* Chapter one *

Waking up, Kelei immediately wished she hadn't. Bad enough it was morning, it was also her first day at a new school. Trust her new adoptive parents to pick such an awkward time to adopt her. Not only was it her first day, it was the first day back after the summer holidays, which meant everyone would still be annoyingly cheerful and reveling in the holidays afterglow. But would Kelei? Noo, because she was too busy being kicked out of her old foster home, and signed into a new one to have a holiday.

* Still, it might make the fact that I'm new less obvious. Surely they'll all be too wrapped up in their holiday memories to notice little ol' me! *

But even Kelei had to admit it was impossible to miss her, she was too exotically gorgeous to be missed. Particularly by the boys.

It wasn't her perfect figure, or dysfunctional personality that made her unmissable though. It was her knee-length hair; which just happened to be coloured all the shades of the sea. Her weird eyes; which had one ring of grey in them, one ring of blue and a ring of green chasing around the pupils. And her high, elfish cheekbones which gave her eyes an exotic slant, along with the delicately pointed ears which were unmissable when she wore her hair up. Oh, yeah, by the way, she wasn't even half human. But she didn't know that, and although some people suspected, it was too ridiculous to believe.

'Kelei! I'm sorry but you have to get up now, school starts in 20 minutes! I'm going to work now, and Dave's already left. There's bread in the toaster if you want it, I love you and I'll see you when you get back, Ok?' Rose, Kelei's new mum yelled from downstairs.

'Yeah, thanks for the food, I'll see you later!' Kelei yelled in reply, dutifully climbing out of bed, and dragging herself into the bathroom connected to her bedroom.

After her quick shower, Kelei ransacked her wardrobe for clothes that would downplay her looks.

Finally she chose a black outfit; a black t-shirt, with a pair of old black jeans. Back in the bathroom, Kelei put her brown contacts in, and quickly ran a brush through her still damp hair. Putting no make-up on, Kelei grabbed her school books and ran downstairs.

In the kitchen Kelei set the books on the counter, and turned the toaster on. While the bread was toasting, Kelei rescued her bag from the dark confines of the hall cupboard, and stuffed her books and things in.

The toast popped up, and she loaded it onto a plate, which she carried to the table. After coating it in butter and seedless raspberry jam, she devoured it and washed the plate afterwards. Grabbing the carton of milk from the fridge, she took a swig before replacing it.

Scouring the kitchen for something to take for lunch, Kelei finally found a KitKat and an apple. Figuring they balanced eachother out, she shoved them both in her bag.

Glancing at the clock, Kelei realised she was late, and ran to get her boots. On her way back through the kitchen, Kelei grabbed her bag and, remembering just in time, the key to the house. Letting herself out, Kelei slammed the door shut and ran for school.