AN:
The (many) ships are: Karezi, JohnVriska, Arasol, Rosemary, DaveJade, and possibly others. I'm not exactly sure where I'm going with this, but Karezi will be the main focus.

This is my first fanfiction and I hope you enjoy!

Chapter 1

It was a Monday morning on the third day of his freshman year when she moved to town.

A teenage boy with messy black hair and a constant scowl on his face walked down the hallway, headed for the principal's office. He was there very early, which made him irritated. At least, more irritated than normal.

He was there so early because of one thing, and because of one thing only: his best friend in the whole wide fucking world, Gamzee Makara. Of course, that last sentence was very sarcastic and the boy hoped you would have caught it. Why was he being sarcastic? Because Gamzee sure was not his best friend now.

It was 1AM two nights before when the boy received a message from said ex-best friend, on a messaging site used by his classmates known as Pesterchum.

- terminallyCapricious [TC] began pestering carcinoGeneticist [CG] -

TC: HeY tHeRe
TC: BeSt FrIeNd
TC: ;o)
CG: GAMZEE.
CG: IT'S FUCKING ONE IN THE MORNING.
CG: WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU AWAKEN ME FROM MY OTHERWISE PEACEFUL SLUMBER LIKE A TOTAL FUCKASS.
TC: BeCaUsE, i HaVe ThE mOsT gReAtEsT mOtHeRfUcKiN' iDeA.
TC: :o)
CG: WHAT?
CG: WHAT IS SO GREAT THAT MADE YOUR CLOWN-LOVING ASS FEEL THE NEED TO TELL ME ABOUT.
CG: AT ONE A.M.
CG: ONE. FUCKING. A.M.
TC: YoU'Ll SeE, kArKaT.
TC: MeEt Me OuTsIdE.
CG: WAIT, WHAT? ARE YOU SAYING YOU'RE OUTSIDE MY HOUSE?

- terminallyCapricious [TC] ceased pestering carcinoGeneticist [CG] -

Karkat then exited his home to find Gamzee, along with another friend of his, Sollux, awaiting outside.

They then proceeded to TP their new high school.

They were almost caught by a janitor, but still got away. He saw Gamzee's face.

Karkat then came to school the next morning to find that Gamzee had ratted them out. He had told the principle that he had been dragged along with the two, that it was their idea, that he tried to stop them, that he would help clean up, and that he felt horrible for having been involved at all and begged for his forgiveness. The principle believed the lies and gave Karkat and Sollux detention after school, every day, for a month.

Ugh.

Karkat had gone to school early that day, because apparently there was some new kid that needed help being shown around. They also had the same schedules, and the previously empty locker next to his would soon be occupied by said new kid. He didn't really want to help them out, it was just that the principle said he had to do it. More punishment, he guessed. Karkat still wasn't going to get out of detention, but whatever, he'd put up with it.

He was not, however, prepared to have to put up with a blind girl.

When he entered the office, he went straight to the principle's desk, ignoring the girl sitting in one of the waiting chairs by the window.

"Uh, I was supposed to come here to show somebody around?" Karkat said to the man.

"Ah, here you are. You'll be showing around Terezi, here. She needs a little...extra help." He added in a low voice.

When he turned around to now face the girl, he expected to see someone with a mental disability, or maybe a wheelchair.

But there she was (a sight to see), a girl with short, ginger hair and flashy red glasses. She wore a teal and red hoodie with jeans and black converse. She smiled at Karkat - he swore her teeth looked pointy - although it seemed to be more of a smirk. Her greenish-blue eyes sort of just stared right through him, although they were fixed on his face. He thought he saw little red specks in them.

"Hello, Karkat." She said in a rather drawling voice, "I'm Terezi Pyrope. Nice to meet you." She stood and retrieved some sort of retractable white cane from her pocket, holding it in her left hand, while reaching out her right hand to shake his.

"Hi…" He said, rather uneasy under her gaze. He shook her hand.

She smiled wider (if it were possible) when they shook hands, and Karkat thought he saw her sniff the air. She let go of his right hand, just to interlock her fingers with his left when they exited the office to go to their lockers.

Karkat tensed up. At first he thought he should try being nice to her, but the smirk on her face when she noticed how he was uncomfortable changed his mind. "Why are you doing that?" He snapped. They had just met and she was already messing with him. He hated people like that. Wait no scratch that - he hated all people, just at varying levels of hatred. She was sort of in the average amount of hate, but was now leaning towards the I-hate-these-ones-the-most side.

"What? Just going to let a blind girl run into everything and get hurt?" She pouted, although her voice was teasing.

His face flushed. "Well…No."

"So, we're good then, Karkles." She giggled.

"Ugh, please don't call me that."

"Too bad."

"Of course they make me take care of the blind smartass."

All she did was laugh in reply, beginning to pull him down the hall with her, her cane tapping along at her left. For some reason she seemed to know where they were going despite the whole being blind thing. This girl pissed Karkat off greatly, but he did not feel he could stop her. He never would have thought they would end up being such good friends - although, in the back of his mind at the time, he kind of hoped they would.