Ivory's POV.

"This a reading from the will of Thea Ross." Says my Mother. I knew reading this was killing her, just as it was killing me that my one and only grandmother was dead and there was nothing I could do. Tears welled up in my eyes, but I refuse to let them fall.

"And to my dearest granddaughter, Ivory, I give my silver charm, may it give you all the joys it gave me, love it, protect it. As long as you wear it I will never leave your side."

Once I heard my name, I stood, tears fell despite my try's to stop it. I was handed the ring. I could not look at it..as they put her in the ground the song, Only Exception by Paramore was playing in the background. As the tears stilled, we were leaving, I finally looked. It was a genuine turquoise ring with a delicate sterling silver. To me it looked ugly, but to my parents, it looked beautiful. I wonder how much it would sell for.

Two weeks later. 7:30 am. Last day of summer vacation.

It's almost time for me to go back to the hellhole, everyone calls it. I have a few more since I do not have anything to do. I will be spending my day taking care of that. I walked to the bathroom, got washed and went down stairs. I helped my self to a bowl of honey-nut Cheerios and made bacon and eggs for my mom and the children.

I call out soon as I was done with breakfast.

Maya and Matthew came running down the stairs. I made them their plates and gave mom one. When everyone was done I cleaned the table. I heard a pin drop. I turned around to see if my mom had drop something but she was fast asleep. I saw something very shiny caught my eye. I bent down to pick what looked like my ring that my grandmother gave. It was.

"What the...? " I question. Instead of finding where it came from I put it on top of the refrigerator, and started on what I was doing. When done I went in the den to watch a movie. Thirty minutes into the movie I was watching my phone rang.

"Hello?" I asked only to hear my boyfriend on the other end.

"Hey, V."

"Hey Shane." I breathe in. Shane Carlo was one of the most sweetest boyfriends I ever had. He was the type of boyfriend who would come over if you were sick, or if you needed help, or if you just needed, was always there.

"So what are you doing?"

"What ever you are doing." I answered.

"Great! Can you meet me at Dell's in ten? " He asked.

"Sure let me get dressed and I'll meet you there. " I said.

"Okay, see you there. " He said.

"Bye." I breathed like I was saying good bye to a dead one. I ran to my room and put on tan skinny jeans, my green one shoulder slub, and my favorite Tory Burch Roy Crochet Ballet Flat. Also was a good thing I had found my makeup box or I would have been leaving my house looking like my mom on a bad day. I also put on a teal, bright green and yellow Acrylic Bangles, flower post earrings. I put on Mascara, eye shadow, dark red lipstick. I put all the makeup in my Serpui Marie #11 Cher Tote. I went to the den to tell my mom that I was leaving, and got on the first bus I saw. There I see my bottle blonde prince.

"Ivory!" he said picking me up and spun me around when I stepped foot off the bus. It seemed like every time we hug was like our last.

"Shane! " he picked me up, even though he knew I was afraid of heights.

"What's that?" He asked pointing towards my ring finger. I looked down and saw the ring. I slapped my self in the face.

"Where did this come from? I left this at home!" I yelled. "My grandmother gave it to me in her will..and I hate it and it's ugly. " I said. He grabs my hand and looked at it closer.

"You think that's ugly?" He asked, this time shocked. I could not stand looking at it anymore, so I changed the subject.

"Hell ...I'm hungry lets get something to eat. " I said. This was my was of changing the subject. Smart.

"Sure. " He led me into the restaurant. We sat, ate, and talked about how he was leaving in the spring for five days to visit his aunt's vineyard, and how I going to go to Italy to see my family.

"So what do you do at a vineyard?" I asked.

"Well you make grapes, wine, raisins, non-alcoholic grape. There is a lot you have to worry about. Like soil, climate, temperature, drainage, stuff like that." He said.

"Cool can you bring me something back?" I asked.

"Of course, but you got to bring me something too." He joked.

"Got you. " I said.

Shane asked me if I know Italian.

"Sì ,Fin da quando ero un bambino." I said, speaking in full Italian. His eyes widened in surprise.

"And that means?" He asked.

"Yes, ever since I was a baby." It's been in my blood ever since. We walked to the park and sat on the bench at the edge. He pulled my legs on top of his. I faced him.

"Do you want to know Italian?" I asked.

"Yeah. Teach me. " He said. We spend the last two hours going over how to say lunedi. Which is Monday in Italian. At last, I quit and told him was time for me to go.

On my way home, Amanda, a blond chick in my class who thinks she is better than everyone else – even though when we where little she used to pick her nose and eat what came out of it – was walking down the street with her followers. I was always the one who would tell her that was gross. After that everyone would call her 'nose picker Manda' . Years later she moved on from picking her nose to sucking her thumb. And now in eleventh grade she has followers who suck their thumb. Whole thing is childish if you ask me.

Back to now-a-days. There she was, with her followers walking towards me. But something was off about way she looked at me. Like I was a God or something. Once she blinked her expression changed. Then as soon as it happened she stopped, and pointed at me. She said her usual smart remarks about what I was wearing.

"Ivory! Oh dear is that you? OMG what in the hell do you got on? Sweetie green is not your color. It makes you look fat. So if I was you I would maybe take it off and wear like a peach or white color. " She said pointing one of her hot pink fingernails at my shirt. I kindly flicked her finger away. The girls on her side shot a look of pain at one another. Amanda put her hands down and bent down to whisper in my ear.

"Keep it up and you will be wearing red." She whispered. I looked her in her eye.

"Keep it up and you will be wearing red. Yes Amanda I'm so scared of a nose picking thumb sucking bitch."

She tried to swing her fist to me. I caught it in mid air. It happened all too fast. As soon as I caught her hand I hit her in her face. Brightly colored blood spilled on my hand. I rubbed it on her shirt.

"Told you bitch." I laughed. I walked away leaving her on the ground to cry. Her followers tried to help her. I fled the seen before I was noticed.

After that, I went to the bus stop. It took one hour for my bus to come. Once on the bus I looked for my iPod. I looked down at my ring and started to wonder how did it get on my finger. I shook it off. I took my iPod out of my bag and put on my favorite song. I rode the bus all the way home in a state of confusion. I started to think that before I left I put it back on.

`Yes that's it I put it back on right before I left. To keep it away from the twins.'

When I got home, my mother was out of bed. She had cooked and made plates. I took one and said my grace and ate. Later I went to bed.

Monday. First day of senior year.

I woke to my alarm clock. 6:00 am. I looked at myself in the mirror.`today is the first day of a new me. New year, new me. Its time for a darker me.'

I went to the bathroom and took a shower. I felt like I was in there for hours. My water never got cold. When I finally decided to get out and I ran my fingers through my hair to make it dry without it tangling. I dried it with the blow dryer and curled it. I took scissors and cut my bangs. After that I found my clothes. I wore a black ribbed vest with black skinny jeans. I went to my closet and found a box from la famous dejor. I opened it and found a pair of open toe suede sandals. I went inside my jewelry box and put on a pair of red ruby drop earrings, a black Victorian necklace, and a silver ring with exotic animals. I looked at the clock. 6:00 am.

`What the fuck? Is my clock wrong?'

I went in my mothers room and looked at her clock. 6:00 am. I stood there and counted to 60. when I got to 60 the clock said 6:01. I just ignored it. And went on with my morning. I walked down the steps with the grace of a princess. I started on my breakfast; toast with butter and a glass of orange juice. I was not as hungry as I though I was when I woke up.

My best friend, Lara, called me.

"Hey, Lara."

"Hey Avorio." She is the only one who knows my name in Italian.

"Are you close to my house?" I ask.

"Yeah but I need some help finding a new shirt. My mom lowered my allowance when my dad left so I cant go shopping as much as I use to." She said with a hint of stress in her voice.

"Well come on over and I'll give you one of mine, and do you have lunch money?"

"No. All I have is my savings for our senior trip to LA. "

"Just come on over, the door is opened. Just lock it when you come in and come straight to my room. "

"Okay. Be there in like ten minutes."

"Bye bye."

"Bye bye." She hung up . Then I ran to my closet and found an original Alexander Wang Top with Leather Detail. I dropped it on my bed. Then I went under my bed and found my stash of money. I counted out four hundred dollars.

I'm going to take Lara out for a shopping spree after school.

See Lara is poor, she has been poor since i knew her. But I help her because she supports me when no one else will. Her dad left her and her mom two months ago with no money to pay the rent or for food. So my mom gives her mother two hundred dollars a day to watch the twins. Oh, if you didn't know we are rich. My dad works for the 'you know what is stock market.' I am not really allowed to say.

About two minutes later I heard a knock on my room door.

"Come in Lara. "

"Hey Avorio." I looked at her. She had on boot cut jeans, lime green sandals with a small heel. She did not have on any make up. I ran to my closet and gave her my lime green Old Navy Pea coat.

"Is this all for me?" She asks picking up the black top and lime green coat.

"Yes, and more." I said. Once she was dress I put her in my computer chair and started on her hair. I had it into a ponytail. I straitened it. I found her a pair of green chandelier earrings. Then I did her make up to make her ex boyfriend jealous. When I was done we left out for school in her car. Of course I drove.

At school. All eyes were on me and Lara when we walked into the building. I ignored it. But Lara tapped me and whispered to me.

"They're staring." She said.
"So what? Let them." I felt a smirk begin to form on my face. We walked to our new lockers. My locker was on the first floor, hers was on the third. I opened my locker without any trouble. Once opened I found a note in my locker, the note read:

You are the new owner.

Since I do not know your name yet I will call you child. Dear child, I am Blaise. I am Theas' sister. You should be about 17 now and I am sure Thea has told you that you are a witch by now. My sister has asked me to train you. Today will be the first day for your training. I will meet you at your house at 4:30. Please do not be late or I will come to get you myself.

Goodbye,

I.H.

I balled up the note. They must not have cleaned my locker before the gave it to me. I put my books in my locker and I put all the things I needed into my bag. I looked at my self in the mirror and fixed my make up. I closed my locker and looked at my classes. I had Calculus first in room 102. I went to class.