My friend and I wrote this together as our first story to be on here. I write in Dani's POV and she writes in Mia's. This isn't really a fanfic, but this was the only place we kew to put it on.

Dani

Come on Dani, just one more lap! I cheered/yelled to myself in my head. I trudged along, almost seeing the red finish line ahead of me. Then a boy with yellowish hair came running past me, Raidon, my best friend. I sped up so that we were right beside each other now.

"Tell me how losing feels." he told me jokingly.

"I'm don't know, but I'll be sure to ask you after I win!" I yelled and then I took off even faster than before, my lungs burning. The weird outfits that they made us wear didn't help either, athletic shorts that seemed too long and red shirts with our school's name on the left side, Colorado School for Advanced Children. I ran as fast as I could, able to see Raidon in my peripheral vision and then crossed the finish line before anyone else.

"So, what does losing feel like?" I asked Raidon sarcastically. We were both panting really hard, we had our hands on our knees and gulped for air like we would never have any again.

"I'll win next time Danica." he promised. I cringed at my real name and then got on to him, forgetting my loss of air.

"Don't call me that!" Raidon had the nerve to chuckle and I pushed down on the pressure point in the small of his back, making him flinch and swatt my hand away. He turned around to look at me and stuck out his tongue, I gladly returned the favor.

Once everyone had finished the 50 lap run we went back inside to get water before we went to our next class. I had math next, one of my regular classes. The reason I say 'regular class' is because we had the normal classes, math, English, history, science, and then we had to do different tasks like a maze or running laps for extended lengths of time. No one was sure why we did it, it was always kept secret to the students, parents, and possible even a part of the staff.

There were also tests that everyone had to take at the end of the year called simulations. They tested your survival skills, for example one year we had to climb up a volcano before the lava started gushing out of it, I did particularly well that year. I wasn't really sure if everyone had the same test though. If you got a low enough grade you would have to go to a different school. About 20-35 students had to leave each year because of that test.

Then I saw a shorter boy in all black being pushed around by the jocks of the school. "Why were you running so slow today Deathbreath?" the jock asked. He had brown hair, brown eyes, and a menacing expression.

Conrad, a boy about 14 years old with black hair and dark eyes, was getting pushed around. A flame-like feeling of anger went through my entire body leaving me trembling, he was like my little brother, even though I joked around with him that he was goth. I couldn't just watch this happen, and when I looked over at Raidon I knew he felt the same way.

"Back off Lance!" I shouted at the bully. He turned to look at me with an evil glint in his eyes.

"Who's gonna make me?" he asked with a smirk.

"That's easy, me." I told him.

"Oh ya? You're nothing but a little girl." he taunted. The flame got hotter and more intense then, until it almost felt like I actually was on fire. Lance started to back away from me slowly with wide eyes and I smirked at my victory thinking it was because I had scared him off, which in a way, I had. When I looked over at Raidon and Conrad though they both had the same look of fear.

"What is it?" I asked, my smile dropping.

"You're on fire!" Raidon exclaimed while Conrad ran to go get some water from the bathroom to put out the flames.

When I looked down at myself, sure enough I was on fire. My toes all the way up to my head were burning, and yet I didn't feel a thing. I really hoped that my hair didn't burn off.

"What do I do?" I asked hysterically. Then Conrad came over and drenched me in water, making my red hair that fell in ringlets seem darker than normal, but it did nothing to straighten it. I shivered from the cold and Conrad handed me his jacket saying that he wasn't cold anyways.

"What just happened?" Raidon asked in shock.

"I'm not sure." I admitted to him.

"Why do you not have any burns?" Conrad asked me.

"Well, the fire wasn't hot." I answered, feeling stupid when I said it. Fire was supposed to be hot, but, oddly enough, it wasn't this time.

"Dani, I was right beside you and I could feel the heat radiating off of it." Raidon said. He looked like he wasn't kidding, which wasn't very normal, and there was even sweat dripping off of his forehead.

"Let's worry about that later. Are you ok Conrad?" I asked. I was more concerned about how he felt after getting bullied for the tenth time this week, it was only Tuesday.

"Yes." he told me with clenched teeth, which made me think that he wasn't telling the truth. Then something amazing,creepy and scary all at the same time happened, my shadow started to move and walk away.

I yelped and pointed at it in shock and Conrad snapped out of his reverie. As soon as he was ok again the shadow flew back to its proper place and showed no sign that it had moved at all. I stared at it for a moment and then turned back to Conrad.

"How did you do that?" I asked him.

"I did it?" he asked, sounding just as surprised as I felt.

"Well, I didn't do it, and I'm pretty sure that Raidon didn't either." I told him.

"This is messed up man. I think we need to go somewhere more private." Raidon said and then walked into the janitors closet. "What is going on?"

"I don't know." I told him. "I think we need to just pretend that this never happened." It felt as if something bad would happen if anyone found out. I didn't want to risk having to join the circus or something.

Then we walked out and started heading to our next class. I was really dreading math though, so I walked slower than normal. "Ms. Bodway, Mr. Darc, Mr. Terrell the principal needs to see you." We all turned around at the voice and saw an older teacher watching us to make sure we left. I felt his eyes boring into our backs as we retreated in the opposite direction.

We walked into the principal's office and were greeted by the potbellied, bald, short principal. His watery, pig like eyes watched us as we sat in the chairs in front of him. "Is there anything that you would like to share with me?" Principal Walters asked.

"No sir." we all chorused.

"Are you sure? Nothing weird happening? It's completely normal for teens to start behaving weirdly." He told us in a voice that must have been his best at a comforting tone.

"No sir." We repeated.

"Well, the video footage we caught would disagree with you." he told us. Then he turned his computer around to face us. There were three different screens, one with me on fire, another with my shadow moving and Conrad clenching his fists, and lastly one with Radion's hands sparking. "Does this look familiar to you?"

"Sir, I have no idea how any of this happened. One second everything was perfectly normal and then things got crazy!" I told him as the others spoke up their defenses.

"Silence!" he yelled at us. "Everything will be explained to you later. For now I need you to go home and tell your families you'll be gone for a while, then pack up your stuff. You won't need much, toiletries are all you'll need. There'll be a uniform and pajamas where you're going."

"Where are we going?" Raidon asked him.

"You'll find out soon enough. When you're finished I want you to report to my office. Understood?" We all nodded our heads at him and then started on our way home. Raidon offered to take us home in his hovercar and we both agreed.

"Should we do what he says or run?" Conrad asked.

"Let's do what he says. There's no need to get ourselves into more trouble and we don't even know if where we're going to be is any worse than a detention." Raidon told him. So we continued the ride in silence until we reached Conrad's house, which he walked away without waving or saying goodbye to us.

"What am I going to tell my mom?" I asked Raidon.

"I don't know. I'm not going to tell my parents." he told me.

"What? You have to!" I hissed at him.

"It'll be easier that way. I'll write a note and stick it on the refrigerator or something."

"They'll think you got kidnapped or something! You have to tell them or they'll be worried sick!" I argued.

"I'm not going to tell them." he said as he drove me to my driveway. "Bye." he told me, letting me out. I waved to him as I walked over to the front door and then swiped my hand over the lock on the door's screen so that it knew who was going in and would unlock. It was almost like a computer, you would swipe your hand across the screen so it knew if it was ok for you to go in or not. Only people in the family were able to open them, except for Raidon who had been coming to our house and 'playing' since before I could remember.

I walked in and my mom was washing off some potatoes that she would most likely be cooking for dinner. "Hi sweetie. I'm making your favorite tonight, pot roast." she greeted when she saw me. Then she glanced at the time. "Why are you home early?" mom asked suspiciously.

I ran over and gave her a huge hug and then explained everything that happened before I came here in a rush. "I love you mom, but I have to go. I don't know how long I'll be away, but I'll try to keep in touch."

"I love you too Dani. Do you want me to help you pack your things?" she asked. I reluctantly agreed since I knew this might be the last time that I saw her for a while. Usually I wouldn't let her since I felt like I needed to do things on my own.

I ended up packing my necessities, my phone, it was a small, thin screen that when I pressed the middle button it would display the picture in front of me holographically, so I could talk to my mom and see her at the same time, and my photo screen. A photo screen is a thin screen that shows a slideshow of all your photos, it was small so that it could be easily carried around. Mine had all the pictures my mom and I had taken together and pictures of my mom and dad together. The last one was my favorite, it was of my dad holding me the day I was born and my mom was beside him smiling. But that was before he died.

I, of course, don't remember anything about my dad. However, mom talked about him so much that I felt as if I knew him more than any other daughter would know their dad's. She never brought up his death though, but I didn't push her in case she wasn't ready to share the story with me.

When we were finally done she gave me another hug. "Do you have to leave now?" she asked me.

"That was the principals orders. Love you mom." Then I kissed her cheek and ran out of the house. When I was outside I leaned on the door and took a deep breath, that was probably the hardest thing I've ever done. My mom was going to be all alone now, my father had died a few days after I was born and I had no other siblings.

"I thought you could use a ride!" I heard Raidon yell from a bit away. I looked up and smiled at him. I didn't own a hoverboard or car since my mom couldn't get enough money for one, so Raidon would usually pick me up to go to school and take me back home.

"Thanks!" I yelled back, then I ran over and hopped in. "Should we go pick up Conrad?"

"I already tried. He told me that he wanted to walk over alone." he shrugged and the rest of the ride was silent as we thought about what was about to happen next.

We finally reach the old brick school and jumped out of the hovercar. "Are you ready?" he asked me.

"Honestly? No." I admitted to him. He laughed and then we walked inside together. Conrad was already waiting for us inside by the doors, slouched against the wall with his hands in the pockets of his jacket. Once he saw us he stood up straight and walked with us, all of our stomachs starting to feel queasy from anxiety.

When we reached the door we all simultaneously stopped as if expecting and preparing for the worst. I took a deep breath and then stepped inside, holding the door open for the other two.

Instead of the principal being in there like last time, there were two men in dark suits and sunglasses. They each looked cynical and almost statue like. "Who are you?" I asked. Raidon elbowed me in the ribs for being rude, but I really didn't care.

"We're going to be taking you to a new school." the first one told me.

"Why?" Conrad asked.

"We can't discuss that here. We'll tell you once we get there." I got a feeling that we hadn't been prepared for the worst, this was so much worse than anything that any of us could have thought up.

"You can't expect us to just hop into your car and let you take us who knows where! I'm not leaving until you tell me where I'm going." I argued, putting my hands on my hips.

"We're giving you one chance to go freely before we force you to go." the second one said. I didn't really notice until then how much muscle they had, it was quite intimidating. I did not want to get on their bad side.

I didn't move though, so they took that as a sign of resistance. One of them picked me up by the waist and slung me over their shoulder. I kicked and screamed, hoping that classes hadn't ended and that someone would help me. Raidon and Conrad were being pushed by the first man that talked, sometimes hitting the walls or tripping.

Eventually, the man carrying me got tired of me kicking him in places my mother wouldn't approve of, so he threw me down on the floor and ripped off a piece of his shirt, tying it around my mouth so I couldn't talk. He didn't really think through me still being able to make sounds though.

Then he threw me against the lockers, making me hit my head hard. I was dazed now (I'm really surprised that I hadn't been knocked out) and he was able to pick me up without my protests. He then carried me to a black hovercar that was a lot longer and slimmer than most and set me inside. Then Raidon was thrown in unceremoniously and then Conrad after him.

Unable to take it anymore, I laid my head on Raidon's shoulder. He didn't protest like he normally would have since he had most likely seen my struggle and how I had hit my head, he let me lay my head there as I fell asleep and we were taken to some unknown place.