Okay! My first chapter! XD! I really hope all of you enjoy it, and if you don't like, please don't review For those who have read my story all ready, you may notice some changes. I re-wrote this chapter and added details here and there. The basic idea is the same though, so I hope you enjoy.
Alex...Alex! The voices continued to call my name, over and over.
"Who are you!" I called into the darkness. No one replied. It was so dark. An empty space of nothing. It was a scary type of dark. I felt as if I was alone. Alone to wonder this darkness for all eternity. Please, someone…. Anyone…. Please save me. I could feel tears starting to burn my eyes. "No…" I whispered trying to hold them back. "I don't want to be alone." I was close, so close to losing hope. One more minute of that and I would have given in. Given into the darkness.
"Wake up." I gasped at the sound of a deep calming voice. "Wake up Alex." it repeated.
BRING!
"Wah!" I yelped sitting up and punching my alarm clock into the table. I sat in my bed for a long time after that. Another nightmare? I had been having those a lot lately. Most of them were the same, me just wondering in darkness, but I would always wake up right before everything seemed lost.
"Alex!' My younger sister, Niki, called to me. "Come on, we're going to be late for school!"
I gasped. That's right, School. With the school festival coming up soon, everyone was buzzing around like a bunch of bees. "Be right there." I called to her, flipping the sheets off of me and scrambling for my cloths. Once I lifted my shirt over my head and adjusted my jeans, I glanced at my poster of Shadow the Hedgehog. I smiled. I had always been a fan of Shadow. He was cool, mysterious, but could be sweet when he wanted to be. Though some might find it weird for an 18-year-old girl to still have so many plushies and posters on one cartoon, I found it fun. Some of you may agree with me.
"Alex!" Niki whined impatiently from the stairs.
"I said I'd be right there." I snapped, grabbing my bag and racing down the stairs. By the time I had reached the bottom step Niki was leaning against the door, tapping her foot.
"Ready!" she called over the sound of her headphones. I grabbed one of the headphones and pulled it out of her ear.
"You're going to go deaf if you turn your music all the way up." I commented. Niki pulled away, causing her head phones to fall back into place. Grinning at me, she opened the door. Niki was my only other sibling. She was about a year and 2 months younger then me, so it was easier to talk about school and such. Niki's normal clothing choice was the same everyday. Baggy jeans, a tang top, and a leather jacket. At least she didn't have spikes.
"Can we go now?" Niki asked pulling some of her black hair behind her ear. Niki had long waist length black hair that always seemed perfectly brushed. Niki could go five whole days without taking a shower before her hair even started to look a little bit greasy.
"Yeah." I nodded as I stepped through the door, instantly welcomed by fresh air. Niki grabbed her backpack and slung it over her shoulder before she walked out the door after me, blinking her sea colored eyes at me.
"Well, lets go." she motioned towards the car.
"Oh right." I laughed as I closed the door and locked it.
"Jeez sis, you've been zoning out a lot more lately." She sighed.
"Yeah I guess." I shrugged pulling out my keys and walking up to the car. I stopped to look at my reflection in the glass. I had blonde hair that led to the middle of my back with a slight curl at the end. My eyes were an amazing light blue with a little green to them. I couldn't go a day without a teacher or adult telling me how bright my eyes were though.
"Hello? Earth to Alex, I would like to leave the driveway sometime today." Niki said tapping her finger on the glass impatiently.
"Oh!' I gasped snapping out of it and unlocking the door. Niki got in the front seat as I turned on the car. I looked into the rear view mirror and slowly backed out of the driveway, before I switched gears and started down the road.
"So…" Niki said slowly leaning against her hand as she stared at me. "Have a date to the Festival dance?" Niki asked. I narrowed my eyes.
"You know I don't dance Niki." I scowled.
"That doesn't mean you can't go and hang out with which ever lucky guy you're going with." Niki wiggled her left eyebrow, smirking.
"Okay, that eyebrow thing is really weird, and I'm not going." I glanced at her before looking back at the road.
"Awe and why not?" Niki whined leaning over towards me to grab my sleeve. I yanked my arm away, trying to keep the car under control.
"Because, as you know, I hate dances." I said blankly.
"But this is your last year of High school and you haven't even gone to one yet." Niki complained. "And I want to have a brother in law sometime this lifetime, so if you don't start dating you're going to end up as a lonely old cat lady." I rolled my eyes.
"And what about you? You've only dated one guy your whole life and he ended up cheating on you... with me."' I pointed out, shuddering at the memory. His name was Adam. He was two years younger then me, and was in a few of Niki's classes. A few weeks into the school year, he had surprisingly asked Niki to start dating him. Saying yes, mainly so she could get experience with having boyfriends, Niki and Adam began to date. After a month though, Niki invited Adam over for some lemonade. Being the kind sister I was, I decided to make them their drinks. Niki left though to answer her phone, which she had left in her room. As soon as she had gone, Adam had begun to...flirt with me. Granted, I didn't realize at first what he was doing because I myself had never had a boyfriend. So I did not know what any of this meant. I was pretty naive back then. Niki sure knew though, and had been listening from the stairs. Furious, she dumped him on the spot. He didn't seem too upset about it and smirked. Saying something about liking me more then her anyway. After that he left, and I haven't seen him much since.
"Yeah." Niki sighed. "I don't know what I saw in him." She shrugged, folding her arms behind her shoulders. I shrugged in agreement as I turned into the parking lot. "Hey, they got the poster up." Niki said as she stuck her head out the window to get a better look.
Timber High Festival- March 11th, 5:00 to 11:00. Bring a date, chill out, and remember to vote for our Timber High School Kind and Queen
"It turned out pretty good." I commented taking my eyes off the road for a couple seconds. Niki nodded as she stuck her head back in. Turning towards the road, her eyes widened in horror.
"Alex watch out!" she yelled. I snapped my head forward to see a figure standing in front of us. I slammed my foot down on the break as Niki leaned forward from the sudden stop. Coming to a quick stop, we fell silent. I sat there breathing hard, my pulse racing as I stared at the person standing calmly in front of my car, only a few inches from the hood. A little bit closer and we would have hit them. My anger rose as soon as I saw the figures face. Her dark orange eyes narrowed as a smirk formed across her face.
"Oh, it's Summer." Niki said calmly. I gripped the steering wheel in anger. Slowly reaching to my left, I rolled down my window.
"Hey, Ax." Summer called with her normal Monday grin.
"Its Alex!" I corrected, sticking my head out the window. "And get out of the way! What do you think you were doing anyway, standing in the middle of the road. It's dangerous! I could of killed you!" I screamed at her, waving my fist angrily. Summer smirked, obviously amused.
"You stopped though." she shrugged.
"I almost didn't! Move, you're blocking the entrance to the student parking!" I ordered.
"The key word is, you 'did'." Summer chuckled, stepping to the side of the car to let me pass. I pressed the gas and slowly made out way into the student parking section. Heading straight into my spot I sighed. Turning off the car, Niki and I hopped out.
"Hey Summer!" Niki called to her. Summer gave her a small wave. I soon followed, glaring at Summer with all my hate.
"What's with the get up?' I hissed darkly as I folded my arms. She blinked and looked down at her cloths. At first, it was her hair that really surprised me. Usually it was flat and you could barley see any color through the white streaks. Today though, it was curled around the bottom and the lighting actually made her hair look similar to the color of silver. I was always jealous of Summer's hair. I mean, it wasn't like an old person kind of grey, it was a sparkling, pretty sort of grey. Plus with her unusual orange eyes, it made a nice match. Slowly looking down at her outfit, I saw she had knee high boots that had sparks along the side, and a dark black T-shirt that said, "I did it"
"Did what exactly?" Niki questioned, knowing Summer only wore shirts like that for a reason. Summer grinned.
"You'll find out around 4th period." Niki and me glanced at each other then back at the grinning Idiot in front of us.
"I'm going to assume it was something, 'eco-friendly'?" I asked slowly.
Pausing to pout at me, Summer grumbled, "Curse you and your knowing ways." With that, she ran ahead of us, towards the school. "I'll never speak with you again Alix! You ruined my fun."
"She says that every morning though." Niki sighed.
"I know." I nodded, grimacing as we followed after her.
~~~~Second Period~~~~~
I tapped my finger impatiently on my desk. Whatever Summer had planned for the day, I hoped it wasn't to drastic. This wouldn't be the first time though she has pulled off some crazy stunt. A few weeks ago, she had brought in seventeen snakes to show her English class. Once the teacher had demanded for her to take them out of the classroom, she began to cry saying "You snake hater!" then threw the box of snakes at the teacher. Luckily the snakes were actually very friendly and weren't poisonous, though it still did cause the whole class to run out of the room in a panic. I looked up when I heard a small ring, indicating announcements.
"Attention students, for all those with the class in the biology room of 202 some time today, we ask that you instead go to room 123. It appears frogs have been released in that room, and will be closed until animal control arrives. We ask that you please continue your regular day."
I mentally groaned and slowly looked over my shoulder to see Summer smirking triumphantly out the window. "Long live the froggies." she mouthed.
~~~~~~Home~~~~
After arriving at home alone, I slowly walked up to the porch. It was Monday after all. I usually only saw Niki in the mornings, or on Sunday anyway. Niki was that sort of "have to do everything" sort of girl. So she was busy with clubs, theater, and other stuff. I was more of a 'one thing at a time person'. I didn't want to be tied down to anything, at least not yet.
As I opened the door I felt the sudden feeling of loneliness. I was alone again. I always was, ever since I was little. I shook the thought out of my head. So what if I was alone? I had dealt with it all my life. With my parents never being around, off where ever in the world, and Niki so busy, I was often left home alone. Well… not completely alone.
"Oh Julie!' I called through the house, my voice echoing through the halls and rooms. (I always hated that) In less then a minute a small ball of fuzz came bounding towards me.
Julie, my sweet little kitten. She was only a couple months old, and I found her on the streets a couple weeks ago. But ever since, we've been great. She helps me feel not so lonely anymore.
I smiled as Julie rubbed against my ankles. I slowly bent down and scooped up the small white kitten. "Hello Julieeee." I said making my voice sound deep. Julie meowed back at me, blinking her large blue eyes. I grinned and placed her back on the floor. "Come on Julie." I said calling her into the kitchen. She stumbled after me, her paws slipping on the wooden floor. After placing a bowl of milk on the floor and glanced at the clock. It was already 7:00 pm. I probably shouldn't have taken that stop at the manga store. As Julie drank her milk, I snuck out into the back yard.
The sun had set and the stars were starting to appear. I smiled, but gasped when I saw a shooting star. I quickly put my hands together and made a wish. Making wishes were always fun, even if they never came true. Wishes gave you hope and dreams for the future.
Dear shooting star, please… please, I don't want to be alone anymore. If you can hear my pleas, I'd like to have someone… anyone… to help me not feel so lonely anymore.
I opened my eyes and lowered my hands. What was I doing? Making a wish on a star? That's for fairytales and fanfics. Still though, I felt a little bit better. I turned around and walked back inside to see Julie staring back at me, her small tail waving back and forth behind her. "We're you waiting for me?' I asked, kneeling down to her. Julie meowed. I smiled and scooped her up. "Are you lonely too, Julie?" I asked, tilted my head as I lifted up up to stare into her eyes. When I got no reply, I yawed. "I don't know about you Julie, but I'm tired." I yawned as I started to climb the stairs for a good night's rest.
~~~Later that night~~~~
Rustle... rustle.
My eyes slowly opened when I felt something move next to me. I glanced at my new clock, which I bought on the way home, to see it was about a minute till midnight. I blinked and turned over to look at who ever was moving. At first I had assumed it to be Julie…. But oh was I wrong. The form was much bigger, human like. I froze.
S-Someone is in my bed!
I bit my tongue to stop from screaming. What if it was a thief, or a murderer? I slowly turned back over and reached for my hockey stick. (Hockey player) Slowly sitting up, I quietly lifted up the stick. I couldn't see the face of the form, but I could tell he/she had really spiky hair, because it stuck out in large spikes. I lifted the stick over my head with one hand I was ready to attack.
I yelped when the figure suddenly turned over, their hand falling on top of my left, which was resting on the bed. "AHHH!" I screamed, panicking. The figure bolted awake… just to get whacked on top of the head. Scrambling off the bed, I backed up towards the wall, holding my stick out towards the figure, who was currently holding their head in utter pain.
"Alex what's wrong!" Niki demanded bursting into the room and flipping on the light switch. She froze at the sight in front of her. There was me with my hockey stick, held high over my head for another attack, while there was the black form across from me holding its head in pain. "Wha- who the hell is that?" Niki sputtered pointing to the form.
At this point, I could see the person was male, probably at least a little taller then me. "I don't know. I woke up and there he was in my bed!" I squeaked, my voice I little high pitched from my panic. Niki, unable to come to words, slowly approached the bed. Realizing the man had gone silent, she looked at me.
"Is he dead?' she asked? I slowly approached my bed, stepping to Niki's side. I slowly stuck out my stick and poked the guy in the shoulder, causing him to hiss a few words under his breath.
"No he's fine." I said blankly, realizing the man had woken up from his momentary unconsciousness.
"Well… what do we do?" Niki inquired.
"Why the hell are you asking me?" I demanded.
"Because you're the oldest!" Niki replied.
"That doesn't mean I know what to do in this situation!' I yelled, glaring at her.
"Well don't look at me! I'm just a minor!"
"That doesn't change anything! You're sixteen!" I hissed, poking her in the shoulder with my stick. Swatting the stick away, Niki folded her arms. Glancing at the guy, she scowled.
"We call the police." she nodded.
"Oh, that's actually pretty smart." I nodded blankly.
"No duh!" Niki snapped. "Uhh." The guy moaned slowly beginning to sit up. Niki and me froze.
"What the hell?' he muttered rubbing his head as he sat towards the wall. I held the stick up for protection. The guy's back was to us, so I couldn't see his face, but I could tell he had a leather jacket on with a fuzzy white hood. He wore dark black pants and…. Rocket… shoes?
"W-Who are you?' I stuttered, trying to keep my voice calm. Niki glared at me, preparing to smack me for letting our presences be known. The figure whipped around to stare at us. His amber eyes glanced back from Niki to me. My eyes widened at bit at the sight of his spiky black hair that had a red strip leading down the center of his head. I tilted my head. He looked familiar for some reason. Had I meet him somewhere before?
"Who are you?' he demanded, jumping to his feet.
"I believe we asked you first." Niki said quickly before hiding behind my back. I glared at her over my shoulder. The character folded his arms, scowling in annoyance.
"Why should I tell you my name?" he grumbled.
"Cause... you're in our house right now when you really shouldn't be." I pointed out softly. The boy blinked, slowly realizing where he was. Taking in his surrondings, he was silent. Realizing that he was in another person's house, he glared at us.
"What am I doing here?" he growled.
"We want to know the same thing!" Niki and me screamed.
"I woke up and you were in my bed, so I'll ask you once more. Who are you and what are you doing in my house!" I snapped, holding my stick up. The boy scowled at the loudness of my voice.
"My name is Shadow the Hedgehog." He answered. The room fell silent.
"Huh?" was all Niki and me could say.
And there we go. The end of chapter 1! I hoped you all enjoyed it, and please review.