Location: Oogabury, Massachusetts
Teachers freaked; 1
Children mentally scarred; 23
Possible friends made; 1
I walked into the classroom, ready for school, ahem, ready to terrify the innocent souls with my insanity. My black dress had grey spider web embroidery on the neck and hem lines; my boots made no sound on the floor, black and white stripped stockings on my legs, and my black hooded cape with identical spider web embroidery hid my face.
"You know hoods are not permitted to be worn in school!" the teacher accused me as I approached his desk with my note.
Grinning I pulled down my hood. My shoulder-length, spiked, black hair covered one of my kohl lined emerald eyes, my lips are painted black, and my teeth are white and sharp. I placed the note on the teacher's desk, my black nails making a sharp tap as I did so.
"Please introduce yourself to the class." The teacher, Mr. Boris, told me. I turned and scanned the group of children, all looking at me in fear, except one girl in the back. She had long black hair, calculating grey-green-blue eyes, and an air of curiosity towards me.
"I am Alyss Mayhem. I have lived in a variety of places, all towns with odd names, with my older sister Lena and my mother Karyn. We ran small plant stores; we specialized in Flesh-Eating Tulips and Diabolical Dittany. And everyone wanted to get there early so they could get a Biting Blue-Bell. I have two black cats, Sybil and Asylum, and a Golem named Robin. I love 100% dark chocolate, the number 13, singing, cats, experimenting, skating, mural painting, spiders, the Logic of Magick, gardening, playing the drums, scouring junkyards, and generally freaking people out. Any questions?" and with that, I left the front of the room and sat beside Calculating Girl, who now wore a smile of curiosity and wonder, in the very back.
"I'm Emily Strange," said the girl, she held out her hand, grinning. "Pleasure to meet you, Alyss."
I shook her hand, grinning back, "same here, Emily." Maybe this town won't be that bad.
A/N This is based of the series of books and comics known as Emily the Strange. Two reviews for me to post the next chapter. No flames please; ConCrit welcomed.