Hello! As I wait for reviews on my other stories so I can continue them, I decided to make another one. I had a cool idea last night, as I was playing my guitar under the full moon. I won't tell you what it is yet, but you'll know soon enough. Anyway. There are a few changes in this story. First, this is after the clue hunt, but before the vesper attack. There is no Evan. The Cahills and Holts go to the same school, in the same town in Massachusetts. Amy and Dan are being bullied in school. Hamilton and Madison are popular, as the football captain and the strongest girl in school. Reagan is scorned, bullied and ignored. There will be Jonah, Ian, Natalie, and Sinead in this, but not yet. Oh, I almost forgot the disclaimer(As always). I do not own the 39 clues, nor the characters. Except the mysterious shape. That's mine. Anyway, enjoy and review!
"I will never smile again." A quiet voice vowed in the darkness. "Never again." With that, a dark shape placed a rose and a manuscript on a stone, turned, and walked away. As it passed through a small patch of light, the shape's mouth was seen fleetingly. Frozen in a straight line, as if it had seen and felt unimaginable amounts of pain and sadness. As it disappeared into the shadows, it turned. "This I leave for those yet to come." it said, disappearing into the shadows. It dropped a paper on the wet floor. The shape was never seen again.
Amy's pov~
It was morning, and I opened my eyes to a sunny room in our mansion. I yawned and looked around. Then I realized it was Monday. A school day. I groaned, and sat up in bed. Not another day of torture! I thought sadly. I got up and changed clothes. Then I left the room.
I slid down the banister, and ran into the kitchen. Nellie had plates of waffles on the table, and Dan was inhaling them as fast as he could. I smothered a laugh. At least Dan could still make me smile. It was getting harder and harder to keep a smile on my face, though.
When we finished breakfast, Nellie drove us to school. In the car, I stayed silent, and Dan did too. I gave Dan a comforting smile and a hug, but the smile was fake. I knew he was going through the same things I was. We were both being bullied, and they wouldn't stop.
When we reached the school, we split up, and headed to our homerooms. When I entered mine, I heard my teacher talking. "We have a new student, class! Please welcome Hamilton Holt." I froze, looking around. That was Hamilton, all right. I smiled, a real one. Then I sat down next to him.
When homeroom was over, girls gathered around Hamilton. He had his arm on my shoulder.
"What are you doing, stupid?" one of them addressed me. Hamilton froze.
"Did she just say..." he asked me.
"Yes," I said. He frowned.
"No one says that to my cousin. Even if it is a really distant related one." All the girls frowned. The one who spoke before stepped up.
"You're cousins?" Hamilton and I both nodded. "Well then. I guess you," she said, addressing me. "Won't be competition." Competiton? I thought. So that's why... I looked up, and the girls had already pushed Hamilton away and had led him out of the room.
At lunch, as usual, the kids ganged up on me, and pushed me, making me drop my lunch all over the floor. I stared at them uncomprehendingly. "Why?" I asked quietly. "Why must you hurt me?" They ignored me. "You'll make me never smile again." I whispered.
Hamilton's table was flocked with girls. I looked around the cafeteria. Madison and Reagan were here, too. Madison's table was surrounded by boys and girls. Reagan was sitting with Dan. She flinched as my gaze passed over her. Her eyes had a message in them.
Do you understand? she asked me.
One of the kids at Madison's table looked at her and snorted. Then she whispered to Madison. Madison flipped her hair and ignored Reagan. I walked over to Reagan.
"Why aren't you with her?" I asked.
She shivered. "They ignore me. And they try to bully me. Madison is popular."
"Hamilton's so popular, he didn't even try to help when they attacked me over there." I said. She winced.
"It's so much worse than I thought." she whispered.
What is? I wondered. Reagan didn't let me wait long.
What do you think? How's the cliffhanger? And did you like the idea of Amy, Dan, and Reagan being bullied while Hamilton and Madison are popular? Oh, just for Amy/Ham fans, I'm not sure if this will be one of those. Probably not. Maybe, small chance. For Amy/Ian fans, there'll be a bit of romance, not sure how much. Yes, this will end up in a Dan/Reagan, well, probably. Unless I get a lot of people telling me to make it Dan/Madison or Dan/Nat. Anyway, please review! In the third chapter, you'll learn the mysterious figure's identity! So...Get reviewing!