Chapter 1
The humid air made me drowsy, slow and distracted. The masculine voice drained over me, I wouldn't understand if I listened anyway. Biology was my worst subject; I never quite grasped the whole concept of that specific science.
"Pssst! James..." whispered a more than familiar voice.
I turned round; pleased to be distracted from the groaning noise of the science teacher, to see my best friend looking at me as if she had just had the most eager idea ever.
"Fancy going to the cinema's tonight?" Asked Jane. What an excitement for the pictures, we were always going to the cinema but why shouldn't I be? All my other friends went drinking, they had a good time. So I'm entitled to have a good time with my friends.
"Yeh, why not?" I replied.
"Great, there's new film out about a shape shifter fancy seeing that?"
"Mr Brown turn around!" I rolled my eyes and turned to see Mr Stoke looking over me like a hawk looks over its prey. I opened my book, picked up my pen and looked down at the table. Luckily the bell rang out across the school tell pupils they were free to go for the weekend, I jumped out of my seat grabbed my stuff and went to exit through the door when Mr Stoke called after me
"James I have something to tell you on Monday." I nodded and walked out, it would only be something like you're not focused enough. Jane was waiting for me outside already organising the times of the cinema, I was normally the organise freak but Jane seemed inspired today. The old school bus waited for Jane outside the school, I used to get the bus but my mum became head of DMP some sort of mobile phone business and now she is the second richest business woman in the world. I never boasted about being rich, I never let my mum take me to a private school. The black Mercedes limousine was stretched across the middle part of the car park I waved at Jane confirming that I would be at the cinema for half five and climbed inside the car. The journey from St. Harts School to my house wasn't long; but when you never had any friends to talk to on the way there made it seem much longer.
As we pulled up against the Hart Castle, Mr Bourne came out from inside the castle to let me out of the car. I climbed out and went inside. The big house always made me seem different I was richer than everyone else but I never liked it, it made you seem like a snob. Everyone wants to be my friend because of my money; that upset me I was always cachous to whom I spoke to. The smell of the bread baking always waked my sense's for an old castle it was always warm and welcoming. The long corridors seemed empty though; my sister would be in her room revising for her degree. She is hoping to become the best surgeon in the world, and the way she is going it wouldn't surprise me if she got it. I climbed the stairs towards my room the stone steps where cold and dull but it gave a sense towards the castle, the golden lit corridor was where I stepped into, all over the wall's and ceiling's where the gold thread that made the castle famous for what it was. This used to be the home of the royal family but they decided to have a bigger palace and moved down to London. The paintings all along the wall where of past rulers of Britain, King George, Queen Victoria, Queen Elizabeth II. I loved staring at these photo's to think that the royal family lived here in my very home, as I reached the end of the corridor the gold thread along the walls came to a halt and the normal colour of the castle came into view, the brick stairs stood out in front of me, the smell of freshly made bread was stronger here. I set off down the stairs towards the kitchen, hoping to be lucky enough to get some bread from Mary. Mary was our cook, the best in the area.
"Hey Mary, you got any bread to spare?"
"Yes sure James just grab a bit of the side" she replied.
I thanked her and sat at the table eating away, the kitchen was an amazing room it was stuck in the past. With the arga cooker and a wooden fire which blazed away in the corner.
"James your mum will be home shortly I would go and get sorted, it's been a busy day for her and she'll want the family to be together."
I nodded in agreement and left the room and climbed the spiralling stairs for the second time.
Once I got to my room I stripped of from my school uniform and got changed into some Nike tracksuit bottoms and a matching polo shirt. I put all my school clothes in the washing basket and place my bag to once side. After lying on my bed for a few minutes I decide to turn on the T.V. I listened to the music channel for a while listening to the U.K. Top 40.
Just then a voice was sounded over our loudspeaker system.
"May, James come down stairs please we have something important to discuss."
It was my mum she must have just got back from her meeting in London.
I climbed of my bed and strolled along the corridor to the nearest set of stairs, my mum was waiting for us in the lounge, I smiled at her when I entered and sat down. May came in with her university jumper on her brown hair carefully curled and brushed to the left side of her body.
"Use both know that I have just been to a business conference and I have set up a new contract. As from now on Faye Browns business is going American!" she smiled and flung her arms around both May and myself.
Once celebrating the news and having a dinner in our dining hall, we all decided that it would be a nice way to end the night and went off in our own decisions, May met up with her boyfriend and went out drinking for the night and as planned I met Jane in the cinema.
We went to see the new film as arranged, Jane loved it. IT wasn't as much as a thrill to me however. After the film Jane explained to me that she needed to be home, her parents were being daft again I phoned a cab for us both and dropped her off.
"Thanks for tonight James it has helped I'll explain later. Bye."
I smiled at her and wished her well, her parents could be real tough on her sometimes, once I got home I went straight to my room to go to bed. Not realising how quiet everything seemed. May's car was outside but I never heard and she would never have gone to bed this early I thought of it as a one of and climbed into my bed not know of the horrors that awaited me the next day.