Ch 1

"Chihiro! You're gonna be late for school!" Her mother called up the stairwell to her room.

"Hai!!!! I'm coming!" Chihiro ran around her room grabbing her stuff. She stopped in front of the mirror. She turned slightly admiring the image. "Aw, perfect."

She stood in a mini jean skirt and a black halter-top with a red dragon dancing across the right side. She wore black flip flops and her hair flowed down her back in chocolate tresses. She had a small tattoo on her right shoulder blade, a kanji symbol for river.

"Heh, senior year here I come." She ran down the stairs, her mother greeted her with her pack. "Arigato! Ja'ne (see yah)." She ran out the door. Her friend was sitting in the driveway.

"Hayaku (hurry)"

"Wakatta, Wakatta! (got it)" She jumped into the driver's seat and they were off.

"Geez, took you long enough…"

"Anato? (and…I think)"

"Well! We are gonna be late on our first day!"

"You worry too much. Why don't you loosen up?"

"I would think you would be the one worrying. I mean with your reputation at school…"

"What about it?! I don't care what they think! I know what happened, I was there, don't tell me I should be worried Yui!" Yui looked at her a little baffled.

"G-gomen. (sorry) I…I just. Gomen." She bowed her head and everything was silent. Chihiro grimaced

"No, I should be sorry. I shouldn't have yelled at you like that. Gomen."

"Forgiven. Lets just get to school."

"Hai."

AT SCHOOL

Chihiro and Yui walked through the halls of school talking and laughing as they often did. A group of girls stopped in front of them.

"Oh look. It's our little crazy girl." The group laughed. "Seen any dragons and big old hags lately?" Chihiro's face hardened.

"No, not a dragon. But I did see an old hag. Really ugly too. She told me to tell you that you forgot to clean your room." The girl looked angry.

"Why you little Kozou(brat)!" She grabbed for Chihiro but she ducked down and punched the girl in the stomach. The group of girls gasped.

"I think that will be enough Miyazake.(I had to use some name)" Chihiro looked up and gulped.

"Sensei…(teacher)"

Chihiro followed her teacher to the principles office.

"Miyazake-san. You have acted up before…but never have you become physical." She stared at the wall. "Chihiro. You have had some rough times. But this is no reason to act physically." She looked up.

"You don't even know." She stood up to leave.

"Miyazake! If you leave you are here by suspended for the first term!" She glared at him.

"See you next term. Maybe…" She walked out and slammed the door behind her.

AT HOME

She walked into the house and slammed the door behind her. It's not my fault! Those damn girls. They provoked me. Chihiro started to make her way up the stairs.

"Chihiro…" Her mother stood in the doorway to the kitchen. "Your school called." Chihiro's heart sank.

"That so? Well what did they have to say?" Her mother led her into the kitchen and they sat at the table.

"Chihiro, you were doing so well over the summer. What happened? Why did you punch the girl?" Her looked at her disappointed.

"Why does everyone blame me?! It's not my fault!" She slammed her fists into the table and ran upstairs.

Chihiro lay on her bed crying. She sat up and grabbed a sketch book out of a drawer. She began to draw a figure. She drew for hours. When she was done a picture of a dragon and a boy with emerald eyes was left on the page. She flipped threw the book looking at the pages containing similar characters. Tears fell down her face silently. She wiped the tears away and closed the book.

"Chihiro." Her mother came in.

"Nani(what)?" Her mother sat on the edge of the bed.

"Chihiro, I called Dr. Momataro(fake name people). You will spend 2 hours with her 3 days a week. She is a good doctor…"

"Na-ni?…you're gonna send me to a shrink!" She stood up.

"Chihiro. Please, it is for your own good. Your father and I, we are worried about you." Chihiro started to get mad.

"You think you know what is best? You don't even know me, not all of me." Her mother looked at her confused. "7 years ago. When we moved here. That wrong turn. The 'amusement park,' that had an impact on me. You don't even remember being pigs!" She started to ramble on about those days, spilling out all she held. Her mother sat staring blankly at her daughter as she told her tale.

"And so I had to work so hard to get us back here. I thought that was what I wanted too." She sat down breathing deeply. Her mother came out of her trans of listening.

"Well, honey. That was a very interesting tale. But that is enough fun and games." Chihiro looked up at her mother in disbelief.

"I knew it. I knew you would never believe me." Chihiro stood and walked out of the room.

"Chihiro…" Her mother sighed and grabbed the phone. "Hello? Honey, we have a problem. Yes it's Chihiro…"

IN CHIHIRO'S ROOM

She sat on her bed sniffling and looking at her drawings. I should have known. Why do I even try? Haku, I miss you. I wish I could see you. A tear slid down her cheek. She stood up and started to rummage through her closet. She pulled out a backpack and started to fill it with clothes and other female priorities.

"I don't know where I'm gonna go, but anywhere is better than here." She stuffed the bag under her bed and pulled out her sketch book. She drew for a few more hours until she was called downstairs by her father.

The whole family sat at the kitchen table silently.

"Chihiro, your mother tells me you are having troubles in school. And you are telling very colorful stories. This is not like you Chihiro." Chihiro sat silent for a time then answered.

"Yes I know. I have had some stress to deal with and it was hard on me. Moving to a new school, and I didn't make friends very easy. It was hard. I started to make my own little world to run away to when it got really hard. I guess it started to look real to me. Sorry I broke out in that fit." She stood from the table and bowed to her parents. "I am tired. I am gonna go take a nap." She walked back up stairs. She sat in her room for an hour before she pulled the pack from under her bed and climbed out of her window.

She ran into the woods. She walked for hour. Then she came upon a statue in front of a long dark tunnel. She gasped as the memories flooded her vision.

A/N: So what do you think of chapter one? I have seen that movie so many times. And I just watched it again today. So I became inspired….and bored so I will try and get chappies up as much as I can. But I can't guarantee them to be quick. But it wont take months either. Ok?

Ja 'ne!