Chapter 1: Every Story Has A Beginning

Football: One of America's favorite pastimes, even for high school freshmen; especially for high school freshmen. Who didn't want an excuse to hang out with their friends late on a Friday night? At the moment Katana was standing on the top row of bleachers next to her friend's Liz, Matt, and Althea, who along with her, were waiting for the others to get back with refreshments. Katana's long, dark brown hair, swirled around in the chilly November wind, making it hard to see. She wrapped her gray hoodie tighter around her mid-section in a vain effort to keep out the stinging gales.

Out of the corner of her eye she noticed Kinge and Kato bringing back bags of skittles and four mugs of steaming hot cocoa(Althea had insisted that she didn't want any). She took the cocoa from Kinge and passed one to Liz, who accepted it with an excited gasp. Kato tossed her a bag of skittles, which she caught skillfully with her unoccupied hand. Inhaling the heavenly fumes of hot cocoa she took a big sip, not caring that it burned the inside of her throat just the slightest bit. Kinge ripped open his pack of Skittles, tossing one in the air at Katana, who somehow managed to catch it in her mouth without a heads up.

Pretty soon all of them were tossing Skittles at one another and keeping count of who could catch the most; much to the annoyance of the people around them. As per usual, by the time all the bags were empty, Matt and Liz had managed to catch none, Althea had caught one by pure luck, and Kato, Kinge, and Katana(or the "Three K" as they liked to refer to themselves in this situation) had all tied by catching every single skittle thrown their way.

"Yeah, ok, no surprise there," said Althea. "You guys win every time." "It is a fine skill that requires practice," said Kinge in a very fake French accent while stroking an invisible mustache. "Yeah, uh-huh," said Liz, unimpressed. Katana and Kato rolled their eyes simultaneously and turned their attention to the scoreboard and timer. They were in the last 20 seconds of the 4th quarter and were winning by a landslide. No way they would lose this one. They would walk away tonight with their undefeated titled still in tact.

The timer ran itself down to zero and their side of the field went insane. "Alright guys, I guess the parties over. We'll see you Monday", Katana said and motioned for Althea to follow her. "Yeah, see you guys Monday", Kato said and Kinge waved. Katana was going home with Althea tonight, since tomorrow was Saturday. It was what they always did. Go to a Friday-night football game and have a sleepover at an alternating house each weekend. It was what they had done since 6th grade.

The parking lot was a source of extreme chaos. Football players and cheerleaders from the other school packing their stuff and themselves into buses, kids trying to get to cars, the marching band marching off straight into traffic, and the occasional inconsiderate car that would try to get through. Katana sighed. It would be no use to try to wait out everyone, that took to long for her taste. Instead she motioned to Althea who followed her out the back gate and around to behind where the buses where parked.

It would take them longer to walk to the parking lot from hear, but it was shorter than trying to weave in and out of that totally nuts throng of people. She looked up at the overcast pitch black sky and the blown street light next to them. The stadiums bright lights provided the only illumination, but they were more than necessary. Katana inched through the small gap between where the bus was parked and where a wall of bushes was planted and felt something that felt like a hand brush her wrist.

She shook it off, assuming it was only Althea, but then she heard a gasp and turned around just in time to see Althea's foot disappear into the bush. She gasped and swiveled around in panic. She couldn't see anything, anybody, there was nothing but darkness here. Turning and trying to inch back out towards the lights and people, she felt a strong arm come across her waist.

She opened her mouth to scream but it was already covered and no sound came out. Starting to kick, she bit the humans hand as hard as she thought possible, drawing blood. The hand retracted and the persons grip loosened giving her the chance to try to escape. No sooner had she regained her balance than she felt a sharp electric shock travel through her body that transferred her to the black pit of unconsciousness.

Character Name Meanings:

Katana: Sword

Kato: Second of Twins

Althea: Wholesome Healer

Kinge: Brave Warrior

*Terrian: Strong, Ambitious

*Character hasn't shown up yet

Please comment, I've had this idea swirling around in my head for a while and this is my first chapter…. more will come soon