This is a new story! It's an AU High School thingy for Six Of Crows and I hope you guys enjoy it! This is the first chapter. I will hopefully have something else out for you guys later today! Enjoy! lolamay101

(Chapter 1)

It was the first day of Junior year for Kaz Brekker, the bad boy of Barrel High. He was known for being especially troublesome and for doing almost anything for the right reward. Kaz had the school in the palm of his hand, he was popular, cold, and ruthless to keep up his appearance. He wasn't known as The Bastard of the Barrel for nothing.

Kaz had been well…sociopathic since around the sixth grade. Kaz's brother, Jordie, died of cancer and Kaz had never been the same. He started taking crazy risks, he had done something so crazy in the seventh grade that he was permeant crippled in one of his legs. He had a nice, crow cane that was made for him by a family friend. Kaz's adopted father, Perr Haskell, had gotten it for him when Kaz first injured himself. Not out of the kindness of his heart though, Kaz had to help Haskell with his work in return for the cane.

Kaz had lived with Perr Haskell since he was seven, his first adopted family wasn't….right for him and Jordie. They were part of the reason Jordie got so sick so fast, Kaz vowed for revenge. He would remind himself; 'brick by brick' that's how he would take them down. Brick by brick, his old foster father Pekka Rollins was an important businessman but yet, he refused to help Jordie when he first showed signs of being sick.

Kaz felt his phone buzz in his pocket as he stopped by his locker, it was his neighbor, Jesper. 'Party tonight, you in?'

Kaz smirked, he could use a distraction as well as some time to get information about who was gunning for his spot of King/Bastard of the Barrel. Kaz's gloved hand began to type away informing Jesper he would be there, but his friend appeared beside him right when he was finishing up the text so he shrugged and put it away.

"I'm in Jes," Kaz informed him with a razor sharp smile. "I could use a night of..fun."

Jesper smiled a goofy smile his restless injury being worked out with wringing his shirt. Kaz and Jesper were very different from appearance to personality. Jesper was carefree and more a spur of the moment kind of guy, Kaz was callous and a planner. Kaz saw life as a chess board, people were just pawns he could move around.

Jesper and Kaz had been friends since when Kaz first came to Ketterdam, Jesper was actually Kaz's first friend ever. Kaz trusted Jesper, almost fully. His friend was a little bit of risk though, because he owed money to almost everyone. At Kaz's high school there were was an underground gambling circle, Kaz helped out with it sometimes. Well, keeping the underground gambling circle, underground. Kaz was a master of trickery and lies, and he was proud of it too.

"Did you catch the new girl?" Jesper asked Kaz leaning up against the locker beside Kaz's.

Kaz tilted his head as he grabbed his books shutting his locker tight. There was rarely a new girl in his small town. Ketterdam was a very small fish in a very small puddle. His school district was called Kerch Independent School District because that was the founding family's last name of the district. There were only three schools in his district.

"New girl?" He questioned.

Kaz liked keeping tabs on everyone, he wanted to know where everyone lived, their schedules, and how to apply the right pressure when he was in a bind and needed help. He would have to find all about this new girl.

"Yeah, apparently she's like a ghost. Nina tried to talk to her and she didn't really talk back." Jesper said rubbing the back of his neck.

Kaz snorted in amusement. "Nina would talk to a wall, are you sure this wasn't a figure of her imagination?"

"Screw you Brekker." A steady female voice called from behind him.

Kaz turned to see Nina, she was a bigger girl but a very pretty one. If Kaz was interested in getting laid maybe he would seduce her, it wouldn't be that hard. Although, she really did piss off the Barrel's Quarterback, Matthias, a boy built like an ox. Even though they were broken up at the moment, if he couldn't have Nina then no one could. He had scared all the boys (except for Kaz) shitless with threats and empty promises of what he would do to them if he found out they even laid a hand on Nina. Most of the guys stood ten feet away from her.

"And hello to you to Nina," Kaz greeted her with a shark like smile. "What business?" That was how Kaz and most of the school talked to each other, it was like slang.

"I was wondering-"

"If we were going to the party?" Jesper interrupted butting into the short conversation. "Well, we are sweet Nina, don't worry your pretty little head." He grinned at her.

Nina rolled her eyes. "That and if you guys talked to that new girl? One minute I was talking with her and the next she disappeared, it was fucking creepy." Nina said visibly shuddering.

Kaz rolled his eyes at her. "I'll see for myself when I meet her. Invite her to the back to school party tonight. I could use something fresh." He commanded Nina.

Nina put her hands on her hips. "I'm not your messenger Brekker, invite her yourself. Or get the gaping idiot to do it." Nina said gesturing to Jesper who wasn't even paying attention. He was wrapped up in a conversation with Wylan Van Eck.

Kaz made a disapproving noise at her. "It would be a shame Nina, for the special vodka I bought for you and Matthias tonight to suddenly find it's way down a drain wouldn't it?" He said his mouth quirking up in a smirk.

"Kaz Brekker! We're not dating anymore," Nina hissed at him under her breath.

"But you're still kissing him?" Kaz asked in amusement. "Do you want the vodka or not?"

"I'll get the message to her," Nina grumbled crossly. "This counts as payment for the vodka, alright? None of your Dirtyhands' nonsense."

Kaz waved his hand in agreement. "Sure Nina, but next time it's going to cost you more when you want something special like that vodka. I had to go through a lot of trouble to get that. I had to use a few of my special resources at Haskell's brewery to get that."

Nina groaned, her red hair fell over her eyes. "I hate you Brekker. You're lucky you're resourceful or otherwise I would have let Matthias kill you a long time ago."

Kaz laughed shaking his head. "My dear Nina, before Matthias even got the balls to kill me, I would have burned through everything he loved. The thing he loves most," Kaz said gesturing to Nina. "Would have a most splendid end. A sort of, fireworks ending if you will."

"You really are a bastard," Nina said turning and flouncing away from him.

Kaz mentally groaned as the first bell rang. With his books under one arm, and his crow cane helping him limp to his English Class he began his long day. English, Math, Study Hall, and Science passed quickly leading him into lunch.

Kaz had gotten his crappy school lunch and met his friends at their usual table. He got an unpleasant surprise to see Matthias was sitting there away from Nina of course, but next to Jesper. He mentally frowned, that's not what he expected his pawns to do. They weren't acting in the way he wanted them to.

Kaz placed his lunch down in the middle of the table. He watched Nina, who had changed into her cheerleading outfit, twirl her hair as she flirted with a nervous Wylan. He shook his head, he could tell Matthias was steaming, Kaz watched Matthias's sharp blue eyes zero in on his ex. This was going to make for an interesting night tonight.

Meanwhile, Jesper was watching Wylan and snickering under his breath. He was no doubt making fun of him. Kaz had noticed a change in Jesper and Wylan since the end of last year, they used to not talk at all but now they were very close.

This had been Kaz's friend group since seventh grade, when he first injured his leg. That's when Kaz started to gain popularity and a reputation around the school, he was more feared then popular but there was no difference to Kaz. As long as people knew he was a force to be cautious of that's all Kaz cared about.

The Bastard of the Barrel scanned the noisy cafeteria room trying to locate the new girl. He did not see anyone he did not know. That began to convince him that this mysterious 'new girl' was just some imagination Nina dreamed up to keep things interesting. Nina did that sometimes, when things got boring she made things interesting. Kaz had an appreciation for that. He needed a little interesting every once and awhile in this boring little, in the middle of nowhere, town.

Kaz handed his empty tray to Matthias who rolled his eyes and muttered under his breath about Kaz being a demon. He embraced names like 'demon' and 'bastard' and 'dirtyhands' because it made him more of a legend. It also played to his ego, he had to admit. He liked people not wanting to even touch him with a ten foot pole. He was like the Grinch in that aspect.

The bell sounded and everyone shuffled to their afternoon classes, Kaz walked with Jesper and Wylan. They were filling him in on the legendary 'new girl' she was a gymnast. Apparently she ran away to be with the circus at one point but now was here with her parents. She was like an acrobat, Kaz didn't care about all that. What he cared about was knowing if she was a threat or not.

"So what if she can do flips, it's not like she's any use to me." Kaz rumbled as he turned down the hallway.

"Kaz, she could be though! She's talented in stuff, she could become popular or something!" Wylan explained nervously, Kaz was unpredictable to Wylan. Wylan knew that Kaz enjoyed that as well.

"I don't care if she's the god damn queen of England, until she shows me her face and approaches me then she doesn't exist." Kaz said with a roll of his eyes. "Where did you get all of this bullshit from anyway? Nina?"

Wylan blushed and Kaz grinned. "Thought so, until you have something real for me then I don't care. You just wasted my precious time so thank you for that, gentlemen." Kaz said diving into his science class without saying another word to either of them.