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Chapter 6- The Worst Day Ever!

(One month into the school groove...)

I'm enjoying my classes, and time with my friends is well spent. We always hang out at the school rooftop after classes, even just for a while, what with small talks and exchanging gossips.

By the way, Siobe is now part of our group. She's fun to be with, and on weekends, when we have time, we go out and she knows lots of fun places, like the time we went to the sing-along bar and we sang our hearts away last night. It was fun, as it was my first time to go to a sing-along bar, and the first time I was allowed to go out without Threepio as my chaperone. Yay! My dad never allowed me to go out by myself at night, because of security reasons. As if Storm Troopers would come out and kidnap me anytime, oh heaven forbid!

But the singing part wherein the screen flashes your score, I didn't like! After I sang, you know what my score is? A big, fat, 65! It even said on the bottom, "You can't be a singer! Forget it, buster!" It made my friends burst into laughter! Huhuhuhu... poor me... Until now, I'm trying so hard to find out what my talent is. Forget singing... blah!

In short, it's fun to be at school, even though I hate waking up early in the morning to get to my classes on time. I can cope up with the pressures of schoolwork, and add to that, I have my inspiration... Prince Axel... heehee! He is so DAMN CUTE! Just the perfect guy for me: suave, handsome, and debonair! I like how he pronounces my name: Lee-ya. It makes him even more handsome! Awwwww... I'm getting lovesick again! Never mind if he's seven years older than me... maybe time will come and he'll propose to me. Okay, Leia, enough of the daydreaming!

But what I wasn't prepared for is the everyday torments and embarrassing situations Bearwin the Tormentor puts me in. He's so mean! He likes to thumbtack my braids on the back of my chair and throwing crumpled papers behind my head. Another thing: Once, I walked around the school without knowing that he plastered something on my back. Someone told me about it, and when I read the paper, it said: "Fcking Royal Brat. Wanna sleep with me?" Arrrgghhhh! (Turns red with embarrassment)

I told my friends about it, and they advised me to just ignore him. But how could I ignore him, when people are already starting to gossip about me? The other day, when I was in the ladies' room, I overheard two girls talking, saying that I probably slept with a droid, and that I wasn't a virgin anymore. The girl even said that I probably had my boobs massaged by a palace guard (My bust size isn't that big!). I couldn't believe all the sickening tall tales I've been hearing about me the past few days. I wonder how many people Bearwin had brainwashed into making people think of me that way. I told my friends about it, and here is what they said:

ROXIE (very angry): That was so mean! How dare they treat Leia that way!

XANDY: Calm down, Rox. But come to think of it, who wouldn't be flared up with that? (Looks at me): What are your plans, Leia?

ME: I don't know. I'm scared of what Bearwin might do to me next. And I want to be quiet. If I tell the authorities, people might think I can get away with anything because of my status here in this planet. Don't worry gals, I'll be okay.

RHYE: It's NOT OKAY! (Her voice was probably a decibel high for all the whole school to hear.) That's character assassination! Even if you defend yourself and people still say bad things about you, you have the right to!

ME: I know that.

SIOBE: So, what makes you afraid? Go ahead and defend yourself, Lelila!

WINTER: Yeah right! Go ahead and fight back! (Raises her fist in the air)

ME: But I don't want to look like a sissy.

WINTER: But you'll be the defeated one if you don't. Don't make the torments last longer.

Thank God for the Force of friendship. But stupid me, I made the torments last longer. It's starting to affect my studies, and the talks get worse. But what I wasn't prepared for is the worst day of my life.

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Leia went out of the ladies' room and she didn't notice the bucket of mud water propped up above the entrance door. As she pushed the door open, the predictable happened: The bucket fell right on her and as a result, she was drenched wet. Oh great, she thought. Leia was too shocked to even remove the bucket on her head, and her mind raced, thinking about who did it. Somebody must have followed me here.

Just then, she felt the strong pull of hands from behind her, and felt someone tying her hands from the back. "Let go of me!" She shouted, while kicking her feet in frustration as she tried to defend herself. But then two people held her up. Her sights brightened when the bucket was removed on her head. A girl with red hair was in front of her, and from behind her, there were two other girls. Leia thought she looked familiar, as the redhead was part of the cheering squad. Her hunch felt even right, as she recognized the sound of the voices of the two girls who held her up. They were the ones who talked against her outside the cubicle in the ladies' room.

"Why are you doing this to me?" Leia asked in her firmest tone, while trying to conceal the fear that brewed up inside her. She felt like she was trapped in a rancor's dungeon with no way out.

The redhead just smiled menacingly at her, and all she said was, "Cover her eyes and lock her inside the storage" she ordered. The girl behind her blindfolded her eyes with a handkerchief while the girl who tied her arms held her in place. Leia squirmed to get free and tried to remember the self-defense techniques she learned from her P.E. classes.

"Sorry, Princess, your struggle is of no use this time," the redhead hissed in her ear. "Now, girls, lock her up."

"STOP IT, WILL YOU!" Leia screamed as she was dragged along the empty corridor. Her feet skidded across the floor, and she thought of shouting for help. But then she realized that it was after-class hours, and probably, no one could hear her. Her friends were probably waiting for her on the school rooftop, wondering why she didn't come as early as she used to.

"DON'T YOU KNOW THAT WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS AGAINST THE SCHOOL RULES? CUT IT OUT, WILL YOU!" Leia thought that saying it would make the mean girls stop. But it made them even more excited, at the thought of putting her under their mercy.

"We don't care about school rules, Ms. Goody Two Shoes," the girl who dragged her replied.

The dragging continued until they came to a halt. Leia felt herself shoved inside the dingy and cramped quarters of the storage room, where the cleaning man keeps all the brooms and mops he used to clean the school area. The two girls pushed her inside, and Leia fell to the floor while she collided along with the brooms and mops, which stood nearby.

She felt her ankles being tied up, and it made her fearful. Now there would be no chance for her to escape, save being discovered by the cleaning man if he comes here to get the things needed for cleaning. It felt so dark inside, what with her eyes blindfolded.

"DID BEARWIN TOLD YOU TO DO THIS TO ME?" Leia asked them frantically.

"Nope." One of the girls answered.

"We did this... just because..." the redhead answered with a sly smile. Even in the dark, Leia knew it was her who spoke.

"WHY DO YOU HATE ME?" She asked shouting, her voice choked up with rage and frustration. If it wasn't for that big mean, bully, this won't happen to me. I hate you, Bearwin Krugg! This is your entire fault! I'm ruined!

"Princess, we hate you because you're so fond of sucking up to Professor Westenro," the girl explained. By that time, Professor Westenro was the official school heartthrob among the female students and even with some of the teachers.

"WHAT! I only talked to him during classes!" She cried out. "Where did you get this notion?"

"You're such a flirt, Leia Organa. A slutty flirt. Because of you, you broke the heart of one of my cheerleader friends when she found out that the Professor liked you back," the redhead said. "Of course, I have to get my revenge."

"I AM NOT FLIRTING WITH HIM!" Leia cried out. "How did you know about me and Professor Westenro? We're not even an item!"

"No more explanations, Princess. Now it's time for me to say goodbye," the redhead whispered in her ear. Leia felt someone plaster a roll of masking tape on her mouth.

"Be a good girl and shut your mouth up, will you?" The redhead said. "And don't spill. If you do you'll be dead," she threatened her. With that, Leia heard the door slammed shut, along with the clucking noise of the combination numbers being locked up.

"That serves Princess Bitch right!" The redhead exclaimed from outside. The three girls laughed menacingly at what they did.

"MMMRRRGGHHHH!" Leia shouted through her taped mouth, meaning, "You bitches! You'll pay for this!"

As she sat in the dark quarters drenching wet and smelling so bad, her mouth taped closed, blindfolded eyes and bound arms and ankles; Leia realized how the school outcasts must have felt when the popular kids tormented them. And now, I'm an outcast too, she thought, her eyes wet with tears, crying out of frustration and fear. I'm an outcast because I'm a Princess. And they hate me for it.

She felt the handkerchief soaked wet with tears, and promised herself that she'll get back at them in the best way possible. They'll never see me crying. She vowed to herself that she'd never cry in front of them. Her father was known to be a strong man, and she made sure that she'll be like him also; never breaking down and giving up on adversities.

After what seem like an eternity, the door clicked open. Leia awoke when she heard someone say, "Princess! Are you all right?" It was the cleaning man, who had come to get his supplies at the storage room. Leia felt a surge of relief, and mumbled to please help her out.

The cleaning man helped her removed the blindfold and tape and the things that bounded her. When she broke free, the first thing the cleaning man said to her was, "Who did this to you?"

"I... I can't tell..." she stammered. "I'll be dead when they find out if I spill," she hesitated, as the cleaning man led her outside the school grounds. The campus was pretty quiet by that time, as all the students went home, and probably, some of the other teachers had gone home too.

"Why not?" the cleaning man asked. "If you want, I'll tell your adviser about it and..."

"No!" Leia exclaimed. "Please be quiet about it," she pleaded.

The cleaning man stewed for a while and said, "If you need help, Your Highness, just call me if you plan to tell them about your case, okay?" The aged cleaning man smiled at her, his wrinkles showing through his weather-beaten face. "I'd encountered those bullying cases throughout the years I worked here, and I never expected you as a victim of one," he remarked.

"They hate me because..." Leia said sadly.

"Oh, don't resent the fact that you're a princess. Many girls would love to be in your shoes." he said, trying to comfort her.

"Yes, that's the reason why they hate me," she replied resentfully.

"Because they want to become just like you," he said. He stewed for a while and said, "Go home now. Your father must be worried about you."

"Ummm... thanks for helping me out, sir," Leia said gratefully. She smiled a weak smile at him and then proceeded to get her things from the classroom.

The girls must have been home by now, she thought as she went out of the school building, and thought not to drop by the school rooftop anymore. When Leia came to the place where she parked her swoop bike that morning, she was shocked when she found out that it was ruined. Its parts got dismantled and the break got lost, and so she has no choice but to walk home while she pulled it. The girls probably did it, she thought tearfully, remembering that the bike was a gift to her by her father for her twelfth birthday.

Leia arrived at home, tears streaming down her face over what had happened to her that day. Bail Organa looked up from the book he was reading upon noticing his adopted daughter in a sorry state.

"What's the matter, sweetie?" he asked sympathetically. Leia just looked at him and ran away to lock herself in her bedroom. She couldn't bring to tell him that bullies tormented her at school.

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I wonder if should I tell my friends about this? Leia wrote in her diary that night after taking her shower, to get rid of the bad smell of the mud water. I don't want the reputation of Roxie and Xandy to get ruined, because they're also in the cheering squad, and I don't like the idea of the redhead girl getting back at them.

I don't know what to do now. If only Bearwin did not plastered that "fcking royal brat" thing, my life won't be in shreds. Heck, I don't even want to think about it, or what will happen tomorrow. All I know is, my life is not the same anymore like before. I'm now an outcast. All because I'm a princess.

-Leia Organa

Her hands still felt swollen from being bounded, and after writing, she lay down on her bed. Never mind what will happen tomorrow, she thought, and assured herself that things might be better the next day.

Or worse.

Don't worry peeps, Leia will fight back later on. (Go Leia! Go!) This chapter is dedicated to all those who were bullied in school one way or another. Hope you guys can get the same strength Leia has by reading this. Be encouraged to stand up for yourself, and for what is right.

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