"C'mon, Rose! You can't be late for your first day of high school!"

I groaned, pushing a lock of black, curly hair out of my face. I smacked my mouth, not really enjoying the taste of morning breath. "High school can wait! I'm going back to bed!"

That's when Dad came into the room, arms folded across his chest wearing a playful grin. "Rose, listen to your mother. You can't miss your first day of school."

I sat up, frowning. "But Dad, didn't you ever skip school?"

His eyes widened for a second, then his eyebrows furrowed. "That's not the point. You have to be there for your first day."

"Dad...I'm nervous," I admitted, now sitting on the bed with my feet dangling over the edge.

His face softened, then he came to join me, sitting next to me and wrapping an arm around my shoulder. "What are you nervous about?"

"Everything! High school is so big, and there'll be upperclassmen, and the work will be harder, not to mention another year of Aurora tormenting me," I replied, leaning my head on his shoulder.

"Rosalyn, listen to me," he took ahold of my shoulders and leaned me up so I was staring at him, "you're going to be fine. You have your friends, and you can ignore Aurora. Just steer clear of her and upperclassmen and you'll be fine. You don't need powers to protect yourself, you're strong enough as it is."

I sighed, "alright."

Aurora Rueda was Head Jaguar, a half-Kanay half-witch being, and the most popular and meanest girl in school. She always tortured me with her powers, I never understood why; I never did anything to her.

The worst part is that I'm a powerless witch, something that she takes advantage of constantly. She can perform any spell she wants on me and I can't fight back. Also, she never lets me hear the end of this detail.

"Aren't your parents so disappointed in you?"

"The daughter of a Chosen One and a powerful wizard, yet you don't have any powers. Boy, your parents must be proud, huh?"

With my father out of the room, I sniffled and held back a tear. She was right. No matter how much my parents insisted that they didn't care over whether or not I had powers, I could always tell that it did matter.

However, I couldn't let that linger on my mind, I had to go to school, and I wanted to make it a fun first day.

Once in the school uniform, I pulled on my signature red leather jacket. After brushing my hair, I grabbed my backpack and walked out of my bedroom.

Dad was already eating his breakfast, while Mom smiled as she set a plate of waffles in front of my seat.

"Good morning, Rose," Mom greeted. "I can't believe it's your first day of high school!"

"Mom," I groaned in annoyance while my parents looked at me with these goofy smiles.

"I'll never forget my first day! It was pretty eventful! I met so many new people, and that was around the time I disco-" she stopped herself, looking down at the ground.

I rolled my eyes, "it's alright, Mom. You can mention magic around me. I don't care."

"Sweetie-"

"I gotta go," I interrupted. Grabbing my backpack again (since I set it down next to me before I ate) I rose out of the chair and headed for the door. Stepping out, I walked down the porch steps and began my walk to Iridium High.

"Hey, Rose! Wait up!" Turning, I smiled as I saw my best friend, Alexandra (Alex) Van Pelt. She had dark brown hair, brown eyes, and was the coolest girl around. Well, in my opinion anyway. Alex's clothes are always stylish, yet hold an edge to them. She's also an expert lock pick, can fix cars, and to top it off, her father used to be a freaking zombie. That is, until my mother turned him into a human years and years ago.

Her only weakness was that she absolutely adores pizza. I swear she can eat an entire pizza pie if she wanted to, I don't doubt that she has at least once.

"Hey, Alex," I greeted when she caught up to me.

"Hi!" she grinned, "can you believe that we're finally in high school?! Three more years and we're free!"

"Until college," I reminded with a smirk.

She frowned, "yeah. College. Okay, seven more years and then we're free!"

I laughed as we continued our walk to the building. Once there, we went to our assigned homerooms, got our schedules, and our locker assignments. Then, we were allowed to go hang out in the hallways and get situated with our lockers until first period.

Before I knew it, Alex came striding up to me.

"Alex? Shouldn't you be trying to get your locker open?" I asked in confusion.

"Pssh, who needs a combo when I can just use my trusty lock-picks?" she scoffed, holding up the small picks.

I rolled my eyes, then finally got my locker open. Not bad, it only took me about three tries. I put in my backpack, then grabbed a few folders and tablets when I heard Alex curse next to me.

"Look who's coming."

I turned, and found myself looking at the Jaguars. Of course they were led by Aurora. She smiled at nothing, tossing her glossy brown locks back, and then her clear blue eyes locked on mine. Snapping her fingers, her two fellow Jaguars followed her towards me.

I gritted my teeth, awaiting the usual insults.

"Hello, Rosalyn," she sneered.

"Aurora," I growled.

"So, how's life without powers? Does it suck, yet? Did the shame already kill your parents?" she giggled.

I bared my teeth and made a move towards her, but Alex held me back. "Just ignore her, Rose. She's just jealous."

Aurora laughed, and seeing that she was, Emily and Melonie joined in.

"Jealous?! Just what would I have to be jealous of?!" she asked.

"Maybe because her mother was the Chosen One and her dad is a powerful wizard?" A new, male voice joined in. However, I knew that voice.

Jimmy Miller walked up, wearing a grin. His light brown hair was just a bit messy, and his blue eyes sparkled at the sight of a challenge. He was half-human, half-Kanay, so he could take on Aurora and not worry about reprucussions. However, he only mastered two elements so far; fire and earth. Aurora, on the other hand, had mastered water and air. Since they were only half-Kanays, mastering the other two elements would be extremely harder.

Aurora narrowed her eyes at Jimmy. "Jaguars, let's go," snapping her fingers, she walked away, with her two drones right behind her.

"Nice one, Jimmy!" Alex grinned.

"Why thank you, Alexandra!"

Jimmy and I laughed at Alex's glare.

"So, how are your other elements coming along?" I asked.

He sighed, "alright. Mom is working hard at training me."

Just then, the bell rang, cutting our time short.

"Hopefully I'll see you guys in some of my classes. But we'll definitely sit by each other at lunch," I smiled.

"You got that right!" Alex agreed. "C'mon, James."

I held back a laugh as Jimmy and Alex walked away, him wearing a scowl at the use of his full name with Alex laughing.

Closing the locker, I realized that the hallways were nearly empty. I bit my lip, I didn't want to be late to class on my first day. Dad might be alright with it, but Mom would surely be angry.

I went to lift my foot, only to find that I couldn't. "Huh?" I whispered as I tried again with the other foot, but that one was useless as well. "What's happening?"

A chuckle sounded behind me. I knew it all too well.

Narrowing my eyes, I glared at the smirking boy who casually walked in front of me.

"Good morning, Red," he said, his smirk never faltering.

Because my name is Rosalyn, and my favorite color is red, he has always called me the nickname. But that's not the only reason why I hate Darren Blaze. He's cocky, arrogant, conceited, popular, and-I hate to admit it-good looking.

He had thick, black hair styled perfectly on his head. Bright, blue eyes stared down at me with mirth. He was tall, strong, and ex-Captain of our middle school swim team. No doubt that he'll make Captain in high school.

But the worst part? He's a wizard, and a powerful one at that. He never ceased to make fun of me for my lack of powers, and always pulled magical tricks on me. This was one of them.

"Darren, undo the spell," I ordered.

"Now why would I do that?" he grinned.

"Because we're going to be late for class! Now get me out of here!"

He clicked his tongue disapprovingly, "now, Red. Is that any way to ask? Didn't your parents ever teach you any manners?"

"I will not plead for you to let me go," I ground out through clenched teeth.

"Alright, guess you're just going to have to stay there all day," he replied, going to walk away.

"Wait!" I cried out, "you can't just leave me here!"

He turned around, wearing a smirk, "oh, yes I can. But I could set you free if you asked..."

"I did! Twice!"

"No, you ordered me. You never once asked me."

I groaned, closing my eyes and took a big breath. Don't let him get to you, Rose. Just ask him to undo the spell and then you could be on your merry way.

"Darren, please set me free."

He grinned, "see? Now was that so hard?" He performed his signature move, the orange magic hit my feet, and suddenly I could walk again. I brushed past him, finally on my way to class, when he stopped me.

"Now, is that any way to thank your hero?"

"Hero?!" I scoffed, "you're the one who glued my feet to the floor in the first place! Why should I thank you?"

"Because I never left you and set you free."

I rolled my eyes, releasing a sigh. Might as well humor him. "Thank you, Darren."

A corner of his mouth quirked up, "my pleasure, Red."

A/N: Ugh, I'm horrible when it comes to first chapters. But at least I managed to introduce the main characters. In case you're confused, here's a guide:

Rosalyn (Rose) Novoa: Daughter of Jax and Emma Novoa, a powerless? witch.

Alexandra (Alex) Van Pelt: Daughter of Philip and Andi Van Pelt, a human.

James (Jimmy) Miller: Son of Daniel and Mia Miller, a half-human/half-Kanay hybrid.

Aurora Rueda: Daughter of Diego and Maddie Rueda, a half-witch/half-Kanay hybrid, Head Jaguar

Darren Blaze: Son of unnamed couple, a wizard.