A New Home - Chapter 1
Hello, darling readers! Now is the time where we see more of the pets' personalities, how they're generally treated, etc., before the big DIMENSION MASHING HAPPENS! Also Biskits because, who doesn't LOVE the Biskits? *Sarcasm*
Also thanks for the review, Briar 4! I'm glad you like the story so far, and I hope you'll enjoy it as it continues! :D
I do not own Littlest Pet Shop. I also can't talk to pets, but I'd like to!
As Blythe and Pepper entered the room, the teacher immediately snapped at them to sit down. Blythe spotted Russell, Zoe and Penny Ling across the room, and went to sit with them, and Pepper followed quietly.
"How'd you get in trouble, Russell?" Blythe asked. Russell looked up from the book he was reading, one eyebrow raised.
"How do you think?" he asked bitterly.
"Caught reading again?" she asked with a bitter smile, and he nodded. She sighed in frustration. She couldn't see the logic in punishing the half-breeds just for reading fictional stories and non-school related books, but apparently the other humans could, since they did it often enough. One of the half-breeds they often punished was her dear friend Russell.
"What are you reading, now?" she asked, and he showed her the cover with a slight smile. It was the second book in a series she'd recommended to him, a series based in another world where half-breeds were the wealthy higher-class ones, instead of the humans.
"So you like it so far?"
"Yeah, it's really cool... Unique. Do you know any other books by the author?" he asked, and Blythe shook her head no. Russell simply shrugged and went back to reading. Blythe turned to her other friends, about to start a conversation with one of them, when the door opened and two girls walked in.
The Biskit twins.
"Hello girls, have a seat," the teacher said, being much more polite than he had been to Blythe and Pepper. Blythe fought back a growl as they approached, sitting near her and her friends. Pepper sunk low in her seat, as though she were trying to disappear.
"Ugh, is that creature reading?!" Brittany exclaimed, referring to Russell and getting the attention of the teacher. Thinking quickly, Blythe grabbed the book from Russell's hands. The teacher looked at the group, and assumed that Brittany had been insulting Blythe before turning back to his desk and grading his papers.
"Sorry," Blythe whispered as she passed Russell his book back.
"No problem. He would've confiscated it if you hadn't, so thanks," he replied with a smile. The twins scowled at them.
"Why are you so nice to them? They're beasts," Whittany snapped, looking at the half-animals with disgust. Zoe clenched her jaw, keeping her head low as she continued scribbling on a piece of paper. Pepper sunk even lower in her seat. Russell kept his eyes trained on his book, resolutely ignoring the twins. Penny Ling just stared silently out the window.
But Blythe, unlike her friends, would not let such an insult pass.
"I'm nice to them because, unlike some people - including you and most humans out there - they actually deserve to be treated with respect."
The twins' jaws dropped, staring at Blythe in indignation.
"You did not just say that to us!" they cried in unison. The teacher ignored it, as if anything that didn't involve a half-animal misbehaving wasn't worth his time.
"I did just say that! I won't let you say that sort of thing about my friends!" Blythe snapped back. The twins apparently decided that that wasn't even worth a response, and looked at Penny, who kept her gaze to the window.
"Geez, what's with her? You should stop feeding the animals, Blythe," Whittany said, snickering. Blythe clenched her fists.
"Leave my friends out of this. You hate me, remember? They've done nothing wrong to you," she said, her voice low and threatening. The twins just gave the group one last disgusted look before walking away and sitting across the room.
"Penny, are you okay?" Pepper asked softly, slowly sitting up. Penny Ling turned her gaze from the window to her desk, not meeting any of her friends' eyes.
"I'm fine."
Blythe switched seats to sit next to Penny, so she could lean over and give her the hug she clearly needed. Penny just put one hand on Blythe's arm, sniffling a little as she held back tears.
After a few moments, Blythe moved back to her own seat, and looked over at Zoe. Her head was bowed, her hair covering her face. Her pencil had stopped moving, and it seemed like she was about to snap it.
"Zoe? What are you writing?" Blythe asked, hoping to snap Zoe from her thought process. Whatever she was thinking of, it didn't seem pleasant. Zoe looked up, giving Blythe a hesitant smile.
"A song."
Blythe smiled encouragingly. She'd only heard Zoe sing a few times, but her voice was absolutely beautiful. She tried to look at the lyrics Zoe was writing, but the pink-haired girl covered it with her hands.
"It's going to be a surprise, darling."
"So you intend to actually sing it in public?"
"Not in public. Just for you and our friends," Zoe clarified. Blythe giggled, though she knew Zoe wasn't being shy. Zoe Trent was anything but shy.
She just wouldn't get to sing in front of many people without being yelled or laughed at for being a half-breed.
"I look forward to hearing it," Blythe said, trying to stop herself from being anymore upset than she already was. Zoe gave her a wink before turning back to the paper in front of her. Now that Blythe was listening and watching, she could hear Zoe humming a few notes, ever so quietly.
The rest of detention passed in silence, the only sounds being the chirping birds outside, Russell turning pages every few minutes, and Zoe's quiet humming.