Chapter 2
"Serenity, time to get up dear! You'll be late for school!" said a soft, calming voice downstairs.
"Who is that? That's not my mom. She should be yelling at me. She also called me dear, what's with that?" said Serenity puzzled and unsure what has happened to her mother. Thinking that maybe she just lost her mind, she got up, and put on her clothes and braided her hair. She went downstairs and went into the kitchen. In the kitchen she found a strange woman and a girl about the same age as her half- brother.
"Good morning dear!" said the strange woman.
"Nice to see you finally awake. I thought you would sleep all day," chuckled the girl.
"Who are you people? What are you doing in my house? Where's Ed?" asked Serenity unsure of the situation.
"What are you talking about dear? Are you okay? How late did you stay up? I told your sister to tell you to go to bed at nine but I can see she didn't do that."
"Oh, sorry. I must have forgotten," replied the girl to the strange woman.
"Who are you people?" cried Serenity.
"Serenity, it's me, mom," replied the strange woman.
"Mom?"
"Yes. And this is your sister, Chelsea. Remember?"
"What's wrong with you, sis?"
Still a little shaken up, Serenity asks, "Mom, what's your real name?"
"Uh…" a little unsure of the question she replied, "I don't know why you want to know, but it's Mayline."
"Mayline? Mayline Mustang?"
"Mustang? Where are you getting Mustang from? Our last name is Elric," said Chelsea a little confused.
"Elric? I uh… have to go um… to school," Serenity said while rushing out of the house. "Who are those people? They can't be my family or…" Serenity remembered the night before and remembered that she wished for a new family and friends. "What if what I wished for came true and they're my new family? This was the first time in a long time that I haven't been yelled at. I should go back inside. I'm starving too. Maybe I can actually eat something for once." Serenity went back inside, talked with her new sister and mom, and ate breakfast.
"This is the best breakfast ever! Thanks!"
"Your welcome. I've made French toast before, I didn't know you liked it this much. I should make it more often," said Serenity's new mom with a smile. "Well, you girls better hurry or you'll be late for school."
"Come on sis. I'm taking you to school today."
"Oh, okay, thanks," replied Serenity. "Ed never gave me any rides to school," she said to herself. While driving to school, Serenity saw all the houses. "Everything is different! I didn't just get a new family I live in a different place too!" she said to herself while watching everything go by.
"Well, we're here. Have a good day at school. Don't try to think too hard! Pick you up after school."
"Don't try to think too hard? What's that supposed to mean?" Serenity said a little confused on the comment from her sister.
"Hey, Serenity! I see you got your sister to take you to school. What did you do? Freak out on her?" laughed a boy with short black hair.
"Uh…who are you?"
"It's me Zach James. You know, one of your best friends."
"Oh, yeah. I remember. Yeah. Wait, one of my best friends, who else is my friend?" asked Serenity unsure if that was going to scare him away.
"Uh…are you okay? Boy am I glad your sister drove you. You might have gotten lost again."
"Again?"
"Serenity got lost again? I knew it. Do we have to walk you everywhere?" said another boy with brown hair that goes down to his shoulders.
"And who are you?" Serenity questioned the new boy.
"It's me Sean. We just saw each other yesterday. Is she okay, Zach?"
"I don't know."
"Hi, Serenity!" said a girl's voice a ways away.
"Who's that?"
"Alicia is like your best friend in the world and you don't know who she is? There is something wrong with you," said Sean confused.
"Well, let's get to class. Let's see, first period is…Algebra 2," said Zach with a groan.
"Yeah, Algebra 2," Sean said with sarcasm.
"Where is the Honors Calculus class at again?" asked Serenity thinking that only the people around her changed but she has changed as well.
"Honors Calculus? You're kidding right? Why do you want to go there? Its not like you have that class," said Zach.
"I don't? What class do I have?"
"You're still in Geometry," Sean said.
"I'm still in what?" Serenity said not understanding why she is only in Geometry. "But, I'm the smartest person in school. I'm a genius!" Zach and Sean started cracking up.
"You, the smartest person in school? Please don't make me laugh harder!"
"Yeah, we will see you after school, genius!" Sean said while walking away with Zach to go to class. A moment later and after asking many people where the Geometry class was, she finds an open seat and sits down. The teacher comes in and starts teaching.
"Uh… teacher?" asked Serenity.
"It's Mr. Johnson, Ms. Elric," replied the teacher.
"Yes, sorry. Mr. Johnson, I don't think I should be in this class. You see I am a genius," started Serenit, then the entire class starts laughing. "I don't understand. What's so funny?"
"Ms. Elric, this is no time for games. I have to teach."
"Genius? Who does she think she is?" said a student.
"She's just as smart as me and I'm not that smart."
"That's for sure."
Serenity heard all that was being said and yet, liked what she heard. She finally has friends that don't ask her to do their homework, and had a family that doesn't yell. No one is complaining about her being too smart.
"I think I'm going to like this life!"
End of Chapter 2. Please Review!
