Welcome back, peasants! Yes, I know it's been a while since my last update. I'm sorry, okay? The first week was because of a school trip to Guangdong, and the second was because of pure laziness and partly, homework. Hey, sorry I have a life. Also, I don't remember if I've told you this already, but I now have a Deviant Art account: PlainlyAwesome! So tell me what you want me to draw (hopefully some about this story) and I'll do it! Let's not waste any of your time, I know you're ambitious. Here you go!

A hard object hit my head. "Ouch." I mumbled. I heard something placed back onto the table next to me and then some cool hands shaking my shoulder. "Hey, wake up." A familiar voice spoke softly, almost irritatedly. I opened my eyes slowly, blinking to keep myself awake. I propped myself up with my palms, sitting up in my bed and rubbing my eyes. When I removed my hand from my eyes, I saw Jack floating by my bed, pouting and irritated. "About time you woke up. I had to hit you with your pencil holder." He pointed to the metal cylinder full of all sorts of pens and pencils. I stretched, and stared at the digital clock. 6:24 am on a Saturday morning. I stopped in mid-stretch. "What do you think you're doing waking me up this early? It's not even a school day." I said, narrowing my eyes at Jack.

He held up a finger, clapped once, then suddenly yetis emerged from a bluish, purplish...circle? Anyway, one of them reached out and was ready to grab onto the collar of my shirt when I stopped it in its tracks. "Ah, I prefer to have my feet touch the ground." It let me walk to the circle, which I now noticed that was probably a portal. I poked at it curiously, then stepped though. My feet immediately landed on ground. A ground that belonged to a place smelling of freshly baked cookies and new toys. "Woah, let me go!" I heard from the other side of the portal. Seconds later, a duffle bag was thrown through the portal, followed by the yetis.

It made a groan, then a white head emerged from the opening. Jack climbed out of the duffle bag, groaning as he did. "Did you really have to do that again, North?" Jack asked, rubbing a sore spot on his head. I turned to look behind me, where North, Sandy, Tooth, and Bunnymund sat. They seemed to be in a middle of an argument before our not-so-great entrance.

The large man chuckled and rose from his seat. "But of course! You didn't mind, did you?" He asked. "Actually, yes." Jack said dully. North ignored him, turning to me. "Ah! Amber, it's been a while." He smiled warmly and I grinned back. Then North's face darkened as he remembered something important. "The reason why I asked you all here, was about Pitch." His face was grave, expression serious and determined. I perked up immediately. "What about him?" I asked. I didn't know why I was so interested in this Pitch person, but I couldn't help hearing about the man. North sat down in his seat. "He has a new companion. Someone who has been helping him on whatever plan he has." "You mean like a human?" Jack asked, as curious as I am.

"No, it was another spirit. Who, we don't know yet. But the guy is probably another unwilling recruit of Pitch's, or that Pitch has strengthened and has enough power to generate shadows for him, I guess." Tooth explained, half talking to herself. I sat down in one of the chairs and rested my chin on my palm. "But how did he come back? I thought you've defeated him." I asked.

"That's the snag. We don't know yet." Bunny suddenly spoke up. We sat in silence listening to the rhythmic snoring of the sleeping Sandy. An idea abruptly sprouted in my head. "I'll keep watch around school," I spoke. "Whatever they're trying to do, I'm obviously the target. A perfect opportunity to keep a lookout for any suspects."

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I groaned inwardly. "Why do you have to follow me to school?" I whispered, keeping my lips as still as possible. "I thought that we could make a list of who might be the dark recruit." Jack shrugged, casually floating around my other classmates' desks, making them shiver and wonder why there was a cool breeze despite the cozy temperature inside the classroom. "Can you at least just bother me at lunch, and not at class time?" I hissed, keeping my voice down and trying to keep my lips from moving. "Besides, it's hard to talk without moving your lips."

He did a exaggerated theatrical sigh and leaned back, floating in mid-air in the space between a friendly girl's -Annalise- and my desk. Annalise, or Anna, shivered and pulled her pastel yellow hoodie tighter around her. "Fine, fine. I like listening to boring babbling teachers all morning anyways." I rolled my eyes at him -making sure that Anna isn't looking- and turned my gaze back at the substitute.

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I leaned against my locker, staring at the clock on a nearby wall impatiently. "Hey, Amber!" I heard a voice call out. A sweating, panting Derek reached me. He wore basketball gear and the blue band he wore over his forehead said 'fight!'. I giggled. He raised his eyebrow, then seemed to realize what I was laughing at. "Hey! Stop it! My mother made me wear this for basketball practice today. The competition is in a few weeks." He said in disgust, ears reddening from embarrassment. "I mean, I know she wants to be supportive but she's just exaggerating now, you know? Like-" Babbling? That's another side to him.

"Derek, why did you call me here?" I interrupted."Oh, right," He straightened. "There's a singing competition coming up in two weeks and I was wondering if you would want to be the lead singer of my band." Band? He has a band? "Yeah. With Evan and Kelly. They'd love to have you in the band." Derek answered. Apparently I've spoken my thoughts out loud again. "Kelly? You mean the girl who always was quiet in class, with black hair and piercings?" I asked. He nodded. I had no idea who Evan was, so I guess I'll find out.

I thought for a moment. Is this a good idea? "What role am I in the band?" "The lead singer." "I-" The bell for the end of break. We rushed to our own paths, Derek yelling, "Tell me at lunch!" before darting back into the gym.

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"Greek mythology, god of this, son of that." I stifled a yawn, and scribbled down something about Aphrodite. I glanced at the clock. "Five more minutes till this class ends." I mumbled. "Her symbol is her Girdle, a decorated belt, which has magical powers to compel love." "I'd love to have that." A guy whispered to the girl next to him, who flushed bright red. I rolled my eyes. "Also, her sacred plants are the myrtle, a type of tree with fragrant leaves and also the wild rose." I scribbled it down and gave one more glance at the clock. Two more minutes. "Alright, class. Your homework for tonight is to write at least a page in your books about Aphrodite. I will be checking them tomorrow. If we have enough time, I will choose some of you to read your writing out loud. Class dismissed." I stood up abruptly with everyone, and moved quickly to the door. "Oh, and Jeremy," Mr. Walls pointed to the boy. "Don't you dare write yet another story of how you thank her for tying yours and your little girlfriend's fate together." He said with a grin. The two students blushed and hurried out the classroom.

I stifled a laugh. Mr. Walls was one of the most popular and favorite teachers who existed in our school. I maneuvered myself to my locker and stuffed my books inside, and grabbed my blue purse. Spotting me waiting at my locker, a boy from the popular group said loudly to his friends, "Hey, watch out. That girl had too much luck on the stage." I rolled my eyes again and said, "I bet your petty little brain needed hours to come up with that." I couldn't stop myself.

I left them gawking, and walked out of the area into our busy cafeteria. "Amber, here's your sandwich, I'm sorry I can't eat with you today, I'm kinda busy, bye!" Macey blurted out, shoving a sandwich into my hands. She's probably already got another guy to drool about. I spotted Derek trying desperately to get my attention from the far corner. I went over to him as fast as a person with crutches possibly can.

"Ugh finally you noticed me!" Derek moaned. A thin boy looked up from his tray. "He's been doing that since you took a step into the cafeteria." His cheeks were stuffed from the salad he've been eating. "That's Evan, by the way." Derek gestured to the boy. He had freckles scattered across his cheeks and a pair of black rimmed glasses. "Nice to meet you." Evan held out a hand, pieces of veggies fell out of his mouth. We awkwardly shook hands. "Hey." A small voice said behind Derek. "I'm Kelly. But I'd love to be called Skelly." Evan made a sound, which I presume was a snort or a laugh. "Hello, Kelly." I said, unsure of where I should look. A caramel haired girl peeked out from behind Derek. "I convinced her to remove her wig and piercings for this meeting." Derek said. So that explains the weird appearance.

"Magical Bananas to the max!" Evan randomly shouted. "So when are we gonna rehearse?" Kelly asked. "After school, meet me by the garden." Derek shushed Evan and explained to us. "But I wanted to dance with my imaginary classy unicorn friend!" Evan moaned out, completely ignoring Derek.

Well, this is gonna be interesting.

~CHAPTER 14 END~

I saw that there are three new followers of this story! Hey there! I really hope people are enjoying it, and if you can, pleeeaaase leave a review, it can be an insult, compliment, art request, recommended song or just feedback! I really enjoy reading them all. It makes my inner unicorn happy.

Songs of the Chapter!

Try by P!nk. It is a nice song, which I assume is about not to give up. A pop song without curses.

Love Whiplash by Jayme Dee. You probably don't know who she is. She is a really good singer, and does amazing covers of songs. This song is written by herself, about a girl wondering if he really loves her.

In general, I would like you guys to check out Mike Tompkins, who makes covers and songs only by making noises with his voice and mouth and occasionally clapping.

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