A new Horizon- Chapter 1- Comings and Goings
Disclaimer- I Do not own: Peter, Sophie, Scott, Shelby, Hank, Katherine, Daisy, Ezra, Frank, Auggie, Juliet, Curtis, Ginger, Grace, Jeff, Hannah or Roger, they belong to FFC, BUT I do OWN everyone else :)
NOTE: This is a futuristic Fanfic. It takes place in 2005. All of the original cliffhangers are gone. There is a whole new group. At this time Katherine has just come. It is the first week of September. Everyone is at Horizon except for Jamie and Jacob Brown. They are on week leave from school and are returning today.
Peter and Sophie Scarbrow stood in front of the admitting building of Mount Horizon. It was the start of the fall semester and new students would be coming and old students coming back. They had watched over the years as students came and left. Some got better and some didn't. But Peter like the philosophy said you couldn't measure yourself in achievements or failures in life. Especially at a school like horizon. There were always little successes and they surmounted the failure.
The first car that came up that the recognized was a blue van. It belonged to Katherine. She was an original cliffhanger. Peter and Sophie always tried to be impartial to the students of the school. But the cliffhanger teens were always Peter's favorite. They were some of the toughest kids around. Katherine had been one of them and every time Peter looked in her eyes he had the strength to keep the mission that Frank had started. Thinking of him brought a tear to Peter's eyes. Frank had started horizon after the suicide of his son almost 28 years ago. During the summer Frank had passed away and left Peter the school in his will
"Hey Peter!" Katherine said with a smile as she got out of the van and hugged him and Sophie.
Katherine had come back as a counselor. She had promised that ever since Hannah had left the year that Katherine Graduated that she would become a certified counselor and come back to Horizon, the school that had changed her life so much. Looking in Peter's face she could sense the safeness she had felt all those years there again.
"Welcome Back Kat." Sophie said hugging her again.
Katherine looked around. Though not much had changed, the buildings and things were still there and everything. But there was a strange sense that was different. It brought a ghostly feeling, one that you can never figure out but is always plaguing your mind tying to figure it out. Maybe it was the fact she was back again for a while, after being away for around 5 years. But it was also something else.
"It seams so different without him here doesn't it?" Katherine said referring to Frank.
"Yes," Peter said. "It's different. But he's still here. In these mountains are his spirit. And in each one of the lives he changed in all of you he's still here. He lives in us and we need to keep his dream alive."
The three walked to the Admitting lodge. When there they went into Peter's office for a while.
"So why did you come back Kat?" Sophie asked.
Katherine pondered for a moment, trying to figure out the exact way to put what she felt inside. She had rehearsed what to answer to the questions hundreds of times on the way here but at that moment it all disappeared.
"I wanted to give back.' She said and looked at Peter. "I have wanted to give back to Horizon, to you to frank, to Hannah, even to you Sophie. Ever since Hannah left. I made a promise, to her to myself to this school, that I would come back. I would help those that were like me that were like all of us cliffhangers."
"I know you will be good at what you do here Katherine. You've made all of us very proud." Peter said with a smile on his face.
Every time Peter looked at Katherine he saw her in the old days. The days when she was still a student. With Juliet, and Scott, and even Ezra. She had changed a bit since that day 5 years ago when she graduated. All of the students had. Juliet had over come her self-mutilation and was now speaking up against it. Scott, though still loving football was beginning to choose what he wanted to do with his life. All of the teens he had taught once were changing for the better.
"So are you ready to meet some of your Cliffhangers?" Sophie asked.
"Yeah sure why not." Katherine said and started to follow Sophie.
They were walking towards the boys' dorm room when a bus pulled up. A young boy got off and ran over to the two.
"Mom." The kid shouted.
Sophie and Katherine turned around. The boy stopped in front of them. He looked at Sophie and then at Katherine. When seeing Katherine he looked her up and down puzzled.
"Hey Anthony." Katherine said with a smile on her face.
"Hey hon." Sophie said as she hugged her son.
"So Kat. I heard your teaching?" Anthony said as he followed his mom and Katherine to the guys' dorms
Katherine remembered when she heard that Peter and Sophie had adopted their first child. Anthony was 10 at the time, abandoned at birth and switched between foster homes his whole life he was their dream come true. Peter had always wanted children, and with Sophie unable conceive, adoption was their only choice available. They were great parents and Anthony had turned out wonderful. He had his parents love for the daredevil sports and he could rock climb as well as both his parents.
"So how was your first day of school?" Sophie asked her son.
"It was okay. Grace kept coming and talking to me. We hung out a lot today." Anthony said a hint of resentment in his voice.
Girls were still enemy lines for this 13-year-old. He didn't mind Grace's company exactly; he had known her for 3 years. But it was when she was all flirty with him that he cared.
"How is Grace?" Katherine asked, remembering the little 6-year-old girl that the cliffhangers once had to save.
"Great, except when she acts all girly. Then she's a pain." Anthony said as he and the group stepped up the stairs.
When at the door Sophie knocked. She gave a couple of minutes before going in. When she got there only one of the boys was there.
"Hi Aiken." Sophie said to the boy.
The boy, Aiken, stood up. His tan skin glistened in the light. His mother had been Puerto Rican and his father Caucasian. His dark hair fell almost to his eyes. He walked over to them and looked at Katherine.
"Hi Sophie." He said.
"Katherine, this is Aiken Gregory." Sophie said introducing the two. "Aiken, this is Katherine Cabot. She's the new counselor."
Katherine and Aiken exchanged hellos.
"She was once a Cliffhanger herself. This is the Kat Peter talks about all the time." Sophie said clearing that up.
"You mean the one that climbed Dog's Peak?" Aiken said in surprise and awe.
Katherine thought back. She was only the 26th student to do that, to place her graduation flag on Dog's Peak. It was a hard hike, with a lot of obstacles; many made by Peter and Sophie. And from what she had guessed from Aiken's surprise not many had done it after her either.
"Yeah. I'll have to take you guys there sometime.' Katherine said as she looked around the dorm room. She started walking around.
"That was Scott's bed, and Auggie, an Ezra's bed too. And even David's." Katherine said as she walked around for a minute.
All signs of them were gone. That is except for the time when they had carved their names in the wall right before they all graduated. Nearly invisible to you unless you knew where to look. Right above the window closest to the bathroom. It overlooked the girl's dorms. And she knew that opposite that window in the Girls dorm was the signatures of her, Juliet, Daisy, and Shelby.
"Where is everyone else?" Katherine asked finally snapping back to reality.
"Um. Let's see," Sophie said thinking in her mind. "Jacob and Jamie are coming back today, they had a one week visit. Then Andy's somewhere. Where is he anyway Aiken?"
"Andy went to the library in town with Hank." Aiken said.
"Hank?" Katherine asked.
Hank was her boyfriend. He was a search and rescue townie. While Katherine was away at collage they had kept in touch and their love for each other has grown stronger. She thought he had mentioned volunteering at Horizon but she thought he was just joking.
"Yes, your right." Sophie said answering for her.
"Oh my God!!!!" Katherine screamed. "When will he be here. I didn't tell him I was coming yet. He'll freak out." She was so ecstatic.
"Calm down. Let me let you meet the girls." Sophie said as they turned around. "Bye Aiken." She said.
"Mom, can I stay here? Please?" Anthony asked begging.
"Sure Honey. Aiken take care of him please. You are the senior member remember." Sophie said as they left.
Going towards the girl's dorm the sky was getting darker. But they went in just as the rain started coming.
"Hello Girls." Sophie said as she greeted 2 girls in the dorm. One of them had blond hair and green eyes. The other had almost red hair and brown eyes. They smiled at Sophie and Katherine.
"Hey Sophie." The blond haired girl said.
"Katherine, this is Rylan Montgomery, Rylan, Katherine, she's the new counselor." Sophie said introducing the blond.
"And that's Alley Thomas." Rylan said as she went to sit back down.
Sophie looked at her watch. "Jamie and Jacob should be back soon." She said to the girls.
"How about calling a group after dinner?" Katherine suggested, "So I can really meet everyone."
"That's a great Idea." Sophie said as they were leaving.
The rain had died down by the time Sophie and Katherine had gotten back to the admitting office. They came inside in time to over hear Peter talking to someone.
"You can't keep doing this." Peter said.
"I know but I love her." Hank told Peter. 'I want her back so badly."
"I know but that doesn't mean you can slack off on your obligations here. You can't take a week off to visit her. From this job or from the Search and Rescue team. Got that?" Peter said trying to sound angry.
"Yeah Peter." Hank said sounding kind of down and defeated. "I understand. I have a commitment to keep."
"Let me walk you to the door." Peter said and he and Hank walked to the door
As Hank stepped out of the doorway Katherine had to try so hard not to scream. He was even more handsome than he had been last time. And she knew he was talking about her. Peter had set the whole thing up. As soon as she stepped out of the shadows the grim look on hanks face was turned into a look of pure joy.
"Kat!" He yelled and ran to hug her. He picked her up and twirled her around. They started kissing and hugging some more.
Sophie and Peter looked on for a moment and were hugging. Everything was happy. That is until they heard the baby crying.
"Anne Marie." Sophie said as she went to Peter's office and picked up the two-year-old.
But the crying only disturbed the two of them. Katherine and Hank were still at it when Peter, Sophie and the baby went out too meet Jacob and Jamie. The new year had officially begun.
Disclaimer- I Do not own: Peter, Sophie, Scott, Shelby, Hank, Katherine, Daisy, Ezra, Frank, Auggie, Juliet, Curtis, Ginger, Grace, Jeff, Hannah or Roger, they belong to FFC, BUT I do OWN everyone else :)
NOTE: This is a futuristic Fanfic. It takes place in 2005. All of the original cliffhangers are gone. There is a whole new group. At this time Katherine has just come. It is the first week of September. Everyone is at Horizon except for Jamie and Jacob Brown. They are on week leave from school and are returning today.
Peter and Sophie Scarbrow stood in front of the admitting building of Mount Horizon. It was the start of the fall semester and new students would be coming and old students coming back. They had watched over the years as students came and left. Some got better and some didn't. But Peter like the philosophy said you couldn't measure yourself in achievements or failures in life. Especially at a school like horizon. There were always little successes and they surmounted the failure.
The first car that came up that the recognized was a blue van. It belonged to Katherine. She was an original cliffhanger. Peter and Sophie always tried to be impartial to the students of the school. But the cliffhanger teens were always Peter's favorite. They were some of the toughest kids around. Katherine had been one of them and every time Peter looked in her eyes he had the strength to keep the mission that Frank had started. Thinking of him brought a tear to Peter's eyes. Frank had started horizon after the suicide of his son almost 28 years ago. During the summer Frank had passed away and left Peter the school in his will
"Hey Peter!" Katherine said with a smile as she got out of the van and hugged him and Sophie.
Katherine had come back as a counselor. She had promised that ever since Hannah had left the year that Katherine Graduated that she would become a certified counselor and come back to Horizon, the school that had changed her life so much. Looking in Peter's face she could sense the safeness she had felt all those years there again.
"Welcome Back Kat." Sophie said hugging her again.
Katherine looked around. Though not much had changed, the buildings and things were still there and everything. But there was a strange sense that was different. It brought a ghostly feeling, one that you can never figure out but is always plaguing your mind tying to figure it out. Maybe it was the fact she was back again for a while, after being away for around 5 years. But it was also something else.
"It seams so different without him here doesn't it?" Katherine said referring to Frank.
"Yes," Peter said. "It's different. But he's still here. In these mountains are his spirit. And in each one of the lives he changed in all of you he's still here. He lives in us and we need to keep his dream alive."
The three walked to the Admitting lodge. When there they went into Peter's office for a while.
"So why did you come back Kat?" Sophie asked.
Katherine pondered for a moment, trying to figure out the exact way to put what she felt inside. She had rehearsed what to answer to the questions hundreds of times on the way here but at that moment it all disappeared.
"I wanted to give back.' She said and looked at Peter. "I have wanted to give back to Horizon, to you to frank, to Hannah, even to you Sophie. Ever since Hannah left. I made a promise, to her to myself to this school, that I would come back. I would help those that were like me that were like all of us cliffhangers."
"I know you will be good at what you do here Katherine. You've made all of us very proud." Peter said with a smile on his face.
Every time Peter looked at Katherine he saw her in the old days. The days when she was still a student. With Juliet, and Scott, and even Ezra. She had changed a bit since that day 5 years ago when she graduated. All of the students had. Juliet had over come her self-mutilation and was now speaking up against it. Scott, though still loving football was beginning to choose what he wanted to do with his life. All of the teens he had taught once were changing for the better.
"So are you ready to meet some of your Cliffhangers?" Sophie asked.
"Yeah sure why not." Katherine said and started to follow Sophie.
They were walking towards the boys' dorm room when a bus pulled up. A young boy got off and ran over to the two.
"Mom." The kid shouted.
Sophie and Katherine turned around. The boy stopped in front of them. He looked at Sophie and then at Katherine. When seeing Katherine he looked her up and down puzzled.
"Hey Anthony." Katherine said with a smile on her face.
"Hey hon." Sophie said as she hugged her son.
"So Kat. I heard your teaching?" Anthony said as he followed his mom and Katherine to the guys' dorms
Katherine remembered when she heard that Peter and Sophie had adopted their first child. Anthony was 10 at the time, abandoned at birth and switched between foster homes his whole life he was their dream come true. Peter had always wanted children, and with Sophie unable conceive, adoption was their only choice available. They were great parents and Anthony had turned out wonderful. He had his parents love for the daredevil sports and he could rock climb as well as both his parents.
"So how was your first day of school?" Sophie asked her son.
"It was okay. Grace kept coming and talking to me. We hung out a lot today." Anthony said a hint of resentment in his voice.
Girls were still enemy lines for this 13-year-old. He didn't mind Grace's company exactly; he had known her for 3 years. But it was when she was all flirty with him that he cared.
"How is Grace?" Katherine asked, remembering the little 6-year-old girl that the cliffhangers once had to save.
"Great, except when she acts all girly. Then she's a pain." Anthony said as he and the group stepped up the stairs.
When at the door Sophie knocked. She gave a couple of minutes before going in. When she got there only one of the boys was there.
"Hi Aiken." Sophie said to the boy.
The boy, Aiken, stood up. His tan skin glistened in the light. His mother had been Puerto Rican and his father Caucasian. His dark hair fell almost to his eyes. He walked over to them and looked at Katherine.
"Hi Sophie." He said.
"Katherine, this is Aiken Gregory." Sophie said introducing the two. "Aiken, this is Katherine Cabot. She's the new counselor."
Katherine and Aiken exchanged hellos.
"She was once a Cliffhanger herself. This is the Kat Peter talks about all the time." Sophie said clearing that up.
"You mean the one that climbed Dog's Peak?" Aiken said in surprise and awe.
Katherine thought back. She was only the 26th student to do that, to place her graduation flag on Dog's Peak. It was a hard hike, with a lot of obstacles; many made by Peter and Sophie. And from what she had guessed from Aiken's surprise not many had done it after her either.
"Yeah. I'll have to take you guys there sometime.' Katherine said as she looked around the dorm room. She started walking around.
"That was Scott's bed, and Auggie, an Ezra's bed too. And even David's." Katherine said as she walked around for a minute.
All signs of them were gone. That is except for the time when they had carved their names in the wall right before they all graduated. Nearly invisible to you unless you knew where to look. Right above the window closest to the bathroom. It overlooked the girl's dorms. And she knew that opposite that window in the Girls dorm was the signatures of her, Juliet, Daisy, and Shelby.
"Where is everyone else?" Katherine asked finally snapping back to reality.
"Um. Let's see," Sophie said thinking in her mind. "Jacob and Jamie are coming back today, they had a one week visit. Then Andy's somewhere. Where is he anyway Aiken?"
"Andy went to the library in town with Hank." Aiken said.
"Hank?" Katherine asked.
Hank was her boyfriend. He was a search and rescue townie. While Katherine was away at collage they had kept in touch and their love for each other has grown stronger. She thought he had mentioned volunteering at Horizon but she thought he was just joking.
"Yes, your right." Sophie said answering for her.
"Oh my God!!!!" Katherine screamed. "When will he be here. I didn't tell him I was coming yet. He'll freak out." She was so ecstatic.
"Calm down. Let me let you meet the girls." Sophie said as they turned around. "Bye Aiken." She said.
"Mom, can I stay here? Please?" Anthony asked begging.
"Sure Honey. Aiken take care of him please. You are the senior member remember." Sophie said as they left.
Going towards the girl's dorm the sky was getting darker. But they went in just as the rain started coming.
"Hello Girls." Sophie said as she greeted 2 girls in the dorm. One of them had blond hair and green eyes. The other had almost red hair and brown eyes. They smiled at Sophie and Katherine.
"Hey Sophie." The blond haired girl said.
"Katherine, this is Rylan Montgomery, Rylan, Katherine, she's the new counselor." Sophie said introducing the blond.
"And that's Alley Thomas." Rylan said as she went to sit back down.
Sophie looked at her watch. "Jamie and Jacob should be back soon." She said to the girls.
"How about calling a group after dinner?" Katherine suggested, "So I can really meet everyone."
"That's a great Idea." Sophie said as they were leaving.
The rain had died down by the time Sophie and Katherine had gotten back to the admitting office. They came inside in time to over hear Peter talking to someone.
"You can't keep doing this." Peter said.
"I know but I love her." Hank told Peter. 'I want her back so badly."
"I know but that doesn't mean you can slack off on your obligations here. You can't take a week off to visit her. From this job or from the Search and Rescue team. Got that?" Peter said trying to sound angry.
"Yeah Peter." Hank said sounding kind of down and defeated. "I understand. I have a commitment to keep."
"Let me walk you to the door." Peter said and he and Hank walked to the door
As Hank stepped out of the doorway Katherine had to try so hard not to scream. He was even more handsome than he had been last time. And she knew he was talking about her. Peter had set the whole thing up. As soon as she stepped out of the shadows the grim look on hanks face was turned into a look of pure joy.
"Kat!" He yelled and ran to hug her. He picked her up and twirled her around. They started kissing and hugging some more.
Sophie and Peter looked on for a moment and were hugging. Everything was happy. That is until they heard the baby crying.
"Anne Marie." Sophie said as she went to Peter's office and picked up the two-year-old.
But the crying only disturbed the two of them. Katherine and Hank were still at it when Peter, Sophie and the baby went out too meet Jacob and Jamie. The new year had officially begun.