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A/N: There were some significant name changes. They are there for a purpose. See if you can do some predicting with them.
Chapter One
"Are you okay?" Maxine heard as she squinted into the sun. Her new friend Zene was standing over her. "Yeah," she moaned as she stood up, stumbling a bit because of the pain. "That's got to be getting old." Her friend Brutus said as he came over.
Maxine was in 7th period gym class and had just gotten hit in the head with a soccer ball . . . again. She had gotten hit every day this week. Last week was Tennis balls. So far this year she had also gotten hit with Ping-Pong balls, volleyballs, basketballs, baseballs (which were particularly painful), and golf balls. They hadn't even done golf. It was July 31st and the 2nd week of school. School had started unusually early this year because they wanted to get out earlier at the end of the year.
"Maxi!" the gym teacher called. He was very muscular but looked very much like a monkey. You could swear he was the missing link* "Yeah?" she replied with a death grip still on her friends for support. "Maybe you should sit out the rest of the period." "Okay." (* the missing link is the link between apes and humans.)
As Zene and Brutus led her off the field the person who had kicked the ball came up to her. It was Pat Niphler. He was a few inches taller than she was, about 5'6" she guessed. He had short, spiked, brown hair and bright, almost lime green eyes. He had a certain quality about him that reminded Maxi of a small, cute, and fuzzy animal. He was very built and in Maxi's opinion the hottest guy that ever lived.
" I can take it from here." She said not wanting to look helpless. "Alright," they said together knowing exactly why she had done this. Maxi had only been in love with him since she first laid eyes on him the first day of 6th grade. She was now a Sophomore in high school (15 years old) "Hey." he said. Maxi tried not to stare at him too star-struck. "Hi." she replied dreamily. "Sorry about that. I tried to aim it away from you, knowing your history." he smiled. Maxi giggled cutely. "Ow!" she grabbed her head. Laughing made it hurt.
"Are you alright?" he asked sounding very concerned. "Yeah" she replied as she let her hand fall to her side. He took a step closer. "It's almost like you have a ball magnet in there." he stated glancing at her forehead. He smiled. Maxi felt her knees go weak. He looked back into her eyes and brushed her cheek. Her knees failed her and she collapsed. To her surprise he caught her before she hit the ground.
"Here let me help," he said and guided her toward the bleachers nearby. Brutus and Zene almost doubled over from laughter but quickly regained themselves when Maxi shot them a death look.
The period had just started so she had 40mins. to do whatever. She watched her classmates play and found herself getting very drowsy. She decided to lay down in the grass and watch the clouds. The sun felt warm. It was about 80 degrees (F) with a slight breeze. She felt very relaxed and drifted off to sleep.
~She was making her way through a huge crowd of people. None of which she knew. Their faces were vivid and alive with pure joy. As she walked by, the crowd part and were just shy of worshipping her. No one spoke a word. She noticed that the faces of all the people were illuminated by a glow that came from her very skin.
She walked to the top of a hill, people lining her path. She came to a group of familiar faces (at least familiar in the dream) blocking her way. The looks on their faces very different from the crowd she just walked through. They were dark with sorrow and worry. As if they knew something the others didn't. Something she was going to find out.
As she approached they all: patted her hand, gave her a hug, or a kiss on the cheek. Each did something different. Something they all shared was an intense look into her eyes that seemed to yearn to tell her not to go, not to look. Still they said nothing.
The group parted.
Suddenly, she was walking in a meadow filled with wild flowers. In the distance she could see a very beautiful and very inviting forest. She walked toward the woods picking flowers as she went.
When she reached the edge of the woods she heard a high, shrill laugh and a skull with a snaking coming from the mouth shot into the air. She decided to investigate. She reached a small cottage in a clearing and she saw two men wearing masks standing outside. She heard a baby cry.
"What shall I do with the babies, Master?" came a silky voice. The one who said this removed his mask. He had shoulder length, black, greasy hair and ice cold brown eyes. On his face he wore a very ugly sneer. "Kill the boy he is of no use to me." replied the other. "and the girl?" "She is to be betroathed to Lucius's son," the masked man stated and he disappeared.
The remaining, bat-like, man went into the house. She crept up to the window. There were two cradles. One was pink and the other was blue. Between them lie a very beautiful woman with dark, strawberry blonde, wavy hair. She had vivid blue eyes that were frozen in fear. She was dead. On the dirt floor she had written SB. The man walked up to the blue cradle and raised what appeared to be a wand. He started to say something and stopped when the girl cried. He lowered his arm, put the wand in his robes, and picked up the child. To her surprise the man smiled. "What kind of life is this?" the man asked out loud.~
Just then she was being shaken awake by Brutus. "Come on, the bells going to ring soon." She squinted up at him. He had his hand stretched out for her to take. She stretched, took his hand and he helped her up. "Where's Zene?" she asked looking around. "She already went in to change," he answered. They both walked back to the school. Maxi waited in the hall for the two of them. Zene and Brutus came out at about the same time and they all walked off to Honors English.
It was a work day in English which translated means that "to whatever you want just get your homework done on time." So the three of them decided to talk all period. While Zene and Brutus got into a heated debate about the importance of caterpillars in the environment, Maxi wrote down as much of her dream as she could remember. This was a habit she had gotten into when she learned how to write. Brutus and Zene agreed to disagree when the teacher complained that they were being too loud.
"Hey Maxi, have you heard from Sharika recently?" Brutus asked suddenly. "No," she replied. "Why?" "Just wondering cause it's been a while," he answered. "Whose Sharika?" Zene asked curiously. "Oh, Sharika Mysia Quinn. She's been my bestfriend forever." Brutus put on a fake hurt look when Maxine said this. Brutus, Maxine, and Sharika had been inseparable.
"She moved to England just before 6th grade because her parents wanted her to go to a private boarding school there but didn't want her so far from home during school." Maxi explained.
"You would have liked her. You remind me a lot of her." she added. "Oh. Does she come and visit sometimes?" Zene asked. "Sometimes. She stayed with me this summer for the last week of June and first week of July." Brutus and Maxi started to share old stories of Sharika. Zene found them very amusing and shared stories of her own bestfriend Dannielle who was from her old school in England.
"Hey, do you guys want to come over after school?" Maxine asked as the bell rang. "Yeah," they replied together. Brutus and Zene waved good-bye as they headed to French class. Maxi headed toward Honors Trigonometry.
The three had all the same classes except for foreign language and Math. Brutus and Zene had Trig. when Maxine had German.
They all met at the back of the building when school was over. They started to walk home across the field that separated their neighborhood from the school. Brutus Botius made a witty remark about the convenience of them all living on the same block that caused Maxine to slap him.
A/N: I would like to thank moonygirl13, Heather, Angela, and Carissa for inspiration. PLEASE REVIEW!!!! Flames are welcome.
A/N: There were some significant name changes. They are there for a purpose. See if you can do some predicting with them.
Chapter One
"Are you okay?" Maxine heard as she squinted into the sun. Her new friend Zene was standing over her. "Yeah," she moaned as she stood up, stumbling a bit because of the pain. "That's got to be getting old." Her friend Brutus said as he came over.
Maxine was in 7th period gym class and had just gotten hit in the head with a soccer ball . . . again. She had gotten hit every day this week. Last week was Tennis balls. So far this year she had also gotten hit with Ping-Pong balls, volleyballs, basketballs, baseballs (which were particularly painful), and golf balls. They hadn't even done golf. It was July 31st and the 2nd week of school. School had started unusually early this year because they wanted to get out earlier at the end of the year.
"Maxi!" the gym teacher called. He was very muscular but looked very much like a monkey. You could swear he was the missing link* "Yeah?" she replied with a death grip still on her friends for support. "Maybe you should sit out the rest of the period." "Okay." (* the missing link is the link between apes and humans.)
As Zene and Brutus led her off the field the person who had kicked the ball came up to her. It was Pat Niphler. He was a few inches taller than she was, about 5'6" she guessed. He had short, spiked, brown hair and bright, almost lime green eyes. He had a certain quality about him that reminded Maxi of a small, cute, and fuzzy animal. He was very built and in Maxi's opinion the hottest guy that ever lived.
" I can take it from here." She said not wanting to look helpless. "Alright," they said together knowing exactly why she had done this. Maxi had only been in love with him since she first laid eyes on him the first day of 6th grade. She was now a Sophomore in high school (15 years old) "Hey." he said. Maxi tried not to stare at him too star-struck. "Hi." she replied dreamily. "Sorry about that. I tried to aim it away from you, knowing your history." he smiled. Maxi giggled cutely. "Ow!" she grabbed her head. Laughing made it hurt.
"Are you alright?" he asked sounding very concerned. "Yeah" she replied as she let her hand fall to her side. He took a step closer. "It's almost like you have a ball magnet in there." he stated glancing at her forehead. He smiled. Maxi felt her knees go weak. He looked back into her eyes and brushed her cheek. Her knees failed her and she collapsed. To her surprise he caught her before she hit the ground.
"Here let me help," he said and guided her toward the bleachers nearby. Brutus and Zene almost doubled over from laughter but quickly regained themselves when Maxi shot them a death look.
The period had just started so she had 40mins. to do whatever. She watched her classmates play and found herself getting very drowsy. She decided to lay down in the grass and watch the clouds. The sun felt warm. It was about 80 degrees (F) with a slight breeze. She felt very relaxed and drifted off to sleep.
~She was making her way through a huge crowd of people. None of which she knew. Their faces were vivid and alive with pure joy. As she walked by, the crowd part and were just shy of worshipping her. No one spoke a word. She noticed that the faces of all the people were illuminated by a glow that came from her very skin.
She walked to the top of a hill, people lining her path. She came to a group of familiar faces (at least familiar in the dream) blocking her way. The looks on their faces very different from the crowd she just walked through. They were dark with sorrow and worry. As if they knew something the others didn't. Something she was going to find out.
As she approached they all: patted her hand, gave her a hug, or a kiss on the cheek. Each did something different. Something they all shared was an intense look into her eyes that seemed to yearn to tell her not to go, not to look. Still they said nothing.
The group parted.
Suddenly, she was walking in a meadow filled with wild flowers. In the distance she could see a very beautiful and very inviting forest. She walked toward the woods picking flowers as she went.
When she reached the edge of the woods she heard a high, shrill laugh and a skull with a snaking coming from the mouth shot into the air. She decided to investigate. She reached a small cottage in a clearing and she saw two men wearing masks standing outside. She heard a baby cry.
"What shall I do with the babies, Master?" came a silky voice. The one who said this removed his mask. He had shoulder length, black, greasy hair and ice cold brown eyes. On his face he wore a very ugly sneer. "Kill the boy he is of no use to me." replied the other. "and the girl?" "She is to be betroathed to Lucius's son," the masked man stated and he disappeared.
The remaining, bat-like, man went into the house. She crept up to the window. There were two cradles. One was pink and the other was blue. Between them lie a very beautiful woman with dark, strawberry blonde, wavy hair. She had vivid blue eyes that were frozen in fear. She was dead. On the dirt floor she had written SB. The man walked up to the blue cradle and raised what appeared to be a wand. He started to say something and stopped when the girl cried. He lowered his arm, put the wand in his robes, and picked up the child. To her surprise the man smiled. "What kind of life is this?" the man asked out loud.~
Just then she was being shaken awake by Brutus. "Come on, the bells going to ring soon." She squinted up at him. He had his hand stretched out for her to take. She stretched, took his hand and he helped her up. "Where's Zene?" she asked looking around. "She already went in to change," he answered. They both walked back to the school. Maxi waited in the hall for the two of them. Zene and Brutus came out at about the same time and they all walked off to Honors English.
It was a work day in English which translated means that "to whatever you want just get your homework done on time." So the three of them decided to talk all period. While Zene and Brutus got into a heated debate about the importance of caterpillars in the environment, Maxi wrote down as much of her dream as she could remember. This was a habit she had gotten into when she learned how to write. Brutus and Zene agreed to disagree when the teacher complained that they were being too loud.
"Hey Maxi, have you heard from Sharika recently?" Brutus asked suddenly. "No," she replied. "Why?" "Just wondering cause it's been a while," he answered. "Whose Sharika?" Zene asked curiously. "Oh, Sharika Mysia Quinn. She's been my bestfriend forever." Brutus put on a fake hurt look when Maxine said this. Brutus, Maxine, and Sharika had been inseparable.
"She moved to England just before 6th grade because her parents wanted her to go to a private boarding school there but didn't want her so far from home during school." Maxi explained.
"You would have liked her. You remind me a lot of her." she added. "Oh. Does she come and visit sometimes?" Zene asked. "Sometimes. She stayed with me this summer for the last week of June and first week of July." Brutus and Maxi started to share old stories of Sharika. Zene found them very amusing and shared stories of her own bestfriend Dannielle who was from her old school in England.
"Hey, do you guys want to come over after school?" Maxine asked as the bell rang. "Yeah," they replied together. Brutus and Zene waved good-bye as they headed to French class. Maxi headed toward Honors Trigonometry.
The three had all the same classes except for foreign language and Math. Brutus and Zene had Trig. when Maxine had German.
They all met at the back of the building when school was over. They started to walk home across the field that separated their neighborhood from the school. Brutus Botius made a witty remark about the convenience of them all living on the same block that caused Maxine to slap him.
A/N: I would like to thank moonygirl13, Heather, Angela, and Carissa for inspiration. PLEASE REVIEW!!!! Flames are welcome.