THE LYCAN AMONG HUMANS

THE TRANSFER STUDENT

Emma

Mate.

The word echoed in my head again for the second time. My chest tightened. I stood frozen staring at the boy who just stepped out of the expensive black car. I had never seen this boy in my life , yet why do I feel so drawn to him.

Tall.Dark features. Sharp jawline. Straight white teeth.

He looked directly at me. He looked at me like he knew me and I couldn’t stop looking at him. Right in front of me, the female students rushed over to him and started engaging him and before I knew it , he was gone with them. Then someone tapped my shoulders.

“Emma!”

I blinked.

I turned. It was my best friend Ava, she welcomed me with a bright smile and asked

“Are you into the new guy?” while smiling

No!. That’s a silly question Ava, I replied .She looked at me suspiciously and whispered

“I don’t believe you”

I rolled my eyes

“ Let’s go!, Corbin is waiting . We’ve got History Class” she exclaimed while grabbing my wrist and dragging me towards the school building.

As I entered the hallway, students whispered about the mysterious new student.Apparently he had transferred from another city. Apparently he is rich and every girl is clinging towards him.

I honestly couldn’t care less, or at least that’s what i keep telling myself . But for some reason, I needed to know who he was and why I was so drawn to him.

“Ridiculous” I said to myself.I don’t even know his name.

I walked into history class with Ava and Corbin. Behold, I saw the new student sitting right beside my chair and an unfamiliar face standing right next to him. I kept staring at the person standing right next to him but she seemed quite unbothered until I moved closer.

“Can she see me?”. She asked the new student.

“I don’t think so”. He whispered with a straight face.

Ava and Corbin passed beside the new student to get to their seat.

“What!, they can’t see her?”. I said to myself.

I could feel my heart pounding.The new boy tapped me and said

“You look paranoid, you good?”

I nodded twice and replied

“I am”

Mr Davian instructed the new student to introduce himself to the class. He stood up from his seat and walked to the front of the class. He said his name is Raymond Cove and he is a transfer student from Duskfall High. He also said he moved from West Virginia to Ravenmoor for a better life.

Everyone clapped as he returned back to his seat. As he walked back to his seat, several girls watched him attentively like he was some celebrity. I found myself staring too, he caught me staring and I immediately looked down at my textbook. Great, now he probably thinks I am one of those girls obsessing over him.

Mr Davian began today’s lesson. I pulled out my textbook and pen from under my desk. Today’s lesson was about supernatural beings and how they came into existence. It was said that they existed centuries ago and that there’s no record of them going extinct.

Everyone gasped.

Mr Davian also explained that werewolves are the strongest supernatural beings. Raymond countered that teaching by saying that supernatural beings are all powerful and there are no strongest but immortal supernatural beings exist.

I opposed him saying that everything that is born into earth can be killed and leave the earth. He chuckled and asked.

“What do you know?”

A girl’s laughter echoed through my head. I could tell it was Ava. I could feel her heart beating as she laughed. I didn’t understand what was happening to me. I saw myself shaking.

Mr Davian replied Raymond by saying that history records are better than whatever information he poured out. Suddenly, I heard a voice saying

“I’m history myself” . That was Raymond’s head . How am I in Raymond’s head?. Raymond turned his head and looked at me with shock in his eyes.

“How did she hear that?”

My breath caught in my throat. Because somehow, I heard that too. Raymond turned to Mr Davian and replied saying most definitely with a smile on his face. While Mr Davian continued his teaching, I heard two boys talking, they were complaining about a football match. I looked around the classroom , everyone was engrossed in Mr Davian’s teaching. They weren’t here.

My chest twisted. The voices continued . More and more, everything became clearer and deeper. Footsteps, door openings, pages turning, heartbeats, students laughing somewhere downstairs , it was unbearable , it was like I was hearing the entire world all at once , it was all intense and it crashed into my head at once . I covered my ears with my hands and it only became louder.

“Emma?” . I twitched. I looked up. Mr Davian was looking at me. The entire class were staring at me.

“Are you alright?” He asked

“Y-Yeah”. I replied

The bell signaled the end of class and I picked up my textbooks and stormed out of the class . I rushed into the hallway and leaned against a locker and released a shaky breath. What is happening to me?, I looked at my index finger. Still gone , not even a scar remained. I think I’m losing my mind.

“Excuse me”. The deep voice I heard behind me made my lips shake. I turned and it was Raymond . Up and close , he looked even better , which was very annoying. His dark eyes looked onto mine, for some reason he looked as shocked as I felt. Neither of us spoke, after awkward non verbal seconds, the silence was intense.He looked at the locker behind me.

“That’s my locker” he said softly.

I was leaning against locker 102, his locker . I immediately stepped aside and apologized . Another awkward silence. Why is he looking at me like he knows me?. I cleared my throat .

“You’re the new student?” I asked smoothly

“Yeah” he replied

“Hi, I’m Emma”

His eyes widened slightly. I noticed. I asked if he knew my name , he denied quickly. Quite suspicious. Before i could question him , Ava and Corbin tapped me on my shoulder .

“Why did you leave like that” they asked. I felt him gazing at me. I stared back, and I saw recognition, fear and confusion. Then I stepped back, and said I’ll see him around and I walked away with Ava and Corbin, leaving him as he attended to his locker.

“What’s going on between you and the new boy” Ava teasingly asked me.

Nothing’s going on Ava, can we not talk about him?. It was break time already. As we entered the cafeteria, I couldn’t stop hearing Raymond’s name, from the students and teachers. It seemed like he was following me without physically following me.

As we walked to our table, a strange movement across the cafeteria windows next to our table caught my attention. Something fast and dark darted past the cafeteria window. What was that?, it moved too quickly

“Emma?” Ava called.

I barely heard her. My eyes remained fixed on the spot where the figure had disappeared.

What was that?. Why can nobody see him except me? . And why out everyone in the cafeteria ,did he lock eyes with me?