Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters in Charlie Bone, nor did I write the book. So the only characters you absolutely cannot take are Nick and his family, along with a couple of others.

If you lived anywhere near Bloor's Academy, you would know the unusual things that happen there. For 12 year old Nicholas Cayril, it was a whole new experience. Every day after school he would ride his skateboard past the school, examining it, wondering why his friend Gabriel Silk switched over and wondering why he never saw him anymore. He would see him soon. Very soon.

"Hey mom, I'm home!" Nicholas yelled.

"Where have you been?" Mrs. Cayril asked.

"Just out riding," he said.

"Ok. You're cousin has sent us a new batch of clothes. Go upstairs and try them on," she demanded.

Nicholas walked upstairs to find a huge trashbag full of clothes. He sorted through all of them, finding he one's he wanted. He heard a noise, so he looked up. In front of him was his cousin, wearing the outfit he had just out down, and holding his little brother who was now dead. He walked up to it. His cousin waved.

"Hey Nick!" his older cousin Cameron said.

Nick stuck his hand in, trying to touch his cousinSammy,who he never met before his death. Suddenly, his cousins vanished. Nick slowly backed away, then ran downstairs.

"MOM!" he yelled.

"What," she said?

"Come here!" he said.

Nick grabbed his mom's hand and ran upstairs. He grabbed the outfit he was just holding. Suddenly the image re-appeared.

"Hi Aunt Marlie!" said Cameron, waving. He was still holding Sammy.

Mrs. Cayril silently waved back, stunned. She took a few steps backwards, towards the door. She turned around and yelled for his dad to come upstairs.

"Jeff, honey, come up here," she said.

Mr. Cayril ran up the stairs as fast as he could and into Nick's room. He, too was very stunned.

"Hey Uncle Jeff!" said Cameron. Sammy began gurgling and talking in baby language.

Mr. Cayril turned to face Nicholas.

"Come with me on a walk," he said.

They walked down the stairs and out the door. As soon as Nick left the house, Cameron and Sammy dissappeared, again.

"You, Nicholas, are endowed,"Mr. Cayrilsaid.

"What does that mean?" Nick asked.

"You have a special gift. You are a child of the Red King,"He replied.

"What does this mean? What's going to happen to me?" Nick asked, looking at the ground.

"Nothing. You're just going to switch schools. Right now. I'm going to enroll you at Bloor's," he said.

"Before you do, is anyone else in our family endowed?" Nick asked.

"Your Great Grandfather's aunt was, and we also think little Sammy may have been." he said.

"How?"

"We think he was telekenetic, but he could have been anything. Any endowment is dangerous when you're a baby, so we think that maybe..."

"It killed him..." Nick said.

"Right."

There was an akward silence for a few minutes. Soon they were facing Bloor's Academy.

"Well, let's go enroll!" Mr. Cayril said enthusiastically.