Sup! Just to let you know, this is a side-story to Percydragon. This is how everything began. I do not own Pendragon. Thank you...
My name is Daniel. Or...at least it used to be. This is a story about the traveler who changed my life, in good ways and bad. It all started on the first day of senior year...
You know, high school really sucks when people mistake you for a girl for having long, raven-colored hair and piercing, icy blue eyes that make you look like Medusa. Then it gets even worse when they run away because of my shocking almost 8 feet tall height and ghostly pale skin. There are only two people who won't run away from me. My best friend, Whitney Thomas, and the 'most popular' jock, Jack White. People were afraid of my appearance, but I was really a big softie. Jack actually found that out, so he bullied me every chance he got.
Luckily, I had Whitney to untie me from the flagpole when Jack got bored. He always stuck up for me. He was a rare type of person to find in this school. He was actually...kind. I also had my big brother, but he was in college. He graduated last year. But he was my hero. My role model. I had always wanted to be just like him. Intelligent, courageous, thoughtful...he was all I had. We were orphaned at a very young age.
I walked down the crowded halls of Stony Brook High, looking for my first class. I kept looking left and right when suddenly something slammed into me, causing me to drop my books. I reached out for the nearest thing, trying to keep myself from falling. When everything came back into focus, I was holding onto a girl's shoulder, her face buried into my chest, books scattered around our feet. She sobbed loudly and seemed to be in distress. My first response was to comfort her, so I bent over and hugged her. There was something...different about her. She seemed pure of heart, unlike most of the others. I can't say I was a mind reader, but...I just knew things. I could tell.
"EBONY!" An angry but familiar voice yelled, the sound of footsteps running towards me. Apparently Jack was following the girl who ran into me. Once he saw her in my arms, he went berserk. He yanked 'Ebony' out of my grasp and shoved me backwards. "Go away!" she screamed, trying to get away from him. "Please, babe, it wasn't-" SMACK! Jack froze in awe after she slapped him. Hard. "I hate you! I never want to see you again! It's over." She looked back once and ran away. I remained as still as a statue. Jack came up to me, grabbed the collar of my shirt, and pulled me down to his height. "Stay away from her..." he snarled, and stormed off after her.
Before he could get too far, Ebony's best friend, Elizabeth, walked over and tapped him on the shoulder. He whipped around angrily. "What do YOU want?" he growled. She grinned from ear to ear, putting her hands behind her back. "Well, since you're on a roll..." SMACK! Like Ebony, she also slapped him. "That's for torturing my brother for THREE YEARS!" She took a few steps back and added, "And also, stay away from my best friend." She turned away and sprinted down the hallway at the speed of lightning.
I felt a smirk form on the edges of my mouth. "You better wipe that grin off your face or I'm gonna wipe it off myself." One of Jack's little minions warned me. I walked over, bent down and picked up both Ebony's and my own books. Even though I would get killed for this, I followed the path that both Ebony and Elizabeth took. I was going to return the books to their owner, and find out a little more about the situation. Curiosity was going to kill the Daniel.
R&R and I might need a few suggestions here...I know the basic storyline (I HOPE I do...) but I need help...thankies!