Once again, the oh so amazing Homely has edited this..and I AM working on the next chapter...school is trying to murder me, I swear to god lol.

That night, Xion lay on her head, starring at her ceiling. She was really feeling the effects of hitting the floor earlier; her head was pounding. But why did I pass out? she wondered, but found that she had no answers.

"Xion!" A loud voice called, as someone knocked at her bedroom door.

"Come in." Xion replied dully.

Her older brother entered. "So, you feeling okay?" he asked. "I saw you pass out at school, but I already know how you feel about people making a big deal out of things, so, I didn't. Sorry..."

"Its fine, Zack." she muttered, not looking at him. Her eyes were still glued to her ceiling. She and her brother looked similar; both had black hair and blue eyes. Only Zack's were more of a sky blue, while Xion's had more of an ocean like tinge.

"Okay, then I won't worry. When mom gets home, tell her I'm with Aerith Gainsborough, kay?"

"Isn't that Paine's older sister?"

"Yeah... Hey, aren't you supposed to be watching their younger twin brothers, Shuyin and Hayner tonight?"

"Shit, I forgot!" Xion jumped out of bed and ran out the door, down the street, and to the Gainsbourough's household.

Once baby sitting the fourteen year old boys (who's parents insisted they needed a babysitter, though they said they didn't), Xion got home, finished her homework, then went on her computer.

You've got mail! flashed on her screen. Riku_hikara would like to add you to their online list. Xion smiled and added him, instantly receiving an IM.

Hey. wrote Riku_hikara.

Hi, Xion typed back.

Riku smiled. They were talking. Which was good, she obviously was okay after the hit on the floor.

So, earlier really wasn't a big deal, so don't worry. wrote Sapphire_artist.

Right. Okay. Want me to pick you up for school tomorrow? Riku replied..

It took a few minutes for a reply to pop up, and when it did, it said: Sure. Hope you don't mind riding with the school freak, though. :)

Riku chuckled. How could people label Xion that way? It didn't fit.

Sapphire_artist is offline. You can send Sapphire_artist an e-mail.

Riku flipped the switch and watched his laptop shut down.

-

Xion's prehistoric computer took about ten minutes to shut down completely, and when it finally did, Namine stepped in.

"Hey sis."

"Hey. Lemme guess, you're worried about me?" Xion said bluntly.

Namine shook her head. "No. I know you're okay...but, can I borrow your computer?"

Xion laughed and replied, "You wanna borrow the dinosaur? What about yours?"

Namine grimaced. "My dinosaur has had it's last breath."

Xion giggled. "Wow. That sucks. Borrow away." she motioned to the computer, and laid back against her headboard, watching her blonde sister ( which was oddly natural, all three girls had been born with different colored hair) wait patiently. Xion leaned down into her pillows and fell asleep.

-

As Xion stepped out of Riku's cute small convertible, she felt the curious stares bear down on her. Riku flashed her an encouraging smile, and she felt slightly better. Maybe she would actually survive the day. Then, along came Selphie, a slightly obnoxious freshman who was on the school's paper. She jumped out in front of Xion with a camera.

"Hey hun, you're front page headline!" she squealed, as the flash blurred Xion's eyes.

"None of that shit, Latoki." Riku snarled. Selphie left apologetically. Riku rolled his eyes and walked Xion into the school and to her locker. "Ignore them." he whispered to her, referring to all of the eyes watching. He left her and went to his own locker.

Xion easily got through the first three hours, and heading to lunch wasn't as bad as she'd anticipated. Most people were too busy buzzing about some new girl.

"New girl?" Xion asked Rikku, who was so into everything, that she probably knew exactly who the new girl was.

"Oh yeah, her names uh... Tanicha... something. I think her last name is like, some weird name, I dunno..."

"Oh, her last name is Kura." Paine supplied.."Her locker is right next to mine." Xion nodded and looked around for someone unfamiliar.

She didn't have to look far. This girl, Tanicha, stood out a lot. She was sitting on a windowsill, her long black hair covering half of her face. The one eye you could see was a shocking shade of green. She wore black eye shadow, a purple belly baring tank top, and orange shorts. Her boots were knee high and black, and she was wearing fingerless black gloves.

"Yeah, thats her." Rikku said, flipping her blond hair. Xion smiled at Rikku, before walking over to the windowsill the girl was sitting by.

"Hi." Xion chirped, being the first one to go up and talk to Tanicha.

"Hey." Tanicha smiled, happy to see someone showing interest in her.

"I'm Xion Yukoshi. You're new here, right?"

"Yeah, I'm Tanicha Kura."

"I know." Xion giggled. "Every time we get a new student here there's always a hype."

"Ah, I see. Well its cool meeting someone."

"Yeah, I agree." Xion smiled.

"Yep. So, are you a sophomore?" Tanicha asked.

"Nope, I just look like one." she admitted.

"Yeah, you are kind of short." she laughed. "No offense." she added, not wanting to offend her possible first friend at Twilight High.

"None taken." Xion chuckled. "I know its true."

"Thats okay. Well, I'm a sophomore. I was kind of hoping we'd have at least one class together. I seriously know no one here."

"Hm, well, you'll meet people. Most of the kids here are pretty cool."

"Thats good." Xion decided that she really liked Tanicha's voice. It was like silk, but had an edge to it.

"Well, regardless, I think we should be friends. C'mon, I'll introduce you to my friends."