CHAPTER ONE

"You have got to be kidding." Dana shook her head, her halo of platinum blonde hair flinging to the side and lashing at her face. "This is a Night Club. We can't go in here! Think of all the bad things. They have drugs and they smoke and we could..."

"Oh my Stars," Ivy rolled her blue eyes. "Live a little, will you?"

Ben Stellar stepped forward, glancing between the sisters. "I have to agree with Dana. I mean, this isn't like you. You're smart and not the person to go, uh, in there. Seriously, you want to go in there?"

"Yeah." Finn Pevlone nodded. "I usually agree with nearly everything you say, but this is an exception. This isn't the Ivy I know. You don't go into Night Clubs. Come on, it's a freaking Night Club!"

"I'm going in." Ivy announced and stepped forward.

"You can't!" Dana burst. "What will Mum and Dad say?"

"I don't really care." Ivy scorned.

"Stars, Ivy!" Dana's eyes widened. "I can't even..."

Finn blinked. "This isn't you, Ivy! Can you please think for a moment?"

"Well, maybe the me that you know," Ivy's voice rose an octave, "Died in The Accident, eh? And-ow!"

Finn, before Ivy could finish her lecture, flung the girl over his shoulder, staggering forward. "Can you stop struggling, please? This'll be worse for both of us if you continue screeching in my frickin' ear!"

Dana fell into step beside Ben, who smiled.

"I never thought I'd see this." Ben mused, scratching his neck.

"Me neither." Dana breathed. "Are we still meeting at the fountain tomorrow?"

"Yeah." Ben grinned. "Of course."


"I can't believe this." Ivy groaned, focusing her glare on Finn's shirt.

"Well, you better believe it." Finn snapped. "Because this is happening!"

Ivy blinked angrily. "And I thought we were friends!"

"We were until you started acting crazy!" Finn sighed, calming down. "I'm sorry."

"Can you put me down?"

Finn regarded the idea. "You won't run off?"

"Fine, I promise." Ivy clapped a hand to her mouth. "You might want to hurry because you know that I suffer with motion sickness!"

Finn let Ivy slip to the ground and hugged his arms around his body. "Not on my favorite Tee, you don't!"

Ivy smirked, punching Finn playfully on the arm. "Don't you ever do that again, alright?"

"Can't promise you anything there."


In the darkness, the alley way was even creepier. Which sucked, since it was the only way for them to get back to the street they lived on quick enough. Finn walked a bit ahead, his eyes narrowed against the night-time darkness. Dana shivered and edged closer to Ben, who smiled and shuffled so that their shoulders were pressed together. Meanwhile, Ivy was in the lead, taking in every stone and crack in the walls.

Just as long as we're together, nothing bad will happen. Dana repeated over and over, pressing closer to Ben. Did she have her phone? Oh Stars! Oh. She had it. Good. That was great.

And then a hooded figure appeared. Dana could tell that it was a male from the lurching step and the body features, though she couldn't see his face. Her breath caught in her throat - would something happen? What if he hurt Ivy? Finn, noticing the guy, quickened his pace so that he was a good distance away, if anything should happen.

Ivy was the only one who witnessed what happened next. The slight impact of shoulder bumping shoulder, caused a flurry of blurred images to fly before Ivy's eyes. She froze and waited until they disappeared. Finn was at her side, but she was following the guy - or boy's - retreating figure. What in the name of the Stars had just happened?

"What happened?" Finn hissed. "Did he hurt you?"

"No." Ivy somehow found herself lying to her best friend. "I'm fine, really."

In a clatter of footsteps, Dana and Ben rushed towards them. Dana flung her arms around Ivy, "Are you alright? Should I call the Police?"

"Yeah." Ivy whispered.

"Come on." Ben glanced behind him. "I think that we should go before something else happens."

"Good idea." Finn agreed.

They all fell into places. Ben was behind and kept glancing over his shoulder just in case. Finn took the lead, his eyes mere slits against the night. Dana and Ivy were in between the boys, walking step for step, with the same short strides.

Dana looked over at Ivy and noticed her worried expression; eyebrows drawn in and eyes dark with an unreadable emotion. With a frown, Dana nudged her sister. "Are you okay? Please don't lie to me."

"I won't." Ivy said in a flat, emotionless tone. "Nothing. Nothing at all happened."


I really hope you enjoyed this chapter! I have spent ages trying to stop the annoying source code from showing *sigh*. Anyway, please R&R for quicker updates! I'm really enjoying writing this so far, and I know that it's quite slow at the moment, but it'll get better. It's all part of building the plot up, and for ya'll to get to know the characters a bit better.

Characters In This Chapter:

Ben Stellar ~ Bumblestripe

Finn Pevlone ~ Foxleap

Dana Falleh ~ Dovewing

Ivelynn 'Ivy' Falleh ~ Ivypool

Thanks so much and kisses,

Nat xx