Chapter 1

November 13, 2014

Dear Keira,

How are you girl? I hope your mother has been understanding of how difficult it on you. Moving away with you, taking a girl your age away from all her friends… I tried to change her mind, but to no avail.

In addition to me being your father and all, I'm also giving this letter to you as a warning. In the past month, three students have been killed, and at the time of this letter, one is in critical condition in the hospital. Please be very careful, Keira. It could be anybody there.

Dad

"So, Keira… what did the letter say?" Her mother didn't look away from the wheel as she drove along a forest road.

Keira didn't say anything. She looked at the letter for a few more seconds, then put it back into the envelope. "Nothing much. Just said hi."

"Your aunt's house should be coming up soon." Just as her mother said that, the trees along the side stopped to reveal a town. They came to a red light, and her mother turned back to look at Keira. "Do you want to visit your new school, Keira?"

She shook her head. "That's alright. It's only a ten minute walk from aunt's house." She looked out the window again. How boring…

"Keira… you've been quiet, recently…"

"What do you expect, mom?" Keira glared at her. "You divorce from dad, you make me move all-"

"Keira, I'm sorry, and your dad is as well. But with all the arguing, it might be better this way."

Keira looked our the window again. "Yeah right."

They drove for about fifteen more minutes until they came to a small house. It had a large tree in the yard, and the garden was nicely kept.

Her mother, a Flareon, opened the car door. She sighed. "If you're grumpy, then just wait in the car for awhile. I'll take your stuff in."

Her mother closed the door, leaving Keira alone in the car. Keira herself sighed. She pulled out her phone, and sent out a text to Yari the Marill, her best friend.

What's up?

A minute later, she received a reply. Not much. U?

What do u think? This town seems boring AF…

lol. I have to go now. Text u soon.

Oh, alright. C u.

Keira sighed and put her phone in her pocket. She opened the door and stepped out of the car. She put her purse over her shoulder, then pulled her phone out again. 3:21.

She walked into the house, and pulled the door shut behind her.

"Keira! Oh my…" Her aunt Aki ran over and hugged her. Keira blinked before wrapping her arms around her aunt. "My god, you've certainly became quite the looker, dear…"

Keira blushed. "Th-thanks." Keira hated to admit it, but she had been that one girl in her old school. She hated the fact that guys would always go crazy over her. It was ridiculous, especially since she didn't like making a scene. Ultimately, she had rejected them all; a total of 33 guys 36 times. It wasn't that they were bad looking; none of them were quite interesting enough to be worthwhile. All generic, cool guy wannabes. Not bad people by any means, but not spectacular really. And really, she wasn't even looking for a relationship. She had much more pressing issues; even more pressing than her parents' divorce. She was looking for someone who could explain those dark people in the mirror sometimes.

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November 14, 2014

"Please welcome Miss. Yamano kindly." Mr. Koshino, their homeroom teacher introduced Keira to the class.

"Hey, she's kind of cute…"

"Of course, Koshino sensei!"

"Why doesn't she speak?"

She could hear all the students whispering around her as she looked at her feet. Why did you make me stand at the front of the class? "N-nice to meet you all."

"Alright everybody, be friendly to her okay? We don't want to make her feel lonely."

Keira sat down on a desk in the back corner of the class, near an open window. She stared out of it for a few seconds before she was distracted by a conversation two students next to her were having.

"Yeah… I heard that…"

"That's just a myth," although the voice didn't sound too sure.

"Oh no… it's real alright…"

Keira turned around to see who had been speaking, but the two students weren't talking anymore. She shivered as a cold breeze blew through the class

The teacher started speaking again. "As I'm sure all of your student heads have told you, please be very careful. You all know about the murders going on, and we recommend you all stay inside as much as possible. Homeroom is now dismissed."

As Keira stood up, she felt a hand rest on her shoulder. She froze, then turned around. Behind her was a female student. She was roughly the same height as Keira, and wore the school's navy skirt. She wore the red neckband 2nd years wore.

"Hi! I heard senpai mention that we'd have a new girl coming into our dorm! Wow, your eyes are so pretty! Your tail is so cute!"

"Umm… who are you?"

"Me? I'm Koyuki!" The Glaceon smiled at her. "I'm a 2nd year also… I've got some friends from our dorm, but most of them are upperclass… you want to eat lunch together with me?"

"I… uh, ok."

The two of them began to walk to Koyuki's locker. "Later tonight, after school, I'll introduce you to everybody else."

"Alright… I head from the principal… he said our dorm are all like-"

"Oh! Yeah, they are all evolutionary relatives of us! Isn't that cool?"

"Uh… I guess…"

"Hey, there's the new girl!" Keira tried to ignore the voice behind her, but she heard the voice speak to her. "What's up cuties?"

Koyuki narrowed her eyes. "What do you guys want?"

"Oh no… we know two cute girls like you two would love a quick way to make some money… hehe…"

Keira turned around. Behind her was a Quilava and a Grovyle. They wore red bands as well. "We're not interested!" said Koyuki.

"Quiet, Glaceon! Let her speak for herself… although it's quite a shame you won't join in… alright Espeon. What do you say you send us a few nudes for-"

"What's wrong?" A quiet, calm voice came from behind the two girls.

Koyuki turned around. "R-Ryujin senpai!"

Keira spun around. Behind her was a Vaporeon who wore a white neckband; a 3rd year. He had thin glasses and held a book in one hand.

"Are these two giving you problems?" he asked Koyuki as he adjusted his glasses.

"Umm, no we weren't! Eh, we were just greeting the new girl! S-sorry senpai!" They both ran off down the hall.

Keira huffed. Typical boys. She looked at the Vaporeon who was talking to Koyuki. "Is this the new girl?"

"Y-yes." The Glaceon's voice was full of nervousness, and she couldn't look the Vaporeon in the eye.

He nodded, then turned to Keira. "Hi."

"Hello."

"I'm Ryujin Rakachi. I'm one of the student heads here. If I'm not mistaken, you're in our dorm, right?"

"Yes. The principal told me that our dorm leader was a Vaporeon. So it must be you."

He nodded thoughtfully, before saying, "You two want to eat lunch? My treat."

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"Isn't Rakachi senpai so cool?" Koyuki sighed. "He's so mysterious…"

"I don't know. He didn't really say much."

"What? You don't find him attractive? He's been asked out 15 times! And he's never had a girlfriend yet!"

Keira shrugged. "He's good looking. He seems bland though…"

"Bland?" Koyuki rolled her eyes. "He's captain of the Kendo team! He has a 4.1 GPA!"

"Well… I mean, that's cool. But still… I mean, he just seems…"

Koyuki sighed. "You sure have high expectations…"

Keira shrugged. "I don't really care how a guy looks… really, it depends on how interesting they are."

"Oh, so you're that kind of girl…"

Keira decided not to say anything. She didn't want to get a reputation by dissing Koyuki's apparent crush.

"Don't worry about it, Espeon."

Koyuki stuck her tongue out at the newcomer. "Kousei… of course."

"Hey, relax." An exceptionally good-looking Umbreon stepped up next to them. He had a pair of earphones around his neck, and a guitar was strapped to his back. "What's up? I'm Kousei."

He held a hand out to Keira. Keira looked at his hand for awhile before shaking it. "I'm Keira… I guess…"

"This is Mr. Annoying in his true form… if senpai is like a breath of fresh air, then this guy is-"

"Hey, quiet Koyuki!" He rubbed the back of his neck. "Koyuki and I are childhood friends, as well as neighbors. I'll mention that she gave me a kiss once back- OW! Hey, what was that for?!"

"Shut up!" Koyuki glared at him after she had slapped him. "We were only 13! And still Eevees!"

Keira smiled. "Hey, even the Keira thinks it's funny!"

"I can't believe you find this jerk funny!"

Keira flinched. "He seems nice enough…"

Kousei smiled. "Ah well… nice to meet you, Keira! I'll see you in our dorm tonight. Maybe I could show you how to play guitar or…" RIIINNGG. "Oh, there's the class bell. We should probably part ways…" He put his earphones over his ears and walked off.

How curious… "I think I have math next, Koyuki… I'll be seeing you later."

"Oh, yeah. I've got PE next… alright…"

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"This is it?" Keira stared at the massive building in front of them.

"I know right? Pretty big, right?" Koyuki giggled. "Even you must be impressed by it."

Keira stared at it for awhile. "It's pretty impressive. How many are there in our dorm?"

"Our dorm is the only co-gender dorm… there are 7 of us. There is Saki senpai, a Leafeon. She's sort of like our mother, and Rakachi senpai refers to her when he's not here. Then there is senpai of course, then jerkface, then Rin, and Yusei! Then you and me!"

"I… I see…"

"One of the donors of this building only wanted Eeveelutions here, since he was one as well. So the seven of us get this awesome building! Alright. What are you waiting for? I heard senpai mention your mother dropped off everything a little earlier today."

"I know. We should be going in. I'm kind of curious," admitted Keira.

"Knew it! Not even one as quiet as you could contain this kind of excitement!"

They walked along the path. Koyuki pulled a key out of her pocket. "Oh right, when I talked to Ryujin senpai ealier, he asked me to give you your key." She pulled out a second key. "Here you go!"

Keira took the key and smiled. Maybe this won't be so bad… maybe…

A brand new journey with new characters and brand new relationships!