A Pale Moon Rises: Chapter 1
A/N: Well it's me, the illustrious BEAN here with my new and improved story! If you're a first time reader, this story started as a really sappy Mary-Sue, and after 17 chapters I decided to re-write it all. So here it is. Please review, and I'll update quicker!
WARNING: This is a Mary-Sue Legomance. DO NOT READ IF YOU DO NOT LIKE THEM! I see no reason for you to see this warning, read my story, and flame me for it being a Mary-Sue Legomance. It's my story, anyway.
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Elven Bunny and Butterfly Lion have great stories. I'm serious. Their stories are really funny :-). They do tend to update kinda slow… but be patient with them and please check them out. Please?
Disclaimer: Don't own M-E, never have, and never will.
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In the late afternoon, when the sun has risen below trees and buildings, but still above the horizon to give light, things tend to look more grey than usual. In this grey light was found a girl of 18 pulling into an apartment complex. She stopped her car in front of Building C and got out. As she climbed the steps to the second floor lugging her backpack, she stumbled, catching her hair on the railing. Grunting, she tugged at the locks, but they stubbornly refused to be detached from the railing. With tears smarting in her eyes from the pain, she yanked her hair free, leaving a few light brown strands behind to signify the struggle.
She sighed and unlocked her door, throwing her backpack on the couch as she entered. The flashing light on her cell phone caught her attention. She walked over to the counter, picked it up, and looked at the screen. "1 Missed Call". She pressed a button and place the phone to her ear.
"Hello, this is the Boston High office calling to inform Elerina Nicholson that her teacher marked her absent from 6th Period. A signed note from a parent-"
Elerina hung up and put the phone down. She had to go to work during 6th period.
The last time Elerina had seen either of her parents was ten years ago. They were being carried on stretchers out of their burning house. Her father, who she inherited everything in her appearance from, with his light brown hair darkened by smoke and soot, coughing and rasping as he was taken out of the collapsing building, his green eyes wrenched in pain.Her mother, her dear mother…
Elerina's thoughts were interrupted by her growling stomach. She kicked off her shoes and went into the kitchen of her small apartment, and looked in the refrigerator for leftovers. There was Chinese food from night before last. 'That'll do,' she thought.
After eating some rice and chicken, she grabbed a fortune cookie that was sitting on the counter. After throwing the wrapper in the trash, she idly chewed on the stale cookie while reading the fortune.
"Something beyond your wildest imagination will happen soon. Lucky Numbers: 4091989"
'How interesting. The lucky numbers are my birthday. Maybe I'll get a raise tomorrow or something,' Elerina thought wryly. She had never believed in fortunes, and she didn't give this one any more thought than any other fortune she had received.
She put her dishes in the sink and sat on a stool, digging in her backpack for her homework. 'Spanish test tomorrow… gotta study.'
No sooner had Elerina opened her Spanish book when her sleeping head lay peacefully in its open pages.
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"BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP"Elerina jumped at the noise and reached for her alarm. '6:30, dang it!' she thought as she grabbed her Spanish book and stuffed it in her back pack. 'Oh, let my teacher have canceled the quiz!' thought the girl as she went to the bathroom to brush her mussed hair.
Fifteen minutes later, when she was ready to go, she grabbed an apple and her keys and raced out the door with her backpack. She jumped into her car and started it. As she drove out of the apartment complex, for some reason the fortune from last night entered her head.
"Something beyond your wildest imagination will happen soon."
Suddenly Elerina slammed the breaks of her car as another car skidded across the road and rammed into the side of her car. There was a split second of extreme pain, and then she black out.
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I know, it's short. But it's only the prologue. I promise to make the next chapters longer. Please review!
