a/n ok, I know this is totally out of the blue, but I just finished the Children of the Red king series and the idea for a fanfic has been bugging me ever sense I decided to re-read the series. I'm going to start the fanfic in the time between book one and two (and yes I know that there's less then a month between the two, but lets pretend that book one ends in November, okay?) (I'd start with book one, but I want Emma to be un-hypnotized, so….) though I plan to work my way though all the books (if I don't get writers block like always) so here goes nothing. I'll probably (well possibly ^_^) switch point of views through out the story, but I'll try to remember to tell you when I do.

Disclaimer: If I owned Charlie Bone, there'd be way more then 8 books.

3rd person

It all started the first Monday back at school. Well, for some, it started the Saturday before, but lets just focus on the majority. It was Emma Tolly's first day of school since she had escaped from Bloors, and she saw the most peculiar sight…

Walking up to the building, were three girls whom Emma knew she'd never seen before. The one on the left was the tallest. She had dark blonde hair, shoulder length, and hazel eyes. She had an expression that looked like she was daring anyone to talk to her, and like she would bite them if they tried. Her skin was neither pale, nor tan and she looked to be about 12. She was wearing a green cape, but Emma got the feeling she would have been more comfortable in black. The girl in the middle was the smallest girl, and she too was blonde, but her hair was brighter and longer, about to the middle of her back. She had the same hazel eyes as the first girl, but a happier expression, one that said she was shy, but wouldn't mind talking to some one. Her height made Emma guess she was about was a bit tanner then the girl on the left, but was wearing a blue cape, as was the girl on her right. The girl on the right looked different then the other two. She had brown hair, with streaks of blonde and red in it, that reached about her waist and deep brown eyes. She wore a rather happy expression for a Monday, which invited people to talk to her, though no one did, for the girl on the left's expression kept everyone at bay. She looked about as tan as the girl in the middle and her height suggested that she was about 10. Strangely enough, the girl on the right looked related to the girl in the middle, and so did the girl on the left, but they didn't look to be related at all.

The three girls, forming a line and holding hands, walked up through the doors of the building with the rest of the Monday morning crowd, and Emma lost sight of them.

"Emma, come here!" shouted Charlie, standing next him was Tancred, Lysander, and Gabriel. "Did you see the new girls?" Charlie asked. "Yeah," She answered. "Did you sense that they were endowed, too? Because we all did." Charlie asked. Emma nodded her head. That's what was so peculiar about them, she thought.

Emma and the boys made their way into the school, and heard the doors lock shut behind them. Always a depressing sound.

Charlie saw two of new girls enter the blue coat room and the third enter the green one. He and Gabriel followed the two new girls into the blue coat room, and came in just in time to hear "…I'm Miranda and this is my little sister, Cassie." The taller of the two new girls said. "Our older sister, Sabrina, is here as well, but she's in Art. We just moved here from the U.S." Miranda said with a smile. "Are you three endowed?" Billy asked, Charlie noticing him for the first time. "Why yes, we are. So are you it seems." Miranda responded, here smile never faltering. Billy seemed a bit unnerved by her response, and finished tying his shoes in silence. "So, what can you do?" asked Bragger, answering the question on everyone's mind. Miranda just smiled a secret smile and put a finger to her lips. "That's for us to know, and you to find out." She laughed and, taking Cassie, whose hand she hadn't let go of during the whole conversation, walked out of the coat room. Charlie quickly followed her, with Gabriel and Fidelio right behind him. But when they reached the hall they couldn't spot them in the crowd, so the boys went back to their coat room, got their books for their first few classes, and headed to first hour.

The three of them had different first hours, Charlie Trumpet practice with Mr. Paltry, Fidelio had violin with Mrs. Crystal, and Gabriel had piano with Mr. Pilgrim. They went out for there morning jog with everyone else, but never saw the three new girls.

Little did they know that the three new girls were, at that very moment, having a conference, right in the middle of the ruin…

"This school is so…dark," Cassie said from her seat on ground at the base of the tomb. "I don't want to stay here. Let's go home."

"We can't go home, not till Friday, anyway," Miranda said kindly from her seat at the top of the tomb.

"I like it better then my old school, so you two should stop whining." Sabrina said, leaning against the door, so she could alert them to incoming, unwelcome visitors.

"I wasn't complaining. Anyway we have a mission, don't we? You both know why were here. You know the situation, so it's time to pick a side. Are we in agreement that we should stick together?" Miranda questioned, looking right at Sabrina.

"Yeah, yeah…," She responded, avoiding Miranda's gaze. "But remember, I tell you when you get to get involved."

"What ever, sister dear. You know I'll do what I want to do when I want. You don't get to boss me around." Miranda said, standing up on top of the tomb.

"Do you want to start something? Cause you know I'll finish it." Sabrina said, stepping away from the wall and walking towards the tomb.

"No fighting!" Cassie cried, standing up and walking between the two. "You know if we fight amongst ourselves, we'll lose. Besides, from the info we gathered, we have bigger things to fight."

Upon hearing the small girls sudden out burst, they instantly ended the quarrel, though mainly because of the little girl and danger she reminded them of. They'll be arriving soon, Miranda thought, and when they get here, we'll need all of our strength.

So how was it? R & R please