"Do you see him?" A voice announced.
"What a freak!" Another voice boomed.
"Hey, freak! Come here!" One of the many people calling me names shouted. When I ignored him and kept on heading toward class he slipped in front of me, successfully blocking my way.
"Please, just move." I said quietly looking down. It always what I've done in these situations. I've learned that if you appear weak they go away faster. Just convince them they have done the job fully.
"Your a cripple and socially retarded. Wow,your really screwed up." The boy laughed getting uncomfortably close to my face.
"Raymond, I think that's enough." One of his lackeys warned looking around the hall worriedly.
"Relax, all the teacher's are at lunch and nobody here is gonna help this guy." Raymond turned toward me and grabbed the handles on my wheelchair. His hands were knocked off just as quickly by a pair of hands larger than his.
"That's not a good idea." A deep but slightly scruffy voice sounded from behind me.
"W-what are you t-talking about! Me and t-this little guy were j-just g-gonna go hang! Y-you know j-just being f-friendly and all!" Hearing him stutter like that made me a bit unsettled. This guy that was behind me made everybody in the hall look as if they were going to pee themselves.
"It didn't look like that was your intention. Now, your going to tell me the truth, right?" The voice innocently asked.
"W-well, I-I was just-" He mumbled the rest of the sentence.
"Raymond, tell me what you were doing!" The deep voice barked.
"I-I was making f-fun of t-the guy." Raymond answered after a few seconds of silence.
"Why?"
"Because, he's in a wheelchair! He's just so weird looking and he acts so nerdy!" Raymond declared with confidence he hadn't had before. A few people even nodded in agreement with his statement.
"Just, get out of my sight. I can't deal with idiots today." The strange person behind me sighed. Some of the people looked like they were about to protest but quickly shut up and rushed out of the hall.
"Uh, t-thanks for that." I stuttered out for the first time since the stranger arrived.
"No problem, if they bother you again just come to me. I need to get to class now, see you around, Tavros." Then he was gone without me even seeing his face. What concerned me even more was that I was pretty sure I never met the guy.
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"Tavros, buddy, you need to get up." A voice that sounded like my dad said shaking me from my slumber.
"D-dad?" I asked uncertain due to my eye's not yet being adjusted to the bright light.
"Who else would it be?"He asked that every time. Back in the old days I would always come up with some crazy person to reply to his question with. My dad and I were always very close back then. My mom would even sometimes get jealous of our bond since I hardly ever had anything to do with her. I regret that decision so much now.
"You okay, bud?" Dad looked concerned.
"Yeah, just thinking."
"Well, it makes you look really old when you 'just think'." He laughed at his little joke. To be honest, I even cracked a little smile.
"Not as old as you, though." I said still smiling a bit.
"Now, that hurts." He grabbed the place on his shirt where his heart would be.
"I need to get dressed and you need to get to work." I stated looking at the clock but laughed as I saw my father trying to burrow into my covers.
"Can we just skip?" he asked looking up from the covers.
"No, dad. We need to go."
"Fine, I laid your clothes put on the bathroom sink. There is a plate full of Toaster Strudel's on the kitchen table. Have a wonderful day at school. If anybody picks on you, tell them you have a scary daddy, that will beat them up. Got it?" It a good thing I had gotten used to his quick talking or I would've missed about half his sentence.
"Dad, the scary daddy thing only worked in elementary school. Nice try." I rolled my eyes as my father picked me up to put me into my wheelchair.
"I think it would still work but I guess you know better then me. See you later." he waved while walking out the door.
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'I can do this.' I chanted in my head for probably the 6th time on the way to school. I had to take the bus because dad goes to work as I get up. I'm pretty sure most kids thought that the wheelchair lifter in the back was just for show. Nobody has made fun of me yet. So, I guess today won't be as bad as I thought.
"Mind if I sit next to you?" A voice suddenly asked from beside me. Looking up a was met by the sight of a fairly geeky looking boy. He had black hair and bright blue eye's that were covered by a pair of fairly large glasses. I nodded my head as he grinned and sat on the seat next to my wheelchair.
"The name's John Egbert." He smiled and held out a hand for me to shake.
"Tavros Nitram." I said shyly taking his hand and shaking it.
"New to the city?" He asked looking at me with a smile. I think me and this boy could actually get along. He was nice and had a welcoming air around him.
"Yeah, just moved here a few day's ago."
"Well, I hope you like our school. I have some advice for you before we go inside." He got very serious as he said the last part.
"What?"
"No matter what you do, just stay away from the High Blood's." John advised looking me in the eyes.
"Who are the High Bloods?"
"I'll tell you later on. Come sit with me at lunch, okay." He hopped up from his seat and moved towards the front of the bus.
It seemed we had arrived at school already. The bus driver came back to help me get out of the bus. To say it was embarrassing was kind of an understatement. Everybody stared at me as if I was some kind of alien. I rolled past them as fast as I could and tried to ignore the stares. I had finally gotten inside when I was stopped by a group of kids.
"Hi, your Tavros, right?" The girl wore a hat that resembled a cat. Her eyes were a very dark green which matched the oversized green coat she was wearing. She kinda acted like a cat with the way shew held her hands out in front of her.
"Yeah, who are you guys?"
"I'm Nepeta Leijon."
"Terezi Pyrope." Terezi looked like she would be a very abnormal girl. Judging by her red glasses and her smile that so large it shows all of her teeth.
"Rose Lalonde." Rose held herself like an aristocrat would. She wore black lipstick and had purplish eyes. Her hair was also almost white which made the black headband on her head stick out even more.
"Jade Harley, nice to meet you." This girl was probably related to John in some way. Her hair was also black and half her face was covered by ridiculously large glasses. She had the same welcoming air as him.
"We are kinda the Welcoming committee of sorts." Jade proclaimed.
"You have science right now, correct." This was more of a statement than a question coming from Rose.
"Y-yeah."
"Good, I also have science. Follow me." What was with these people walking away without giving you a chance to reply.
"See you at lunch." Terezi smirked a rather creepy smirk.
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The rest of the morning flew by rather quickly after that. I learned that a had classes with the five from before. Lots of people stared but nobody said anything or even looked at me like lunch meat. They had all kept their distance from me. Maybe today wouldn't be so bad after all. I smiled as I rolled into the cafeteria and spotted John enthusiastically waving over to his table.
"Tavros! We saved you a seat!" His waving and yelling caught the attention of many students and even some teacher's.
"John!" I heard Jade snap as I got to the table. It consisted of Rose, Jade, John, Terezi, Nepeta, and some other kids I haven't seen further down the table.
"Sorry." He muttered looking down at his plate. This caused everybody at the table to smile (except Rose) and some to laugh.
"Apology accepted. Now, Tavros did you have a good morning?" Jade asked sitting closer to me.
"Yeah, it was alright."
"Has anybody seen Dave lately?" Rose looked concerned as she looked around the cafeteria.
"Who's Dave?" I looked at everybody at the table.
"He's part of the High Bloods." Nepeta supplied.
"He's also my idiotic brother." Rose rolled her eyes.
"We haven't told you about the High Blood's yet, have we!" John again shouted to loudly which made the cafeteria grow silent.
"The High Blood's are basically the popular group of the school. There are five people in it. Eridan Ampora, the sassy gay friend who everybody loves to hate. Sollux Captor, the genius who can't stand Eridan. Karkat Vantas, the most crabby person your probably ever going to meet. Equius Zahhak, the jock who could own anybody in arm wrestling. Then, there is Gamzee." At the mention of Gamzee's name everybody leaned in to hear better.
"Gamzee Makara, the king of the High Blood's. He is the guy that every girl wants, every guy want's to be, and every parent wants to date their daughter. He never really talks to anybody other than other High Blood's. But when he does, it is always nice, charming, or something that benefits somebody else. He is also very handsome and his voice is just...amazing." Jade informed while the other girls and even some boys were nodding. This Gamzee sure was popular with the ladies...and some boy's.
"Well, it's nice that you guys think that." A deep voice sounded from the entrance. It was the voice from my dream.
AN: So, who thinks they know who was in Tavros's dream? Anyways, I'm pretty sure there are mistakes. If you see any just point them out and I'll fix those suckers. I hope you enjoyed this chapter that was a lot later than I planed. Gamzee shall be in the next chapter! I'm sincerely sorry if the insults offend anybody but I'm pretty sure that's over. Okay, I'm gonna stop typing now and yeah.