My name is Skye. And I live in the new world. A world that dawned upon us so suddenly that we had little time to act. And by 'we', I mean the human race. Long ago, the world was full of all sorts of creatures, things we'd only read stories about. They were forced into hiding by the ruthless and dominant humans. According to mankind, they were mistakes of nature, humans not made correctly. And so, these creatures lived in the darkest places of the world and soon made an underground world for themselves.
Then seven years ago, we found one. An Elf Prince, a very important figure to that world. So important that they waged war. Many died... Including my father and mother. Their death is like a memory I would never want to experience again. They were killed by dwarves. Those tiny, hobbity men that you might've seen in The Lord of the Rings. They beheaded my parents and left them out in the open for the crows to eat.
It was obvious that the supernaturals had won but they kept on killing till they felt that their years of pain had been avenged. Only a handful of humans are left, including me.
And a week ago, they broke down the only human school in the whole of America. The Council of Superiors were kind enough to let us have homes, schools and other facilities. But now they're destroying it all because instead of slaughtering the rest of us, they plan to change us. Make us a part of their society.
Stupid.
These creatures and humanity are not meant to dwell together. Not after what they did anyways. Are we supposed to live with elves knowing that they had a major role in killing the ones we loved? To study next to dwarves and hear their jokes regarding our community? Or be picked by a wizard? Or insulted by a pixie?
How stupid do they think we are?
But I've decided. Instead of being a stupid myself, I'm going to finish the rest of my education at one of their damned institutes and make a life for myself. And keep myself away from them. I'll travel to London, the only city left without any of these creatures crawling about.
But for now I'm stuck at Philadelphia High School.
I live with 11 other humans in a small shabby building of Philadelphia. Five adults and six kids, two couples and a widow. The first couple, Mr and Mrs Clark have a 17 year old daughter Cleo and a 6 year old boy named Omar. Then are the Wrights with their 15 year old son Jeremy, who's a jerk as far as I'm concerned. After that is Paulina Hills who is the widow with two sons of her own, Peter and Andrew, twins, reckless 10 year olds. And then it's me, Skye Millar, orphan, 17 year old and living alone. Cleo and I are going to Philadelphia High to finish our senior year.
I swear I would've given up studying if she didn't go with me.
