OMIGODS! I got a new review and i found my notes (for this story, I lost them) all in one day! I'm so happy! Back to irregular sleeping patterns though. My brain is really messed up.

-Zack-

Zack sat in the back row of the Gifted classroom as usual. Tom wasn't here yet, so Zack had nothing to do. He slouched down and surveyed the room. Not that there was much to see. Actually, he was the only one there. And that was weird because usually Lexie was the first one there, grinning and sparking all over the place.

Actually, Zack thought, he hadn't seen Lexie all day. She hadn't been in homeroom, or maths. Maybe she's sick . . .? Zack thought doubtfully. Then again, that wasn't all that likely, given the recent . . . disappearances . . . of a bunch of the gifted students. Maybe Lexie had vanished as well?

In fact, Zack hadn't seen Lexie since Wednesday, and it was Monday now. Come to think of it, Zack realised, sitting bolt upright in his seat, I haven't seen Jamie since Wednesday either! Or Alice!

And Joy and Lola-Mai still haven't shown up! Joy disappeared on Monday and Lola never showed up on Wednesday.

But only one thought resonated in his mind. There's something weird going on in this class.

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-Tristan-

Tristan's mind was a storm of black clouds as he entered the Gifted classroom. His body ached with invisible injuries and his head spun with thoughts, each wilder than the next.

Sometimes Tristan thought death was a fact of life.

Sometimes Tristan thought life was a fact of death.

Sometimes Tristan wondered what would happen if he told everyone he was a murderer.

Sometimes Tristan wondered what would happen if he told no one he was a murderer.

Sometimes Tristan wondered if he was going insane.

Sometimes Tristan thought he was already insane.

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-Zack-

Zack sat up as Tristan entered the classroom. Finally, someone to talk to! With Tom suddenly MIA Zack was without a companion, and that was no fun at all.

"Hey, Tristan!" he called. Tristan continued walking as if he hadn't heard and took a seat at the front of the class. "Tristan!" His expression didn't change. He didn't even blink. "TRISTAN!" Zack screamed in annoyance. Tristan turned and stared at him dully.

What was up with that? Zack wondered. Tristan looked totally out of it! He attempted conversation. "Hey, do you know where Jamie is? I haven't seen him since Wednesday afternoon."

Tristan jerked in his seat and a spark of life returned to his eyes. "Oh, uh, sorry, I haven't seen Jamie either. . . I mean, it's strange isn't it. . .?" His voice trailed off as he stared at the door in a preoccupied manner. Zack turned to face the door, where Verity was entering. Teleporting quickly into the seat next to Tristan he leaned towards the healer and whispered, "Verity's been acting weird since Wednesday. Do you think she has something to do with this?" But Tristan barely had enough time to nod before the door opened again and Zack spun around quickly.

"Tom!" he cried. And Tom it was. An indigo-glowing very spaced out looking Tom staring at the miniature solar system that drifted around his head, but still Tom all the same.

"Tom, don't tell me you were walking round the school with planets orbiting around your head!" Zack said concernedly, and he teleported to the door (well face first into it, but let's not judge)and quickly checked the corridor for freaked out students, but it was empty. Phew, he sighed, and teleported back to his desk. "You have to be more careful, Tom," he scolded, but his heart wasn't in it.

Usually Zack looked out for Tom, to make sure he didn't use his gift in public. But lately Tom kept vanishing and then showing up again acting strange.

"Tom, where have you been?"

". . .psychologist. . ." Tom murmured, and promptly fell asleep at his desk, the planets exploding into tiny sparks, and then vanishing.

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-Verity-

Verity knew the rest of the gifted class was beginning to suspect her. It was pretty obvious. They thought they were being discreet, but with all their suspicious glances, and Zack teleporting immediately when she walked in and whispering to Tristan, they couldn't be any more obvious.

But she didn't really care. After all, with her gift she could stop them from doing anything about it.

Plus, only the stupid ones were left. Tom, the space-cadet who literally lived in his own little world and could hardly tie his own shoelaces, he was already being taken care of. Zack, the prankster who only had one friend and could barely teleport three metres without bashing into a door or ending up in a tree, he was hopeless. And Tristan, that creepy insomniac healer with no friends at all, who constantly moped around the place with a woe-is-me look on his face, he could barely even register the reality around him.

And seeing how easy it had been to grab the rest of the class and the actual smart ones, this totally out of it trio would be a piece of cake.

Like Joy- simple. Serena 'accidentally' bumped into her one day and saw her gift, then befriended her and told her she could get rid of her gift. Then Serena had hypnotised her and Verity had used her gift to block Joy's psychokenesis .

Lola-Mai was so gullible it was laughable. She was so desperate for her parents attention that when her 'friend' Serena had offered to pretend to kidnap her so her parents would notice her, she came running. Seriously, who fell for such a stupid plan? In fact, it was so stupid that Verity told Serena she should be in charge of the plans from now on.

And so she had lured Alice to Serena. It was just luck actually that Tristan got Alice all upset, but Alice ran outside in tears three times a day, so Verity had texted Serena to wait outside the drycleaners and when Alice appeared she sent her there.

And Lexie was so stupid, hanging around all afternoon, it was easy to get her to tell Verity all about what the four fools at the oak tree were talking about then send her straight to Serena with a message that Jamie Night was getting suspicious.

Then Serena had taken care of Jamie. But by this time Verity was starting to wonder -why was she helping Serena? Sure, they were sisters, but they had always hated each other with a ferocity that had startled their parents. Anyway, using her gift so much had given her a white-hot migraine and she had forced Serena to wait over the weekend so she could recover.

After all, a broken tool was of no use, and that was all Verity had ever been to her sister. Something to use to achieve her goals, an easy short cut to the winner's podium. And despite her gift, Verity had never been able to stop it.

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This chapter isn't what i originally intended on writing, actually it's quite different. I didn't edit this chapter so i apologize if it doesn't really make sense.

Also Jamie, Lola, Lexie, Tom and Zack are in seventh grade and Alice, Verity Tristan and Joy are in eighth grade, so sorry if i said anyone from separate years shared classes :)

Okay so here's a little bit of info about. . . Lola!

Lola-Mai Iketani-

Short, cute, red-brown curly hair, brown eyes, freckles, Japanese-American, likes pink, loves sweets especially lollipops, smarter than she looks, skipped a grade, grew up in Japan, dresses in Sweet Lolita. Dad is Japanese, mom is American.

Dislikes: Lexie Bayden, sour foods, maths, the dark, teachers

Likes: Lollipops, pink, manga, Sweet Lolita, her parents noticing her

Lola developed her gift in the hopes to know what her cold distant parents felt. She can sense peoples emotions by seeing a coloured aura around them. She finds it easier to sense strong emotions; normal ones harder to pick up and she can't feel faint ones, only see them as streaks of colour in the aura.

Everything Lola does, she does in the hopes of gaining her parents approval. She usually ignores the auras around her and tries to suppress strong ones because when her parents finally acknowledge her she wants to feel that emotion stronger than any other feeling.

She also dislikes sensing other peoples emotions because she says it annoys her. She is mostly unaffected by her gift but if lots of people around her are feeling the same emotion or someone is feeling a very very strong emtion it will influence her mood.

Lola looks a lot younger than she actually is because of her pigtails, round face, frilly pink dresses and petite stature. Since she skipped a grade she is a year younger than the other gifted students in her year (she's 11)

Lola is always eating lollies and sweets. She says the sweet taste distracts her from the auras, but she actually just likes the taste. She acts really grumpy and depressed around Lexie to counter Lexie's intense happiness (the reason she hates Lexie). Her parents don't know about her gift.

Thanks for reading, please review my story :) xoxox Miki Dear-Dark