AN: This will include quite a few OC Characters and it's set within the months after City Of Heavenly Fire's epilogue, and it's based around a group of mundanes who have been chosen to ascend as the clave lost lots of their people during the attack in City Of Heavenly Fire. I need a beta reader, so if you like the way the plot seems and you have ideas or you can beta read, shoot me a PM. Thank you and enjoy!
(Also, all reviews will be credited in a AN at the start of each chapter.)
Chapter One: Anything Can Happen In New York
"Annie!" My brother, Dallas called up the stairs to me, "Come on - we'll be late for school. You know mom will kill us if we're late again." His usually soft voice was full of angst and agitation. I hated being the source of my brothers agitation because all he would do all day was fret. "Annie Rose! Do I need to call you again?!" He bellowed up the stairs, his voice echoing off the walls slightly, making it fractionally more intimidating.
"I'm coming! I'm coming! Jeez, chill out." I rolled my eyes and pulled my chocolate brown hair into a pony tale and smiled slightly. I grabbed my bag and threw it over my shoulders before slipping my feet into a random pair of boots which were lay by my bed and quickly buckled them before running to meet my brother. "You know Dal," I said, ruffling his blonde hair, "You get way to worked up sometimes."
Dallas was eleven months older than me which was the most irritating thing in the world. He had been born at the start of September and I had been born at the start of July, and much to his grand dismay, that meant we were in the same year at school. Dallas liked being on time as much as he could for classes, I on the other hand liked to be fashionably late. Dallas had blonde hair, I have brown. We were polar opposites to a degree.
"Mum told you not to go clubbing last night, hell even Rick told you not to go clubbing last night!" Rick was our annoying but loving step-dad.
"And what did I do?" I asked, smirking as I pulled open the door, "I went clubbing. Big whoop. I'm sixteen, what am I meant to do? Study for finals?" I snorted at the idea and jogged down the concrete steps which lead to our apartment.
I heard Dallas pull the door shut behind me, "That's exactly what your meant to do. Not fool around with Jesse and Mason. They're bad for you!" He jogged over to me and pulled the gate shut behind us. "Mum will kill you if she finds out your still in contact with them." He sighed exasperatedly and turned left.
Our school, St Daniels was a two minute walk from our apartment according to Google maps, but at the speed me and Dallas were going we got there in fifty seconds, jogging past Cafe Roman on our way. The gates were still open but we jumped the fence easily and ran to our registration rooms. "I'll see you second period!" I yelled at him as I jogged down the hall and away from him.
Tuesdays at St Daniels were always fun, I had a free period first thing, double science followed it and then gym for two periods and after that there was to be an assembly according to my registration teacher, Mr Lassir. Mr Lassir was a art teacher who had graduated high-school at fourteen. Nobody knew how he had managed it, and it was fascinating hearing him talk about it.
"I got A's in every exam." He would tell us, beaming proudly at us, "As I'm sure every single one of you will when the time comes."
My friend Cassandra nudged me, her green eyes twinkling with amusement, "I doubt that, look at Jesse." Jesse Williams sat across the classroom from us, he had a girl I didn't recognise on his lap and he was nipping at her neck playfully. "He'll be lucky to get a D- at this rate." She snickered, twirling a finger through her white hair.
I laughed quietly, "You know Jesse will do stupidly well in the exams. He sits next to Dallas in the hall." My brother was like the king of passing exams, he was expected to get all A's, like Mr Lassir.
Cassandra beamed at me, "Your brother is gorgeous, and talented in so many ways, I don't understand why he won't become a model." She sighed and let her eyes hover over her hand for a second. "Jen is so lucky to have him. They're going to have beautiful children." She released the piece of hair that she had been twirling and turned to me, and excited look on her face.
"What is it Cass?" I asked, hesitantly.
"You know what the assembly is about, don't you?" She asked, her voice shook with an excitement which was so fierce I thought she might pop. I shook my head. "These warrior people want us. They want humans to drink out of this cup and become one of them." She grinned.
"What..?" I arched an eyebrow. "What-"
"Miss Montclaire, why are you speaking in the middle of the register?!" Sir's eyes were glaring at me from across the classroom where he stood holding the register and a pen.
"Uhm, sorry sir."
"Your better be! Stay quiet." He scowled and went back to reading out names and ticking them off the list.
A nervous kind of excitement bubbled in my chest and I zoned out for the rest of registration, thinking about what Cassandra had just said. It was insane, but then again, anything could happen in New York.
I really hope you like it, this is just a taster. This is shorter than my normal chapters will be, and I should be updating this story on the 15th and 30th of every month, hopefully. Please review!
