This is my first full story and I don't own twilight : ) please review
I honestly had never seen our small town with such warm weather before. Had it always been this way? Ever since I was little I had always remembered either rain or snow; the ground was almost never visible. The warmness felt good hugging my body, and I sighed happily. I was so used to having to go and hunt down a working heater to get any feeling this pleasant. Smiling to myself, I pulled my tote's strap higher up before it fell and ran down to the bus stop.
Angela was already waiting there, shifting her weight from foot to foot in her "patient" manner. When she spotted me her face lit up and she sprinted over to me, her long dark hair blowing all over her face. She greeted me with the usual friendly hug and asked, slightly panting, "Morning, Bella!! Where's Ben today? He always gets here before you... I mean, no offense."
"Hey, you know I could so get here before him," I countered, smirking. "But you're right. We'll see him. It's Monday, he either comes or fails our math test today." Angela laughed, and I realized I'd missed her pretty badly over the long weekend. Angela and I had been good friends for a while. We did our homework together, and afterward would chat about many topics. She was very kind with a good heart unlike some of the other girls at school. I used to have a good friend named Jessica but then she went over to the "poplars" like Lauren who just wear tight clothing and put themselves out there for guys.
In a little while Ben did show up. He had worn his hair all spiked at the front today, the way Angela and I liked better than the boring flat version.
"Hey, what's up... wait, why are you guys looking at me like that...?" We had been wearing fake scowls on our faces, trying as hard as we could to stop from laughing.
I stepped up and pointed an accusing finger at him. "You ditched us once again, Ben."
"Yeah, Ben, you really should start keeping your promises to us!" added Angela, sounding genuinely annoyed. Impressive. I glanced back at Ben and was surprised to see that he actually looked sorry!
"L-Look, guys, can't we talk about this?" he stuttered. Angela and I took one look at each other and burst into fits of giggles. In between it all, we managed to explain to Ben our little inside joke. He was... kind of mad, to be honest. But hey, that's how we do things here.
When the bus came, we all piled on as usual and began the trip to school. I quickly slid into my favorite window seat so I could watch the world go by in peace. Everything seemed so normal, almost nauseatingly so, until we reached the roads across from the high school. The whole police station must have come down here; I could only see the flashes of red and blue at first. The bus was halted by two officers-with guns out. Our driver opened the doors and shouted, "Well, good morning officers. What happened here?"
"There's been several accidents around the area, sir, " replied one. "I'm sorry, sir, but you'll have to take the detour route around." Our driver nodded and repeated what the officer had said to us.
"It might take a little longer than usual today. I'll go as fast as they'll allow." The bus lurched forward, making a U-turn and coming back down our route. When I turned around, I saw that Angela and Ben had jumped over to my seat.
"That looked way too big to just be 'some accidents'," Angela said. They both looked worried. I wasn't sure myself.
We all loved our bus for the fact that the driver had added on a portable TV set. He leaned forward and switched it on, tuning into the daily news show. Immediately the broadcaster warned listeners, "At least 20 roads blocked... widespread damage and...catastrophic fires... police say the cleanup could last at least 2 weeks..." We all groaned. No one wanted to be late because of this new route, no matter if school was boring or not. The announcer continued, "Oh, the police have just notified us that there are... several accidents... 10 left dead or injured..." Everyone grew quiet. 10 people, all from our area? I could practically feel the fear hanging in the air. No one said a word until we reached school.
Yet another surprise. Whoopee. As soon as the bus reached the paths just outside the school, our driver stopped once shooed us away, apologizing a lot until we were all standing around looking confused on the sidewalk, and then he drove away like he was being chased by those cops. "HEY! What the hell, he's just leaving us here!?!" One of the students had struggled to throw herself angrily at our driver, and now two students arms ached from trying to hold her back. Angela, Ben and I began walked to get to school. I couldn't help but feel a lot better with those two with me.
We had all been at the school for months now, but I still had a feeling we were just getting lost. Around the old back pathways of our school were these enormous brick walls that must have been at least 10 feet tall, which made it a real pain to get anywhere because you could just barely see where the school actually was to figure out how close by you were. This path was familiar... wait, I'd just seen that tree! We'd already passed that building... oh yeah, we were lost. I sighed and turned around to see Angela and Ben came staggering around the corner, and then we all fell to the ground."How long have we been out here?" I asked Ben, unable to keep the worry out of my voice. Ben heaved up his head and glanced down at his watch.
"Two... hours..." he gasped, "and... we've been running." Somewhere off in the distance I heard the faint sound of the final bell ringing.
"Too late now," Veronica managed to squeeze out. I felt a little annoyed with myself now. How could I have gotten us lost so quickly? This was really all my fault. I was about to give up like the rest of them and wait for someone to find us when I felt a horrible chill down my spine. I sensed something... something terrible and powerful watching us. I felt the hairs on the back of my neck stand up and I broke out into a cold sweat. I felt like I wanted to throw up, feeling so helpless all of a sudden. I don't know why but for some reason I felt the need to go into the woods that were about a foot away.
" Umm guys I'm just going to go do something really quick, I promise I will come back soon and won't get lost".
"okay, don't take too long" I heard them say. I began making my way to the forest. Why was I doing this anyway? Just then, seemingly out of nowhere, a pair of malevolent red eyes appeared in front of me, it was a person? They seemed to be human but they did not look like one with his pale skin and crimson red eyes. I was too terrified to even cry out, as those horrific eyes had hypnotized me and kept me rooted to the spot. My instincts screamed at me to turn and run, run far away from this nightmare. As it was, I had to summon all my remaining strength just to turn my head. I heard a voice that sounded like bells but terrifying speak behind me, and with horror I realized it was the monster that was talking now. Wait but wasn't it just in front of me? I followed my instincts and tried to run but ended up tripping over a branch. "Foolish girl," it hissed. "You stupid humans are no match for me. Heh. All the better for me, because it makes it a lot easier to find a meal. You are an unusual one, though." It peered down at me with those terrible eyes, so as much as I wanted to punch him, I couldn't move a muscle. "How can you of all humans be resistant to my power. You must be extra special... Mmmmm...." The thing paused, contemplating me with its hungry eyes like it was deciding whether or not to just kill me right then and there. "Oh, well," it sighed. "I haven't gotten my breakfast yet. And you're quite the lucky CATCH!!" I didn't have any time to move. The beast hurled itself into the air and plunged back down towards me, its mouth open and showing its remarkable white teeth. I opened my own mouth, ready to scream in pain as this thing was about to kill me but surprisingly, I didn't have to.
Something flashed past my face at such a high speed that at first I thought I had just imagined it. And the next thing I knew I was staring at the Converse of someone much taller than me. My head flew up just in time to see the two people fighting and the monster was being ripped to pieces.
It reeled back screeching in agony, "AGGH!! No way, it can't be.... HOW CAN YOU STILL BE ALIVE?!?" the monster was all ripped up and I saw the guy that saved me pulling out a lighter and burning the ripped pieces. I could tell the monster had obviously had lost the battle.
I heard the person who had just saved my life chuckle and murmur, "Why, did you miss me?" That velvet voice suddenly became the best sound in the world to me.
And that is the first chapter and please tell me if this story sucks lol because it like my first story and I don't really feel like I did well on it. And sorry for any grammar mistakes. And sorry if the first chapter was too short :)