Something I've been working on this for the last few days next chapter should be better and more action but it would take some time anyway did slow sorry hope you all like, I got some tips from a friend so it should be better hopefully.

Forever and beyond…

Chapter one: Zeaner Grey

Zeaner Grey- or Zea, as she liked to be called -was a loner. She could be aggressive and unpredictable, and all the students in the class feared her.

She had arrived at Wilburton High three years ago, as an outsider who hardly talked and didn't like jokes; she was like a dark shadow that hung at the back of the class room. She reacted badly to any attempts at comedy, mistaking them to be some kind of insult.
As time passed she had calmed down; no longer was she the over aggressive girl, but more social, by interacting in class discussions and some school activities. Yet, she was still maintaining her 'outcast' ways; keeping to herself in the class room and recess not evolving her self in most sport activity's, still being the friendless outsider of the school.

Zeaner watch as her fellow pupils stroll out the class room, muttering what they were going to do this weekend and how much they wished they didn't have to do Mrs Rainwrights homework that she had set out for them. She sighed, sweeping away the hair in front of her face and looking up back at black board, Mrs Rainwright was still at her desk. Her hair colour was a mixture of greys and whites; only at the back of her head did it still contain some of its original colour, black. Mrs Rainwright had her head down face the desk top were she was reading the class latest math Homework. Her black square spectacles reflecting the numbers backwards of the math question before bringing down the red pen of doom to mark the score of the said student work.

Mrs Rainwright was wearing her usual law suit, her navy skirt only just reaching the knees, with navy jacket and white shirt underneath with small golden fox badge on the left side the pocket. This only gave her a more superior appearance in the class room, masking the friendly and kind lady hiding underneath the uniform. Mrs Rainwright sensing that she was being stared at looked up from her papers to see Zeaner staring at her.

"Is there something I could help you with?" She asked kindly, her green eyes shinning at the grey blue of Zeaner's.
"Oh no Mrs, I was just thinking…." Zeaner's eyes slipping away to look at the clock before darting back to Mrs Rainwright. "…anyway I need to get going, thank you for the lesson Mrs Rainwright" Zeaner Chimed.

"It is just the pleasure to teach Zeaner" Mrs Rainwright smiled back, the wrinkles on her face moving around the form of the smile. Zeaner just smiled back before picking up her school books and tucking in her chair, before walking to the door. There school was a mufti school so Zea, was wearing her favorite clothing, her long purple over coat that just reach past her knees, blue jeans, a yellow T-shirt and her black fingerless gloves.

She exited through the door, and stopping in the corridor to wave goodbye too Mrs Rainwright with her left hand while her other held her school things to her chest, before carrying the load equally with both hands and marching forward towards the exit of the building.

The sun was still shining as she strolled out the front doors and onto the concrete steps of the schooling complex; a black school bag could be clearly scene on her back as she walked down the steps. Her feet soon touch down on the hard grey dirt covered concrete of the school playground; it was the size and length of a foot ball match with gaol post included at either end. Across the school yard from where she was, the black metal gate stood, it was the only exit and entry standing at the height of two meters while in weft it length to three meters. On the either side of these gates were black metal bare fences, they also stood at two meters in height and they surrounded the whole complex of the school in a square shape.

She had scoped out the whole fence line during her recesses, seeing if there were any gaps or faults that people or her self could sneak threw. She was only able to find one fault, the school had made a consistent effort to keep trees or shrubs away from the fence line in fear of the students using them as a way out. Only this tree had escaped the schools no-tree-or-scrub wrath for it was the founding tree. It had been planet in a small garden to the right of the principal's office windows at the back of the school. If any student tried to climb the tree they would be caught by the principal and be given a one week detention for violating school property. The tree had grown to a dramatic size that you could see the top of it from the other size of the school. The tree had grown so large and wide that some of its branches stretched over the fence line, so if there was ever a time for her to get out of the school for some extreme emergency and the front gate was blocked or was just not an option, then she would climb the tree, get on to one of the lower branches and hop the fence.

Sighing to her self she walked across the playground praying that their will never be a day that would need that escape route. Reaching the over side and turning around to have a final glance at the school before heading home, it was an old fashioned brick work made with big windows that starch almost from floor to ceiling. Smiling at the old building before turning around and heading out the gate, towards her home where dinner would be waiting…

She had travelled four blocks in just 40 minutes, sticking to a small group of students that happen to be travelling in the same direction as she was, remembering numbers meant safety within the dark streets of Mountain Bay city. She had stayed with the group for two more blocks making sure to stay close while not making any vocal contact with them. They had walked another block before something caught her attention in there little chit-chat, usually she would ignore most conversations between other people, it was considered rude to eavesdrop, but what they were talking about really got herself interested.

"My dad as you all know, is a police man, and well one night he was at on patrol on the freeway and…"
"And what…?"
"Well don't laugh but he said, he saw a bright yellow 2002 Lamborghini Murcielago driving its self, so he decided to follow it keeping a fair distance so that it wouldn't look like he was tailing it, they went all the way to Mountain creek road where he lost it on the dirt tracks"
"How could you lose a Lamborghini on a dirt track road, they aren't built for those kind of tracks!"
"Beat's me, but have you heard of all the other strange things going round, strange things falling out of the sky at night leaving huge craters on the ground, Strange blimps on the airports Radar, if I had any other clue I would be say we'll being invaded by aliens!"
"The government says it's just weather balloons, nothing to worry about Dean"
"It's always weather balloons, can the government give any other lame excuse!"
"Dean clam down"
"Why, the government is hiding the truth from us, and we have a right to know!"
"Dean your getting us strange looks from the blonde girl"
"What?"

Zea had now become the centre of attention now seeing that all eyes where on her, she grinned sheepishly.

"Err…hi" She spoke timidly, looking at the small group, there were five members and they were all boys, two had brown hair while the rest had jet black, their brown and black eyes staring at her.
"Hey girl, are you listening to our conversation?" It had been one of the brown heard boys that had spoken. He had on a black T-shirt, dark green baggy trousers, white and blue trainers while carrying on his back, his darker green school bag. His name was Dean Scott she knew him from history class.
"Umm…kind of, I didn't mean too, you guys are really loud and…" She spoke softly.
"Well don't, its nothing you would be interested in for you a girl"
"What dose being, a girl, have to do with anything!" She growled back anger quickly rising within her. Most of the boys stood back remembering the rumours that had gone round about a golden blonde hair girl with a temper problem.

"Well you girls like girly stuff like make up and dolls, not cool things that us guys like"

"Oh really shows what you know, I hate a lot of things classified as girly and feminism, I like play on video games then wasting time on products that make my skin inch, I like to watch action movies over stupid mushy romance novels, so don't judging me and thinking I'm like the rest for I am not!"
The group stayed silent looking at her in shock, the cars and the people walking past them were the only noise. Dean blinked a few times before shaking his head side to side like a dog, before looking back at her"
"You know your one weird girl, you know that?" He said mockingly grinning like an idiot and head off a head of the group leaving her looking dumb foundered. The small group soon followed after him leaving her alone, she wanted to slap her self, they now going to mock her for that little out burst.
Looking downwards to the cold pavement under her feet, she deiced to carry on walking, but her steps were much slower now it would take another 30 minutes till she reach home, least there she could cry without anyone seeing her….

Finally arriving on her, own street breathless, tired and wanting nothing more then to fall into bed and sleep for several hours. She looked at her house it was a two story building that was completely painted white excerpt the roof titles that were light brown. The top floor was her parent's room while she and Jamie lived on the lower floor near the kitchen. Stepping forward onto the grey straight narrow gravel path that lead from the street to there house, the white painted wooden door with silver painted door knob promising comfort, home cooking, T.V and a nice warm bed. Bringing her hand up, tightening it into thirst and thumbing the door hard three times before the door was ventrally open by her older sister.

Janie smiling to her younger sibling, she was 18 while Zeaner was 14, stepping aside and letting Zeaner in. Janie decided to ask politely how her younger sister day was, only getting a small grunt as a reply. Jamie was taller, had longer hair that was also brown coloured, she wore a red T-shirt with "Chocoholics anonymous" label in white wrighting across the front. Her navy blue jeans had small pink flowers decorated along the sides of the leggings. Despite looking more girly then her younger sibling, Janie was more a gamer then Zea, she was the master of the XBOX the, ruler of the PS2 and PS1, and she was only just making her conquest with the XBOX360. Jamie didn't really play any of the hand held games, after the Gameboy they had kept dying too many times, due to low batteries and other stuff she was completely thrown off from the hand held game consoles.
"So, do you want to play on the XBOX or 360 after tea?" Ask Jamie hopefully.
Zea glanced back at her sister her silver blue eyes staring deep into Jamie's gold-ish brown.
"Sure, why don't we play now, I've got a lot of homework and studying to do after tea?"
"K" Grinning happily Jamie dashed off to the lounge before doubling back.
"360?" She questioned
"360" Nodded Zea, it was still quiet funny behind all those playful looks and game loving, Jamie was one of the smartest people she knew, besides her parents. Jamie had finished a year early then the rest, and now was doing home university while keeping a stable job that wasn't a checkout assistant or a fast food waitress. She had been able to get a job in the local newspaper industry. Zea hoped when she left high school she could get a job that wasn't a checkout assistant or a fast food waitress but the way she was going and her social skills with other people it was highly unlikely she would even be able to get a job like that.
Dragging her feet as she walked forward wondering which game Jamie would set up, the corridor was also white like the carpeting was a dark earthy brown and soft, reaching for the door knob, it was the first door on the right while the lounge was the first door on the left. The sounds of the T.V coming on as she turned the knob of her door before pushing forward and let into the room.
It was a small square room, her bed right across from were she was, underneath the window. A desk with papers and books sprayed across its top was on the left next to the bed, her brown wooden chair neatly tuck while the rest of her room was mess. She could never keep it tidy, papers all over the blue carpeting stuffed animals in the right corners next to the walk in wardrobe. The walls were also white with posters covering most of it, they were of her family and drawings she had drew from age six and older.
Sighing as she slipped the bag off over her shoulders and flinging it onto the bed before walking out the door and back down to the lounge. Jamie had set the 360 up and the menu for halo 3 played happily while waiting for its next contender.
Jamie glanced from her position on the couch, the game controller tightly held in her hands. The room was much larger then Zea's, it contain the T.V the green checkered couch that Jamie was sitting on at the left side of the room. The rooms walls surprisingly were that of a light pale blue while most of the contents were mixtures of greens.
Walking over and sitting by Jamie, and having the controller happily handed over to her, it was time to play and kick so NPC butt.

"So, what kind of homework do you have, anything I could help you with?" Question Jamie ask she gave three heads shots in a row to the on coming flood army comming towards them.
"Just math's nothing I can't handle"
"Okay so do you want to continue to the next level?"
"Yeah let's finish this!"
"Okay, just watch my back I'm going in!"
More button tapping, trigger happy madness, heart rushing, anxiety pounding, and all out run, drive do something before we all get fragged game playing before falling on to the floor in a giggly in a lump.
"That was good, but the game just feels a bit short compared to the others"
"Yeah I agree" Zea hand her arms stretch out the controller in her left hand.
"When did Mum and Dad say they will be back?"
"Somewhere around seven, they were given an un-excerpted late shift they left some food out for us before they left"
"Sigh, do they ever get a break"
"Nope there just too good, I guess that's a problem when you the daughters of the two best medical staff in the area" Jamie grinned. "The only good side is all the free time we have to our selves" she chimed before getting off the brown ruined marking carpet and onto her feet.

"I'll go and get dinner severed, it's about a quarters to six and we don't want Mum or Dad wasting there time after a long shift to be feeding us monsters" Jamie spoke heading for the door and leaving Zea as a lump on the floor.
Staring up at the ceiling the memory of before started creeping into her mind, the words they had spoken before about the phantom car and mysterious sightings a blimps of radars it strangely enticed her. Her paranormal and aliens always were something that interest her, there had been a lot of strange things that had happen over the years that she could never explain or tell anyone. Sighing as she got up from the floor and headed for the 360 console to turn it off, too many things she had kept a secret from her parents only Jamie knew all of them, it had brought them closer as sister to tell each other there secrets, and as she discovered Jamie had also encountered equally amount of strange things that could not be explained.
It had always been at night when they discussed things of the past and strange things and try to explain it in their own way the reason for them, most topics were on the paranormal while only rarely would they talk about space and "Is their really anything out there?" Questions, and "Do you think we would ever meet alien life?" but a lot of other times it would be about T.V shows or the resent computer game they had completed together.
Pressing the power off button and tidying away the controllers just as Jamie called for tea.

"Coming sis…!" She shouted back, the sent coming from the kitchen could be smelled in the air, Jamie was also a good chief and liked making hot spicy curry's when there parents were on late shift.
As she stepped away from the console and turned the T.V screen off and headed for the door, the sounds of cutlery being laid on the table and clanging as the bowls were too.
The door to the kitchen was the last door in the corridor it was wide open, the room was a vast colours of yellows and in the centre was the rectangle wooden table with place mats and two wooden chairs on either side of it. While around was the kitchen, oven, trash-compacter, dish sink, knife rack, cupboards with plates and dishes in, all the usual things you would find in a kitchen.
Sitting down on one of the wooden chairs that were on the left side of the table, her sister had decided to sit across from her, a glass of milk had already been poured for both of them. Tucking into her meal only stopping when she noted that Jamie wasn't eating and was just spooning around the food with a fork, staring blankly at it.

"What's wrong, you usually wolf down your meals?"
Jamie blinking out of her daze she looked to Zea her eyes giving away sadness.
"I was just thinking…" She bent her head down, and spooned up a meal to her mouth, and chew on the contents.
"Thinking what 'Munch, Munch' anything to do with the weird reports?"
"Yeah in a way…"
"Did something weird and bizarre happen to you today?"
"Nah I just need to think about it for a bit more" Jamie turning her glance to the window on the right side of the room, her eyes going into that dazed look.
"Remember our no secret rule, so spit it out and I don't mean literally!" Zea quickly bringing up, her fork and pointing it at Jamie, some bits of curry flying off and onto her cheek
"Oh, I am sorry!" Zea with wide eyes and a tone that really meant she was sorry, jumping off her seat and rushing to the cupboard that she knew contained the paper towel.
"I am so sorry, I've been such an idiot today, please don't be mad?" Throwing, bits and peaces out the door so she could reach the paper towel that someone had decided to place at the back.

"Zea it's no big deal let me just clean it off with my hand…….see all gone" Zea didn't stop to look back.
"Zea, there's no need I just wiped it away!"
"I'm bringing it out anyway encase of anymore spills!" she snapped back.
"Okay, okay don't have to get nasty about it!"

Zea grabbing the paper towel, setting it by her right leg and then started placing all the things she had thrown out back into the cupboard before picking up the paper towel again and walking to the table. Placing it, in the middle of the table before, seating back down again.

"Zea what's up with you?"
"I'm fine"
"No you are not, you just snapped at me"
"Oh your asking me what problems I have, what's been eating at you?"
"What do you mean?"
"You haven't taken a bite out of your meal, you'll been staring dazed like out the window, I want to know what's going on!?"
"Sigh, you caught me Zea, I've arrange to move out on Monday to my own apartment down in east street"
"What?!"
"You see I just feel so crowed here, and I need to know what it's like to live on your own…"
"You can't do this!"
"Zea?"
"Jamie I need you here, you're my only company when mum and dad are working, I need you here to play video games with me, I-"
"Zea, I'm leaving, its not that far off you can visit me on weekends and we can catch up, but I've made my mind"
"You can't do this" Stepping up from the table pushing aside the chair, trying not to cry.
"Zea, stop being so selfish this is my choice!"
"But…"
"But nothing I'm going and that's final!"
Zea couldn't help it tears were running down her face.

How could she leave me, when I have no one else?

Mum and dad are hardly around, I have no friends, how could she!

After everything, the secrets the computer games, family she was going to leave?

Doesn't she know how much it means to me to have someone waiting for you to return home everyday after school?

Her soul hurt, it felt like a peace of it had been torn out leaving a void of emptiness where once something use to be.

Stepping further away from the table, tears still flowing down her cheeks, before turning around and running through the kitchen door and into the corridor, the sound of Jamies chair being pushed out only made her run faster. Reaching the door, slamming it shut behind her, then quickly locking it before Jamie could try and open it. The rattling knob made her step back as Jamie started pounding onto the door.

"Let me in Zea!!!"
"No, just leave me alone, like everyone else!"
"ZEA LET ME IN RIGHT NOW OR SO HELP ME, I'M CALLING MUM!!!!"
"I DON'T CARE JUST LEAVE ME ALONE, JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!!!"
"Fine sulk in there, I'm still going, this is mine turn to live some more, I'm not just here to make you happy, I have a life you know and I want to live it, and the only way I can is to get out of this house, see the world without my family trailing along behind me, I need to be free Zea, I'm a trapped bird here"
"But what about me, I need you here, I have no one else, I have no friends mum and dad are never here…"
"Zea the only reason you have no friends is because you don't let them, you decided to have that stupid angry fit over some jerks comment three years ago, you got into fights because you couldn't stand them getting away with doing stupid things and pranks and rude jokes, you always have to bring the law into your own hands!"
"You didn't have to suffer back in that McCaol School, you didn't have everyone mocking, punching you, treating you like you shouldn't exist, you didn't have people teasing you for your name, what you liked, you didn't have people trick you with words and make you look stupid, you didn't have the world beating down on you for being Dyslexia, oh no you had to be the perfect child, nothing ever wrong happen to you!"
"Do you know what it's like when people, complete strangers come up to me and tell me, what havoc you'll been doing, telling me my sister is insane and should be sent to an insane asylum, do you know how embarrassing it is, to have a sister who gets ticked off at everything, no, because you are her, you can't just take it like a man or women in our case and walk on!"
"…"
"I thought so, now goodnight Zea"

If Jamie had stayed longer at Zea's door instead of walking away down corridor, she would of, heard the small sobs coming from Zea's room and she would of also heard Zea speak under all the tears flowing down her face.

"Do you know what it's like to always be hurting, or to see things that no one else can see, do you know what it's like to be different from the world and everyone knows it……….?"

"…Pain, loneliness, sorrow and fear…"

Authors notes:

Zeaner character is based on what happen to me due to I was Dyslexia, people consided me stupid and would even talk slowly thinging it would be easier for me to understand, I hated every day that happen some people started tricking me with words switching them around saying things like yes means no and no means yes ans serousily that was one of the things they tried to trick me with. Least I'm not as stupid as they thought, well the whole weirdness factor with she see's things that no one else can see with be explain in later chapters I just thought it would be fun to play around a character in that certain area.