Savvy wasn't shy.
She was confident, but kept it hidden behind books and notebooks full of adventures from her imagination. She could be anybody she wanted but decided not to even try, seeing as she wouldn't be important to anybody. She didn't talk to people much but that didn't mean she knew gossip, she was smart but don't place her with the "nerds". She was quite a genius, but people who didn't know her or even spoke to her called her "Mary Sue".
No one spoke to her often, or not all, so they didn't understand that her parents were murdered and she had been nearly killed too. She was haunted by dreams after the death of her parents and she still has the dreams every so often. Tantrums were reoccurred, since she lost her parents at young age, she usually sobbed for her father. Though she forgot the reason why but it was her dad she cried for the most. She barely remembered her short childhood with her parents, but remembers that her father had taught how to ride a skateboard.
So, instead of waiting for taxi, she rode her skateboard into the forest.
Of course she shouldn't have. It was dark out, nearly nine o'clock, but she didn't want to waste her time outside in the cold when she could quickly ride her skateboard on shortcut to the school and enter from there.
She rode far into the dark woods, and nearly laughed at how everything was stereotypical. Light fog, and puddles left over from rain or snow that washed away, owls hooting and crickets chirping, and the wind that gave the not-so-safe feeling. She almost wanted to scream to get attention of any actors who were trying to punk her but kept skating along the rode.
For a moment, it was peaceful. Just the sound crickets and hers skates echoed off the trees and into her ears. She almost smiled, but that was before the ground was lost beneath her feet.
She stumbled into the mud and tumbled, twigs, dirt, leaves sticking into skin and blood seeping through small holes in her shirt. She groaned and screamed, but silence took her over as she lost the earth again and fell into a hole.
"What the he-!" She screamed before landing painfully onto, what surely be, a boy's body.
"AH! God woman how much spikes are you wearing!" He yelled. She slowly-and awkwardly- picked her body off his and slipped her bags off her shoulders.
"Who are you?" He asked.
"Who are you?" She snapped back, rubbing a pained spot on her forehead. She realized that there was already a bruise forming on the spot.
"I asked first." He said. She scoffed and crossed her arms over her chest.
"What are you, 7?" She asked, mockingly.
"Oh my god… not another one." A teenage girl spoke sharply. Savvy blinked and stared at the direction the voice came from. All she could see was light olivine eyes staring at the dirt wall behind Savvy.
"What's going on?" Savvy questioned.
"You're in a ditch." Another male voice answered.
"It can't be a ditch because it's too deep." Savvy said, and squinted her eyes to focus on the dark hole they were in.
"Well, I say it's a ditch." He said. She rolled her eyes and mumbled, "Clotpole…" under her breath.
"Were you skateboarding?" Yet another young British female asked.
"Oh my god another Brit!" Savvy slapped her hand to her forehead.
"So you're American…" The girl with olivine eyes commented.
"Yeah…so what Olive eyes?" Savvy snapped.
"Oh…feisty…I like it!" Another boy commented, clapping his hands.
"Random…" Savvy mumbled.
Silence overtook them. Savvy slid to the ground and seated herself onto her duffel bag. Her eyes adjusted to the darkness. She found the faint outlines of teenagers, seven in all. She shifted uncomfortably, and leaned against the dirt wall.
"So…do any of you go to Lunar Towers?" Savvy asked, crossing her arms and legs.
"All of us. We live in Anubis house." A quiet voice spoke.
"Oh, fancy. It's the only house with its original name. All the houses are now named after the possible Moon Kingdoms." Savvy twisted the anchor bracelet hanging off her wrist.
"The Moon Kingdoms are just fairytales-"
"-Fairytales that have an actual connection to evidence from meteors…and recent trips to the moon." Savvy interrupted the Olive eyed girl. Everyone became quiet again, and Savvy blushed.
"Smart girl…" Olive eyes said.
"What's your name and why'd you come across the pond?" The boy she fell on sat next to her, and held out his hand.
"I'm Oz…you know, like as in Oscar." He introduced. Savvy took his hand and shook it once.
"Savvy…as in Savannah." She told him.
"I'm Tierra, and my brother's Benjamin." Tierra pointed to Benjamin who stood leaning against the wall.
"Call me Benji if you like." He liked his lips; Savvy rolled her eyes and waved him off. Tierra chuckled along Oz who shook their heads at Benji.
"I'm Winter, this is Gwaine and Amelia." Winter-Olive eyes- introduced. Gwaine bit into an apple and Amelia waved, with a small smile.
"Okay…I know there are more of you." Savvy said.
"Okay fine, I'm Lena, that ginger over there is Morgana, and say hello to the twins, Avalon and Benessa." Lena told Savvy.
Savvy examined the dark bodies hidden in the shadows, barely illuminated by the crescent moon. They were just blurbs of colors, blue green, brown, and hazel all thrown together in a hole. Morgana had bright red hair, like a lion's mane, that was the only thing noticeable in the dark ditch.
"So…" Oz drawled out.
"How'd you all get here in the first place?" Savvy questioned.
"It was a dare." Benji started. Lena crossed her arms and glared at Benji.
"Lena dared us-Oz and me- to go out into the woods cause' she thinks we're wussys-"
"Yeah well you are. You were screaming for mercy by the time we got here-"
"-excuse me." Benji cleared his throat. Lena leaned against the wall again and let him continue his story.
"We didn't realize there was a hole here and we fell through the tarp and leaves." Benji explained.
"And then we came to fine them when Morgana took us all down with her." Avalon said. Morgana crossed her arms and pouted in defense.
"I didn't see the hole." She said. Lena rolled her eyes.
"Well there has to be a way out." Savvy said. She examined the dirt and smiled. "Ever thought there was a trap door?" She joked.
"Ha-ha Savvy." Gwaine complained. He bit into his apple again and kicked at her backpack.
"Come on! It can't be that hard!" She giggled sarcastically. She kicked around at the ground when she jammed her toe into something hard.
"OW!" she howled.
"What's the matter?" Oz asked.
Savvy examined the spot where she jammed her foot, silver and gold slightly glinting in the moonlight. She dropped to her knees and started digging towards the gold and silver, her curiosity getting the better of her.
"What are you doing?" Lena asked.
Savvy's eyes widened when she realized she found a trap door in the ground. She tugged on the handle and smiled when she found that it opened as easily butter on a frying pan.
"What are you doing?" Oz exclaimed.
"Going on an adventure, Ozzie!" Savvy stood up and jumped into the hole.
"WHAT IS SHE DOING?" Lena's voice echoed off the walls. Savvy laughed aloud, she was sliding down a hole. She swore she went upside down for a moment before slipping at a sharp turn and yelling loudly with glee.
She landed on cold hard ground, and groaned. She sprawled across the floor and her body was aching a bit more than before when she fell in the pit. She lifted herself off the floor and squinted at the bright light.
Savvy stood up, examining the strange room. There was desk against the wall; a raggedy couch was placed against the green wall also with a small coffee table. Two bookshelves were covered with dust and each shelf was full of books, ranging from Shakespeare to John Green. An oak drawer was set right next to desk, and photos were piled on top of each other in a blue crate under the desk.
Savvy shivered, it was also extremely cold in the room despite the burning candle and bright light radiating off the lamp.
"HOLY SH-"Oz, Lena, and everyone else from the hole came tumbling in, rolling on the ground before landing on top of each other.
"What are you guys doing?" Savvy asked. Amelia stood up, smiling widely at the room. "This room is so cool!" she exclaimed. Lena rolled her eyes and wriggled out of the mess of bodies. She dusted off her clothes before looking straight at Savvy in the eyes, arms crossed and furious.
"What the hell did you think you were doing? You could've killed yourself down here!" Lena exclaimed.
"Why do you care? You've only known me for about an hour!" Savvy argued.
"Ladies, ladies…calm down." Gwaine said.
"Where the heck are we?" Tierra asked, examining the room like Savvy did.
"I don't know, but let's hope nobody from the undead is in here." Amelia said, looking at the books on the shelf.
"Stop talking crap Amelia." Winter complained.
"But seriously, what is this place?" Oz questioned. Savvy turned around, another corner of the room left untouched. She walked towards the small corner and her eyes widened at the sight.
"Guys, look." Lena motioned the group over to the corner where a bulletin board stood. Pictures of people, some were crossed out in red X's, blue tape and string connected newspaper articles together. Fabric and pieces of hair were placed in plastic bags and pinned on the board.
"Okay, typical horror movie stalker board that tracks a bunch of people…how do we get out of here?" Amelia asked, her voice wavering slightly.
Savvy looked closer at one of the articles that connected to a picture of a green eyed blonde who sat outside a coffee shop with a blond who stood faced away from the camera. Another piece of paper was tapped on the article which looked like it was information on the girl in the photo.
"We have to find a way out of here." Lena said, worry edging her voice.
"Look for another trap door!" Oz suggested, everyone spread out, looking for another escape.
Amelia ran towards the shelves, pulling at every book. Each book just fell if she pulled too far and some fell apart under her delicate touch. She just about gave before on the third shelf she pulled a book and the bookcase started moving.
"WHA-"She yelled before falling onto the leaf-covered ground.
"Amelia!" Winter exclaimed. Instead of the bookshelf, it was replaced with what appeared to be fake rock.
"Amelia!" Oz yelled.
Amelia shot up from the ground; she swiftly picked up a rock and pulled the book-lever on the shelf again. The panel started turning around again, so she quickly threw the roc in between the space between the actual rock and wooden shelf.
"Everyone quickly out the other way, hurry!" Amelia exclaimed. Everyone shoved through the slit as quickly as possible. Everyone slid out until it left with Savvy. Then, the rock slipped from the crack and the panel turned quickly, blocking Savvy from the outside.
"No!" Savvy pulled the book-lever again but the book just came out, broken and useless.
"NO!" Savvy screamed.
"Savvy!?" Ox exclaimed.
"It's too late, she's stuck in there." Lena breathed heavily.
After Note: Here it is folks! After a few days of procrastination I have finished chapter 2!
Hope you enjoyed!