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Chapter 4

Roslyn was excited today was her first day ever f school sh was pacing at superspeed waiting fo the others to wake up.

Aaron had just woken up and found her like this. "You ok there, Rose?"

"No, aren't you ready to go yet?" She asked.

"Rose, it's 4:30 in the morning." Aaron pointed out kind of worried about his friend's mental status. "The school doesn't even up it's doors till 7:15."

"Oh right it's a private school it doesn't start until nine does it?" She asked blushing.

"Exactly, so how about you stop blurring all over the place and either go back to sleep or go swimming, take some of the stress off." Aaron suggested. "If you were you're aunt your eyes would be black right now."

"You're right I'm just nervous a swim will do me good."

"Of course it will, you're Rose Garcia-Daniels." Aaron said still using the nickname. "What can fix anything for you."

"Right, sorry Aaron go back to bed."

"It's okay, see you in a few hours, Rose." Aaron said before heading back to his room.

Roslyn ran to the pool and stepped in gently. She felt calm she always did in the water.

"I don't know how mom could not like this." Roslyn breathed in a state of bliss… or… felicity if you so prefer. "Everyone knows your problems are polar."

"Relaxed?" Asked a voice from her left. She turned and found her dad watching her and smiling.

She smiled back at him. "Of course, I am. I'm in water."

"Yeah water relaxes me too." Adam said.

"Then why don't you come in a join me?" Roslyn asked.

Adam smiled and slid in as he had already been prepared for a swim.

"Nervous Lyn?" He asked.

Roslyn chuckled slightly, that's what Slate calls her, he usually uses her real name. "I was." She said simply. It's impossible for her to be nervous it water though.

"Water calmed you right?"

Roslyn nodded, "Just like it always does."

"Glad you got at least that from me."

"Yeah, I don't know what I'd do if I had gotten my mom's aquaphobia." Roslyn said.

"You would do what she does to release stress." Adam said.

"Her way isn't as fun though." Roslyn said simply.

"True." Adam said.

"I'd have to disagree with that statement." Roslyn turned and found her mom leaning against the wall away from the pool.

"Come on mom hitting things and running are not as fun." Roslyn said.

"I guess it's a matter of opinion." Felicity said simply.

"I guess so. why not come swim?" Roslyn asked innocently.

"You're as bad as your father on that, you know full well I hate water." Felicity said sounding annoyed.

"Can't blame me for trying." Roslyn said.

Felicity was about to say something but was unpleasantly surprised when Roslyn suddenly grabbed her ankle and pulled her in.

Felicity gasped as she came up from the water.

"Roslyn Garcia-Daniels you know I hate water." She said.

"Of course I do." Roslyn said leaning her forearms on the edge of the pool. "If you didn't I would have just asked like I did with Dad."

"Oh when I get out of here you are so grounded!" Felicity said not even noticing she was swimming.

'Totally worth it.' Roslyn thought finding this rather humorous.

"You do know your swimming right?" Adam said.

Felicity looked down. "So, I am, I know HOW to swim. You know that, you've seen me swim before."

"So, why don't you like it? You seem fine right now." Adam said.

"I'm just good at keeping it on the inside." Felicity said pulling herself out of the water.

"You won't admit you liked it." Roslyn said.

"No I did not, and you're still grounded." Felicity said angrily as she rang out her hair and clothes.

"For how long?"

Felicity thought about it for a second, "A month, and that includes no swimming or training."

"Feliss that's a bit extreme." Adam said as Roslyn gasped in horror.

"I see it perfectly fitting."

"No, it's a little extreme your not hurt." Adam said.

"Then what do you think should happen?"

"Grounded for one week no training or swimming."

"Alright, I guess that's fair." Felicity said before blurring off to get on some dry clothes.

"Daddy you can't be serious!'Roslyn said when Felicity was gone.

"You went too far this time, Roslyn." Adam said seriously. "I've joked about doing that to her a number of times but I never actually would and she knows that."

"But a whole week without swimming?" She asked.

"You need to learn that there are consequences to your actions, just be glad I talked your mother out of her idea."

"Yes daddy." She said pouting.

She reluctantly pulled herself out of the water, it wasn't worth it anymore.

"Sorry, Roslyn, but that's how it is."

Roslyn sighed, "Just training and swimming or am I not allowed to talk with my friends and cousin and stuff either?"

"Swimming and training and no theme park."

Roslyn sighed again, "Alright, I guess I can live with that."

"Sorry, but you have to learn not to do things like that."

"True, I guess that was uncalled for." Roslyn said looking down at the ground.

"Yes, now you should go apologize to your mother."

"Yes, Daddy." Roslyn agree before blurring off.

She appeared in front of her parents room and knocked.

"Come in." Felicity said from the other side having gotten changed and was now drying her hair.

"Hi mom." Roslyn said looking guilty.

Felicity turned off the hairdryer and turned to her daughter noticing that she at least looked guilty. "Hi, Roslyn."

"I wanted to say, I'm sorry." She said looking up at Felicity.

Felicity gave a small smile, "Well, thank you for apologizing."

"I shouldn't have done that though."

"No you shouldn't have, and that's why there has to be consequences. There are deep reasons I don't like water similar to why I don't like shoes."

"Well what are they as far as I know. No one knows why you don't like water."

"Adam knows but that's about it, I'm not exactly an open book." Felicity said not wanting to tell her, Roslyn doesn't even know about the table in general. They figured that would just be pointless emotional scarring… at least at her age.

"Will you ever tell me?" She asked.

Felicity sighed, "Maybe when your older."

"Why not now?"

"The same reason we don't tell you where the blue hair and ninja star eyes genes came from. We're just trying to protect you from not having to hear about that kind of stuff when you're still so innocent." Felicity said in a voice that said that that is final.

"Okay mom, but promise I will know someday?"

Felicity nodded, "Yes you will, and when you do, you will understand why it has to be this way."

"Well, alright I guess."She sighed.

"For now, how about you get ready for school."

"Okay, I will." Roslyn said.

Before she left she hugged her mother and then blurred off.

After a while, all the kids were up and ready for there first day ever of school.

"Okay do you all have everything you need I would rather not have to teleport back and forth all day." Adam said.

They all double-checked through their articles of total evilness, aka backpacks, theymre pretty sure they have everything.

"Alright everybody stand close together." Adam said.

Everyone did so quite familiar with how the teleportors work.

One very short trip later they stood in front of the school.

"So, this is it." Alesha said looking at the school. "Am I the only one who's nervous?"

"No, I'm pretty nervous." Aaron said gulping as the others nodded.

"Ok, as long as it's not just me." Alesha said having not calmed down at all.

"All of you relax school is easy." Adam said.

Rosyln took a deep breath, "He's right guys, after all, we've been waiting our whole lives for this, it's going to be great."

"Are you sure Lyn?" Slate asked and they all looked at her as the kids went she was the leader.

"Yeah, I think it will be at least." Roslyn concluded not really noticing how much they were looking to her.

"Okay then you heard the boss lets go." Slate said.

They all head into the school Roslyn wondering when she suddenly became 'the boss'.

"Good luck." Adam said waving at them.

"Thanks, Dad. We'll see you after school." Roslyn said as the reast said goodbye as well.

Adam smiled at them and teleported away.

They took a deep breath and walked through the doors of the school.

It was a large hallway with red and black lockers and childeren of all ages running around.

"Wow." Roslyn said looking around at the other kids.

"I know there's so many people." Haydon said

Obviously, bein confined to the manor till now, this is nothing any of them are use to. "But, that's a good thing, right, Lynie?" Eve asked.

"Of course more friends to make." Roslyn said.

"Shouldn't we find our classes though?" Alesha asked.

"Yes we should." Roslyn said.

They all headed off to their first class which was different, some of which HAD to be because they're in different grades leaving Roslyn all alone except for once lunch comes around. Luckily those are together.

She found her first class and walked in nervously.

It didn't help that everyone turned to her when she came in, or at least it seemed like they did. "Ah, you must be Roslyn Garcia-Daniels, right? The new student?" The teacher asked.

"Yeah that's me." She said nervously

"Well, it's great to have you here, good ahead and take a seat and we can get started." The teacher said motioning to the only empty seat. It was a fairly small class so their weren't many seats.

Roslyn took her seat not saying a word she felt very nervous.

"Hey, you ok?" The boy next to her whispered to her.

"I'm fine just nervous." She said not looking over.

"Yeah, it's hard coming to a new school but after you get in which you obviously have you should do just fine." He whispered confidently. "My name's Eric by the way?"

"Roslyn." She said looking at a boy with dark green eyes and brown hair.

"Well, it's nice to meet you, Roslyn." They had to stop talking though because the actual class had started.

"So, where did you go to school before this?" Eric asked after the class was over as he gathered up his stuff.

"I was home schooled before this."

"Oh, this must be a very big change for you then." Eric observed sympathetically.

"Well, Yeah it is. I'm a bit nervous." She said blushing a little.

"Well, like I said, I'm sure you'll do just fine." Eric said confidently. "What class do you have next?"

"History is next then gym." She said checking her list.

"Who's gym class?" Eric asked, next he had English (they were in math class) next but he had gym after that with Mrs. Magnolia.

"Mrs...Magnolia." Roslyn said checking her schedule.

Eric smiled, "That's my class. I have English now though so I'll see you then." he said before heading off to his next class.

"Oh okay see you there." She said smiling.

In another part of the school, Eve came into her second period Science class and was very happy to find Slate in the same one.

"Hi Slate." She said sitting down beside him flashing a smile.

Slate turned to her with a huge smile. "Eve, you're in this class, too?"

"Of course I am we are in the same grade we were bound to have at least one class together.

"True, I feel sorry for Lyn though, she's the only one of us in seventh grade." Slate said looking down at the table.

"Don't worry about her I'm sure she'll be fine. She's Lyn after all."

"True, she's bound to already have made at least one new friend." Slate said smiling again optimistically.

"Or more." Eve said smiling.

"Hence the 'at least'." Slate clarified.

"Oh, right." Eve said blushing as she starred at him.

"You're turning red again, maybe you should take off your jacket." Slate observed.

"Oh, uh yeah maybe." She said looking away from him

She slipped off her jacket kind of awkwardly and placing it on the stool next to Slate before sitting on it.

"Better?" He asked.

"Yeah, Thanks Slate."

"No problem." Slate smiled as others came in.

"I'm not gonna lie, this is the class I'm the most excited for." Slate said bouncing slightly.

"I am not surprised."

"Yeah, it's kind of predictable. Are you, excited?" Slate asked her.

"I'm nervous Slate aren't you?"

"Yeah, but for this class the excitement's overpowering the nerves." Slate said simply.

"Only you could feel that way." Eve said smiling.

Slate shrugged, "I like science. Is that a sin?"

"I don't think so."

"So, how was your class before this?" Slate asked her.

"Math was not meant to be taken first thing in the morning." She sighed.

"Oh that must have really sucked." Slate said looking down. "I had history."

"You got a one hour nap?"

"I tried, they did not like that." Slate said simply.

"I can't imagine why." Eve smiled as the bell rang.

In yet another part of the school, Alesha and Haydon were in their English class glad that they have it together.

"I am so glad to see you." Hayden said.

"Yeah, last class really sucked not having anyone I knew." Alesha agreed.

"Could have been worse."

"True, at least you and Aaron are in the same grade instead of me being alone like Ros is." Alesha said now that she thought about it.

"Yeah poor Ros."

"Yeah, but she's Ros, I'm sure she's not even alone anymore." Alesha pitched confidently.

"Yeah, but I bet she'll be bored until her gym class."

"Possibly but I don't think so, the only problem she'll have is the lack of water."

"Dad said that Uncle Adam grounded her this morning."

"He did?" Alesha asked in surprise having not heard about this. "What did she do?"

"Pulled her mom into the pool." Haydon said.

Alesha facepalmed. "Well that was stupid of her, how long is she grounded for?"

"A week no training no swimming."

"Wow, that's gonna be really rough on her, especially with the nerves from starting school. She'll have nothing to calm herself down with." Alesha observed.

"Yeah it'll be tough for her."

Alesha was about to say something but they had started the class and she didn't want to get in trouble.

The hour passed quickly and finally Roslyn was getting ready for gym.

Roslyn got changed in the locker room but she had to pretend to be modest and change in the bathroom so that she can change the program on her false shoes device to tennis shoes with out anyone noticing. Once she was changed, she headed out to the gym quickly finding Eric.

"There you are!" He said smiling at her.

Roslyn's cheeks turned slightly red but it was barely noticable. "You were waiting for me?"

"Yes I said I would meet you here."

"Well, that's very nice of you." Roslyn said with a smile.

"It's my pleasure." He said politely.

"Why though?" Roslyn asked. "Why are you so interested?"

"You seemed like you needed a friend so why not me?"

"Well, I actually came with a few other kids from back home, five to be exact excluding me but they're all a year or two younger than me." Roslyn told him. "I've never really been around anyone my own age before today."

"Really no one at all?"

Roslyn shook her head. "We've never really been able to get out much, it's the safest house in the world but it starts to seem more like an extremely large luxurious prison."

"Wait the mansion on the edge of Danville?"

"Yeah, you know of it?" Roslyn asked in surprise.

"Yeah, but no one knows everything about it."

"Obviously, my family's lived there for at least three generations and there's still stuff I don't know about it… my mom might though. There's a lot of stuff she keeps from me, says it's for my own protection." Roslyn said looking down.

"Then it probably is there must be a good reason for it." Eric said.

"Yeah, at least she's not like grandma." Roslyn said thinking about when she had kidnapped her not very long ago.

"Why what did she do?"

"My mom said she was always really mean and never really cared about her but I didn't actually meet her until a few weeks ago when she kidnapped me." Roslyn explained softly. "But mom killed her so I don't have to worry about her anymore."

"She killed here?" Eric asked looking scared.

Roslyn realized that she probably shouldn't have told him that. "Well, yeah but it was a last resort. They had already tried everything else"

"Oh, well that must have been hard for all of you."

"Yeah, but at least both of my parents are good even though my grandma on my mom's side wasn't. My other grandma is though."

"That's good then."

"What's your family like?" Roslyn asked.

"My family is pretty normal and boring dads an accountant. Mom's a banker."

"That's ok." Roslyn said unable to pretend that that's interesting. "Not everyone can have a cool family, I think you're kind of cool though."

"Really I sound too bland compared to you."

"Well, you know what they always say. All things are relative. Interesting is simply synonymous with different." Roslyn said as if it were that simple.

"I have not heard that before."

"'In a world surrounded by the extraordinary; the interesting becomes normal and the normal becomes the most interesting thing imaginable.' -Ally Carter." Roslyn quoted.

"Wow! That is an interesting quote"

"It's from a very interesting book called, I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You'."

"That sounds confusing what is it about?"

"Cameron Morgen is a student at the Gallager Academy for Exceptional Young Women, a fairly typical all girls boarding school, typical that is, if all schools taught you advanced martial arts in PE, the latest chemical warfare in science, and you got extra credit for breaking CIA codes in computer class. You see, even though the Galager Academy claims to be a school for geniuses- it's really a school for spies.

"'Even though Cammie is fluent in fourteen different languages and capable of killing a grown man seven different ways with her bare hands, she has no idea what to do when she meets an ordinary boy who thinks she's an ordinary girl.

"'Sure, she could tap his phone, track his emails, and trail him through town with the skill of a real pavement artist; can she really maneuver a relationship with a boy who can never know the truth about her?'" Roslyn quoted from the back of the book.

Roslyn paused as she thought that most of that sounded like her life except for that last bit.

"Interesting book." Eric said.

"A little bit of an old book though, it was published in 2006." Roslyn said though it didn't bother her, she like older books.

"Still it sounds good."

"I could lend you a copy if you'd like." Roslyn offered.

"Thank you."

"Maybe when lunch comes around you can meet my friends." Roslyn offered.

"It would be my pleasure."

"I'm sure they'd love to meet you. Especially my cousin, Slate."

"Why him especially?"

"You'll see when you meet him, he's pretty much the most hyper and easily excitable boy you'll ever meet."

"Is that good or bad?"

"I think it's good but he's my cousin, I kind of have to love him."

"I'm sure he's fun."

Inevitably, the class had to start though.

Once P.E. had started Roslyn was introduced ti her new favorite game dodgeball.

"So I just throw these at people?" She asked.

"Pretty much," Eric said luckily on her team. "and try not to get hit by any of them."

"I will be the mistress of this game!" She said happily.

Eric chuckled, "Then it's a good thing I'm on your team."

"Yes it is."

He grabbed one of the balls. "Get ready, she could call it at any moment."

Roslyn picked up one of the balls. "This'll be fun."

Mrs. Magnolia blew the whistle and the game was on and off just like that. Like predicted, Roslyn kicked ass.

At the end everyone who was not on Roslyns team was in pain and muttering.

"That was fun!" Roslyn said.

"I think you might have taken it a little to far." Eric said sounding a little scared.

"What makes you say that?" She asked confused

"Well, it's just a game, you're not suppose to injure them."

"I didn't just bruises."

"Just try and calm down a little next time, ok?" Eric asked.

"Okay sorry." She said blushing

The other team was taken to the nurse so Roslyn's team had to get released early.

"Yes! Lunch time!" She said

"Sounds like someone like food." Eric observed with a chuckle.

"I sort of forgot to eat breakfast,"

"Well, then by all means lets get you some food." Eric said sincerely.

"Yes...right after I change." She said running away at normal human speed.

Eric chuckled and headed into the boys locker room to change as well.

When he was done he found Roslyn waiting for him.

"You ready yet?" Roslyn asked.

"Yes I am now, but how did you get ready so fast?"

"I have super-speed." Roslyn said simply.

Eric laughed "Well that's anew one."

Roslyn realized that he thought she was joking and laughed as well. "So, can we go get lunch now?"

"Yeah follow me I know a short cut." He said

"Alright, lead the way." Roslyn said with a smile.

She was surprised when he lead her to a ladder since like in my old school the gym and locker rooms were in the basement.

They climbed up and found themselves coming out of a trapdoor in the back of the cafeteria.

"Wow! How did you find that?" Roslyn asked impressed.

"I was wondering around last year and found it by chance."

"Well, that was quite lucky of you." She noted. "Anyother shortcuts you've found?"

"A few, but those are for another day."

"Makes you wonder how many there really are." Roslyn said wanting to find ALL of them.

"I'm sure there's more all around."

"Think I could find them all?" She asked.

"I bet you can't." Eric smirked

"Challange accepted." Roslyn said with a smirk.

"I feel safe." Eric said

"Well, you obviously haven't known me for long enough." Roslyn said simply.

"Your that good?"

"Better than you could ever imagine." She said confidently.

"I have an active imagination."

"Still better than you could ever imagine, my parents don't raise no dummy." Roslyn said.

"I never said you were dumb, but they are well hidden.

"That just makes it fun."

"Determined aren't you?"

"I'm always detirmened, it's in my blood." Roslyn said truthfully.

"Really your whole family is this stubborn to prove people wrong?" he asked as they got their food.

Roslyn thought about it for a second seeing if she could think of anyone in her family who isn't. "Yep, pretty much."

"You all sound fun."

"We are, but it's really funny to watch them argue with EACH OTHER." Roslyn commented.

"So where are your friends?" He asked

"Class probably, we got out early remember?"

"Oh yeah right."

Roslyn got her food and sat down at the table they agreed to meet at.

"So is what they say about the manor true?" He asked sitting across from her.

"Depends, what do they say about the manor?" Roslyn asked havin not even known that they said things about the manor in general until today.

"There's a park and all kinds of fun stuff in it."

"Yeah, there's a whole BUNCH of fun stuff."

"Really so there is a park?"

"Yeah, a while off of the actual building. It was built for my twelfth birthday a few weeks ago." Roslyn said very surprised that he somehow already knew about that.

"You got a theme park for your birthday?"

Roslyn chuckled. "Nothing in the manor will EVER be normal."

"Still that's amazing!"

"What did you get for your last birthday?" Roslyn asked honestly curious of a normal birthday. A normal family. A normal life.

"A new PS3."

"A PS3, that's a video game system, right? From the 2000's?" Roslyn asked in thought.

"Yeah that would be the one." He said

"That's so cool! It must be fun to be normal." Roslyn said almost longingly. "My parents always say that it's boring and overrated but I don't think so."

"You still love them right?"

"Of course I do, I just disagree with them on that topic." Roslyn said surprised that he would ask such a thing.

"It just sounded like you resented them there."

"Well, I don't, I just don't share every single opinion they have. Is there something wrong with that?"

"No, you just sounded resentful and angry is all."

"Well, that's peculiar then."

"Yeah it was a little." The bell rang and others began to arrive.

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