Nuri's POV-

The morning sky was an ocean blue, the trees a wonderful green, and birds chirped all around. I love spring, it's a nice break from the snow and cold. I looked up into the endless ocean of a sky with puffy white clouds swimming within it. I looked down at the green grass beneath my bare feet. A black hand tore out of the ground, and wrapped it's fingers around my ankle. Before I could pull away the ground opened up, and the dark hand pulled me in. I fell onto a thin strip of land floating in black nothingness. The strip of land was smooth and black, and the way I was facing, the land led to a circle of black, pointed rocks. I turned around to see what was the other direction, but a mirror blocked the path behind me. The reflection in the mirror was of me, but it didn't look like me. My normal reddish brown eyes were yellow cat eyes in the mirror. The boy in the mirror held out a hand, and in his palm was fire. He held his other hand out and blocked the flame from view, and when he removed his hand, the flame was blue. He blocked the flame again, and this time he it revealed, the flame was black. I looked back to his eyes, and they were a glowing red. He gave me a wicked fanged smile before the ground beneath me gave away, and I fell into the black nothingness.

I woke up and sat up quickly, the nightmare slowly fading away. I ran out of my bedroom and into the bathroom. I looked in the mirror, and let out a sigh of relief, my eyes were still their normal reddish brown. I brushed the strands of dark brown hair out of my eyes with my hand. As I did, I noticed that my palm was a little burnt.

"Owww.. How did I even do that?" I turned on the faucet and let cool water pour over the burn.

"NURI MASON! YOU'RE GONNA BE LATE FOR SCHOOL!" My step mom, Abigail Mason, shouted from the kitchen.

"Damn...." I looked at the clock, it read 4:56. I turned on the shower and hopped in. 20 minutes later, after the shower, I pulled on a black t-shirt and tan jeans. I pulled on black socks, grabbed my wrist watch, and ran down the stairs. Lilith Mason, my younger step sister who is 14, (2 years younger that me) and Abigail greeted me at the table. Lilith has blonde hair and blue eyes, and mostly wears dresses or skirts. Abigail has blonde hair and green eyes. So in this family, I clearly stick out.

"Morning, Bro," Lilith smiled at me, she was already dressed in a light pink dress.

"Mornin'," I sat down in a chair opposite the side Lilith and Abigail were sitting.

"So, how was school yesterday," Abigail turned toward me.

"It was fine. I got a B on my math test," I responded. She always comes home after Lilith an I go to bed, so she never gets the chance to ask us how school was when we get home.

"Oh? That's good," she got up to go put her and Lilith's dishes in the sink. "Hungry?"

"Yes," I looked at my wrist watch, it was 5:30. "Oh, crap. Gotta go," I ran out of the kitchen, grabbed my brown jacket and backpack. "Love ya!" I said running out the door. I takes me about an hour an a half to walk to my school. Abigail doesn't have time to drive me, and I hate buses, so I walk (sometimes run if I'm late).

I ran up my neighbor's, Misty Tresk, driveway. Her house is a bright yellow, making my gray house look dull and boring, I knocked on the door. "Misty! We're gonna be late!"

She opened the door, "ok, ok. Chill." Misty has black hair and blue eyes, and is usually wearing a tan t-shirt and jeans. "Let me grab my bag." She closed the door for a minute or two, then came out. "Let's go."

"Alright."