A/N: It's been a long time since I've come back to FanFiction. A long, serious, sweeping saga of brave deeds and tragic love triangles this ain't - this story will be less than ten chapters long, and it's just a simple, character-centric AU story. I've used two LoM characters, (one very popular, and the other... well, she doesn't have quite as large a fan base.) but they may be a little OOC, seeing as I'm taking characters from a game that could not get more fantasy-ish, and basing them in today's world. That said, enjoy the story. Reviews are always appreciated.

Prologue

I saw her everyday, but I didn't notice her.

She was either being told off for coming late to class, (and she would always apologise for getting lost, even though we've been at this school for how long now?), or stumbling over own feet and dropping her books all over the floor. Nobody ever stopped to help her.

Everybody knew her. Some of the male morons would hang around the gate when she left for home, purely to leer and hit on her, but she always blushed, and ducked her head down.

She was always so quiet. That's what I remember about her.

The teachers would tell her off for not listening in class, and she would apologise in that small, whisper of a voice. She wouldn't look anyone in the eye, even if you were talking to her. Especially if you were talking to her.

People like that still annoy the hell out of me.

Sometimes I would pass her by in the hallways, on the way to the lockers. I didn't so much as notice her, but her fantastically long, blonde hair that fell all the way down her back. She never wore it loose, usually in a braid or something. I guess I must have had some classes with her, but I didn't see her all that often, because I was barely there.

We never spoke. I didn't even know her name until later, even though if I'd paid more attention I would've. The teachers always called upon her in her class, just to make sure she was still awake. Once I overheard them talking about her. They thought she was retarded or something, because she didn't talk to anyone, and was a slow learner. But I didn't know anything about her, and to be honest, I didn't really care.

All there was to know was that she was always alone.

She had no friends.

Pearl.

I saw him everyday, but I didn't notice him.

He was always getting told off by the teachers, the co-ordinators, the principal; even the janitor once. For growing his hair so long that it completely covered one eye. For having a tattoo on his arm. For getting into fights. For talking back. For never paying attention in class, for never turning up to class.

Everybody knew him. The girls giggled when he walked past, but he completely ignored them. The boys didn't want to approach him, and whenever they did, there was always a fight.

He was always silent.
He didn't show up for class very often, and when he did, he never handed in his homework or did the set class work. He was always being told off, but whenever that happened, he just sat there behind his desk with an incredibly bored look on his face, only saying, "Yeah," and "Whatever," in a monotonous tone, as if he'd heard it all before. If you spoke to him, he turned on you with a scathing glare and those flashing blue eyes of his.

People like that still scare me a bit.

I saw him when I walked to class, just leaning against the wall, absorbed in a book, ignoring the rest of the world. Sometimes during school time, if I glanced outside the window I would see him wandering around in the courtyard, even though I was almost sure that he should be in my class.

We never exchanged any words. I didn't even know his name, though I guess I should've, because the teachers always used it when they told him off. I heard them talking about him once. They thought he was a delinquent, but they couldn't expel him because he still managed to do the absolute minimum in every class so that he just passes. I didn't know much about him, and but that was probably a good thing. I was never told not to speak to strangers, but I wouldn't have known what to say to him anyway.

All I knew was that he's always alone.

He didn't want any friends.

Elazul.