Hey for everyone who's read the whole Chapter 1 as a whole, I have re-uploaded it in two parts. So if you read the whole thing (which was 12 pages long originally), just go straight to Chapter Two.
Hope you're not confused.
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Chapter One – The Beginning of The End: Part 2
"Blaise!" Blaise stopped walking and rolled her eyes. "Blaise, what the hell were you thinking!" Blaise turned around to face the fuming Thea. Thea's blonde hair was windblown from chasing Blaise, her lavender eyes alight with fury.
"You're more fun when you're angry" smiled Blaise, brushing off Thea's anger. It worked, Thea went from furious to annoyed with her cousin.
"Blaise, Quinn caught you doing magic on a human!" Thea said, "If he had turned you in…" She trailed off.
"But he didn't" Blaise retorted, "We're fine", she put a reassuring hand on Thea's shoulder.
"Blaise, we can't get caught again, we can't move again!" Thea said sadly, "We're out of forgiving family members, we're at a boarding school for goodness sakes!" Thea's voice rose again and Blaise had to steady her cousin.
"We're not going to get caught" she looked Thea dead in the eyes willing her to believe her, "It's all just a little fun and games" Blaise flashed one of her most dazzling smiles at Thea and then sauntered off.
Thea sighed, keeping Blaise in line was harder than anyone could imagine. It had been an effort to get their grandmother to take them in over the summer holidays, and now Blaise was flaunting her magic for no reason. The last thing Thea needed was another confused, love struck, spell riddled human wandering campus.
"One wrong move and you'll spend your life in the Convent!"That was what grandmother Harman had said.
Can't be that hard right?Thea thought to herself. Yeah right!
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Mary-Lynette held the phone away from her ear until the yelling on the other end subsided. Claudine was angrier than Mary-Lynette thought she could ever be, and it was Mare's fault. She had been skipping cheer practises all year and now on the night of the biggest football game of the year, Mary-Lynette had decided to tell Claudine that she didn't want to be a cheerleader.
However Mare's coach had called first to tell Claudine about Mary-Lynette's many absences and now Claudine was mad. After a few minutes the noises from the phone became quiet and Mary-Lynette nervously put the phone back to her ear.
"Claudine?" she asked cautiously.
"Do you have anything to say for yourself?" asked Claudine the anger still imminent in her voice.
"You have to understand, I don't go to cheer practise so that I can go to Astronomy club, that's a much better profession for me to be aiming for" Mary-Lynette explained.
"I know that Mare, but the only way we keep you in that school is on your Cheerleading Scholarship, so you will get into your uniform and go to the game like I said, or don't bother coming home this summer!" Claudine's voice rose again and Mary-Lynette hung up.
Talk about evil step-mothers, Claudine who had once just been the humble house cleaner had taken over every aspect of Mare's life.
Mary-Lynette stomped out of her dorm room, she was so sick of being told what to do when it had been her who had taken care of Mark and her father after their mother's death. Mary-Lynette had cooked, and gotten them to school and work, she had made sure that her dad even got up in the morning.
She stopped her rampage once she got outside into the dark night. She leaned against a wall and looked up at the sky, the stars were bright out here in the middle of the woods, only obscured by the occasional building or high tree-line.
"You shouldn't be out in the dark by yourself" a smooth but eerie voice spoke from the darkness. Mary-Lynette didn't respond instead she picked up her bag and began to walk away. "Really, it's not safe you never know who or what might be lurking in the shadows" the voice spoke again, it was closer than before.
Mary-Lynette snorted "Please, this menacing guy hidden in the shadows act is so cliché". She actually laughed and continued to walk away. However the next moment his hand caught her wrist sending sparks of electricity down her spine. Both pulled away, though Mary-Lynette thought she could still feel the imprint of his hand on her wrist.
"What the…" the guy exclaimed, apparently he was as shocked as she was.
"Who are you?" Mary-Lynette squinted through the darkness trying to make out the shadow of the boy. She reached a tentative hand out and felt a hard chest, he was slightly shaky underneath her palm.
His hand reached out to hers and grabbed a hold of it, Mary-Lynette jumped back into the wall pulling the stranger with her. They were pressed together much too close for Mare's liking.
"Sorry I scared you" he sounded sincere but Mary-Lynette could see a smirk forming on his lips in front of her.
Now Mary-Lynette wasn't the rebellious type, but the thought occurred to her so suddenly and so perfectly that she couldn't deny herself this opportunity. How angry Claudine would be to find Mary-Lynette had skipped the game not for astronomy but for a boy. She pushed herself off the wall slightly and met the boy's lips with her own. He responded by pressing her back against the wall.
Both felt the strange sparks and both ignored them choosing rather to give themselves over to the moment completely.
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The archway loomed ominously over Keller's head. She straightened her shoulders anyway and walked into the dining-room of the mansion. At one end of the grand dining table three figures sat, stoic and regal, all that a royal family should be. Keller bowed respectively as shape-shifter customs demanded of her.
His highness, the king looked younger than she would have expected, blonde hair framed his warm tanned face. A green gemmed ring on his fingers matched his eyes that were remarkably similar to a bear's. That was what the king shifted into after all. He opened his arms in a friendly gesture, a warm and welcoming smile graced his face.
The queens smile was colder, her sharp features resembling that of an eagle, even though Keller knew that the queen too shifted into a bear like her husband. The queen eyed her and Keller had the feeling that the queen was ruthlessly searching for some fault in Keller's appearance. Not finding any she turned her nose up and looked to her husband.
The third person in the room was not royalty and did not resemble it at all. However Keller knew him well, Lonan Altair. His usually messy blonde hair had been hastily combed back, his eyes were the colour of Peridot stones. He glanced at Keller and she saw immediately that he too was uncomfortable under the queen's strict scrutiny.
"Miss Keller, welcome" The king spoke.
"It's an honour your highness" she said and bowed again.
"Take a seat Miss Keller" the Queen spoke and Keller folded into the seat next to Lonan. "I expect you know why you're both here" she said maintaining the coldness she had before.
"Lord Descourdes told us that you requested us for a mission" Lonan said.
"That's right, however this isn't really an ordinary mission" explained the King "You know our son Galen" they both nodded, they had never met him but they both knew of the royal Drache son. "He is currently attending boarding school, and even though it's reasonably safe we wish for him to have guards".
"Of course he won't listen to us" the Queen interrupted, "He can be a bit resentful of his title sometimes".
"Yes, so after speaking with Mr Descourdes we decided that the best option would be to have some undercover agents, he suggested the two of you" said the King. "You'll pose as his peers whilst protecting him from any harm, do you accept".
"Yes your highness" Keller and Lonan answered in unison.
"Wonderful" he exclaimed and clapped his hands together.
After some planning and further questioning Keller and Lonan were dismissed. Keller was just out of the doorway when the queen caught her hand and pulled Keller back into the now empty room.
"There's one more thing" the queen spoke under her breath "Do you know of the prophesised witch child?" she asked, Keller nodded. "She is also in attendance of the school, her safety is just as crucial as my sons" there was a caring note to the once cold voice that caused Keller to fumble her words.
"Okay" she mustered out, "Your highness" she added remembering her manners.
"Also, I think it would be in all of our best interests if she and Galen were to… find each other" Keller understood the message and nodded. The queen scurried from the room and left Keller dumbstruck.
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"…And that my darlings is how you get a tractor to drive by itself" Jez spoke smoothly while standing in front of the stolen tractor using one hand to keep it from running her over and driving off.
"So can we let it go yet?" Val asked giddily.
"No I'm waiting for something" Jez said peering over to the filling bleachers and the preparing cheerleaders.
"I wonder what that would be Jez" Morgead said condescendingly. "Isn't it a bit petty to be pranking the cheerleaders, again", He folded his arms across his chest and raised an eyebrow at Jez.
"It's the end of the year" Jez explained "We've used up all the good ideas and I promised Val he could design one prank this year", she explained motioning to the over-excited Val who looked like a kid on Christmas.
"Whatever" Morgead rolled his eyes, "It just seems a bit beneath you".
Jez exploded, "You know what's beneath me Morgead, you!" she shouted "You lost the fight so I'm leader now, got it!"
"You know I don't think I've 'got it'!" he shouted back, "C'mon, I challenge you, right here right now!" he sneered at her. She knew he must have been planning this for a while by the smug smirk on his face. "Scared?" he asked adding fuel to the fire.
She didn't respond, rather she chose to throw herself at Morgead in a flurry of red hair, silver eyes and black clothing. She was precise though and managed to cause him to stumble an inch as he got out of her way. Not enough though as he landed a blow to the back of her head sending her falling forward. She hit the hard earth, pine needles flew about her as she did. She recovered in a second though rolling herself over and pushing herself up in one swift movement.
She and Morgead circled each other for a moment, she was about to spring for a blow when Pierce interrupted them.
"Guys!" he yelled and pointed to where the tractor had driven itself off and was on its way into a tree.
"Crap!" Jez yelled, "Morgead look what you did!" she exclaimed running to stop the tractor. She put out an arm to stop it, but she wasn't fast enough and got herself caught under the front wheel. The tractor rolled over her, Morgead her the sickening sound of ribs breaking, and the tractor slammed into the tree.
"Jez!" Morgead screamed running over to where Jez lay on her back gasping for air, blood welled and flowed from a gash on her arm. She screamed and shook in pain. "Jez!" Morgead continued to call her name as she wavered on a thin line between sleep and consciousness.
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"Aah!" Poppy yelled as she flew over the railing, she felt the terror of falling through air for only a moment before a hand caught her, securely latching itself around her ankle. James's hand was unusually cold on her skin but she didn't have the wherewithal to worry about someone's body temperature as she hung in thin air.
Illiana reached out a moment later to help James pull Poppy back up. Poppy was still screaming as the two tugged her upwards. James was stronger than Illiana would have thought and they had gotten Poppy's legs back onto the landing in a matter of seconds.
Once she was safely back on the landing of the bleachers, James leaned over Poppy to make sure she was okay. She shook uneasily but managed to sit herself upright.
"Are you okay?" Illiana asked, leaning around James to see Poppy's face.
"Yeah I think- oh god Illiana what happened?" Poppy exclaimed, seeing the blood down Illiana's arm.
"It's just a little cut, must've got it pulling you up" Illiana said examining the wound. She moved to lift her arm up and winced as pain coursed through her arm, the cut was deeper than she thought.
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The stage was set up, the two school principals walked onto the stage smiling. The crowd didn't cheer much for them though. The footballers looked nervous and eager to play, the crowds looked restless as the Dewitt Principal, Principal Llewellyn took to the microphone.
"Welcome students, to the last football game of the year…" he went over the usual greetings, and gave a mediocre speech about overcoming adversity and achieving goals which most of the students tuned out of. "Now as you know tomorrow is the beginning of our summer holidays and you will all be returning to your respective homes, but when you come back for next semester there is going to be a big change…"
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Maggie stumbled backwards as the boy wiped the blood from his still bleeding wound and then advanced on her.
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Lips, teeth, tongue, hands, pressure, sparks, were all Mary-Lynette felt as she and Ash moved inside and into her dorm room.
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"…as of next year there will be a huge change for both schools, so get to know your rivals…"
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"Jez, stay with me, you're gonna be okay" Morgead called as he watched Jez writhe in pain, "We're getting you blood okay it's coming". More of Jez's blood pooled in the grass and fell onto Morgead.
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James didn't know who to attend to first, the beautiful girl gasping as strange pains rocked through her body, or the still bleeding girl who looked white as a sheet after losing so much blood.
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"…Dewitt Boarding School and Oakley Academy will become one, as Oakwood Boarding Academy!"
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Shock!
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Pain!
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Fear!
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Blood!
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And then the blue light surrounded everything and the school went quiet.
Okay so what do we think… Bad or Good. I won't know if you don't tell me.
Chapter Title: The Beginning of the End – Nine inch Nails.
Chapter Two – Where You Been is going up right now, with the re-upload.