Shadows

[Kagome_Higarashi]

They call it the Academy.
A secluded,cliff-top mansion overlooking the
rugged Pacific ocean.
A school for children gifted-or cursed-
with extraordinary minds.
Children soon to come under the influence of an
intelligence even more brilliant than their own-
and unspeakably evil.

For within this mind a dark plan is taking form.
A plan so horrifying,no one will believe it.
No one but the children.
And for them its already too late.
Too late,unless one young student can resist
the seductive invitation that will lead...
into the shadows.

[Kagome_Higarashi]

Prologue
Shadows.
Timmy Evans woke up in shadows. Shadows so deep he saw nothing. Shadows that surrounded Timmy,wrapping him in a blackness so dense he wondered if the vague memory of light that hovered on the edges of his memory was perhaps only a dream.

Yet Timmy was certain that it was not merely a dream,that there was such a thing as light;that somewhere,far beyond the shadows in which he found himself,there was another world.

A world ,he was certain,of which he was no longer part of.
He had no idea what time it was ,nor what day,nor even what year. Was it day or night? He had no way of knowing. Tentatively,the first tendrals of panic already beginning to curl themselves around him,Timmy began exploring the blackness of his shadowed world,tried to reach out into the darkness.

He could feel nothing. It was almost as if his fingers themselves were gone. He put his hands together. Instead of the expected warmth of one palm pressed against the other,there was nothing.

No feeling at all. The tendrils of panic grew stronger,twisting around Timmy Evans like tentacles of a giant octopus. His mind recoiled from the panic,pulling back,trying to hide from the darkness. What had happened? Where was he? How had he gotten there?
Instinctively he began counting.
"One."
"Two."
"Three."
"Four."
The numbers marched through his head,growing ever larger as he listened to the voice in his mind that silently intoned the words that meant the most to him in all the world. The same voice he remembered from the suddenly dim past,when there had been light,and sounds other than the voice that whispered the numbers to him in the silence of his mind.

Even then,before he had awakened in the shadows,only the numbers had truly meant anything to him. It had always been that way,ever since he was very small and had lain on his back staring at an object suspended above his crib. The numbers on the blocks hanging from the mobile had meant something for Timmy Evans. Though he had been too young to have a word for the mobile iteself,the memory of it was clear.
"One,two,three,four."
The object,brightly colored and suspended from the ceiling on a string,turned slowly above him,the voice in his head speaking each numeral as his eyes fastened on it.
"One,two,three,four."
Later,he'd seen another object,on the wall high above the crib.
"One,two,three,four,five,six,seven,eight,nine,ten,e leven,twelve."
Timmy Evans had learned to count the numbers as the hands on the clock pointed to them,though he had no idea what the clock was,or what purpose it served. But he would lie in his crib all day ,his eyes fixed on the clock,saying each number as the hand came to it.

When he'd learned to walk,he'd begun counting his steps,saying each number out loud. Counting the steps that led down from the front porch of his parents house. Counting the cracks in the broken sidewalk that seperated his yard from the street. Counting the panes in the stained glass windows when his parents took him to church,the pillars that supported the church's high ceiling. Counting the slats in the venetation blinds that covered the window of his room at home,and the neat rows of vegetables in the little garden his mother planted in the backyard.

Counting everything,endless numbers streaming through his mind. Numbers that meant something. Number that meant order. Numbers that defined the world. The number filled his mind,consumed him. They were his friends,his toys.

He put them together and took them apart,examining them in his own mind until he understood exactly how they worked. Multiplying them,dividing them,squaring them,and factoring them. Even as he'd grown up and begun to talk of other things,the numbers were always there,streaming through his mind. Now,in the terrifying darkness into which he'd awakened, he began to play with the numbers once more.

Timmy began with a million. He'd always like that number. A one with six zeros after it. He multiplied it by nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand,nine hundred and ninety-eight. He kept going ,the numbers in his head growing ever larger,occupying more of his mind. And yet the shadows were still there,and though he tried to concentrate only on numbers,never losing track of the total,the shadows and the silence still closed around him.

He moved the numbers into the space in the back of his mind where he could keep them going with half his mind,and used the rest of his mind to try once more to figure out where he was,and how he'd gotten into the shadows.
School.
He'd been in school before he woke up in the shadows. A nice school. A school he liked,where the other kids were almost as good at numbers as he was. A pretty school,with a big house set on a broad lawn,shaded by the biggest trees Timmy had ever seen.
Redwood trees.
He'd never seen trees that big before his parents had brought him to the school. Nor had he ever had friends before. Friends like himself,who could do things with their brains that other children couldn't. But now something had happened to him. What? He tried to remember. He'd been in his room. His room on the third floor. He'd been asleep. And before that,he'd been crying. Crying,because he'd felt homesick,missing his mother and father,and even his little brother,whom he didn't even realy like.

He cried himself to sleep,wondering if everyone was going to tease him the next morning,because he'd burst into tears in the dining-room and run out,and up the stairs ,slamming his door and not letting anyone in all evening. Then sometime in the night,he'd awakened the heard something. Heard what? Timmy couldn't remember. He concentrated harder,and a memory-so fleeting it was barely there at all-stirred. A rattling sound,like an old elevator that went from the first floor all the way up to the fourth floor.

Then-nothing! Until he awakened in the shadows. Awakened,to find that there was still nothing. Once more,he tried to reach out,but his body refused to respond,refused,even,to acknowledge the commands his mind issued. Paralyzed! His entire body was paralyzed! Now the panic that had been entrangling him in its grasp gripped him with an irresistable force,and he screamed out. Screamed-silently.

He tried to scream again,when out of the shadows,lights began to shine. Brilliant lights,in the spectrum of colors he'd never beheld in his life. Sounds,too,burst forth out of the silence that surrounded him from the moment of his awakening,a cacophony of achromatic chords,layered over with the screeches and cries of the damned souls in Hell. The sound built,along with the blazing lights ,until Timmy Evans was certain that if didn't stop ,his eyes would burn away, and his eardrums would burst. Crying out once more,he tried to turn his mind away from the sights and sounds that assaulted him,to turn inward,and bury himself among the numbers that still streamed through the far reaches of his consciousness.
But it was too late.

He couldn't find the numbers,couldn't make sense of gibberish he found where only a few short seconds ago the order of mathematics of had been. Then,as the sensory attack built to a cresendo,Timmy Evans knew what was happening to him. Just as he realized what was happening,the last moment came. The lights struck once more,with an intensity that tore through his brain,and howling cacophony shattered his weakening mind.

In a blaze of light,accomapanied by the roaring symphony of a thousand freight trains,Timmy Evans died. Died,without ever remembering exactly what happened to him. Died,without understanding how or why. Died,when he was only eleven years old. Died in a manner so horrible no one would ever be told about it.

[Kagome_Higarashi]

The Academy,a place where children with superior minds come to learn. They get to take advanced classes that they will enjoy,to test their minds. There is one class,that only excepts a certain number of students,a class about artifical intelligence,to try and figure out how to make computers think like humans. The few people in the class enjoy it,but what they don't know the true pupose of the class.


Profile Info-

Name: (first,last)
Student or Teacher:
If a teacher what do you teach:
Age: (if student 8-15.......if teacher 19-40)
Likes: (not allowed to say things,or ask them)
Dislikes: (not allowed to say things,or ask them)
Best class: (science,math...you get the idea)
Worst class: (same that goes for the best class)
Appearance: (real or anime pics are fine)
Gym Outfit: (yes you have to have a gym outfit)
Hobbies: (list stuff here...no putting ask them)
Are you in the artifical intelligence class: (only 8 people are in the class)
Personality: (write something down)
Have you ever skipped grades:
Bio: (actually put something)
Other: (family,friends...you get the picture)

[Kagome_Higarashi]

Name: Kia Roberts
Student or Teacher: student
If a teacher what do you teach: n/a
Age: 10
Likes: nature,science,writing stories,animals,her family,nice people,boys
Dislikes: jerks,mean people,being teased,gym
Best class: Science
Worst class: Gym
Appearance: http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s139/midnightxangel13/Anime/ChildTsuki.jpg
Gym Outfit:
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k273/hotshotz06/Anime%20chibis/ccs_sakura547.jpg
(she doesn't carry the staff around)
Hobbies: doing experiments,writing stories
Are you in the artifical intelligence class: yes
Personality: At times she can be extremely shy and kind. But,she always been willing to stand up for what she believes in. She's not brave very much unless she has to be.
Have you ever skipped grades: yes
Bio: Kia was born in Canada,she was the youngest child and only girl in her family. She had five older brothers. They all lived together in a small house with their mother,their father took off when Kia was a year old. Ever since she was little Kia had a thing for science. She was also very smart in other subjects,because of this Kia was always being skipped up to higher grades. Now at the age of 10 she was skipped into the eighth grade.
Other: has never had friends before

[Kagome_Higarashi]

Name: James Tresh
Student or Teacher: Teacher
If a teacher what do you teach: artifical intelligence class/headmaster of the school
Age: 35
Likes: teaching,races,the academy,doing experiments
Dislikes: animals,being alone
Best class: science(when he was in school)
Worst class: French(when he was in schol)
Appearance:http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa71/anyelaaleyna/anime%20guy/anime66.jpg
Work Outfit:http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u215/Rikugirl7/Anime%20boy/2.jpg
Hobbies: racing,collecting cars
Are you in the artifical intelligence class: he teaches it
Personality: He seems to be kind and understanding,but when you get on his nerves he can be seriously mean.
Have you ever skipped grades: yes
Bio: He was always smart,he was often experimenting with computer. He loved science,it was his life. He barely ever talked to anyone,science was his life. When he turned 20 he began teaching at the academy.
Other: (family,friends...you get the picture)

[katgurldiva]

Name: Light Turski
Student or Teacher: student
If a teacher what do you teach:
Age: 10
Likes: reading, writing, drawing
Dislikes: jerks, bullies
Best class: math, english
Worst class: gym
Appearance: white hair
Gym Outfit: the one on the left
Hobbies: none really
Are you in the artifical intelligence class: yes
Personality: sweet, kind, shy
Have you ever skipped grades:
Bio: She ran away with her two sisters when she was five becasue their parents were abusing them. When they were ten they went to the academy.
Other: Two sisters

Name: Midnight Turski
Student or Teacher: student
If a teacher what do you teach:
Age: 10
Likes: reading, writing, drawing
Dislikes: jerks, bullies
Best class: math, english
Worst class: gym
Appearance: black hair
Gym Outfit: the one in the middle
Hobbies: none really
Are you in the artifical intelligence class: nope
Personality: sweet, kind, shy
Have you ever skipped grades:
Bio: She ran away with her two sisters when she was five becasue their parents were abusing them. When they were ten they went to the academy.
Other: Two sisters

Name: Star Turski
Student or Teacher: student
If a teacher what do you teach:
Age: 10
Likes: reading, writing, drawing
Dislikes: jerks, bullies
Best class: math, english
Worst class: gym
Appearance: blonde hair
Gym Outfit: the one on the right
Hobbies: none really
Are you in the artifical intelligence class: nope
Personality: sweet, kind, shy
Have you ever skipped grades:
Bio: She ran away with her two sisters when she was five becasue their parents were abusing them. When they were ten they went to the academy.
Other: Two sisters

Star, Midnight, and Light: http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa270/SmokeyStarGazer/Anime%20girls/2007-08-02-65836.jpg

Gym clothes: http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x130/karma1fun/Anime%20Freinds/55555.jpg

[imprincess_tiger]

Name: Lily Lockheart
Student or Teacher: Teacher
If a teacher what do you teach: Music
Age: 29
Likes: Stars, the moon, daytime, animals, Teaching kids to sing
Dislikes: Being alone in the dark, Seeing people hurt, Tight cramped places, getting yelled at, blood
Best class: Music (when she was in school)
Worst class: Math (when she was in school)
Appearance: http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t295/DaveE_2007/st3.jpg
Work Outfit: http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l28/Joel7Cantu2/shania_twain_129474a.jpg (dress falls to knees)
Hobbies: Singing, Dancing, Teaching, Writing
Are you in the artifical intelligence class: No
Personality: Sweet, Kind, Helpful, can be a bit show offy
Have you ever skipped grades: No
Bio: he was raised with a musical family. She went though a lot of schooling. She loved to sing until her father passed away. She stopped singing. Her friends got her back on track. SHe was one of the schools best singers when she was a student there.
Other: N/A

[Kagome_Higarashi]

( THANKS ALOT!!!! i'm making a couple for chars then we can start)

[Kagome_Higarashi]

Name: Adam Cromwell
Student or Teacher: student
If a teacher what do you teach: n/a
Age: 12
Likes: computers,numbers,being left alone,artifical intelligence class
Dislikes: girls,not being at his computer,jerks,mean people
Best class: computers
Worst class: english
Appearance: the one with brown hair
Gym Outfit:
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa71/anyelaaleyna/anime%20guy/anime302.jpg
finding pic........
Hobbies: playing computer,playing video games
Are you in the artifical intelligence class: yes
Personality: Hates basically everyone except Jake. He is lazy.
Have you ever skipped grades: yes
Bio: Adam came to the school with his twin brother a year ago. He is the more lazy of the twins and spends almost all his time in front of the computer.
Other:
Is Jake's twin brother.


Name: Jake Cromwell
Student or Teacher: student
If a teacher what do you teach:
Age: 12
Likes: chess,movies,animals,his twin brother
Dislikes: being picked on,always having to get his brother out of trouble
Best class: Math
Worst class: Gym
Appearance: the one with silver hair
Gym Outfit:
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa71/anyelaaleyna/anime%20guy/anime295.jpg
Hobbies: playing chess,girl watching(......)
Are you in the artifical intelligence class: yep
Personality: (write something down)
Have you ever skipped grades: yes
Bio: He came to the school a year ago with his twin brother Adam. He is the more fun of the twins and enjoys watching girls.
Other:
His Adam's twin brother


Adam and Jake:
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i163/ThatBrokenGirl/brothers.jpg

[Kagome_Higarashi]

Kia walked along behind her mother up to the Academy. She was coming here to take a test from the headmaster of the school,they wanted to see where she stood in her academics,her mother was hoping she would get excepted into the Academy. Kia sighed,she was hoping that this wouldn't take long,she realy wanted to just go home and do some experiments. Her last "experiment" got her in the hospital,she had cut her wrists up pretty badly which resulted in her almost dying. Her mother wanted to bring her here,to be with people that were like her.
"Mom...",Kia began
"What is it dear is something wrong?",her mother asked
"How long is this gonna take?",Kia whispered
"Not to long...before your test the headmaster is giving me a tour of the school",her mother replied
Kia said nothing and followed behind her mother queitly until they got to the Academy entrance,the doors to get inside the Academy were use and wooden. The doors opened and James stepped out and walked towards Kia and her mother smiling.
"Hello you must be....Mrs.Roberts and Kia right?",James asked
"That's right",Mrs.Roberts replied beaming
Kia said nothing and stayed hidden behind her mother,she didn't trust this guy one bit.
"Mrs.Roberts will you please come with me on a tour of the school..Kia can get to know some of the people here",James said
Mrs.Roberts noddded and allowed James to lead her into the Academy.

[imprincess_tiger]

Lily stood in the front of her class room. "kyle old that last note if you" she called out. She walked around the room. "Emily sat up nise a tall" she called over to her. Lily was a nice person and rather helpful. She usily dod no over work the kids. She walked fairly quick threw the room her black dress sway as she walked.

[Kagome_Higarashi]

Adam was sitting in the back of the music classroom with Jake.
Adam was bored out of his mind,because he was seperated from the computer in his dorm room.
"Jake....",Adam whispered
"Adam shut up...you'll get us in trouble",Jake hissed

James led Mrs.Roberts to the music room.
"This is the music room where Miss Lockheart teaches she's realy nice to the kids",James said
He opened the door to the music room and walked inside. Mrs.Roberts followed closely behind.

[imprincess_tiger]

Lily looked up and smiled at James and Mrs. Roberts. She bowed and the kids were quiet.

[Kagome_Higarashi]

"Miss Lockheart this is Mrs.Roberts her daughter Kia will be starting here soon",James said
Mrs.Roberts was hiding behind James a bit embarassed.

[imprincess_tiger]

"nice to meet you Mrs. Roberts" lily said nodding her head to her.

[Kagome_Higarashi]

"Right then....Mrs.Roberts we should continue our tour then",James said

Suddenly Adam tackles his brother Jake and began wrestling with him at the back of the classroom.

[imprincess_tiger]

"Adam, Jake" Lily called keeping her cool. "front and center nere now" she said looking at the two.

[Twilightkitten]

(Name: kloud yokota
Student or Teacher: student
If a teacher what do you teach:
Age: 8
Likes: music singing animals drawing
Dislikes: gerks homework
Best class: artifical inteligence class
Worst class: science
Appearance:
Gym Outfit: girl with silver hair:http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q38/Unaru_Okami/Basic%20Anime/1161655894192.jpg
Hobbies: singing drawing reading books
Are you in the artifical intelligence class: yes
Personality: kind loyal brave understanding protective
Have you ever skipped grades:yes
Bio: kloud doesn't remember much about her family except that they died when she was five she doesn't know why or who killed them so she became a bit distant towards other people afraid to get hurt
Other: she is an orphan she's also new in the school so she hasn't got any friends yet I'll finish the rest later)

[Kagome_Higarashi]

"Adam, Jake" Lily called keeping her cool. "front and center nere now" she said looking at the two.

Adam slowly got up and walked with Jake over to where Lily stood.
"Y yes",Adam said

[imprincess_tiger]

"what have I told you about doing that in the middle of class" she askked trying to keep her cool. She very rarly yelled but when she did it was not a preety sight. most People hid when she lost her temper.

[Kagome_Higarashi]

Adam hid behind his twin brother.
"This class is boring...I want to be up in my room playing on my laptop",Adam said
"Now boys there is only 5 minutes left of class then there aren't anymore lessons can you please try and behave",James said

[imprincess_tiger]

She nodded to James and Mrs. Roberts. "sorry about that sir" she said then nodded to the boys to sit down.

[Kagome_Higarashi]

"Its okay they end up doing this in almost every class",James said.
He took Mrs.Roberts hand and led her out of the room.


Adam and Jake sat down at the back of the class. Jake picked up his clarinet and began to play.

[imprincess_tiger]

She had the class perform one last song before she dismissed class.

[Kagome_Higarashi]

Kia wandered around the school looking around,so far everything looked realy neat. She soon found herself in the school library. She walked up and down the rows of bookcases in awe,she had never seen such a big library in all her life.

Jake and Adam gathered up their stuff a left class.

[imprincess_tiger]

Lily sat on one of the desks singing her sweet voice filling the room.

[Twilightkitten]

kloud walked up to the scholl and wandered around a little lost when she bumped into adam and jake and she looked at the ground blushing embarrassed "er s-sorry" (oh here's what kloud looks like:http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m300/fishergurl/Anime/Anime%20School%20Girl/normal_happypink_1.jpg)

[Kagome_Higarashi]

"Its okay who are you? are you new here?...I'm Jake and this is my brother Adam",Jake said bowing to Kloud.

[Twilightkitten]

kloud blushed and smiled at him "my name is kloud and yeah I am I just got here"

[Kagome_Higarashi]

"Cool so do you need someone to show you around the academy?",Jake asked bowing

[Twilightkitten]

kloud smiled at jake shyly "yes please"

[Kagome_Higarashi]

"I'm going to go on my laptop see you",Adam said.
He walked up to the second floor and entered his bedroom.

"Excellent,I'll show you around we'll start with the library okay",Jake said grabbing Kloud's hand.

[Twilightkitten]

kloud smiled and blushed a little "ok"

[Kagome_Higarashi]

Jake led Kloud into the library.
"The library's huge",Jake said

[Twilightkitten]

kloud stared at the books "so..many books"

[Kagome_Higarashi]

"I know we get alot of assigments and stuff to test our abilities you know.... once read an entire 1000 page novel in a couple hours",Jake said

[Twilightkitten]

"really? wow impressive"

[Kagome_Higarashi]

"I know...but....",Jake said biting his lip.

[imprincess_tiger]

Lily got down from the desk and stepped from her room. She headed to the libary to find something she needed.

[Kagome_Higarashi]

Kia wandered over into the science section of the library. She picked up a book about inventions and began reading it.

[Twilightkitten]

kloud looked at him "but what?"

[Kagome_Higarashi]

"Because of that sorta thing...I get picked on sometimes",Jake said frowning slightly.

[Twilightkitten]

"well the people who pick on you are gerks reading is awsome books hold so many things"

[katgurldiva]

Midnight, Light, and Star sat in their room talking about classes. They walked out and down the hall way five minutes later.