Wayward Mages

Chapter 1

Kaira

I tap my foot impatiently waiting for Jake to show up. It's the day of my school's annual dance. My school has a stupid name - Brooklyn's Talents. I know, horrid, right? Anyway, today my hair is pinned up in loose curls with golden streaks in it to match the golden embroidery on my white long-sleeved dress. I also have soft grey eyes, most people think it's the only thing that makes me look odd, but I think it enhances my looks.

I sigh exasperatedly and clench my dress with my fists to stand up and leave. This dress is so hot and stuffy!

Suddenly, a guy with black hair and blue eyes wearing a black suit who also has cute features walks up to me. Wait-that's like Alec from mortal instruments! I sensed something off about him, but I dismissed it; its probably nothing.

He asks me to dance, and I agree since I was bored to death. I should have known I would've gotten dumped, since Jake was the cutest guy in school. It's at our school dance, for god's sake! Everybody's looking at me sympathetically, 'cause, well, news travels fast and everybody knew that the two of us were going to the dance together. I'm still surprised that he asked me. Me, of all people. I mean, I know I'm not the prettiest girl but I'm not that bad looking either. I have long brown hair that reaches my waist and it curls at the tips...Yeah, back to the present. So, I accepted, since I was anyways dressed up and looking prettier than I usually do.

The band plays a slow song and we start dancing, he grabs my waist with his right hand and I grab his shoulder with my left. We're dancing and then I realize the music changes all of a sudden. Through my peripheral vision I see that the the band is paralyzed,so I thought it was part of the gig, but then I realize that everyone's paralyzed. A sudden sound comes from the wall and I try to release myself from the guy's grip, but it suddenly turns vicelike. The guy's glove slips off and his hand is metal - like a cyborg's? What in the world is going on?

A girl jumps out of the now broken wall and screams at me,"Run!", but I just stare at her, shocked. She curses under her breath and grabs a sword from her belt. Wait - a sword? She throws the sword at me and I stand paralyzed. The sword cuts right through the cyborg's hand. She starts slashing at the cyborg and hits his internal chip. He drops to the floor and she grabs my hand and pulls me along with her - and that's when I black out.