Margaret Greene walked out of the school entrance, happy to be out from the daily prison that was school. She pulled her bag onto her shouder, and put her other hand in her pocket, gently fingering her Duel Monsters deck. She would always smile when she touched her deck, as it had won her many duels, and some good friends too. But that happiness was about to shatter, when at the school gates, she saw two girls, who she knew well, but hated her just as much as she did them. They looked over at Maggie, and started giggling and whispering. As Maggie got to the gates, they pounced.
"Hey, look, the freak," the taller, blonde girl laughed, chewing her gum obnoxiously and pointing.
"Hey, Greene! Still pining off the guys for silly cards?" the other girl said, who was short, tan and had dark hair. They pinned Maggie to the gate, obviously wanting to cause her some kind of pain. The metal dug into Maggie's back, and she gritted her teeth.
"Leave me alone, you cunts," Maggie growled, trying to punch them away, but the girls held her fist, still clenching.
"Hah! She thinks she's tough! We'll show you who hits who at this school," the blonde one, Aruka, grinned, and kicked her in the stomach. Maggie doubled over, and fell to the ground, while the two girls cackled.
"Damn!" Maggie whispered. Her duelling deck had spilled out from her pocket, and were now lying hopelessly on the grit of the yard. The brunette, Megumi, picked up one of the cards, and laughed cruelly.
"The Herald of Creation, eh?" Megumi inspected the card, until she ripped it in half. Maggie's eyes went wide, and her heart was in her throat; that was her favourite card!
"No!" she screamed as the two slips of card fluttered to the ground. She struggled to get up, but Aruka kicked her back down. The two girls then started to tear up every card in Maggie's deck, while Maggie screamed and slapped the air, hoping to strike the girls, but her efforts were fruitless, as soon after, every card was destroyed.
"What you going to do now?" Aruka demanded, while Maggie cried in her spot. She eventually gained enough strength to punch Aruka and sprinted away swiftly, with the two girls stunned, but soon in her wake. Maggie's cheeks were soaked, and she ran blindly from the school, not caring where she ended up.
Ryou Bakura waited at the bus stop, still waiting for a ride home. The bus was late today, and he began to grow impatient. After a while, he started sketching a portrait of his favourite card, Change of Heart. He was very fond of drawing, and he did it whenever he could, including when waiting for an overdue bus. The picture was just about finished, when he heard shouting, and loud sobbing from the other side of the road. Two girls, who were from his school, were chasing another girl, who he instantly recognised as Maggie, the other English tranfer student who he had recently made friends with. She must have been the one crying, as her eyes were red, from what Ryou could see from such a long distance. He wanted to help, but the main road was very busy, and his bus would be coming in a matter of minutes.
He stared at Maggie, who blindly ran into the road. She looked up, and the two locked eyes. Ryou's eyes became wide, and his cheeks went a pale shade of pink, mainly out of anxiety. The two soon stopped staring after a car bumped violently into Maggie, sending her flying onto Ryou's side of the road.
"Margaret!" Ryou screamed, running up to her. Maggie was seemingly unconscious, and a pool of blood was spreading from her waist. Ryou looked over to the two girls on the other side of the road to shout curses, but they were already gone. Tears formed in Ryou's eyes as he looked at his friend. The poor girl lay on the ground, with no sign of movement. Ryou was just about to call an ambulance, until a middle-aged man ran up to them, eyes wide in shock.
"Is she alright? I saw what happened with those two girls, no, harpies! Do you want me to call an ambulance for your girlfriend, lad?" the man questioned, while Ryou blushed.
"S-she's not my girlfriend, but yes, please do!" Ryou's voice was frantic and high-pitched. All he cared about now was getting Maggie to safety, and to stop the bleeding as soon as possible; Maggie would certainly die of blood-loss, and Ryou wasn't really comfortable around blood.
The long wait for the ambulance was agony. Ryou held onto Maggie and tried his best to staunch the bleeding. It seemed as though Maggie had been stabbed by something on the car, part of the bumper, maybe? Ryou pondered this, while still keeping the large wads of tissue on Maggie's waist. There was still no sign of life, and Ryou was expecting the worst.
After about twenty minutes, the ambulance finally arrived. Paramedics flooded out from the back, carrying a stretcher and medical equipment. They started to load Maggie onto the stretcher, and Ryou was eager to come with them. As Maggie was taken on board, Ryou thanked the old man for his help, and followed, until one of the paramedics barred him from the door.
"Hey, no passengers; this is an emergency," the paramedic said sternly.
"B-but," Ryou stuttered, his ears glowing pink, and his eyes watering. "I still want to see if she's ok, please,"
The paramedic scanned Ryou up and down, until he finally relented and let Ryou on board. Ryou hurried to sit by Maggie, and a different paramedic sat by him.
"Are you the girl's friend? 'Cause if not, you'll get booted off," the paramedic said.
"Yes, she's my friend," Ryou whispered. He took hold of one of Maggie's hands, and squeezed it tightly. The rest of the trip was silent, except for the whining sirens just above their heads. Ryou began to trace around the lines on Maggie's hand, and thought back to those two girls. Ryou knew their names; Aruka Harada and Megumi Daishi. They were just two of the many horrible people at Domino High, and they were imfamously well-known to bully new kids, especially transfer students.
Ryou himself was bullied by them, until they got bored and wandered off. He'd thought that since hardly any new students came to Domino, there wouldn't be anymore problems, until now. Especially since Maggie was English, like himself, she had been racially abused. But Ryou had always thought of Maggie being a strong girl, not one to lose control like she had today.
Well, that was just the problem with bullies.
They could tear you down, one little bit at a time, until they ripped you apart completely.
Well, that's the end of the first chapter! I spent a couple of days on this, and on the whole, I think it's going great. I won't be able to update as much, since I have Art and Geography coursework to be doing. But, if everything goes ok, I should be able to have half of this done by next week. Until then, it's nothing from me!
