"Oi four eyes!" the bully yelled before pulling my hair back.
"Oww! That hurts!" I cried out, tears springing up in my eyes, and I struggled to get out of his grip.
"How 'bout no?" he sneered, then he brought his knees up into my back.
"Owwww! Please let me go!" I screamed, tears falling down quicker.
"Okay baby," he laughed then shoved me to the floor where the concrete scrapped my knees, and blood started to swell, " Hahaahahaaa loser! Go and die big baby!"
I cried and ran into the girls bathroom, where I locked myself in. I felt so scared and angry. Why didn't the teachers stop it? Did they also hate me? I thought I was a good girl, always doing my homework, getting good scores on my works, and worked hard.
My parents are always working and I don't see them that often, and I hardly get to tell them. When I do, they always say that I will make friends soon. I cried harder and decided to clean my knees when I heard a soft screech and felt a little nudge on my right shin.
"Skreee..." It sounded sad...
I looked down and saw something that shouldn't exist, something out of this world. It was a small creature and was covered in some slime and blood. It looked up at me and nudged at me again, as if to say don't cry. I slowly lowered myself from the toilet, to the floor, while I took in all the details, keeping a close watch on it. It was a beige colour, with blood spattered here and there on it's body, the head was longish and it has metallic teeth. It seemed to have wire like ridges down it's neck and back, it also had stubby little arms. The tail was just longer than it's body. I was kneeling on the floor by the time I finished looking at it. It looked up at my face, then at my still bleeding knees.
"Skreee!" it screeched, sounding angry and sad, and inched it way to my knees. I held my breath, thinking it could hurt me. It was a naïve thought as all it did was to rub it's head on my knees then moved back. The moment the slime touched my knees, the stinging pain stopped and the slime hardened. I gasped and it felt much better and I thought I could see it healing very quickly.
I reached out to touched the thing, to pet it, to see if it would hurt me. Instead, it raised the head into my palm and it tail twitched, almost as if it was excited and started to purr slightly.
"Skree... Are you okay now?" A voice asked in my head, making me yell in shock. I looked around in case it was someone else.
"Was that you?" I replied excitedly, thinking that I may have a friend...
"Yes it was, again are you okay?" It asked again.
"Yeah it doesn't hurt now," I say, then touched the hardened slime, which then peeled off, " See! I'm not bleeding any more, and there's no scar!"
"I'm glad you're okay now," It replied happily.
"What your name?" I inquired, wondering about where it came from, and I wanted to know everything about it.
"Name? What is a Name?" It asked. I felt silly, it was a creature, of course it doesn't have a name.
"Well my name is Vivienne, but you can call me Vi, that's a girl name, now let's give you a name!" I eagerly leaned forward, "Are you a girl or boy?"
"I'm a female like yourself, please give me a good name," it also seemed eager to have a name, it tail wiggling slightly.
"'Kay how 'bout... Kayleigh?" I suggested
"HISSS... I don't like it... Skreee..." It bowed it head almost as an apology.
"Okay! Erm... A name that suits you... Hmm," I thought hard before putting forth my idea, "How's this? Xeoria?"
It looked up at me and wiggled it tail excitedly.
"I like it... I'm Xeoria..." Xeoria happily said.
"Hehe well we need to get going home... Do you wanna live with me?" I asked Xeoria. She nodded and then looked around.
"How will I travel?" She asked, showing her body, making me realise she won't be able to get fair.
"Hmm... How about in my bag? I can put my jumper in and it'll keep you warm," I shoved my jumper in my bag and gently lifted Xeoria up and into the bag, "Lemme know if it hurts at any point"
"I will, Vi..." she then curled up and fell asleep. I got up, careful not to shake the bag too much, and walked out the bathroom and into a future that I would never had imagined...
