Chapter 2

Melanie's Story

"Melanie?" Meriu asked concerned, "Are you all right." "Huh," Melanie looked up and say that the small group was starring at her, "Oh….yeah I was just thinking. None my friends at my old school had navis. I was the only one."

"Really," Netto asked, "How come."

"The headmistress at my old school doesn't approve of the network age. She despises everything to do with it. She hates computers, the Internet, and Netnavis especially. I was lucky that I could bring Flow to school well I went there. My friends didn't have navis because their parents didn't want them to get in trouble with the headmistress. The rumor was that anyone caught with a Netnavi would get detention until the end of the year and if she was having a bad day it would be extended threw the summer."

"Wow," Yaito exclaimed, "Then why do you have a navi?"

"Because I was the only one brave enough to stand up to that mean old witch and tell her off," Melanie said proudly, "But it didn't end well they expelled me and my parents decided that they would move to Japan to get away from her. The headmistress said if she ever saw me again she couldn't be held responsible for her actions."

"Why move to Japan though? It's awfully far from America," Meriu wondered.

"Yeah and you seemed so timid in class, how did you work up enough courage to tell that lady off?" Netto questioned.

"I don't know why we moved to Japan. My mom says we have relatives here that she would like to get to know but, I think she's lying," Melanie sighed, "As for the timid part, I'm always this way when I get around new people. I don't talk or try to get to now anyone. Sometimes I actually try to avoid it. I don't know why I just change around new people. I'm never the same as I used to be and everyone sees someone the people who already knew me would think I was pretending be. Does that make any sense?"

Netto looked completely confused. The others seemed to sort of get it but she hadn't made much sense at all to them. They decided to question it later because Meriu realized how late they were for lunch and they all ran to the cafeteria. "Hey you know what I just realized?" Netto said sheepishly, "We never introduced our selves. My name is Netto."

"Opps," the pink haired girl exclaimed, "We introduced our navis but not our selves. My name is Meriu."

"My name is Yaito."

"And you already know my name," Dekao said taking a large bite of the sandwich his mom had packed him for lunch."

Melanie smiled, "You already know my name but you can call me Mel. That's what they used to call me at my old school."

"Okay Mel it is," Netto said ending that conversation.

"So Mel, do you netbattle?' Dekao asked.

Mel just grinned.

Authors note: Well that was chapter 2. I hope you liked it. I thought it was good but what do I know. Review for more!