13Okay so this is my new story with completely new characters but it's obviously based on the CHERUB books (which I don't own, 'cause why else would this be called a fanfiction?)
I hope you like the characters, the main one (Ivory) was originally named Grace May Mallery rather than Ivory May Mallery, but then one day I went back to the CHERUB website and realized that there was a second series with a character named Grace in it, so I changed it. So, just in case you catch something that's not right, please notify so that I can fix it (e.g. "Hey G! What's up?" You thinking: G? Who's G?) I think I got it all out but just in case something slipped past me.
Also, if you see other characters that you think are mainstream characters, THEY'RE NOT! (Except for Mac.) These characters are all made up by me!
I really hope you like it!
Oh and please help me think of a better title for the story I'm seriously sucky at that!
Ivory sighed happily as she put up her feet. She had helped out with basic training for a couple of days, but a boy named William had gotten badly hurt she had accompanied him back to campus. As her "lucky" streak went on, the car stopped working for some reason just outside the back gate and she had to carry him back through the fields because he was losing blood from where he hit his head when he fell. Now her ankles throbbed from carrying him through the mud.
Ivory May Mallery was twelve and had gotten her navy shirt on her second mission a month ago. When she first came to CHERUB, less than a year ago, many people had doubted that she'd make a good agent because she wasn't exactly a tough, tomboy-like girl. She wore flowery skirts and lots of pink, she didn't like dirt and was one of the neatest people on campus. She was still thankful for Mac for personally finding her a week after her parents died. Her parents had been killed on a joined MI5 mission – she didn't know about them before and had been told that they were in a plane crash – and he had heard about their daughter stuck in a children's home, so when he had some business nearby, he went and casually chatted with her. The next morning she had woken up on CHERUB campus. Two boys that had had been helping her on the height obstacle that day had laughed at her when she fussed about her hair getting tangled in some branches after the first jump, but they quickly shut up after she passed by the rest of the obstacle without letting them get in front of her at all. They even apologized afterwards.
"Hey Ivory I heard you got back!" her friend Rachel burst through her bedroom door and gave Ivory a massive hug.
While Ivory was girly but mature, Rachel was rather tough – but under her shell she was nothing but adorable. "Rachel! Hi! I would've come to see you but I didn't know you came back from your mission!"
"Well I did! They said I almost deserved a black shirt, but something went terribly wrong at the end and I didn't handle it really well – but more of that depressing stuff later. Let's go find something to eat I'm starving and goodness I think your left ankle might actually be swollen!"
"Rachel, who are you talking to?" Ivory and Rachel's other friend Hermione came closer. Hermione had originally been named Herme by her posh parents, but she was never fond of that name, and very fond of Harry Potter. So when she was offered to change her name, she decided to name herself after her favorite character. "Ivory!" she smiled and gave her friend a massive hug to match Rachel's.
"Hey Hermione what's going on?"
"Oh my God, there's this new guy here–"
"Let me guess, it's either a. He's totally hot, or b. He totally flirted with you. Which one is it?"
"Both!"
"Great. Tell me when you wake up and realize that you're dating an eleven-year old."
"He's not eleven, he's almost thirteen."
"But that gives him so little time – like half a year to train and then he's only got four years of missions to do. That's not that much."
"Yes but apparently it's totally worth it because he's amazing at everything – he's a little like you in that way and the name of course, except for the fact that he knew and his parents taught him. But hey that does not give you any kind of advantage with him, I still have dibs."
Hermione often skipped pieces of vital information when she got excited and started speaking too fast, and Rachel and Ivory could usually follow what she was saying. But today, Ivory was totally lost.
"Herme! You forgot to tell her that his parents worked for MI5, too," Rachel bumped in. Ivory nodded.
Hermione finally slowed down. "And Rachel, you do not call me Herme!"
"But Avery calls you that!" Rachel fake-whined and Ivory guessed the new boy's name.
"Alright, if you want to fight, please step outside my room and take it somewhere else. I'm too busy – my ankles hurt like hell and I think I'm going to check up on William now. Poor kid, it was just a little stone, and yet he'll have to restart basic training. Having to restart basic training must be so awful!" she teased her two friends, who had both failed the first time – even though they had betted that she'd be the first one to leave.
"Oh, fine we'll leave!" Rachel laughed and took Hermione's wrist, but Hermione ran back to hug Ivory once more.
"I'm glad you're back Ivory – just wait until you see Avery… He looks a little bit like a Greek god!"
Ivory laughed to herself about her friends a little before getting up again and going to the bathroom. She washed her face thoroughly and brushed her hair to perfection. Even during basic training she had found time to keep it as perfect as ever, something that had earned her a lot of mocking and punishment from Mr. Large – but it hadn't bothered her.
She rolled her neck in a desperate attempt to get the stiffness out of it, but it was rather useless.
Suddenly, somebody knocked on her door. "Come in," she called, mystified over who it could be, since most of her mates were used to her just running in and always repaid the favor.
"Hey, you're Ivory Mallery, right?" the eleven year old asked. Ivory nodded. "Mac wants to see you in his office. Like, now."
"Did I do something? Did he sound angry?"
"No – at least I don't think so. But I wouldn't push it."
"Alright, thanks." Ivory ruffled the boy's hair and quickly walked to Mac's office.
When she walked in, she was rather surprised at the people assembled, because they were of all ages and ranks. She was the second youngest of four Blackshirts; the youngest one was a CHERUB protégée named Zach, and the other two were fifteen-year-old Jeff and sixteen-year-old Nick. There were two navy shirts, the twins Joanne and Henry that were two months older than Ivory; three Greyshirts and four Redshirts that she didn't know at all, but had seen around campus. There were also some mission controllers.
"Hey Ivory. Thanks a lot for bringing over William before, you might have saved him from brain damage," Mac greeted her.
"No problem," she quickly shook her head and sat down in the last free seat.
"Now, can somebody guess why you are all here?" Mac asked, looking around.
"We're all in big trouble and you're kicking us out?" Henry laughed, and Joanne elbowed him in the ribs.
Mac laughed, "No."
"You think we're really amazing and want to give us holidays?" Nick tried his luck, but Mac's reaction was the same.
"I'm just guessing here, but maybe because none of us are completely British? I know about us, but I don't…" one of the Greyshirts started and then looked towards the Redshirts, who nodded.
"Close enough, Amy. Good job. You all have American citizenship," Mac praised her.
"So what?" Ivory asked, unable to understand the point of getting them all there. They couldn't go training just because they were American – it just didn't make sense and Mac wasn't that kind of person. They couldn't all go on a big mission because there were Redshirts. When he didn't answer, she checked her last theory. "Wait, we're not all going on a mission, are we?"
"In fact, my dear Ivory – you are. At least, you could consider it a mission."
Well that was the first chapter! I've actually written up to chapter 10, since I wasn't going to post this at first, but now I changed my mind. Anyways, if you liked this please check out my other stories, they're about twilight and the Gallagher Girls series (another teen-spy series, it's really good you should read it if you haven't!)
Happy Reviewing! (Constructive Criticism is fine)