Tancred Torsson hated going to Bloor's academy. It was so stupid and pointless. They put him in the art department, when he hardly had an artistic bone in his body.

At least his best friend, Lysander Sage, was with him.

At that moment, the storm boys best friend was working hard on a sculpture. It was still in the stages when you had no idea what it was, and Lysander wouldn't tell Tancred. "Tancred, I'm really trying to work on this, buddy. Find something else to do."

Tancred sighed and did just that. He left the sculpting room, with permission from his teacher, and headed upstairs to join the drawing and painting classes. He couldn't believe he had another week of doing this. If only he wasn't endowed….

"Hello, Tancred," the drawing teacher smiled warmly at him. You're just in time to listen to the project information. If it sounds interesting to you, I'll get you permission to stay up here with us until the project is over with."

Tancred nodded blankly and stood against the wall between his friend Jamie (A/N: told u I was gonna use her again) and the human magnet and one of the people Tancred hated with all his heart, Joshua Tilpin.

He vaguely listened to the teacher talk about the project. She was saying something about getting a partner and drawing them, or things they made you think of or whatever.

"Want to be my partner, Tancred?" Jamie asked.

Tancred shook his head, "I'm not really all that interested in it,"

The students were dismissed for lunch then.

Lysander caught up with Tancred. "Hey, Tanc, did you hear? There's a new student. She's endowed."

This caught Tancred's attention. There weren't many new students at Bloor's. Every time a new one did come, it seemed as if they were all brought over to the dark side. "What, now Manfred's going to have another evil slave?"

"No, Tanc," Lysander shook her head, "She doesn't seem like that kind of girl. She looks so sweet and innocent. She'll be on our side, definitely."

"Good, cause he was starting to out number us."

Tancred dropped the subject once he saw food. He was starving. He'd had to skip breakfast to catch the bus.

The two of them sat at their usual spot and Tancred ate like he'd never eaten before.

"There she is, Tancred. She's coming this way," Lysander told him.

Tancred looked at his best friend curiously. "What?" He wondered with a mouth full of food, and turned to look where Lysander was looking. He found himself looking at a beautiful blond girl who just entranced him with her very existence. He couldn't look away. She was looking right at him, too, with a slight blush on her face.

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Emma Tolly found herself looking at an incredibly handsome boy with blond hair that stuck up unnaturally. When he turned and looked at her, she felt her cheeks heat up and her breath caught in her chest.

The art teacher had told her that, it he was even doing the project, Tancred Torsson was the only person without a partner for the art project. And she needed a partner.

"Excuse me, um, but are you Tancred Torsson?" She wondered shakily.

Tancred swallowed the food in his mouth and nodded.

"Um, Ms. Jones said that you were the only one without a partner for the art project. Would you be interested in, um, being my partner?"

Tancred nodded again.

"I'm Emma Tolly, by the way. Do you guys mind if I sit here? I don't know any body else,"

Lysander was about to invite Emma to sit next to him, but Tancred scooted over gave her a spot, "You can sit here,"

Lysander grinned to himself. He could already see something interesting going on in the future, or was it the ancestors that saw it? He wouldn't know.

Tancred was already inspired by this girl. He just didn't know how to put it on paper. "Are-are you, um, endowed?"

Emma nodded. "I can change into any type of bird. And I can fly."

"I'll show you to the Kings room, then." Tancred offered.

Emma smiled. She already liked it at Bloor's.

Emma watched Tancred out of the corner of her eye. He ate slowly and cautiously and would glance at Emma every few seconds, then make polite comments, or pointers about Bloor's Academy.

The two walked up to the Kings room together, and even sat next to each other. Lysander just stayed away from them and let the two of them bond. It was about time Tancred found somebody that made him act this way. It was a side of Tancred he'd never seen before, and a side of Tancred that didn't seem like the usual loud, obnoxious Tancred at all.

This was only the first shock of many, though.

sorry if it sucks a little. the next chapters will be better and have more detail. i'm just writing this after a really tough week of school when i don't really want to right, but i'm inspired to (not where the title or any of the story came from). Jamie is back in this story and she will b a friend of Tancreds, and a main character in the story, i think.

i'm still holding my at least 4 review policy. and now i will be on the computer a lot more, so i'll be able to update sooner. so PLEASE REVIEW!!

xoxo, alliey1213(i just realized that doing that makes me feel like gossip )