Chapter 1
Derek, Simon, Tori, and I are waiting for the new kids that are on their way here, to the safe house. I can't remember what Andrew said their names were though; all I can remember is that there are a couple sorcerers, a witch, and a werewolf. I have been hoping that a necromancer will join us but, unfortunately, now is not my time. Hopefully the werewolf will be more social than Derek. I don't mind how antisocial he is, but if the other guy is as antisocial, we will never get to know him and Derek will never trust him alone in any room with Simon or I.
Derek is the total brooding type. He would probably scare most of you if you ran into him in an alley. He's really tall and likes to wear baggy clothes to cover his muscles. He has green eyes and dark hair, you'd never be unable to avoid looking at him. However, his skin has cleared up a lot since I first met him so now he's quite the looker. He's also incredibly protective of his adoptive brother Simon.
Simon is the opposite of Derek. He's blonde, friendly, and a guy that all the girls would go for. His face shows his asian inheritance, Korean to be exact. I'm not quite sure how someone can be Korean and blonde but don't ask me. He doesn't like being asked if it's his actual hair color or not either because he couldn't escape that when he was around people a lot. I'm sure Tori questioned him about it before too, back when she had a crush on him.
Tori is the witch of the group, both metaphorically and literally. She likes to make sarcastic comments as much as possible and insulting people is definitely her pass-time. She's a dark-haired, dark eyed girl that loves to shop. Her mother spoiled her and Tori absorbed it all because she wanted the attention. The only way Tori could get that attention was to throw tantrums of all kinds. She is used to getting her way and because of that doesn't like being bossed around by Derek. She has also voiced her opinion, saying that I should grow a backbone and stop doing everything I'm told.
However, when you are short and tiny like me, you don't tend to get respect. I usually don't entirely know what to do so I'm fine with being bossed around sometimes. Derek usually ends up saving me after I make a mistake. I'm sure he's annoyed of that though. I can't believe he's kept me around for as long as he has. My baby blue eyes tend to cause more trouble for me; add that to the fact I've got a million dollar reward on my head, and you have a recipe for disaster. My dad thinks Derek kidnapped me, but that's another story.
Speaking of Derek, he and I are currently walking through the woods. None of the others know where we are…I mean of course we told Simon; but the rest of them don't know. We didn't see the point in telling them when they're all sitting around practically staring at the door. We're talking about random things; whatever comes up. Apparently, Derek is comfortable enough with me to tell me what he's thinking. I'm so glad that I've finally gained his trust. I doubted I ever would when I first met him.
"Hey. Chloe. You in there?" Derek says, with his eyebrows furrowed. Probably trying to figure out why I suddenly spaced out. I'm surprised he still reacts, I usually space out at least twice within a conversation. I just get lost in my thoughts.
"Yeah. I'm fine. I was jus-" I replied, jumping. My eyes focus in on his brilliant green ones and I wish that I could say that I'm not surprised, but I am; his eyes always stun me. No matter how often I see them, I continuously get lost attempting to decipher just how many shades there are and what emotions he's feeling.
"Chloe! Derek! Come inside, the new kids are here." Simon yells out the door. I jump again, then bury my head in embarrassment. Only I could jump from shock twice in the short span of a minute. I can't believe how skittish I am. I know that it's one of Derek and Simon's favorite things to comment on but I honestly didn't think about it before or compare myself with others.
"Looks like we're wanted…again." I say. Derek just rolls his eyes. Of course, the ever silent and confident response to people. Whoever invented eye-rolls will definitely hear from me when I find them. Granted this is more likely for me than most people. I am a necromancer, whether I knew about it before a year ago is a completely different story. My companions range from witches and sorcerers to werewolves, if you didn't notice earlier on.
"Of course we are." Derek says sarcastically. We start walking back to the house slowly. I definitely wish to prolong this brief respite. Sometimes a clingy sorcerer and an annoying witch are just too much for a single person to deal with. It doesn't take long to reach the house because we didn't really get that far in before we were called back.
We make it inside just as everyone else is coming in the front door. Huh. They must have called us when they heard the car pulling up. This isn't too surprising since Simon has been going on about meeting people outside our group since we found out. He is clearly one of the more social people in the world and wants to be able to talk to people outside of our little group of four. Tori won't admit it but she also wants the new guys to be here because she can't stand being in the same room with Simon. I think that the two of us have grown closer recently at least. And Derek...well Derek doesn't want anyone around. Let's just hope these people are nice and won't secretly be working with the Edison Group.
The Edison Group is the whole reason that we are on the run. They decided before we were born that they were going to experiment on us. Some of our parents gave us up to them, others had their kid stolen. Regardless of the way it happened, they attempted to change us as babies. They monitored us as we grew up. They even set up a group home for "disturbed" kids. When I started seeing ghosts, I was sent there. I met Tori, Simon, and Derek there though so I'm alright with that I guess. I didn't know what I was or anything about necromancy so it was up to Derek and Simon to figure out. We escaped the group home after careful planning. We decided that the best thing to do would be to search out Andrew, Simon and Derek's father's friend, in an attempt to find their father. However, on the way to his house, Derek and I got separated from the other two. Derek is a werewolf, and as such needed to change. We didn't know it would happen while we were still running and it was lucky that I even managed to convince him to let me go with him. He wasn't up for a fight at the time. He didn't finish his change, only getting probably half-way. After that we headed to meet up with Simon and Tori and arrived at this safehouse. We have just been hanging around researching. We just recently found out that these new kids were coming. I hope they will be understanding of my incredibly embarrassing stutter and jumpiness. But if they aren't, they have Derek to answer to; he doesn't like people upsetting the ones he cares about.