Where Are We Now?

Chapter 1

No one knows you, well, except Jordyn of course. Your going to do great this time. Just don't mess it up again.

I walk up to my new school. A whole new scene. I keep my head down, not knowing how and if people are judging me. I've never been to a public school before, I've always been home schooled. Mostly because my mom said that at public schools its not safe for me since I'm "special". I've never understood that though.

Ever since my sister, Anna, passed away; she always tries to keep me safe. She never told me the real reason why Anna died. I know she lied about how she died though. She told me that Anna died of natural causes. That doesn't makes sense though, Anna never had any medical conditions or anything like that. I know its possible to just pass away but it just doesn't add up.

The last real memory I have of her was when I was about 7 and she was 16, that's only a year older than me right now. My brother, Cameron was 14. It was when me, Anna, Cameron mom and dad went on a trip to Adventure Stone. That was the time when mom and dad were actually together. It was the best memory a 7 year old could ask for.

Anna was beautiful. I remember she had beautiful green eyes and brown lightly curled hair that reached only a couple inches past her shoulder. She was everything a girl wished to be, perfect body, perfect facial features, and the perfect style. A mixture of being a girly girl and a tomboy.

Mom and dad split up a year after Anna passed away. And a couple years after that, my brother moved out and I hardly see him ever.

The first bell rings and i'm brought back from daydreaming.

Shoot.

Looking down at my schedule, my first period should be on the second floor right above the entrance of Meadow Height High School.

I head up the front stairs and into the huge white and tan brick school in my blue skinny jeans, black uggs, and black basic sweater. I get this sharp pain on my back right when I get in the school. I try to shrug it off though.

The halls are practically clear now while I step up more stairs that lead to the second floor and I find my classroom. Jordyn has this class with me. Jordyn, who I call JoJo, is my best friend, and also my neighbor. That's how we became friends.

JoJo is a total tomboy. With her short black as night curls, and her dark Carmel skin tone, she is the girl that guys always wanted to be around because she acted like a boy but was attractive so they enjoyed her company.

Of course the first face I seen as I walked through the door was her in her gray joggers, and plain black T-shirt.

"Hey Mack!" JoJo says while lightly running to me with a hop in every step.

"Hi JoJo" I answer in a quieter tone than her, I'd rather not attract attention to me seeing that I am new at this whole school thing.

"Want to come sit with me and a couple of the guys" she says while sticking her bottom lip out. I turned my head to observe my new science class and the people in it. Since I took to long to answer, she grabbed my hand and dragged me over to the small group in the back corner.

"Hey guys, this is Mackenzie. Mack, this is Justin, Jake, Collin, and Ricky" I look up to each of them and smile. They all smile back. Justin had black hair and dark brown eyes and when he smiled, he had braces. He looked like one of those adorable nerds. Jake on the other hand, was eye candy. He had the perfect shade of bright blue eyes and blonde hair that was cut perfectly. He had dimples and an amazing smile. He was about 6'3 and that made the attractiveness even higher. Collin had almost the same skin tone as JoJo and had very nice arms. His hair was dark brown and he had high dimples on his cheek close to his eyes. Ricky was in black jeans and a gray shirt, he had very small gauges and a dark blue shade of hair. His eyes were brown and he had braces. He was fairly tall and cute too.

By now you probably think my world is the same as it is around you. That's where your wrong though. The sun doesn't shine as bright as it used to anymore. Its dark here and its cold. Planet earth isn't how it was 50 years ago with beautiful days and happiness all around. Today is September 3rd, 2078. Its gotten a lot worse than it was 7 years ago.

By the time the teacher starts talking and everyone is in their seats, I get that sharp pain again. This time it is far worse. My hand shoots up into the air.

"Yes?" The teacher asks me.

"Yes may I please go to the bathroom" I say as urgent as I could make it sound. Because it is.

"Yes of course, sorry for asking but what's you name?" The teacher asks. "I am Ms.Quinn."

"Hello Ms.Quinn, I am Mackenzie. But feel free to call me Mack" I say trying to smile over the excruciating pain. I then see myself darting to the door.

Go left! No go right, it's always right!

I go right hoping that there is a restroom close by that way. Somebody taps on my shoulder and I turn around to see Jake.

"Hey, sorry I figured you didn't know where the bathroom was so I asked the teacher if I could go to the bathroom. Mainly to show you where it is." He says.

"Thank- UGH-" the pain comes back and I fall to my knees with one hand pressing against my back.

"It's okay, I got you" Jake says to me calmly as I feel his arms wrap around me and he picks me up leading to the nearest bench and sitting me down. "Do you want to talk about it?" He asks.

"Not really, I don't know what's going on myself" I reply.

"Okay let me show you where the bathrooms are" he says while helping me up and walking me to the bathroom. Then he turns leaves back to the classroom after he asks if ill be okay alone.

What's going on with you Mackenzie?

I get another sharp pain and I am forced to lift my shirt up and look at my back. As I pull the back of my shirt up I see it. It's some sort of design, I don't exactly know what it is but it freaked me out that's for sure. My eyes widened as I let my shirt drop down.

Whats going on.....