Hey peoples! So before you guys start reading the story, I just want to fill you in on a few things. First: This is a collab account, and this happens to be our first story written together. Second: The chapters are written separately.
For example, I'm Ever, and I'm starting this out. Then Sage will write the next chapter from her character's P.O.V, then Red, then Potato, and then we start the cycle over again. And thirdly: This story is an idea we came up with spontaneously.
Okay, and disclaimer: I or any of the other writers on here do not own School for Good and Evil. :D
Adrenaline and excitement coursed through my veins as I skidded down the hallway of the Scholar's Book Store and Library. My name's Raina-Anne Mason – or Rain for short – I'm 13 years old, and I'm a Book Jumper.
Book Jumpers – or BJs (but nobody calls us that but me) – are people and kids with the special ability to well, jump into books. That was a bit obvious, wasn't it? Anywho, I'm a Book Jumper, and us Book Jumpers all, either work after-school or even live at Scholar's, like Aunt Becca, who runs the whole thing.
(OBVIOUS FACT: Becca's not really my aunt. We just call her that.)
And, as you've probably guessed Scholar's isn't a normal library. I say only library, because, well, in a book store you buy books, and we don't want people buying the books that hold special properties. But, that's not really the point. Also in Scholar's there's an alarm system (another obvious fact) that doesn't guard against the normal burglars.
There's a group of untrained Book Jumpers (who have refused to follow up on the years of training it takes to fully master the power that one holds as a BJ), who've been going around messing up stories. It's our job, as Book Jumpers to go around fixing things. I'm honestly not sure how the alarms work, but I know it's something complicated and that each world has a Guardian.
But, as it so happened, (the third obvious fact) the alarm was going off right now. It was my turn to see what it was, so I raced up the stairs that was in the back of the book store and led up into the library, which was awesome. But this was only my 2nd mission, and I was awed and terrified.
"Sorry!" I shouted at Jerome, as I knocked over his stack of books, one of the junior Book Jumpers. He sighed. "Rain, honestly!" he shouted back, and said something else about mice and lakes, but I'm not completely sure.
I finally reached the office, and fell over my own two feet. Aunt Becca was waiting for me, her face showing stern amusement. She sighed, and sat down behind her desk. "Raine, as you've already guessed," I picked myself, panting, off the floor, and managed to fall back into the chair, "another world has been changed."
I nodded, trying not to show that that was an obvious fact. Oh- I guess I should explain that. When I was younger I would always look for the secret and the mystery behind things. My grandmother always encouraged me in that, and she always pointed out that by counting the obvious, I could reach the mystery.
I took that literally and, well, it'd become my thing. At least I still wasn't blurting out "OBVIOUS FACT!" anymore. Although, it was quite amusing to see people roll their eyes and respond sarcastically. "Raine!" Aunt Becca scolded, and she pushed a piece of her graying brown hair behind her ear.
"Sorry." I said, although I really wasn't sure what I had to be sorry for, but whatever. She sighed again (OBVIOUS FACT: She sighs a lot, doesn't she?) and continued. "Before you went to No-where, I asked you a question, and I'll ask you again since you didn't hear me: Have you ever heard of the School for Good and Evil?"
Um…. I shook my head, no. Sure I'd seen the books lying around the store downstairs, but I'd never actually thought it was that important. The cover art was cool, though. "No." I said, shaking my head, some of my light brown hair falling in my eyes. I brushed it out.
Aunt Becca looked slightly disappointed. "I thought I assigned all Juniors to read the new stories that'd come in?" I cocked my head. She had? OH- yes! She had! I'd only started the Blood of Olympus though, and with homework and other fandoms, I hadn't gotten around to reading anymore books.
"OH!" I exclaimed. "Yes! Yes! I remember now- I'm currently on Jason's point of view in the sort of middle-ish of the Blood of Olympus." Becca raised her head slightly. "Ah. Well, the Guardian of the School for Good and Evil has gone missing. I've put toge-"
I held my hand out in the bit of the 'woah-stop' motion. "The Guardian has gone missing? Is that even possible?" I was bubbling with more questions, but I knew that Aunt Becca wouldn't tolerate that many at once.
"I know, Rain, it seems impossible now, but Authors are mysterious beings- even more so then us. It is quite possible that something has happened to the Guardian of the School, and it is only part of the story. However, in the even that it hasn't, I've put together a team."
My heartbeat quickened and I think I started wiggling in my seat a little. YES! YES! YES! Aunt Becca didn't even wait for me to reply. "You are on it with 3 other people. Rain, I know that you're going to take this seriously, so I won't even bother telling you to.
"The other 3 people on this- Melody Andrada, Sage Willow, and Tate. Melody is new, and I know this is only your 3rd mission, but be kind to her. Sage has experience, though not as much as Tate. Tate is an oldie when it comes to Book Jumping. She's also a little strange."
Melody Sage Tate. Melody Sage Tate. It became a chant in my head- I wanted to remember their names so I didn't make a fool of myself when I met them. And Tate- I'd heard of her from Jerome and Lynn. They'd said she was amazing at what she does, but that they thought there wasn't something 'right' in her head.
"Rain, it's dangerous to go Jump into unknown places. Pick up a copy of the School for Good and Evil and the sequel, A World Without Princes, on your way out. Place it on my tab." I nodded, my head spinning. YES! YES! YES! I got of the chair and started towards the door when Aunt Becca called me back.
"Yes?" I asked, uncertain. "Rain, I want you to meet the other people on this mission before you go home." I walked back into the room, the door opened, and Melody, Sage, and Tate (Fact: It's so obviously them!) came in.
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Also, I can't promise when we'll update next. But the more reviews, favorites, and follows we get will be motivation! And less homework. Thank you, if read this, for reading, and, well you know what to do! ~ Ever Beta :D