If you couldn't already tell, AU fics are definitely my favorite to write. This fic is much more heavier than my last one. Based on the news of Cory's passing, it's been kind of hard to write something happy. It's not too sad, but it does deal with a character death, as you can tell from the summary. I've never written a supernatural fic like this before, so hopefully you'll like it. Also, I know I'm still writing She's The Dude, but I think I can manage writing both. And I know I said in my most recent update on She's The Dude that I won't post this story anytime soon, but I wrote more of this today, and I liked how it turned out, so I decided to post the first chapter of it. I really hope you like it too.


Jake Puckerman sat at the kitchen table one cloudy Monday afternoon, eating his breakfast before he went to school like he did normally everyday. His eyes drifted from the waffles on his plate to the small tv a few feet away from him, which was tuned to the local news channel. Jake usually wasn't one to watch the news, but his mother loved it, and the last thing Jake wanted to do was upset her.

Suddenly, an image of a young girl appeared on the screen, and Jake instantly turned the volume up higher.

"Marley Rose, age 16, was found dead last night in the parking lot of a community theater in Lima, Ohio. The police suspect foul play was involved due to major injuries," the news reporter said.

"How sad," Ms. Puckerman said as she joined Jake in the kitchen.

"Yeah, I know." Jake frowned. "Lima's not too far, right? It's like an hour away."

"I don't think it's anything to worry about, honey," Ms. Puckerman assured. "Now get to school."


All day, Jake couldn't stop thinking about that girl on the news. He could barely focus on anything during his classes; the only thing on his mind was the beautiful girl with long flowing hair and crystal blue eyes. Jake didn't know why he felt so drawn to her. He didn't even know the girl. But there was something that was telling him that he should have known her. Or that he was supposed to know her.

During lunch, Jake got out his phone and searched the girl's name. When he typed in 'Marley Rose,' dozens of articles showed up about her death. After going through a bunch of them, Jake discovered that she was an only child, raised by only her mom. She went to McKinley High School in Lima, Ohio, and was one of the sweetest girls you would ever meet-according to her mom. The next article Jake read said that it was confirmed that she had been murdered. He couldn't believe how someone so beautiful and sweet could get brutally killed. Now he wanted to know more about her.

"Hey dude," Jake's best friend Ryder Lynn joined him by his locker.

"Hey man. Did you hear about that girl who was killed on the news?" Jake asked.

"Oh yeah, my mom was watching that. I think her name was like Mary or something. She was super hot."

"It's Marley," Jake muttered. "And really? That's all you gathered from the story? That she was super hot? Don't you even care what happened?"

"Yeah, it's sad, whatever, but it's not like we knew her." Ryder shrugged. "She was probably one of those mega popular mean girls who everyone hated. She probably deserved it."

"I'm going to go." Jake sat up and left before he got more tempted to punch Ryder. Sometimes he didn't even know why he was friends with the guy. Ryder was the exact opposite of Jake. Jake was quiet, didn't have a lot of friends, and was really into music, whereas Ryder was loud, arrogant, a sports fanatic, and was wildly popular. In fact, the only thing the two boys had in common was their mutual love for Call Of Duty.

The only place Jake could really be alone was in one of the stalls in the boys bathroom. Once he locked himself in, he took out his phone again and searched for pictures of her. He felt kind of guilty that he was practically stalking the girl, but he wanted to know more about her. He wanted to know why someone so heartless would kill her.

Jake had a hard time finding pictures of her, other than the one photo used on the news. There was only one other picture of her that he could find. It was of Marley and a blonde girl, who appeared to be having some sort of celebration, for they were both wearing party dresses. Jake clicked the link to the photo, which brought him to the blonde girl's facebook wall. Kitty Wilde was the her name. Jake was about to search more about this Kitty girl, when the bell rang for his next class. Jake groaned, shut off his phone, and headed to chemistry.


When Jake got home later that day, he quickly ran up to his room and turned his tv on to the local news station, hoping to hear more about Marley. Lucky for him, Marley's story was the only major news, because the news station only focused on Ohio, and well, not much goes on there.

The news reporter was currently talking to an older woman, who appeared to be Marley's mother. The woman was crying; Jake couldn't even imagine the pain she was going through. From what he had read, Marley was the only thing Ms. Rose had left.

Ms. Rose talked about how wonderful her daughter was. She talked about how she wanted to be a famous singer when she grew up, and how she loved music. Jake muted the tv to look on YouTube to see if he could find any videos of her singing. He almost jumped for joy when he actually found one. It was from a few years ago, and it had both Marley and Kitty singing Part Of Your World from The Little Mermaid. Jake's heart stopped when he heard Marley start to sing. She was amazing. Kitty was pretty awesome too, but Jake could only focus on the brunette.

Suddenly, Jake started to feel sick. He realized that this girl would never become a singer. She would never get to be famous. She didn't deserve this. From everything Jake gathered, Marley seemed like an amazing girl.

Jake couldn't even believe that this girl that he had never even met, and that wasn't even alive anymore, could have such an effect on him. It was crazy. He didn't know why this was happening. The more Jake found out about Marley, the more he felt connected to her. He just wished he had gotten the chance to know her before she was killed.


So, uh, do you like it? I had this plot in my head for the past few days, and I just needed to write it down. What I'll probably do is do alternate updates, where like, one week is this story, and one week is She's The Dude, but I don't know. It depends on whenever I have time to write. I still don't really know where I'm going with this story, so bear with me. It could end up getting really crazy. But it's A/U, so what else can you expect? Anyways, stay tuned!