The first day at school
"Welcome students!" read the sign above the entrance to Dark Shadows High School. All the new students looked up at the sign wondering why it was made with a sharpie marker. The school looked moldy and smelled of something that was rotting. Obviously the building was really old and hasn't had anyone inside for a long time. Dark Shadows High School isn't your ordinary high school; it's a school for kids who have super-natural powers or unexplained talents that normal high scholars don't have. Dark Shadows High School is also a brand new school, (even though it looks like it is 500 years old) and is owned by a man named Dr. James Smart.
Dr. Smart is only one of two teachers in the whole school, probably because no one else but them wanted to teach students that can make things float in mid-air. Dr. Smart is also a person who's life is a complete secret, he never tells anyone what he did before he became a teacher or what kind of doctor he is. All anyone knows is that he's a totally strange old man with an appreciation for kids with super-natural powers.
Once you walk through the doors of the school you see a long hall with doors on each side. If you looked on the walls you would see pictures of people who seem to have the same super-natural power as some of the other students. It was hard to walk through the hall, because of all the kids trying to get to their dorm room and to see whom their roommate would be.
Serena James is a 16 year old girl with psychic abilities and able to perform magic, with long blond hair and a Christian Gothic look. Serena also one of the kids trying to find her dorm room and as she tried to get through the crowd she was pushed to the floor and dropped all her things on the floor. "Oh crap" she said picking up her things and stuffing them in her bag as fast as she could, trying to keep them from getting trampled on. As she was picking up her last book, someone stepped on her hand "Ouch!" she yelled dropping her book and holding her hand close her chest. "Oh, I'm so sorry!" said a young girl with long raven black hair, she looked like she was 16 "I didn't see you there, here, I'll help you with your things." The young girl picked up the book that Serena had dropped and handed it back to her. She stood up and held out her hand to Serena to help her stand up herself. Serena took her hand and stood up picking up her bag "Thank you" said Serena smiling at the girl. The girl smiled back and said, "Come on, let's go find our dorm rooms."
The girl walked into the crowd and went up the stairs, Serena followed her and once she got up the stairs she saw the girl standing in front of a door. "This is my room," said the girl smiling at Serena "Dorm room A-02, what's yours?" Serena took out a piece of paper from her bag "Mine is A-02 as well" Serena replied "I guess we're roomies." "I guess so," said the girl still smiling, she took a key out of her bag and unlocked the door. "Oh I don't believe I told you my name," said the girl walking into the room "I'm Kaori Aoi and you are?" "I'm Serena James, I just moved to Tokyo from the states." "Oh that's awesome!" said Kaori excitedly "It must be really nice to go to school abroad!" "Yeah I guess it is" replied Serena she laid her books on a bed and started to unpack. Serena didn't know what else to say and so there was a long silence between the two girls.
"I don't know how we're going to be able to sleep tonight," said Kaori breaking the silence "I mean how are we supposed to sleep with all this excitement!" Serena giggled at the remark and said "And I guess the stench will keep us up as well." The two girls laughed and they both knew that they would become best friends. "Knock knock!" said a voice coming from outside Kaori and Serena's room. Kaori walked to the door and opened it. There stood a girl with short brown hair, an orange hat, and a gray cat in her arms. "Hi!" said the girl with an unusually hyper ring to her voice "I'm Kiki, your new next door neighbor!" Kiki smiled at the two girls, which were so shocked by their hyperactive guest. "Uh, hi" said Kaori "I'm Kaori Aoi, nice to meet you Kiki" Kaori smiled at Kiki. Kiki smiled back and looked inside the room, she saw Serena sitting on the bed and said "Hi, what's your name?" Serena was silent; she was a little shy meeting Kiki. "That's Serena," said Kaori seeing that Serena wasn't going to reply. Kiki smiled at Serena, not caring that she didn't say anything.
"Who's this?" asked Kaori patting the gray cat in Kiki's arms. "Oh, this is Neko, my cat!" replied Kiki looking down at her little gray cat. Serena finely stood up and walked over to the two girls, she patted the cat and smiled. Kiki looked at her watch "Oh, well I better get going!" she said smiling at Kaori and Serena "I still have to greet every one else on this floor!" Serena and Kaori looked at each other in shock. "You're greeting every one?" asked Serena. "Yep!" replied Kiki turning around and started to walk off. "Serena, do you think I could go with Kiki?" asked Kaori "I mean it would be a great way to meet some people." Serena nodded and said, "I'll go too." The two girls walked out of their dorm room and ran to catch up with Kiki.
"Kiki!" yelled Kaori "Wait up!" Kiki turned around and saw Kaori and Serena running to catch up to her. "Oh, hi!" she said smiling "Do you want to come with me to greet people?" "You don't mind do you?" asked Serena out of breath. "Of course not!" replied Kiki "I'm really glad y'all came!" Serena and Kaori smiled at Kiki and caught their breath. "Okay, lets start" Said Kiki starting to walk to the end of the hall. "Hmm, let's see if this person is done unpacking," said Kiki, she knocked on the door and waited for someone to answer.
Several moments past and still no answer came from behind the door leading into Dorm room A-07. "Maybe I'll try again!" said Kiki, she reached out her hand and just before it hit the door Serena grabbed her arm. "Maybe we should try a different room," Serena said letting go of Kiki's arm. "Uh, ok" said Kiki not knowing what just happen and she started walking to a different door. "What's wrong Serena?" asked Kaori with a worried look on her face and following Kiki "What's wrong with that room?" "I was getting a really bad vibe from inside" replied Serena looking over her shoulder to see if any one had answered. Inside the door way stood a man with gray hair covering his eyes, he was wearing all gray clothes, Serena knew that he was watching her and she got a little freaked out by the guy. Kaori looked back too, but the young man had already went back inside his room.
"What is it, Serena?" asked Kaori. "Um, it's nothing," replied Serena "I thought I saw someone." Kaori shrugged off the fact that her friend was still looking back at the door were the young man had been standing. "Come on!" yelled Kiki "lets try this one!" Serena turned her head around now looking at Kiki. Kiki was standing in front of dorm room A-04. Kaori and Serena walked up to Kiki and stood in front of the door and waited for Kiki to knock.
"Knock knock!" said Kiki, she stood at the door and waited for someone to answer. Soon enough, a young man about 17 years old with long black hair and a yellow sweat shirt on, opened the door "Hey" said the man smiling at the three girls. "Hi!" said Kiki smiling back at the man "I'm Kiki Tiama, and these are my friends Kaori and Serena!" The young man looked at all three girls and said, "I'm Valic Kurosaki." He said. "Hi Valic!" said Kiki "We're going around to each room and saying hi to every one!" Valic grinned at Kiki and walked out of his room, "You must really like to meet people, huh?" he said leaning against a wall and crossing his arms. "Yep!" said Kiki "I love to meet people!" Valic looked at the other two girls "what about you two?" he asked Serena and Kaori, The two girls nodded at him. Valic seemed to only be interested in talking to Kiki, Serena and Kaori thought that maybe they should get back to their room. But before they had a chance to say goodbye another man walked out of the dorm room.
He had short reddish brown hair that was long enough to cover his ears and was wearing a necklace with some kind of charm on it. "Valic, who are you talking to?" asked the man walking out of the room. "Oh, Maruku, I forgot about you," said Valic rolling his eyes. "Every one this is Maruku Rishi, my roommate." Maruku smiled at the three girls "Hey" he said as he shook their hands. Serena blushed as she shook Maruku's hand but he didn't notice. Maruku seemed like a nice guy and seemed like someone that has accepted his powers and some one that would be willing to help any one who needed his help. "All students please gather in the auditorium for a school assembly." Said a voice coming from speakers from each end of the hall where the five students were standing. "Well, I guess we better go before the whole place fills up!" said Kaori. Every one nodded and walked down the hall and down the stairs.
Once they got to the bottom of the stairs they were standing in the same hall that they had walked through when they entered the school. They walked down the hall and looked at each of the doors one said "Kitchen" one said "Dinning hall" and another one said "Library." They five students kept walking until they reached the door that said "Auditorium." They walked inside and as soon as they entered their mouths dropped. They were standing in a humungous room with chairs, that looked like they came from a movie theater, throughout the whole room. At the front of the room there was a huge stage with blue curtains draped on either end. There was a microphone in the center of the stage with a tall skinny man standing behind it.
The man spoke into the microphone and said "Please, have a seat students and I'll get started." Kaori and Serena looked at each other wondering how in the world he could start an assembly with out all the other students. But they did as they were told and sat down at the front of a group of chairs with there new found friends. "Thank you" said the man speaking into the microphone again, "as you all probably know, I am Dr. James P. Smart, but you all can call me Professor or Dr. Smart. I would like to welcome you all to Dark Shadows High school and to wish you luck during your time here." Serena looked around the room still seeing no one else from the school "But I was sure every one else heard it, how come no one is here!" she thought to herself. Kaori knew what she was thinking, "I'm wondering the same thing myself," she said with a reassuring look on her face.
And sure enough another student walked in while Dr. Smart was talking and took a seat at the back of the room "Oh I see we have another student joining us!" said Dr. Smart with a smile looking at the other student. Serena gasped "It's him!" she thought to herself. "Oh before I forget, I would like you all to state you names, age and power" said Dr. Smart "How about we start with this young lady" he pointed at Kaori and waited for her to talk. Kaori stood up and said "I'm Kaori Aoi, I'm 16 years old, I can make it rain when and were ever I want and I can nurse others back to good health." She said it like she had practiced it over and over again. She sat back down and waited for the next person to talk. "Thank you Ms. Kaori," said Dr. Smart "alright who's next?" He looked at the rest of the students and pointed at Valic "How about you?" he asked. Valic gave a little sigh and stood up "I'm Valic Kurosaki, I'm 17 years old, I can control minds and read 'em too," he said as he sat back down in his chair. "Okay, next why don't we go counter clock wise so I don't have to keep pointing at people." Said Dr. Smart.
The next person was Serena; she stood up and started to turn red "I- I'm Serena James, I'm 16 years old, I'm psychic and can perform different types magic" she said it fast and quickly sat down. The next person was Kiki and, unlike Serena, was excited to talk and stood up fast almost jumping out of her seat. "I'm Kiki Tiama!" she said with a hyper ring to her voice "I'm 16 years old, what ever I draw comes to life and I can talk to animals!" She smiled at Dr. Smart and sat back down in her chair. Valic was looking at Kiki the whole time she was talking and gave a little grin at her when she glanced at him.
Before any one had noticed, Maruku had stood up and started talking, "I'm Maruku Rishi, I'm 17 years old, I can sense problems very well, I can control all elements at will and can also control objects with my mind." He sat down and stared at the next person who was supposed to talk, which was the boy sitting in the back of the room. He stood up just like every one else did and ran his fingers though his hair, getting it out of his eyes. He had gray eyes that were fixed on Serena. "I'm Mark Von Hagen, I'm 17 and I don't think you would want to know what my power is." He sat down still staring at Serena. Serena was getting a little paranoid and kept looking over her shoulder.
"Alright, now that we all know each other I would like to tell you all something," said Dr. Smart "This year will probably be the hardest year you will ever have and that is for all of you." Every one, except for Mark, was staring at Dr. Smart. "Just remember, that you all are going to have to stick together this year," Dr. Smart went on "And if you don't, life here might get a little difficult." The five friends looked at each other in confusion. "Will Kiki Tiama, Serena James, Valic Kurosaki, Kaori Aoi and Maruku Rishi please go to the principal's office for missing curfew," said a voice from a speaker above the stage. "What about Mark?" asked Kiki to Serena and Kaori "he was late too." Serena, Kaori and Kiki turned around to see that Mark was gone. "Were did he go?" asked Kaori "He was just here!" Every one else also noticed that Mark had left the room.
"Well, I guess you all better get to your dorm rooms before another announcement is made," said Dr. Smart "Good night every one!" Dr. Smart walked off the stage and left the room. "Does that mean we don't have to go to the principal's office?" asked Kiki. "I guess not," replied Maruku "I don't know about y'all but I'm going to bed, 'night." Maruku got up out of his chair and walked out of the room. "Yeah, I don't want to get in any trouble on the first day of school," said Serena as she got up Kaori followed Serena and they both left the room. The only people left in the room were Kiki and Valic.
"I guess we better get to bed too!" Said Kiki as stood up. "Yeah, I guess so," said Valic, he stood up as well. The two walked out of the room, walked up stairs and walked down the hall to Kiki's room. "Well, here's my room," said Kiki "I'll see you tomorrow" she stepped inside her room and started to close the door. "Um, Kiki" said Valic stopping the door with his hand. "Yeah?" asked Kiki, "Uh, never mind" said Valic letting go of the door "I'll see you tomorrow." And with that, Kiki closed and locked the door. Valic walked down the hall to his room, opened the door and walked inside. "Back so early, huh?" said Maruku sitting in a conformable chair "I thought you'd be gone all night with Kiki." "Oh shut up," said Valic annoyed with the comment that Maruku gave about Kiki "I'm going to bed, I'll see you tomorrow." Valic changed into some clothes to sleep in and went to bed. As for Maruku, he stayed up for most of the night and read his book.
(A/N:) So I was searching through my computer files and I came across this story that I had started and aparently never finished. I read it and desided that it was something that I could work off of and so now I'm uploading the chapters! This started out as a story I had to write for a writing class I was doing and then I guess it took off from there! Hope every one likes it
If I have any grammor or spelling mistakes that are a HUGE problem, just tell me 'k? cause I'm to lazy to check it myself ;
Peace out,
Kirie