Ash walked into class the next morning, looking depressed as always. He sat through the announcements, sighed when the teacher gave him detention for not having his homework, and rolled his eyes as a video played on the projector. Then, he realized it wasn't just another video that related to whatever the hell the topic was. No, this was a replay of the private, or so he thought, conversation with Nurse Joy. He stared, shocked and heartbroken, as he heard himself summarize the death of his parents. When it ended, he caught a snicker from his right, and listened as May Maple claimed it was all lies to get attention. Gary, Misty, and Dawn stood up next to her and nodded in agreement to her statements. Ash's eyes narrowed. 'I should've known it was them.' He thought to himself.
He noticed, with distracted eyes, how everyone turned on him, looking at him with not sympathy, but pure outrage. He could feel the glares of others as they bore into him, but he didn't care. All he wanted was to die. Not in embarrassment, but despair. Although no one truly believed what was said, he still couldn't move. He felt numb, numb from shock, from pain, and, most of all, heartbreak. His biggest secret, the main reason as to why he was such a loner, the one thing he feared to share, had gotten out. Possibly in the whole school. And he was accused of lying, making it up for attention!
He just wanted to leave, to never be seen again. It was bad enough dealing with the horrible truth that his parents were murdered, but then the one thing that he wanted so much to keep private had gotten out publicly as a joke and everyone who heard believed he was lying! It was too much for him.
One could have felt the tension in the air. There was a never-ending silence, until the bell rang. Ash immediately got up and practically ran out of the classroom, forgetting all about his detention. He dodged the students who all stared at him. He burst through the double-doors and out into the fresh air where he broke down and cried, the pain of being reminded about what had happened to his parents too much to hold in.
He didn't know how long it had been, nor did he really care. He noticed everyone leaving, so he assumed it was dismissal. His eyes red and puffy, he stood up from his seat on the bench and walked back into the building. Avoiding eye contact, he opened his locker and grabbed his bag before exiting the school. Then he broke off into a sprint towards the place he lived. The only place he could call home. The orphanage.
On his way there, he caught a glimpse of the Creep, as everyone nicknamed him. He was a fairly tall teenager with long and wavy purple hair. He wore an all green shirt, pants, and a lighter-green jacket. He brandished a knife in his hand. Harley was flanked by other, more dirty, teenagers. Those five were dressed how one would expect any other street gang to dress. They all held some form of weapon in their dominant hand as well. Finally, something else caught Ash's eye.
Cornered and unconscious against the wall was none other than May Maple.
A/N: Sorry that I haven't updated in a while. I sort of didn't know exactly how to continue on with this.
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