Into The Darkness

Chapter 1: What A Wonderful World

Ashley's POV:

I think everyone has a special talent. Mine just happens to be getting into trouble. I was sitting on a bus filled with exactly 28 troubled kids and only 2 teachers to handle them all when I figured that my talent truly is wonderful. Not. It was taking all of my strength not to punch Nancy Bobofit in the face for saying that she was going to get me on probation for attacking her unprovoked, again. She was saying this loudly deliberately from one of the back seats so that I could hear her from my spot in the front one. After one too many fights in the back with various people, the teachers finally got smart and moved me to the front indefinitely. Now I was starting to regret my previous behavior seeing as sadly from in the front I could not attack Nancy mercilessly.

"Dude, chill. You're already on rocky ground with the principal. You don't need another fight going on your record," Trevor said, looking me in the eye.

Trevor is my one and only friend in the prison called Yancy Academy. Which also means he has no other friends. He joined this hell hole at the beginning of the school year. Same with me. I've moved schools a lot and was used to being the outcast so when Trevor sat with me on the first day, I was thoroughly surprised. We have been friends ever since. People say we make an odd pair though.

He towers over me with his 5'11" height and his brown hair is similar to my dyed dark brown colored hair. He would be popular and intimidating if he didn't have to use crutches. He has a weird leg disease or something like that. Other kids made fun of him on the second day of school, and let's just say they learned their lesson. We know each other so well that we can practically read each other's minds. Speaking of which...

"How'd you know I was thinking of rearranging Nancy's face?" I questioned him.

"You were making your 'I want to kill someone' face," he replied. "You gotta calm down or else it's another week of detentions for you."

Ugh, he was right. As much as I wanted to give Nancy a much needed makeover, I really didn't want to spend my afternoons erasing old textbooks. I just had to survive this field trip to Niagara Falls without pushing Nancy or anyone else for that matter over.

"Yeah, okay," I said then plugged my headphones into my iPhone and turned on some music. I leaned against the window for a couple minutes when I saw something out of the corner of my eye. Nancy was throwing a rubber ball against the back of Trevor's head while the rest of her friends snickered and called him names. Oh no she didn't.

Trevor saw me looking at Nancy and said, "Hey, Ash, it's fine. Just ignore them. They're just looking for a reaction out of you."

"How can you be so calm and okay with this?" I hissed. "They are clearly bothering you and the teachers do nothing about it yet the second I look at someone the wrong way I am sent to the office. It's just not fair."

"Umm," He looked at me with a nervous smile on his face. "Life's not fair?"

I looked at him incredulously. He gulped knowing I was about to go off on a rant. I opened my mouth to speak when a sharp whistle came from the front of the bus. Ms. Walter, a.k.a. Satan incarnate, was the one who so rudely interrupted me. She'll pay for that with at least a gallon of mayo dumped on her head tomorrow morning. She hates my guts, so I kinda have to hate her back or else she would have murdered me by now.

"We have arrived at our destination," Ms. Walter said in her annoying high pitched voice, filled with vanity. "Please stay with your buddy at all times. Don't go anywhere that is not clearly labeled for public use. Follow the guide outside and she will show you the way to the falls. Meet back here at 3 pm everyone. Have a nice day and since this is our last field trip before the school year ends please try to stay out of trouble," She glared at me with the last sentence.