AWAKENED

Chapter 1: the interview.....

does my body even understand, does it understand the pain and fear i face? what about her body? but she doesn't have one, does she?

18 year old Anna Beth Shelton is normal. well..according to her friends. in reality shes a paranormal mistake according to everyone else. her mission in life was to at least pretend to be normal, but that was crushed when another paranormal came into town.

Lesley didn't want to be in new York, after all her family used to live here. but she just had this feeling that being a mistake was about to change. then she met Anna.

"brr... its so c-cold Tod-day." Anna said. Anna wrapped her arms around herself in effort to warm herself.

"i k-know." Kristy replied, doing the same as Anna.

today was the day that Anna and kristy both had an interview for New York Institute For Photography (NYIP). it was the school they had been dreaming of going too since they were little. Anna wasnt really sure if they would get in or not, but she was ready to get her degree.

anna looked up into the sky. it wasn't snowing yet but the reporter said it would. "hey kristy, do you want to run down to uncle Louis's coffee shop and get something warm to drink before we head to the interview?" anna asked.

anna knew kristy couldn't resist a nice cup of coffee. "sure anna," kristy said with a smirk, "but only if pay."

anna smiled at kristy. "of course."

*******

within no time at all anna and kristy had bought two coffees and had downed them. they still had an hour to spare so they ordered some sweets to go. they walked out and down the street.

"are you ready for this?" anna asked.

kristy looked over at her. "im a little nervous, but in the long run im ready."

anna thought for a moment. "same here."

anna remembered all those years her and kristy had spent dreaming about this school and now that they were there it was like a dream come true. it was the one and only dream they had shared. as kids they were kind of hostile to each other. then one day they just seemed to turn around.

anna looked at the ground and noticed some snow. she held out her hand and took off a glove. sure enough the snow was falling lightly onto her palm and melting in an instant. "we'd better hurry up and get to the building before the real snowing starts." anna said.

kristy held out her bare hand. "your right," she answered, " before long it'll be knee deep and be threatening to swallow us all."

anna chuckled lightly as they sped up their approach to the central building.

*******

they entered the building just before the snow came down hard turning the world white.

anna told kristy to sit while she got things settled with the interviewer. she walked up to the front desk and cleared her throat. the man at the desk looked up. "may I help you?" he asked in his stern voice.

"yes," anna replied, " im anna Shelton and that's kristy black and we are supposed to be meeting with some one to interview us."

his blue eyes showed some recognition. he stood up and walked around the desk. "the principle is right this way, miss black will be first."

anna went over to kristy. "your going first." she said.

kristy smiled and stood. "alright, thanks" she said, "see you afterwards." kristy walked towards the desk worker, then they started down the hall.