Chapter Six"

All right, I'll bite." Cornelia was sitting at a table next to Hay Lin and Will. "You dragged us all here to see, and I quote 'something amazing!' So what is it?!" She looked around. All of her friends -ex friends that is- had the same expressions on their faces that she had on hers.

"Yeah!" Taranee exclaimed. "what is it? I've got other things to do." In truth, Taranee had nothing else to do. She was actually eager to see what amazing thing Hay Lin had, and if it took some time, then that was fine.

"Hey Lin!" they heard a voice call out.

"Hi Darky!" Hay Lin replied. The boy she was talking to was wearing a black hat with an all black outfit. He was carrying a big, black bag. "I saved you a seat!"

"Well," Dark said, "so you did. It looks like I have to show you something amazing." He sat down in the seat next to her. "Sorry I'm late. Had a small task I had to take care of. I got what you want. I got what I want. Oh hi, Irma! Who are they?" Until then Dark had seemed to ignore everything except Hay Lin. He'd been looking at only her. Then he noticed Will, Taranee and Cornelia.

"Dark," Hay Lin said in a soft voice, "These are my friends. This is Will," she pointed at Will. She still kept her hair short. She was wearing a pink T-shirt and blue jeans. He seemed to admire her brown eyes.

"This is Cornelia." She pointed at the tall girl that looked like a supermodel. She was wearing a pink blouse with a lime green skirt. Blue eyed blonde, he thought, Probably stupid too.

"And this is Taranee." She pointed at the small, tan girl with blue braids. She was wearing a red T-shirt and jeans.

"Pleased to meet you," Dark said. He stuck out his hand. "Wait," Dark said, pulling his hand back, "You mean Taranee Cook? The judge's daughter, Taranee Cook?"

"Yes?" Hay Lin said.

"Oh. Well, hi." He only did a weak wave towards her. He suddenly started to try to avoid eye contact with her. Cornelia noted that he did the same with Irma.

I wonder why he does that? She pondered, What's he got to be afraid of? Look at him! He's huge! Why would he be scared of them?

"Okay, what's so amazing about him?" Will asked.

"It's not me," Dark said, "It's this." He reached in his bag and pulled out...

"An apple?" Taranee asked. "What's so amazing about that?"

"It's not any ordinary apple," Dark said, "It's a special one. It bleeds."

"Yeah right," Irma said in a sarcastic voice.

"Fine. You don't believe me, see for yourself." Dark pulled a knife out of his bag, and stabbed the apple. At first nothing happened. Then, something amazing did happen. The apple bled! "Cool, huh?" Dark could see the fear in them. He would never tell anyone, but he loved fear. He enjoyed watching people show weakness. Then he could see what he needs to teach them.

"So you guys have to do anything today?" Will asked.

"No," Irma said.

"Not really," Taranee admitted.

"Me neither," Hay Lin said, "Hey! Why don't we show the new kids around? That'll be fun."

"Well, if you guys want to," Dark said, "I'll go get East."

I like East, Cornelia thought. She had met her in her first period math class. She looked, and even thought like her. She's the only person that gets me. I feel like she's a part of me, at times. She smiled. Just then the bell rang. Usually, that meant more work, but today it meant school's out!

"Well," Dark said with a sigh, "Let's go." Behind him was a petite girl with a long, blonde ponytail. She was wearing a green tube top and blue jeans. "Hi, East," Cornelia said to her. East only waved. She didn't say anything.

"Come on! Let's do this!" Irma shouted, running to the door.

"For some reason, I want to hurry up, too," Cornelia said. She followed Irma to the door.

"Great!" Dark exclaimed. "Now I have something to do."