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Siren's Song
Chapter One
Antarctica 12:00 am
In a hidden cave inside a large glacier shaped like a skull, the quiet stillness of the night was broken by rumbling coming from inside the oddly-shaped glacier. At first it was nothing but a low vibration but it steady increased to and earth shattering quake. The floor of the glacial cave cracked and formed a large gorge. Then, as suddenly as it came, the earthquake stopped. Out from the gorge came a massive, icy hand. The hand latched onto side of the gorge and pulled to reveal a towering icy figure, its features hidden in the darkness of the ice cave.
"I am free. After so many centuries of being trapped in that icy prison, I am free to wreak havoc on this pitiful planet. But first, I need an army." The figure said in a deep rumbling voice raising a massive icy hand.
"Regenerae Froes!" The figure shouted, its hand glowing. Suddenly there was another rumble followed by thousands of icy hands breaking free from the surface of the ice. The figures rose up to show ice warriors clad in armour and wielding a variety of weapons. The giant smirked and formed an icy throne and sat.
"Now my minions, we have to train for there is a great battle to take place soon. My target is my beloved niece but first we must test her skill. So I will send a few of you to do battle with her but do not kill her. I need her alive for now." The ice giant said. This was accompanied by deep, evil laughter that shook the cave along the cheers of several thousand ice warriors.
...(Cue Martin Mystery theme song if you want to)...
Torrington Academy 8:00am
On campus it was opening day and as usual students were excited to start a new year. Some were old students and others were just starting. The new-comers were assigned a partner of the same grade and class to escort them around the school for two weeks until they got the hang of things. One boy in particular was very excited. He was so excited his tower of blonde hair was looking as fiery as his shirt.
"MARTIN MYSTERY!". The blonde, Martin, flinched as his name was screeched at such a high volume. This could only mean one thing, he was in some deep trouble with none other than his step-sister Diana Lombard, "Diana! Great to see you. So how's your day going?" Martin asked hoping to avert some of his half-sibling's anger.
Unfortunately the brunette was unmoved by this gesture. "What are you doing here jumping up and down like a toddler hyped up on sugar and caffeine?" She asked. Martin scoffed.
"Well let's see, one, new school year which means new girls to hit on, two, I got assigned a girl named Vanessa Marine she sounds cute, and three, because I can."
"You're so immature are girls the only things you think about?" Diana asked slightly annoyed.
Martin thought for a minute and said,"Yeah. Guess that explains why I don't think about you much."
Diana was far beyond annoyed. She turned a bright red and was practically steaming. Aw crud. Martin thought. I should probably start running now. So without another word Martin took off through the courtyard becoming a blur of yellow and red with another blur of brown and purple trailing close behind him. In his haste to escape his sister's wrath, he really didn't know where he was going. So, inevitably he crashed into someone ending inevitably in a crash accompanied by a sickening thud as two bodies hit the ground. Slightly dazed, Martin stood up to offer his victim a hand up. He gasps and feels his heart clench up. Omg I just knocked out one of the most beautiful girls on the planet. That was the truth the person he knocked down was a girl and had perfectly tanned skin, well, it looked tan but was probably her natural colour. She had thick, long wavy black hair and a perfect hourglass figure and thick curly eyelashes. She wore a short light blue sleeveless dress that only barely covered her butt with a slanted pink plastic belt along her waist, She had on black leggings that reached her ankles and white sneaker with pink highlights. She had on a pink headband and a silver charm bracelet. She was also out cold. Never seen her before though. She must be new. I hope she's my partner for two weeks! While Martin had been daydreaming Diana had caught up with him and because of the collision a small crowd formed around him and the fallen girl.
"Geez Martin look at what you did now! She's out cold." Diana exclaimed examining the girl.
"Well it's your fault for chasing me if you didn't none of this would have happend."
"You could have watched where you were going,"
"You didn't give me any time to!" Martin yelled.
Somewhere in the midst of all the noise the fallen girl's eyes fluttered opened and she moaned softly.
"Yo, Mystery! She's awake" someone in the now rather loud crowd yelled. Martin immediately dropped his argument with Diana and went to help the girl up. After lifting her up, he looked into the iciest blue eyes he had ever seen. They were so serene and steady as though they could see through your very soul... He was snapped out of his trance by the girl blinking. She was obviously in a daze too. Blushing they looked down and saw that they were still holding hands which they quickly withdrew from each other. They were both cherry-red.
Martin cleared his throat, "I'm seriously sorry I knocked you down and out. I was being chased by my step-sister." He said gesturing to Diana.
"It's okay, just a question are you sure a sixteen-wheeler didn't hit me instead of you?" the girl asked in a smooth clear voice.
Martin chuckled, "Positive."
The girl smiled and Martin felt his heart melt for sure. I really hope she's my partner she's cute and funny. Please, please let her be my partner.
"My name's Vanessa by the way. Vanessa Marine." She said.
Martin could have let for joy. "Pleasure to meet you Vanessa. My name is Martin Mystery and I will be your partner for the next two weeks." He said smiling. Vanessa smiled too.
At that comment the crowd began to disperse feeling sorry for the poor girl who had to put up with Martin for two weeks. Only Diana stayed behind.
The two blushed when they realised they were staring at each other again. Diana smirked at the awkward couple.
"Ohm looks like Martin's got a girlfriend." Diana teased.
Martin turned even redder. "Diana she is not my girlfriend. I'm her partner and I have to show her around. Oh, and Vanessa this is my stepsister Diana."
"Nice to meet you." Vanessa said smiling sweetly.
"Likewise." Diana responded
"Okay," Martin said, "Let's start with a tour of the dorms which room are you in Vanessa?"
"88" she replied.
"Hey that's the dorm next to mine! It's a single room so you don't share with anyone you lucky duck!" Diana said.
"Okay so since you already know the dorms I guess you already know about the school and courses right?" Martin asked
Vanessa nodded in agreement.
"So the only thing left to talk about is me." Martin said with a grin and started a long speech about what an awesome guy he is. He talked about his talents, hobbies and interests. Vanessa stopped him when he started talking about the paranormal.
"Wait so you are actually into the paranormal and monsters and stuff?" Vanessa asked.
"Yes." Martin said. Oh great we were getting along great now I'll get shot down because of my interest in the creepy stuff that freaks girls out.
Saying that what Vanessa said next shocked him was a severe understatement. "I do too! Thank goodness I found another fan of the weird."
"I know right!" After that they just starting hitting it off and talked about conspiracies, cover-ups and the general paranormal which made Diana sick. She pointed out that it was getting late and the better go to their dorms soon. The two girls said goodbye to Martin and went towards their dormitories.
"Hey Vanessa is it okay if I invite a couple of girls over for a sleepover at your place so you can get to know more people." Diana asked.
"Sure I'd like that. How's 7:30 sound?" Vanessa suggested.
"Great see you there!" Diana said as she and Vanessa went into the separate dorms.
Unbeknownst to them Martin followed them and heard all about their plans. He wanted to find out more about this beautiful girl Vanessa. He felt that there was more to her than met the eye. Time to call in a favour from the Center. He activated is U-watch and out came a hologram of a small bald alien. "Billy I need your help."
