Chapter 1

Author's Note: Hello Everyone! This is my new story in the criminal minds fandom. This story is very AU but I hope you'll still like this guys! Anyway, I hope for some comments, reviews and suggestions for this story. Happy reading!

Do you believe in destiny? I believe this is one of the questions that are asked to each one of us in some point in our life. It seems cheesy, I know, but how do you answer this type of question. To some people who can't seem to respond, maybe they haven't found the thing that can give them their answer.

How about me? If you may ask. I think after all the experiences that I encountered; the happiness, the awkwardness, and the unforgettable moments. The rollercoaster ride that we all had made me believe in this thing called destiny.

Wait. Let me rewind a bit. I'll tell you my story on how all of this started, how it affected all of us, and how all of that all came to this moment.

Let's begin with that one fateful morning.

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"Ughhh... What is that awfully dreadful noise...?" I grumbled out while still splayed out in bed. I tried to crawl further into my sheets to drown down the noise but it wasn't helping. In defeat, I reached out on my bedside table to find the very insulting device called an alarm clock. I pushed the stupid object and it fell down the floor, however the incessant noise still reverberated in the room.

Sighing, I pulled myself out of the sheets to pick up the clock on the floor. After doing so, I went to the bathroom to fix myself up since it's a school day. After waking myself up in the shower, I fixed my uniform and my bag and went down the stairs. I saw my mom sitting down in the table reading a newspaper, waiting for me to come down.

My mom, Elizabeth Prentiss, is an ambassador. She's really strict before but she mellowed down somewhere down the road. We had a fallout in the past, but my mom really tried to fix things between us. So now, I think everything is cool between us.

"Good morning mother." I said as I sat down beside her to eat my breakfast. After I took my first bite of the omelette in front of me, my mom folded the newspaper and put it in the table. I looked up from my breakfast with one of my eyebrow up.

"Emily, I need to tell you something." My mom told me after drinking her cup of coffee.

"Oh no. This is something serious. My mom never folds down her newspaper if she hasn't finished reading it yet."

I gulped down my omelette with my orange juice and said, "Yes mother, what is it?"

"We'll move to Virginia tomorrow. Pack up everything today. I already talked to your teacher and you can absent today." She said.

I think my fork slipped down from my hands after what my mother just said. My eyes widened that it looked like my eyes are going to bulge out. After a few moments of silence I shouted "What?!" I stood up so fast that my chair fell down to the floor. "Mom?! We're moving? And you're just telling me now? What about my school? My friends? I can't just transfer in the middle of the year?!" I rambled out in shock.

My mom just looked at me and drank her coffee. After settling her cup down, she said, "Well, I just told you last month that this might happen and I think you weren't listening."

"Well, you just said that it MIGHT happen, and not WILL happen!" I replied back.

"Anyway, this is a fixed deal. I need to transfer there for my job and I already picked out a school for you there. All the transfer papers are done, all you need is to go there and attend school." My mother replied back.

Seeing that there is no way out on this, I stood up in annoyance and went back to my room.

I didn't know how much time had passed since I started cleaning up my room when I finished. Boxes of my stuff filled the front part of my room leaving my bed and table bare. Looking out of my window, I saw that the sky is already turning black. My phone then suddenly rang. I went and picked it up to see who texted me. When I saw my friend, Matthew as the sender, I mentally slapped myself for not telling him about my sudden move.

Matthew Benton together with John Cooley is one of my childhood friends. We were together and inseparable since we were kids. They were my protectors from the kids who try to bully me back then.

I opened the message and it said, "Hey, missed you at school today. Are you fine? Are you sick?"

I ruffled my hair and sighed before sending back a reply, "No, I'm not sick. My mother just decided that we should move to Virginia tomorrow. Sorry, it must have slipped my mind to tell you about this."

In just less than a minute, my phone beeped again. I opened the message from Matthew, "What?! Moving? Virginia is so far from New York! And tomorrow already?"

I laughed when I imagined his reaction to my shocking revelation. I replied back to him saying that we will still see each other and will be best friends forever. After my conversation to him, I immediately messaged John and told him exactly what I told Matthew. And of course, he also had the same disbelief as Matthew.

I think I fell asleep while chatting with friends when I opened my eyes to the blinding sun from my window. I realized that this is the dreaded day that I will leave the comforts of my home. I grudgingly fixed myself for our travel today to the unknown. Going down to the living room, I saw my mother calling somebody from her phone. When she saw me, she hanged up and told me, "The movers will transfer our things to Virginia. Let's go, we might miss our flight."

I just nodded and went outside to our car. We drove until the airport and rode the plane to Virginia. After about an hour and a half, we touched down at Richmond International Airport. We hailed a cab and went to our new house.

"It's still early, want to see your new school?" My mother asked me as we explored our new house. "I'm friends with the principal over there and he said we can tour today so you can get a feel of the school before you start there tomorrow." She added.

After a very long thinking time from our travel from home to here, I finally convinced myself to just accept the reality and be excited for my new life here. I nodded to my mother and we went to my new school.

After a 30 minute ride, we parked in front of a very large building. It looks like a school for millionaires or something with a large gate and very posh surroundings. As we went out of our vehicle, my mother and I were welcomed by a somewhat elderly man.

"Hello Elizabeth, good morning. Welcome to my humble school, the BAU Academy." The man said as he embraced my mother in welcome.

"Good to see you too, David." She relied back to him while accepting the embrace. She looked at me after their exchange and introduced us to each other. "David, this is Emily, my daughter. She's going to start here tomorrow."

My mother then introduced him to me, "Emily, this is David Rossi, the principal of this school. He's a former FBI agent before he became the principal of this school. He's also a best-selling author who writes about crimes and serial killers."

I stared at the man in front of me, a bit intimidated from what I've heard from my mother. David noticed my silence when he said to my mother, "Come on now Elizabeth, I think you scared your daughter with your introduction about me." He chuckled for a bit before he extended his arm towards my direction. "David Rossi. Nice to meet you, Emily Prentiss. Once again, welcome to BAU academy."

Shaking my head I shook the hand of the principal in front of me. "Nice to meet you too sir."

"Well, why don't you take a tour of the place while I talk to your mother about grown-up stuff back in my office." He said to me after our exchange. The both of them then went towards the front building while I stayed in front of the school. Not knowing which way to go, I just followed the pathway beside the building thinking that I should just walk around to see the place.

After a few moments of walking around, I took a break and sat on one of the benches near the field. Admiring the beautiful landscape behind the school, I heard shouting from behind. When I tried to look behind me, I was suddenly pushed forward by something, or rather someone. My eyes shut instinctively as I fell down off the bench. Using my hands to push myself out of the ground, I saw a girl in the same position in front of me. A bit winded from the impact, I slowly stood up to calm myself down.

"W-who are you?" I asked after collecting myself.

The girl in front of me stood up with her back in front of me and dusted off her skirt. A gust of wind blew by as she slowly turned back to look at me. Her blond hair swayed through the breeze as her ocean blue eyes locked into mine.

"I'm JJ." She said back to me.

I didn't know back then that this was going to be the start of my rollercoaster ride with you.