Author's Note - I just love giving these! I no, I no, I am a very twisted little girl but I like writing author's notes. Anyway, I don't like giving too much away so I'm not going to tell you if there's gonna be any E+T or S+S. Tomoyo and Sakura are nerds and Syaoran and Eriol are popular. They are all 15.
CHAPTER 1

"Cruel Tricks"

Tomoyo's P.O.V

I reluctantly got out of bed this morning and dressed in a brown plaid knee- length skirt, a white blouse and a brown jacket. Then I fixed my hair neatly into two braids before heading down to breakfast.

"How are you this morning, Miss Daidouji?" asked one of our maids.

"Fine, thank you" I replied quietly.

"Your books and lunch are packed in your bag so you can meet Sakura without being late" She continued politely.

"Oh. Ok" I said.

I hated school. All because of the popular kids. Mainly Eriol and Syaoran, they were the hottest guys in the whole school. All the girls loved them. Unfortunately Syaoran and Eriol choose Sakura and I to pick on every day, I think their mission in life is to make ours hell. But we are both too quiet to stand up for ourselves.

I said good-bye to the maids and left to meet Sakura.

"Ohayo, Sakura" I greeted her.

"Ohayo, Tomoyo" She replied.

"Did you get the geography homework?" I asked.

"Hai, did you?" said Sakura.

"Hai" I sighed. "Why do they have to pick on us? We never do anything to them...."

"I wonder what horrible trick they'll play on us today," she said sadly.

We reached the school and walked through the grounds while people shouted nasty insults at us.

"Loser!" called a girl with short, wavy hair. Her name was Rika. We were friends in elementary school but she'd changed. So had Naoko and Chiharu. They were all so mean now. Hard to believe, but Sakura and I were close friends with Eriol and Syaoran back then too....

"Look, there's your home, why don't you crawl in there and never come out, so we don't have to look at your ugly faces again!" Eriol yelled, pointing to a garbage can. Hot tears stung my eyes, but Sakura just kept walking, with her eyes down. I wasn't as strong as her, although I wish I was.

"Geek!" "Nerd!" "Goody two shoes!" Everyone seemed to be firing insults at us.

Luckily, the bell rang so Sakura and I didn't have to listen to the nasty things said to us.

Sakura's P.O.V

I walked through the door of my history lesson. I was late again.

"Late again, Miss Kinomoto?" Mr. Terada said. (A/N - Yes, they still have the same teacher for some subjects, I couldn't think of anyone else. Ms. McKenzie will turn up as well, I don't no her Japanese name) "Well, take your seat in front of Syaoran then"

I walked over to my seat and was just about to sit down. Instead of sitting on the chair, I fell over onto the carpet. Then laughter, cruel laughter. Syaoran had pulled my chair back causing me to fall. Everyone was laughing at me.

"Nice!" Eriol laughed, slapping Syaoran a high-five. I took a deep breath. I'm not going to cry I'm not going to cry.... Oh I wish Tomoyo was in my history class. Tears were welling up in my emerald-green eyes. I wasn't going to let them see that though. I sat on my chair and pulled it toward the desk. The rest of the lesson was boring but I couldn't stop thinking about what to do. Finally, lunch period came. I ran out of the classroom, hoping to meet Tomoyo. Then I felt something lock around my foot and I tripped. My books scattered everywhere. I looked up to see who tripped me, it was Naoko and Chiharu. Suddenly, Tomoyo appeared, helping me gather my books.

"You ok?" She asked me. I could see her tear-stained cheeks and guessed she had a rough lesson too.

"Hai. Arigatou gozaimasu" I thanked her.

We walked outside and sat at our usual table and started eating.

"What happened?!" I exclaimed as we sat down.

"They drew a nasty picture of me on the board and then everyone laughed at me. Again" Tomoyo said. "You?"

"Pulled my chair back.... You know, this has been going on for two years. What can we do?" I asked.

"Nothing, we know never to cross paths with them" Tomoyo answered.

Just then, I felt something sticky hit my back. Egg. No mistake. It was all over Tomoyo's hair too. Eriol, Syaoran, Yamazaki, Chiharu, Naoko, Rika and some other kids I didn't know were chucking eggs at us. Before long, we were both covered in egg yolk. Tomoyo just couldn't take it. She burst into tears and ran. Away from the school. Away from the cruel laughter at us. Away from our lives. I couldn't blame her. So I did the same, I ran all the way home, found the door locked so I just leaned against the door and slumped down. Then I began to cry.

Rhapsody - So! What did you think? Worth reading another chapter maybe? Hope you like it, if you have any comments, constructive criticism or questions, email me at yourlukycharm@hotmail.com