The F. O. R. K. S. Academy

Disclaimer: All characters belong to Stephenie Meyer, not me. Any weird general AU-ness or crimes against the Right Honorable Fandom of Twilight in this fic is all my fault.

Preface

He was in a panic, at the edge of his sanity, close to plunging into heady darkness. He ran, with an unearthly speed, towards her all the while knowing it was all his fault. All of this could have been avoided were it not for him. Death would have been a relief—a secret blessing in comparison to this…

Hell.

The wind lashed mercilessly at his colorless cheeks, his stinging, feverish eyes as he ran, never stopping for a gasp of air.

She had a lifetime of hopes, dreams, happiness before her like a sunlit road, and now it would end because of him. He had to get there on time. He would never forgive himself if he failed her this last time.

All he saw was her shattered image in the darkness.

---

Very Important Author's Note:

It's vital for you, dear Reader, to read this Author's Note so you can read this story without thinking the person who wrote this (me) is completely bananas. The F. O. R. K. S. Academy is an Alternate Universe fanfiction about what should happen if Twilight (which is owned by Stephenie Meyer, not me) was set in a boarding school (I'm so incredibly creative, right? Every fandom ought to have an AU boarding school piece), if there are no vampires whatsoever in the story, and the Cullens and Hales are—mostly—human. This is going to be kind of a freeform monthly thing; I'm not going to be one those fanfic writers who take you in with a promising premise and completely give up on it later on and leave you hanging and all that. I can definitely guarantee one update per month and maybe more if the feedback's good ;)

I'm trying to keep this short, I promise. I'll try to make all the characters as, well, in character as possible, but basically, since Edward & Co are (mostly) human, they wouldn't have been alive for as long as they did in the book and will therefore be less mature though still "them" in essence. Also, due to their ages and the period of time they've known each other, all of the characters of Twilight with the exception of Carlisle and Esme, are not "together" yet. I won't go down to the nitty-gritty stuff because hopefully all the elements in this fanfiction that are different from the source material will explain themselves in due time. Plus this is probably boring you.

Finally, without Stephenie Meyer and her book Twilight, this boarding school fanfic wouldn't exist. All the characters in the story (no matter how AU) belong to her and not me. The very vague concept of the F. O. R. K. S. Academy is mine, though the whole boarding school AU fanfiction concept definitely does not.

I hope you enjoy this! (I know everyone says that, but seriously, I do!)

Yours Truly,
Aaydona (or Sky)
March. 10th, 2007