Raptured

Another Rapture story - just a different version of Left Behind from these teen's POV. No I do not own LB - just the characters I made up.

I do not own Left Behind or any of T. Lahaye or J. B. Jenkins characters or any instances. Or quotes.

--kemicalava

just a note: all the characters have last names of Random and the town is Random City and the school is Random High - one of my fav things to do in stories

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Main Characters:

High Schoolers

Cassie- female 14 yrs, Christian (freshman)

Katie- Wiccan, 14 yrs. Wiccan (freshman)

Sammi- female 14 yrs. a not-really-Christian (freshman)

Michael- male 15 yrs, Atheist (sophmore)

Kristen- female 16 yrs, Wiccan (sophmore)

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Prologue

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CASSIE

"My name is Cassie Random," Cassie squirmed. "I'm a freshman." The class looked around at each other, smirking.

"The first thing in my shoebox is my mother's bracelet. She gave it to me before she died."

Cassie bit her lip and pulled the next item out.

"The next thing is a picture of me and my friends at Sea World."

She hesitated before pulling the last item out.

It was a small fabric cross on a piece of yarn, delicate and thin. The class started to murmur.

"...And this is my cross, um, it was woven for my family by my old church before we moved here. That's all." Cassie jumped down from the stool.

"Very nice. Who wants to go next?" the teacher asked. Michael rolled his eyes and raised his hand.

"My name is Michael Random. I'm a Sophomore," he drawled.

Cassie watched the other students. Some were whispering and giggling. Cassie just had the awful feeling they were talking about her. Some of them were saying, "Christian...freak..."

"My first thing is a picture of my dad. He died. Not that it matters, anyway."

"Second is a picture of me and my friends and last is..." Mike grinned. "Well, I don't have a cross with me to shred up, because I'm an atheist, so what the heck."

He slid back into his chair and got high-fives from his classmates. Cassie bit her lip. She hated this school...

"Anyone else? Uh, go ahead, Kristen..."

Kristen towered over the freshmen, but not the sophomores. Her slightly rotund figure suggested that she'd had some pregnancies, and her tight shirt suggested more. She spat gum into her hand.

"Name's Kristen Random. Soph."

"My first item is a picture of me and my ex at Homecoming. Next I have a picture of me and my current boyfriend, and then a picture of me at this year's Homecoming. That's it."

Cassie clapped reluctantly. She didn't know Kristen that well, but since she was Katie's friend, she felt she should support her. Besides, it was always a good thing to support someone else...right? Cassie trembled as she remembered Kristen bragging about all the drugs she took. She was terrified of the violence that went on, but even more shocked by that Katie, whom she had known since fifth grade, was becoming friends with people like Kristen. It scared her to death...

"Next?"

Katie stepped up. "My name's Katie Random, and I'm a freshman. I've got a picture of me and my friends --" Cassie remembered when they'd all gone to a rock concert "--and my electric guitar pick. This is a picture of me and my Dad in Minnesota." She looked up. "That's all."

Sammi stepped up and waved. "Hi, my name's Samantha and I'm a freshman. This is my grandma's necklace, which my mom gave to me for my 13th birthday... This is a picture of me and Cassie as kids at Disney Land...this is a picture of my pet mouse, Celia. She's really fat," she finished and the class snickered.

The bell rang for lunch. "When we come back, Andrew will be next," Mr. Random announced, apparently more interested in Solitaire than in the presentations. Andy scowled and didn't say anything.

---short but that's the intro. yes it sucks but it's my way of introducing "the cast." no, we will probably not see Mr. Random for a while so you can forget him.

-next chapter will be much longer and hopefully better - characters interact now...

-kristen and michael will show up later, when school restarts

-yes everyone is Random, saves a lot of time making up names

-don't bother reviewing...yet - as i can almost guarantee this is crap