A/N: Howdy partners! :) Here I am, with a new story. I'm really excited to write this, because I love the idea. It is going to be AU and the characters are slightly OOC, I'm warning you now…
So, before you read, I am going to let you all know that this IS based off of something, butttttt I want people to guess what it is before I tell you. ;) Also, only this chapter will be in third person and the rest will be in first person POV. Sooo read, and hopefully enjoy, and leave reviews at the end. (By the way, the first chapter is meant to be short. It's the intro, that's how it's supposed to be. Okay, carry on.)
Disclaimer: I do not own Degrassi, but in my dreams I do.
What started off as a normal day cruise, turned out to be a tragic life-changing disaster.
As the clouds covered the moon, and the soft drizzle of a few raindrops increased to a huge storm, the large waves hit against the sides of the large boat, causing it to toss and turn off course.
Bodies flew across the ship; running, screaming, scrambling. Babies crying and children whining, not knowing the significance of the situation.
A crash, a huge BOOM! And the floors were no longer dry and solid, but instead wet and slippery.
Little by little, the boat filled with freezing water…
On the second floor, a family – a mother and her two daughters – were being separated.
They reached out for one another, but to no avail as a hoard of people pushed them in opposite directions.
"Mom! Darcy!" The youngest shouted.
She could no longer see the tops of their heads in the huge crowd, but continued screaming their names; each time, receiving no response.
As the water rose higher, person after person continued to take their last breath of air.
However, the youngest daughter – an advanced swimmer – was in search of her family.
As she shoved past the limp bodies, one body, flopped on its stomach, caught her attention. As she swam closer, she recognized the dark brown hair. Slowly, flipping the figure on its back, the blue-eyed girl cried harder than ever before.
Floating lifelessly in front of her, was her mother…
The water kept rising higher and higher, but she continued to stay in place and sob, clutching onto her mom. The only time she actually let go, was when she saw another familiar figure. Another female body.
"No, n-no. Please." The young girl whispered. She reached out and pulled the second body towards her, already knowing who is was…
As she grasped onto her mother and sister, the only survivor of the small family sucked in her last bit of breath, but not before whispering, "I love you".
Everything fading out to black immediately after…
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She shot up in bed. Sweat covered her forehead, her heart thumping loudly in her chest. Although she was relieved to find out it was all a dream. No, correction: A nightmare, a horrible nightmare.
She got up, a little wobbly, and opened her curtains. Bright sunlight seeped in. No surprise though. It was, after all, summer.
No more school, no more waking up early every day. She looked at the clock resting on her nightstand. 8:27 a.m., it read. Wow, she thought. She was genuinely surprised. That dream…it had felt so real, so long, as if it had been forever. But in reality, it was nothing but a few hours.
Her big blue eyes scanned the colorful room; everything looked the same. She walked to her bathroom and looked in the mirror; she looked the same.
Nothing was wrong. Everything was normal.
She turned on the sink, and splashed cold water on her face. She wasn't even supposed to go on the cruise until next month. Cleary, she was just being paranoid…
That's what she kept telling herself.
After brushing her teeth and combing her short auburn curls, the young teen got dressed in a loose pink t-shirt and jean shorts, slipping on her pair of black converse right after.
She decided not to eat breakfast. For some reason she wasn't feeling very hungry. The weird thing though, was she couldn't remember what she had eaten last, or when. She didn't even have a clue as to which day it was.
"Summer days really do slip on by." She muttered to herself.
She sighed. This specific summer was turning out to be the worst. Her parents were divorced, and she lived with her mom. As a single mother, Helen had to work late shifts that started during early mornings. The petite girl hardly ever saw her mom, and had lost all contact with her dad since the divorce two years ago, back when she was only fourteen.
Her older sister, the only sibling she had, was at a college six hours away, living in one of the dorms. She hadn't heard from Darcy since a few weeks before summer.
The youngest child didn't plan on hearing from her anytime soon.
And lastly, Alli, the only true friend the sixteen-year old girl had was at a camp at who-knows-where, probably having the time of her life…
Yep, it was turning out to be a lonely summer indeed.
She sighed once again, and as the teen stepped outside, ready for her usual morning stroll around the neighborhood, she noticed another kid, a boy around her age, step out from the house next door.
That's strange, she thought. That house had been unoccupied for years, and all of a sudden a family decides to move in? Even stranger, she had never seen anyone move in. Or a moving truck. Or even people stopping to give a glimpseat the deserted home.
It was all so odd, but even so, the polite teenager decided to say hello and greet the stranger. Who knows? Maybe the new guy could be her friend, and she wouldn't have to spend her whole summer alone. That thought itself gave her the confidence to approach.
She boldly walked up to the boy clad in all black.
"Hi" the girl said, a little too cheerful
The boy looked up, surprised, but nonetheless responded with a simple, "Hey"
The two teens looked at each other, consumed with silence. Awkward silence.
To fill the tension, the girl asked, "So, uh…I'm curious to know, did your family just move in?"
The 'new' guy raised an eyebrow, "No. I've actually been living here for quite a while." He responded smugly, his jade green eyes gleaming with amusement.
Although, amusement was the last thing she was feeling. "How can that be, that house has always been empty!"
"It's not empty anymore, now is it?" He stated, rolling his eyes and stepping around her, walking straight down the sidewalk.
Annoyed, and very confused, the blue-eyed girl decided to just let it go for now.
There were more important things to discuss, like figuring out the mysterious guy's name.
"Wait!" she shouted after him, "I never got your name!"
He stopped in his tracks, and turned his lean figure towards her, "I," he pointed to himself, "am Elijah Goldsworthy." He stared her up and down, before continuing, "But you," he pointed his finger in her face, "can call me Eli." And as he completed that sentence, his plump pink lips curved up into a sideways smirk.
"And who might you be?" he asked
She smiled and crossed her arms, "I," she pointed to herself, mimicking his actions from before, "am Clare." And then she turned around and headed back to her house, but before she entered she stopped and looked back and said, "Clare Edwar…" but she stopped once she realized that Eli was no longer standing there.
He had just vanished.
A/N: Alright, chapter number one, complete! :) Leave your thoughts in review please! Anddd, do any of you have guesses as to what movie/book/show/etc. I'm basing this off of? I would love to hear what you're thinkin'! Also, constructive criticism is always welcome. Goodbye for now loves.