Good and Evil: Generation Five

by NinjaLace9

It's the year 2014, and the modern city of Galva Donna is thriving. For the past four years, hurricanes have prevented the annual taking, but tonight, eight twelve-year-olds are being taken to make up for the storms. Will they survive the unusual school's lessons, or will they face their fairy-tale doom? Takes place after first book, as if second book was never written.

1. Chapter 1

School of good and evil

As Ashlyn Quinn (Ash) walked home from school with her neighbors, Aryanna, Nathan, Cole, Aja (pronounced like Asia), Blake, Justin, and Diana, a dark shadow passed over the sun for a millisecond. The four girls' simultaneously shivered. Tonight was the night of the taking, when 2 children at the age of twelve were taken to the Schools of Good and Evil, one to good and one to evil. Only tonight, eight children were being taken because in the last four years great storms came during the taking. "Hey, Ash! Are you scared of being taken tonight?" Justin taunted. With a fierce kick, she replied "Does this feel scared?" With a yell he chased after her, but they both came to a standstill, when a big black truck screeched to a stop right in front of them. Four burly men jumped out and each grabbed a pair of kids, Blake and Ash, Aryanna and Aja, Cole and Justin, and Diana and Nathan. Kicking and screaming they tried desperately to free themselves. A dark hooded figure emerged from the cab of the truck. He waved a rag doused with sleeping serum across their faces, each one instantly relaxed. He snapped his fingers and each sleeping figure was bound and gagged. As they were being hoisted into the truck, Diana suddenly woke up and started screaming in Spanish. The cloaked figure quickly silenced her with the rag again. The truck drove to an unnamed hill in the neighborhood area, and parked at the top of it and waited till the sun went down. While waiting the sleeping children were untied and laid at the top of the hill, heads facing the setting sun.

Finally, in the darkness, four giant skeletal birds rose up from the horizon, screeching. The children woke up instantly, but were too late. The four birds had already swooped down and picked up the children in the pairs mentioned earlier. "WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!" Blake screamed. "SHADDUP" Ash shrieked back with a brutal kick. "COLE, MAKE YOUR GIRLFRIEND LEAVE ME ALONE!" Blake yelled. "SHE'S NOT MY GIRL-". Cole was cut off by the birds suddenly screeching their arrival. All eight heads snapped up and gasped simultaneously.

The view was amazing. Two castles lay ahead of them, one with three towers, and one with four. The palace (if it could be called a palace) with three towers was black and covered with ivy, but the other shimmered pink and light blue, ivyless. Below the tall towering turrets, a long bridge connected the two structures, colored accordingly. Just behind the bridge was a lone tower, soaring and spindly above the other towers, shining silver in the moonlight. Alerted by the rapid flapping of skeletal bird's wings, all eight preteen's heads turned to the right in unison. A slightly smaller bony bird was flapping towards them, laden with heavy luggage. It expertly dropped each pair of luggage into the water surrounding the castles, one side a sparkling crystal blue that reflected the moon, the other a revolting sludge green, with black driftwood floating through the current. "Hey! That's my pink zebra striped suitcase!" Aryanna cried. She watched as it tumbled into the clear sapphire water, landing with a splash. As the luggage bird finished his task, he shakily flew away. Now it was the carrier birds' turn. Swooping in a dramatic arc, the four birds dropped one of each pair into the repulsive green "water". In a second equally theatrical curve, the remaining kids were dropped into the wonderfully cool azure ocean.

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Ash sputtered as she tried to breathe in water. Idiot! She thought. You can't inhale water; you're not a fish! She jumped in surprise as a familiar shape bumped into her back. Aryanna? She grabbed the form by its shoulders, spinning it around so the face was in view. Ash shook her friend until her eyes burst open, wide with alarm. Ash poked her friend's nose, pointing up to the surface. Suddenly, Nathan floated past them, feet first and clinging to his suitcase. The girls looked at Nathan, then back at each other, and shrugged. Ash saw something in the corner of her eye. Spinning around, she grabbed it, realizing it was someone's all-too-familiar red Vans shoe. Ash latched onto her floating comrade's wrist, kicking towards the water-tinted sky above.

- End chapter 1-

AN: Hey readers! It's me CrystalMoon17! I don't own the School of Good and Evil, but I liked the book so much I wrote a FanFic for it! Hi guys, this is the author's sister and cowriter, TacoCat. It took us a while, but we finally did it! *pumps fist in air* *slaps fist down* No air pump for you! Awww… anyways, if you flame my sister's ideas, I will hunt you DOWN! Just kidding. I'll just feed them into my Flaming Ninja Stars of DOOM! Bye!

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