got himself caught last year!
I'd managed to stay at Yancy 1 and a half years now and thought I'd at least be able to go live with mum over the holidays!
The next day I watched every one including Gideon packing to go home for Christmas, they all had rich families who owned beach houses in Florida, where as I got into this school by scholarship. I may be dyslexic and ADHD but I'm top of my class at almost every thing (apart from PE)
I waved good bye and watched Gid walk out the front gate then retreated to the library to clear my head.
Only one other person stayed at Yancy over Christmas and that was bonnie. Her parents had gone on a cruise around the Caribbean and left her here I tried talking to her but when ever I went over and said 'hi bonnie what are you doing?' she'd pick up her stuff and walk away. What was her problem?
I was sat down in my empty dormitory reading 'the tales of Hercules' for Latin class, when I heard a knock at my window.
Wondered over to it and stared into the setting sky. Nothing. Must have been my imagination I told myself before returning to my book. Tap tap tap! There it was again. I pushed open the window and stuck out my head.
Suddenly something hit the back of my head and I fell. My hands grabbed the nearest ledge and I hung for a millisecond until I heard a rasping noise.
Daughter of wisdom it said we meet at last It sounded male but not human.
"Who are you?" I screamed
The time isn't right for you to know little hero!
I scrambled on top of the ledge and stood, not daring to look down
"Leave me alone!" I shouted into the darkness
A gust of strong wind flowed from every direction and knocked me off my feet sending me falling again. I grabbed another ledge and held on with all my might. If I fell from here there was no way I would survive
Your brother wouldn't want me to let you fall!
"You know my brother?" dread poured through my body, he was alive? Where was he?