It was a regular day for Ariel Ruby Emerald-McLean:
Kia hitting her, vocal abuse, her father Chris McLean, let it go on as usual, he loved the drama.
Ariel loved them dearly but she had enough she went to her room and locked herself in.
She headed for her bed and started to cry. "They hate me" she thought to herself, "I love them so much and they hate me. They'd be better off if I wasn't here" she grabbed her phone and looked at it. She got a new text, it was from her boyfriend Rock. 'Hey. I'm sorry. This isn't working. I'm dumping you.' She felt her heart rip in half and sink to the floor. "Everyone leaves me. They all prefer Kia over me. No one loves me"
The next few days she wouldn't get out of her bedroom. She refused to eat, drink, or go to school.
Her grades were slipping even lower. She had been failing all her classes, but it was because Kia was lazy and didn't do her homework, so she stole Ariel's.
This long absence caught the attention of a certain ginger-haired admirer named Scott.
Scott's always had a huge crush on Ariel since they met in seventh grade. She was the reason he turned around his bad demeanor but she'd always label him as friend, like she does with everyone. Ariel never had a problem with anyone, minus Kahi LaMonté, who caused Ariel's very early elimination in Ariel's only competing season.
The days passed on and on until eventually the school year had ended, Ariel had no choice but to fail the eleventh grade. Coincidentally, so did Scott and Kia. Kia was going to hurt Ariel for not doing her homework.
Scott heard on the last day of school why Ariel didn't come anymore and he wanted to do something about it. A plan hatched into his head
That night when everyone was asleep minus Ariel, a shadowy figure appeared outside of her window, throwing rocks at it.
Ariel opened the window, she whispered "Hello? Who's there?" The shadowy figure climbed up the tree next to her window "I'm here to save you from your family". Ariel gasped "how did you know?"
"Ariel, it's all over school!"
"Who are you?"
The mysterious figure pulled his mask off
"Scott!"
"Ariel, will you come with me?"
"Yes, Scott! Yes!"
They hugged and drove away in Scott's car, and formed a relationship
