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Chapter 1: The Cloaked Woman.
Seoul, Korea woke up that morning to the sound of the robins song and the rays of the morning sun. A teenage girl groaned as the sun shone on her face. She was around 16 years old with amber brown eyes and short teal-ish black hair. She sat up, streched her muscles and began to think. She had a strange dream last night. It was as if something was telling her about the future or something. She was seen with 3 boys that had powers she didn't know anyone would have; one being telekinetic, another being a cyborg and the third was half lion. She saw herself transforming into a witch-like person. She saw many things, but didn't have time to figure out the meaning of the dream when her alarm clock went off. She bolted out of bed and pulled on her school uniform. The racket woke up her dog, Toto, who was asleep at the foot of her bed. He hopped up and started to bark. "I'm sorry, Toto" she said hurridly "but you can't come to school with me today." She quickly petted his head and bade him goodbye. "Mara!" Mara heard her mom call up the stairs. "Hurry up, dear! You'll be late!" "Coming!" Mara called back. She almost leaped down the stairs. Her mother was young, her deep black hair tied into a ponytail and dressed in a polka-dot dress. Her father seemed about 1 or 2 years older, his smooth blond hair fell to the middle of his neck. His face was hidden behind a newspaper at the moment. Mara's mom handed her her bookbag and her lunch. "Have a good day at school, sweetie." she said, giving Mara a goodbye kiss on the cheek. "Thanks, Mom." she said as she hugged her father. With a smirk, he said, "Knock 'em dead, kid."
Mara bolted out the door. She was lucky to reach the bus stop in time. As she was hunched over, catching her breath, her friend Tilara congratulated, "Nice runnin', girl." Out of her friends, Mara's best was Tilara. Tilara was the joker of the group, having firey red hair that reached to her neck and violet eyes. Her mouth was almost always in a half smirk. "Oh, ha-ha. Very funny." Mara sneered, brimming with sarcasm. "I'm just glad I got here in time." "Me too." Tilara agreed. The bus pulled up and opened. It was almost completely crowded, except for a few seats. At one, two other girls were beckoning Tilara and Mara to come over. These were their other friends, Naomi and Ahna. Naomi had pale skin, black shaggy hair pushed back with a silver headband and orange eyes framed by half-moon glasses. She, of course, was the group's scholar. Ahna, on the other hand, looked quite different. Her skin was tanned slightly, she had long blonde hair tied into a ponytail and dark eyes. She was the groups sports girl. Tilara and Mara joined them and talked to pass the time. Mara mentioned the dream and her friends passed it off as her mind playing tricks on her. In fact, that's also what Mara thought.
"And that finishs the Napoleonic War." The girls history teacher, Mrs. Riah, finished her lecture of the day. She looked like a young woman, around 29 or 30, with blue hair that reached her shoulders and bright blue eyes framed by round glasses. She set her piece of chalk down and turned to the class, snatching up a stack of papers. "Tomorrow, we'll switch gears to Ancient Rome and discuss the reign and assassination of Julius Caesar. Tonight's homework: study pages 114 through 120 in your books and write a one-page essay on what you've learned." She began leaving a paper on every desk she passed. When she got to Tilara's, she tapped her head. Tilara bolted up. "Tilara, is there a reason that you're dozing off in my class?" She asked sternly. "...I'm sorry, Mrs. Riah." Mrs. Riah merely shook her head and moved on. She came to Mara's desk and found her staring out the window. "Mara?" she asked. Mara's attention was captured and she looked up at Mrs. Riah. She handed her one of the papers from the stack with a smile, "Sometimes I wonder what goes on in your head."
"An 'F'!!??" Tilara said in disbeleif. Her algebra test was completely bombed. "Gah! I still say that Mrs. Lette is out to get me." "Maybe if you spent more time studying-" Naomi started with good intentions. But Tilara took it as her friend giving her another lecture. "C'mon, spare me." she groaned. Mara noticed something across the street: a woman cloaked in black. She been there ever since that morning and the fact that she seemed to be watching her freaked Mara out. "I found you," Mara could faintly hear the woman say to herself, "my sucsessor."
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This is the first of my theroy prolouge stories for the main characters of Dorothy of Oz. This is Mara's. Wanna know who the cloaked woman is? Won't tell ya! twisted And Tilara, Naomi and Ahna are the female versions of Abee, Namu and Tail. Mrs. Riah is the Earth version of Selluriah the Witch of the East. There will be others.
P.S. If you'd like a cameo, ask me. ^-^