Summary-Savvy Harper was accepted into the prestigious Lunar Tower, not expecting anything horrible or crazy to happen to her. That is until she met Oz and the Anubis House residents, in a ditch. From there, the mystery of the past residents and how they're connected to the new student's families begin…did I mention murder was involved?
Once upon a time, there lived a family of friends that had the perfect life. Well…slightly perfect life. They were always trouble mysteries that needed to be solved solely by them. But in the end, that scraped smiles from the bottom of the dark pits and faced life with a grip. But the perfect life didn't last long, as soon as each friend, lover, and enemy were being picked off to death, one at a time.
Snow fell softly on the ground. All the flakes of white swirled and jumped in the air, before settling down on the ground, creating the perfect blank sheet across the land.
Mindless chatter and the echoes of laughter came from the brightly decorated living room that peeked its light into the private library. The only other light came from the flames that licked its way through the chimney and spread it's ash on to the red velvet carpet.
The light from the flames illuminated her face, even though so dim, you could tell her hair was ebony as a raven's feathers. Her lids covered half her eyes though the faint color of electric azure could be seen and her lips were a fine pink, though her lips weren't curved, but in a tight line.
She didn't fancy going to a party that was useless since there was no cause that came with the outcome of a lavish gala. The party was just because her caretaker loved to drink the ale that her friends brought, and loved the high-class men that tagged along as well.
While the expensive celebrations droned on into the dawn's light, she spent her time wrapped up in a raggedy blanket and reading the dust-covered books in the old library, hidden from the other children in the large orphanage.
She turned the page of the dust covered book, her eyes taking in the words quickly but the words played into a scene slowly into a mind. She pulled her hair to her right shoulder and ignored the sound of the old oak door creaking open.
"Brat..!" Her caretaker yelled over the loud music playing.
"Yes, Miss Cara?" She asked, peeling her eyes off the book and leaving the other realm for a minute.
"A letter came for you." Cara threw the letter at her feet and slammed the door shut, after strutting out the room. She rolled her eyes and took the snow white envelope into her hands. She took a nail filer from the small coffee table and cut the lip of the envelope open.
Her eyes scanned over the words swiftly, and sucked in cold air.
"Dear Miss Harper…we are pleased to inform you…February the first…" She mumbled under her breath. Her eyes widened and her pupils dilated. Excitement jumped up and down in a pattern in her core, causing her to smile widely.
She jumped out from her warm blanket and clutched the letter in her hands, whiling jumped with excitement and adrenaline. She shouted 'YES!', until she felt her throat go sore and numb. She fell into the plush maroon chair closed her eyes, happiness draining her to sleep.
While, a pond over, a girl suddenly stopped what she was doing and squeezed her eyes shut.
Energy filled in her core, though it pained her when it did. She wheezed a breath and fell back onto her bed, clutching the bed post.
"Oh my gosh, Ashley are you okay?" her doe-eyed housemate came running to her. Ashley took a deep breath that felt too cold and she shivered, causing gooseflesh to appear.
"Something's changed." Ashley said seriously to her friend.
"What is it? What's wrong?" She asked, concerned.
"Evil's coming."
Okay...DON'T HATE ON ME!
I didn't intend to end the (short) first chapter on that kind of note but...I'm tired. Give me a break okay? I spent five hours in a workshop for a musical and I...blaghhh...Bye.