Light shined in through the broken window, landing on the sleeping child. Murdoc groaned and rolled over, wanting more sleep.
Sadly, the light did it's job, waking the child from his dreams. He was again on stage and playing loudly.
With a yawn, followed by sticking out his long tongue, Murdoc got off his mattress to stretch. "Ugh, I hate sunny days, way to cheery." grumbled Murdoc.
He got out of his room to head downstairs to try and salvage an edible breakfast. Hannibal was up, eating an over ripe apple. Murdoc searched the cabinets, finding a box of cereal with a bit left. He grabs it to fill it with sink water.
They never have any milk, and if they did, it was no doubt way past expiration date.
He sat at the table, eating his food while Hannibal tosses the apple to search for something else.
As the two ate, Sebastian walks in, newspaper in hand. He grabs a liquor bottle from the fridge and sits down, smacking both children with the paper.
"Okay you little mistakes, listen up, you both are going to school." said Sebastian. "School?" asked Murdoc. "Dad, we don't need that shit." groaned Hannibal.
"Well I don't want to deal with you two little mistakes all day, so you both are going, the principal is an old client who quit, but he still owed me a favor." said Sebastian. It was silent till Hannibal rolled his eyes. "You blackmailed the bastard?" asked Hannibal. "Of course I did, don't be stupid, anyway, Murdoc will be in that, uh, kiddy field." said Sebastian.
"Kindergarten?" asked Murdoc. "Shut up, and Hannibal, your in four." said Sebastian. "Fourth grade, whoop-de-doo." sighed Hannibal. "Shut up you little ingrates, the buss will stop at this corner at eight, you better NOT miss it." growled Sebastian.
With that, the old man left the kitchen for Murdoc to stick his tongue out. "Why do we have to go to school, we never stay in the same area for long." said Murdoc. "I don't know, now quit yapping, the bus will be here in five minutes, and I don't want to piss Dad off anymore than he usually is." said Hannibal.
The older boy left and Murdoc went upstairs. He searched his room to find an old worn out backpack that was black with a white inverted cross painted on it.
Just as he leaves his room, Murdoc peeks in his father's room. Yep, Sebastian is out cold, so the child goes in for the man's wallet. He takes out a five and leaves.
He heads towards the front door, passing Hannibal. He was doing the same thing as Murdoc, taking money.
The child exits his home to look across the street to see other children waiting. He sighed and made his way across the street.
He sat on a bench and saw that besides kids his age, there also kids older than him, Hannibal's age, and beyond. All of them were chatting with each other happily and it made the child want to puke. How could anyone be this happy to go to school?!
Hannibal eventually joined the crowd and stood by his own age group. He ignored them, even when the kids tried talking to him. Murdoc rolled his eyes when he saw the yellow bus appear.
He got on and took an empty seat in the front. The bus driver had divided the bus into sections for kindergartners all the way back to the sixth graders. 'This sucks.' thought Murdoc.
They were soon off and Murdoc slouched down. All the kids around him were laughing or singing some stupid nursery rhythm. 'Sweet Satan, this is the bus ride to Heaven.' thought Murdoc. He'd prefer Hell to the goody-two shoes Heaven.
The bus ride came to an end ten minutes later once they pulled up to the big brick building. Murdoc sighed in relief, hopefully there would be no more singing. 'Then again, I'm stuck in Kindergarten.' thought Murdoc.
He quickly got off the bus to avoid the other kids who were talking about singing about Mary's lamb. The child entered the school to walk to the main office. Hannibal wouldn't join him as he decided to follow the other fourth graders and to find his homeroom his own way.
"Hello, what can I do for you?" asked a woman. "I'm Murdoc Niccals." said Murdoc. "Ah, you're the new boy in town, let me just, ah ha, there you are, you are in Ms. Winters class, I'll show you the way." said the woman.
She offered Murdoc her hand but the child refused. He may be five, but he was old enough to walk around on his own.
She nodded and lead Murdoc down the halls. "My name is Mrs. Matthews, and if you need anything, you can just ask." said the woman. "Okay." sighed Murdoc. "It might be a bit scary, after all, you are starting a month into the new year." said Mrs. Matthews. "I'm fine, I'm not scared." said Murdoc.
Why would this scare him when he has a drunken, high, abusive father waiting for him at home?
Mrs. Matthews lead Murdoc to a door covered in flowers and bunnies, making the child gag. The woman knocked on the door to open it. "Hello Ms. Winters, I have Murdoc here." said Mrs. Matthews.
Murdoc looked to see Ms. Winters was a very young, attractive woman with brown hair in a braided bun. She was wearing a pink blouse with bash jeans. "Okay, thank you." said Winters.
Mrs. Matthews left and Murdoc walked in more. "It's nice to meet you at last, class, this is Murdoc Niccals, he's new to our school so I hope you all make him feel welcome." said Winters. Murdoc eyed the class, seeing there was fifteen other kids beside himself.
They all wore stain free clothes that held no sign of a tear. Envy burned inside the child, these kids got loving familys, new clothes every school year, plus a fridge full of food. What does he get, old rotten clothing with a fridge full of garbage and an abusive family.
Why does he get the short end of the fucking stick, why does his life suck so much?!
"So Murdoc, is there anything you'd like to share with the class?" asked Winters. "Nah, I'm good." said Murdoc. A few kids murmured but one was laughing.
"Hey Mur-dork, where'd you get your clothes, the trash?" mocked a kid. Murdoc saw the child, he was wearing a suit with shorts. The suit was nothing like what the child saw in stores, which makes this suit custom and expensive. 'Great, a rich kid.' thought Murdoc.
"Ryan Rivers, that was not very nice to say." said Winters. "Who cares, this kid belongs in the trash along with his stuff." mocked Ryan.
There were three other boys sitting at his table, two of them were dressed similarly, laughing with him, while the other stayed silent.
He wore a red shirt with blue shorts and has brown hair in a neat style with blue eyes. The boy looked to Murdoc and mouthed something. The child saw it was an apology. No one else showed any pity, which made Murdoc hate everyone here.
"Alright, Murdoc, you may sit down." sighed Winters. She showed Murdoc his cubby where he stuffed his bag. It was out of place with the other brand new back packs.
Murdoc sat at a table by himself and Ms. Winters began the morning. As he sat there, Murdoc saw Ryan and his cronies sticking there tongues at him. Murdoc retaliated with his own long serpent tongue.
It freaked them out but when the brown haired boy looked, he looked impressed. Murdoc shook it off and looked back to the front.
He was here not even half an hour and already he hates this school with a passion.
A/N: Well, Murdoc has started school and already made his very first enemy. He must be so happy. His classmates don't seem to like him much, well, minus that one kid. Anyway, what will happen next for Murdoc? Stay tuned and plz review.