Shooting Star

Chapter 1

"Serenity, get up now! Do you want to be late for school and lower your grades and your IQ? Get up!" yelled Marian Mustang, Serenity's mom, as she barged in Serenity's room. Serenity cringed at the sound of the yelling and thought she should be used to it by now, but it's more the like the opposite.

"Serenity, I said get…"

"I'm going! I'm going! Calm down, mom! It won't matter if I'm not at school one da…"

"Don't even finish that sentence! You better be glad that you're a genius or I would be so angry with you!" Mrs. Mustang said as she slammed Serenity's door.

"This is you not being angry?" said Serenity to herself while still in bed. Serenity then, got up and got ready for school. She put on her kimono-type shirt and jeans and her high-top converse. She went downstairs to eat breakfast when her half-brother, Edward Cadyn, started yelling at her.

"Serenity Crystal Mustang, what do you think your doing?" he shouted while braiding his long, blonde hair and glared at her with his yellow eyes.

"I'm going to eat breakfast, but I can tell that that's not going to happen, is it?"

"Nope, you have to go to school or your going to be late," he replied in a calmer voice.

"But, but…."

"No buts! Now go!"

"Why are you on mom's side? You're supposed to be on my side!"

"As long as I agree with mom, she stays off of my back. She's so busy yelling at you that she doesn't even notice what I do. Life's great, isn't it?" said Edward as he went to get his keys to go wherever he goes at this time of the day. He had just gotten his license a few weeks ago and Serenity still had a year left until she can drive. A few minutes later the bus came to pick up Serenity. When she got to school, her so-called friends came over to greet her.

"Hey, Serenity!" said James Wood, Serenity's only guy friend, as he pulled her long, black, braided hair.

"Hey, that hurts" she replied but James didn't notice.

"Did you do your Algebra 2 homework, Cheyanne?" said Heather, Serenity's first friend ever.

"No! I totally forgot! Uh…Serenity, can we ask you a favor?" Cheyanne asked. Her friends usually asked this question only when they wanted Serenity to do their forgotten homework.

"Let me guess, you want me to do your homework? I'm not even sure I can. I don't think I remember Algebra 2 being in Honors Calculus and all," replied Serenity.

"Come on Serenity! Last time we promise!"

"You said that last time, and the time before that and the time before that and…"

"Fine! We don't need your help anyways!" yelled Heather.

"Yeah, and you don't have to brag about being in higher classes than us!" shouted Cheyanne. As that was said, Cheyanne and Heather walked away very aggressively.

"Wow. I didn't know how mean girls are. Well anyways, I have to get to class and so should you, Miss Genius," laughed James as he walked away.

"This day just gets from bad to worse. Oh well, maybe it will get better, hopefully." Serenity said as she walked to her class. She had the most hated teacher, Ms. Spivey. She always brags to all the other teachers on how she has the smartest student and that she's teaching her. Ms. Spivey is constantly testing Serenity. She gave her hard problems that no one can answer except Serenity. When Serenity walked into class, her day went from worse to terrifying. All the students took their seats, when Ms. Spivey made an announcement.

"Everyone! I have a something to share with you! Ms. Mustang won the science fair again seventh time in a row! Everyone give a big hand for Serenity. Also, here is your reward!" Everyone clapped but groaned at the same time. They hated that Serenity was smarter than all of them and hated the fact that she was the only one that ever won anything.

"She should be disqualified from the science fair!" said a student.

"She cheats!" replied another.

"It's not fair for the rest of us!" said one more. Serenity tried hard not to hear the comments as she shrunk into her seat.

"My mom forces me to do the science fair," she said to herself. After a long, hard day at school, Serenity finally got home.

"Finally, I thought this day would never end!" said Serenity as she walked in the house, "I smell something delicious!"

"It is delicious, but mom says you can't have anything to eat until all of your homework is done and where have you been anyways, it's eight thirty?" said Edward with a smirk.

"Hey! I couldn't have breakfast! I didn't have enough time to make lunch! And now you're telling me I can't have dinner! And I was helping tutoring and then my teacher made me stay late…"

"Okay I get it. But you can't have dinner 'till you finish your homework," laughed Edward in an evil sort of way.

"Aahhh!" Serenity screamed and stormed off into her room. "I can't take this anymore! I don't want to be a genius! I don't want to be different anymore! I want to have a mom that loves me, and friends that care! I want to live a normal life!" Serenity cried herself to sleep and while she was sleeping, a shooting star shot over the sky that night.

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