Chapter 1: Hanging around by the Light…
"Psst. Nina. Come on, we're moving out."
Neo had just woken up his niece to quietly ship her to Madame Amberly's Academy of Evil.
Nothing moved.
"Nina! Come on, it won't be 3 AM forever!"
Silence.
"NINA! ARE YOU STILL ASLEEP! GET YOUR BUTT OUTTA BED AND MOVE!"
Nina gradually opened her eyes.
"Do you know it's bad luck to wake up a person who's dreaming?"
"No time for that! Pack up your stuff and come on!"
This time there was a strong urgency in his voice. Nina sighed heavily and hurried along.
"We'll get there by choppa, and N. Gin will escort you to enroll in the Academy."
Nina rolled her eyes. Oh come on, Uncle. I'M 11for goodness sake! Oh yeah and sneaky.
She thought, which was true. Countless times she had snuck coffee right from his bedroom (Yay for portable coffee makers!)
They arrived at the academy rooftop. Neo pushed a broken shingle with his foot, and a hole opened. N. Gin held Nina's hands behind her back. The party had not gone more than 8 paces forward when a familiar voice rang out.
"Ah. All newbies comezis way these days. Neo, detention. Nina...your name ish Nina Cortex, is it not?"
Nina nodded.
"Another Cortex," Madame Amberly rolled her eyes.
Now what was that supposed to mean?
Nina thought.
"Nina, will you please wait by the eating room so ve can discuss Neo's detention?"
Needless to say, Neo was furious. "I graduated! I don't need detention! What the hell are you trying to do here? Pick up any graduates and treat them like kids!"
To this Madame Amberly grinned evilly and shook her head. "I swear you haven't changed a bit, Neo. You're always zecry-baby Cortex around here, and furthermore--"
Nina heard enough. She never liked the sound of her uncle screaming. Crybaby, she thought and smiled. Slowly she took a look around and her eyes darted back to her hands. They were cold and unfeeling, and it was only a week ago that they lost their proper use. (ugh I sound like a teacher lol)
Then she just (randomly) tried to stretch, but she heard a faint buzz, and shot up to the ceiling, with nothing to hold onto but the light fixture. She grabbed on, her hands magnetized and her dangling.
Well this sucks, Nina thought when she heard a snore very much like her own.
Nina tried to find the source of the sound, and, to her surprise, saw a girl about her age that looked exactly like her, only the N on her forehead was purple, and her buckteeth were somewhat pointier. The N, Nina thought. She's a Cortex!
The weirdest thing was that she was hanging by (a larger size than Nina's) her feet!(And her skirt stayed just like it was on the ground, mind you.) ¬¬
"Odd," whispered Nina, which was odd, because Nina seldom said what she was thinking.
Immediately, her eyes flew open. "What the--? How the heck did you get up here? And...who are you--me?" She nearly screamed.
End of Chapter 1