Part 1

Chapter 1: Trouble Starts

"Get out of my fucking face..." I growled at the cheerleader who approached me with her hands on her hips. Her curly hair made me want to pull it out strand by strand from her tiny brainless head.

"I saw you hitting on my boyfriend today, and I want you to know that I won't tolerate that," her penciled on eyebrows were almost touching in anger.

"Oh, you mean Jeremy Danvers? Hm, that's interesting...he didn't mention a dumb blonde girlfriend when he came over to my house last night," I smiled watching her expression change. "That's right blondie, Danvers is cheating on you. He told me he likes women with brains and just couldn't take it anymore being with you."

Once I finished my sentence I was pushed down on the ground by the lead cheerleader. I was surprised her weight could push me down, but I suppose momentum played a large role. Now was my chance, I bit her arm and my hands grabbed for her curls and I pulled harder than ever, her screams seemed to cheer me on further. Then I pushed her off of me and she flew across the locker room into a running shower. Hot with anger, I ran after her and punched her in the jaw, grinning as I heard it crack. Her blood mixed with the water, and I took in the scent victoriously.

"I recommend that you move on quickly, or I'll be back," I turned my back and wiped my hands with a towel and threw it at one of her friends before grabbing my stuff.

As the day went on I felt much better, all that energy had built up inside me and poor Allison was the victim. 'She deserved it,' I thought and smiled to myself. I met Jeremy at his car for lunch.

"Hey, I heard Allison left campus in an ambulance about an hour ago."

I greeted him with a hug, "yeah, you're looking at the mastermind behind it."

He shook his head a little in disapproval, "Valerie, you're going to get yourself expelled, you know that right?"

I laughed surprised, "oh yeah? Guess I get an early vacation then, you going to ditch to spend it with me?"

We got in his car and drove off campus just as the local police had shown up.

"Oh shit...you don't think."

Jeremy saw them too and hit the gas to get us out of there.

"My house, I need to grab some stuff there."

He nodded and we started to drive to my house, which was not far from the high school.

Jeremy waited in the car while I ran into my house, it was empty since my parents were both at work. After running up the stairs I packed a gym bag and then froze, I wasn't alone in the house…I could hear movement from the kitchen downstairs.

"Jeremy?" I called out but he didn't respond.

"Damn it," I sighed and grabbed my bag and opened the window that was in my room.

Looking down I saw a van parked across the street and Jeremy's still in the driveway with him inside. Now I wondered who exactly was downstairs in my house. I tossed down my bag from the window, but Jeremy was more interested in the radio and didn't notice it. So then I crept down the hall again to the top of the stairs. I saw a man with strange white hair ordering other people around, telling them to find all they could about me. One of them spotted me and their eyes changed to this weird gold color. I took off running back up the stairs and shut and lock my door, but the man kicked it down in one shot.

"What the hell are you?" I asked backing up to the window.

He only laughed at me but it bought me enough time to get close to the window and I jumped out of it. My landing on the ground was perfect and I couldn't believe it, but there was no time to be surprised.

Grabbing my bag I got into the car, "drive Jer, there was someone inside trying to kill me. Didn't you see them?"

He shook his head no but started to drive off quickly.

"I don't think they were police, and one of them, he had like these gold eyes and he broke down my door…this other guy had white hair and creepy skin," I explained till I was out of breath.

Jeremy asked me if I was feeling okay and I got pissed off that he didn't believe me. When he turned to me he immediately hit the brakes with a strange look.

"Val...look in the mirror," he whispered.

I opened the visor and looked at my reflection and saw what had scared him, my dark brown eyes glowed a brilliant blue. I rubbed them quickly and got them back to normal, and then I could see normal again too.

The car ride was quiet from that point on; we drove to his house and his parents were out of town in Florida.

"When I was seven I first realized I was stronger – than all the others. My senses are so strong and I can get whatever I want from anyone," my voice drifted off to see his reaction, there were a lot of things I still didn't mention.

Jeremy parked the car in his driveway and looked at me, "your secret is safe with me."

I got out of the car and followed him inside with my bag, "that's it? I mean...shouldn't you be like asking me questions or saying I'm insane or something?"

He laughed and took off his jacket, "I've got secrets of my own Val."

I gave him a strange look and started to open my mouth to say something when sirens started to come closer, "they found me Jer."