Welcome to my novel! Please put feedback and tell me what you think about it! It's an adventure story based on my years at my high school. I hope everyone will enjoy this! Thanks and read on!

Chapter 1

As a freshman, Ellis didn’t know what to expect. She stood at the front door, breathing in and out. She wanted to go inside, but her body didn’t want to co-operate with her mind. After a few minutes, she opened the door and stepped inside her new school. She pulled out a map and looked for the I.T room. She followed the map and arrived at the door. Ellis took a deep breathe and grabbed the knob. She slowly turned and opened the door.
“Freeze!!”, a group of people shouted as they pointed firearms at Ellis. She dropped to her knees and put her hands behind her head, fully terrified.
“Don’t shoot me please! I’m a freshman and I was looking for the I.T department! I don’t want to die!”, she cried. The group kept their guns pointed and glared as if she was lying.
“Leave her be guys! She seems to be telling the truth.”, a man said. Ellis looked up to see a bearded African American man walk out from the shadows. He kneels down and puts out his hand with a big smile.
“Don’t be scared. We’re the I.T department. My name is Mr.Burkis. What’s yours little lady?”, he said with a kind tone. Ellis took his hand and got up. She looked around at the other students, still glaring at her. She looked down and thought that everyone hated her as Mr.Burkis began walking ahead. He stopped and turned around and saw that Ellis didn’t move from the same spot. He walked back over and patted her head.
“Don’t worry about them girl! They’re just tense nowadays that’s all. Now, your name please?”, he said with a refreshing smile. Ellis snapped back into reality and looked up at him.
“Ellis! My name is Ellis Noosen!”, she answered. Mr.Burkis gave her a smile that reminded her of someone she knew and she smiled back as they began to walk ahead.
“Why are they so tense Mr.Burkis?”, Ellis finally asked out of curiosity. Mr.Burkis then stopped and turned his head slightly.
“You mean you don’t know? About the Wars?”, he asked with a serious tone in his voice. Ellis shook her head as she got even more confused.
“What Wars?”, she asked. Mr.Burkis then leads her to two chairs and asked her to have a seat. He took a deep breathe and began to explain.
“The Wars started when I started my job here 5 years ago. I was talking to some of the rest of the art department teachers in the teacher’s lounge and some of them were laughing at me. I was confused and brushed it off. Later that week, my desk was completely destroyed. They splattered paint on everything and even cracked my laptop screen. I found out who did it and we both fought. The students then adopted the behavior and it just went downhill from there if you can’t tell.”
Ellis did her best to understand the information that she was just given. She began to shiver and gritted her teeth.
“Do you know when these Wars will end?”, she asked. Mr.Burkis sighed and got up.
“Whenever we’re all dead I guess.”, he replied. Ellis got a sense of fear and began to feel nauseous. She swallowed hard and got up finally. Mr.Burkis turned around with a smirk as he walked back over to Ellis and put his hand on her shoulder.
“Are you ready for your first assignment?”, he muttered. Ellis nodded and saluted him, like she used to do before. Mr.Burkis smiled at her and ruffled her hair.
“What am I, a commander? You start tomorrow rookie!”, he laughed. Ellis chuckled and psyched herself up for her first assignment from her teacher. Despite from the sudden near death experience, she took a liking to her new environment. As she walked home later that afternoon, she kept the information on the Wars on her mind. She climbed in her bed and looked up at the ceiling with those same thoughts on her mind.
“I wonder what my first assignment is going to be.”, she muttered. She closed her eyes, waiting for the next exciting day to come.

Prologue

She kept running and running through the dark forest as the rain poured on her. Her breathe was thinning and she barely couldn’t see. She wanted to stop , but she didn’t want to die! People were chasing after her, wanting to take her life. Her legs were becoming weak and her chest was rambling, trying to get oxygen.
“Crap, crap! I need to hide! I need to hide!”
Those words kept ringing in her mind as if it was her heart beating. She then flung herself in a pair of bushes, trying to hide from her opponents. She kept looking around for the group that was hunting after her. They pulled out their flashlights and shined it through every crack and crevice of the dark forest. The light then shined on a pair of bushes with her body hiding behind it. One of the men forcefully grabbed her arm and began to drag her away.
“No! Let me go!”, she screamed as fear began to sink deep into her mind. The girl began to think about what they would do to her and what might happen, if she was going to be dead or alive.
The girl knew she had to save herself and quick. She then used her free hand to pull her dagger out of her pocket on her left side. She stabbed the man that was holding onto her arm several times until the tight grip loosened. The man fell to the ground and the other two men realized what was happening. The girl then proceeded to stab the other two men before they both could hurt her. Their flashlights dropped to the ground with a thud along with their lifeless bodies as massive amounts of blood emerged from them.
“No…what have I done?”, the girl mumbled as she dropped to her knees. She picked up the flashlight and shined it on all three of the lifeless bodies all around her.
“No! No!! I killed someone!”
The girl let those words go deep into her mind and sink in. Her body couldn’t handle all of this excitement and she began throwing up. She couldn’t control her stomach and it began to get worse. After a few moments, she stopped and her vision began to blur. She couldn’t believe what was happening to her. She began to think it was all a dream and that she needed to wake up. Her vision began to blur more and more as she collapsed to the wet grass.
“Ellis! Ellis!!”
This girl named Ellis didn’t know what she got herself into. She thought that this school year was going to be exciting , but it seems that she was terribly wrong. Just a freshman and having to deal with this was too much for her weak body to handle. She just wanted to have a normal school year, but that all ended once the wars began!
Ellis woke up in a clear white bed, still terrified of what happened. She clenched the sheets tightly and began to shiver in fear.
“Ellis! You’re finally woke! You okay girl?”
She turned to her a man near the bed wearing a simple shirt and jeans with a concerned look.
“Mr. Burkis...I killed someone.”, she mumbled as her shivering began to get worse. Mr. Burkis sat down on the bed softly and patted Ellis’ head.
“Listen girl, things like that happen a lot to all sorts of people. I know you’re terrified right now , but you have to stay strong through this. You have to do this type of thing frequently. I know it’s tough for you , but you have to do it.”, he says with a gentle tone, kind of smiling a little.
“Were you….like this when you killed someone?”, Ellis asked softly. Mr. Burkis began to laugh a bit and nod.
“Yeah, I was just like this when something like this happened to me. I believe I was younger than you were though.”, he answered with a gentle tone. Ellis began to get curious and wanted to know why.
“Why? What happened?”, she asked out of curiosity. Mr. Burkis got up and ruffled Ellis’ hair with a big smile.
“That is going to be for another day, darling.” , he replied with a wide grin on his face. Ellis giggled and turned her body the other way and closed her eyes again.
“Sleep well, little trooper…”, Mr. Burkis whispered as he opened the door and left the room quietly. As she slept , her mind began to ease up and she slept very soundly as the rain continued to pour hard outside along with the loud rumbling thunder.

Prolouge coming soon!

Welcome to this world of my first novel Charter Art Wars! I'm really excited to start this story and build it up as I go! I probably may start this during this week. The Prolouge will be up soon as I can type it. Please read this and tell me what you all think! Thanks