My new school was intriguing, black and gold covered almost every wall and was even spray painted on the trees outside. They were obviously proud to show their school colours.

My first class was some kind of literature class - I hadn't paid much attention picking my classes when I'd applied to school here, school wasn't that important to me - I entered the classroom and as expected all eyes turned to look at me. A confident smile crossed my lips as the teacher told me to take a seat and several people eagerly offered me the seats beside them - one boy even dumped his friend out of his seat so that it would become available. I bypassed each person and headed straight to the back of the room where a girl with pale blonde hair sat half asleep, she'd caught my eye as soon as I'd entered the room, it would have been hard for her not too really since she was encircled with a hazy orange glow.

I dropped my bag onto the desk with enough force to startle her awake. She looked up at me and I smiled before taking my seat, not losing eye contact for a second. "Nice to meet you... Ali Bell." I said glancing over at the cover of her unopened work book to find out her name. She looked at me bewildered for a moment before a puzzle piece seemed to fall into place and she returned my smile, "You too..."

"Anastasia Venus." I filled in for her, "but we're friends so you can just call me Sia." She didn't protest, but then I hadn't expected her too.

I absentmindedly pulled at the sleeve of my pale pink sweater - it was swelteringly hot today but I was cold, always cold - and flashed another smile, I seemed to be full of those today, "so, Ali, tell me about yourself."

It was like someone had turned on a tap, information just flowed out of her until her eyes started drooping. She was tired that was obvious, opening my bag I pulled out a pink box tied with a pale blue ribbon, I removed the ribbon and swung open the top. "Cupcake?" I asked offering her one of the beautifully frosted deserts the box held. Ali took one and licked at the frosting before taking a bite. I watched as she swallowed, a moment later she perked up and her eyes widened. "That's delicious." She said, it didn't take her long to finish the rest of the cupcake. I laughed, "Thank you, I made them myself."

We talked about everything, once I got her started there was no stopping her, she was an open book and I loved to read. She told me all about her boyfriend and his friends, and their unusual hobby. Being a zombie slayer explained why she had an orange glowing light surrounding her. With each word she said she looked more and more shocked - that was to be expected, she was sharing secrets with a stranger and couldn't stop her own lips from moving.

The bell went to signal the end of class and as Ali rushed her things away, I moved more calmly. Standing from my seat and straightening my white skirt, I turned to her. "Lovely talk today Ali, I'll see you around." I had to call the last bit after her as she sped out the door.

Ali's POV

I arrived at the barn my breathing quicker that it should be, I was nervous. How was I supposed to explain to Cole that I'd spent an entire lesson telling a complete stranger everything? Absolutely everything. I entered the barn and saw Frosty with Kat in one corner, she was laughing and waved when she saw me. I waved back but didn't go over to talk. I headed straight over to the treadmills. Cole was running on one and when he saw me approaching her smiled, it made me melt and panic all at the same time, he was going to freak out when I told him.

"I need to talk to you." I said and his face instantly became serious,

"What's the matter?" He asked stopping the treadmill and taking my hand, dragging me over to a corner, "What's happened?"

I took a deep breath and decided to just go for it, "I met a girl today," I began "There was something weird about her, like all I wanted to do was be her best friend and tell her everything…" I trailed off and took another breath, "And when she asked, I did. I told her all about us, what we do, everything." His eyes widened with each word I said, "I couldn't stop myself, I tried but it was like I had no control!" I was panicking and I just knew that people were watching us. Cole rubbed the back of his neck, "This isn't good Ali."

I knew that, he didn't need to tell me that. For all I knew she was with the Hazmats and I'd just fed her everything. "I don't know why I told her everything, maybe it was something she put in the cupcake she gave me?"

"Cupcake?" A voice said from the wrestling ring, I looked over and sighed, Gavin was there practicing with Veronica. He'd taken to calling me 'Cupcake' and I wasn't a fan. "What, Gavin?" I asked and he shook his head, "No, you were saying you couldn't stop talking to a girl who gave you a cupcake?" Cole frowned at him, "Thanks so much for listening in to our conversation but it was privet." He told him and took my hand to lead me away, "No wait!" Gavin called out and jumped down from the ring, "This girl, pale skin, black hair and green eyes?" He asked and I nodded,

"Yeah, how did you know?" I asked and Gavin cursed, earning him a dirty look from Cole. Before I could question him again, Gavin left. He was there one second and gone the next. I looked at Veronica – we'd never be friends but we weren't enemies – She shrugged and I turned to Cole. "What do we do?" He thought for a moment, "I guess we bring her in."

So I just recently read the first and second book of the White Rabbit Chronicles and I absolutely adored them. I've already ordered the third book and can't wait for it to arrive. So I this might be a little confusing first chapter, but all will be explained eventually. Reviews always welcome ~RainbowVeins