Picture Imperfect

By: Beccatdemon13

©2008

Disclaimer: I don't own anyone but Ellie, Sam, Josh and anyone you don't immediately recognize. Please don't sue. You'd only be getting about seven weeks of minimum wage. What? Don't look at me like that High School ain't a paying gig you know. But god I wished it was. Becctdemon13 now will go off to fantasize about being paid to go to school. Oh, right, the story! On we go…

Author's note: This is probably going to be a SonsOC so if that isn't your thing please leave. Flames are not appreciated and will be laughed at. Posting in this fandom always scares me because there are so many who are very critical. I hope people like this. I thought the idea was different and interesting. Also this is going to happen slightly before the whole Chase incident.

Synopsis: Spenser Academy has a brand new Deputy Provost. Joseph Graham is pleased at the position and even more so that his children can have a good education as well. Little does he know that this will set a destiny into motion thanks to ancestors long past. It goes to show that you should always know whom your ancestors are otherwise you can be in for a nasty surprise.

Chapter One: Explanations, please?

My life wasn't always like this. I use to be a really good student and all around good kid. But it seemed as soon as my brothers Josh, Sam and I hit thirteen things just sort of deteriorated. We all had rap sheets and never really bothered with school anymore. It wasn't like we were dumb it's just we didn't see why it was as useful as people said it was. I think all we needed was a clean slate.

Sorry, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Eleanor Angelina Graham. I'm seventeen years old and I have long brown hair and bright hazel eyes. I am five foot seven and I guess it's fair to say I have a bit of an attitude problem. I also failed to mention that I was a triplet. I have two older brothers, well technically. The oldest is Joshua Andrew Graham. He's seventeen also and was born a full hour before I was. He is six foot even with shaggish brown hair and playful brown eyes. Sam is my other brother born a half hour before me. He is also seventeen and six foot even as well, which leaves me as the shortest.

Sam, Josh and I moved around a lot. I guess that didn't help the whole staying out of trouble thing. By the time we were twelve we had already been in ten schools in nine different states. Constantly going through the new kid hazing didn't really give us a good impression of school. High School was even worse with everyone already paired off. I guess father dearest realized what he was doing to his children and finally settled down in Salem, Massachusetts. Too bad stability happened a little too late. Josh, Sam, and I just were magnets for trouble. I got into Wicca and well, that didn't go over well with my straitlaced father.

It was halfway through sophomore year in high school and overall things weren't that bad. Granted our records were still there but we all had a core group of friends and life was finally good again. I was getting semi-decent grades but then disaster struck leaving Dad in unemployment and us not knowing what to do. Maybe if my mother hadn't ditched us when we were four none of this would've happened.

Luck was apparently on our side this time because Dad called Uncle Harry who was on the board of trustees over at some fancy prep school in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Spenser Academy is what it was called. My cousin Aaron went there from what I heard it wasn't that much fun. These four boys called the Sons of Ipswich were nobility there and if they didn't know you than no one did. Anyway, Uncle Harry pulled a lot of strings and ended up getting my father the Deputy Provost job. Dad hadn't been a provost in a while and I could tell he was excited. But, my brothers and I? Yeah, not so much.

"This is school number eleven." Sam sighed, as we were packing.

"It's a fresh start." I replied, "I'm sort of excited."

"Really?" Josh snickered, "From everything Aaron told us it seems like hell on earth."

"Well, maybe if Aaron was friendlier it wouldn't be that bad." I snapped.

"You're way to optimistic sometimes, El." Sam shook his head.

"Besides I thought you liked Salem, you little Witch princess you." Josh teased.

"Yeah, gang up on the girl." I rolled my eyes, "Really nice, guys."

"You're very welcome, little sister." Sam and Josh smirked.

"Guys, come on, the car's here!" Dad called up the stairs.

"Well, I say we make this fun." Josh grinned.

"To raising hell!" Sam whooped.

"And making it a year Spenser will never forget." I sighed.

That was what we always said when we were going someplace new. All I knew is this entire situation didn't sit right with me for some reason. As I left our old house behind I couldn't help but feel my pentagram necklace thrumming. 'That's odd.' I thought, 'That's never happened before.'

"Whoa, Ellie, your necklace is glowing." Sam whispered.

"Whoa." I gasped noticing that my normally gold pentagram was glowing a bright white color.

"It's never done that before." Josh said.

"Where'd you guys get this from?" I asked. I had the necklace since I moved to Salem my brothers got it for me as a birthday present.

"We found it in Mom's old things." Sam said.

"Spooky." I grinned.

Sam and Josh shared a look before shaking their head. We all climbed in the back of the car Dad got into the front and we began to drive to our new home. For some reason unbeknownst me the Provost and the Deputy Provost and their family had to be there a week before everyone else. Technically it wasn't a full week, as kids could start moving in that Tuesday which was the day after we came. I guess during that time I could do all the homework that I've put off as well as look around Ipswich and see if there was anything fun to do. It was only a half hour later when a huge Gothic building loomed into view.

"Wicked." I breathed.

"Home sweet home." Josh sighed.

When the car had stopped I jumped out I knew that this was going to be better. I don't know how. I just did. I then realized that we were dorming here. I mean I knew that but this place was huge! And all to ourselves for at least a couple days. As I shared looks with Sam and Josh I could tell we were thinking the same thing. Party!