When Wizards and Humans Collide
Summary: When a young girl accidentally destroys an evil wizard's weapon, he forces her to go on a journey to create a new one. The adventure that unfolds afterwards is something she could have never expected.
Author's note: This is my first story, and I'm really excited. I know Wizard101 fanfics aren't that popular, but I've had this idea in my head for a long time. So feel free to review, and I'll try and update as soon as possible. Now, on with the story!
Chapter 1: My Name Is Alexis
My name is Alexis Caster. I'm fifteen years old. I have long, curly blonde hair and big blue eyes. I'm skinny and flat, a total white girl. I always wish I had more curves like the other girls around me, but I've learned to live with myself. I, my mom and my dad have just moved because my dad's job got relocated. It was a long move but we've finally gotten settled in. And tomorrow is my first day at a brand new high school, which I'm really not looking forward to. It's going to be my sophomore year, and I'm very shy, timid, awkward and self conscious.
"Alexis!" I could hear my mom yelling from downstairs. I stood up from my bed and walked over to the door of my room and opened it.
"What is it?" I yelled back down.
"I want you to go for a walk; all you do is sit in your room all day! Go outside and get some fresh air. Maybe you'll meet some nice kids that go to your school!"
"Mom-"I tried to protest, but my efforts were futile. So I grabbed my favorite pink hoodie plus my white skinny jeans and headed out the front door. I didn't even notice that I'd accidentally put on two different pairs of converse. I walked around my block for a few minutes. It was a nice day out, but everyone else seemed to be in their house besides me. I got bored and decided to go out further, towards my high school. Me and my parents had gotten to visit it last week, so I knew where it was. It was about half a mile away.
On my way there I got my first human sighting. A few small children were playing outside on their lawn. They waved at me as I passed and I smiled back at them. I could only hope that the kids at my school would be that nice. The rest of the way there I didn't see anyone else, just a few stray leaves swaying in the breeze. I got to the high school and suddenly felt very unaccomplished. I hadn't thought of what I'd do once I got here. But there was no point in going back now. I sighed and sat down on the front steps, taking a book out of my pocket titled "Vampire Seduction." It was your everyday vampire book. An eternal seventeen year old tortured emo vampire spices up the life and romance of your everyday average teenage high school girl. Nothing different or interesting about it. But I read it anyway.
"I see you've got one of those Vampire Seduction books. Mediocre at best. I'd know since I read it twice last summer." I jumped in surprise at the voice, finally noticing there was someone standing right in front of me. It was a girl, about my age. A very…strange looking girl. She had straight brown hair that was tied up in a bow at the top of her head, no doubt inspired by Lady Gaga. She had big brown eyes and her entire face was caked with makeup. She wore large pink glasses and a wide, almost creepy smile. As for clothes, she had a dark pink tank top with a short red and black skirt. She had on huge purple combat boots and rainbow bracelets. She made me feel very plain.
"Sorry, didn't mean to scare you. You just looked really lonely. And you were practically suffocating yourself in that book."
"Oh, its fine. Actually I enjoy being acknowledged by another human being besides my mom." I hadn't realized how stupid that sounded until the words were already out. But the girl didn't seem to mind. In fact, she seemed slightly intrigued.
"I haven't seen you around before. Are you a ghost, or are you just new here?" She asked, her wide smile never leaving her face.
"I'm new here. I used to live in a really small, boring town out in the middle of nowhere. Most of my friends were trees. Just kidding. But in all honesty, moving out here's different. It's so much bigger. And there's a lot more people, too."
The girl laughed. "You'll fit it with the crowd soon enough. But if you don't, then you could always hang out with me. My name's Vanessa by the way."
I smiled. Was I actually making a friend? "And I'm Alexis."
"So Alexis." Vanessa said, taking a seat next to me. "What do you expect out of this town?" She said it so nonchalantly, as if she went around asking every stranger the same question.
"A normal high school life, I guess. My other school was much smaller so I'm not very used to a huge school like this."
"You don't want any adventure?"
"Adventure?"
"Yeah, you heard me. You just want normal everyday life? That satisfies you?"
"I'm satisfied with anything in the norm. That's me. Plain Jane. And are you satisfied with normal life?"
"Hell to the no!" She said quite loudly. "I'm going to be a movie star someday. And the next Lady Gaga!"
"Sounds fun." I said, smiling at her.
"Promise to come to my concerts?" She said, jumping up slightly with that smile of hers growing wider.
"Sure." I said, laughing slightly nervously.
Vanessa stood back up. "I see the start of a beautiful friendship."
"It's good to know I've got someone on my side."
Vanessa nodded her head. "Hey, want to come to The Grill with me? It's a place where all the kids at our school hang out."
"Uh-"I mumbled out. For all I knew, this girl could be a serial killer and I was falling right into her trap.
"I'll take that as a yes!" She squealed, grabbing my arm and pulling me forward. We ran for about a minute until I finally was able to loosen her grip.
"Okay, I'll go with you." I said, nervously laughing and putting my hands up in front of me as if I was surrendering. "But I can walk by myself."
"Oh, sorry. I'm being too pushy, aren't I?" Vanessa asked.
"No, you're just…excited."
She let out another high pitched squeal, making me jump. "Well in that case, race you there!" She yelled, and took off before I could say another word.
We got there in about ten minutes, but that was probably because we ran the entire way. It probably would've taken us a good twenty-five if we had walked like normal people. I didn't get a good look at the outside of The Grill because Vanessa was dragging me in, but it just seemed like an Applebee's rip-off. Actually, I've only been to Applebee's once, we stopped there on the way here when we first moved in. The place I used to live only had one diner, but it didn't have a name. It was just called "Diner." And that was it. No other restaurants, fast food places, etc. I didn't realize how big the world actually was until I got out of that town.
"Oh my goddess, look over there!" Vanessa squealed the second we got inside. I looked to where she was pointing, only to see an African-American boy around our age with green hair in a Mohawk style who was also wearing yellow contacts. He wore a black T-shirt with a skull on it, black jeans with colorful stripes in the middle and neon sneakers. He looked like someone Vanessa would hang out with. As soon as he saw her he smiled and waved. While we walked over, Vanessa leaned into my ear and whispered, "That's Frank. Isn't he hot?"
As we sat down, Vanessa introduced me to Frank.
"So this is Alexis. She just moved here, and apparently her old town was totally bogus. But no worries, it's her first day at school tomorrow. Isn't that fabulous?"
"That's awesome. I'm Frank; it's nice to meet you." He smiled politely at me and brought his hand out so I could shake it.
"Wow, is everyone here so nice?" I asked.
Vanessa and Frank both laughed. "Unfortunately, most kids here are average teenagers, either mean or no personality whatsoever. But it's a good thing for you that you met us."
At that moment, I felt content. I just moved to a brand new, much bigger place and I'd already made two new friends. Maybe this school year wouldn't be so bad after all.
We ordered our dinners and talked for a few hours. It turns out Frank's dad works at the local Radio station, and the two of them get to hang out in the studio, plus they invited me to join them sometime. And then Vanessa started raving about a Black Veil Brides concert the two of them had went to a month ago, and that you haven't lived until you've been in a mosh pit.
After a few hours it started getting late, and I hadn't intended on staying that long. I was about to call my mom to tell her I was still alive, but then I remembered I'd left my phone on the charger. Vanessa and Frank offered to walk me home, but I told them I'd be fine. As I was walking past the school it started getting really dark out. I noticed that behind the school there was a forest, and according to Frank it stretched out half a mile. As I stared at the tall, dark trees I noticed a white light illuminating from the forest. I also heard laughter coming from somewhere within the darkness. Was there some kind of party going on there? From where I was standing on the sidewalk, the school was not in line with the other buildings. It was pushed back with a large field in front of it. And a little ways behind the school, I could clearly see the forest and the commotion going on inside it. My curiosity got the best of me and I began walking towards the school, standing next to the side of it and staring into the forest. The white light only got brighter, and the laughter which I'd heard before now sounded sinister. Without thinking, I started walking into the forest towards the light, and hid behind a tree once I'd gotten close enough so I wouldn't be found out. What I saw horrified me.
There was a man standing there. His skin was very pale and he had thin red eyes. He had a large red scar going all the way down on the right side of his face. His eyebrows were thick, and he had long, black unruly hair which went down to his feet. He was wearing a long black robe which looked like it belonged in medieval times. He was holding in his hands what looked like a staff, but it was missing the ornament that goes on the top. The staff itself was long and black, with skulls going down the sides. With him were two horrid looking beasts.
They looked like Minatours, but with large scaly black wings. They had squinty red eyes and huge claws. The terrifying laughter was coming from them, and every time they opened their mouths I saw their blood stained fangs. The light was coming from what looked like an orb that one of them was holding in their dirty hands. It was completely white and glowed with purity that I knew none of the three beings standing before me possessed.
At first glance, I couldn't hold back my scream. It tore its way from my throat and rippled throughout the entire forest.
"Ah, now what do we have here?" The man spoke. His voice was surprisingly calm and soothing, but with an edge behind it.
"N-nothing." I said, turning around and trying to run away. At once, one of the beasts flew in front of me and pushed me back, sending me flying and I landed beside the man and the other monster.
"Looks like we've got an intruder, boss!" Said the demon-lookalike thing standing before me. He was the one holding the orb.
"Nothing more than an innocent human. What do you say we sacrifice her to the lords of the under realms, and in return they will guarantee the success of the Staff of Oblivion?" The man said with an evil smile, lifting up the staff. As I got up from the ground, I saw the monster walk over to the man and it looked as though he was going to connect the white orb with the black staff. But before he could, I kicked that monster in the balls pretty hard. The monster let out an animalistic shriek and the orb crashed into the ground, shattering it instantly. When it broke, light poured out from it and it seemed to illuminate the entire world for a few short seconds. I heard the man let out a violent scream and I turned to him. He had a look of utter hatred in his eyes.
"You will pay for this." The calm in his voice had disappeared. I noticed he had dropped his orb-less staff, and before he could get to it I scooped it up from the ground. While the monster in front of me was still on the ground, the one that was behind me slashed my shoulder and I jumped, kicking it in the stomach and sending it back a few inches. It went back a few steps and charged at me. I hold the staff out and once it was close enough I rammed it into the monster's head. The monster growled and a white glob started pouring out from where I'd pierced it in the head. I turned back to the man, but for some reason he now wore a smirk on his face. Well, I wasn't about to find out what that smirk was for.
I dropped the staff and ran. I ran all the way home. And it wasn't until I was on my porch that I realized how badly my shoulder was slashed up. Blood was flowing out from it. I saw my parents both coming to the door, and I'm not sure what happened after that because I had already lost consciousness.