Chapter 1: Lazy day at school

"Oh for the love of God can this day get any more boring for me" Mitch moaned as he slumped onto a pile of bark in the bush reserve. Standing at 6 foot tall with short blonde hair, sky blue eyes and an athletic build to his body he was apparently according to others somewhat of a decent looking person. "Great and now I'm about to receive a lecture" he groaned rolling his eyes upon seeing a girl striding towards him hands on hips with a look of disappointment on her face.

"For once in your life could you actually try at school sheesh" the girl said before Mitch raised both arms in a shrug "Hey it's not my fault if this stuff bores me Ania come on give me a break" he said before jumping to his feet and walking towards her. Out of all the girls in the year Ania had to be in the top 3 in terms of attraction and looks at least in Mitch's books, long blonde hair flowing halfway down her back with a voluptuous figure for her height which was about up to Mitch's arms. He had always found that cute because he got to look down at her, although he preferred it was that way since he didn't want those sky-blue eyes piercing holes through him. Naturally they were amazing almost like the ocean, beautiful to look at but can turn deadly at a moment's notice.

"I swear you're smarter than you give yourself credit for so try harder idiot" and with that she reached up and slapped Mitch across the back of the head. "Alright, alright sheesh I'll try harder from now on your highness. Now if you'll excuse me, I see some nice ladies sun baking on the oval so I'm off to have a chat with them". Bolting off towards them with a look of glee in his eyes Ania could only shake her head and sigh, turning back around she had the footsteps of someone approaching from behind "Honestly I wonder how many women Mitch could actually try to pick up in one day".

"If he spent as much effort studying as he did trying to pick up women he'd do pretty damn good Tom" Ania said walking over to Tom as they both sat down on the bench together. Tom was slightly shorter than Mitch but was tanned and slightly thinner with black shaggy hair that covered part of his face and brown eyes.

They sat watching Mitch attempt to woo the girls but soon became bored after he was attempting to impress them by doing handstand pushups. "What's on your agenda for the weekend then?" Tom asked as Ania sighed "Well the usual just going to be studying" leaning forward she rested her hands on her head tired from the lack of sleep she missed out on. "Man I'm pretty sure you've done enough to last you another year learn to take a break once in awhile.

Looking back over at Mitch they were eager to see what stunt he was pulling only to feel the ground start to shake violently almost like an earthquake had hit. "Wait we never get earthquakes in Australia!" Tom yelled jumping to his feet in shock while Ania groggily rose from her stupor to see a strange giant blurry shadow towering above Mitch and what appeared to be talon marks on the ground. "Hey Tom, do you see that weird black blurry thing?" she said pointing to where Mitch was standing as he looked across unable to see a weird shadowy blur only the girls looking around frantically after the rather brief earthquake. Something didn't seem right about Mitch though, he was standing up and looking tense as he pulled a phone from his pocket and quickly spoke into it before slamming it shut and racing towards the exit of the school.

"I've noticed Mitch seems to always slip out of school, where exactly do you think he goes?" Tom asked as it seemed to be a frequent habit of his whenever he answered a phone call. Ania wasn't even listening as she was too busy watching the shadow on the oval soar off into the distance before finally coming to.

"Wait what did you say?" "I asked where you think Mitch goes when he leaves school?" "Who knows with him perhaps he meets some lady out of school or he's involved in a gang" Tom's curiosity got the better of him as he grabbed Ania by the hand and quickly dragged her off "Let's play detective and follow him!"

Ania pulled back hesitating slightly as well she didn't want to miss class but curiosity won in the end and eventually they had arrived at the front entrance only to find Mitch standing a few meters in front of them talking to the air. "Alright… so why is he talking to no one" Tom asked turning to face Ania as she shrugged her shoulders "Perhaps he has finally lost it and is seeing things or maybe there is someone hiding that we can't see". That weird shadowy blur she saw before on the oval though was standing right in front of Mitch. "What is that thing and how come I can't see it so clearly" she thought to herself not realizing her body had started to move slowly forward on its own.

"Ania wait!" Tom whispered leaning forward attempting to grab her but narrowly missing as she mindlessly continued to stroll forward. "Crap this can't be good" quickly he ran after her hoping Mitch or his unknown friend wouldn't see or hear them and yet one false step proved fatal as there was a loud snap and Tom looked down to notice he stepped on a large twig.

Mitch upon hearing the noise spun around to find Tom and Ania both standing there staring at him clueless while he had a look of sheer terror on his face. It was then Ania noticed the strange shadow suddenly swept into motion darting up into the sky and then something none of them could explain happened to Mitch. One minute he was standing there normally and then suddenly he pressed the weird wolf necklace he always wore to his chest as his body fell to the floor motionless but to Ania she could see another version of him standing above the limp figure.

He wore a black kimono with a white sash tied around his waist and on the back was the kanji for 11. Strapped across his back diagonally was a katana sheathed currently which he promptly drew as it gave the appearance it was on fire, bright vibrant flames danced off the hilt. Upon seeing Mitch fall to the floor Tom ran forward to see what was wrong but Ania grabbed him by the arm and yelled "NO LOOK OUT" just as a huge crater appeared where he had been mere seconds ago.

While Tom was unable to see what was going on Ania now had clear sight of everything but even then, it was incredibly hard to explain. Mitch had his blade drawn fighting the shadow which became fully clear now and was something Ania never would've dreamt about in her wildest imaginations. It had the appearance of a colossal white owl with feathers the size of a regular person and talons that looked like they could easily rake through steel. But the face though was the most terrifying aspect it had a bright white mask with red stripes going vertically across it while a pair of bright red eyes flashed out and a wickedly curved beak.

"Do you see that thing" Ania asked Tom as she backed up slowly but Tom remained standing still oblivious to whatever was freaking Ania out. It was only then he slowly began to notice something in front of him was hazy with a faint black outline. "I see something but I can't even make it out" he said squinting his eyes in a vain attempt to make out anything. The outline though flashed away suddenly and he lost focus losing sight of it "Well it's gone now" turning back to face Ania he found her eyes were darting about the place like she was viewing something moving incredibly fast, something that he couldn't see at all.