Snow.

Chapter 1: The awakening

Crunch...Crunch...Crunch...
All I can feel is the snow and ice beneath my small bare feet as I was sprinting for freedom. I felt the tears drown my eyes, I never wanted to hurt anyone, I wanted to be free, I never...

*beep beep beep*

I woke to the familiar sound of my alarm, just another dream I guessed. I rolled over to see the time, "Crap, it's six! Fuuu-"   "Watch your mouth!" I heard my mum bellow from the kitchen, "Sorry" I replied with a sarcastic tone. I rushed to get ready for school and met my friends outside my front door.

"Yo, wassup Niki" (That was Lee's nickname for me, I found it so annoying but somehow I miss it) Lee was one of my best friends, he was lanky, shy but absolutely hilarious, he always looked like he had just gotten out of bed because his hair was a bright, vibrant blonde that was so shaggy and matted, his skin was slightly golden like the sun on a summer evening. He was always there for me but it's funny how people change right? "Yo Lee!" I squealed with delight, jumping into his arms giving him a hug. "Hey honey" I knew that voice, Hannah, she was there for me, even now she stands by my side. She was a typical teen in her personality but her look was 'grunge' her long dark, wavey hair that hung to her waist always seemed to sway even when the wind didn't blow, she was short for her age, well we both were, being only just over five foot at 17 wasn't that common in our school, Lee was over six foot, almost seven so he towered over the both of us but he never made us feel insecure about our petite weight and height.

"Hi Han" I rushed over to Hannah to give her a hug but she declined just to tease me. "Dude Hannah, give Niki a hug, she hasn't seen you in like forever" Lee said to Hannah with so much distaste that I had to stare him down so he'd realise that it wasn't the time to argue.

We shortly arrived to our school, Primrose. I hated that place, no I don't mean I hated the students, I hated the walls and the noises that came from within them, I hated the hopelessly old yet modernised style, it all disgusted me.
"Hey it's Lee, Hannah, and oh it's Nick" Shay laughed in my face. I say I didn't hate the students but Shay always knew how to punch all my buttons, I never knew why he had it out for me, until now. "Oh look here it's an screaming gorilla, oops my bad, it's just Shay" I laughed right back in his face, still feeling hurt that he called me by my dad's name. My dad left two years ago,when I was 15, his reason was because we weren't good enough for him even though we provided everything that he needed, we made sure he was happy but we still weren't good enough for him, but an average prostitute was,oh yes, he left us to be with a prostitute who then later on left him for a rich man, my father came back pleading for forgiveness, we gave him the cold shoulder and vowed to never speak to him or about him again. Shay stopped laughing but seemed rather angry, he stared down his nose at me and gave me the look. He knew that his look could make any girl swoon, his short hair styled so perfectly and his bronze skin seemed to glow and glisten and oh his eyes...I couldn't help but gaze into them, they looked like precious, round, amber marbles staring right back into my sky blue eyes, my dark golden skin always went white when I saw him, he made me feel sick. He thought he could make any girl swoon but I never gave in, well I eventually did.... I stared back into his eyes and squinted, I knew it would make him feel intimidated and it did. Shay swung his bag hoping it would hit me but I slapped it out of my face. The reason his bag almost struck me in the face is because he's a lot taller than Lee, stronger than Lee and let's not forget he's cuter than Lee.

Hannah, Lee and I walked to our first class, science. I hated science, I had to sit next to the person I loathed, Shay. I sat down, I refused to let myself look at Shay but I could feel his gaze, looking up and down at every single inch of me, he made me feel so insecure. "Ugh, what do you want Shay?" I asked him feeling very bitter, "I want you Nikita." He said it so casually but with so much sincerity that I was speechless, I looked at him with curiosity and fear in my eyes "Actually no...I think I'd rather be with a prostitute than be with you Nick." He roared with laughter in my face. He was mocking me about my father, he knew it would crush me. I turned away from his gaze, I was so reluctant to cry, I was so full of pride and I made myself cold to the world that I could actually feel the freezing wind coming over me... I suddenly felt frozen, my hands felt like ice blocks, I looked down at my hands, they were an electric blue, glowing and getting colder each second, I started to panic, I didn't want to cause a scene, I watched my hands, trembling with fear and I noticed specks of ice and snow shooting out of my hands so I clamped them together and sprinted out of the class as quickly as I could, I freaked out. As I ran I heard footsteps chasing after me, I cut round the corner of the slippery hall as quickly as I could hoping I wouldn't be captured. The footsteps stopped and faded away, I thought whoever followed me had left. I let out a sigh of relief and turned to leave, then I bumped right into Shay, my heart skipped a beat as a look of shock appeared on my face "Nikita, you didn't think you could out run me did  you?"

He looked happy to see me for once. "Why did you follow me? You creep!" I screamed in his face, I was scared enough already, I didn't need him to be near me. "I followed you because of what I saw".... I was hoping and praying he didn't see my hands, I never saw it myself before that day. "And what did you see?" He slightly raised his hand and pulled me closer to him with the other, his hand that wasn't round my lower back burst into a bright flame and it was scorching hot. "I saw your hands...But you have ice, we have a rare gift but ice is the rarest" Shay stared at me in awe and he let go of me, he then grabbed my hands seeing how cold they were, he wrapped my hands in his and warmed them to make me feel better but I felt uncomfortable. He made me feel so insecure, my worst enemy helped me I felt terrified. "What are we? Are we aliens? Shay I have so many questions" I spoke so fast that my words slurred and he couldn't help but laugh, but he didn't laugh to mock me, he laughed a genuine, happy, kind and gentle laugh that brought butterflies into my stomach. It was the first time I really heard him laugh properly, his smile and his sound was beautiful.

He whisked me off of my feet and ran out of the hall and onto the field with me in his arms, he laughed at me squirming, kicking and begging  to be put down. He finally stopped at the edge of the field and put me down "I guess I need to explain some things. We aren't aliens, superheroes or even Gods. We're normal people, just evolved. We're called Divans, we all have gifts, each is special and unique but we can share the same gift as other Divans. There are Divans with the gift of fire, earth, water and ice. The gift of fire is not that common but ice is the rarest. I always knew there was something special about you." Shay said whilst he stared at the floor. "Is that why you always pick on me? Is it jealousy that my gift is better than yours?" I felt the rage flush over me and it suddenly stopped when Shay said "No it's because...Well...I like you a lot and I think you're perfect and I never knew about your gift until now" I felt like I was struck by lightning "Ah, umm... Well why is this happening now?" I asked, eager to change the subject "It's your awakening, it can happen at any time, it usually happens when Devians are teen" I saw so much regret in his face, I guess he wanted me to like him back.