Chapter 2

Edgar's POV

I opened my eyes and looked at the clock. 5:02 am. I have an hour before I leave. Which means I have an hour to kill. I wish I could sleep, but I was too excited. Today I would get a glimpse of her. I don't know her name, so I call her her. I don't know much about her, but later I will get to spend a lot of time with her. All I know is that we were meant for each other.

I got up and looked at the clock. 5:05. Great, I only spent a few minutes thinking about her. I got dressed and went downstairs to the kitchen. Where was everybody?

"Michael? Tryfile?" I yelled.

Michael's my brother. We're related to Katie, who is now dead from being attacked by a army of ghouls. Everybody else thinks she died in a plane crash. Anyways, Michael's the lucky one. He's been hanging out with her just to keep her safe. Even though Tryfile is already protecting her, Tryfile thinks it's necessary for two protectors. I asked her why I couldn't help, but she just said, ' It would be more dangerous for her.'

"In the kitchen Eggie!"

I hate him when he calls me that.

I went into the kitchen to find him eating eggs (that's why he remembers "Eggie") with french toast.

"Impressive, right?" He asked. He never knew how to make eggs, so he just uses his (small amount of) magic to make them. That's another thing about him, he doesn't have a lot of magic like I do. He can only do small things like, make breakfast, when I can stop time (I do know how to stop time, but it takes a lot of energy, so I never do it).

"Not really Michael," I said, "You have to make something more impressive than eggs. Like, a giant fruit design, or maybe eggs that make a rocket ship. Something like that."

"Whatever," he said, "I guess I'm not as awesome as Ver... I mean she says."

Grrr. I always think he's going to slip up and say her name but when he gets close and says the first syllable, he stops and says 'her' or 'she'.

"Come on bro," Michael said, standing up, "We better catch the bus. Oh! If you're wondering, Tryfile's at school. She was too excited to wait so she left right away at 3:00 am."

"3:00 am?" I said, really shocked, "I thought the school didn't open 'til 5:00 am?"

"It does," he replied, "She used magic, duh."

"Oh, yeah. Okay, let's go."

We both got up, Michael got his backpack and I had nothing so I left empty-handed. When we went outside, the bus just drove away.

"Aw great," said Michael sarcastically, "We missed the bus. Well I guess we have to teleport there."

"I know you made that happen. Don't go all sarcastic on me." I said. I grabbed Michael's hand and thought about school and how I wanted to be there. Then... POOF! We're there.

"Hey, um Eddie? You better leave and go find Tryfile now." Michael said nervously. I knew what that meant: she's coming.

"Alright, fine I'll go." I said after a moment of looking for her. I started to run to the side, then turned when I was in a big crowd. I was running to where Michael was looking. I didn't know what I was doing until I bumped into someone and we both fell to the side.

"Excuse me." I said to them. When I looked up, my jaw dropped to the pavement. I saw the most beautiful girl I have ever seen in my entire life. She had silky, shiny auburn hair, and her eyes were a wonderful shade of gray. They looked like the sky on a cloudy day, but these kind of clouds make the sky seem brighter and full of life.

"It's okay." she said after a silent moment. She didn't seem to look at me because she dropped her backpack. She just got up and left. I stayed sitting there, trying to remember my name and where I was. It wasn't until someone tripped over me when every feeling came back. I got up, and kept walking.

Was that her, I thought, it probably was because I won't see anyone that beautiful for the rest of my life. But how did she resist looking? When I heard her voice, It sounded like a choir of angels, bringing joy into my life. I can't get the image of her out of my head. Oh man, what if Tryfile finds out about this. I guess it doesn't matter, since I'm going to see her more today.

I've never been to this school (or any school), but somehow I managed not to get lost after 20 minutes of wondering what hallway or floor I'm in. I knew I had to stay in the vents, but I just couldn't find any openings. Finally, I found one on the wall close to the floor. I tried to wait for no one to look but always one pair of eyes kept on me. I had no choice but to use magic. I was trying to think of a good spell when suddenly one came up in my head: time stopping. There was no other option but to do that. After a good couple of seconds passed, I quietly whispered the spell. Everything started to slow down and after a little bit, everything stopped. I walked casually to the vent and opened it up. Then I crawled right in and closed the vent. After that, I started time again and continued my journey.

The vent was cold and it smelled weird. I couldn't find the right word for it, but I didn't want to think of one. I was having a very hard time finding out where I was. I only saw glimpses of the rooms from the openings. It still didn't help.

I kept searching for the right room until I found it. Tryfile's room. The opening was large so I saw the whole room. Tryfile was at her desk, talking to the class about something I already knew. As she was talking, two figures rushed in. It was Michael and... and... my jaw dropped again. It was her. She looked a little scared, but not that much. Michael looked scared too, but I could tell he was acting. Tryfile got up, and started yelling at Michael, and he tried to look scared. She started to talk, but Tryfile cut her off. Well that was rude, I thought. Then something fell next to her, but no one saw but me. I guessed Tryfile used her magic skills to make something fall or something. She started to cry and saw something to Michael, and Michael gave her a hug and said something that I guess was comforting. She looked better and happier, and I was glad. I hated seeing her sad. Tryfile walked toward them and said something. Then Tryfile brought her out of the room. I guess I better go meet up with them, I thought. I started to turn around, then the vent made a noise. Uh oh, I started to think. Then, the vent broke.

"!" I screamed. BOOOOOOOM! Then I landed on the ground, everyone looking at me. Even Michael.

"Uh, hi," I managed to say under all the pain. "um, this looks bad, right?" everyone nodded their heads.

"I got this bro." Michael said and started to say a spell. Everyone was out like a light.

"Thanks Michael." I said to my brother.

"No problem Eddie. Now you gotta go meet them alright?"

"Yeah, I do." Then I ran out of the room and tried to be as quiet as possible. I managed to find them and ran around a group of lockers. I tried to stay as far away as possible from them. Tryfile spotted me (or at least I think it was Tryfile) and I waved to her. I saw her looking at me for the first time and I saw a glow when she did. Since I couldn't stay long, I ran off to the van away from them.

Soon, I thought, yawning, soon enough, and I drifted of to sleep.