"Mommy, Daddy, where are you? Mommy? Daddy? AHHHH!" That was the last of what I could remember from my past life; all that I was able to hear, I mean. Everything was pitch black and I could not see a thing until I felt something strike my in the head, causing me to see black and red before someone dragged me into a darkened room. I must have been screaming, fore my roommate, Veronica, was shaking my shoulders in order to wake me up, as well as yelling out my name. "Oh my god, what has gotten into you? You need to stop having those nightmares, Aggie," she said. "Do you realize how much you worry me?" "Sorry, Ver, it's just that I can't control it… Every time I fall asleep, I dream my death," I said sheepishly.
I looked at the old dark grandfather clock at the right corner of the violet-colored room. "Holy crap, we're going to be late!" "I was trying to warn you, Aggie! Now, c'mon before we get a detention on our first day! I hear our teacher's seriously strict!" Within minutes of changing into our uniforms for class, we rushed out of our dorm to the main school building. Almost as if the bell had been waiting for us to enter the classroom, as soon as we sat down, the bell had rung. Ding Dong Ding Dong. As peers were getting out their pencils, a dark figure in a black cloak walked into the dim-lit classroom.
"Good morning, class. I am your teacher for the rest of your freshman year, Mr. Shinigami," bowed the dark figure. I caught a glimpse of his face; he looked like Lord Death from Soul Eater, back when I used to watch that show as a child, that is. I looked to Veronica, whom was looking at me with her one red eye, then back at Mr. Shinigami. "This is a college for people who died without finishing school. Now, if we must, let us take roll. Veronica Ambercloud?" "Here," said my best friend cheerfully, making the men of the class smirk. As Mr. Shinigami continued on with taking roll, there was one person who stood out of the rest. His name was Jasper Spiderwolf.
"Oh, it looks like I missed someone, is there an Agatha Spiderwick?" "I'm here, Mr. Shinigami," I said sheepishly, yet loud enough for everyone to hear. Jasper looked over to me, making my pale face flush a pale red. "Alright, class, now that I have finished taking roll, let us begin with the rules of this university." Mr. Shinigami handed out papers with the rules out to everyone in the class and began reading. "Rule number one: all students must attend each class wearing their uniforms that were handed in on orientation day. Rule number two: no bullying shall be tolerated at the university. Rule number three: all females and males must be in their appropriate dorm by midnight each night. Rule number four: no electronic device usage during class. Rule number five: all homework must be turned in on time. Rule number six: all tests must be made up if absent. Rule number seven, which is the most important rule, you must stay in your living human forms at all times. Rule number eight, our last rule for this class, is that all shall obey all rules. Any questions about these rules?"
"No Mr. Shinigami," said the class. I bet you're probably wondering about me, which is probably really off topic but I feel the need to get it out of the way. You see, I, like the other girls at Hawthorne University: College of the Dead, am dead. My hair has lost its color, making it a faded white from my original jet black long hair. My eyes are the color of blood, which was the second to last thing I had seen before I died that fateful night about a year ago, from my original jade green eyes. My skin, of course, is a pale light shade, though if I looked like the undead in my true form, it would be light grey. I am 5'8" and I used to live with my mother and father up until my death.
The door had flung open and in walked a girl with short blonde hair, blue eyes, tan skin, about 5'8", blue tube top with a pair of black yoga pants. "What's up, slaves? The name's Emily and I'm here to be your queen." I had a feeling I was going to hate this girl. I looked to Veronica, whom was trying desperately not to laugh her head off, which ironically was the cause of her death, and then to Jasper, who didn't even look twice at Emily. "Ms. Emily Eastwood, I presume," asked a disgusted Shinigami. "That's right, death, now take a seat. I shall teach this class who their real master is," Emily replied. Mr. Shinigami wrote down something on a slip of paper and handed it to Emily with a smirk on his skeleton face.
"Looks like you broke three school rules: being late, making fun of a teacher, and being out of uniform. Have fun in detention, Eastwood." Her big mouth gaped like a fish before she stormed out of the classroom. I have to ask, is Mr. Shinigami some sort of saint? Way to go, teach. After learning the history of the afterlife, the bell for lunch rang. Ding Dong Ding Dong. I looked at Veronica, whom was getting out her lunch, then to Jasper, whom was fiddling with his phone.
I walked over to where Jasper was sitting and said, "Hello, how do you do?" "How do you do, Ms. Spiderwick?" I blushed a light scarlet before asking, "You know my name?" "Of course I do, who wouldn't know it? It's such a pretty name: Agatha Spiderwick, it's like I'm in a trance just hearing myself say it. May I call you Agatha?" "But of course, Mr. Spiderwolf." "You can call me Jasper if you wish, Agatha." As time went on, I felt like I made a bond with someone other than Veronica or my family.
Okay, I know what one specific reader is going to say, fore she says it about ALL my stories, well, almost all; all that portrays a character. She's probably going to say, 'OMG this story has Mary-Sue's and Gary-whatever's and OMG you suck at writing stories.' Another reader might say 'OMG It all happened way too fast,' and lastly another reader might say 'Wrong formatting for fanfiction.' I don't care if my stories have Mary-Sue's because it's how I portray them. It happened too fast because I'm not quite sure what would happen in that situation. I choose this formatting because it's easier than doing the other one. This is an original story by me, so I probably won't need a disclaimer, though I did portray Mr. Shinigami as Shinigami from Soul Eater, so I might put it down that this is a crossover between a misc. and soul eater.