Chapter 1
Sun's P.O.V

Mum and dad are fighting again. Something about their bullshit financial stuff. I can't believe they are still together after all the scars they have inflicted on each other. I am supposed to go to my new school tomorrow but my alcoholic mother couldn't give a rat's ass about the essentials I needed for it. Instead she wastes the money on her poison and my father is no saint either, he just spends his money on gambling and 'hoes' as he likes to call them. Mother knows about his little antics but she is dependent on his money so she lets it slide.

"I have had enough of your bullshit Lauren" I can hear dad shout from downstairs.

I close my eyes and try my best to block out the fight but sleep evades me and I am stuck with the screams downstairs.

"My bullshit, Clyde?! You're the one who spends every night with that whore of yours!" Mother shouts back. I hear a slap and I cringe into my pillow as the loud thump on the ground could only belong to my mother. You would think after years and years of this that you would get used to it but the fact is it still affects me.

"That's the last Straw, I am fucking leaving!" Dad shouts

"What about Sun?!" Mother whimpers from the floor.

"He's not even our son, Lauren!" Dad shouts with disgust. "Why the fuck should I care?!"

Mother always uses me as a last resort to try and make him stay and she always gets the same answer. No matter how many times I hear his answer it still makes my stomach turn. My biological parents died when I was two years old. My parents never told me how they died and I have no memories of them.

My father never fails to find a reason to tell me about how I am such a burden to this family and I have learned that standing up for myself earns a belting. I pray every time my father walks out that door that he will never come back.

The front door slams shut and my father is gone and all that's left is the silent sobs of my mother. I would go and check on her but more likely than not she will attack me for father leaving. I check my phone and its 3:47 in the morning. These are the nights that feel like they last forever. I plug my earphones in and let the music guide me into a dreamless sleep.

…

The alarm goes off and wakes me from my restless sleep and I just lay there staring at the ceiling as more paint peels off it. "Todays the day I guess" I say tiredly to myself. I get up slowly and head to the bathroom to clean up. It's not until I am in the shower that it hits me. I am petrified of going to this new school.

New classes, new teachers, new surroundings and new people. I've never been much of a people pleaser. I say the wrong things at the wrong times, trouble seems to follow me wherever I go and I can be quite insensitive. Maybe this time it will be different. I'm not going to let them see how nervous I am. I'm going to stand there with a brave face and smile at all those people.

I get changed into my favourite pair of jeans that are rolled up to my knees and put on a white button up shirt. I need to look at least half presentable today. I've been told first impressions are everything, not that I really care what people think.

I go downstairs to see Mother passed out on the living room couch with a beer tipped over on the floor. I don't have time for this. I get a blanket out of the cupboard and put it over her and then clean up all the cans and broken glass from the floor. One of the glass cabinets has been smashed again. "Mother, what am I going to do with you?" I whisper under my breath.

I look at my phone for the time and see that there is still an hour left until school starts. I look in the mirror and try to fix my hair but it always stays the same tangled, unruly mop of sandy blond hair. I check on Mother once again and then walk out the front door.

The school is about a 30 minute walk away from my house so I decide that I might as well start walking now. I head off in the direction of my school and about 10 minutes later my phone rings. I pull my phone out of my pocket, expecting it to be Mother but it turns out to be my friend from my old school. I unlock my phone and answer it. "Yo Scarlet, what's up?" I ask in a casual tone.

"Hey dude, just thought I would check up on you before you head off to that new shithole of yours" Scarlet says.

"Wow, thanks for the confidence boost dude" I say sarcastically

"Well you know, I am always here for you buddy"

I spot a park bench across the road and I go over to it and sit on top while I talk to Scarlet. It's good to hear from him. The last time I saw him he was pulling me off a bloodied body. The memory of that day still shakes me to my core. The memory of that blind rage I felt would never leave my mind. I push the memory to the back of my mind. The last thing I need at the moment is more nerves and uncertainty.

I sit on the park bench for about half an hour talking to Scarlet. It's funny how relaxed I feel when talking to him. I think he has to be my oldest friend. We went to the same primary school and then went to the same high school until I was kicked out which is why I am going to this new hell hole.

"… then Sage walks in and sees me with her. His face was priceless" Scarlet says, barely controlling his laughter.

I sit there laughing until my ribs start to hurt. "Jesus dude, I've missed out on so much" I say after getting my laughter under control. "How is Sage by the way?" I ask, scared of the answer.

"He's good, he wants to speak to you but he is scared that you still hate him" Scarlet says with a sigh.
"Hate him? I've never hated him, it's not his fault he was blinded by that prick. I was blinded by him too"

There is a short silence between us as I think back to that day. Sage was just an innocent bystander in it all. I can understand where Sage was coming from though. It would have appeared to everyone that was not in the loop that I randomly just attack that asshole and Sage was just trying to keep the peace and stand up for my once best friend.

"How about we all get together soon for drinks or something and sort all this crap out" Scarlet says, interrupting my thoughts.

"That would be awesome bro" I say back enthusiastically "I've missed you dudes"

"Sweet! Ill organise something later. It will be just like old times!" Scarlet says happily. "I've got to go now, my roommate is waiting for me in the car, hopefully we will see each other soon bro."

"Alright dude, catch you later" I say, hanging up the phone. I am about to put my phone in my pocket when I see the time. There is only 5 minutes until school starts. "Shit!" I squeal, but in a manly way of course, as I run across the road and sprint down the sidewalk.

As I sprint down the sidewalk to school, a car pulls out of its drive way and there is no way I could stop in time. So with all the strength I have in my legs I jump and just make it over the roof and slide across it. I land and then with a sigh of relief and yells from inside the car I continue to sprint. I turn back to wave and apologise for what just happened when I smash into someone and fall to the ground. The other guy stumbles back and almost falls into the bushes but manages to stay on his feet.

"Watch where you are going asshole!" the stranger yells.

I sit there rubbing the back of my head which smacked into the ground. "Sorry dude, I am in a rush" I say. I get up and brush myself off and then I look at the guy who I almost knocked into the bushes.

The guy is tall, has an athletic build and has the bluest eyes I have ever seen. Then I see his hair. I almost laugh at the sight in front of me. The guy has blue hair and is wearing goggles on top of his head. I try so hard not to laugh at the guy.

"What are you smiling at?" the stranger asks angrily

I can't reply because if I open my mouth I know I will burst into laughter and that would not help the situation.

"Don't just stare at me you freak" he says, annoyed.

"I'm the freak?" I say, trying to push the laughter down. "I'm not the one with blue hair and wearing goggles on my head."

The guy goes red with anger and that was when I lose it. I burst out laughing and can't seem to control myself. Each time I look at his head, I laugh even harder until I have to hold my stomach from the pain of laughing so much.

"Stop laughing you insensitive prick!" the stranger yells. "This is my natural hair!" he says turning away a little and looking a bit insulted.

"And what about those uh… goggles? I say after my laughter subsides.

"These goggles are trendy" the stranger says defensively while adjusting them.

This time I successfully hold my laughter back. "Whatever you say Princess" I say while shaking my head. "Love to stay and chat about how ridiculous you look but I really must going dude"

"Asshole!" the stranger yells as I run off towards school.

I laugh to myself while sprinting down the streets. "What an idiot" I say to myself. But I do have to admit, the hair and the goggles do suit him.

…

I arrive at the new school and the building looks massive, even castle like. There is no way I am going to find my way around this place. "Hopefully they have a map or something" I say as I look up at the building scratching my head.

"You look lost, need any help?" a cheerful voice says from beside me. I jump at the unexpected voice and I probably look foolish which earns a giggle from the girl next to me. "Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you" the girl says laughing.

I look at the girl and see that she has long, wavy blonde hair, purple eyes and a charismatic smile. She also looks like she is dressed for battle. She's rather pretty I guess. "Uh its okay, I'm new here and this place looks gigantic, is there any maps or something to help me get around this place?" I say to the girl.

The girl laughs at what I just said. "Yeah there are map things in the main office" she says smiling.

"Which would be where?" I say with a sluggish grin.

"Oh yeah, I can show you if you want?" the girl says smiling.

"That would be great dude" I say smiling back. "I'm Sun Wukong" I say reaching out to shake the girl's hand.

She grabs my hand with a firm grip and shakes it. "I'm Yang Xiao Long" she says back. "Nice to meet cha"

"Hmm strange name you've got there" I say after finishing the handshake.

"Hey!" she says while punching me in the arm while laughing. "Your name isn't quite normal either."

"That is true" I say while laughing. I like this girl, she seems decent. Normally if I said what I said to her to someone else they would have been offended.

"Okay Mr Wukong, let's get you to that office" Yang says with her fist in the air and determination in her eyes.

As Yang and I walk to the office, I notice that there are hallways everywhere and I just know eventually I will get lost in this place. Yang is in the middle of telling me about her morning and how she overslept and that I would be a perfect excuse for her being late. I admire her honesty.

"So was your morning as eventful as mine" Yang says sarcastically.

"Well, I almost ran into a car and had to jump and slide over the roof and then ran into some crazy dude" I say while rolling my eyes.

"Omg, sounds action packed, I'm jealous" she says with a spark in her eye. "Was the guy cute at least?"

"Yeah he was" I say without thinking. "I mean no way, he looked ridiculous and he was a total ass too!" I say going a little red. "He had the weirdest hair too, it was blu.."

"Ooo hold that thought, we have arrived!" Yang says excitedly

We walk into the office and it wasn't what I was expecting. I was expecting it to be bright and classy with people walking around doing errands but in reality it was a bit dark and the atmosphere was a little tense and there was only one lady behind a desk. We walk up to the front desk where a lady with red hair is writing stuff down on some forms for god knows what.

"That's Hannah Mason, she is a bit of a bitch so don't expect much from her" Yang whispers in my ear. "Also she isn't too fond of me".

I look at the lady and she seems innocent looking enough until she looks up from what she is doing and stares at me with those bright red eyes of hers.

"Ugh, what do you want?" she says, sounding annoyed.

"Lovely to see you too Hannah" Yang says with a smile. "This is Sun Wukong, he is new here and he needs a timetable" she says throwing her arms towards me like I am an item on display. "Ooo and also one of those map things you have" she says with a wide grin.

Hannah just stares at me for a moment with what seem to be anger? I shuffle my feet not knowing what to do. Her gaze is scary and unrelenting.

"Tot, Jack, get in here now!" Hannah yells in a scarily manly tone towards an open door at the back.

Two people quickly hurry out of the room looking a bit fearful and walk over to where Hannah is and I notice they stop about two meters away from her. "Yes Hannah" the girl with the weird hat asks quietly.

"Tot, go get a timetable and a map for Sun Wukong and be quick about it" Hannah says in an irritated tone to the girl.

"Right away Miss" she says and bows before entering one of the other doors at the back.

"And Jack, go get me a coffee, it's too early to deal with students" she says to the boy in blue overalls.

The boy just bows and runs past us and down one of the many hallways. Boy these kids must have it tough. I look at Yang and it looks like she is trying to hold back laughter. I can tell that if she laughs that this Hannah lady won't be too happy about it, actually I don't think this lady would be happy about anything.

Tot comes back with two sheets of paper and hands them to me and then bows and hurries off to the room where she first came out of. There was a look of fear in her eyes. The poor kid. I was going to say thanks but she hurried off so quickly.

"Why are you kids still here, scram, I have work to do" Hannah says coldly while going back to filling out forms.

I was going to ask more about Hannah and those two kids but as soon as we step outside of the office Yang takes my timetable out of my hands and reads it. She lets out a slight squeal which makes me jump. "We are in the same classes!" Yang yells with excitement.

I feel relieved that at least someone I know will be with me. I guess I could call her a friend? So at least I have that going for me. Yang then takes my hand and drags me off down another hallway. "Where are we going?" I ask as she drags me along.

"We are going to our first class, of course" she says cheerfully. "And don't worry, everyone in our class are easy to get along with".

"Well that's something at least" I say under my breath.

We arrive at the classroom that we should be in which just had to be maths class. Before going in I stop and look at the door with uncertainty. The nerves are back from before. Yang stops and looks at me with confusion written all over her face.

"What's wrong Sun?" she says sounding puzzled "You have already met the worst person in this place, god I hate Hannah, and besides our teacher Qrow is awesome and he is also my uncle" she says with a bright smile on her face.

"Oh sweet, let's do this thing" I say with determination.

As we walk through the door I was expecting the whole class to just sit and stare at me but thankfully they were all talking to one another, some of them even had their backs turned. Yang and I went unnoticed as we walked up to her uncle who was in the middle of reading a book.

"Yo uncle, we have a new kid, his name is Sun Wukong" she says causally as if she was talking to a friend.

Qrow looks up from the book he is reading with sleepy eyes. "Sun Wukong eh?" he says while scrolling down a list that must be the class roll. "Here we are" he says, ticking my name off on the sheet.

"I'm guessing Sun is why you are late Yang?" he says calmly.

"Ahhh yeah sure, we had to get his timetable and stuff" she says scratching the back of neck.

"Well I know that's a load of crap" Qrow says while slightly laughing. "Go take your seat Yang".

"But what are we doing today Sir?" she says sarcastically "Everyone is doing their own thing, so I am guessing someone is a little hungover again" she says in a sing song voice.

"Just go take your seat Yang" he says shaking his head with a chuckle.

Yang walks off and gives me a wink as she goes and sits next to a girl with jet black hair and a bow on top of her head.

"Well Sun, today we are just catching up on work so uh… just do what you want I guess" he says sounding unsure. "There is a spare seat next to Neptune" he says while rubbing his eyes.

"Neptune?" I ask. What a funny name. Qrow gets up and stretches.

"Yeah, cool name if you ask me" he says. "Yo Neptune, Sun will be sitting next to you from now on"

I look over to where he is looking and I stand there in shock. The boy looks up from his work to see who the teacher was referring too and I meet with blue eyes wide with shock. You have to be kidding me. It's not his face or his clothes that I recognise, it's the blue hair and the goggles that make me stand there with my mouth open.

Oh you have got to be shitting me!