Nature's Spirit Chapter 1 New Place
I couldn't believe this. I had come from a beautiful forest home and went to an amazing private school in the mountains and now I had to move...to this?! The dirtiest, dullest and furthest corner of town. Right by the refineries. I had to go to a public school full of the most unclean sort. The only sign of nature in this whole area was a small park by the school. Sure, it had a few neat trees and was ok in size, but still... I started my first day today...
From the start I didn't like it. The inside was so dull and grey. I sat there for my first class. Observing the students that walked in, I began to try to identify what they would be like. That one was obviously popular...she probably had lots of friends and a low iQ.. That girl looks annoying. I bet that guy plays sports. I was approached by a few people who tried to talk to me...y'know, with me being the new girl and all.
I gazed at the specimen adressing me now. " Yeah I'm here if you wanna talk to me and if you need any help, m'kay? This is gonna be lots of fun! You'll see!" I immediately knew we wouldn't get along that well. She was irritating and loud and obviously thought she was the smartest and the best here. This overly cheerful girl had probably never even felt sadness in her life...
I haven't introduced myself. My name is Sarah. Average looking girl, long straight brown hair, brown eyes... Y'know. I've got two cats and one human friend and I doubt I need more. Seeing all these cheerful people, all talking to me, trying to get me to like them... It felt weird. I was used to being an outcast, probably the most rejected person in the whole school! I had been the target since I first began school... Why? Because I thought differently. I valued the life of animals to be equal to that of humans. I'd think things through and I wouldn't hate something unless I had a reason to. And for some reason that made people hate me... Humans in general were a dumb and selective species...and one who couldn't accept differences.
I then paused and looked up to see one guy, sitting alone in a corner. It then hit me why I wasn't being set asside: Someone else already had that position. He was quite tall, tan skin and shaggy brown hair. When he looked up at me, I felt an odd chill run down my spine. He had perfect sky-blue eyes. Eyes had always facinated me and I had never seen any like his. he kept his eerie stare fixed on me, and I stared back. I was used to staring people down. We both ended up blinking and looking away slowly at the same time.
Over the course of the day, I was exposed to more of the locals' obvious stupidity. I saw little girls, not older than 11, smoking marijuana outside school. It was sad... These poor kids obviously didn't have a future and I felt pitty for them. After the bell rang, I felt intrigued by the park next to the school. If there was anywhere I could find something cool, it would be there. I turned around and headed down the trail.
It was nice, not as densely wooded as where I came from, but nice. The air smelled noticeably fresher and I saw all kinds of birds fly about. "Hey. You're the new girl..." I jumped. In my contemplation of the area, I musn't have heard someone coming...
It was him. That guy from class. He had a light blue blouse on, grey shorts and a striped scarf. "Yeah... I used to live in the woods so I guess this place kind of feels like home." He tilted his head to the side, studying me like I studied him. "You're not like the others here..." I blinked. "What do you mean?" I knew of course I wasn't like the others here. I wasn't like anyone anywhere...
"You're...connected to nature. I don't know... You just seem different... Like me..." He said that last part like a whisper. As if he said it only to himself. I looked into his sky blue eyes. "So what's your name?" "Tom." "I'm Sarah." He smiled and nodded, then just turned around and left. I knew if I had any ally here, it was him. But there was still something about him that gave me a weird feeling... Like when you wear an old sweather and you get all static-y.