They never came back, so she left. Follow Sang's crazy ride through college with the Overton football team.

Ten minutes left on the clock that was attached to my wrist as a baby. We're all given them, and while I'm not entirely sure how they work, they've yet to be wrong. Some people never get to meet their soul mates, their other half dies before they get the chance. When this happens your clock stops, and while it never falls off your wrist, it never continues the countdown either. We're not allowed to date anyone who isn't our soulmate, it's a rule. And once you've touched your soulmate for the first time, a small mark that is unique to your relationship appears on your wrist, a mark that binds you to that person forever. Nine minutes left until I meet the person I'm destined to be with forever... I don't own the Academy

'..By the light and the dark The spell ends tonight.' For almost sixteen years, Sang Sorenson had lived a normal life - until the night of her sixteenth birthday. Join her as she discovers her true self inside Alice Academy - a school for the gifted - and so much more. ----------- *'Alice' refers to powers or supernatural abilities. **This fanfiction is a crossover between the Ghost Bird Series by CL Stone and the manga-turned-anime Gakuen Alice or Alice Academy by Higuchi Tachibana. BUT, you can read this fine even without watching the anime :) ***special thanks to strawberryM1KO for the wonderful cover for this story. ;) *hugs you forever* *bows down to my wonderful beta, a_force_of_nature* Thank you for your time and your hardwork.

I stared at the flurry of activity of the airport around me. Everywhere I looked loved ones embraced. Husbands and wives, parents and children, friends and lovers. All saying farewell to each other for an indefinite length of time. Long. Short. It didn't matter. Goodbyes were hard for everyone- unless you wanted to be gone. Unless you were me.

DISCLAIMER: This is fanfiction and no profit is made. The Academy belongs to C.L. Stone. Sean is the only one available for a last minute mission at a local college bar. Has destiny finally brought him some happiness?

Sang Sorenson was once a member of the elusive Academy. After being forced to retire at age 11 by her mother, she was then moved halfway across the country to live in Charleston. No-one from her old life would recognize her; she changed her name, dyes her hair, and now - more then ever when she worked with the Academy - her skin is colored black and blue. She became Sang Sorenson. But when an all dog team arrives at her new school for a mission how long will it be before they discover who she used to be. And when they do . . . Who will she choose to become. This is a Ghost Bird Academy fanfiction - all rights belong to C.L.Stone

"She came down the road, hands in her pockets, dressed all in black. Her eyes came up to, one by one, meet ours. She never stopped, not pausing for a moment she observed us for a few seconds. Her smooth gait never hesitated, seemingly satisfied with whatever conclusion she had reached she simply dropped our gazes and turned a corner, out of sight." "They stood outside the men's department store. Nine of them all dressed professionally, but throwing off different aura's. I met their eyes one by one, showing a confidence I would never feel inside. I felt my eyes linger on the last two, both looked slightly older than the others, the first met my eyes with cool indifference and pure calculation, examining me in the same way I did him. The second looked at me in an entirely different way, he looked at me as if he could see the bruises on my skin and the limp I was trying so hard to hide. Unable to keep their gazes I looked away and rounded a corner running right into the chest of the person I wished more than anything that I had never met." What would happen if little Sang wasn't so innocent, if she was still abused but rather than wilting from her mothers lies became stronger. If Sang had never tried to run away for a night and didn't have the shadows that drew the boys to her. Would she still get her happily ever after, or will the boys not find her so sweet to be around.

After a mystery girl saves the life of one of the Academy boys, they won't stop at anything to get to her. What happens if they finally catch her?

In the original 'Introductions' by C L Stone, Sang Sorenson's life changed the night she ventured out into a storm but...what if that all changed? What if she had never left the house that night? Disclaimer: I don’t own The Academy, Ghost Bird, or Scarab Beetle. The Academy, Ghost Bird, or Scarab Beetle and their characters are the property of CL Stone, and are not my intellectual property. There is no financial gain made from this nor will any be sought. This is for entertainment purposes only.

Sang only has a few weeks before she's 18 and can finally be free of her awful family. Her plans are changed drastically when a stranger arrives at the Sorenson household one night. Sold for some unknown sum by her hateful stepmother, Sang is on her own and in serious trouble. Her fate will be decided when she is auctioned off. The only question is, who will be the highest bidder? Please note: This will be HEA with all 9 Academy boys. The characters and Academy belong to C.L. Stone.