~Chapter 1~ Running Late

A school that looks after and raises those who have been abandoned by their family just because they have supernatural abilities, and aren't truly human.

~Chapter 1~ Running Late

When I awoke on a bright sunny day, I looked around my room and seen my younger sister laying sprawled out on her bed. She was always the type to move around a lot in her sleep, as she could never seem to get very comfy. I, on the otherhand, could sleep easily and peacefully, unless something strange approached our dorm. Yes, we were living in a dorm, not a proper home.

We were living at the Talented Arts High School, just like some of the other students were. All of us were different in our own ways, and had been abandoned by our families for being so. I had been abandoned by my family - along with my sister - when they had found out she too was different like me. If my sister had been normal, they were willing to forget about my differences and treat me like I was normal. But seeing as she too was different, they abandoned us on the streets, where the Head Teacher for this academy found us, and offered as somewhere to stay. Ever since that day, we have always been greatful to him and have always helped around the school as much as we could.

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My name is Serena-Jane Adam, and even though my name may seem strange, I don't like it. My sister has a nicer name than me, and sometimes I wish I was her. Chinatsu Adam. I liked that name a lot better, but seeing as I was stuck with the name I had, I always just told anyone who asked that my name was simply, Serena Adam, and would just leave out the 'Jane' part of my name. However, my sister being the sneaky, annoying sister she was, would always tell people about me, and tell them my actual name, just to annoy me. She knew I hated my name, and she would always call my by my full name, instead of the name I preferred.

Both of us had made a lot of friends during our time at the high school. We had been here slightly more than 12 years, as our family hadn't known about Chinatsu's differences until they awoke within her at the age of 5. I was just barely a year older than her, but sometimes she would act like the older sibling, and I knew that she actually should've been, even though she wasn't.

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This day I woke her up by pulling the covers out from underneath her, making her fall onto the cold floor with a thud. She woke with a yelp and looked up at me with a dark glare. She was clearly pissed off at me, and it just made me laugh.

"What's the matter sis?" I questioned, through laughter.

"B***h." She cursed, getting up, rubbing her butt. Clearly she had hit the ground rather hard.

"You know you love me sis. I mean, we have to look after each other now. Right?" I said, smiling softly, trying to forget about the horrible parents we had, and will never see again, just because we aren't human, and are different.

"Yeah." She smiled, as I hugged her. Her purple hair seemed like it could do with a hair-cut, but I knew she wouldn't let anyone touch her hair. She always liked it the way it was, even if it grew too long. Her purple hair was the way she liked it, with her light blue highlights streaked throughout it evenly.

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The only thing that would make people know we were related, without saying anything to them was the fact that both our eyes were a golden colour, and that we both had purple in our hair somewhere, mine being highlights and hers being all of her hair - except her blue highlights. We weren't really the same either. I was a wolf, whereas Chinatsu was half wolf, half vampire. Even though our parents clearly didn't know it, they both had some vampire and wolf blood in them.

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As we both got ready to head to class, there was a knock at our dorm door. Only a few people knew what dorm we lived in, and we exchanged a glance trying to figure out who it may have been. We just shrugged, and realised that we knew too many people in the school to try figure out who it may have been. Chinatsu headed into the bathroom to finish getting dressed, as I headed to the door in my nightdress and school jeans, to see who was there.

When I opened the door I was met with demonic red eyes, dark brown hair, and a cheeky grin. The boy was wearing jeans and a black jacket, with a red top underneath. He was the same age as me, although slightly taller than me. He was a kind guy and could get along with anyone he met.

"Hey Serena." He smiled. "Ready to get to school?"

"Does it look like I am?" I questioned him, as it seemed rather obvious I wasn't.

He just chuckled. "No it doesn't." He smiled. "Why not get ready?" He questioned, wondering why I wasn't ready, as class started in 5 minutes.

"Chinatsu is hogging the bathroom." I said, loud enough for her to hear.

"HEY!" She complained, as she walked out of the bathroom, wearing her jeans, a camo top, and a leather jacket. She really liked leather. "I am not!" She pouted, as she seen him at the door. "Hey." She smiled.

"Hey." He chuckled, before going to leave. "I'll see you girls at class then." And with that, he left.

"Hurry up Serena!" Chinatsu giggled, as she put on her Dock Martin shoes, before grabbing her bag, running out the door.

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I was slightly late to class, thanks to Chinatsu hogging the bathroom, and taking her time. She always done that if I woke her up the way I had this morning - which was quite frequently. Luckily for me, the teacher for our first class was also running late, so they didn't realise I had been late to class, as I sat down at my seat next to window, and also beside him.

Author's Note

The title will probably change, if anyone can think of a better suggestion for me. This is a story of my own creation. Please tell me if you notice any obvious corrections - grammar, spelling, tense - and let me know what you think of it. If there is anything you think can be changed in anyway, please message me the suggestions, and I will take them into consideration. Thank you.

Reviews

[dw817]

Owow ! Someone else writing about teens and super-powers, I'm working on 4-novels myself like that with Dev & Tyr ! Awesome ! :)

No vampires in mine tho, well, a really bad guy from the future time traveling but that's about it and he doesn't show up till much later.

You were asking about grammar and stuff, well, one thing I try to do in my writing is not have 2-different people speak text on one line cause it can get confusing. I go to a new text-line like this:

Margo looked at the pole and sighed, "It's not really so high huh ?"

"Says you." Roberta retorted, she'd have nothing to do with climbing it.

Wishing you the best !

[Rose]

Thanks for the review, I didn't have any characters that were different talking on the same line within this chapter, but I thank you for the tip, if I ever make the mistake and put two different's characters speech on the same line, I'll remember to go change it. Thanks a lot! :)

[dw817]

Actually, you're right, you didn't. I did that crazy all over the place in the first draft of my book and reading your stuff reminded me of that. I give a straight blank CR between text tho - just the way I write, might look better, some might say tho that I'm padding too much.

In any case, yes, it's definitely something to remember. :)

I will tell you now, if you look in a book, any book, you will see they actually do it entirely different than you or me. There are no blank lines at all and after a paragraph or so they use 4-5 characters of spaces to indent the next line.

I never realized how horrid that looked until I started writing my own stuff and liking the view of my whitespace better. But - if you plan to sell a book in the future, it's a standard policy and most book converting software forces that tabulation upon you anyways.

I guess for Kindle and the like which has a smaller screen, they want less whitespace and more writing.

[Rose]

True, one of my teacher's suggested to me that if I wanted to publish my writing I could put it on for e-reader and such.

[dw817]

There's a neat free eBook read written by Amazon you can find HERE:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000765261

[Rose]

Awesome

[The dark story]

hmmmmmm...i like the description of the two sisters here. I think it’s a nice start, yet I hope the ending would be a little more interesting. But I guess that it fits the title well.

[Rose]

Thanks, I may do something to change it and make the chapter a bit more interesting.

[Kato Uchiha]

'You know you love me'... now who does that sound like *smug look*

LOL realy loved it. ! it's nice to see a fresh stroy now and then where different names are used :p

[Rose]

Lol. Thanks, and yeah I agree.

[Twilight_Starlight]

Awesome sis keep up the good work like always

[Rose]

Thanks sis, and I will.