(DEREK P.O.V.)

-Previous Morning-

"You think she's a WHAT?" Simon screeched.

"A necromancer. You know, someone who can see ghosts and raise the dead and—" I said

"We know what it is!" Tori hissed.

School was about to start in 10 minutes, and we were huddled by my/our car in the school parking lot.

"No. Chloe is not a necromancer. You're crazy! And even if she is, where's your proof?" Simon said, shaking his head.

"She's been having these weird…. Attacks. Like, she'll just be standing there and then her face goes all pale and her eyes go all wide and –" I started.

"That's not proof." Tori intervened.

"Well maybe it would be if you let me finish." I spat out. "She sees deaths where they happened. Like, she saw a woman get killed when a man brought a brick down on her head by the forest. I did some research and found out that that did happen ten years ago. It's a known fact that a necromancer's brain can replay the event of one's death."

"Hey, there she is!" Said Simon. We all stared at her as she pulled her shiny black car in an empty car spot across the lot.

"One of us should probably tell her." Simon continued.

"Well? Who's gonna drop the 'necromancer' bomb on her?" I asked them.

They both looked at me with disbelief. "YOU ARE!" They both whisper yelled.

"What? Why can't one of you do it?"

"Hey, don't look at us! You're the one who found out first." Tori said.

I gave them my most menacing stare, and to anyone who didn't know me would have turned the other way and ran. But Simon and Tori had lived with me more ten years, and they stood their grounds and returned the stare.

"Fine." I huffed.

I started making my way over to her, but she ducked her head down and began walking the other way.

"Chloe!" I yelled as I suddenly caught up with her. "Chloe. We need to talk."

"What for? There's nothing to talk about." This made me angry. Besides my family, people never rejected me.

"Just let me explain. Can you meet me in the library at lunch? There's something I need to tell you." I said.

"I'm not meeting you anywhere, just leave it at that." She said.

Not wanting to lose my temper, I just grunted a 'Whatever'. She started to walk the other way when she stopped dead in her tracks. It was happening to her again. She was seeing a death, right here, in the lot.

She began moaning 'No', and I said calmly, "Chloe, just stay calm."

"This isn't HAPPENING!" She yelled. Thankfully, it didn't draw much attention.

"Chloe, it's ok." I said, but I don't think she heard me. She almost fell, but I held her up. She muttered something I couldn't make sense of. Her eyes closed, and I knew she had passed out.

I picked her up bridal style and began walking over to Simon and Tori.

"What happened?" Tori hissed.

"She fell and hit her head." I said. It would have to do for now.

"Derek, you know as well as we do that that is not true—" Simon started.

"Necromancer death vision. I'll tell you later." I said, just loud enough for them to hear.

I continued across the lot, making my way to the doors. I earned stares and whispers from every single kid in the lot.

I even heard one say, "I heard he broke this kid's back from where he came from last. I bet you he killed this one." Pointing to Chloe.

I gave him scowl and walked inside. Once I reached the nurse's office, she saw me and said, "What on earth happened?"

I told her Chloe fell and hit her head, and asked if I had permission to excuse my classes and take her home. She wrote up a slip giving me permission and just before I left said, "She's real lucky to have a friend like you."