Chapter 1: First Day

No one ever noticed her.

She never stood out in sea of high school students.

She didn't mind though.

Her name?

Sakura Kinomoto. Of course.

The girl with waist-length light brown hair and wide sparkling emerald eyes.

She wasn't ugly at all. Everyone else thought that she was just too plain.

All the students in Tomoeda Boarding school thought that.

Sakura walked down the hallway gracefully, her steps were quiet as she brushed past many of the other students. She hugged her notebooks and her backpack hung on her back. She was starting her sophomore year in the boarding school. Her homeroom and schedule were already given to her and she was already walking to her homeroom. She looked through the seating chart hung on the wall and found her name. She was given a seat beside an empty desk. Again. Mr. River was her teacher this year and he always sat his students in pairs. She never had a partner, so she was used to it. She walked towards her desk and a light smiled played on her face as she noticed her seat was next to a window.

She sat down and fixed her notebooks on top of her desk. The first bell wouldn't ring for another half hour so most of her classmates were roaming the hallways and laughing happily with their friends. She arrived early to class so wouldn't have trouble walking through class or finding her seat. Sakura chose a boarding school because this school had teachers change classrooms instead of the students walking around. She had bad memories of walking through hallways. Her father lived in England teaching a college class.

Her father wanted to her to come with him but she told him it would be easier for her to live in a boarding school. After a few hours of talking he decided to leave her here. The teacher walked in and set his bag down. Sakura looked up but his eyes never met hers. She opened her novel and began to read.

After a few minutes the bell rang and students walked into the room talking and laughing.

"All right, all right settle down, find your seat and be quiet"

Everyone crowded near the paper and a few girls squealed in excitement.

"I can't believe we're in the same class!"

Sakura continued reading silently and chairs began being pulled out.

Two girls stepped beside Sakura's desk. One of them stood on her foot.

Sakura winced in pain "You're on my foot" She said quietly.

The blond continued talking to her friend.

"You're on my foot" Sakura said louder.

The blond looked at her and looked down. "Oh! I'm sorry I didn't even see you"

No one ever did.

"I said sit down" Mr. River repeated.

The girls rushed to their seats.

"All right, new year, new teachers. Aren't you ll excited?" He asked.

A few boys in the back groaned.

"I know a few of you are new to the boarding school life but I'm sure you'll get used to it"

After Mr. River went through the school's rules he went around taking attendance. He took Sakura's name last though she was near the front. During the first day of classes lunch wasn't served because there was a huge buffet being prepared in the dining hall. Everyone always looked forward to it.

Classes went by fast. Every teacher only talked about what they're expecting from the students and things that were going to be taught. The last bell rang and everyone walked out the door.

Sakura stuffed her books in her backpack and headed towards her dorm. There are a few dorms on campus half were fr the boys and the other half of the dorms were for the girls.

When the school's large bell rang at 6 in the afternoon boys aren't allowed in the girls dorm.

Room 103 was Sakura's room number. Her father paid for an expensive single room so she wouldn't have to share. The walls were painted a pale green color, there was a bookshelf on the right wall with some of her favorite Cd's, a big bed with cherry blossom shaped pillows and pale pink sheets.

Sakura set her backpack on the floor and closed the door behind her. She opened the window, it had a perfect view of the school's courtyard. The warm spring air filled her room and she sighed feeling relaxed. The diner bell would ring in half an hour so she decided to rest on her bed. Her alarm was set for diner in case she fell asleep.

Dinner wasn't bad for Sakura. Once she filled her plate with her favorites. She sat at a table in the back of the dining hall. She remembered how her mother used to tell her that if she ever feels forgotten she has to remember that she can never be completely erased. But could that really be true?

She stared at all the tables filled with friends eating and laughing together. She was the only one sitting alone but no one even glanced her way.

She dumped her tray on her way out and walked out the building. The sun was already setting so she decided to call it a day and walked to her dorm.