PG-13 cuz I say a few naughty words.

DISCLAIMER: I don't own any of these charecters Sadly, then belong to Joss and (now) the UPN.

And btw....Since I don't know the names of Dawn's two friends (introduced in THE BODY) I made them up. Kirsty isher real name, according to a website I dug up. Jessica and David are real charecters but I made up thier names.




CHAPTER ONE

Dawn walked through the door with a growing sense of dread. Tiny beads of sweat popped out on her
palms. Her mouth went dry.

Another day of school.

She strode quickly down the crowded hall way, her head down, backpack hunched up.

She ignored the stares, the whispers.

Until she saw them. The supposed "populars." Otherwise known as "they who have little or no tact."

"Hey, what's up Dawn." She hated them. Hated them so much it felt like the hate would spew out into the
hallway, a black flood of despise.

The girl who was talking was named Kirsty. To Dawn her name alone sounded like a hissing snake. She was
the meanist. And she kept talking.

"How are those nasty cuts coming along?" Snickers sounded through-out the hallway. Everyone knew by
now the cuts had been intentional. Dawn just stared. No one even knew what had happened the past week-
end. No one knew her sister was dead. No one knew she was all alone...again.

Dawn stared. And for a moment, a fleeting second, she saw fear in the girl's eyes. Maybe a little remorse
too. Who knows? Stranger things have happened. Dawn could attest to that. She pushed through the
gathering throng. It occured to her that humans were nothing but glorified apes, pushing to see a fight
among well....other apes.

As Dawn left the Bitch-Brigade (as she and Jessica her one and only friend, had so charmingly named Kirsty
and her friends) behind, no one saw the tears streaming down her face.