"Oh, dear." I breathed out to myself as I looked up at the large brick building before me. Peach creek high school. It was to be my third year attending and most days I would call the establishment of education heavenly, but over the summer I had burned myself out. My mother had always told me 'Eddina, knowledge is power, but remember, we as humans never want to be too powerful." I had always laughed at the words. Power was money, knowledge was superiority. And plus. It was never like she was around anyways, even then what kind of parent keeps their child from studies? I had always thought that I would never tire of filling my mind with new facts and information. But sometimes knowledge is scary. I wont go into the incident specifically- but Ed, Eddy and I had down at the junkyard, up to Eddy's schemes as usual. I constructed a device that could 'time travel' if you will. It of course was unstable and not at all the textbook term of the word. What we saw was terrible. Ed wouldn't leave his basement for a week. He ignored my calls and persistent efforts to talk. It shattered my world that I had terrified my lovable oaf of a friend so much he refused to speak to me.
After the incident, I underwent a bit of a transformation. I had always been a very tomboyish sort of girl, preferring to keep away from such frivolous things as makeup and heels. Of course I valued my image and wanted to keep a certain level of hygiene but now I thought that I should distance myself from the old me. My hair, once long and gleaming (and kept up in a bun for lab safety most of the time) was now cut short and dyed a dark shade of auburn. It was styled in a bit of a faux hawk and added to the soft feminine features I had in the best sort of way. I also began hanging around Nazz a bit more. Mother always told me that I needed more girlfriends. Through her I cultivated through the world of makeup and found the perfect ways to accentuate my large brown bedroom eyes, with a light cat wing in the corners and naturally long eyelashes coated in black. I barely recognized myself most days now. I was beautiful. I was a normal girl who never metaled in things of science and uncertainty. I never knew the horrors of another world. I was terrified of what the children in school would think. I was late for my first day of junior year- something the old me would have found despicable. Hopping from Kevin's car I watched as he threw a cigarette to the ground. He had been a close friend of mind since childhood and it only made sense that I begin hanging around him more now that my image changed. I had to give off the right sort of look- keep appearances up if you will.
Kevin blew past me, after waiting for a few minutes while I stared up at the building. 'See you at two, text me if you need me' he mumbled as he breezed past me. Solitude was nice for a moment until my stomach began to twist from nerves. I tugged slightly at the dark green fit and flare dress I wore. It seemed ridiculously short now, hitting mid thigh. As I timidly took the steps up to the door I also made sure to pull my black cardigan a bit closer around myself. The top of this dress was much lower than what my peers had seen me in before. My black flats were the only thing that held a resemblance to the sensible girl I used to be. Upon opening the door I saw a familiar blonde wearing a black and white baseball raglan with dark wash jeans. I smiled at her as she came up and hooked arms with me.
"Deena! You look so cute! We have, like, first period together! I was starting to wonder if you would even show up today!" She said enthusiastically before guiding me to class. We had gotten schedules and compared earlier that week through email and Nazz was very excited to compare classes. I just smiled and followed her lead, making senseless small talk about who she had already seen and the gossip she had heard about hook ups and parties over the summer. When we walked through the door to our Advanced English 11 class, I froze and looked at Eddy. We hadn't talked much recently and he seemed rather shocked by my new appearance. His face quickly turned hard as he gave me a nod and I decided to follow Nazz to the back of the classroom. Everyone was so sweet, and my new group seemed to really accept my new image but I was having a hard time getting past Eddy's glances at me and the thoughts it brought back about what had happened only a few months earlier.
Authors Note; HI. So this is my first story in this particular part of fanfiction. I hope you like it. I intend on it delving into some darkness and the ideas of another dimension. FemEdd because I like him as a her better, and am considering eventually having a gender flipped Marie as well for a love interest. . Yeah, thanks for reading! Leave reviews (: