Dinah woke up with a pounding headache. She grunted and groaned, placing her left hand on her head.
"Hey hey...What's wrong…" Ian got up out of bed to check on her. Dinah just moaned, pointing at her head.
"Headache...Come here…" Ian helped her off of the sleeping bag, gave her Darling, and escorted her out of the room.
Dinah stood outside of the bathroom while Ian tried to find the medicine for her.
"There we are...You should eat before you take this…" Ian took her hand and led her to the kitchen. He sat her down on the dining room table and gave her some cereal
"These are called Trolli'os…These are pretty good…" then Dinah spotted a blue box of cereal and began to float towards it. She looked at the box and She was a little creeped out by the monster on the box but she didn't care. She was also fetched a bowl and a spoon. She poured down the rainbow-colored cereal and Trolli'os and the milk after. As she starts to chow down on her breakfast, her eyes widened and her pupils dilated Ian cringed seeing this.
"uh...What do you-"
"EEEEEEEEE" then Dinah flew all over the place like a deflated balloon and landed softly on the kitchen floor. Ian along with Laurel, Barley, and Colt went over to see what the fuss was about only to find Dinah in her deflated form, grinning ear to ear.
"Well someone's having a good morning…" Laurel smirked. Barley looked at her cereal and smiled
"All right Dinah…" Barley smiled at her
"Doesn't she realize how unhealthy that is?" Colt facepalmed.
"Colt, let her try something new...In fact...I think I'll try that…" Barley grabbed a bowl himself
"Barley…" Ian sighed.
"If you can't beat them, join them…" Laurel and Barley grabbed the two kinds of cereal and decided to try it and they too were blown away at how good it tastes.
"Well, I guess we'll join Dinah-" then they found her gone from the kitchen floor. "Where did she go?"
Then a small belch came from the ceiling and they looked up to see Dinah. She started to thump her right leg and started to fly all over the place, making the family duck every time she flew past them. Colt wanted to catch her but Laurel stopped him
"She'll tire herself out...Just havin' a little sugar rush…." they all waited for Dinah to tire herself out from the sugar rush. Finally, after 2 hours, and with the house halfway in a wreck, Dinah was tired out.
"That was a long sugar rush…." Barley commented
"And it would be best if it would never happen again…" Ian added.
Dinah tiredly chuckled at the family and fell asleep. Laurel gently picked her up and took her back into Ian's room
"She's finally started to gain some pounds since she's been here…" Laurel whispered to herself. Laurel tucked her back into the sleeping bag and left her to sleep.
As Dinah slept, flashes were going in her head, hard rain hitting the concrete road, car lights….bright yellow car lights, and a male voice that said
"We found something…"
Then Dinah bolted awake. She spotted her doll beside her and held it close. Then her pointy ears perked hearing voices. She got out of bed and slowly left the room
"I'm telling you that's what I saw" She heard Laurel. Dinah crept towards the stairs.
"Is it a scar or something she has…" she heard Colt.
"Yes… and something on the back of her neck like she's been run over or something"
"What?"
"I don't know what it is...can you help me look at her?"
Dinah realized they were coming. She ran back into Ian's room and went back to sleep.
Laurel and Colt went into the room and took a look at Dinah's neck. The centaur indeed saw a scar.
"Looks like tire tracks someone ran her over before"
"That doesn't make sense...there's no way someone could live from such damage like that"
"Maybe those doctors gave her something and it brought her back to life…"
"Could be possible…." then Dinah tiredly yawned.
"Well Hello…Tomorrow is going to be a big day for you...Do you know why?" Colt asked Dinah. Dinah moaned and tilted her head
"Tomorrow is your first day of school" Dinah grunted confusedly
"Colt, I don't think she's ever been to school before…"
"Well honey she can't-" Colt dragged Laurel away from Dinah so the child couldn't hear what was happening.
"She can't stay here by herself…"
"I know Colt, especially not with those lab guys after her…"
Then the couple turn to Dinah who was clutching Darling
"I know that school can be scary for the first time but your going to be okay...the first day of school is usually the easiest day okay…" then Dinah began to whimper
"I know you're scared… I know…" Laurel tried to comfort Dinah and she stroked her light purple hair and hugged Dinah, knowing that she's scared of trying something new…
The next morning, a loud alarm woke up Dinah making her squeal and roll around the sleeping bag.
"Woah Woah Dinah it's okay...it's okay…" Ian went to calm her down and told her to breathe. Laurel walked in hearing her yell
"Well, that's one way to wake her up...Time to get dressed Dinah…"
Dinah picked up Darling and left the room
"Are you sure she should go to school, what about her powers?" Ian asked concerned
"She won't use them...I'll tell her not to use her powers…"
Ian was still concerned about Dinah. He was scared that she was going to be exposed
A meep came from the door. The mother-son duo turned to see Dinah dresses in her long-sleeved purple shirt and shorts, there were clips on the side of her face to keep her hair away. The shorts were long enough to cover the scar she had from the eel experiment.
"You look so beautiful Dinah…"
A small moan and a smile came from Dinah
"Now listen to me carefully this is important...unless it's an emergency...don't use your powers at school...We don't want those lab people looking for you…" Dinah nodded and understood
Then Barley took her to school along with Ian. When they arrived, Dinah stepped out and looked at the place
"Wow, this place changed since we went huh Ian…"
"Yeah…" then they notice Dinah backing away whimpering
"Hey...don't be scared...I know being new to the school is scary but a lot of kids are just as scared as you...I think I have something to make you feel better" Barley went into his glove compartment and pulled out Darling. Colt told her not to bring the doll but the burly elf managed to sneak it back out in case Dinah was scared.
Dinah cuddled the doll viciously with a smile.
"Oh don't forget these…" Ian brought her some textbooks and then a small bright yellow backpack to put everything in.
"You're gonna be okay…" then Barley and Ian drove off and then Dinah made her way into the building. Most of the students turned heads, seeing her for the first time.
Dinah tried to make a first impression by waving and smiling at the kids but they didn't pay her any attention. Then She looked down at the schedule Colt gave her this morning and she tried to look for the classroom
"Hey, are you lost?" An elf girl asked. She had light blue hair and held in two high ponytails and wore a striped shirt and blue jeans and red sneakers
Dinah moaned and nodded her head
"Oh classroom 217, that's where I'm going...we can go together"
Dinah grinned and nodded her head. The two girls walked off to find the classroom
"By the way, my name is Kinsey...what's yours…" Dinah just moaned
"Oh uh.." then Dinah took out one of her textbooks and wrote it with her finger so Kinsey can see it
"Oh it's Dinah...that's a sweet name" then the girls found their way to the classroom. Most of the students looked at Dinah and it made her feel intimidated.
"Don't worry, You can seat with me" Kinsey reassured her.
"Well hello, girls...Nice of you two to arrive on time.
"Hi Ms. Brittlethorn, I'm Kinsey and this is Dinah…" Dinah waved hello
"Well, Hello Dinah...It's nice to meet you, girls...Have a seat…" the teacher gave them a seat in the middle row
"Wanna hang out with me and a friend of mine at lunch…"
Dinah moaned and nodded her head wildly as her lilac curls bounced with her.
"Zombie girl…" She heard someone whisper. A few giggles rang in the air. Dinah just sank into her seat
When lunch came around, Dinah had a tray of food walking around the cafeteria trying to look for Kinsey.
"DINAH…." She heard a familiar voice yelled. She saw Kinsey waving and she gently raced over to the table and sat down. Kinsey was joined by a satyr boy with frizzy brown hair and a black shirt.
"Dinah this is Nicholas or Nick...Nick this is Dinah…" Dinah grunted and waved
"Oh um nice to meet you, Dinah…"
"Well well Well," a snarky voice said
"Oh no…" Kinsey rolled her eyes. A group of girls came over to their table and one of them eyed Dinah
"New girl alert…." a centaur girl whispered to the others
"Is it me or do I smell a loser about…" said a blue elf girl
"Come on you guys leave her alone…" Nick told the girls. They didn't pay him any attention and just focused on Dinah.
"What's your name…" a cyclops asked her. Dinah just moaned and grunted.
They mimicked Dinah and they started to laugh at her. "Come on...Speak…"
Dinah grunted annoyed and they mimicked her once more.
"Come on zombie girl…" the centaur girl. Then the rest of the students joined in on the laughing.
"Come on is this necessary, pick on someone your own size-"
She was interrupted by something being poured on her head. Dinah was about to say something and then the same thing happened to her. The cyclops and elf had milk in their hands the centaur smiled at them at had her milk in her hands. They walked away.
As Dinah watched them walk away, she had her hand out and she flicked her hand up and the milk went all over the centaur girl's hair and pink shirt. Dinah giggled a little bit then the girls stomped away to the bathroom
Kinsey and Nick looked at her with shock on their faces. Dinah got uncomfortable and grabbed her doll and cuddled it.
"Aww, I like your doll…" Dinah smiled. Nick nodded his head. Dinah moaned happily. They just laughed
When recess began, the trio talked under the slide.
"You know with the whole milk thing...Did...Did you do that?" Nick asked Dinah
She grunted and nodded her head. She went closer to Kinsey and Nick and showed her her clamped hands and a colorful butterfly came out
"Woah…" then when Dinah closed her hands once more, the duo smiled
"You know I wanna hang out with you sometime…" Dinah perked up hearing Kinsey say that
"You are really cool…" Nick added. Dinah smiled. And then Dinah made a silent sign to keep her powers a secret.
The duo nodded and gave them her word. As recess ended, Kinsey and Nick departed for the doors and they extend a hand to Dinah and She smiled and went with them to their next class. She's never had friends before and Kinsey and Nick were the first friends she's ever had, besides the lightfoot family.
She couldn't wait to tell them what happened at school
