In the 20th century

"Hey do you want to play dolls?" I said.

"No! You are a witch and stay away from me, I don't want to play with you." said a girl. She then begins to crowd around with other peers whispering to each other. Then a kid stepped out of the crowd and went up to me. He shouted "You witch, don't go near one of us or talk to us. Everyone is afraid of you, even the teachers."

"Yeah little, stupid witch, you think you so smart." said a girl. I just stood there stunned. I felt like running away. All of a sudden someone shouted, "GET HER!"

I dashed and ran while the group of kids were rampaging at me. I tripped and fell face on the bare, solid ground. The kids caught up and punched, kicked, and shoved me into a corner. "Stop it!" commanded a voice from behind me, "why don't you pick on other peers that her, she has done nothing to you."

"You are protecting a witch? She curses us with spells and gives us chickenpox. She can even do witchcraft!" said one of the kids.

"Who cares if she's a witch!" said the voice again. I looked behind me and saw the new student, Mai Misaki. She joined our school two weeks ago and became popular quickly. Lately she stares at me looking at my lonely eyes. I could tell that she knows how I feel. "That means, that you are a witch too right! If you protect a witch that means you are one too." said another kid.

"I am not," replied Mai. She turned her backs to them. , "I am neither witch nor human." She glared at them and opened her right hand. There showed a little sigina on her palm that represent the Tribal Demons. I remembered I read about them in one of my father's books before he died. Mai then took off her bandage that was wrapped around her right eye. She then turned around and revealed her left eye.

Her left eye was blooded red. The colors were similar to the blood that was scattered all over the floor. The sky suddenly turned dark and bat wings started to grow on Mai's back. She barfed out blood and the fangs appeared in her mouth. The kids were screaming and running away. Mai chased after them and was very sneaky when other people went near. She came back in a flash. "Are you okay?" said Mai.

"I'm fine." I replied even though I am not. She took something out of her backpack. It was my magic book. I stared at it and questioned her, "How could you find it, I thought I hid it very secretly?"

"I am half demon and half vampire. I could smell the little vial of blood you placed inside your book. Now heal yourself." answered Mai. I took the book from her hand and slowly flipped the page. "By Earth and Water, Air and By Fire, May you hear this wish, Sources of Life and Light Sources of the day and of the Earth, I invoke you here,Heal my body and mind." I said. My body felt tingly at first until my wounds and bruises disappeared out of sight. I sighed and said, "Thank you for helping me."

"No problem," she replied, "Let's be friends, I hate being popular." She put her hand out, waiting for me to shake her hand. I stood there staring at shock. It was probably the first time where someone wanted to be my friend. I grasped her hand and said excitedly , "Yes, be my friend!"

"Akemi wake up, its time to get ready for school." said another voice. I woken up seeing Ikuko sitting japanese style on the side of my futon. I covered my head with my blanket. "I don't want to go to school," I wailed. Ikuko sighed and took a glass of water off my table. SPLASH. There I was all wet on my futon.

"You awake now?" questioned Ikuko , "get up and shower."

"You wet my bed!" I added, "Now what am I going to do now."

"Calm down, it is the plan to wake you up today since we will be washing our futons later, now get up!" I got up and showered and dressed for school. There was a knock at the door. "Akemi? Breakfast is ready."

"Coming." I replied and finished dressing up. I walked to the kitchen where everyone was already eating except Mai. Ikuko was playing with her piece of meat while Ikuto didn't know what to eat next. Mai just stood at the sink washing dishes that we hadn't washed from yesterday night's dinner. "You're finally up." said Ikuto.

"Yeah, what time is it?" I questioned.

"It's seven o'clock." answered Ikuto still not knowing what to eat with his bowl of rice.

"Seven o'clock! This is not the regular time I get up!" I spoke.

"Well it's probably time for you to stop reading so much before going to bed. I could even hear you snore even from a bedroom away." replied Mai. She scooped out some rice from the rice cooker into a bowl and handed it to me. I took it and sat down with the Ono siblings. Mai then joined us at the table and we left to Vocal High an hour later.

I wished we hadn't even went to school that day.