PART I
Chapter 1 : coldhearted
The sun was dying the sky brilliant shade of rouge, the delicate rose petals of the cherry blosom trees fell , making their slow descent to the ground. Sakura had often wondered why she had been named after these little blossoms in the trees, their petals were so light and soft and silky. She closed her wandering eyes hoping to save the beauty of this moment forever, for she knew she wouldn't see something this beautiful for quite a while, if she would ever see anything beautiful again. Her heart throbbed with anxiety and longing, and all the same excitement.
She would soon arrive at her new home,and her new future. She thought at first her parents had sent her here to get rid of her thinking they didn't love her anymore. Now she was more wondering and awestruck by the beauty of the trees surrounding her, that she had forgot her previous anger and sorrow. As she walked through the many rows of trees their petals fell in her hair,and softly landing on her clothing. She walked slowly trying to prevent herself from ever arriving at her new school.
She lugged her heavy suitcase behing her and a book bag at her side, half exhausted from the long walk and the weight of her bags. After an hour or so she finally saw a building further up in the horison,she sped up her pace hoping to reach the building before nightfall, she hated walking alone, especially at night. At night she could be attacked by bandits or others horrors she didn't even want to think about. Eventually she came so close that she started to run, panting, she finally arrived at the large estate.
The building was huge and loomed over her, yet the building seemed strangley cheery and welcoming , despite its intimidating height. The windows were lit up brightly by some sort of light source inside. The large door with a lions head knocker was made of a deep chestnut coloured wood. The walls were made of brick, the shutters never moved. She strolled up to the iron gates made to appear like intertwining vines. She carefully opened the gate, walking up the cobblestone steps leading to the front door. She ran her fingers through her hair, straightening her school uniforn which included a blue skirt and a white long sleeved shirt along with a dark blue over coat with the school crest on it. She hoped that she looked presentable.
She grabbed the large, brass lion's head knocker and gently banged it against the door. It made a surprisingly loud sound which made Sakura reel back in surprise. Suddenly, a pair of muddy brown eyes appeared, glaring at her in a nearby window. She screeched, nearly jumping out of her skin. The eyes suddenly formed a crooked yellow smile. Had this person been watching her this whole time? He swung open the large doors which took some effort and sneered at her.
"who'r' you?" his words sounded slurred and singsongy," what'cha' want at this shitty school!"
"How dare you use that kind of language at our scholol after we took you in you ungrateful toad!"a shrill voice echoed.
The foulmouthed boy recieved what looked like a painful blow to his back. Sakura noticed he also had the school uniform on and he looked about her age, she prayed she wasn't in any of his classes.
"Aww I see you must be our new student, and I see you met the foulmouthed moron, zexious" said a tall painfully skinny looking women who gave zexious a look of contempt while carefully emphasizing the word moron.
"Yes I supose I am the new student." she said in a smart alickey way because of the obviousness of her suitcase.
She gave the shrewd woman one of her biggest brightest innocent looking smilles after she saw the womans face once she realized that Sakura had meant to be lippy.
"Come in..."the woman said coldly.
Sakura swore she heard the woman mutter the words "another smart mouthed brat..." and "I'm gonna beat this one real good..." followed by "swear to god this school doesn't deserve my teaching talents..." . She couldn't help but giggle behind the woman's back in which she recieved an almost as contempt look that zexious had gotten.
Soon the woman lead her to a small round, cozy office with rich mahogany walls and flooring similar to the front doors. Behind a tall desk sat a small, chubby little man in a huge leather armchair.
"Hello young lady you must be our newest student," he said, once again stating the obvious.
"Err...hi..." she bit her lip forcing herself to not backtalk to him, afterall she didn't want to piss off the priciple on her FIRST day.
After a long and boring speach about "new beginnings" the quite talkative principle finally handed over her schedule and dorm room information, along with a much uneeded map of the school
"Well guess I'd better get down to my room and unpack..." she smiled with fake excitement and cheerfulness, when she indeed felt quite the opposite.
Then she all too happily walked out of the priciple's office and sped away down the much too narrow hallway.
END OF CHAPTER 1