WOOOO. SWEET OHMYGOD I FINSIHED THIS STUPID CHAPTER. I'm so sorry, its all late about it, but I didn't have anytime this weekend to really work on it. I'm sorry if its not as good as I hoped but I tried my hardest in my short amount of time.

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I nervously glanced at the tables around me. Everyone was laughing and chatting away. I was the only one sitting there silently, staring at my cold, uneaten dinner.

I was seated in between the blonde haired boy PB had mentioned earlier, Fun or something like that, and the boy with the red eyes, Marshall Lee. PB had introduced me to the others around the table. One was a girl that must have been Marshall's opposite with long black hair and even more piercing red eyes. Another was a boy that had pink hair, a white button up shirt, and pink jeans to match his hair. I think his name was Gumball. She introduced me to others as well. LSP, Flame Princess, Flame Prince, Hotdog Prince, Raggedy Princess, and there were dozens more. I tried to remember all of them, but soon a lot of them became names with no faces or vice versa.

When I first sat down I had wanted to say something anyone, but my lips felt like they were glued together. Most of the people just talked to the others around them and not me. Marshall opened his mouth to say something, but it was drowned out by the delighted scream of a girl.

"MARSHY!" she shouted as she ran over to him. I glanced at Marshall, who looked just about ready to bolt.

"Hey, Ashley," he said sadly.

She hugged him tightly, while she sputtered out things like, 'Oh, I've missed you so much! How have you been? Where were you all summer?' and a bunch of other things I didn't catch.

She squeezed herself into Marshall's chair and grabbed his hand.

As if only noticing me now she glared at me and said, "So who's your new friend?"

He slipped his hand out of her tight grip and said, "This is Fionna. She's one of the new students here. I was just about to ask her where she was from."

"Aw, that's sweet, honey." She turned to me and gave me a devilish grin. "I didn't know we took in strays now. But I guess that's just shows how nice Marshall can be."

I clenched me fists and I could feel heat rising in my face.

"WHAT?" I shouted.

"Ashley!" Marshall shouted angrily.

"What's wrong, Hon?" she said ignoring Marshall. "Did I offend you? That's great. He got the stuck up stray. Just my boyfriend's luck."

"Ashley! Stop it," Marshall said getting out of his chair. "How many times have I told you we're no longe—"

"Marshall, stay out of this," she said pulling him back down. "Why do you care what I say to her? It's not like she's worth anything."

"You know what?" I said kicking back my chair. "I don't need to get in trouble for beating up some idiot on the first day of school"

"What?" she said stifling a laugh. "What are you gonna do, pull my hair?"

"Screw you!"

"Oh, I'm so scared. I'm shaking in my boots." She turned around to Marshall, like can you believe this?.

The kids around us watched silently, and the teachers began to rush over. Then I didn't care what happened to me, I just wanted to do something to this chick.

I gently tapped her shoulder with a smile. She turned to look at me and in one swift motion I slammed my entire plate of food into her face.

She looked at herself horrified. "HOW DAARE YOU? YOU LITTLE—"

I didn't stay long enough for her to finish. I stormed out of there and ran into the forest.

After a while I stopped for air. I immediately became aware of how cold it was out here. I shivered and rubbed my shoulders, trying to warm myself.

I wasn't sure where I was, but I didn't seem to care. I just kept walking, not wanting to go back to the dorm and face whatever punishment I had earned.

Eventually I found a dirt path that seemed to wander deeper into the forest. The farther I walked, the more I began to miss home. I felt a pang of sadness when I thought about Cake and the fact that I wouldn't see her anytime soon.

I walked for hours and it soon became dark. Even I if knew where I was, I wouldn't make it back to the dorm before curfew. I'd be locked out and humiliated even more.

I began to stumble over the bumps in the path and I could feel drowsiness beginning to wash over me. I knew I was going to fall asleep soon and there was nothing I could do about it.

I was just about ready to lie down on a soft patch of grass I'd found, when I heard a boy's soft voice.

"Glob! It's that time already? We need to get back to the dorm or else we're going to get locked out again," he whispered.

"But… Okay. I guess. There's no use looking after dark," said another more familiar voice.

I edged closer to their voices, hiding behind a tree.

"Let's go," said the soft voice.

The leaves crunched under their feet as they began to walk away.

I took one clumsy step forward, trying to follow their voices. I thought maybe I could find my way back if I followed them.

The ground under my feet felt softer and warmer. I looked down at my foot. It was ankle deep in a patch of mud. I yelped quietly. I yanked at my foot pretty hard trying to get it out. I pulled a little to hard and un-lodged my foot, but slipped onto my back into the rest of the mud. I tried to get up but only ended up sliding downhill.

I Looked down at my feet and saw in only a few seconds I'd be in something a little worse than mud and a lot more terrifying.

I let out one loud shriek before sinking into the cool depths of a vey large lake. I struggled to try and reach the top, but I never was a swimmer and the ocean wasn't the only body of water I was afraid of.

I violently thrashed around, sinking deeper and deeper, feeling my body become colder and colder. My feet collided with the soft sand and seaweed at the bottom of the lake and complete panic clouded my every thought and action.

I sat on the bottom of the lake and for just a moment, I'd given up. My eyes grew heavier and I could feel myself loosing my grip on everything around me. I didn't want to go like this but there wasn't anything I could do about it.

Then a cool pair of arms wrapped around me, hugging me tightly. We shot up towards the top of the lake and my world started to spin.

We broke the surface and I took a one long gasp.

I looked over at my savior. His raven hair fell in wet curls over his forehead and his red eyes gleamed in the moonlight. I felt no warmth in his arms, but I felt safe.

My body went numb in the cold air and I struggled to keep my eyes open. I took one last look at Marshall, then my head rolled back and I passed out in his strong arms, trusting he'd protect me.