Chapter 1

Driving through the rough terrain of the Welsh outskirts was a tour group of kids, teachers and a bus driver. The teachers are dotted about the coach because a lot of the nut cases were on this trip and the group that this story is focused on is the one with the moaning leader, Oz and she is everything a leader isn't and should be. Even though at the time she doesn't look like someone you can like or tolerate she was on this trip for her friends. She felt no need to go on this weekend trip but did because of the trouble she could cause, also to teach her friends a thing or two about living it up. She could be described as the angel with a devil in her heart, golden hair that was scruffy by the fact her head was on her bag. Everyone had the same uniform on apart from the teachers and the driver, Oz was wearing a sleeveless jumper with a long sleeve shirt under it and dark blue trousers. She was sat with her feet in the air on top of the chair in front of her, her best friend Will was holding his head ready to smash Ozzy's head in. Will is Oz's best friend and the only one who had the permission to hit her, Will was seen by Oz as one true friend and someone she could trust. Will was the fastest in the group, also uses his brains to get out of trouble quick and to get Oz out of trouble quick. He was wearing the same as everyone else but he didn't have his jumper on, trying to keep his cool as Oz kept saying

"Are we there yet, turn on the radio, turn down the heating we ain't in the north pole...thats too cold"

"I'M GOING TO SMASH YOUR FACE INTO YOUR BRAINS OZ" Lita shouted from in front and Oz looked directly at Lita and said to the annoyance of everyone

"Okay, turn it up we ain't in the dessert"

The coach was filled with laughs and sighs, Lita was now close to screaming but it more out of being irritated. Lita was one of the strongest people in the group if not the strongest, but she was the one with more brass than Oz and that wasn't always a good thing. Lita was dressed the same way as Oz but didn't have her hair tied back, also hers was more red than any other color. She was sat next to Cindy, who was the one who followed the group and loved it when they would get in trouble. Many a time she laughed as the teachers would run pass the group as they hid after pouring blue dye over things (by accident) and it was rare if they did get caught. Cindy was the skinny of the group, she had brown hair and had on a long red coat that was making her the odd one out and trying not to hurt herself laughing at Oz. In the seat in front of Lita and Cindy was the second oldest friend of the group and her name is Elizabeth, she was friends with Will for a long time but didn't meet Oz and the others till the secondary school. But at the time of this trip Will and Elizabeth were not talking, they were in fact really angry at each other because one had fought with the other. She was at the time head over heel's for a boy sat near the front of the coach, named James and Oz called him Beep Beep (because he ran like the road runner) and Elizabeth and James were together. They were not to impressed when Oz gave him the nickname that would haunt him for a year, but they made up after she shouted his name during a big match and he scored because he heard the nickname. Elizabeth was dressed like Oz and Lita, but she had no bag near her as she had chucked it in the over head compartment. She had her dark ginger hair tied back but her blond fringe was split and down each side of her face, she was now laughing at Oz like everyone else. Next to Elizabeth was the youngest member of the group, Brenda a.k.a Killer and she was blessed with the best and longest carried name in the group. When she first met Oz she was young but had nails like tiger claws and got them lodged into Oz's hand, after that she was called killer. She was a little bit like Oz, that why she is more watched by the teachers and one time they were both caught and pointed the finger to each other for the who's to blame. The next member to the group is Audrey, she was a drama queen and was a constant flirt with one of the teachers. Oz wasn't stupid and picked it up before anyone and it was around the school within the hour, she suffered a detention for false accusation. But even on the coach she was sat next to him, Lita and Oz would always be the ones to pick up on the event and teased the pair for hours on end. Audrey was very tall, thin and with brown hair like Cindy's but more thick and no highlights at all. She was Elizabeth's friend more than anything, the biggest follower of them all knowing that if Lita and Oz were to get in trouble with the others she would step back, watch and laugh. But she had at that moment not been impressed by Oz, she filled her nails down and looked around the coach.

Elizabeth was still creased up next to Brenda who was also having a giggling fit next to her, Cindy was laughing next to Lita and Audrey was sat next to one of the teachers (Worm tongue) and Audrey said as she filled down her nails

"That is so immature"

"Do I look like damn cheese to you" Oz shouted back and everyone stopped and was thinking about it for a while and then one of the teachers that was reading a book said in his soothing Scottish accent

"It means acting like a child"

"Thank you Doctor, when I want your opinion I'll ask for it" Oz said back and he smiled knowing that she did not interact with teachers to well.

The teachers were very aware of Oz's anti-teacher syndrome, the four teacher (all males) were not so keen to go on the trip but felt it would be good to get the students out. Worm Tongue was the one who organized the trip, he was not to happy when he learned of the amount of Oz's friends would be on the coach and it nearly gave him a heart attack when Oz herself came along and said she was going. He had long black hair (he dyed it, Oz was sure) and always in a black shirt and black trousers that would look good on a lawyer, he was at that moment putting Audrey's number on his phone so in case things should get rough he could help her out. In the seat in front of him was Lupin, he was their to teach history for the group and to show them the historic landmarks. He was in the good books of most of the group, he was a good laugh when he wanted but it felt more like he was a big child rather than a teacher. He was the second youngest in the group, not many gray's but felt that this trip would be forgotten in a month so he just sat silent. Wearing his tweed and trousers that were the same color as his hair he looked slightly normal. The teacher next to him was the one in charge, McMahon. Oz and Worm Tongue didn't get along...but the hate here was so thick that even people would look if the pair were in the same room together. The group were fifty-fifty about the whole thing, some people thought that McMahon had to prove himself and other's thought the same about Oz. He was the oldest in the group, he had dyed his hair to help it look younger but it didn't work as a old leg wound would make him look old. He said before the trip began 'This may be tough but we can manage, we'll take care of the children and give detention to whoever deserves it'. He was dressed in a kind of headmaster suit, that made him look square and it didn't take long for the group to notice it. The last teacher is the doctor, he was the teacher who Oz had never given any trouble. She learned from him because he made the lessons seem more understandable, giving time for each of his students and this was a smart move as it got slight respect from the group. The other teachers were not so sure of his methods, saying that the students should be treated as a group and not as individuals. He was sat on the chair at the very front behind the driver, his reason for being on this trip was because the other teachers saw him as being able to control riots and mass fights. He was wearing a pin-stripe suit, plimsolls and had medium brown hair. He went back to his book after smiling at Oz again and Lita replied looking over her chair

"He is right, but you don't want to admit it because he is a teacher and according to you teachers are dumb"

"Yeah (takes out a bottle of drink) here's to the pencil pushers may they all get lead poisoning"

Elizabeth was laughing her head off and Brenda was getting a stitch, Cindy was falling asleep and Oz decided that it would be a good time to throw a rubber spider over her shoulder and it smacked Elizabeth in the face. Oz had a wicked sense of humor, she once tapped a rubber snake to the bottom of a biscuit tin lid and made her friends scream when they opened it. Elizabeth (who is afraid of something) screamed the coach to a stop as she swore she saw it move and McMahon stood up and snapped

"I will throw you off the bus if you keep this up Robins"

"It's too cold in here" Oz said back and Will snapped

"Can someone gag this woman before I decide to lay the smack-down on her candy..."

"Doctor sit with Oz" Worm Tongue said with a smug smile and the Doctor looked straight at Oz and then said putting his glasses back against the top of his bridge of his nose

"I don't want to lose my hearing ability yet, but if it is a order I guess Will can have my seat"

"Will move" McMahon said to him and Will replied

"No I can handle her, she will sober up with a couple of drinks"

The coach had gone silent again and they went to move, but then the driver stood up and said as the spider was thrown around the coach and he caught it

"Good resemblance of my mother (a old man smashed on the door) what the hell"

The driver was a weedy little man with a bald head and sunken eyes, he was wearing a light blue top and driving gloves. He wasn't the type to spook easily, but the man against the door did it well.

The door was opened and Lupin helped the old man out of the coach and the old man was irate with fear and anger, he pushed Worm Tongue and Lupin back and said as everyone looked out the windows and Oz's group was at the door and Oz on the road

"You must not go that way, you will all die"

"Why more big coaches around here" Lita said with her smart ass look and the old man wailed

"This is the road to Montre, the last free land of god and his minions protect it...you will all be dead before the second sun sets"

"Listen sir you are scaring the students..." Lupin said and Oz had her arms crossed and was leaning against the Coach and said

"No he ain't"

"Shut up Robins before I give you another six detentions myself" Worm Tongue shouted back and the old man said pointing at Oz and her group

"You live the longest, they like your type the best...strong and mainly you have quick wits and the brains"

With a howling type of laugh the man ran down the hill and as the teachers followed him they saw he was gone. Everyone got back onto the bus, once everyone was seated in their original seats Oz started to laugh and she said after Will asked

"What are you laughing about?"

"What just happened to us happens in horror movies (the coach goes up with ohs and F sakes) some guy come up to you and tell you your going to die and it normally happens"

"THAT IS IT I'M KILLING HER NOW" Lita lunged over the seat and tried to take Oz's head off.

All she got was a sore fist from punching into Oz's bags full of hard back books for the trip, Will said as he pointed down the alley and Lita held her fist with teachers holding her back

"Hey Oz, look at that bag"

The bag was next to Audrey and it was a posh little thing with fake glass diamonds, money and make up in it and Oz said as the Doctor started to walk down to obviously have a go

"Dare you to swipe it?"

"If I don't"

"I will" Oz said back and the Doctor led over the two and said looking down at Oz

"I think that you will sit with me, William...Wormy has agreed to move Elizabeth over with James..."

"Beep Beep" Oz said as she looked back and saw that he had moved into a pair of spare seats and the Doctor continued and said

"...Will you will be seated with Brenda"

"Killer" Oz said and the Doctor lifted a finger and said

"If you interrupt me one more time Oz I will be forced to move you to the front"

"Oh scary front seat" Elizabeth said over the seat and Will said trying to kick Elizabeth

"Was we talking to you"

"Couldn't smell ya breath"

Elizabeth took her leave to sit with James and Will moved to the opposite seats with Brenda, the Doctor sat down and started to read his book again and Oz was silent for the first time and after three second she said

"Why can't you talk"

"Why can't you stop" Lita said back and Oz said

"I enjoy the exercise"

A lot of people laughed at this but the Doctor seemed embedded in his book and Brenda said across after Will had whispered something to her

"Hey Oz (she looks over) you enjoying the ride"

Will and Brenda laughed their heads off and no one else got it until Oz finally clicked and said back

"Not as much a Audrey and Wormy"

The coach erupted with laughter and the Doctor took off his glasses and said putting down his finished book

"Honestly will you and your so called gang every learn to grow up"

"Neva"

"That is not a word Oz" He said back and Lita looked over the seat and said

"Yeah it is, just some dumb ass spelled it wrong ages ago"

Everyone was snickering, suddenly the coach spun off the road to a stop and McMahon said as Oz jumped over the seats to chat with the funny farm

"Why have we stopped?"

Oz was now seated with one of the many members of Oz's second group that she called 'The Funny Farm' because they were all insane, the members from the group were two lads and girl. One of them was called Steve-O and he was a scruffy maniac and was the one who was into the drink, he was wearing a rock band hoody and had a ripped up bag that matched well with his scruffy brown hair. The other boy was the brother to the girl and the pair were best of friends with Oz and Lita. They were all named after the Osbourne's and Oz (well it's obvious) was named after the star. The boy was Jack (Chris Pontius is his real name) and he was wearing the same as everyone, he had long brown hair and was the younger of the pair. His sister Kelly (Grace) was the brunette with the same amount of brass as Lita and it was sometimes a relief to Oz when they would get in trouble. The funny Farm looked forward and Oz moved next to Grace and listened to the argument at the front.

"This map is wrong" the bus driver said and Worm Tongue said as he stood up and looked at it

"It cant be wrong I bought it"

"It is a map of Ireland, this is Wales" the bus driver snapped and Oz was in complete hysterics as the bus driver threw the map at the black headed teacher she said

"I told you so"

"What did you tell us so" the Doctor asked as he let her sit down again

"That teachers are dumb"

"Including me" he said and Oz replied

"No, you do a subject where money is a good thing so you ain't dumb"

"Thank you"

"Kiss ass" Elizabeth murmured and all she got for it was a paper airplane in the back of her head and a second one hit Worm Tongue who was getting grief from the other students who were closer to the front.

Night had started to creep in and the bus driver had in fact kept going because the signs were saying they were going in the right direction, but for some reason the fuel meter was reading wrong and hadn't moved for the past three hours. As they night went by Oz took out her cards and said to the doctor who was reading a book he had on magic and ancient arts

"Got anything to gamble"

"No, why are you going to gamble in front of all your friends" he replied looking at her over his glasses and she said back

"Yeah, Lita we call the leech because she sucks the money out of us at poker, Will is the Stallion because he trots through rummy. Brenda is Killer because she has never been beaten in a game of flush or dubs, Liz is the cat because she has a sly hand when ever she gets a ace up her sleeve. Cindy is the dog because she sniffs out our cards through looking through the whole pack when we play...Audrey never plays because she is scared that she will lose everything"

"What about you?" he asked as she was done pointing toward the different people some who were asleep and she said

"The wolf, sly, intelligent and I put it all on the line even though I might never actually win"

"I will give you a couple of games, nothing to lose"

After the ninth game Oz looked to her watch and saw it was 1 in the morning and everyone was asleep, apart from herself and the doctor who was nodding off as she put the cards back in the box. But as she went to fall asleep the coach jerked and jumped up from the road, it slammed back down so hard that everyone was nearly thrown from their seats and Worm Tongue cried

"What's going on"

"We have just hit something" the bus driver said back as he was checking the different meters and Lita shouted

"What a moose?"

The bus driver got out of the coach, looked at the wheels to see that one of the six had in fact lost a rim but nothing to bad that it couldn't go but as he went back in and looked at the meter Oz said to Cindy from her seat

"Is it me or does the driver look like a skinny Fester"

"Yeah" Cindy said back laughing and then the driver said as he slammed down his hat

"Shit"

"What is it" Worm Tongue asked as he walked to the front with McMahon and Lupin and the driver said

"We have enough fuel to get us another half mile"

"Oh great get us from nowhere to nowhere" Oz said up and the rest of people on the bus agreeing and the coach driver replied

"Do you have any ideas my pretty?"

"Why not find a near place on foot then see if we can reach it with the coach" Will said and Oz nodded, Lita stood up and said

"In groups we can be safe"

"No, we were told by your parents not to let you go off on your own" Lupin said and Oz smiled and said as the doctor walked down the corridor

"Everyones or just ours"

"Shut up" Worm Tongue said back and McMahon said as he and the teachers were done chatting

"Right, Oz you, Will and Lita will go with the Doctor to the east. Worm Tongue, Audrey, Elizabeth and Brenda will go to the north"

"Ha bad luck Liz and Bren" Oz laughed and Cindy asked as she stood up

"What about me?"

"You will go with Remus (Lupin), Grace and Chris to the west" McMahon replied and the Doctor said before Oz attempted to make a comment

"Vince will be staying here to keep a eye on the rest of the group"

"He read you" Audrey said to Oz who was going to punch her but Chris grabbed her and said as he helped her up the corridor

"Don't kill her Ozzy"

"It's OK, not yet"

The groups got off the bus and went in their separate directions, Oz's group down a old dusty road, Cindy's down the hills and Elizabeth's further up the road. But no one had seen the stone at the end of the dusty road that had the symbol on it because of the woods no one knew that the facility was there.