CHAPTER ONE
He's always been a rumor, a myth parents told their kids to scare them into behaving and doing as they're told. Something of a legend. Parents tell the young that he will pick you out of a crowed and ask his master if he can take your soul and rip it away from you. His master deems if you're worthy of having a soul or not. His master, as some parents say, is the devil himself, destroying souls so they may never go to heaven.
My name is Lynoia, for me life is boring. I go to school, (I'm at the end of my grade twelve year; two months to go!) do my home work, (straight B student) do my job, (I work at the most popular coffee cafe in town), and Hang out with friends. I'm not popular but I do have a good circle of friends. I'm your basic teenager. Unfortunately, Basic bores me. I like adventure and action, I do some of the stupidest stunts ever! you know that girl on you tube, playing parkour on a skyscraper? Yeah that was me! I've been in the hospital more times than you can count. But little did I know that I was about to experience the most dangerous, idiotic stunt that I'd ever been dared to do.
"So do you think she'll go through with it?" Tessa whispered to Pan.
"Well maybe, has she even seen the video yet?" Pan whispered back.
"Did you two know that 'she' can hear you?" I asked from behind them, making the two of them jump.
"Jesus, Lyn! don't do that!" Pan exclaimed holding the spot over her heart.
Pan was short, only five foot three, the opposite of Tessa who stood at five foot nine and a half. I on the other hand stood at five foot seven. If you looked at the three of us you'd think we were related. We all have dark emerald green eyes, and pale auburn hair. How you tell us apart is our height and hair length. Pan wears her hair short and shaggy, every few weeks she has a new color of streak in it. Tessa wore her hair straight and cut off at her shoulders, she never did anything exciting with it. Except for in grade three at summer camp when Pan cut her hair in her sleep, making it lopsided.
Then there's me, I wear my hair in three french braids, the two side braids are the pale auburn but the middle braid is pitch black with grayish tips.
"I can't help it." I said with a shrug and a laugh.
"Well try harder!" Tessa said smacking me in the arm.
"So what are you talking about?" I asked ignoring the smack.
"Someone posted a challenge on your youtube... Again..."
"You mean 'DarkChallenger' posted another challenge video? When will he get it I've completed every challenge he's given me already, how dense is this guy?" I said exasperated.
"Lyn! Have you seen it yet?! It's going Viral!" Dane yelled running down the hall towards us.
"And here comes your groupie!" Pan said. Dane was three years younger than us, but he adored and looked up to me. He thought what I did was amazing.
"I haven't seen it yet Dane." I said with a sigh. Dane peered at me through his uncut wild black hair, almost looking into my soul with his blue eyes.
"Watch it, everyone is talking about it! No one thinks you'll go through with it!" He said shoving his Ipad in myface, a qued video already on the screen.
"Okay, okay, just calm down!" I said pushing play on the Ipad.
A blacked out figure with horns flickered onto the screen.
"Hello again 'DareDestroyer' I see you've completed my last challenge. Parkour on the top of a skyscraper, that's impressive! but now I have a real challenge for you. Are you ready?" 'DarkChallenger' Asked. I rolled my eyes for the three second pause. "I dare you to Jump, on an average bicycle, the sixty foot gap that is Hollow willow gorge. A sixty foot jump, three hundred feet down. Will you do as I ask?" He finished with evil laughter before the video ended.
"Hollow willow...That's in town. No one knows about it unless you live in town..." Pan said.
"That means 'DarkChallenger' Lives in Willow Brook..." Tessa finished.
"Not even proffesionals with motorcycles make that jump Lyn..." Pan added.
"So what?" I asked my heart and mind racing.
"You can't do it! you'll die!" Pan yelled. I looked around the hall people were looking at screens and at me. They were watching the video...they wanted to see whether or not I would do the dare...
"Lyn there isn't even a ramp! you'll have to make one!" Pan said trying to convince me not to do the jump.
"You need such a high force of velocity to make that jump! you'd need an engine which isn't on a bicycle!" Tessa chimned in, sound smart as usual.
"I don't care..." I said, my heart in my throat. I looked down the hall. "I'M DOING THE JUMP!" I announced raising my hands; The whole hall bust into cheering and clapping, some people were using phones and tablets to notify the world that I would be doing the new dare.
My heart slowed down, almost as if it was going to give out. I smiled knowing this would be the thrill of my life.
"This might be the end of Dare Destroyer." I thought to myself.
"YEAH!" Dane yelled from in front of me. Sudden;y there was a short beep indicating the intercom was on, everyone quickly shut up.
"Lynoia to the office please. Lynoia to the office." The intercom rang out. "Lynoia to the office." It said again before cutting out.
"God dammit." I said shaking my head. Now this was going to be bad.
