"Children today we have a new student, please come in" The teacher said as she pointed to the door, in walked a little girl, she had short hair and a bow almost the size of her face.

"Hello everyone! My name is Kagamine Rin and I am eight years old. My parents and I moved here a week ago because my mom got a new job or something like that" The little girl's voice was high pitched, and every time she was happy her bow straightened out, almost as if it was a part of her body.

"Alright Kagamine-chan, nice to meet you, have a seat next to Megurine-chan, Megurine-chan would you please raise your hand" A girl with fluffy pink hair kept down by a headband raised her hand. The class, followed by the next, and the next We're all pretty much the same thing, boring.

This is a very small town, Shizumaki. Shizumaki did not have many children, there was a total for 19 children. There were two schools, school one was a school for children, it had one class, The teacher was Sakine Meiko. School two was for adults who wanted to learn how to do jobs, the only job that they taught was how to be a doctor or a nurse. The town of Shizumaki was known for its medicine, but not many people knew of the town.

Finally it was time for the school students to eat lunch. Everyone had their friends to eat with, Rin did not, she sat alone in the corner of the room eating the food her mother had made when a large shadow covered her body.

"Hi, my name is Sukone Tei, your name was Rin, right?" I nodded. Tei was a girl with pure white hair the almost went down to her waist, and pure red irises, it was almost scary. "Allow me to show you how things work in this school, the older you are, the more abilities you have, like if I were to take your food. You could not tell on me because I am older and would harm you." Tei said as she took the food out of her hands.

"Oi! What the, do you think you are doing?" A kid walked up behind her. "L-len-kun" She shivered in fear and ran away as if she was about to be murdered. "Take mine I wasn't really that hungry anyways." He placed his food in her hands, "I can't take this!" The girl looked up to find no one there.

"Children, Attention, it's time to go outside!" The children all ran right outside the door as if their life depended on it. Rin followed them, not like the little girl cared that much, as she had no one to talk to. She was just minding her own business when another girl walked up to her.

"Hiya! Your Rin right? Sensei sent me because she wanted me to tell you about our little school." This girl had long turquoise pigtails hanging almost to her feet, they were tied up in black ribbons. "Oh right, I am Hatsune Miku! I am nine years old, and the class president." She smiled.

"The oldest kids in our class are Gakupo-san, Kaito-nii, Iroha-chan and Luka-chan they are all 18 and she will be leaving our class when the year ends. The we have 16 year old Gumi-san and Flower-chan, 15 year old Aoki-chan, Merli-chan, and Galaco-san. 13 year olds Anon-chan and Kanon-san. 11 year old Kagami Len and Yukari-chan, 10 year olds Sukone Tei, Neru-san, and Haku-san. 9 year old IA-chan, and me, and finally 8 year old you. "

"Sukone Tei?" The blonde looked up at the other, "Yeah she's a bully you should stay away from her." "She took my lunch but a boy gave me his...She called him Len.." She stared at the younger as if she was an alien. "Len helped you?! Len is a loner he doesn't have any friends in the class and he is always alone. He stopped Tei!? This is amazing!" She giggled.

"Hey Rin-chan, let's be friends alright?" Rin nodded.

"Children! Children! Time to come inside" Sakine- san came out and called all the children back to their seats to go on to the next lesson.

While Rin was walking back to her seat, somebody smacked her on the back, Rin yelped in pain, but the person was gone. This happened repeatedly people hit her all over her body, but it was not more than 2 people, Rin did not get the chance to see who it was.

Her back stung as she sat down, then she noted something on her desk..A piece of paper folded into a bird. She picked up the note, the inside flap said 'Meet me in the gym', the tail said '-Len'. That means Len wanted to see her later at the gym? She was glad to be getting more friends, she thought she would be alone for awhile.

After all the classes had ended students had a choice to go to one of the clubs or to go home, Rin went into the gym. she looked around the room, it was so old and dusty, it could have been made in the 1800's.

"Len?" she called out the boy's name, all the doors slammed shut, She turned her head around to meet with another par of eyes. Rin jumped back, they had scared her. Rin sighed in relief to find that it was only Tei, Neru, and Haku. Though Haku's face showed of fear, Neru looked overjoyed and Tei looking creepy.

Tei licked her lips walking over to the little girl, "You look like you would be so very...Juicy.." She giggled almost drooling, she kicked Rin to the floor. "Listen kid my Daddy runs this town he says if I want something, I get it! I want Len I want him to be my husband but he always refuses" She scared at the shivering girl, her foot landing directly in the center of her stomach as she kicked the girl below her.

"He always ignored me, why did he help you?! Why did you respond to his letter, you really are a little brat!" Tei fell to the floor and picks Rin up her her scalp and threw her small, weak body against the wall.

Rin's body was picked up by another person, Neru. Neru grabbed her hair and yanked back with enough force to rip some of her hair out, Tei grabbed her by her small neck and tried as hard as possible not to kill the girl before she had gotten to the fun part.

"Stop!" A voice from the corner squeaked, it was Haku, she shook violently "This is not right!" Neru let go of Rin's hair and walked over to the shaking girl, she whispered something to her and took her out of the room to let Tei continue on with her work.

Rin cried, she tried to hold in as much oxygen as she could before Tei strangled her. Everything was fading away from her, she could feel nothing. She closed her eyes and prepared for the worst. Then a miracle happened, Rin got in a hint of air, followed by another, and another. She opened her eyes, Tei was on the ground covered in blood, but above her was Len, he was covered in blood as well, but he also held a pipe in his hand that he had hit Tei with, to knock her out.

Rin was unable to say anything, she stared at the boy, it felt like hours had passed but in reality it was only a few seconds before she hugged him. Her small, fragile and weak body, still aching had put in enough effort to talk and somewhat move again.

"Thank you" She released the words, with one push of air as she was still trying to catch up with her normal breathing. He hugged her back and picked her up off the ground, "I'm sorry, Rin" He kissed her forehead and left the gym, he walked a path she had never seen before. Rin looked at the building beside them, IF she had screamed would someone have heard?

Rin was lucky, very lucky that Len had been there, or she would have been long gone, she cuddled into the boy's chest while she still could, and drifted off to sleep...

When Rin had awoke she was at her house, in her bed, he mother was looking down at her, she almost seemed upset. Rin would never tell her parents anything, her mother too obsessed with work to care and her father was dying in the hospital, she did not want to make him worry about her at such a time.

"Mother?" Rin sat up to look at the woman. Her mother was glaring at her, "I had to miss an important phone call to let you in the house, Rin" There mom went...Always talking about her work, she never cared about Rin.

Rin got off the bed, and ignored her mother's rant about how much more important money was than her. Her mind filled with her first day of school, she almost died because of a boy she had met. She had to be more careful around Tei, she was surely very dangerous. Rin walked into her dad's room, today he was at home for once.

"Rin! How was the first day of school for my little peanut?" The man picked her up and put her on his lap, "Rin, why are your eyes all red and puffy? Were you crying?" Rin nodded, "I was upset I had yet to make any friends, but after school I made one so don't worry about me Daddy. School was really fun!" Rin lied, yet it was was so believable. Rin always lied to her parents, there was no other way 'I'm fine Daddy' and 'I love you Mother' were the most common lies she told.

Her mother was so distant, she seemed almost as a step mother, and her father was too sick to barely even move. This often led to Rin being alone a lot, she mostly read, played piano, and gardened. Rin loved to garden the most, back at home they had a beautiful garden of roses, and tulips, and daisies. Rin always loved to arrange the flowers in her garden, it was her favorite part, she also loved to make flower crowns for her father.

Rin kissed her father on the forehead. She would rather lose her mother than her father. Her father was the best person she could ever have as her father. Rin got out the book she was reading that day, and sent next to her father instead of on top of him, she read the book to him until it was far past her bedtime.

The next day Rin dreaded going to school but Len would be there so it couldn't be that bad, right? She put a new book into her bag and began to walk out the door. There he was, Len waited for her by the front of her house.

"Len?" Rin called out as she ran to his side.

"Ah, yes, hello Rin-chan" Len pet the girl on the head when she came running to him.

"What are you doing here Len?" Rin tilted her head, but nuzzled herself into Len's warm hand that rested on Rin's head.

"Rin I was thinking...how about I protect you, like from Tei and anyone who tried to harm you?" Len straightened the bow on Rin's head, slightly embarrassed. Rin's face lit up with happiness and she hugged Len, "Yes!"

Later that day, Rin ate lunch with him, and read to him when they were outside, Rin had never been more happy she had made a friend, and he was her knight in shining armor. Len walked her home, day after day, everything stayed the same, Tei beat her up less though, and she never almost died again, thanks to Len.

One day 6 months after Rin arrived, she was walked home by Len, and as she opened the door, her worst fear came true.

"Daddy! Daddy!" Rin ran to her father's room "Len-kun bought me a new book!" She burst open the door, her mother was crying over her father...Her father had passed away while she was walking home. Rin broke down sobbing, never before feeling such pain. All around her fathers body was nothing but Chrysanthemums...His favorite flowers.

The next few weeks Len helped Rin with whatever she needed, to get over her loss. He did everything for her, until one day, Len walked up to her after school with a Chilean Bell flower, he handed it to her.

"Rin" His voice sounded horrible, as if he had been crying. "Rin keep this to remember me by..." Rin's eyes widened, no, no he could not be leaving her... "What do you mean?" Rin asked about to start sobbing at any moment.

"Rin I'm moving."

Those words still echo in her head, every second, her dead father and now her knight leaving her...Life could not possibly get any worse.