A/N: Most of the story will be italicized for showing what was written in the journal. If this gets a little annoying, please tell me and I'll fix it. Thank you and I hope you enjoy the real first chapter! :D

I've been having thessse weird dreamsss for a while now. I told Ssslitheresss about it and ssshe told me to ssstart writing what I sssee. Ssso I guesss I'll ssstart with the firssst dream I remember having.

I wasss young, around maybe two and a half sssweepsss. I lived in a very rich hive, it wasss a huge cassstle-like hive with many roomsss. But, that wasss probably becaussse I wasss a highblood.

Though I wasss completely fine with how I looked like in real life, with my eye and tongue, I wasss assshamed of them. I would alwaysss hide my eye behind my hair and I would be very careful when I talked, ssso I wouldn't ssshow my tongue.

In the dreamsss, I sssaw what the highbloodsss did to lowerbloodsss. I guesss that'sss why I hated being a highblood.

Karkat glanced up at me. "YOU HATE BEING A HIGHBLOOD?"

I shrugged. "I don't hate it, but it'sss not that ssspeccial. Now ssshut up and read!"

Karkat growled and looked back down at the journal.

But one event sssent me over the edge.

I wasss walking back to my hive from the market one day and I sssaw a lowblood ssservant being beaten by hisss highblood massster. I ran over to them and begged the highblood to ssstop.

He only puss shed me assside and growled at me to, "Get home before he cullsss me too."

Ssscared, and not ssseeing what elssse I could do, I turned around and ran back to my hive. I told my lusssusss, who looked ssstrangely like Ssslitheresss, about what I sssaw. Ssshe only patted me on the head and sssaid that that isss what I will grow up to be.

I didn't want to be, and I wasss finally old enough to realizze that if I ssstayed there, I would have to become one of thossse monssstersss.

Ssso, in the dead of… Well, the sssunlight, I grabbed my little bag and left. I walked quickly towardsss the blacksssmith'sss little hut/workssshop. It wasss a fairly nicce placce, but not asss nicce asss mine. I reached hisss door and knocked. It took him a while, but the teal blood finally opened the door. He glancced down at me, a confusssed look on hisss facce.

Before he could sssay anything, I ssspoke. "I heard you appossse the highbloodsss. But do not worry, I do asss well. May I come in out of thisss heat?"

After a few momentsss, he nodded and held the door open for me to enter.

"HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT?"

I sighed. "Jussst keep reading! It'sss exxplained right here."

Oncce I wasss inssside, he turned to me and asssked, "How did you know?"

"I heard you talking about how you do not… Enjoy the highbloodsss much." I replied, looking at everything he had on the wallsss.

I cast a smug glance at Karkat and he growled. "SHUT UP."

"May I asssk you of sssomething?" He nodded and I continued with my quessstion. "Can you help me?"

He ssshrugged. "With what?"

"I need sssomething that can hide who I am. And I will alssso need a blade."

He raisssed an eyebrow. "At this young of an age?" I nodded and he thought. Then he motioned for me to follow him.

He led me to hisss forge room and over to a chessst. He unlocked it and pulled out a cloak made of burlap. He turned and handed it to me. "I know it is big, but you will grow into it." I took it and he continued. "As for your blade…" He walked over to a wall where a lone sssccythe hung. He took it down. "Again, this is a little big, but it is all I have right now. Here." He handed it to me and I took it.

I nodded up to him "Thank you."

I wasss about to turn around when he put a hand on my ssshoulder. "When you can, come back and pay me."

I nodded. "Of courssse sssir."

He sssmiled and patted my ssshoulder. "Be careful out there."

I sssmiled, turned, and walked out of the door and into the bright sssunlight.

I yawned and closed the journal.

"WHAT THE FUCK?! I WAS READING THAT!" Karkat shouted at me, glaring.

I smiled. "You actually liked reading that? Ok, here." I handed him my journal. "Go ahead and keep it for a while. But I want it back after you're done reading it, ok?"

He accepted the book. "YEAH, SURE. WHATEVER."

I giggled and stood. "I'll sssee you later, Kar!" I turned and jumped into the hole in his floor I made and began my journey home.

"YEAH, BYE." Karkat grumbled, opening the book back up.