A.N.-Hey, this is a spur of the moment idea that I got. If its good then I'll post more of it. I know the spelling and grammer ain't that good, please no flams about it...........



Aya Black walked briskly into the classroom. Dressed in her normal black flared jeans and black spiggitee straped shirt with a blue-jeaned jacket. As always conversation almost compleatly dissapered. Aya Black was biggest outcast in
Shoville High. She had plain golden brown hair and pale skin. Her hair was ussualy down or pulled up in to a ponytail at the most. Her eyes were a dark greenish blue, That seemed to know everthing and nothing at all. Silently she walked
down the hall of desks and ploped down into the last one at the end of the row. Her eyes scaned the room and the talking began once more. She wasn't tough. No. She was extremly thin, actually. Not much mucel at all. She was horride at
sports and such. Ussualy she stayed as far from the outher students as possible. As a resoult she was object of humilation. Not that she hadn't tried to be normal. She'd reached out more then once only to have it burned away. She'd finnly
pretty muich given up hope on the object of companionship. It wasn't long before Mr. Perice came in and drowned on endlessly about math. As soon as the bell rang she practicly jumped from her seat and ra from the room. she ignored
the ussual names that were called out to her as she walked by

"Freak!"

"Loser!"

Aya ignored their countless taunts and ran home. Quickly she entered the light-blue, small house. Her step mother and step father where most likely out agine. Gambling or something like that. Her real parents had died when she was 4.
Lilly Black and Jason Black had adopted her not long after the accident. She had known then what she knew now. Why they'de really adopted her. For the monthly cheak that was sent also to make them look better in the eyes of outhers.
She rarely saw them. Not that it mattered. When she did they'd always pick at her about something. The house. Her clothes. Anything they could think of. Carelessly she walked up the stairs and into her room. She was shocked to find her
step mother just standing their. Her step mother was holding a sqare white box in her hands.

"Mo--"Aya stoped. She hated being called mother or step mother. Said it made her feel old,"I mean, Lilly. Why are you in my room?"

Lilly smiled. It wasn't a warm smile. More like one that was forced onto her face,"Aya, darling, your father and I are going to a medievil maskerade ball tonight. Our friends, the Aristans, are comeing with us. Their son is going also.
Since they know about you, your going. Here is the dress you will wear. We leave at 6, be ready. I'll do your makeup to make sure your acceptable."

Lilly droped box onto Aya's bed then exited the room as abruptly as she'd appeard. Aya walked over to her bed and opened the box and was suprised to find a pure white dress styled medevily, as Lilly had implied momments before. Gently
she pulled the gown from the box and held it up to the limeted light of her room. A wery smile taking place. Though she knew that they were only taking her with them to bolister their reputations. She was still going to go. Quickly she
removed her black clotheing and sliped the dress on. She'd rarely ever worn a dresses before. Their had never really been any resone to. She never went to school dances, basicly dresses were just......not her. Still as she looked in the mirror
she couldn't help but smile slightly. The dress had no ruffles or anything. It also clung to her curves in a way that made her eyes widen. She looked a lot deffent then she'd always seen herself. Their was a small golden like belt that went around
her waist and the small fake wooden buttens only served to make the dress look older. The bell sleeves where so long at they went down to her waist. The dress also came with a golden princess crown. One with saten gold string and a white
teardrop dimend hanging from it. Quickly she sliped it on and looked back into the box and saw a small pure white mask that would cover her her eyes and stop along the bridge of her nose. Quickly she sliped her feet into the small clear glassy
slippers. Takeing a deep breath she left her room and let her mother put on her make up. Lilly was dressed in a ruby red dress that had a more then generouse neckline and was tight enough to show her vulptouse figure. It flared out at the
bottem with small golden fringe along it. Her white blound hair was pulled up above her head but two long white blound curly strands fell aout her high-cheekboned face. Just then her father entered. He too dressed in an oldstyled princely outfit.

"You look stunning, my sweet.....and Aya....you look........well better...."

Aya looked away her eyes stinging with tears she would not shed. It wasn't long before they arrived at the maskeread ball. All were dressed stuningly. Aya's eyes drifted over to a mirror in the corner. With the mask she felt a sudden feeling of
shyness. She walked casually among the countless people wirling around her. Suddenly she saw him. He was dressed in midevil blue armer. His hair was midnight black his eyes where a compelling blue that seemed to see right through you.
With confedence he strude over to her and with no words he toke her hand and lead her onto the dance floor and they swirved to the music. Aya found herself at a lose for words. For the first time in her life she felt buatifule. Like she was the
princess on the ball. The music seemed to bend to this mystry boys command. Aya stared into his depthless blue eyes and found herself unable to look away from them. Suddenly Aya felt it. Danger. It was everywhere. Knocking her from the
magical trance she'd been locked in momments before. She looked back into his eyes and saw not the perfectness that had been their momments before but coldness. Out of the corner of her eyes she looked around to see a small circle had
been formed around them and in a small group of teenagers she could see them pointing and laughing at. She returned her gaze to himand knew at once that this was just some joke he and the outhers where playing on her. She looked at the
adults in the room and knew if she broke away from his embrace know then their would be hell to pay from her step parents.

Forceing herself to remain calm she spoke in a low voice,"Relese me from this dance. I'm not the fool you seem to think I am."

He smirked slightly,"Ah, that may be, but the funs only just begune."

Aya started to ask what he ment, but stoped as she saw the icy water fall from above and land sqarely on her. She stood their a momment. Too stunned to move. Then she herd the laughter. Her eyes brimming with tears she would not give them
the pleasure of seeing she bolted from the room out into the mists of streets and roaming cars. Tears blurring her vision as she ran. Run. The command vibrated through out every fiber of her being. Finnly she reached the natinal park. She raced
across the small bridge and collapsed near a great oak tree. Silently she tore the white mask from her face and threw it as hard as she could. How long she sat their crying she couldn't say. When she finnly looked up into the starlight sky her dress
was only a little damp as she woobly came to her feet.

"Please.."she begged her voice cracking from the tears she tried to hold back,"I wish...I wish I could escape. Go anywhere but here."

For a momment she just stood their. Hopeing agenst hope for somethig, anything, to happen. To her dissmay nothing happened. She felt her knees buckle under her as she hit the soft grass the tears falling more freely before she felt everything go black.

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Aya groggly awoke on the warm grass. It was night but when her eyes fell on the sky she felt her eyes widen. Her world was their. In the sky. Instead of freaking out like many would in her position she merely stood up dusting off her now
compleatly dry dress. She was suprised to find it was as snowy white as it had been before. Quickly she began walking through the forest. Her expression solem. She had nothing back their. She'd just suffered being the victem of yet anouther prank.
Maybe, in this place she could finnly have the dreams she always wanted. Have friends....she shook her head slightly. She was so used to always being on her own that she relized she had no idea how to really make friends. Letting out a shakey breath
she quickened her pace. Then she herd sounds of scuffling. Without thinking she dove forward, hideing behind the tree she saw a man with silver hair talking to a couple of outher men. Aya leaned forward to hear them, in the process steped on a twig.
Frozen in fear she watched as they began to come closer. Aya turned to run only to see the man with silver hair behind her. Upon looking closer she saw her was srickinly handsom, but somehting behind those garnite eyes made her tremble slightly.
Frightened Aya did the first thing she could think of. Punched him sqare in the belly. The silver haired boy leaned over clutching his gut. Taking full advantage of his stuper, Aya toke off running. Behind her she herd shoutes for her to come back.
She craned her neck behind her and was relieved to see noone behind her. Her relife was short lived however, she suddenly ran into something very hard. Falling flat on her butt she looked up to see a boy with raven black hair and redish-brown eyes
towering above her. Trembling Aya forced herself to her feet and started to back away.

"Who are you?"he asked, his hand resting on his sword.

Aya felt her breath caught in her throat and forced herself to speak,"A..A..Aya"she stuttered,"And I'm going to go now...........bye."

Aya turned to run only to see the same silver haired boy in the distance walking toward her. She turned and looked at the black haired boy as if trying to deicide who to trust. Decideing on neither she backed away from both of them, once more she toke
of running as if the biggest army ever seen on earth was after her. Suddenly she ran smack into someone. Falling on the ground Aya tried to get up only to feel a wave of dizzyness take over and for the world around her to fade into eternal darkness.





A.N- K, that was something that just popped outta my head......if you liked it and review*hint hint* then i'll send out more chapters^_^_^_^_^