The +Elementesis

Chapter 1

Tally

Today was the first day of school for me. I was kicked out from the orphanage because I was too old for them to take care of me. So here I am, standing in my new home. Forever. Until I graduate, of course. I just know this is going to suck immensly. She opened the door to her assigned dorm in the girl's dormatory at Lilly Ace Boarding school. My name is Tally Wrights. And i'm your average drummer. I don't have a drumset of course, but I always knew how to play on one. And I have to admit, I kick butt when I get my hands on one. Tally pulled two drumsticks out of her knapsack and started playing a little beat on the floor of her new dorm.

Of course I probally won't make any friends. I usually never don't. Except for...."Ms. Wrights? It's Ms. Stelrom, the 9th grade secretary. May I come in?" She knocked, pulling Tally out of her thoughts. "Uhm, sure. Come in." Ms. Stelrom walked in and leaned against the wall, surveying the room slowly. "I'm glad you came. I'm sure your going to have a great time here at Lilly Ace." she smiled at Tally.

"Yea, i'm sure." There was a hint of sarcasm in her voice, but ms. Stelrom didn't notice. "Next door, theres Charlene and Alice. Theyre really nice girls. I'm sure you could get to know them sometime. If you ever need help or just to talk, i'm here." Tally nodded, not looking up. "Theres also a band program here you could try out for. I heard they need a drummer." she winked. Tally looked up, almost hopeful. She smiled, opened the door and left. Tally looked down again and continued her beat, a sly smile creeping onto her lips. I thought I would never get to play drums again! A small giggle escaped and she leaped up toward the door to check it out.

Tally sprinted down the hallway, when she nearly ran into the door that opened quickly in front of her. She halted fast and tripped and fell onto the girl that was coming out of the room. "ugh...ow. I'm so sorry about that, did I hurt you at all?" Tally looked up into the girl's face. She was completely pissed. "Oh, uh..." She leaped up and helped the fallen girl to her feet. "What is your problem?!" The girl screeched. "Watch where your going next time!" She walked around Tally, but not without a small, hard shoulder-shove. Tally staggered a little. A look of disbelief crossed her face. She could NOT be one of the "really nice girls next door." slowly turning around, she started again towards the music building. The encounter with the girl tipped over her happy mood.

"Well..." she said aloud. "...i have a feeling this year is going to be great." she forced a crooked smile and continued along the campus.

"Is this the first one?" a boy, around 17 years stood on the school roof, looking down at Tally. "Yea. My E-Tracer is glowing pretty bright." another boy, a little younger stood next to him, holding out a blood-colored gemstone. He nodded slowly. "...she's pretty cute." The other boy looked at him. "What? She is." he shook his head and sighed. "Tristian, she's 3 years younger than you."

"Does it matter?" Tristian scoffed. "Actually, yea. It does."

"Ahh, I see whats going on here, Stephan. You like her too!" he giddied.

Stephan gaped at him. "....Do not." he whispered looking down at her. "When do we meet her?" Tristian asked. "I don't know. Until the time is right. She just started school today anyways. She's probally stressed enough as it is." he put the E-Tracer back in his knapsack and slung it over his shoulder. "alright lets go." Tristian jumped off the roof, and Stephan prepared to follow suit. With one last glance and a little laugh at Tally heading the wrong direction, he slipped off the roof and ran into the woods with his partner.

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Tally ran out of the music building with peppiness. "Yess!!" she yelled, and pumped her fist. "I got the position as lead drummer!" she squealed. "I can't believe it! I was so nervous! I thought I wouldn't make it!" she twirled in a circle, and ran towards the cafeteria where lunch was starting to take place. She grabbed a tray and waited in the lunch line. She leaned against the wall and exhaled slowly, a smile on her face. "Hey, theres the new freak!" Tally opened her eyes and looked behind her at 3 girls and a boy. All were laughing but one girl. "she's the new drummer in the geek squad!" a new wash of giggles swept over the group. Tally turned her back to them and tried to ignore them. "Hey, you play like a loser! You look like a fag with those drumsticks you carry around." one girl yelled. "Yea! And your music sounds like crap!" yelled the boy. Tally closed her eyes, the anger building up inside her. "Hey, cut it out you guys. She doesn't sound bad. I'd like to see YOU guys play better." the girl who acted serious scolded the others. She turned around to see who stuck up for her. It was a girl with semi-short bright orange hair brought up in two pigtails, wearing a pink blouse and a pink miniskirt with green sneakers. "Lynnidi, why are you sticking up for this geek?" the boy asked with a sneer. "Wallace, I'm not dating you because your hot. I'm dating you because you were always kind to people." She said, putting her hands on her hips. "geez, Lynn. When your cool again, come join us." with that they walked away to the second line. She watched them walk away with a huff. Then she turned to Tally, who was now blushing madly of embarresment. "i'm sooo sorry. Alice and Charlene are always like that. But wallace? I don't know what got into him.

eeeh. So thats who the "really nice girls" are. And their only on the other side of the wall in my room. Great. Tally did her best to put on a smile. "It's ok. I used to get that a lot." her smile faltered a bit. "i'm Lynnidi Fason. Your name is...?" she smiled.

"I'm Tally. Uh, Wrights." her smile got bigger. "awesome. What dorm number are you?" she looked eager to know where she "lived." "uh, i'm on F4R84." she said and waited for her reply. She frowned a little. Charlene has room 83 and alice has room 85. your right in the middle. Be careful of them. They get catish when they're annoyed."

"yea, I think I learned that already today." she looked back at knocking her over. Lynnidi laughed. "so you are new here so I heard."

"and heard you did." Tally smiled. Lynnidi smiled and looked down. "like I said, i'm sorry they behaved like that. Well, I better be getting' back. Though they are a pain, theyre still my buds. And boyfriend." she winked and turned towards the table where they sat at. Well, so much for making friends. Tally sighed and sat down with her lunch. She took a bite of the burger. "EW! Ehh! Pffft..." she spit out the burger and looked at it. There was green in it. She took the lunch and dumped it into the trash and went outside to the courtyard feeling sick. Great, I can't even eat. The orphanage had better food than that stuff! She sat down on the ledges in the courtyard and sat grumpily. "this school suuuucks...." she murmered.

"Tell me about it." a voice out of no where said. "huh?" she looked around but there was no one there.

"up here." she looked up at the low roof and there was a boy sitting there.

"oh, hey." she said, a little surprised. "School's not great so far? he asked, concerned. "no. and it's only my first day too...why would you care?" she asked suspiciously.

"well, normally everyone is with their friends at the 'best part of the day', according to the school paper." he smiled. "why are you out here all alone? A teacher might yell at you." Tally looked away.

"I don't have any friends. And everyone is just one big jerk put together." she kicked at a rock and watched it bounce off into the looked into the sky as if thinking something over. "i could be your friend." he looked at her intently. Tally raised an eyebrow. "really. You want to be friends with me." "well, why not? I'm not too high on things called friends anyways." he looked down. "oh, so now i'm going to be a 'thing called a friend'?" she frowned at him. He looked insulted. "no, no! What I mean is, no one here is worthy enough as a friend for me." Tally nodded then said, "so, what if i'm not worthy enough to be your friend?" he smiled and said, "trust me. Your worthy enough." Tally's cheeks got warm and had to look away. He jumped down and offered his hand. 'I'm Stephan Mendrick. And you are Tally Wrights." he smiled broadly. Tally looked at him. "how'd you know my name?" "word spreads." he shrugged, his hand still extended. Tally shook it. She smiled at him. Since he was standing she could make out his features better. He had black hair that fell over his face, and he wore a long brown overcoat with a long, double-tail tie and a gray shirt underneath. He wore dark jeans and black boots that went up to his knees. He sat down next to her and she could see his eyes were a dark and light shade of green. He was beautiful. "Uh, what are you staring at?" Tally blinked and said, "I..." she stuttered then laughed a little. "i don't know." He giggled and searched the ground. They sat in silence for a few moments when the bell rang. "Gotta run." he said, getting up. "wait! Whats your dorm number?" she asked. He just smiled and winked at her and ran into the hall as the crowd dispersed from the cafeteria. He was nowhere to be seen. Tally looked a moment more then picked up her books and headed to class. She smiled. At least she made a friend. That's a first. The rest of the day her mood was perked again and she reminded herself she had also gotten the lead drummer no matter what people thought about it. Suddenly she was encouraged and felt as if she owned the world and challenged anyone that came her by and stepped in her path. And for some reason, she felt Stephan was the reason.