Chapter One: Mathilde
Mathilde was a new student at La Brea High, having just moved from New York City to Los Angeles. She was a tough looking girl, even though she only stood at 5'4". She had strawberry blonde hair with eyes that were usually blue or green, though at other times changed to other colors. Mathilde had several tattoos on her body. She had a tribal band of pentacles and ying-yang symbols on her wrists, she had one with a crescent moon and a star on her right arm, one with a dragon and the Chinese symbol for strength on her left arm, and a tattoo of a dragon around the full moon on her right leg. Mathilde loved her tattoos.
Mathilde was wandering the campus of La Brea High, looking for her first period class, geometry, when she walked right into someone. The person had long black hair and neck jewelry of some sort on. Mathilde couldn't see it. It was covered by the girl's tank top.
"You might wanna be careful. You could get hurt if I hit you with my easel."
"Thanks for the warning. I'm just trying to find my class. I'm new. This campus is way bigger than any of the schools back in New York. I'm Mathilde by the way. Most people call me Matti."
"I'm Catty."
"I need to find my geometry class. I gotta go."
"Wait. I have geometry this period too. I can show you where the class is."
At that moment Mathilde grabbed Catty and pulled her closer to her. Catty got scared, but did not try to fight her. As soon as Mathilde had Catty near her, someone's skateboard flew where Catty should have been standing.
"Thanks. How did you know that the skateboard was coming at my head?"
"I saw it."
A few moments later Catty's friends came up to her.
"Vanessa, Tianna, Serena, Jimena, this is Mathilde. She just moved to L. A. from New York. She's in our geometry class and saved my neck a few minutes ago."
"Please call me Matti. I don't know what my mother was thinking when she named me Mathilde."
Mathilde noticed that Jimena was eying her tattoos.
"Do you like them?"
"Yeah. I have a few of them myself."
"I see. You've been in Juvenile Detention?"
"Yeah. How'd you know?"
"Been there myself. Know about the tattoos on your face."
"Why were you there?"
"I have an interesting past. I-"
"That was the bell, guys. We can't be late to geometry again," said the one with blonde hair.
"You're right Vanessa," said Catty.
The six girls walked into their geometry class. The teacher sat Jimena and Matti next to each other. A few minutes into the class she felt someone trying to get into her mind and blocked her mind. She looked around the classroom and saw that Serena, Catty's friend, looked like she had been hit. Matti realized that she was the one who was probing her mind. To find out why, Matti slipped into her mind. She had been slipping into people's minds for years.
At the end of the class Serena went up to Jimena and said something to her. They then followed Matti who was heading toward the gym.
"Matti."
"Yeah Jimena?"
"How did you learn to get into people's minds?"
"I can't get into people's minds."
"Serena felt you in her mind."
"Why are your amulets glowing?"
"Answer my question Matti. We just want to help."
"I've been able to do it for a long time. I don't remember where I learned it."
"Matti, do you avoid going out in the full moon?"
"No, I love the full moon."
"What class do you have now?"
"Gym."
"We'll walk you."
Jimena and Serena had all the same classes as Matti. The two girls showed Matti around the school and when school was over, they all went to Serena's house. Jimena wanted her fortune read. At about 6:30, Matti realized the time.
"Guys, I gotta go. My mother will have a stroke if she beats me home."
"Alright. See you tomorrow then Matti."
"Yeah, Chica, see you en la manana."
"Adios."
Mathilde was a new student at La Brea High, having just moved from New York City to Los Angeles. She was a tough looking girl, even though she only stood at 5'4". She had strawberry blonde hair with eyes that were usually blue or green, though at other times changed to other colors. Mathilde had several tattoos on her body. She had a tribal band of pentacles and ying-yang symbols on her wrists, she had one with a crescent moon and a star on her right arm, one with a dragon and the Chinese symbol for strength on her left arm, and a tattoo of a dragon around the full moon on her right leg. Mathilde loved her tattoos.
Mathilde was wandering the campus of La Brea High, looking for her first period class, geometry, when she walked right into someone. The person had long black hair and neck jewelry of some sort on. Mathilde couldn't see it. It was covered by the girl's tank top.
"You might wanna be careful. You could get hurt if I hit you with my easel."
"Thanks for the warning. I'm just trying to find my class. I'm new. This campus is way bigger than any of the schools back in New York. I'm Mathilde by the way. Most people call me Matti."
"I'm Catty."
"I need to find my geometry class. I gotta go."
"Wait. I have geometry this period too. I can show you where the class is."
At that moment Mathilde grabbed Catty and pulled her closer to her. Catty got scared, but did not try to fight her. As soon as Mathilde had Catty near her, someone's skateboard flew where Catty should have been standing.
"Thanks. How did you know that the skateboard was coming at my head?"
"I saw it."
A few moments later Catty's friends came up to her.
"Vanessa, Tianna, Serena, Jimena, this is Mathilde. She just moved to L. A. from New York. She's in our geometry class and saved my neck a few minutes ago."
"Please call me Matti. I don't know what my mother was thinking when she named me Mathilde."
Mathilde noticed that Jimena was eying her tattoos.
"Do you like them?"
"Yeah. I have a few of them myself."
"I see. You've been in Juvenile Detention?"
"Yeah. How'd you know?"
"Been there myself. Know about the tattoos on your face."
"Why were you there?"
"I have an interesting past. I-"
"That was the bell, guys. We can't be late to geometry again," said the one with blonde hair.
"You're right Vanessa," said Catty.
The six girls walked into their geometry class. The teacher sat Jimena and Matti next to each other. A few minutes into the class she felt someone trying to get into her mind and blocked her mind. She looked around the classroom and saw that Serena, Catty's friend, looked like she had been hit. Matti realized that she was the one who was probing her mind. To find out why, Matti slipped into her mind. She had been slipping into people's minds for years.
At the end of the class Serena went up to Jimena and said something to her. They then followed Matti who was heading toward the gym.
"Matti."
"Yeah Jimena?"
"How did you learn to get into people's minds?"
"I can't get into people's minds."
"Serena felt you in her mind."
"Why are your amulets glowing?"
"Answer my question Matti. We just want to help."
"I've been able to do it for a long time. I don't remember where I learned it."
"Matti, do you avoid going out in the full moon?"
"No, I love the full moon."
"What class do you have now?"
"Gym."
"We'll walk you."
Jimena and Serena had all the same classes as Matti. The two girls showed Matti around the school and when school was over, they all went to Serena's house. Jimena wanted her fortune read. At about 6:30, Matti realized the time.
"Guys, I gotta go. My mother will have a stroke if she beats me home."
"Alright. See you tomorrow then Matti."
"Yeah, Chica, see you en la manana."
"Adios."