The Librarian and the Conduit of Will

by JuliaBoon

Kate Banks has always had problems. She's never fit in and people have never liked her, but her real problems started when she was eight and began having "episodes". They got so bad her mother checked her into the nuthouse. But when Kate recives a letter with glowing letters she'll finally get some answers about why she's been hearing a voice since she was 8. R&R!

1. The Principles Office

Kate ran her fingers through her dyed black hair, her hands running over the bright red streaks, as she dropped her leather backpack by the side of the chair she dropped onto. She scowled at the man before her, his crisp white shirt and factory made smile making her sick.
"Now Miss Banks, you really have to try harder at integrating yourself in our school community." She scoffed, she knew 'integrating' was just code for becoming like those drones they called 'pupils'.
"Miss Banks, are you taking this seriously? Because I assure you that calling others nasty names is a very serious matter…"
"Oh yes Mr Stein, I understand the gravity of this particular situation, I assure you…" she said, imitating sincereness.
"Oh that's good." Mr Stein said, her sarcasm going right over his head.
The teacher lectured her for another good ten minutes before he excused her. She stood up, adjusting her black leather jacket and grabbing her bag, tossing it over her shoulder. The bag jingled with the sounds of various badges, clinking together, that hung to the leather of the bag; they had various symbols and phrases, most notably 'Fuck Off', 'I'm No Sheep, Baa' and the symbol for anarchy. She walked out of the office and started off for home.

Kate Banks looked mean. She wore way too much leather, dyed her hair black, had dark makeup and scowled often. Yet it wasn't like Kate didn't have an excuse for being this angry; you see Kate has problems.
Since she was five years old she's been having…let's say episodes, and since she was eight she's been in and out of the psychiatrist's office. They've had a million theories and have tried a million different drugs, but still Kate continued to have these episodes. When she was little they weren't that big of a deal, but as she got older she found them very embarrassing, reacting violently when someone made fun of her for them. As such Kate began to become 'that girl', you know the one. She got mean and hard, so it wasn't long till she got even more problems. Teachers hated her attitude and fellow students just clear avoided her. She was the downer of the whole school, no one wanted to be friends with the resident freak. However this wasn't the root of her problems, it was these episodes which would eventually lead her somewhere even worse than high school.