Pilot

Before moving to BellsWood England, my life wasn't too perfect. Growing up without parents was hard but I had my grandma with me. I was the quiet girl who barely said anything at all. I felt like I could never fit in until I met him.

"Excited?" Evelyn Martin asked her granddaughter Nina Martin. The two were packing things out of their big boxes. They've just moved here to BellsWood, England and Evelyn was joyful about the big switch from America to England.

"I think so." Nina stated. England was so much different from America and Nina liked it. She just hoped she didn't have a hard time fitting in here. Evelyn smiled as she took out big dusty books out of the box. Evelyn already finished decorating the living room,kitchen and bathroom with the help of Nina. The new house they lived in was very ancient looking but it got Nina intrigued . The house was big and long and Nina felt like this house had tons of mystery to it.

"Well I'm excited to start working. " Evelyn said as she put the books on the living room counter. Nina knew that to pay for the bills, her gran had to find a job. She just felt uncomfortable having her work. Her gran is almost seventy and was known for having heart problems. But her gran was stubborn and would not listen to Nina.

"I'm also excited for you to tell me about your first day of school, when you come home tomorrow. " Evelyn said smiling at Nina. Nina smiled back. She was trying to think positive about her first day. What could be the worst thing that could happen? Nina gets bullied so bad that she can't go to school anymore? She hopes that won't happen.

"I'm excited too." Nina told her gran. Maybe it's not going to be bad. Maybe she'll make friends easily.

"Did you get my homework done?" Amber Millington asked Mara Jaffray. It was the following day at school and Amber was putting lip gloss on her lips.

"Yes. All done." Mara took out a Maths packet and gave it to Amber. Amber smiled. Amber is the most popular girl in BellsWood High School. She's known for her beauty with her long blonde hair and blue eyes. She's also known for being the daughter of Arthur Millington, one of the richest guy in town.

"Thanks. My grade is definitely going to go up." Amber said as she put her lip gloss inside her bag. Amber opened her locker and checked herself in the mirror. She looked gorgeous. Proud with the way she looked ,she closed her locker.

"You know Amber the work isn't that hard. All you have to do is study." Mara told her. Amber rolled her eyes. Who had time to do homework when you had to go to parties and look good all the time. Sometimes Mara is annoying with her goody two shoes self but she is smart and Amber occasionally uses her to do her homework. While Mara is smart, she's not exactly tough and is easy to manipulate.

Soon after,the warning bell ringed and Mara rushed away. Amber took her time walking until she saw Mick Campbell.

"Mick! " Amber rushed beside him. When he looked up at her she smiled. Mick's captain of the football team and plays soccer. He's also known for being the school's heart-throb with those dreamy eyes. Amber planned on making Mick her boyfriend.

"Hey Amber. What class you have now?" He asked her.

"Maths." Amber hoped he had Maths too. Then they could talk and talk and then maybe they could date.

"I got English." The bell ringed again and Mick flashed her a smile as he walked away. Amber watched him walked away and she felt a surge of confidence flowed through her. She had the perfect plan on making Mick hers.

"It's great to finally meet you ." Eric Sweet gushed. Nina blushed. She was sitting in the hard chair in the principal's office. She was supposed to get her class schedule ten minutes ago but was too interested in talking to her.

"You've been in the honor roll since 7th grade. Interesting. Do you like sports?" Mr. Sweet asked her. Nina shrugged. She wasn't exactly athletic.

"What's your favorite subject?" Mr. Sweet asked.

"English, History or Science. " Nina said. She heard the bell ringed and looked at Mr. Sweet.

"Oh. I almost forgot. Here's your schedule. Have a good day." He told her.

"Thanks. Same to you." Nina took her schedule and walked out the office. She had Maths first period. Nina took a long deep breath and walked to her class. The hallway was quiet as everyone is in class. Nina looked around and was in awe at how clean the school is compared to her old school. The lockers are painted a gold, blue or silver. Each of the lockers are decorated. The walls were full of posters about school spirit. Nina was finally by the door of her class. It is packed with students taking out their books. Nina tried to push the nervousness away as she walked inside the class.

All the noise stopped as Nina walked in. In the front of the board was an old teacher with a cheap odd gray color wig. His outfit looked like he was still living in the sixties.

"New student?" He asked in a thick Russian accent. Nina nodded and the teacher pointed to an empty seat exactly all the way in the back. Nina walked past unfamiliar faces and she felt a sudden urge to look around. She looked around and her eyes locked on a guy sitting in the middle of the class. He has brown hair and blue eyes. It felt like time stopped as the guy looked at Nina and she looked at him. Nina turned around and realized that time really stopped. Everyone but her and that guy stayed still like a statue. Nina is scared and fascinated all at the same time.

"What are you?" Nina asked. She knew the question sounded weird but can this person be some type of supernatural creäture?

"You mean who am I? I'm Fabian. What are you? Did you just freeze everyone but us?!" He asked her. His blue eyes filled with panic. He looked at Nina like she was some evil alien.

"What? I did not freeze anyone." Nina protested. A loud clap of thunder boomed from the window breaking all the glass in the window. Nina and Fabian rushed down to the floor.

"Can you please sit already?!" A girl loudly asked Nina. Nina rubbed her eyes as she looked around. Nothing has changed. The glass was not broken,everyone was moving again and it was a perfect sunny day. Nina finally took her seat but by the looks Fabian kept throwing at her,Nina knew something really is wrong.

After class Amber rushed to her locker to get something. Operation : Get Mick Campbell to be hers was on phase one.

"Hey Ms. Princess. Looking for your mirror? " Patricia Williamson asked. She laughed at her lame joke as Amber snatched out her big book of flirting. Yes Amber had a guide on how to flirt. She was going to use this so she can flirt with Mick and then he can ask her out. Maybe...

"Wow. I finally see you with a book. Is the dumb blond image boring you now?" She asked sarcastically. Amber simply walked away. Patricia must be jealous of her. Patricia is the school's goth. She doesn't wear black all the time but with her rocker look, blue and purple streaks in her dark red hair and her tough attitude, you wouldn't want to mess with her.

Amber walked up to Mick's locker and was gleeful to see him there. Amber flipped her hair and smiled as she tapped him on the shoulder.

"Hi Mick." She said speaking in a low seductive voice.

"Hey." He said. He smiled at Amber and closed his locker. Well here goes nothing. Amber smiled and moved closer to Mick.

"Do you want to hangout after school today? Maybe go on a date. " She asked. Mick was quiet for a while. Super quiet. Amber started to become a little nervous. Did Mick not hear her?

"I can't today. I have practice." He gave her a sheepish grin as he walked away. The warning bell ringed but Amber stand there in the hallway not moving. How could Mick just reject her like that? She never got rejected and this feeling did not go well. Amber wanted to throw a tantrum right there but she took a deep breath and faked smiled. She wasn't going to give up just yet.

By lunch Nina's mind was still elsewhere. So far she's barely paid attention to all the classes she had. Her mind was still heavily on what happened earlier. How can time can stop but she and this Fabian guy were still moving? She tried to tell her brain she was just imagining it but Nina knew for a fact that she's lying to herself. Nina barely paid attention as she walked to an empty table with her tray of pizza.

The school cafeteria is huge with students sitting around with their friends and talking and laughing. Nina felt a pang of loneliness and decided to take out a book to read. She ate one small piece of the pizza and it tasted more like cardboard than food. Nina was so interested in reading that she did not notice someone sitting next to her until the person cleared their throat.

"Hey." Fabian muttered uncomfortably. His tray of food also had pizza in it and a green apple. Fabian looked nervous. Nina put her book down. She knew immediately what Fabian wanted to talk about.

"Let me guess. You want to talk about what happened earlier. Everyone stood still but us." Nina said. Fabian nodded.

"It was weird and crazy. I never saw anything like that before. I don't know if I should tell my uncle or-" Fabian is cut off by Nina suddenly giggling.

"I doubt your uncle would believe that. He would think you're crazy or something." Nina said matter of fact.

"I know." Fabian then started smiling and Nina smiled back.

"I'm Nina."

"I'm Fabian." He told her.

"I know. You told me already. " She said. It was a long awkward silence as Fabian took a long gulp of his water and Nina looked everywhere but at him.

"Guessing by your accent, I think your American." Fabian said after finishing drinking his water.

"Yup. I just moved here and it's very different from where I'm from. But I like it..." Nina said.

"I would love to go to America. My uncle went there once. He also went to Egypt,Italy, Spain and Germany. "Fabian said.

"Wow. I admit I'm jealous. " Nina said a bit jokingly. Fabian laughed and Nina smiled.

"What book are you reading?" Fabian asked as he touched Nina's hand for one brief second. It was like fire and heat. Fabian pulled away quickly.

"Are you okay?" Nina asked. She then realized the question she asked was stupid. Of course he was not okay.

"My hand hurts." Fabian opened up his hand and a long scary scar is shown on his hand. Nina gasped. Did she did that? What was going on?

Nina herself then felt a twinge of pain coming from her hand. She opened her hand and saw a blue mark in her hand. It was of a lightning bolt. Fabian eyes widened at the sight.

"What's going on?" Fabian asked. Nina stared at him helplessly. She had no clue herself.

That night Amber is in her room writing in her diary. Not satisfied with what she wrote she ripped the page out. She came home from school and basically yelled at her parents to leave her alone. She felt oddly alone in her big pink room. Her bed felt to stuffy. She did not feel like writing im her journal and she did not want to go downstairs and watch any movie with her parents. She was still reeling from Mick's rejection and even through she promised herself she would try again tomorrow she was still mad. Amber's phone ringed.

"Hello. " She said.

"Party being thrown now." Someone said. The person quickly hanged up. Amber smiled. She had a party to go to. Maybe then she'll stop feeling so lonely and feel confident.

The next day Nina walked to her locker slowly. She felt like she was some zombie. Moving really slow. Last night she had a nightmare about being killed and screamed. Her gran asked if she was okay and Nina had to lie. She felt guilty afterwards since she never ever lied to her grandmother. This whole situation was freaking her out and she still had that mark on her hand. Nina opened her empty locker and put some books inside. When she closed her locker,Fabian was standing by her. He looked exhausted and had dark circles under his eyes.

"Exhausted too?" She asked.

"Yeah. Couldn't sleep. I felt like I'm in some bad horror movie." Fabian said.

"It's all my fault. Before I came here you probably had a normal life. I'm sorry. I don't know what's going on. This never happened to me ever." Nina said. She felt scared and helpless. She didn't know what to do.

"Nina. Calm down. We are going to get through this together. Nothing is wrong with us." Fabian tried to reassure her.

"You're right. Nothing is wrong with us." Nina said even through the two knew otherwise. Something was deeply wrong.

The man wearing all dark watched as Nina and Fabian walked home after school. He smiled at how panicky they both looked. He watched Fabian and Nina with hate filled eyes. He had to be patient. Really patient...

My first ever story on HOA. I used to be obsessed about this show! Hope you enjoy. Other characters would be introduced. Enjoy :)