Misfit of Darkness
Chapter 3: Hornless Nixi

Every school year started on the same note and also ended on the same note. The small female Ixi sat in at her desk, her school lunch in front of her while she stared at the chalk bored, a rather emotionless look on her face as she tried not to think about the conversations going on around her. The other young Neopets talked about the same thing, despite the fact that they should have started talking about something new.

One of the females, a pink Cybunny spoke up, giggling her head off. "I am still trying to figure out what Nixi is supposed to be."

"I am an Ixi. I've told everyone that many times." The small Ixi thought to herself. However, she choose not to show her irritation on her face. "Why can't they talk about something else."

"What I am bothered with is the fact that she is colored pink like us, despite the fact that she should be colored something else like mutant. I mean, she claimes she is an Ixi, but she had no horns." Another pink Neopet, this time an Aisha spoke up. If Aisha could narrow their eyes, Nixi had the feeling that this particular Neopet would in fact narrow her eyes.

At that, the pink Bruce of the group spoke up. "Doesn't it cost money to color oneself a new color.?"

The three pink females stared at Nixi, and then the female Cybunny spook up, shaking her paw. "Listen, the truth of the matter is what little money she had, she spent on getting a new coloring in a sad attempt to fit in, despite the fact she is no recognizable breed of Neopet. I mean, she's one of the ones from the orphanage, so she has nothing. Look at the clothes she doesn't bother to wear at all. Moron."

At that, Nixi's attempts to ignore the females finally failed and she turned to the three females. "I was born this way."

While she was referring to both her lack of horns and the fact that she was pink, the Cybunny scoffed at her, flapping her paw. "Yes. We know you were born without horns. That means you are not an Ixi, because there is no such thing as an Ixi without horns."

At that, Nixi glared at the females, then returned to her uneaten lunch, only to have the Bruce speak up. "She's not eating her lunch because she is fat."

At that, the other two began to laugh with the pink Bruce. It was at this point the teacher walked in and stood at the front of the classroom. "I've finally drawn the subject for our classes summer project. We get to focus on the Faeries. Each of you is to work on a project of your choice. As usual, you will have a couple of weeks to assemble your projects after school starts. I will be able to tell if you threw it together in a few days."

At that, the Cybunny turned to the other two females. "I like the subject that we got."

Some of the males muttered their dislike of the project, while other females muttered their delight. One male spoke up. "Can we do a project about how Faeries came to be?"

"Moron." The Aisha let out a laugh suddenly. "The Faeries don't have any source of existence."

At that, Nixi blinked a couple of times. "Doesn't everyone and everything have mothers and fathers?"

To her surprise, the entire class burst out laughing, causing Nixi to suddenly flinch. Someone, she wasn't sure of suddenly piped up. "There is no such thing as male Faeries, end of story."

"Why don't you do your project on that, Nixi?" the Cybunny laughed. "I mean, you are interested in things that don't exist, like Ixi's without horns."

"I will take up that challenge." The small female Ixi glared at the females and then sat down.

"Yes..." The teacher, a female Flotsam that was yellow spoke up again. "I would like you to think about your projects for the rest of the day. Tomorrow is the last day of school, so remember that we will be having our class party, so be sure to bring some sort of treat if possible."

At that, Nixi paused, stopping to think about what she had said. Her project seemed quite impossible, as she had never heard about a male Faerie within the history books. She let out a sigh and glanced over at the Cybunny. However, she glanced forward, determination on her face. She would find a way to do the project and find the answers she wanted.

Eventually the day passed and the Cybunny bumped into her, causing her to stumble slightly. "Good luck on your project. As if you'll be able to find any male Faeries."

Nixi let out a sigh and headed back to the orphanage, heading up to her dorm area. She slid over to where her stash was hidden and pulled it out. She gathered what money she could and placed the funds into a small wallet, rather worn. She didn't know how much this would cost her, but she ended up heading towards a small shop that sold disposition cameras and bought a couple.

After sticking them in her bag, she then headed back towards the orphanage and she turned towards the female who headed up the adoptions for the orphanage. "Would it be all right if I go this afternoon to Faerieland?"

At that, the female blinked a couple of times. "Be sure to be back before it becomes dark outside. It is nice that you are deciding to have fun. Do you have enough money to get there and back? At least have enough to use the pay phone if something happens to you, understand?"