Joey poked at the frog with his little surgical knife. He looked at Kei who was sat across the classroom. She held the knife and looked at the frog, looking rather pale. He looked around the class some more, then Jordan and his sidekick Kieran came into view. The pair were just messing about. He looked back at Kei, noticing that her desk wasn't far from Jordan's. He sighed and looked back at the frog, prodding it in the stomach. He stabbed it as a girl's shriek rang through the class, making him jump. He looked towards Kei, she had jumped from her seat and was stood by the window.

"She brought my frog back to life!" Jordan yelled across the class "WITCH!"

"WITCH! WITCH!" The class yelled in unison

"Quiet!" The teacher yelled "Jordan! Get to the principal's office!"

Jordan ran to the door "Buh-bye!" He waved before he left

Joey looked at Kei. The teacher said something to her and she left.

He didn't see her for the rest of they day. He assumed they either had different classes or she had gone home. He made his way to his locker again. He looked up from the floor and saw Jordan and…Kei. He stormed over to them.

"You've got me under a spell…" Jordan murmured in Kei's ear

"N-no…I haven't" She closed her eyes tight hoping someone would save her. She heard Jordan cry out and Joey's voice. She slowly opened her eyes and looked up at Joey.

"Sorry" He said with his trademark grin "Didn't see ya there buddy!"

Jordan got to his feet "You'll pay for that!"

Kei looked down the corridor behind Jordan and yelled "Hey Principal Roberts!" Making Jordan look back. She grabbed Joey and ran.

"What? Woah, Kei stop!"

As soon as she reached the gates she stopped and released him from her grip. He rubbed his wrist.

"What was that about Kei?"

"I…Just didn't want you to fight…"

"But why?" He tilted his head in confusion

"Because I didn't want you to get hurt!" She turned to face him "You're my only friend Joey" She looked down at the ground as her eyes swelled up with tears.

"Y'know, you remind me a lot of my sister, Serenity. She didn't like me fightin' neither" He lifted her chin up and smiled "If you don't want me ta fight, I won't"

She smiled and hugged him "Thank you, Joey"

They set off walking to Kei's home. Joey looked down at her.

"So where were ya?"

"The library" She sighed "I go there when I can't handle things…"

"What was that'witch' thing about?" He wrinkled up his nose confused

"My family comes from a long line of Pagans, witch is a nastier term for it" She explained "And before you ask, I don't ride around on a broomstick, I don't use the dark arts and I didn't bring that frog back to life" She finished sternly

"Ok, I understand now!" He grinned

"So how come you moved from Domino?"

"My ol' man" He sighed "I didn't wanna come but he made me, I had to leave my friends and Serenity"

"I guess your mom and dad are separated then?"

Joey nodded slowly "When we were kids"

Kei placed her hand on his arm "I'm sure things will work out"

Joey smiled "Ya! Hey, how much further is it?"

"Just this one here" She pointed to an old house with black pained windows and an old oak door. Vines neatly spread across the front hiding whatever colour the wall was. Inside looked like something from Medieval England, full of old paintings, books and furniture. Joey looked around in awe.

"This place is…cool"

"Thanks for being honest, nearly everything has been passed down through the family, others…" She looked around a bit "Are antiques, my mom collects"

Joey turned his attention to a picture on the mantle of a young girl and a older boy with black hair. "That your brother?"

"Yea that's Drake" She sighed and looked at the picture "He'd be around 20 now"

"What happened?"

"Someone who used the dark arts picked a fight with him, he won but…it was too much on his body…" She shook her head "Anyone who wants to use the dark arts are idiots"

Joey put his hand on her shoulder. She smiled.

"So you wanna study down here or upstairs?"

"Upstairs is good" Joey looked around nervously "Down here gives me the willies"

Kei laughed "Probably just spirits, they don't usually hurt anyone"

"U-usually?" Joey turned as white as a ghost

"C'mon Joey" She led him upstairs to her room