The Grim Reaper's Daughter

What kinda subject is Agriculture?

"Well obviously, I just meant why is it here?" I snapped back.

"It's the school cat. Ms. Eloise, the principal's cat, she adores him", Shelby says.

I lowered myself down so I was closer to him. I reached my hand towards him and felt his smooth soft fur. He purred in response and I smiled down at him, I think I like this guy. When I stood back up Shelby was staring at me wide eyed.

"What?" I asked suddenly aware of everything around me.

"Felix hates almost everyone besides a certain few." She was clearly still stunned, you would think I made that cat disappear and reappear right before her eyes but no...I just pet it.

"Well can you show me to my locker?" I asked, wanting to move this along.

"Oh yeah, what number are you?" She stares down at my key tag.

"512." I mutter.

"Wait, your in the 500 group of lockers? That's like the popular zone no one has a locker there except Ms Eloise's clan. Her most favorite students, why would she put you there?" Shelby asked surprised.

"I don't know and I don't care, but I do care about the time I have to be to class."

I didn't really care about class I just wanted her to shut up talking. She smiled and apologized and led me towards my locker. I tried avoiding the stares and as much attention as I could muster. It seemed like an endless corridor but I finally got to my locker and then the strangest thing happened. I opened it and everything went quiet. I looked at Shelby and she mouthed 'I told you it was weird.'

I shifted my eyes and caught the shocked expressions on every ones faces. Then I shifted them towards my new locker buddies and they were staring me down, especially the dark haired guy. He was practically telling me with his eyes I didn't belong here. I just glared back.

"Staring problem? Or are you afraid of a bit of locker competition?" I snapped at their watchful eyes.

"We need to talk to Eloise now Ash." I heard the red haired girl say.

Maybe I wasn't that weird after all? These people obviously had mental problems.

I glanced sideways at Shelby. She seemed to be glaring at them too which nearly made me laugh out loud. She stood there by my side and didn't run off, maybe I judged her all wrong.

"Ready for class?" She asked.

"I think so." I tried to smile.

She eyed me wearily. "Are you having a stroke?"

I stopped my retarded attempt at smiling and glared at her but she only laughed in return.

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This was the fifth time all day that I was standing at the top of class while students eyes roamed all over me.

"You may sit now Miss Mortem." Mr Hyde smiled.

I sank into the seat beside my roommate and she smiled with sympathy in her hazel eyes. She had been nice enough to sit with me in every class so far but I was dreading my next class. Shelby wouldn't be there and I would have to face the piercing eyes on my own. 

Turns out I like history, and I didn't want it to end. Maybe partially because I didn't want to go to Agriculture with Ms. Eloise. The weird thing was it was the only class I didn't have with Shelby and she said she didn't even know that such a class existed.

Shelby gave me a brave smile when she had to leave to attend her class. I just glared at everything in my way until I reached the door which was situated down every flight of stairs and through a narrow corridor. Now the number 501 was staring down at me, I gulped. Should I knock? Since when am I afraid to do what I want?

I threw open the door and my eyes followed something coming closer and closer to me, I froze. I watched the knife just inches from my head jammed in the door frame, then I looked towards its owner and he grinned at me then he disappeared...wait what! I watched where he was just standing, black steam was floating loosely around the room. My eyes roamed the entire room looking for him and then suddenly he appeared right next to me and took the knife from the door frame. My heart felt like it was going to beat out of my chest. I could still see the black steam, or what else would that be? It's like a shadow? I backed away from him and shrunk against the wall.

"What is going on!" I managed to scream.

"Hunter what have you done!" My head snapped towards a young, slim woman with bright blond hair and then towards the tiny furball grinding its way around her ankles. I slid down the wall I was leaning against and wrapped my arms around myself breathing slowly. Did I just see that?

"What?" Hunter was clearly as confused as me at this moment.

"She doesn't know what she is, she doesn't know anything!" Ms Eloise shouted.

Hunter backed down and stared at me shaking his head as if he had done something vitally wrong.

"Am I crazy or did he just do some sort of magic?" I asked, too freaked out to lift my eyes from the ground.

"No what you just seen there Arabella, was the work of a Shadow."

A what? My mind starts to see those swirls again and then everything goes black.

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