Half-Breed

Chapter 2- Present

I fiddled with the straps of my bag, pretending to be nervous while I waited for the bus to stop. I hated that I was acting like a little kid, but I knew that it was the only way that I could get there safely.

I looked around me to see that I wasn't the youngest person, nor was I the oldest.

The oldest person was barely sixteen, while the youngest was five. They were all from different backgrounds and different races, and I couldn't help but feel sorry for them that they were being transported to this place, to this hell on earth.

The place that we were going to be "prepped" at was an old, gray building that housed a spaceship underneath, the same one that had transported half of my species to Earth.

The gray building was basically like a prison where different children were sent because they either were the smartest children or did so terrible in school that they needed "summer school."

However, the parents of these children thought that the "school" was this grand private school that their child received a full scholarship to go to, and their child was getting the best education that their child could get.

"Hey, it's fine," someone said, breaking me from my thoughts. The person touched my hand, and I moved my hand away from their grasp and turned to look at them to see that it was a boy.

The boy was the oldest child on the bus, and I could tell that he was once a jock before he was sent here. He had dark brown hair and blue eyes that held kindness but shone with fear. He smiled, but it didn't reach his eyes while he looked at me. "We'll be safe," he said, his voice deep and losing most of his childhood voice. "Everything that people have said about this school is just rumors."

There have been rumors about this school and how children disappear, but there had been little to no evidence about those rumors. The people that tried to find information about the school disappeared without a trace.

"It's not," a girl around eleven-years-old said. She turned around in her seat and looked at us with eyes filled with fear and annoyance. She scowled and narrowed her eyes, and I could tell that she wasn't going to like this place, which I agreed with. "My sister went there, and she didn't come back when they said she would come back."

The male looked at her and scowled, and the girl flinched, becoming a little more nervous with his scowl. "Maybe she didn't want to go back to her old life," he snapped, and she winced and ducked down in her seat, and I had to bite my lip to keep from snapping at him.

He clenched his hands into fists and glared at his hands, and I could tell that he was angry about the way that he lived. "I know that I don't," he said, grumbling.

"Why not?" I asked and cocked my head.

"My parents hate me," he said bitterly. He looked at his hands and scowled. He blinked back tears, and again, I couldn't help but feel sorry for him. "I am the "golden boy" at my school and a jock, but they don't care. All they cared about is my little sister and my deceased older brother."

My heart broke for him. I could tell that he was a fighter and athletic, and I knew that he was just trying to make his parents proud in whatever way he could do, but they never cared about him.

I was the same way with Dr. Kelly and Briggs because I didn't have any parents, at least any parents that I was in contact with. And, it didn't help that most people didn't like me because I was a halfbreed.

The boy forced a smile on his face, and I could tell that he caught my look. "Don't worry about me," he said. "I will be fine." He shrugged. "Besides, if something happens to me, then they'll be happy because they won't have to deal with me anymore." He rolled his eyes and scowled.