Chapter 1
Alanna Trebond stood in front of her mirror looking at her reflection. Her long, red hair was pulled back into a tight ponytail and she had her black New York base ball hat on. She was wearing her favourite red t-shirt and loose fitting jeans with a pair of trainers. She also had on a black fleece and the sunglasses that she always wore to hide her unusual purple eyes.
She and her twin brother Thom were starting at their latest school. In the 15 years of their life they had been to 26 schools all over the world. Their father was a world renowned Professor and as such, his research took him travelling the globe. Which meant that the twins were always changing schools. By the time they were only 8 years old they were used to the disappointment and had stopped trying to make new friends because to make friends meant leaving. They had each other. That was all they needed. They also had Coram. Their father was always busy with his work so he never really had any time for his kids. So Coram had been brought in to help Thom and Alanna▓s mum raise the kids. Their mother had been the most caring, kind, thoughtful, considerate person with the biggest heart in the world. But when Alanna was 12, her mother was driving her to a friend▓s house when a drunk driver ran a red light and hit the car on Alanna▓s mum▓s side. Alanna had woken up 2 weeks later to the news that her mother was dead.
After the accident, her father became even more distant towards her and Thom so Coram became the primary care giver. Alanna didn▓t mind. She had never gotten on well with her father and Coram was more like an uncle rather than someone paid bye her father to look after her and Thom.
⌠Alanna, come on. Hurry up, the drivers waiting.■ Thom▓s voice broke through Alanna▓s thoughts and she was brought back to the present day.
⌠I▓m coming, I▓ll be down in a minute.■ She started walking towards the door and was nearly there when she remembered her wrist band. She had a long scar that reached nearly the whole way around her wrist. It was the only mark she had left from the accident and if you didn▓t see the scar you would never know that she had ever been in an accident. She had always wore the wrist band to hide it because she hated talking about the accident and she hated being pitted. Wearing the wrist band was an easy solution.
After making sure the wrist band was in the right place, she picked up her school bag and stepped out into the hall. She closed her bedroom door then went down the stairs. Thom and Coram were waiting by the door with the newest driver. Being the kids of a famous professor meant that Thom and Alanna▓s lives were very different to that of other kids. They had never ridden on a school bus before because they had always had a driver that drove them pretty much wherever and whenever they wanted to go. They had never really understood the need for this but they had learned not to go against their father. His word was law.
Thom and Alanna said goodbye to Coram and then made their way outside, with the driver following closely behind them. They got in the car and drove of towards the school. 15 minutes later they pulled up in front of a big white building. When Alanna first got out the car she thought that the place looked more like a prison than a school, but she wasn▓t surprised.