Author's note: Tell me if you like this story. Just excuse the sarcasm and extreme craziness.

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Chapter 1

Alex Rider was going to boarding school. Yes, boarding school: B-O-A-R-D-I-N-G S-C-H-O-O-L. You read correctly, boarding school. Moving on...

Alex Rider was going to boarding school and he didn't like it one bit. He didn't like the fact that Jack had been kicked out of the country. He didn't like the fact he was being sent away.

He didn't like the fact it was an SAS-run boarding school, either.

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A small bus stopped outside the house to pick up Alex. It was pure white, small and it had a blue logo saying 'The Future Is Held in Education'. Alex guessed it had something to do with the government.

Alex took a deep breath and looked back at the house. He would miss it terribly. He would miss Jack even more. He sighed one last time before walking towards the bus.

Alex hopped on and a man standing next to the bus driver asked him for his name. Alex sat right at the front, avoiding the rest of the boys. There were about six of them already. There were only a few spots left and the boys looked menacing and dangerous – away from them was the best option.

The bus took a turn towards the main road and they continued until they reached the richer suburbs.

At a particularly rich-looking house (mansion more like it), the bus stopped.

A boy about Alex's height literally jumped on and took a seat behind Alex (high-fived the man Alex had talked to earlier), even though there were spare seats left.

'Hi, I'm Spencer, you can call me Spence. You're new.'

Spence had dark brown hair, brown eyes and was quite lanky. He had horribly thick eyebrows, though.

'Hi, I'm Alex.' Alex and Spence shook hands just as the bus accelerated dangerously.

Alex and Spence small-talked until the bus reached the top of a hill. If Spence's house was a mansion, this place was a castle.

There seemed to be a family brawl going on in the front yard. BMWs and Porches were parked everywhere and about six people were on the front lawn.

A man in an expensive-looking business suit and a woman in a designer dress were yelling at each other. The woman kept turning around and screaming at two scared looking people behind her.

Behind the suited man, a man in smart casual clothing and a younger girl wearing jeans, a tank top and a vest were standing side-by-side, leaning against one another. Alex could see the man quite clearly, but he couldn't see the girl's front. The only view he had was her long brown hair.

The man next to the bus driver stepped out of the bus and cautiously approached the fighting people. The boys in the bus quickly opened the windows and rushed to the right side which was closer to the house.

What a bunch of nosey people – Alex thought, even though he was curious too.

'Miss, the judge said that neither parent could have custody. You need to let her go,' one of the scared people behind the woman said.

The woman turned around slowly, a dangerous look on her face. She raised her eyebrows and the two scared people became terrified.

'You're fired!' she yelled, pointing at them. To Alex's surprise, they looked quite relieved to be going. From this, Alex deduced that the woman was quite powerful and harsh.

The man in the expensive business suit turned to face the two casually dressed witnesses. 'Sir,' he said addressing the man.

Sir? – thought Alex. I thought he was the one in charge. Alex was quite interested now and didn't realise he was joining the nosey ones.

'Sir, do you understand that your daughter can't be left in your care?' he asked the man politely. He seemed to enjoy working for him – unlike the other two and the woman.

The man sighed and looked towards the girl that must have been his daughter. He didn't answer because at that moment, another suit clad man with grey hair showed up in a Lamborghini.

He jumped out of his car and walked over to the small congregation of people. The man who had previously been standing next to the bus driver was shifting his weight from one leg to the other.

'Your Honour, we have had a bit of a disagreement,' the first man in the suit said, inclining his head towards the grey-haired man.

'Ah, Harold, I think I know how to fix it.' The grey-haired man pulled a few pieces of paper out of his jacket pocket and looked towards the man from the bus. 'Would you happen to have a pen?'

'Y-yes, I-I do,' the man stuttered and walked back towards the bus. 'Here,' he said giving the grey-headed man a pen.

The grey-haired man signed in a few places and then held the pieces of paper up.

'Miss Stefarni Gregoreya, you have signed your name here, stating that you agree for your daughter, Miss Temperance Gregoreya-Romae, to be cared for by a neutral party. You also agreed that the chosen school will suffice.'

'Isn't Gregoreya that famous model?' a boy whispered at the back of the bus. 'She married what's-his-face...he's Greek...'

'Mr Shia Romae, you have signed your name here, stating that you agree for your daughter, Miss Temperance Gegoreya-Romae, to be cared for by a neutral party. You also agreed that the chosen school will suffice.'

'It's that Greek person...they had a child...?'

Here, the grey-haired man turned towards the man from the bus. 'You need to sign here, agreeing to house this adolescent.'

After the paper was signed, the grey-haired man said, 'OK, now Miss Gregoreya and Mr Romae, you need to say goodbye to your daughter and then she will need to follow this good man onto the bus.'

The man from the bus blushed and smiled weekly. He obviously liked being called 'good'.

The woman walked – stalked, really – over to the girl and gave her a tight hug. It wasn't warm or loving but really cold. It gave Alex the feeling that the woman didn't really care.

When the woman had let go, the man picked up his daughter and gave her a huge hug, spinning her around. The girl hugged him back, equally as loving.

The man appeared to whisper something to the girl and she nodded her head in response. He let her down, kissed her on the head and waved as she walked away.

The man in the expensive business suit handed her a single bag of luggage and she smiled at him.

When she walked towards the bus, Alex got a good look of her.

She was quite short and that would have made her look young if it wasn't for her face that showed sophistication. Her eyes were the brightest green Alex had ever seen.

The man from the bus helped her onto the bus and she sat on a seat opposite Alex and waved to her father. He gave a goofy smile back as the bus drove away.

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Five hours later, they arrived at a small place in the country. It was made of wood and brick. It was surrounded by trees and little paths leading of in all directions. It reminded Alex of a place he had gone to camp once. But this place held a weird feeling about it; the sense that things were going to change.

Everyone piled out of the bus and gathered in a small group. The bus driver drove off and the man who was next to him climbed onto a tree stump and began talking to them.

'Gentleman and lady, welcome back or, for two of you, welcome. You will be staying in the cabin over there, toilets are located next to it, the hall over there is for meals and meetings are held here. I'd like to introduce you to our new Captains.' The man pointed to a group of four people Alex had dreaded seeing again.

Wolf, Eagle, Snake and Fox.

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Author's Note: Review so I know if I should continue.