In A Different Light

A CyxRae Fanfic.

Raven pulled her socks up her legs until she was sure they would stay. Dressing for private school was tedious, but effiecient. She was to meet Kory outside the dorm in several minutes. She tied her tie closely and made care to button the entire shirt. She placed her books inside her purple bag and clasped it shut. She then turned to her mirror. She looked into it, not even allowing a smile to find its way to her face. Her features were those of someone very sick. She was pale, sunken eyes from lack of sleep due to advanced studying... She was constantly falling asleep during class, and yet her grades were still practically flawless.

Raven had never consider herself at all attractive. She usually kept her hair, lavendar in color, short and partly tied back. It was easy, sophisticated, and the look of someone focused. Her violet eyes rarely betrayed her thoughts, and her walk was that of someone, not in a hurry, but self assured and confident. If only it were not just a ruse.

"Raven!!"Called Kory from outside the door. "We will be late for the class of science!" Raven smiled slightly. Kory's speech always made her smile, because it portrayed so much innocence and lack of fluency of her foreign language.

"I'm coming Kory, hold tight for a minute okay?"

"Hold Tight? What is it that I am supposed to hold tight?" Raven chuckled lightly and opened her door. She took a look at Kory and smiled.

"Don't worry about it ok Kory? Let's just get to class." Kory smiled and bounced ahead in her bright uniform. Raven was always spotted rather quickly when it came to that. Kory traveled with her most everywhere, and her uniform was quite different from that of the academy of Medicine and Knowledge. While Raven wore a Navy skirt, white shirt, navy tie, black shoes, socks, and overcoat, Kory's outfit was formated in Korea, her homeland. The overcoat was made of fine silk, a maroon color, matching her knee high socks. Her tie and skirt we're green, and her shirt was black. Kory mostly wore her hair up, but today, she had left her shining red locks down and they flowed and swished side to side as she flounced about the hallways. The bell to the next class was about to ring, when suddenly, Kory ran into a group of girls. Both Kory and the front runner's books went flying in different directions, papers flying about.

"I am so sorry!!" Kory said, bowing to her like most of her country folk did when making a mistake. She didn't even go to pick up her belongings. The girl across from them was helped up by her friends. Raven recognized her. She was a senior like Kory and herself, and a nasty one at that. Her dark blond locks we're thrown about her face in a bob like fashion. Her blue eyes stared piercingly at Kory, almost as if disguisted by the fact that she had even touched her.

"Why don't you watch where your running you oriental freak!!" She said dusting herself off. Kory lifted her head up in a bit of shame.

"Hey," Raven said in a warning tone. "Don't talk to her that way, especially after she apologized. It was an accident." The girls then rounded on her and gave her a glare.

"You don't have a right to speak corpse freak." One of the others in the group said. The other girls snickered. "Seriously, could you look anymore like the diagram in the book of a dead body?" The girls burst out in laughter, then, picking up the books the one had dropped, left to their class. Raven bent down, biting her lip, and picked up all of Kory's books. She stood up and handed them to her.

"Here Kory. Let's get to clas-" The bell rang. Raven sighed.

"There goes that idea..." Raven said aloud. Kory's eyes were slightly red.

"Friend Raven..." She asked, looking at her with wide green eyes. "Why do they dislike me so?" Raven looked at her and put a hand on her shoulder.

"Don't even worry about it Kory." She said. "They're not even worth your thoughts. Now lets get to class. Maybe if we talk to him outside class, he'll let us off for today, then, after school, We'll go get ice cream, okay?"

Kory nodded, and the two proceeded to go to class.