I don't own any of these characters, they belong to Lauren Kate but as much as I love Daniel I wish Luce would've chosen Cam. I haven't read fallen in a while which means the story will be different but the key elements will be in there, the order of things might also be all over the place but I'm not trying to make it exactly like Lauren's version so bare with the changes please. Enjoy the story, I plan on redoing all the books but with Cam.
Luce POV
I was being sent to Sword and Cross, a reform school for young adult. I was being sent to a reform school for something that hadn't even been my fault. Was it my fault? The whole incident was a blur, one second I was kissing Trevor, the first boy I'd ever kissed, and the next the whole place was up in flames. I was positive I had seen the shadows before it happened, had they done this? I had been followed by them for as long as I can remember, nothing good ever came after seeing them.
The drive up to Sword and Cross was silent, not that my mom hadn't tried to break that silence several times, I just hadn't been in the mood to talk. I knew my parents would never admit it but they were glad I was going to this reform school, sure they were going to miss me but ever since I told them about the shadows and none of the shrinks they sent me to worked out, they thought that maybe this would 'fix' me.
Too soon we had arrived, this place looked scary and old. Great. "You'll call us, right? We'll miss you so much, we love you." My mom said as she hugged me, I just nodded. It was time to face the music.
Randy, a man? Woman? The jury was still out on this one, was 'welcoming' the newcomers. I stood beside a gorgeous blonde, I wondered what she had done to get herself locked up in here, she looked like an angel, too perfect to be here of all places. The blonde turned to me and introduced herself while Randy was going on about rules, "I'm Gabbe, we'll be great friends, I just know it." She had a slight southern accent. I doubted I'd make many friends here but I could always give it a try, "I'm Luce, it's nice to meet you." Before she could reply Randy started yelling at us to be quiet.
Randy's list of rules went on for what seemed like hours, at some point, I tuned him out (I was pretty sure it was a dude at this point) I looked at the other kids around me, other than Gabbe there were two guys, one was a shy boy standing awkwardly as far away from everyone as he could get, and the other was the complete opposite, the boy radiated confidence and charm and he was good looking on top of that. I caught him glancing at me several times and he winked every time I caught him looking. He was starting to make me uncomfortable, he was trouble.
Trouble was right, Randy pulled out a box for our 'contraband' which included my cellphone, by the way, goodbye world, trouble guy pulled out a knife, A KNIFE. This school was not meant for me and I wanted my parents to realize this was a mistake and come take me away from here.
Turns out Trouble's name was Cam and it was his second time here and was therefore in charge of showing me and Todd, the shy one, to our rooms. We reached Todd's room before mine and he quickly escaped in it which left me alone with Cam. He turned to me and winked "Finally, I was dying to get you alone. We're gonna be good friends you and I, I know it and so do you." Wow okay, first of all, what was with everyone wanting to be my 'close' friend, second of all, why did the idea of being close friends with him excite me so much? "Are we?" I'm not sure why I didn't just keep my mouth shut nor did I know why my question sounded like an invitation. "Are we what?" He asked. My mouth had a mind of its own because I answered, "going to be close friends?" My body had a mind of its own too because I felt myself move closer to him. He also moved closer and pushed a strand of hair from my face behind my ear, his hand lingered on my face, "Yes Luce, very close." Then as if nothing had just happened between us he started walking again, I just stood there, I still felt his hand on my face. "Are you coming?" he asked. I shook myself out of it and followed him once more. I was in so much trouble.
My room wasn't very far from Todd's but the walk felt like it took ages, and I blamed it all on Cam. On my way to my room, he had taken a detour to show me his room. He let me know that I was always welcomed there. I'm pretty sure it was against the rules to do just that but I didn't say anything. My room was dull, and gray, it matched my mood perfectly all that was missing for this depressing picture was heavy rain. I plopped down on my bed and let out a long sigh. This would be my life from now on, gray walls, black clothes and a sexy as hell guy. That last thought was unwelcomed and I scolded my brain from even thinking it. The last thing I needed was another guy, the last one had burst into flames, I was not going down that path again.
Cam POV
Something about Luce was different than all the other times, I wasn't sure what it was but I had a good feeling about it. She would see me this time, not Daniel. The fear that I would lose her again was very real and impossible to ignore, what if I lost her even if she chose me? What if the curse took her even if she wasn't with Daniel? I had to believe it wouldn't, after all, the curse was centered around their being together if they weren't together maybe she could be saved. It wasn't the first time I had those thoughts, I had them every time she came back and every time she chose him and lost her life over it. The selfish bastard couldn't stay away from the damn girl long enough for her to actually live out her life, sure he tried to stay as far as he could for a time but it never lasted long.
"Have you seen her yet?" Molly asked. Molly was my friend? I wasn't sure what to call her, friend might be taking it too far, she was basically my sister I suppose. "I have yes, she's different Molly, I can feel it, it's not the same this time." She shook her head at me, "Cam, you say the same thing every time, you know the outcome, move on already it's far beyond time you did. She will always choose him. Always." I ignored her, I knew this time was different, it wasn't like the other times. "You know I'm right, move the fuck on." She huffed and started to walk out of my room, "Molly, I love her, you know she's it for me, I can't move on." She didn't turn around she just walked out and I fell back on my bed sighing loudly.
Luce POV
Here at Sword and Cross not only did they try to teach you how to not be a failure to this world they also taught basic things like History, which is where I was heading now and I was so going to be late, this place was a maze. I rushed to class and got there out of breath but with one minute to spare. I took in the room, it was small and dark, just like the rest of this place, I frowned when I noticed the lack of students, the only other people here were Todd, two girls sitting together talking in hushed voices and the teacher who didn't seem concerned that he had next to no students in his classroom. I took a seat beside Todd and smiled at him, he smiled back shyly and went back to staring at his desk. I wondered what he did to get himself thrown in here, he didn't seem like a bad kid, then again, I wasn't a bad kid either and here I was.
As the bell rang, a throng of students came strolling in, it's like they refused to step in class until the very last moment, I could understand them, no one wanted to be here. A strange girl sat on my other side, she looked like she had one too many cups of coffee. "I'm Arriane, you'll grow to like me." These people had weird ways of introducing themselves but I liked this one, she had an energy I wanted to be around, I actually wanted to be her friend. I smiled at her, "I'm Luce, and I have a feeling you're right." She gave me a knowing smirk which quickly disappeared as her gaze fell to someone or something behind me, I frowned and turned, Cam was standing right behind me.
"Move, that's my seat." At first, I thought he was talking to me but then I realized he was talking to Todd. Without a second of hesitation, he got up and sat somewhere else. Who the hell did he think he was? "What's wrong with you? There are plenty of seats for you to pick from, you didn't need this specific one." I glared at him. He smiled, he had the audacity to smile, "there might be plenty of seats but none of them are beside you and I wanted to sit beside you. I knew Arriane over there wouldn't have moved." If looks could kill Cam would be dead because the looks Arriane were sending his way were murderous. "Luce doesn't need people like you hanging around her, go away." The truth was, I was thrilled that he wanted to sit beside me, I just wished he hadn't treated Todd like that.
Just as the class was actually about to begin, a boy walked in. He was breathtaking, he had blond hair and the most gorgeous purple eyes. I frowned at myself because I couldn't even see his eyes from over here so how had I known that? His eyes probably weren't even purple, who's eyes were purple anyway? I just had an overactive imagination. Speaking of his eyes, they were locked on me, his gaze was intense, his gaze shifted from me to the seat beside me, to Cam, he looked angry. I turned to look at Cam, he was smirking at him. "Nice of you to join us, Daniel, now if you and mister Cameron are done your epic stare down, I'd like you to take your seat. He tore his gaze off Cam and went to sit in the back beside Gabbe.
Daniel POV
That fucker never gave up, he always tried to take her from me. A small part of me always feared she would choose him one day, which was irrational the curse literally threw us together for lack of a better word. "Daniel stop it, you look like a deranged stalker," Gabbe said as she touched my arm gently. Gabbe didn't deserve to be down here, she was everything good in this world, a twinge of guilt came over me thinking about it. "Why does he always try to take her from me? Is this a sick game for him? Who can set Luce aflame faster?" I retorted, Gabbe's eyes went wide and she looked around to see if anyone had heard me, "Daniel! You can't just go around blurting things like this, if she heard you..." she trailed off, I knew what she was going to say, if she heard me it would all be over too soon.
The class seemed to never end, every once in a while I heard Luce laugh or speak and my heart did crazy things, that was my girl over there and I couldn't even be the one to make her smile, luckily it seemed Cam wasn't having any luck with that either, Luce was enthralled with Arriane, which was a definite plus for me. Arriane was on my side, she would always be on my side and I loved her for that.
The bell finally rang and I couldn't be out of there fast enough, if I had any more classes with Luce I would never be able to stay away from her. What I should really do is leave now that I know she's here, give her a chance at a normal life but then what were the chances that Cam didn't just tell her everything or one of his lackeys, no I couldn't leave her with them. If I left, they would have to leave too and I knew Cam would never leave her, therefore I stayed like I always did. I could blame Cam for my staying here but I knew I wanted to be near her, I was fucked up like that.
This chapter is about half of the length I want my chapters to be but it's just to see if anyone actually enjoys this story. I'm not sure if I'll continue the story yet, I would like to but it'll all depend. Now I didn't revise this because it's like 1am but hopefully it's not too horrible and remember this is my version of things, I'm aware this is not the order of the original book.
