Hey guys! I'm so glad you all like the last chapter! To be honest, I never saw Beastly. But I know basically how it goes, so I kinda went off of that for the first chapter!

First off, I'd like to give a shout-out to some people who have always reviewed my stories and given me all the love they got. Thank you to: Salkri Kachemench, NothatRose, and LisaMichelle25! Thank you guys for always supporting my love for fangirl stories!

Anyways, hope you all like this new chapter!

Skye Coulson had everything she needed. She wasn't rich, she wasn't poor. She had a cell phone, laptop, food on her table, and a roof over her head. No matter what, she was always looking on the bright side of situations. She always tried to find ways to help people. And she loved nothing more than to just sit in peace and quiet and read a good book. She was obsessed with them. They fueled her dreams and curiosity. They were a part of her life that she couldn't give up. Though, for her, these past few weeks had been life changing.

Her parents had been separated for about half a year now. She lived in the next state over with her mom, Melinda May. But Melinda had grown sick in the past two months. Skye sat by her side, willing her to get better, but it wasn't enough. About 3 weeks ago, Melinda had passed. After the funeral, her father, Phil Coulson, had told her that she would be coming to live with him. So she had to pack everything and move in with him.

As soon as she pulled into the driveway, she noticed the huge mansion next door. She looked at it with curiosity. It looked really fancy. She had wondered who lived there. Suddenly, she saw a curtain on the second floor move as if someone was hastily putting it back in place. She had always been a curious girl, so this was like a gold mine to her.

"Skye!" Phil called, drawing her attention away from the mansion, "Come help me unpack your stuff!" She turned and ran into the house to help her father. After about a half an hour, they had brought the last of her stuff up to the second floor and into her new room. "Why are these boxes so heavy?" Skye pulled open the flaps of the box he had just set down. It was filled to the brim with books. "That explains it."

Skye giggled and started to put the books on the big bookshelf her father had generously provided in her room. "Just be glad I obsess over reading and not my cell phone or drugs like the rest of the teenage population." She joked.

"I am glad, sweetheart." He said, "You need any help?"

She shook her head. "I'm fine, dad." She said sweetly, "Thank you though."

Phil went over and gave his daughter a hug from the side and a kiss on the temple. "Just call me if you need anything." He told her and she nodded, "Dinner will be in an hour or so. And you start SHIELD Academy tomorrow." She nodded again and started to unpack another box. Phil headed out the door, but turned back and from the doorway, he said, "It's great to have you here again."

Skye looked up with a smile. She jogged over to him and gave him a tight hug. "Thanks, dad. I love you."

"I love you too, baby girl." He said. She released him and went back to unpacking. "Okay, finish unpacking and I'll call you when dinner's ready." She nodded and he left.

Skye reached into a box and pulled out something that made her stop for a moment. It was another book, but this one was special. It was the fairytale book that her mother used to read to her with her father acting out the parts before she went to bed when she was a little girl. At the memory of her mother, a single tear fell onto the cover of the worn down book. She decided to keep this one out in the open. Turning around, she placed the book on the windowsill across the room from her bed. Pulling back the curtains, Skye could see across the backyard and into a window of the mansion next door.

Again, she saw the curtains fall back into place. Who lived there? Maybe someone at school would know. Skye pushed away her curiosity for now and resumed unpacking. But she had this feeling that there was something in that mansion she was destined to see. Only, she didn't know how much it would spin her world out of control.

The next day, Skye walked down the hall of her new school, SHIELD Academy. She clutched her books and schedule close to her chest. Normally, she was confident, but being the new girl wasn't exactly the best experience. She looked at her schedule and found her locker number at the top. She scanned the lockers and spotted her locker. Putting in the combination, she opened the locker and shoved all the books she had in the locker, only keeping out her English textbook, which she needed for first period.

She unzipped her backpack and put her Calculus book in, which was her second period. Placing her backpack back in place, she started to organize her locker with the extra time she had. Suddenly, she felt something, or someone, squeezing her but. She whirled around and pushed the person away. She saw this guy was a little taller than her, had a slight beard, slightly curly brown hair and fair skin.

"You got a nice tight ass, sweetie." He said as he pressed her up against the locker.

"Just get away from me." Skye demanded and tried to push him away again. He just pressed himself closer to her.

"Leave her alone, Miles!" A new voice called. The guy, apparently named Miles, turned to the voice. It was a girl. She was pretty tall, had a curvy figure, pale skin, striking blue eyes, and curly raven black hair that reached a little past her shoulders. Skye also noticed she had a blood red streak in her hair.

"Oh come on…" Miles started, but the girl cut him off.

"Now!" The girl commanded. Miles rolled his eyes and looked at the girl. Suddenly, the girl took a step forward as if about to lunge at him.

Miles flinched and started to walk away, "Fine, fine." He said, putting his hands up in defense, "Just trying to have a little fun." With that, he gave Skye one last look-over. Skye felt like he was mentally undressing her and it disgusted her. He turned and jogged away towards a group of guys.

The girl rolled her eyes and turned back to Skye. "Don't worry about him." The girl said, "He's just a bastard."

"Thanks." Skye said, straightening her t-shirt, "Two questions. Who was he and who are you?"

"That was Miles Lydon." The girl answered, "Star quarterback, most popular guy in school, and incredibly full of himself." The girl laughed a little, "My name's Avery Bennet. I'm the only person Miles is scared of. That's cause he knows I can beat his ass into next year." Skye laughed a little and so did Avery. "You new here?"

"Yeah." Skye answered, "My name's Skye Coulson." She looked down at her schedule, "Can you help me find my first period?"

"Oh sure." Avery said and took a look at her schedule. "We have the same first period. Follow the leader!" Suddenly, Avery started skipping down the hall towards a class. Skye just laughed and followed her lead.

After school, Avery and Skye were walking to her house together. Avery had agreed to help Skye with getting caught up since they had all the same teachers. Plus the two girls had become fast friends as they liked the same music, movies and had the same obsession with books. As soon as they got to the intersection and turned the corner, Avery realized where they were headed. "You live on this street?" She questioned.

"Yeah." Skye answered and looked at Avery with questioning, "Why?"

"Do you know about the mansion at the top of the street?" Avery asked, pointing towards the mansion that Skye had meant to ask her about.

"No. I'd been meaning to ask you about it though." Skye explained as they got to her house.

"Hey Skye!" Phil greeted as they walked into the house.

"Hi, daddy." Skye said back, "This is Avery. She's gonna help me get caught up with all the work at SHIELD Academy." Phil nodded and shook Avery's hand, "We'll be in my room if you need us." The two girls ran up the stairs into Skye's room. Avery flopped onto Skye's bed while Skye took a seat on the windowsill. "So what's up with the mansion?"

"Well, it's owned by this family, the Wards." Avery started, "They have a son, Grant Ward. He used to go to SHIELD and he was the king of the school. He could get any girl he wanted. The only thing was he was a huge bastard. His family's riches had made him spoiled. Then at the beginning of the year, he pissed off the school's number one weirdo, Jemma Simmons. She said something in Latin to him that no one could understand. Then he just disappeared."

"Disappeared?" Skye repeated, confused.

"Yeah. After that day, no one ever saw him." Avery clarified, "Everyone has their theories about what happened to him but I don't believe any of them."

"So everyone just forgot about him?" Skye asked.

"Pretty much, yeah." Avery answered, "Miles took over his spot as king and quarterback. No one actually knows the true story of what happened to Grant. All we know his from the day forward, he's shut himself in his mansion, never seen by anyone else."

"Wow." Skye breathed.

"Yeah, it's pretty intense." Avery nodded, "How about we get off the topic of town legends and start getting you caught up? We got a long way to go."

Skye nodded, but she wasn't really listening. She pulled back the curtains and looked at the mansion. Was Grant Ward still in there? What really had happened to him? Her curious brain was on overdrive with questions about the true story of the mansion and its occupant. Little did she know that someone was looking back from the mansion at her.

Grant Ward looked longingly at the house next door. He had basically fallen for Skye the moment he saw. He saw that Avery girl go into the house with her and knew she was probably telling Skye one of the hundreds of rumors of what happened to him. She would never come to this house. Why would she? No one else cared enough to. Why would this girl be any different?

Little did he know that Skye was the polar opposite of any girl he had ever met.

Okay. I promise you the next chapter is gonna be more dramatic! These chapters were basically like back-stories and such. If any of you hadn't realized it, Miles is the Gaston character. Who else would I make it? Don't worry. Simmons and Fitz will come back… just probably in the very last chapter. This is probably going to be the longest story I've done. Nice! Anyways, R&R please!

Quote of the Day: Forbidden to remember, terrified to forget; it was a hard line to walk –Stephenie Meyer

Song Suggestion: Jar of Hearts –Christina Perri