Aurelie

One Year Ago:

Aurelie grunted as she fell to the ground. Megan's fist hurt like a sledgehammer.

"Get her Megan!" Priyanka yelled.

"Kick her in the guts!" Audrey chanted.

Aurelie groaned and sat up slowly the three girls each took turns punching and kicking her.

Let me take care of them. Adeline hissed.

"I have this under control." Aurelie coughed.

Megan growled and snatched Aurelie's hair. "Was sleeping with my boyfriend worth it skank?"

"I didn't sleep with anyone!" Aurelie wheezed, drops of blood spilling from her pink lips.

Was anyone even having sex right now? She assumed most kids would wait to at least they were sophomores in high school. Yet for some reason, everyone found it easy to believe she was getting frisky with half of the class.

"Are you saying he's lying to me?" Megan growled.

"He probably slept with someone, but it wasn't me." Aurelie coughed.

Nor I. Amelie said.

No one would ever love me. Adele said.

Please I've seen her boyfriend, I can do better. Allison said.

Who are we talking about again? Adriana asked.

I'm going to cut this girl. Adeline roared.

"Yeah, it was none of my other girls either. He's lying to you." Aurelie said.

Megan growled and pushed Aurelie's head down into the concrete. She screamed in pain; her skin roughly being torn off by the pavement. Worms that were on the ground slithered to her nose.

"Since you're so good at sucking, why don't you slurp up these worms." Megan grinned.

Then everything went black. Not just her vision, it was like she was knocked out. That wasn't the right way to describe it either. It was like someone was pulling her into unconsciousness. She heard a faint voice, but besides that there was nothing.

"Aurelie wake up!" A voice yelled.

Suddenly she was no longer in the black pit but in a hospital room. "What the hell." She coughed.

She looked up to see her parents watching her with concerned looks.

"Where am I? What happened?" Aurelie coughed.

Her mother sighed and moved a strand of indigo hair out of Aurelie's eyes. "I'm so glad you're back."

"We were barely able to reach any of you, we managed to get ahold of Amelie a couple of times. She told us not to worry but even she seemed concerned." Her father said.

Aurelie frowned. "Why am I in the hospital?"

Her parents' eyes met. They each took a deep gulp. "How much do you remember?"

"I remember being in an alley with some girls..we were..hanging out," Aurelie said.

"Honey you don't need to lie, Amelie told us you were being bullied." Her mother frowned.

Aurelie sighed. "It's stupid girl drama, that's all."

"They didn't just argue with you, they beat you. You were covered in bruises when the EMT found you." Her mother said.

"Who called an EMT?" Aurelie said.

Her father looked away, almost as if he didn't want to meet Aurelie's eyes. "Someone found their girls bloodied and bruised so they called 911."

"They were attacked!" Aurelie gasped.

Was that why she passed out? Was someone attacking them that day? They must have hit her over the top of her head.

"Honey, have I ever told you about your birth?" Her mother said.

That was a weird thing to just randomly bring up.

"Briefly," Aurelie said.

"When I got my first ultrasound, I was mortified, they were telling me I was having septuplets. You were going to be my first child. I wasn't ready to take on seven at once. Then you were born, and I was saddened when I saw just you. I thought I lost your sisters, then the doctors told me that there were never really seven babies. It was a part of your quirk." Her mother smiled weakly.

Aurelie frowned as she began to count her other halves off. There was only five of them.

"Who was the sixth?" Aurelie asked.

Did she die as a baby? Is that why her parents never talked about her? How awful.

"She's inside of you, like the others, but she is nothing like the others." Her father gulped.

"We named her Alice." Her mother said simply.

Why were they so nervous?

"Raising seven daughters was hard, but Alice…she was different. She was strong and violent. One time she broke our mailman's nose, another time she snapped a dog's neck, we even once found her bashing your babysitter's head in." Her mother said.

Aurelie gasped, covering her mouth with one hand in shock. "Oh my god."

"Then one day she just disappeared. We talked to doctors, but she said that she just faded into your subconscious. For some reason, she didn't want to come out anymore." Her father said.

"Until a couple of days ago. When the EMT found you, you were beating the girls senseless." Her father said.

"What are you talking about? That didn't happen." Aurelie said.

Her mother finished. "He asked for an ID, and you told him your name was Alice Duax. Alice is back."

Now:

"Now would you look at that, for once you are ready for school before me," Cleo smirked.

"Haha, you're hilarious," Aurelie said with a roll of her eyes.

Just as the girl grabbed her bag, Cleo's phone buzzed. Aurelie smirked. "Girlfriend of yours?"

"Ew, no." Cleo laughed.

She checked her phone, and her face darkened instantly. Aurelie raised an eyebrow, what bad news could she have possibly received that would put a damper in her mood this bad?

"What's wrong?" Aurelie asked.

Cleo smiled at her, a smile that was faker than Monopoly money. "Spill."

Cleo sighed and handed her the phone. "I'm so sorry."

Aurelie laughed and looked at her phone. As soon as she saw what it was her face dropped. Her heart sunk even lower. Her stomach felt like it was going to crawl out of her throat. It was a picture of her. Naked. The bright eyes in the photo didn't match how cold she felt right now. That was the picture she sent to Diego.

"Oh my god," Aurelie said.

She looked up to Cleo. "How the hell did you get this?"

"One of the cheerleaders I met at the party sent it to me," Cleo said quietly.

"Who sent it to her?" Aurelie hissed.

"Bradly," Cleo answered.

Oh god, how many people had seen her?

"Did Diego send it to him?" Aurelie whimpered.

This was bad, but maybe if it was just four people she could contain it. "I don't think so. I think he might have sent it to…his entire sophomore class."

Aurelie felt sick. She wanted to scream, cry, do something. Something to express how much pain she felt. How violated she felt with her body being displayed to the world without her having a choice in the matter.

"I'm going to go talk to him." She said.

"Aurelie, why don't we talk to Mrs. Zambiea? She could have him expelled." Cleo said.

"No, the only way I'm going to end this is if I go to him personally. He needs to know it's not okay to mess with people like this!" Aurelie yelled.

She marched out of her room and took off into a sprint. The sophomore common room was only a couple hallways away from the freshmen one. She was sure Diego would be there. And of course, he was talking with some of his sophomore friends. He smirked when he saw her.

"What's up?" He said.

Monica laughed and turned to Diego. "The picture was cuter."

This earned a couple of laughs from the other kids.

"Diego, please tell me you have a good explanation for this. Why in the hell would you do this to me!" Aurelie laughed.

Diego rolled his eyes. An action that made it feel like he was stomping on her heart. "It's not that serious it's just nudes. Besides, I only showed a couple of people."

"I bet him he couldn't do it, but my man has game." A boy with a green mohawk, who Aurelie assumed was Bradley, said.

"Delete the pictures and stop sending them out!" Aurelie hissed.

Diego stood up and crossed his arms. "But they were a gift."

"It's my body and I get to choose who gets to see it! I thought you cared about me? Why would you do this?" Aurelie yelled.

"Look it's nothing personal Aurelie. We were just fooling around." Diego said.

Aurelie wiped a tear away from her cheek. "Go to hell."

"Don't act like you didn't want it. You were so desperate for me to be into you, and congrats I was. You're hot, do you think I would put up with your boring ass if you weren't?" He smirked.

His words struck her heart like a mallet. "Jesus, stop crying."

Aurelie growled and spun around. She didn't need to deal with this. She was better than this. She marched off and ignored the catcalls from the other kids. She kept walking until she was longer in the sophomore hallway, she was so preoccupied she didn't even realize she bumped into someone.

"Watch it, bitch." The voice hissed.

Aurelie sobbed. That was the final straw. With that she took off in a sprint, running away from the scene, straight to the girl's bathroom.


Sarah

"Good morning!" Sarah smiled.

She walked into Matt and Jake's room, a bright smile on her face and a pop-tart in her hand.

"Speak for yourself," Jake grumbled.

"Jesus Jake, I forgot you lived here." Sarah chuckled.

Jake rolled his eyes. "Well if you something other than suck-"

"Jake!" Matt hissed sternly.

Jake rolled his eyes and laughed. "You're so tightly strung."

The boy shoved his large feet into his shoes and smirked.

"Well I'm getting breakfast, there are ten waffles with my name on them." Jake grinned.

Sarah smirked. "Goodbye, Jake."

As soon as he left the room Matt began to grumble. Sarah raised an eyebrow, who could be angry this early in the morning?

"Can you believe he made Varsity?" He scowled.

"Well, baby you're still on the team." Sarah reasoned.

He crossed his arms. "I'm on JV."

Sarah frowned. Being on junior varsity as a freshman didn't seem like that big of a deal to her. Sarah sighed and walked over to Matt. She pulled her boyfriend in for a hug, nestling his head against her chest.

"Don't be so hard on yourself, you were going against Kaleb and Jake." She said.

He pulled away sharply and frowned. "What the hell is that supposed to mean?"

She raised an eyebrow. "Well, it's just that their quirks give them more muscles than Dwayne Johnson. It's nothing wrong with losing to dudes THAT big." Sarah reasoned.

"So what you're saying is I'm not as good as them?" Matt yelled.

Sarah crossed her arms. "That's not what I said."

She sighed and placed her hand on his cheek. "Come on don't be like that, I don't want to fight."

"Get the hell off of me!" He yelled.

With that he roughly pushed her, her body falling back as her head slammed against the wall. She yelped in pain as soon as the back of her head made contact. She gulped and placed her hand to her forehead. Black spots danced over her vision. Was the room spinning?

Matt quickly ran over to her. "Babe I'm so sorry."

He reached out to her, but Sarah quickly scooted away causing him to frown.

"Are you scared of me?" He asked.

Sarah slowly got from the floor, struggling to keep her balance. He grabbed her arm and pulled her close to him.

"Are you scared of me?" He repeated.

"Matt look at yourself. Wouldn't you be scared of you?" She hissed.

She didn't realize she was crying until the tears dripped past her chin.

"Come on let's talk about this," He said.

Sarah pulled arm away. "I have class."

"Sarah, please." He begged.

He reached out to grab her arm, but she was quicker and already dashing for the door. She slammed it behind her and took off in a sprint. She ran until her legs were tired, hoping that the further she got from him the easier it would be to forget what just happened.

She kept running until she bumped into Aurelie. Sarah growled.

"Watch it, bitch." Sarah hissed.

Aurelie looked up at Sarah with puffy red eyes. "I'm sorry." She sobbed.

She ran off into the girl's bathroom, causing Sarah to raise an eyebrow. "What was going on with her?"

"Haven't you heard?" Monica smirked. "Diego leaked her nudes. Guess who has pepperoni nipples!"

Monica burst out into a laugh like it was the funniest thing in the world. Sarah frowned. That didn't seem funny, in fact, it seemed cruel. Who would do that to someone?

"It's hilarious," Sarah said weakly.

She ran off into the direction of the girl's restroom.


Aurelie

Aurelie wiped her face with a damp towel. How could she be so stupid? This was all her fault. Why would she send those stupid pictures!

Do you want to talk about it? Adele asked.

Screw talking, I want to kick some ass! Adeline growled.

Aurelie tuned the voices out and looked at her reflection.

"Stop crying." A voice said.

Aurelie turned to see Sarah watching her, with an unreadable look.

"Pull yourself together, don't let them see that they're affecting you," Sarah commanded.

She handed Aurelie some lipstick and mascara from her purse. "Their animals, the only way to win against them is to prove you don't give a fuck about them or their opinions."

Aurelie hesitantly took the makeup and looked at her face in the mirror.

"Next you're going to have a great today, and make sure that they can see you enjoying themselves. Let them know you're thriving while they're being insecure losers." Sarah said.

"I'm not thriving, I'm crumbling." Aurelie whimpered.

"They don't need to know that. Don't let them win. Don't let them think they can push you around like some plaything. You are not a toy for them to be amused by, you are a fucking human being." Sarah said.

Aurelie slowly put the lipstick on. She didn't even recognize her face anymore.

"Now I would suggest telling the student population Diego is a closeted homosexual, but you don't seem like the revenge type, so I suggest forgetting about him. Don't let some silly pictures have power of you, he's a bum and will always be a bum." Sarah said.

Aurelie must have been doing her makeup wrong because Sarah grabbed the mascara and started to apply it for her.

"Besides it's 2020, everyone is sending nudes, don't let some mama's boys and some flat-chested girls think you're less than," Sarah said.

"You're a bad bitch Aurelie Duax, now stop fucking around and let the world know it. Let them know they can't fuck with you." Sarah commanded.

Aurelie laughed weakly. "That was surprisingly inspirational."

"I am, aren't I," Sarah smirked.

"Why do you act so mean then?" Aurelie asked.

"What do you mean 'act'?" Sarah snapped.

"Why are you comforting me if your such an awful person then?" Aurelie asked.

"Listen here Duax, I'm still mad at you for what happened in the arena. I plan on kicking your ass in our next fight. I just…"

She trailed off as if she was looking for the right words to say. "I guess I don't like to see boys push girls around."

With that, she grabbed her purse and left the restroom. Leaving Aurelie alone. Aurelie looked up at the mirror and sighed.

"You're amazing. Don't let him take your power." Aurelie repeated.

Just as she said this her indigo eyes turned red. Then everything went black.


Matt

"Matt!" A voice called.

Matt turned to see Fouzia running up to him, a plate of macaroni in her hands.

"I didn't know we had the same lunch period." She said.

Matt laughed bitterly. "Yeah."

It must have been obvious that something was off with him because Fouzia raised an eyebrow.

"What's got you all sad and moody?" She asked.

Matt couldn't stop thinking about what happened with Sarah earlier. That was the second time he hurt her. He hated himself for it. He knew he was a monster. Another thing that scared him was how she looked at him. She looked at him like Scarlet Overkill looked at his father. Fear. Those things couldn't possibly be related. Matt knew his father was innocent. He would never intentionally hurt someone.

"Relationship problems." He said simply.

The duo sat down at an empty table. "Well you're dating Sarah, there's your problem."

"Very funny. She's actually changed a lot." Matt said.

Fouzia looked at him doubtfully. "How so? Because I share a room with her, and I can't tell a difference. She's the same heartless reptile that I've known since day one."

"She's not the problem. If anything, I'm the problem. I'm really fucked up." He sighed.

Fouzia laughed. "I think that's the first time I've ever heard you swear. What did you do?"

Matt's stomach dropped. He couldn't tell her the truth. He couldn't tell anyone about what he had done.

"Just some stupid fight." He said.

"Well isn't she obsessed with you? She'll get over it." Fouzia said.

Matt sighed. "What if I did something really bad, something even she can't forgive?"

"Well, I think communication is the best part of any relationship. And I don't mean your words, I mean you have to communicate with your actions that you care about her. If you really messed up, a simple 'I'm sorry baby' won't work." Fouzia said.

"You're right." He said.

"Of course I am." She laughed.

"You know I think you could use your own advice. If you communicate your problems with her, I'm sure you guys would be great friends." Matt said.

"Matt don't take this personally, because she's your girlfriend, but I doubt I can become friends with someone as ignorant and arrogant as her." She said.

Matt shrugged. "It's worth a try."


Aurelie

Aurelie's whole body felt numb. What time was it? Where was she? She groaned and sat up groggily. Something wet was on her. Did she fall asleep in the restroom? She looked around and realized she was in the sophomore common room.

"How did I get here?" Shea asked.

She looked to her sisters for answers, but they were all silent. Which was strange. Her head turned and she screamed at what she saw. Or rather who she saw. It was Diego. He was lying on the ground, blood flowing from his nose and mouth, his entire body swollen. His brown skin was now decorated black and blue.

You wouldn't take care of it, so I handled it for you. A voice said.

A voice Aurelie didn't recognize.

"Alice." She gasped.


Well, we got to look more into Aurelie's life before Morning Star, who do you think is next?