Disclaimer: Once again- I do not own any of the WR characters except for the ones of my own creation.

A/N:

Ch. 4

"Ari! It's time to get up! You're going to be late for school again!" yelled Lynn Hampton from the kitchen near her daughter's room. She giggled to herself as she heard a crash and the resulting yelp as Ari fell out of her bed. Again. It was part of her daily routine it seemed. She was graceful in every sense of the word, except for when it came to getting out of a bed.

Rushing into the kitchen, Ari grabbed the cup of orange juice that Lynn had laid out for her and chugged it down. She had decided on a black skirt that reached mid thigh and a white lacey tank top and white flip-flops. And as usual she wore the necklace that she had worn since her birth, a blue green stone held on by a delicate silver chain.

"Bye Lynn! I'll see you after school!" Ari said as she leaned over to give her mom a kiss on the cheek.

"Bye honey, be safe." Lynn replied as Ari ran out the door.

Running, Ari raced down the sidewalk towards school, praying that she wouldn't be late yet again. Her attendance record couldn't take any more tardys and she didn't feel like a detention. Luck was on her side today, and she made it to class with 3 minutes to spare.

"Wow, you look like you ran to school. Wake up late again?" asked her best friend Ally.

"Yeah… I just can't seem to ever get up on time. I mean I sleep through my alarm and so I never wake up on time…" Ari said with a sigh.

Ally giggled at her friend. Ari had had a problem being on time to anything for as long as she could remember. Ari glanced at her friend and started laughing as well.

"I'm hopeless aren't I?' she said while laughing. Ally smiled and nodded in return, "Yup. Pretty much seems that way". And then the school day officially began.

"Man, I can't believe it. One more day and then spring break starts!" thought Ari with a smile. She had been looking forward to lounging around and not having to wake up early for a while. Ari was so wrapped up in her thoughts that she didn't see the two boys in front of her until she ran straight into them.

"Ahh!" all three of them yelled as they careened into the floor in a tangle of limbs and books. The two boys were the quickest to recover and stood up quickly. One began gathering her books as the other helped her up.

"I am so sorry!" Ari said to both the boys, her face turning bright red.

"Hey no problem, it's fine, neither of us were hurt. And besides, its not every day that one gets blindsided by a beautiful girl." Said the one who helped her up. "I'm James and this is John, and yes, we are twins," this last bit coming from the boy who handed her the books that she had dropped.

At this she took a closer look at the two boys. Both had short, black spiked hair, warm brown eyes, tan skin with slim but athletic builds. Overall, pretty handsome guys she noted with a smile.

Studying her in return, both boys noted that she was rather attractive. She had layered black hair that reached mid back, stunning blue eyes, and an athletic build. "You're the Senior class vice president aren't you?" asked James.

"Yup! That I am." Ari said with a smile. "And you two are on ASB too aren't you? Junior class reps right?"

"Uh huh, not a very impressive position I'll say though." replied John with a smile.

The minute bell rang and Ari started. "Oh! I've got to get to class! It was nice meeting you two, and I'm so sorry for running into you!" she said as she ran away to her next class. "Damn! She's hot! I've got to get to know her!" thought both of the twins. Little did they know, but they would get to know her very well.

In another world, Ari's homeland, the oracle chuckled to herself. She had just found the prefect bait for Lord Darcia to use to lure the wolf back to her homeland so that he could open a Paradise for the nobles.