I was lying in bed, dreading the moment my mum would walk in and announce my first day at school. As you could imagine, my first day at a new school was hard, especially because I didn't know anyone. Mum had apologised time and time again for making me move halfway through year 10, leaving all my friends behind (there was none anyway, but mum doesn't need to know that) and causing a big disruption to my schooling. Not that I cared about schooling. You didn't need to know maths when you were a famous rockstar. That's what I had ever wanted to be, ever since I saw Korn on TV.

Mum chose that time to walk in and turn the light on, blinding me in the process.

"Wakey Wakey, honey. First day today! Lets make it count for something", she said as she walked out of my room. I sighed and climbed out of my batman bed covers. I walked over and closed the door so I could get dressed. I wanted privacy, even though mum was down the other end of the house and dad was already at work.

Once fully dressed, I marched out of my room, showing as much confidence as possible. I sat down at our small table and ate the Vegemite toast mum had laid out for me. I tried not to think of the day ahead as I read the new addition of Guitar World that mum bought on her way home. Not realising the time, mum came out of her room, slipping her fancy boots on and ushering me to the door. I stood there scared as hell whilst I slid my shoes on and put my bag on my back.

"Hurry up, you don't want to be late on your first day now, do you?" Mum said. Actually I kind of did, but yet again, she didn't need to know that. I walked out of the front door and sat in the unlocked car, waiting for my mum.

She came out shortly after, sporting her best business suit and her favourite boots.

"Whats happening today?" I asked her, curious as to what the special occasion was.

"It's not just your first day today." She said with a smile. We had recently moved to get away from our old suburb after it was declared one of the most dangerous places to live. Well, I lived there for all my life and never had a problem.

"Well, you look nice, I guess." I replied. Mum looked at me and shrugged her shoulders as if it was nothing. I smiled at her care-free-ness.

Mum stopped the car short of the front gates to the school. I hesitated before picking up my bag and opening the car door. I got out, but stood facing the school. Mum reached over to close the door.

"Bye honey, see you at 3." She said and she was gone. Leaving me alone by myself, to fend off the bullies which were sure to come. I walked to the schools head office before stepping into the heated space. The lady at the desk looked at me and smiled. She probably was told to be friendly to the kids, because that smile was obviously fake.

"Um, I'm new here and have no clue what to do. Any suggestions?" I asked the lady. Her eyes narrowed at my slight outburst of attitude but returned back to normal size quickly.

"Yes, we will get you sorted out into your classroom. If you would care to follow me, I'll take you to meet your teacher." I smiled slightly at her faked kindness but followed anyway.

She took me out of the main office and through a big grassed area, most likely the courtyard. A few kids had bags on their back and looked like they were bored out of their brains, but perked up when they saw me. They probably didn't recognize me. Well how could they? I was led through a hall with classrooms on either side,knowing that I would have people picking on me in less that an hour. The office lady finally stopped and broke me out of thought. I almost walked into her, she stopped that quickly. A tall, skinny teacher was standing infront of me. I looked up. She was probably a few inches taller that me and made me feel pretty short.

"Hi. You must be Monte. Welcome to the school. I don't know where you are in terms of your education but we shall find that out shortly. Did you bring any exercise books or anything?" She said.

"Um, yeah. Only one though." I replied. She smiled at me and nodded before leading me into the classroom. She got out her laptop and asked me my full name, age, birthdate and previous school, all of which I gave to her.

The bell rang, giving me a fright. The teacher looked up and laughed at my misfortune but I shortly found the humour behind it and laughed at my own stupidity.

Student started pouring into the class room, all giving me a hard stare as the entered and took their seats. I wanted to run and hide behind whatever I could, but instead stood up straight and tried to show confidence. Although I probably failed, I did feel better about myself and actually had a feeling that I was actually going to make friends. Everyone had sat down in their seats, leaving only two available, both in the front row. I sat down, ignoring the person next to me who kept staring as if it wasn't obvious. The teacher marked the roll, just as an emo looking kid walked into the classroom. He gave a red piece of paper to the teacher who nodded at him, before taking the seat next to me. At least he didn't stare. The teacher started talking about the weeks up coming events, when the emo kid next to me turned and held out his hand.

"Hi, I'm Zacky. You are?" He whispered.

"Monte, nice to meet you I guess." I turned and shook his hand. This kid was different.

"So, this your first day?" He asked.

"Yeah, what else would you expect?" I said,grinning slightly.

"Hmm, well you could be an alien and just came back from a long holiday on Mars. That would explain why I havent seen you before." I grinned. This guy was strange, but hey! I cant complain, I just made a friend!

The lesson droned on and I didn't listen to any of it, just to Zacky's stories and theories. He was an interesting kid.