Chapter One: Let The Rain Fall Down

Author's Note:

Well Hello, this is my first ever fanfic lol! Well anyway, the couplings will be Brucas And Naley, possibly a little Jeyton if I fit it in. I'll only carry on writing if I get some reviews, I want a point! Hope you enjoy the story anyway…. Oh yes, I do not own anything to do with One Tree Hill, otherwise Brooke and Lucas would still be together hehe!

"Lucas Eugene Scott, you are not ill! I have been a mother for seventeen years; I'm not falling for that again so you can get your own sleep!" Karen Roe shouted from downstairs at her only son.

Karen was shaking in Keith's arms, if only she hadn't let him go to school that morning, he had said he was ill… but she hadn't believed him.

"Keith, Luke wanted to stay home this morning. But I… I made him go in!" Her voice was shaking and tear stains were clearly visible down her cheeks.

"I need him Keith."

"Karen, Luke's a fighter and you raised him well. If anything, he'll be the one in there calming the situation and advising everyone on what to do. He's a smart kid Karen, don't blame yourself for anything."

At that moment, Dan Scott ran towards the couple, he span Keith round and was shouting at him.

"Where's Nathan? Where is Nathan? Where's my son Keith?"

"Uhh, Danny. Nate… he went back into the school. See, Lucas and Haley were in their and he couldn't leave without them."
"What the hell is happening…?"

"Good evening, this is Maria Sage reporting live from Tree Hill, North Carolina. I'm standing just outside Tree Hill high school were a travesty is taking place. It seems a group of teenagers have taken fellow students hostage for their own, revenge…-" Jimmy Edwards switched the television off as he held the gun in his hand, the cold hard metal warming in the heat from his body. He was not alone, in his battle for revenge but accompanied by three off his only friends. Marcus Sanchez, Ryan Holbrook and Zach Ariez.

The classroom was tense to say the least, the tables had been pushed to the side so their was a clear space in the middle. The 'hostages' sat against the one free wall, furthest away from the door. – Their only chance of freedom. Those students consisting of, Haley James-Scott and Lucas Scott.

She always assumed that people were only supposed to go through one extreme tragedy in their life. Haley understand that it's devastating whenever you lose anyone in your life…all deaths could be considered tragedy's. But by tragedy she meant an event that's completely unbelievable… something that's so devastating, you never forget a moment of it, any detail…something that stays with you for the rest of your life and that can still make your stomach turn after years have passed…that can still drain the colour from you face with a single thought. This was that moment to her.

The girl was sat close to her best friend, and now brother in law her hand slipped in his. Her features had lost the radiance it normally carried. Haley looked scared and her pulse was quicker than she had ever experienced. Her eyes watched Jimmy Edwards and his gun. – His toy. Unbelievable really, how some people loose their way. Jimmy Edwards is just another young man, who lost his way and took drastic action to have his name remembered. It wasn't fair, it should have stopped… It was a nightmare and any minute she'd wake up laughing. It wasn't a nightmare, it was real and worse of all, she had no idea where Nathan was. For all she knew, Nathan had been one caught in the crossfire and was dead.

Lucas Scott sat against the wall, his expression vague and unnerved. Except expressions could be deceptive and that was just what he wanted. To look as if this was just any ordinary day and wasn't effecting him at all. Except it was, this had changed his whole perception on life and the way he wanted to live it. He had to be strong, not just for himself but for Haley and everyone else in that room with him. They were the ones who were going through this all, if they ever got out they would never be the same again… and no-one would understand.

"Nathan, w..What I…If they shoot us. What's your plan?" Brooke and Nathan were on the second floor, standing in a corridor. They had already managed to get Peyton and Mouth out fine, with Peyton having glass stuck in her foot. But now they were going back for the more important people to them , the loves of their lives. Haley, for Nathan- his wife and the one he wanted to be with, forever and always. Brooke was back for Lucas, her boyfriend and the one she trusted, the guy she wanted to spend the rest of her life with. But if he was dead… that would be quite impossible.

"Brooke, calm down. We'll figure this out. Luke and Hales are going to be fine. Lucas will look after Haley, he loves her like a sister."

"But those guys have guns."

"Their hiding behind the gun's, you know Luke has a way with words. Perhaps he'll be able to talk Jimmy round."

"Nathan, you heard the time capsule."

"Yeap, so."

"Jimmy's a different guy, to the person Lucas and Mouth knew him as."

"A leopard never changes its spots Brooke."

"You did…" Nathan stared at her silently, he knew she was right. These guys could kill Lucas and Haley with one shot if they really wanted to. But he wouldn't let it happen, Nathan was not going to be a Dan Scott and save his own skin before anybody else's.

Lucas looked to the side as one of the guys spoke, he was one of those stereotypical jocks that you found in every high school.

"Hey man, you just going to let us go? I ain't done anything to cause some beef between us!" Jimmy gave him a piercing glare, the obvious ring leader he was called all the shots.

"Don't waste my time in talking to you. You're just another inadequate sole to me. But believe me, you've done more to me that you can ever imagine." Jimmy pointed the gun at the boy whilst the others watched the rest of them, making sure no-one tried anything stupid. By stupid, some of the things Lucas had racing through his mind.

"Jimmy man, just stop. You're not this guy, your Jimmy Edwards my friend who is a good guy." Lucas smiled sideways at Haley and squeezed her hand reassuringly before dropping it. Then he stood himself up, ignoring the 4 guns that immediately pointed at him. These guys were definitely not taking any chances.

"Shut up Lucas, you're not the same guy I knew back then. Just shut the hell up and sit down."

"You can stop this all Jimmy, and the rest of you. If you hand yourself's in then the worst thing that can happen to you is getting grounded. You haven't killed anyone." Jimmy laughed, but not a joyful one. A sickening laugh.

"Oh Lucas Scott, don't make me laugh. I'm not stupid you know. If I turn myself in now, I might as well start picking out the colours for my prison cell. Lucas, if you had just stayed at the river court maybe this never would have happened."

"Bloody Hell, Jimmy don't start blaming this all on me. Each of us have a destiny, this isn't yours. You could be so much! Do so much for this world, you're an intelligent kid, don't waste your soul man!"

"No, Lucas you see that's where you wrong!" He was shouting at him, his finger quivering over the trigger.

"This is my destiny, to wreak havoc on the students of Tree Hill! You know what Luke, the funny thing is everyone's going to remember me. The guy who brought a gun to tree Hill and shot, one of his childhood friends…"

Haha Bit of a cliff hanger I know, If I get even one review ill update, unless I want to update tonight which will proberbly be very likely if I really get into the story! X