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Alison

'Another boring day at school,' I thought, as I strolled down the corridor to English.

"Hey Alison," someone called, snapping me out of my thoughts. I looked around to see Rachel running up the hallway to catch up with me.

"Late much," I joked.

"A bit," Rachel panted. "Slept in again."

"Of course you did," I sighed. Rachel always slept in, even if she set her alarm.

"Hey, apparently there is a new guy starting at this school today," Rachel commented. "He's supposed to be in our class."

I groaned. I like the way my class is, but this new kid would surely disrupt the cycle. "Take it easy," Rachel said. "He might be nice."

By that time we had reached the English room. I followed Rachel in. Rachel chose a desk over near the boys but I sat by myself at the other side of the room.

"Morning class," the teacher, Mr Herd, said as he walked in the door.

"Morning," the class grumbled.

"Right, today we will be working on-" I zoned out, as I usually do. I was staring at a poster on the wall, daydreaming about dragons and how cool it would be to see one.

The door banged against the wall, jolting me out of my daydream. "Sorry about that, kiddies," the principal, Mr Patrick, said in his usual happy voice. "Anyway, this is Nathan and he's joining your class."

A boy followed Mr Patrick in. He was tall with long jet black hair. He had tan brown skin and a lean figure. He was actually quite hot. His strange light blue eyes scanned the class, finally coming to rest on me. I smiled and ran my fingers through my hair.

He walked slowly over to me. "Do you mind if I sit here?" he asked quietly.

"Sure," I replied shyly. I'm not really used to talking to boys. Nathan sat beside me.

"Now write this down," Mr Herd said, as he had been writing stuff on the board when Nate was being introduced.

I got out my book and my awesome pencil case, which had a little dragon on it. I opened up my book to a page, which I had drawn a purple dragon on the other day. I quickly turned the page but I was sure that Nathan saw.

I began writing in my book when an alarm suddenly started beeping. I looked up and everyone was looking at the teacher expectantly. "Don't worry, just a lockdown," Mr Herd said, not looking up from the board.

"Lockdown, red alert, I repeat, red alert," someone called urgently over the MC.

"Under the desks," Mr Herd commanded. "Alison and Nate shut the curtains."

The room exploded into panic. I leapt out of my chair and rushed over to the curtains, Nathan close behind me. I grabbed the black fabric and pulled it across the window, blocking the light, therefore darkening the room. Once Nate and I had finished, we rushed back to our desks and hid underneath.

"That was fun," Nathan whispered. I could hear the adrenaline in his voice.

I nodded. "Be quiet, we don't want the intruder to hear us."

"Don't worry, I'll protect you," Nathan said, suddenly creeping me out.

"I'm sure you will, with your bad breath and all," I joked, patting his shoulder.

Nathan laughed quietly. Suddenly he looked serious again. "Do you hear that?"

"Hear what?" I asked, tilting my head. As soon as I asked though, I heard the sound. The sound that you hear so many times in movies but never expect to hear in real life. The sound that means the coming of impending doom and danger. The sound of gunshots.

This chapter had nothing to do with Eragon and those peeps but it was important for the later chapters so pay attention! Not really, but do keep it in mind.

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