Chapter 1 Aubrey Today, the weirdest thing happened. First, let me introduce myself. My name is Aubrey Grace. I have two best friends: Callie Pearce and Austin Daley. Anyway, Callie and I walked into West Lake High school for our very first day thinking we were going to have the best four years of our lives. We met Austin at his locker and walked to our first class together. Mr. James, our history teacher, told us to begin working on memorizing the African countries while he stepped out to talk to another teacher. Well while he was out of the class, the most gorgeous guy from 8th grade, Jack Reece, came up to the cluster of desks where me, Callie, and Austin sat. He plopped down in the desk next to mine and scooted closer to me. My stomach erupted into butterflies as he leaned in and whispered "Did you get prettier over the summer? Or is it just me?" He flashes me a bright white smile and walks away with Callie giving me the "what was that about?" eye as he went . I just laughed and shook my head. "It was nothing!" I said unconvincingly. Here's where things went wrong. Jack eventually walked back over to where my desk was with his things, but right as he sat down, Mr. James walked through the door. He started yelling at Jack to go back to his original seat but Jack refused. This really ticked him off. He walked up to Jack, picked him up by the front of his shirt flew out the open window. That's right, I said FLEW. He sprouted wings and just like that he was gone with Jack struggling for freedom. As soon as they were gone I leaped from my seat and climbed out of the open window, hoping to see Jack lying on the ground unharmed with Mr. James standing over him laughing. That's not what I saw. I saw a chihuahua about the size of my head. I knelt down to pet it, but it grew. It grew into a 3 headed beast that was part lion, goat, and had a snake-headed tail. I recognized it from Greek mythology, a Chimera. Callie and Austin sprinted to my side as soon as they saw what was happening, because apparently they saw the gigantic beast too. Callie apparently knew what to do because she starts running toward the lake that sits behind the school. I yell at Austin to follow her and he nods and starts sprinting beside of me, trying to catch up to our friend. I saw here jump into the lake as we came within ear shot. "JUMP IN!" she yelled as she plunged into the icy water that is West Lake. I look at Austin before running and diving into the lake after her. The last thing I remember is seeing Callie pulling me onto the shore and feeling myself shaking like an earthquake, freezing and unable to move or breathe. Then, everything went black.