A/N: Ahh the ficcy goodness. It just keeps on coming to me. Yes, I have big plans for this one. Now let's just hope I can carry them out.

Oh and all the 'she' and 'her' rather than just giving her a name straight out is sort of intentional. Sort of. Accidentally, sort of.

Anyway that is more than enough of my utterly boring ramblings.

She stood at the gates of her new school, Destiny Islands High School. The girl looked up at the building with a worried expression. It was huge. Having never been here before she couldn't help but get the feeling she'd get lost, and fast. She hoped there were enough friendly students here to point her in the right direction.

She had one hand clenched tightly around the strap of her bag; the other was curled into a loose fist at her side as she squared her shoulders and took the first step into her new life.

She hadn't seen someone standing there as she walked forward and walked into whoever it was. She lost her balance and fell backward, landing with a soft thump on the ground. "Oh, I'm so sorry! Here, let me help you up." The boy she had just run into said. He held out a hand which she took as he pulled her up. "Thanks." she mumbled. 'Great first impression.' The girl thought hopelessly, tucking a strand of purple-blue hair behind her ear. She looked at the boy she'd run into. He was a bit taller than she was, with brilliant blue eyes and spiky blonde hair. "Are you new here?" He asked. "Um, yeah." The girl replied, looking down at the ground. "So you're probably looking for the office right?" She nodded. The girl felt bad for making so little conversation, but she was never the best around boys. She looked up when he gently took hold of her wrist. "It's this way." He said, guiding her along.

"Uh, thankyou…" She trailed off, not knowing his name. He seemed to know what she was getting at and smacked himself in the forehead with the palm of his hand. "Sorry." He said with a cute smile. "My name's Roxas. What's yours?" The girl was about to answer Roxas' question, but someone else got there first. "Aya?!" She vaguely recognised the voice and looked around to see who it was. "K-Kairi!" Aya stuttered sadly. Kairi crossed her arms over her chest and looked away, but not before giving Aya a glare. Kairi stalked off angrily. "You know Kairi?" Roxas asked. She nodded, feeling the tears form in her eyes. 'Not here' Aya thought sternly. 'I'm not going to cry right now.' "Aya, what is it?" Roxas asked, seeing the downcast expression on her face. "It's – It's nothing." She said, quickly walking off.

Aya walked into the first building she saw and wedged herself into a gap between two lockers. She closed her eyes and put her hands over her ears, trying to block the memories that flooded back. 'Why does she have to be here?' Her thoughts repeated that question over and over until she felt someone gently touching her arm. Aya opened her eyes and quickly wiped the tears from her cheeks to see a blonde haired girl with blue eyes and a friendly smile crouching in front of her. "Are you ok?" She asked kindly. "My name is Namine. What's yours?"

"I'll be ok." Aya answered truthfully. "Just old memories… My name is Aya." Namine moved back so that Midori could push herself out of the gap between the lockers. "So why were you in there in the first place?" Namine asked as Aya dusted off her skirt. "Kairi." She replied simply.

"What did she do?" Namine asked, cocking her head to the side. Aya shook her head. She didn't want to talk about it, but something about Namine just seemed so trustworthy that she was talking before she knew it. "Well, Kairi and I used to be friends, a long time ago." Aya began. "And then one day, her parents died in a car accident, while mine survived…She never spoke to me again. She blames me." Namine smiled at her gently. "It's ok." She said with a smile. "Kairi is my adopted sister…and now I know why."

"You don't hate me too, do you?" Aya asked, though Namine seemed like the kind of person who couldn't hate anyone. "Of course I don't." She said. "Kairi is just being silly." She laughed lightly.

"Um, Namine, can I ask you one more question?" Aya asked quietly.

"Of course." She said with a smile.

"Where's the office?" Namine giggled at her question.

"You keep following this corridor straight ahead, then you turn left and you should see the sign." She replied pointing in the general direction for emphasis.

Following Namine's instructions, Aya made it to the office. A kind looking woman looked down at her from behind the desk. "What can I do for you?" She asked.

"I, uh, need a schedule." Aya said, scratching the back of her head.

"You must be Miss. Kagura, yes?" She asked. Aya nodded her confirmation. "We don't get many new students here." She explained with a warm smile, handing her a slip of paper and a map. "Thanks." She said before walking out of the office. Not many new students, Aya realised, meant that plenty of people would be looking at her. Aya was nervous about that. She preferred much more to stay out of the spotlight.

As soon as she was outside the door, she opened the map and studied it. Aya took a quick look at her schedule and groaned. She had math first. She traced a finger along the path she would need to take to get to math before she folded the map in half and began walking. Aya really didn't fancy being late on her first day. Occasionally she would unfold her map and check that she was going in the right direction before she stopped out the front of the classroom, waiting for the teacher to allow the students in. Aya was at the back of the line and she looked up it to see if there was anyone she knew. Namine leaned forward in the line and waved at her. Aya waved back. Just then the teacher arrived and they were allowed to enter the dreaded math.

Aya sat beside Namine and Namine helped her with the questions she didn't understand. In that time they got to know each other better and she was glad that she'd made her first friend in this new place in such a short time. "Ok class, for homework I want you to complete pages 12-16 for homework." The teacher instructed. The whole class groaned, including Aya. She had never had so much math homework before. She had come from a small out of the way town and they had very rarely received homework. 'Well, it's not like I have anything better to do.' She thought, her mental voice heaving a sigh.

Her next class was English…with Kairi. She hoped that the hour would pass quickly, racing out of the door as the bell rang. She had a quick glance at her map before walking to art, slowing her pace as she got as far from her former friend as possible. She had art with Namine, recalling that the blonde always carried a sketchbook with her. Sitting next to her on one side was a slightly pudgy brown haired boy she didn't recognise. Namine waved her over. "Hey, who's this?" The boy asked. "Pence, this is Aya. Aya, Pence."

"It's nice to meet you." Midori said, shaking hands with Pence and sitting on Namine's other side. So far her first day had been rather interesting. The art teacher, Miss Hall, was a young and kind teacher, telling the students to draw whatever they were passionate about.

The bell rang and Miss Hall dismissed the class. "Hey Aya, will you be right to make it to the cafeteria on your own? I just have to go to the bathroom." Namine asked with a smile. Aya wasn't selfish enough that she would ask Namine to go with her so she smiled and nodded. "I'll be ok." When Namine was out of sight, Aya pulled out her map and began to walk to the cafeteria. She was so focused on finding her path that she bumped into a group of students. She was about to look up and apologise when someone grabbed her roughly by the wrist backing her up against the wall.

Ah the drama. Yeah I do have better plans for this story, obviously. But it has to start somewhere right?

Cookies for whoever guesses who it is that has Aya backed up

This was really long for a first chapter for me. SO maybe you'll get really nice long chapters this time!