The Shadow Hunter

Chapter Four

I blush even though I didn't mean too and look at the board to see what we're all doing today.

Later when class ended I see Marisa stand up and walk towards Pitch. Typical. I stand up and grab my backpack and start walking away when I feel my right wrist burn. I shake my arm like I just touched a hot frying pan. I lift up my long sleeve to see that the swirly 'S' is glowing a smoky gray again. I clutch my wrist. "Ugh, it burns!" I whisper to myself unintentionally. I start to walk away when I feel someone grab my shoulder.

"Are you okay?" I turn around to find Pitch looking at me worried. I clutch my wrist behind my back.

"Yeah, I'm fine, it's nothing really. Um...thanks for asking." I start to walk away towards the bathroom before he could figure out that I am in pain when I thought I heard pitch say 'I think I found her'

When I reach the bathroom I immediately go to the sink and start pouring cold water on my wrist. It cooled it a little, but it still burned; like really hot milk or some kind of hot liquid was being poured. What is happening to me? I walk out after the burning had subsided and head out to my Spanish class that my mom insisted, although I wanted Korean or French, those were full so I was stuck with this class. I enter and sit in my seat when the teacher stands up and says.

"¡¿Puedo agarrar tu atención por favor?! Tenemos un nuevo estudiante." ("Can I get your attention, please?! We have a new student.") She mentions to the door to let the new student enter.

All the girls start talking to their friends or just stare at Pitch. Also known as the new student in our school. Our eyes meet and I look away again but this time he didn't smirk he just had a confused and worried expression.

"Can you speak Spanish or do you want to speak English?" My teacher asks.

"Um...I'll try speaking Spanish. Though it's been a long time since I have." He looks at the class. "Hola me llamo Pitch Night y voy estar en tu clase." ("Hello my name is Pitch Night and I'm going to be in your class.")

The teacher claps and so do some of the students but mostly it was the girls, obviously. The teacher starts speaking.

"Now Pitch there are four seats left, you may choose one and that will be your spot for the rest of the quarter. There's the one next to Shady, Shady can you raise your hand please." The teacher points at me and I do what I'm told and raise my hand and then after he looks at me I put my hand down. "Then there's a seat next to Shayla, Shayla can you raise your hand please." Shayla is one of Marisa's best friends so I'm not going to be surprised if he picks that seat instead. "And Carla, can you raise your hand please, and next to the empty one is the other one." Carla another friend of Marisa and Shayla, again I'm not going to be surprised if he picks one of those seats. Their prettier than me and all the guys hit on them so I don't really care.

I look away and grab my Spanish book from my backpack. I hear him walk and to my surprise, he sits next to me. I look at him and try to suppress my blushing. He holds out his hand.

"Hi, I hope to be good friends." I grab his hand slowly and nod.

"Yeah, same here." What just happened? Why is a guy like him talking to me?

He smiles and looks at the board. I look around and all of the girls are glaring daggers at my face. Great Shady, just great! Note the sarcasm before I die in the hands of angry teenage girls.

When class ended I was surprised that Pitch new so much Spanish. And he said he will try to speak Spanish because he hasn't spoken it for a long time. Pfft. I stand up and start walking away when Pitch grabs my shoulder. I turn around and notice him with a worried expression but then smirked. He grabs my right wrist and looks at the swirly 'S'.

"You have a tattoo?" I yank my arm back and hold my wrist.

"...It's none of your business." He frowns at me and looks away.

"Sorry about that. I was...just wondering." Well, that was weird...He starts walking away when I felt a stinging hot burning pain on my wrist.

"Aagh!" I clutch my wrist as it burns more and my blood felt hot. I start walking to the bathroom but my legs felt locked in place and I started getting dizzy. I heard someone sprint towards me. I look up and notice Pitch.

"Are you okay?!" I shake my head finally admitting that I wasn't even the slightest of okay. I get lightheaded and start to fall back due to my heavy backpack when all of a sudden I felt arms grab me. "I'm going to take you to the nurse."

"Your new...here...how...can you...possibly...find it," I say as he smirks.

"I have my ways." He picks me up and starts carrying me to the nurses' office. Wow, I can feel his muscles. When we arrive he lays me down in one of the beds they have there. The nurse walks in and looks at Pitch.

"What's wrong? Can you tell me what happened?" I hear Pitch start to explain what happened to me to the nurse. I wanted to explain myself instead of letting him do it but I felt too tired to do anything and started to drift away in exhaustion and soon fell asleep.