Author Note: So I was reading Night World High, I never realized how many mistakes I had in it, so my goal is to re-edit every single chapter I may even add in some new stuff. My goal is to finish editing Night World High then move to editing Night World High Part 2, Part 2 is still incomplete but my goals is to get back familiar with it by editing and after editing move into completing it.
I dont own anything it all belongs to L.J. Smith
Night World High
Chapter One
Some times I wonder what is the point of school, You go there day after day and for what? So the head cheerleader can make you life a living hell. Or to have everyone whisper and stare at you because your different.
The first day at a new school is always the worst. Especially since mark wont be coming with me. Our dad sent him off to military school. My father told mark he needs some discipline and obedience in his life. What ever the hell that crap means.
My father got a new job so we had to move. We moved so fast I did have a chance to say good bye to my friends at my old school.
I stood outside my new school. Waiting for something. The students started walking into the building. So I knew it was time for me to stop procrastinating and go in. but a little butterfly flew past my face. It's struggling to fly, It flapped it's iridescent wings one more time and fell to the ground. Is this my sign? To be free, to fly then die. I let those thoughts die just as quickly as the butterfly.
I walked into the school not knowing where the office is. I asked a girl, who looked like she didn't even belong here, but probably more so in middle school.
"Hi. I was wandering can you tell me where the office is?" she looked at me as if trying to figure me out.
"Sure the main office is on the second floor if you go right up those stairs you'll find it, And I'm Gillian." She spoke.
"I'm Mary-Lynnette but you can just call me Mare." She waved goodbye, I could tell she's a loner, She walked with no confidence and made sure to avoid any one in her way. It must be sad to live that way. I walked up the stairs to the office. Once inside I asked the secretary for my schedule.
"Do you know that your the first new student that this school has had in over a year?" The secretary spoke.
"Really why is that?" I asked
"Only the best get into this school. Even the smartest kids are to intimidated to even join." she handed me my schedule "You have a nice day now"
My schedule consist of:
212 Astronomy 8:00 a.m.-9:20 a.m.
242 Global Issues 9:25 a.m.-10:20 a.m.
222 Year Book 10:25 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
Cafeteria Lunch 11:25 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
220 Modern American Literature 12:25 p.m.-1:20 p.m.
350 Trigonometry 1:25 p.m.-2:20 p.m.
Second Floor Gym 2:25 p.m.-3:20 p.m.
I walked to my astronomy class, welcoming the feeling of being on familiar ground. I've been a star gazer since I can remember, I spent many nights navigating the stars and learning which galaxy is which figuring out which were stars and which were planets. I walked into the class room. This class is small compared to some of the other one's I've been to. There's no more than ten people in here. I handed the teacher my schedule.
"Find a seat and grab a book from the back shelf. Were on chapter six section one. Do the vocabulary and take notes." After the teacher said that I did as told. I sat down and this girl next to immediately introduced her self.
"Hi I'm Poppy." She said. Poppy is a very pretty girl with curly copper hair and green eyes.
" I'm Mary-Lynnette but you can just call me Mare." I told her.
"You must be really smart. It's been a while since anyone new came here. The last new people we had are Thea and Blaise Harman." she made a disapproving face when she said the name Blaise.
"Really so whats the deal with this school?" I asked.
"It's a very competitive school, only the best get in here." She stopped for a second. The teacher began to look at us. When he got back to what he was doing she finished.
"Missing one day here is the equivalent of missing three days. Only a couple of kids here get away with something like that."
"Who." I asked.
"The Redfern family their like royalty here and basically geniuses. But some of them don't act like it." The teacher looked our way again and cleared his throat. Poppy Rolled her eyes and went back to looking over her work.
Before I knew it class was over and poppy asked me to join her at lunch. I agreed and I began to walk to my next class, global issues. I noticed Gillian, so I sat next to her we didn't talk about anything I could barely get yes or a no out of her, she is very quite and standoffish.
Yearbook may sound fun but it's very hard work. I already had to cover the next two basketball games and the Halloween dance. When I heard the name Blaise I instantly looked up. She is dangerously gorgeous. One intense look from her could kill. She has hair like stopped smoke and piercing Grey eyes. She's also the editor what she says goes. I could tell she must have all the guys going crazy over her, but not today. They seemed to want to help me with every thing. And I think I just made an enemy.
When I made it to lunch, poppy flagged me down. But I bumped into some boy with ash blond hair. He didn't even say excuse me.
"Inconsiderate pretty boy." I mumbled underneath my breath. He stopped where he stood and turned around and looked at me. At first he was glaring then his face showed surprised. I looked into his eye's I felt like I was falling in water, trying to grasp for air. Then I felt a pair of arms grab me.
"Mare this is my brother Phil." Poppy Spoke. In that moment I could have kissed her. That was one of the most terrifying experiences I have ever had. I saw the boy with the white blonde hair hurriedly walk into the lunch room. I finally looked at Poppy's brother He's classically handsome and tall, like someone out of a 1940's movie. I said a quick hi and sat down.
"So Mare let me tell you who's who, first lets start with the Redferns." (DEFINITLY WAS HAVING A MEAN GIRLS MOMENT WHILE WRITNING THIS SCENE)
"James Rasmussen-Play boy and my best friend he's a cousin of the Redferns. But a Redfern is what he is." Poppy said his name so affectionately. She must have a thing for him. Phil must feel differently he seemed to stiffen at the name.
The three sisters Jade, Rowan, and Kestrel Redfern their exclusive no one joins their click. But stay on Kestrels good side. Her ice cold stare is something you never want to face." The three sister look nothing alike.
"Then we have Quinn he's sitting next to James. You have to watch out for him. Some how he finds out your most intimate secrets and uses them against you." He seems like he doesn't want to be with them, but tolerates them.
"Next we have the infamous Ash Redfern. He's the three sisters older brother. He's a major player. One of the students who can miss a whole week and it wouldn't even put a dent in his grades." That was the rude boy who bumped into me earlier. After hearing everything that Poppy just said about him at least I knew he isn't my type.
Jez isn't here, she a Redfern to. She's a bad girl, but real cool. She misses a lot of school but doesn't seem to mess up her grades. Her stepsister Claire is so nosy. But she's unimportant."
"Then we have Thea and Blaise Harman their related to the Redferns through marriage. I heard they had to come here because they started a fire at their old school. Blaise always gets into trouble and somehow always drags Thea down with her."
"Now these are people who are just as important but have nothing to do with the Redferns." she paused for second to sip some of her Pepsi.
"Then we have the good girl Iliana. She's the school queen. No one disrespects her not even Blaise. But she's not in here. When you think you see an angel it's her."
"Maggie Neely is a great runner. She does a lot of extreme sports. But the school doesn't pay much attention to that."
"Rashel who moves like a cat, is a loner but her status is almost as high as Iliana."
"Hannah is so. . . I don't know how to explain it. Well I'll put it like this she's been there done that.
"Last but not least there's me. I'm accepted everywhere. I'm either hanging with James or Phil."
"So every one I mentioned is top priority in this school. Your either with them or against them. And I have to say your going to be hot news for a while. Your going to make it on the list." Well thats news to me. What if I don't want to be on the list?
"All right but what about Gillian?" I asked.
"Whats there to say we've all been going to school since Pre-K, and she's never said a word to us." Poppy started to clutch her stomach as if in pain.
"Are you ok?" I asked.
"Yea just cramps I'll be fine." she caught her breathed. I just noticed Phil disappeared. He must have left while we were talking. Well while Poppy was talking.
I looked across the lunch room, I could clearly see that everyone avoided the Redferns. I caught Ashes eye he stared intensely at me, he even gave me a wink. then like the first when I saw him I felt as if I was falling. I don't like this. I broke eye contact with him.
"So Poppy how come your not sitting with your best friend James?" I asked. Her face seemed to soften at his name.
"Well I alternate between him and Phil. They cant stand each other." The bell ringed signaling that lunch is over.
Modern American Lit. is one of my favorite classes by far, we started to read the Great Gatspy. Maggie is in my class and so is Rashel. They both seemed to want to get to know me. I really liked Rashel she seemed tough and I like that. But nothing really happened until I went to walked right up to me after I entered the gym.
"Mare were about to play a game of basketball, boys against girls. Please tell me you can play?" I could see the pleading look in her eyes. Lucky for her I can.
"Yea I can play." I told her. She gave me a half smile.
"Great. Because the last couple of time the boys have been kicking our butts. So it's going to be good that we have some fresh meat out there."
Phil is the center for the boys basketball team and for the girls center is Blaise. Rashel is our point guard basically our captain. Poppy and Iliana is are the small forward. Jez Redfern is our power forward. She looks tall proud and fierce. Her long fiery red hair makes her look so dangerous, and much like a huntress. She can do long and short range lay ups. And I'm the guard a three point shooter.
When the game started Phil had the ball. Rashel started to block his path I could see he was getting ready to pass the ball. He Looked at Ash. Instinct took over when he threw it. I jumped in front of Ash and intercepted the ball. Before I could make it to the hoop Quinn blocked my path I threw the ball between his leg and caught it on the other side. I gripped the ball and shot a three and made it!
As the game progressed I was putting my all into it. I have to admit I was a little skeptical at first about some of these girls playing. But they were pulling their own weight. But after Rashel and I kept stealing the ball from the boys they began to play dirty. They dunked on us and did moves that would be considered illegal in the NBA. The boys are up by three. We have a break so I talked to Rashel.
"Mare your a good player, but I don't know how were going to win this." she wiped a napkin across her forehead.
"I have an Idea." I told her "I'll shoot from half court." I spoke simply.
"What!?" Rashel said dumbfounded.
"Trust me I can do it." we shook hands in agreement. I looked over at the boys Ash is looking directly at me. He pointed at his self then at me. As if saying you and me. If I were a more immature girl I would have shown him a finger thats very inappropriate. We got back into the game.
"You wont get through me so just give it up." Ash spoke to me. For a second I could have sworn his eyes had just changed color.
"You know what I don't have to get through you." I jumped and threw the ball with all my force. I shot the ball from half court and made it!
"And thats game." I spoke to Ash. He just looked at me with astonishment. But then he snapped out of it. He gave me a side grin. The girls on my team came rushing at me.
I left the school and went straight to my car I pulled my jacket closer to me. It's the end October and it's already becoming unbearably cold. Now that I think about it why did I see that butterfly earlier . . . their season been ended.
I started my car but before I could put in drive there was a knock on my window. Of course it would be the pretty boy. I stepped out of my car.
"I just wanted to say you played a good game." he flashed me a cocky smile. Which hardly impressed me.
"I think you need to say something else to me." I said to him.
"And what would that be?" he folded his arms across his chest.
"Sorry is the word. For being so rude by bumping me earlier at lunch." I said it more slowly for him to comprehend.
"Well, I'm so sorry for bumping you." He stuck out his hand. "I'm Ash."
"Mary-Lynnette." I Grabbed his hand. The instant our hands made contact I felt my body become a live electric wire. This time there was no falling feeling it was more like being struck by lightning. It didn't feel good. And when I looked into his eye's it only got worse. I felt like I should know him, I could feel this tugging sensation as if I was being sucked into a black hole. I snatched my hand away.
"What the hell was that." I asked no one in particular. I kicked him in the shin. He jumped backwards. I got in my car put it in drive and left a stunned ash alone.
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