The Guardians

Chapter One


Kylie walked down the hallway, joining the flock of students that were hurrying towards the lunch room, the faint echo of the bell still ringing in the hallway. Her blonde hair was braided down her back, giving a full view of her face and her blue-grey eyes. Like most school days, she wearing athletic clothes—a pair of black leggings, a gray Bayville track and field sweatshirt, and her blue running shoes from last season. Her eyes darted around the hallway, immediately looking for anyone else she knew as she entered the lunch room.

The members of her track team were sitting in the far right corner, two lunch tables pushed together to make room for all of them. Some of the known mutants form the Xavier Institute, the ones who still wanted to attend Bayville High, were at a table by the window that overlooked the parking lot. Various cliques and groups of friends were also seated all across the cafeteria.

Ben McLemore and Hugo Zeller were sitting with their friends from the swim team at one of the tables close to the cafeteria line. Hugo, another junior, was lean and strong like all swimmers, and had a decent amount of tan to his skin. Something Kylie didn't understand how he kept all through winter. His blond hair, that somehow managed to be messy even though it was short, fell into his hazel eyes. If she were to stand next to him, he would only be four inches taller, a gap easily bridged by heels.

Ben was totally different. One of the three varsity swim team co-captains, at seventeen-years-old, he was enormous. Easily six feet and three inches, he looked as though he belonged on the basketball team instead of the swim team. His eyes were the same shade of hazel as Hugo's, but his hair was longer and raven colored instead of blonde.

One of the few seniors on the Guardians, Jason Delek, sat with his group of two other seniors, Raiden Brennan and Rita Carmichael. Rita was human, but Raiden was a mutant with the ability to manipulate shadows. They had both been considered as potential Guardians when Kylie had founded the group several weeks ago. But in the end, ten had seemed like a good number and it seemed dangerous to share a secret between too many people.

"Kylie!" Camry Loudoi called from a table in the middle of the cafeteria, waving to catch her friend's attention. A curvy brunette, Camry was the type of pretty that people would give a second look to, but it didn't have boys asking her out constantly. Fair skinned, her dark brown hair made her appear paler than most, something that only made her hazel eyes pop even more.

Kylie hurried over to Camry, not liking the attention being shouted at was getting her. The two of them had been friends since fifth grade when Kylie transferred from St. Mary Margaret's Catholic School to Bayville Elementary after her mother decided she didn't like the principal. She'd been the first one "tapped" for the Guardians and was the first human member.

"Way to make a scene," Kylie commented as soon as she sat down.

"Oh stop being Red. Did you bring lunch or are you buying?" Camry asked her, changing the subject quickly. Normally, Camry didn't like drawing attention to herself and wouldn't usually yell across the crowded cafeteria.

"I brought it," Kylie replied and pulled out a brown paper bag from her back pack. "Peanut butter and jelly sandwich, apple slices, miniature water bottle, and corn chips. Are you on some kind of sugar high? Because you're really loud."

"Jason gave me a Redbull yesterday after training for today since I we were out so late. He thought I might be tired," Camry replied as she organized her own lunch on the tray in front of her.

"He's got to stop with the energy drinks, another stunt like this and I swear I'll…" she trailed off, not sure what she could do to a member of her own team. Especially one who was five inches taller than her and had a definite weight advantage.

"Do nothing?" Camry finished for her, starting on her lunch as she ate on slice of orange before having a spoonful of Greek yogurt, then a nibble on a bit of her salad.

"I suppose so," Kylie sighed as she allowed her gaze to drift over to the table where the remainder of the Guardians were sitting.

Evangeline Thanos was the youngest member of the group at fourteen years old. She was the smallest of the group at five feet with a petite build that was slightly pear-like, wider hips and narrow top. Blonde hair that was closer to honey than Kylie's dirty blonde, fell nearly to her waist and was loose. Her skin was tanned from the recent summer sun exposure and her eyes were brown, but looked lighter because of the light at the moment.

Rose Rios, the only other freshman on the team, and the only Hawaiian-American. She was barely two inches taller than Evangeline wit wavy brown hair in a low ponytail. More muscular than Evangeline, she was slim with legs like a runner. Her skin was tanner than anyone else on the team, something many of the girls were jealous of.

Dakota Shade, also called Kota, was the only one on the team with a visible physical mutation and it had been hard for Kylie to decide if she was a good choice or not. Thankfully, her lupine tall was hidden in the baggy cargo pants that she always seemed to wear. She was five foot seven, but looked taller because of the confident way in which she held herself. Toned and obviously muscular, she was more intimidating than many of the boys. With piercing green eyes, nails that looked more like claws, and sharp canines. Her choppy black hair fell to her chin.

Jade Madara, one of the Guardian's sophomores, was two inches taller than Kylie with a slender build. She was leaning over to talk to one of her gymnastics friends. Her hair was jet black and used to have a purple streak, but Kylie insisted she dye it back. Her amber eyes shown out from behind the curtain of hair. Her boyfriend, Lewis, was sitting beside her and was obviously making everyone uncomfortable.

Danny McCain was right next to Kota, his skin was the color of coffee-and-cream and made his green eyes stand out. His curly hair was short and he stood taller even than the girl he sat next to. Dressed comfortably, he was trying to flirt with Kota even though he know she wasn't interested in him whatsoever.

"They're fine," Camry commented before taking a small bit of her salad. "Stop staring, you're drawing attention."

"Says the girl who screamed across the cafeteria," Kylie replied harshly, but there was a small smile on her face.


A tall, dark man casually walked into the oversized office and glanced around appreciatively. The room was enormous with walls the color of sleet and a large mahogany desk in the middle of it all. A slight woman sat behind the desk, her arms extended, muscles tensed up like a cat ready to spring. She looked very much like a cat and in the dark of the room her blue eyes almost seemed like they were glowing.

"You made it," the woman behind the desk observed. "Have you brought the girl?"

"Of course," the man replied and a tiny figure glided into the room, heels clicking as she walked. She was incredibly petite, with dark hair flowing behind her. In the darkness and faint glow of the fluorescent light on the desk, the newcomer looked more ghost than human.

"There are more, correct?" the woman behind the desk asked, her gaze flickering back to the man and away from the girl. She was careful not to look in the girl's eyes, which were an unnatural shade of sickly green.

"Five."

"Only five?" The woman inquired, one of her eyebrows crawling up her forehead in sight shock. There was an amusement in her words.

"There are ten of them, we only need to destroy them. And I'm sure that we'll find how to make a traitor out of one of their own." The man informed her.

"That shouldn't be a problem," the girl said and flashed her teeth at the woman, but it was more of a grimace than a smile.

"We'll get them and I'm sure that things will all come out in our favor," the man said, glancing at his watch. "In the meantime, we need to get going."

Without goodbyes, the father and daughter swept out of the room.


To check if your OC is included in the story, please check my profile. I'm sorry this took so longer; I've been caught up with track season and AP US History studying, but that's over. Hopefully, I'll be able to update more this summer once school lets out. But keep in mind that I am training for my first half marathon so I will be busy.