(A/N Hi guys! A good friend of mine and I are writing this story together! Hope you like it! We don't own anything but the OC's and the story :) )
Hi. My name is Sydney Angelos and I'm 13 years old. I live in Texas, and until yesterday, I used to live a regular life. Or tried to.
You see, I've been kicked out of every school I've been in since kindergarten. I would recall that I'd somehow create discord at all of my previous schools, or somehow I would accidentally put someone in the hospital.
This year was different though. I met my guy best friend named Briar at Jesidae Middle School, and I've almost survived a whole year here. Sometimes kids would talk about my straight black and white streaked hair behind my back, or my black and white streaked eyes, because they always think I fake the fact that it's all natural. And to top it all off, I was Asian, so people would think this was a fashion statement in Japan or something even though I tell them I'm Vietnamese. After a while, I finally managed to get guys to talk to me, but they don't take me seriously. I hang out with some girls, but we aren't best friends. My only real friend was Briar.
Briar was a peculiar guy. He says he was born with a leg muscle disorder and is condemned to crutches for life, but when I see how he hesitates when someone asks what his disease was, I would know that something was going on. But, I never pushed it.
Anyways, I was the one kid who did well in school but secretly had dyslexia and ADHD. I tried to behave as well as I could, and for once, it seemed to be working. Until that pep rally in the school gym yesterday afternoon.
"Alright kiddos, start heading into the gym for the special pep rally!" Our principal's perky voices blared from the ceiling speakers. I turned to my left and as usual, Briar was sitting there with his curly brown hair tucked in a beanie cap. His grassy green eyes shone with gentleness and love for nature (he's crazy about it) and his light skin was dotted with acne. I guess he was good looking in a way, but we were definitely meant to be best friends.
"I don't suppose we have to go, do we?" Briar asked.
I shrugged. "If they're going to have a pep rally, we might as well go."
He started chewing his pencil like he does when he gets nervous. "You sure? We could sneak out of the crowd and hide in the bathrooms until it's done. I promise you won't get in trouble."
I looked at him in disbelief. Briar never did anything bad or mischievous."Briar? Is something wrong?"
He looked at me nervously. Why was he acting weird all of a sudden?
"Um... nothing. Let's just go. But promise me we'll sit in the way back of the bleachers. I looked at him and considered his strange request.
"Uhh, sure Briar."
He left out a deep breath of... what? Relief? This is definitely getting weirder by the minute.
"Alright class! Let's go!" I got out of my seat and walked beside Briar through the door.
I noticed Karena Choelle looking at me with what seemed like a look of evil interest, like a mad scientist observing a rat that's about to be mutated. When I caught her eyes staring at me, she quickly turned away her head full of perfect blonde curls and chatted with her "popular" friends.
It seems like Briar noticed her too, and started muttering things like, "This isn't good... keep her away... gotta protect..." I was perplexed by the strange things he was saying, but I didn't want to stress him. I mean, if he wanted to tell me something, he would, right?
As we rushed through the hallway to find seats in the back of the gymnasium, Briar jumped at every student who moved close to us. Okay, now Briar was starting to scare me a little.
We finally managed to sit in the back of the gym without Briar having a heart attack. As we sat down in the very last row, I again caught Karena looking at me. But instead of turning away, she waltzed right through the thick crowd and sat in the seat next to mine. The second Karena's bottom touched the bleacher, Briar began to frantically insist on sitting between me and Karena.
"Hey Briar, it's okay. She can sit next to me." Briar shot me a silent message that kinda said: She's dangerous. I turned to my left, and what I saw almost gave me a heart attack.
Karena's hair was a fireball of white flames and her skin was paler than humanly possible. Her blood red eyes bored through my soul and her sharp fangs looked like they could slice my neck open. I looked down and I could no longer see her cheerleader uniform, only a hairy leg with a cloven hoof and a bronze prosthetic leg. I gaped in horror at what seems to be a flaming vampire donkey robot. But, then the horrific image flickered and I only saw the regular girly blond-haired cheerleader that transferred here 2 months ago. I blinked and only then Karena noticed me staring at her.
"Hey what's wrong, hon?" Her soft but commanding voice forced an answer out of my throat, but I managed to control my words.
"Uhh... umm... nothing! It's just that... you look... pretty today! That's right!" She smiled and looked pleased with herself.
"Thank you. I guess your hair looks nice also." She said the words in such a way that I almost believed her, but I knew she was lying.
I was about to give her my thanks when the principal, , headed to the front of the gym and spoke loudly into the microphone, "Hello students! I am very excited to see y'all gathered here today to introduce our Tigers with the last game of the year! Come on out Tigers!" As she said the word "Tigers", everyone cheered and the boys' basketball team broke through a paper banner with the school logo imprinted on the front. I took a quick glance at Karena, then I realized something.
"Aren't you supposed to be down there with the other cheerleaders?" She turned towards me with a sinister smirk on her face.
"Hon, I think this kind of stuff is boring. We should get outta here. You know, ditch to the girls' bathroom." I didn't want to go, but it seemed like her words were powerful enough to force me out of my seat.
"Wait! I'm coming too." I turned around and stared at Briar as he shuffled into his crutches.
"Uhm no way boy. Didn't you hear? We're going to the girls' restroom. Unless you want to be a school-wide known creep, I suggest you stay here." Briar opened his mouth to say something, but no words came out. "Thought so. Come on, Sydney." Karena grabbed my arm, and we ran down the steps and out the door.