I walked up the steps to my new school. I listened as I heard the Pat Pat of rain on my umbrella. The air smelled of freshly cut grass and tasted of Cherry Blossoms.. Why was I here again? Oh yeah, Mother gambled me away. I snorted. Good for Nothing.. I opened the front door. The lobby was actually quite different from the outside. Elegegant more than anything. Though the atmosphere gave me chills. I looked around. There were few humans. As I'd imagined. Most were Undead. Not that there were many people in the lobby anyway. I looked over at the group of humans. They looked.. unsure of there suroundings.. I fixed my attention on one of the boys in the group. He seemed like a jock. Broad Shouldered. Black hair. But something was different about him... It was his facial expression. He looked disgusted. And he didn't even try to hide it.. I hated people like him. People who just judge others before getting to know them. Who think they can just decide who people are. " Moron.. " I thought to myself.
I walked over to the front desk where a Pale, small, old woman was standing. I couldn't tell if she was undead or human..

" Excuse me, But can you point me to where the Math room is? " I asked smiling.

She looked at me unsure for a second. " You go down that hallway and its the last door to the left. " She answered, still looking at me weird..

I thanked her and made my way to the classroom. What was with that look? I put my hands to my eyes. Oh no.. I forgot my sunglasses. Why must I be cursed with these weird colored eyes? I thought to myself resentfully. I took a deep breathe. Just don't do anything weird and you'll be good. I reached for the knob and turned it. Everybody was already in there seats. Great, First day, and I'm late. Great..

Nogond sat in his room and studied the tome that had started this mess for himself. There had to be a way to make him look younger and ressurect his family. Looking at the watch he realized he was late for his math class, "Damn i am late for class." Nogond said and sprinted out of his room. When he got to the classroom everyone was already there. The teacher looked at him and said, "Late for class again? I want your homework tommorow instead of next week" Feeling a bit sour Nogond sat down on the closest chair and lost himself in his thoughts.

I was lucky. The teacher let it go, since I was new. Though he seemed to be staring at my eyes the entire time. Damn, most kids seemed to be staring at my eyes.. [i]Hello outcast, I'd been awaiting you. I thought to myself bitterly.
Just then a boy came into the room. He had a black shirt and black pants with a cloak covering his face.
The teacher glanced at him and said, " Late for class again? I want your homework tomorrow instead of next week."
The boy sat down in the chair next to me.
I considered talking to him, but I didn't want to get in trouble with the teacher on my first day.. I glanced at the teacher and he had his back turned to the chalkboard, jotting down things like it was the end of the world. I bit my lip.
I turned to the boy. "He's a pretty strict teacher, huh? " I whispered.

Nogond turned to the girl next to him and said in his cold raspy voice, " You should see him when he is in a bad. My name is Nogond what is yours?" The girl next to him had strange eyes but it didn't really matter to him, since himself he looked like a mummy without bandages.

( By the way I am a GIRL xD )

I grinned, glad he didn't blow me off like most of the people here. " I'm Avery. You can just call me Ave. Both work."
I could see he had green eyes through his cloak, but it was too fuzzy to see anything else.

"Miss avery, Do you have something to add?" Asked the teacher clearly ticked.

My attention went back to the teacher. " Uh.." I looked at the board. It had a whole bunch of words that could've been in a different language for all that I cared. " No sir." I responded.

" Good. Then keep quiet and pay attention."

" Yessir." I responded. The teacher had a weird mustache I thought.. Reminds me of Hitler. I fought off a smile.

After finishing the math lesson Nogond went to talk a bit to Avery, "I haven't seen you here before so why did you come here to this remote corner of the world?" As he waited for a response Nogond conjured a small green fire in his hand.

Because my good-for-nothing, crack addict, loser of a mother gambled me and all my savings away, I thought bitterly.

I smiled, "I couldn't afford a pricey highschool. The funds here are much cheaper than the other highschools." I responded.

Nogond looked at her and said, "I think there is more to it than you say. For my part I was sent after I accidentally killed my family and myself." Nogond soon saw that the area was empty and said, "Do you mind if I take off my cloak?"

I looked at the boy. No way he could've killed his parents.. Nor himself. He looks way too.. nice, to do that.

"Do you mind if I take off my cloak? " He asked.

"Not at all" I said. And then it clicked. He said accidently. ... How do you accidently kill your parents..?

As he took of his cloak his face was revealed, he looked more like a movie monster than anyone else on this academy. His cheeks were sunken in and his skin was nearly black. He looked at Avery and said if you want to know why i look different than the rest undead is because I used a spell to make me immortal. Sadly there where unintended effects that i didn't forsee so now my family is dead."

I watched as he took off his cloak. His cheeks were sunken in his skin looked dried.

" If you want to know why i look different than the rest undead is because I used a spell to make me immortal. Sadly there where unintended effects that i didn't forsee so now my family is dead."

I looked at him more closely but didn't say anything for a moment. His eyes stood out more than anything. Green and kind.

An image of grandma flickered in my head. Black Magic..

" You know what black magic is right?" I asked, " My Grandma owns a book full of black magic spells..." I looked down. I knew this was none of my business but.. " Maybe theres a spell that could help you in there?" I asked hesitently.

"Trust me I have looked everywhere and tried most spells, but they don't work for one reason. My body lacks a soul, most undeads still have their souls inside them but mine is inside this necklace." Nogond showed the necklace to Avery, the blue gem in it was swirling like a vortex. "My soul is stuck inside this gem and aslong my soul is trapped my body will survive and regenerate back to this." He said pointing to his face. But when she metioned books about black magic he couldn't resist to ask, "I don't think they will work but i will gladly look at them if i may?"

I grinned. "Alright." I took my backpack of my shoulder and pulled out a brown leather book. Why did I even have this with me? I handed the book to him. "Borrow it as long as you like. Personally, the thing gives me the creeps, so return it any time." I looked up at the clock on the wall. Oh no.. Im gonna be late for my next class. " I gotta go! Nice meeting you! " I said as I ran off to my Art Classroom.

" Thank you" I said in my raspy voice. I went into my room and looked through the book, after flipping through several pages it he saw it didn't contain anything about reversing his condition but it showed how to create life in dead things and a few other things that may be useful later. After thinking about creating an minion he went outside and saw an pile of mud. Thinking it would make a perfect test subject to try his new spell. After casting the spell the mud pile started moving and became an golem. He looked at it and tried commanding it mentally. The golem followed all of his commands without any hesitation. Feeling that he had tried it enough he destroyed the golem and went to find Avery and tell her about the spell and a plan he had.

I scooped up all my stuff and walked out of the Art Room. "Whah!" I yelped as I stumbled out of the room. I looked behind me and two boys were chuckling as one of them pulled his leg back in the doorway. Son of a..

" You think thats funny?, I asked," Lemme give you something to laugh about." I took my book and hurled it at the one who tripped me. "Hardy Har har." I said as I walked away. Damn kids.

As Nogond rounded the corner he saw Avery, he called her out and said, "Avery i found a really nice spell in your book. You have to see it." He quickly took out a bag of sand and created a living bird with it. He opened his hand and made it sit there. He looked at Avery and said, "You can have it if you want?"

" Haha whoa. " I said grinning, " Thanks. " I put my hand out and it landed on it. I chuckled.

"What are you planning to do with the spell?" I asked as I watched the bird clean itself.

"Well I thought about creating an army of skeletons and conquer the world, but that wouldn't be very fun for me since I am immortal. But i think i will create an skeleton servant." As he looked at Avery he saw that her eyes were a bit strange a felt his curiosity getting the better of him, "If you don't mind me asking why does your eyes look different?"

I looked up at him, suddenly self-conscious. "Oh I, Uh," I cleared my throat. "I was born that way.. Weird, right?" I returned my gaze to the bird.

I can't.. I can't lie to him, not after he told me about his family..

I grabbed his hand and steered him around the corner rather fast. I looked both ways and opened the Janitors closet. I went inside and pulled him in with me, letting the bird fly off by accident. The Closet was small so we were kind of close.

" You can't tell anyone what im about to tell you, Understand? This can get me in serious trouble." I whispered.

Feeling a bit confused Nogond asked, "Why would it get you into trouble? Also i never told your the full story about how my family died." As Nogond said the last thing he felt an intense guilt inside him. He hadn't known it at the time but he had learned tha magic corrupts.

I looked at him carefully.

"I dont know. I just know that you can't tell anybody what im about to tell you." I whispered, I shrugged at the last part.

I know he hadn't told me the entire story about his family, and that I owed no honesty to him whatsoever. But he was different than the other people I met Somehow..,And I'd been dying to tell someone. Anyone. Just to come clean.

"Are you ready to tell me?" Nogond said in a friendly voice. Inside of him he felt sad for this girl.

"My dad," I started, I stopped for a moment. He won't tell.. He's a good guy. He wont tell anyone.I thought. But deep inside I knew. I knew I didn't know him well enough. And that Im risking so much for my own selfish reasons.

"My mom," I started before I had a chance to chicken out," She went to a Universtity. While she was there she fell for a nice man and they ended up getting married." I said as I got straight to the point. "Soon after the marriage, My mom was pregnant with her first born. Me. Everything was going good. No complications. Good health. You'd think everything was fine right? But he left. My dad that is. A few days before my mom went into labor. No trace to where he had gone. No hints. Nothing." I stared at Nogands chest, unable to meet his eyes. " I had been a healthy baby. Except I wouldn't eat. Not one thing they tried to feed me. The doctors couldn't force it, and they gave me 2 days. 2 days before I would die. But after four weeks I was still alive. Healthy as ever. Doctors were astounded. Soon after, my mother recieved a letter from my father. In it, it said, I was only 'alive' because of his blood. His blood was the only thing that kept me going. He was an Undead."

"The Goverment strictly forbidded that kind of thing. Cross breeding between the Undead and humans. It wasn't even questioned. My mom, knowing this, hid it from everyone and soon fell into a depression." I remembered mom yelling and screaming at how it was my fault she was like this. I pushed the thought aside and tried to continue but couldn't. Does that make me a monster? Half Undead and half human..?

"Now i understand what is troubling you." Nogond said. "In return for your trust i will tell you my whole tale. My life was pretty boring untill i one day found a book about black magic in my fathers room. The book contained the worst kind of spells that exist. I quickly learned all i could, but i didn't know that black magic corrupted. I ended up sacrificing people for my spells. And when the time had come for me to make the spell that made me immortal, my family rushed in to stop me. You see my family was one of the Guardians that stops users of black magic to kill everyone. When they tried to stop me the spell became interrupted and killed everyone nearby. When i awoke i quickly realized what had happen and left for the academy to hide. Also the Guardians are looking to destroy, luckily they haven't found me yet."

When Nogand finished talking I stared at him wide eyed. It wasn't the killing of his parents that surprised me most, it was the spell. Why would he want to stay alive forever? Who would ever want to go on forever in this kind of world? This Cruel and cold world? Watching everyone you love fade away?

I couldn't see his face well in the dark but I saw the pain in what he had done. But it wasn't his fault..
I looked at the faint glow coming from his amulet. Then a thought came to me.

"You know that spell you did..? With the bird..? What if you did that spell, except made it into what you looked like before. Then where your amulet on that body?" I whispered, hoping to lift the tension. "It'd be fine wouldn't it? Since your soul is in the necklace, not your body. You could just transfer it..Right?"