Beeeeep!

"Urrgh…"

Beeeeep!

"Shut upppp…"

Beeeeeeeeep!

"FOR FUCK'S SAKE!"

You jumped up at the sound of your alarm, clearly annoyed the loud object awoke you. For a second, you forgot why it was set for 6AM; but then you remembered. Your first day of school was today.

You turned off your alarm and lay back on the bed, staring up at your ceiling. You had recently moved after your mother got a new, better job in another state. A month into school and you were now just joining. Splendid.

The only reason you were excited for today was that your cousins, John Egbert and Jade Harley, attended this school. After two years of isolation from them, you were finally able to see their faces again. It was a great feeling.

You got up to stretch your limps, grunting as your bones cracked. "This is going to be a long day." You sighed, running your hand through your (h/l) (h/c) hair. Moving to your closet you put on a black tanktop and jean. It was still fairly warm outside; and you didn't particularly like your legs.

The sound of shuffling footsteps told you your mother was awake; her and your father were very old at this point of time. You hoped she had made you a reliable breakfast instead of buttered toast like last year.

After putting on a pair of socks you hustled down the stairs. The smell of freshly made pancakes smacked you in the face. Your mother looked over at you. "Good morning, (y/n)."

"Morning, mom. Breakfast smells good." You yawned, sitting at the table. You were quick to eat your breakfast, nervous for the day to come.

You got up and walked towards the door, pulling your (f/c) sneakers on. You snuck a look in the mirror, making sure you at least didn't look like a complete wreck. With a large sigh you set off to get on the bus that would be pulling into your street any second now.

Just as you closed your front door, you looked up to see the large yellow bus pulling up. With a large sigh you rushed towards it. "Hey, (y/n)!"

You climbed the stairs and smiled at John and Jade, sitting together on one side of the bus. You could feel kids stare at you as you climbed into the seat across from them. "Hey, guys! It's been forever!"

The two siblings smiled widely at you, almost nodding in unison. "It really has been, (y/n)!" Jade giggled. "We've been very excited ever since you told us you'd be attending our school" You smiled lightly, glad to have people you knew instead of being totally alone.

"She's right…" John laughed, rubbing the back of his neck. "We were so excited; we thought we would pull a prank on you… But, considering we knew you'd be very nervous, we decided against it." Jade nodded. "Well thank you, that helps a lot knowing no pranks will be pulled."

The three of you continued to talk while the bus drove to the school. Finally, you compared schedules. John was in all of your classes except for Gym, and Jade only had Math with the two of you; but that didn't bother you.

You were glad you had two friends whom of which you could reach out to.

Your gut wrenched as the bus stopped to a halt In front of a large school. You shuffled awkwardly in your seat before Jade grabbed your wrist, dragging you off the bus.

"I don't wanna go!" You finally whined, trying to run away. "Oh come on, (y/n)! It's not that bad!" John stood in front of you so you couldn't run. You never liked school, it caused you a lot of anxiety, and you weren't the smartest kid…

After a minute or two of frustrating arguments, the two siblings were able to convince you to at least try the day out. You entered, stuffed between Jade and John like a sandwich. Fuck, there were so many kids.

All three of you were juniors, the same age of 16. You weren't familiar with any of the freshman, sophomores, or seniors, so the whole scenario frightened you even more.

You had gotten your schedule and locker combination the day beforehand, so at least you were sort of ready for today. Your locker was a few away from John and Jade. It took you a try or two, but you got the hand of it and put your backpack away.

"Ready?" John smiled. With a large grunt you stood up; you had all your books and clothing in your gym bag strung on your back. "Nope." You growled as you followed the siblings.

Just as the three of you walked into class, the bell rung throughout the school. Your voice was caught in your throat as the teacher smiled at you. "Hello there, Ms. (y/n)." He gestured for you to stand in the front of the class.

"As you may know, my name is Mr. Ampora, and I will be your History teacher. You may either call me that, or Mr. Dualscar. Truthfully, it does not matter to me." He had a sly smile on his face. You bowed, "Thank you, Mr. Dualscar."

You liked that name a lot better.

Mr. Dualscar walked over to you, laying a hand on your shoulder. "Now, as most of you may have guessed, we have a new student in class." He flashed a grin down at you. "May you introduce yourself?"

You cleared your throat, avoiding all eye contact as you stared at your feet. "My name is (y/n), I moved here around a week ago. Uhm, I like to draw and write; especially listen to music. And…Yeah." You looked over at the teacher, trying not to stumble over your words.

"Thank you, (y/n). You can sit down next to Ms. Leijon." Mr. Dualscar pointed towards an all smiles young girl. Her green eyes were bright, almost jumping up and down as you sat beside her. She had long, strawberry brown hair and… were those cat ears? She totally had a headband with cat ears on.

The girl leaned over towards you as the teacher started class, "pssst." You glanced at her. "My name is Meulin Leijon, it's verrry nice to meet you." Meulin grinned widely.

You smiled back at the girl, "It's nice to meet you too." You whispered before turning back to the board. She had a sweet, almost French accent to her. It was pretty.

The realization hit that she was very close to you. So close, you could practically feel her breathing on your neck. "Uhm… Can I help you?"

Meulin giggled and moved her hair behind one ear, pointing to an odd looking object around and in her ear. "I furrgot to mention, I'm alllllmost deaf. I use this thing to help me hear well." Despite the fact it was a rather upsetting topic, she held a large grin.

You fluttered your eyes at her, gulping awkwardly. "Oh, I'm sorry about that…" Her smile never left as she laughed. Meulin leaned back, shaking her head. "It's purrrfectly fine!"

You wondered how she was always so upbeat and happy; like she never had a care in the world. You envied her.

Class ended fairly quickly, so you moved onto all your other classes. After History was Algebra with Ms. Megido, Earth Science with Mr. Nitram, Psychology with Ms. Serket, Creative writing with Mr. Vantas, and you were now heading to lunch. From your understanding, John and Jade didn't have lunch with you.
But Meulin did.

She was squealing and holding onto your arm, a large smile plastered on her face. "I'm sooo glad you have lunch with me and my frrriends!" The strawberry blonde mewled.

You glanced at Meulin, who was an inch taller than you, grinning sweetly. So far, she was your only actual friend in school. "I am, too. I just hope your friends won't mind me sitting with you…" You shifted uncomfortably as you entered the lunch room.

There were a bunch of kids, from freshman to seniors, yelling and laughing as they ate. You immediately felt nervous and anxious, stopping at the door. Meulin smiled at you, patting your shoulder. "It will be purrfectly fine, (y/n)!"

"Alright… Thank you." You whispered, following the feline-like girl towards the furthest left corner of the lunch room.

Due to the fact you almost refused to go to lunch, the both of you were a tad late; which resulted in all of her friends already sitting down to eat. "Guys, guys! Meet my mew frrriend! Her name is (y/n)." Meulin pushed you in front of herself.

Your face lit up to a deep red, smiling and waving nervously at the eleven kids at the tables. They were all different in their own ways; but you didn't really pay attention. As quickly as you were introduced, Meulin dragged you to the other end of the table.

"These are my two bestest frrriends!" The girl motioned towards two males sitting beside each other. One was rather well built with long, silky black hair that was pulled back into a pony tail. He wore goggles, for whatever reason, and had a toothy grin. The other was lanky and slender, hunched over against the table. The bags under his eyes were visible under the clown makeup that was smeared lazily across his face. The male had messy black hair that was pulled into a short pony tail.

The teenager with the goggles smiled at the young girl, "Well hello, Meulin." "Hello, Horrus!" Meulin hugged him tightly before swirling over to the other guy, leaning against his back. "I'm surrrprrised to see you in school today, Kurloz! I'm glad you're here." She purred.

Kurloz had a pang of sadness in his eyes before he smiled weakly at her. You sat down across from them, your friend scooting beside you with a large grin.

You met all of Meulin's friends at lunch, some of which you recognized from other classes. Cronus, Meenah, Rufioh, Damara, Kankri, Porrim, Latula, Mituna, Aranea, Kurloz, Horrus, and Meulin. They were all very unique in their own ways… And the most interesting was to you was Kurloz.

For some reason, you couldn't get the depressed-looking clown out of your head. Even as you lay on your bed, staring at the ceiling, his numb expression still haunted your mind. You would definitely try to figure him out, and hopefully get him to smile…