War of Roses ~ It Has Begun

I am just your normal teenage girl...on the outside. On the inside I'm a psychic who can see the future and read minds. I'm just seventeen but smart enough to graduate college. Only in my eleventh year of high school, I take the highest level classes, refuses to skip grades or go to college just yet. For fear I will be marked a bigger freak than everyone already thinks I am.

Today is the last week of school. I wake up and gets ready. A simple black sweater and bark blue jeans. I put my hair in a ponytail and head downstairs for breakfast. My dad is sitting at the table typing away on his phone. He's always so into work that I'm surprised he finds time to breathe. I sit next to him as my mom brings the food. Bacon, eggs, and toast. With a plain glass of milk. My mom is psychic too. My dad isn't. He found out when they had been dating for a while. He said he didn't believe her at first, but when she had visions and they started coming true he couldn't deny the truth any longer.

I finish my breakfast and head out to my car, saying quick " goodbyes" and "have a nice day's". I back out the driveway and drive towards the school. It's only about a mile away. I pull into the driveway and... there it is. Wesley High. Home of the Brown Otters. This school is mostly filled with rich kids who get what they want and bully everyone who crosses their path. I, unfortunately, am one of those people.
Amber Falloune is THE it girl. She has the most friends, the cutest boyfriend and the best that money can buy. You could also throw in the fact that she is considered the hottest girl at our school.
I head towards the school and make it to my locker. After getting my history book I turn around and run into someone.

"Oh. Sorry, didn't see you." I look up to see a guy, no wait... a GOD standing in front of me. He smiles and runs a hand through his amazing dark brown hair. His earthy green eyes lock on my hazel ones and I can't look away.
"No problem. It was my bad anyway. I just got here and I'm looking for locker...210." No way! That's right next to mine.
"Uh, yeah that's right next to mine." I try to think of something else to say but nothing comes out. Considering my dork status I never really talked to a guy before. Luckily he talked again.

"Are you Holly Parker?" Hold up! Did he just say my name.
"Yeah, how did you know that?" He closed his locker and handed me a paper, his schedule.
"Apparently we have a lot of classes together." I stared at the paper in complete disbelief. We had all the same classes. I wonder why the school would do that.
"Wow. I never seen that happen before."
"My name is Kole by the way."

I talked to Kole through classes and filled him in on the school's most prestigious kids at the school. I actually like him. He hasn't questioned why I don't have any other friends though.
By lunch I figured he would run off to another table to sit with someone cooler than...me. But he followed me right over to where I sat.

"You're not hungry?" He asked taking a big bite of his sandwich.
"It's hard to eat with the cool kids bashing on you every five seconds." He nodded. Out of the corner of my eye I saw something pink coming across the cafeteria. I turned to see... Amber. Just great.

"Hi Holly. Nice to see you again. We haven't talked for a while." She sat down next to me. This cannot be good.
"Uh, hi Amber. I memory recalls, The last time we spoke you told me I was worthless, or maybe it was a waste of space. But of course you wouldn't remember that because that was... yesterday. So long ago, right." I flashed her a smile and she kept hers.
"Oh I was just kiddin'. You know me. Anyway I just came to say hi too your new friend." She turned her gaze on Kole. Of course that's what she wants. She jealous because I'm hanging out with someone that's more of her status.

"Hello I'm Kole. I've heard a lot about you, Amber." He said placing down his sandwich. Amber looked at him.
"Like what?"
"Oh. just things. some very interesting. But that doesn't matter at this moment." He held her gaze actually making Amber look away.
"Well I just wanted to invite you to my party on Saturday," she pulled out a pen and grabbed my hand. Hers were cold and... preppy. She wrote something on the palm of my hand. "This is the address and my cell. The party is tomorrow night. Hope to see you there." She gave one more quick glance at Kole then got up and walked back over to her table. I sat speechless. Amber just invited me...a non-cool kid to a cool-kid party. The world must be ending.

"You look like you just saw a ghost." said Kole.
"It's just ... she's...Oh my God, I think I'm going crazy." Kole laughed.
"So are you gonna go?" He asked, taking a gulp of water.
"Well, I don't know if I should. It's probably something to trick me and make fun of me. Plus I don't have anyone to go with."
"I'll go with you." My head snapped up. Did he really just say that?
"Okay but it still might be a trick-"
"I don't think so. Plus I'll be there to protect you. We're friends right?" He looked at me his green eyes searching mine. I can't believe I'm saying this.
"Okay lets go."

I flopped down on my bed. Tired and still in shock from earlier. Kole had given me his cell and said he would pick me up at nine for the party. This day was seriously crazy.
1) I meet this totally hot guy
2) He becomes my friend
3) Amber invite me to a party
4) Kole is taking me

I go to bed around ten hoping I don't have any visions tonight. I hat having them when I sleep. i close my eyes, and two minutes later i'm sound asleep.

Everything around me is dark. I can't hear or see anything. A faint throbbing sound comes. muffled at first but coming more distinct as it gets louder. I final make it out to be music. The dark suddenly become light. Hundreds of different colors. Surrounding me and flashing crazily. I step forward and bump into something. it's shape is blurred but becomes distinct. A person, dancing and swaying to the music. More appear and I realize, I'm at a party.
I step through the crowd as they shove me and bump into me. I make it a door and step through it. Again Everything is dark and the door behind me closes. I turn to it but it's gone. I turn back around. The setting appears.It's a backyard. Trees line the end of it a few feet back and a path travels into the trees. A flash of white appears then disappears just a s quickly into the forest. I walk over to the entrance if the path. Further down the flash of white comes again.

I follow it trying to see what it is. I come to a clearing in the trees. A small grass field surrounded by trees. Two forms are moving in the center. They become clearer and I gasp at what i see. Amber and Kole fighting. And I don't mean yelling I mean fighting with hands and feet. Suddenly a dark black light comes from Amber. Hitting Kole and sending him into the base of a tree. He stands up and shoots a warm yellow light. it engulfs Amber. She stands in it her face of pure terror as the light chokes her. She tries to get air but the light prevents it. Kole watches, waiting for her to die. I can't watch any more. I step onto the field.

"Let her go!" I yell. Kole looks at me startled then the light on Amber disappears. She falls to the ground. Sucking in huge amounts of breath. I run over to her.
"Amber are you okay?" She starts laughing.
"Get away from her Holly!" shouts Kole. I turn to him, Amber sitting up behind me.
"You tried to kill her! What are you?" I scream. I feel hands grip around my throat. They squeeze and my air is cut off.
"Ley her go, Amber. She can't fight yet. She hasn't learned her powers." Kole steps forward and Amber tightens her grip. My lungs scream for air and i start to feel numb.
"Uh-uh pretty boy. Take one more step and I crush her neck." I struggle and kick but it only makes me weaker.

"Give her a fair fight." Pleads Kole. I stop struggling, losing the energy to do it.
"Fine. she can have her fight. I'll give her a month. How's that?"
"Okay! Let her go!" Amber drops me just before I black out. I take in huge breaths, the oxygen like medicine to my dying lungs. I lay on the ground by Amber's feet.
Ambr takes s\a few steps back and Kole comes up to me.
"Remember my words. The War of Roses has begun." Amber starts laughing and The dark light forms around her. It swirls over her body as she laughs more. When the light dies down, Amber is gone. I lay back on the ground steadying my breathing. I fight the urge to sleep. Kole calls my name. Saying it over and over-

"Holly wake up" shouts my mom. I sit up and blink. It was just a dream. My mom was sitting on the edge of the bed.
"Honey are you okay? You were having a vision-"
"What?" No, that couldn't have been a vision.
"I said you were having a bad vision. You were screaming and shouting thing then you looked like you couldn't breathe. It scared me." She kissed my forehead. if what happened in my dream happened in real life, then I know for sure it was a vision.
"Mom. My vision, it was... impossible. There were people fighting and they had magical powers or something." My mom looked at me wide-eyed. She stood up.

"What mom? What's wrong?"
"Who were the people in the dream?" she stared at me scared.
"Why? does it-"
"Who were they?" she nearly yelled.
"It was Amber Falloune from school and some new kid named Kole Heartman." My mom gasped. She closed her eyes and took deep breaths. I was starting to get worried.
"Mom what;s wrong?" I stood up next to her. She opened her eyes, tears glistening in them.
"Holly, you're going to save the world." Those seven words hound in my head, never leaving. Only repeating.