AN: I noticed that I made a grammatical error when it came to my quotation marks and I apologize to those who noticed it and were bothered by it. I'll be sure to do it correctly this time around. On a brighter note, I'm glad to be getting more and more views for this story and I also appreciate the reviews as well. I'll be sure to include plenty of new characters in this chapter as this will be taking place at the school. I hope that you will enjoy it and please feel free to review or PM me for any suggestions on how I can make this better. Also, I have been made aware that some people want to see someone (an OC) to be compatible with Dawn, so if you want to, send me your OC and I'll decide on whether I want to do that or just pick someone from the cast. Otherwise, enjoy!
Chapter 3: The First Day Part 1
August 23rd, 2012
These past several days had been some of the best days that I can remember. I never knew what it felt like to be surrounded by people who liked me for who I was and I relished every moment of it. After helping my mother unpack all of our things that came from the moving trucks, I was allowed to go spend a majority of my days with Zoey. Mike and Cameron introduced me to another friend of theirs named B. Now there was something unique about B, he didn't speak so we would receive texts from him and tell everyone what he wants to say, or he'd write down what he wanted to say on paper. And he was also a genius from what I was told from Mike and Cameron which continued to fascinate me.
Over the past several days I also continued to get to know the others better. Mike showed me what his other personalities were like. Cameron told me about how he lived in a bubble for a majority of his life. Zoey told me this story about how someone broke a medallion that Mike had given her and she nearly killed the person who did it because she was so angry. B didn't say but rather wrote down and drew all of the inventions that he had created. Then when they came to ask me about anything interesting that's ever happened to me…
"So Dawn, do you have any stories to share?" said Mike.
"I don't know if you'd want to hear them, I'm not that interesting." I replied to him.
"Dawn, don't think that we won't find them interesting, I mean I just talked about how I lived in a bubble for goodness sake, I mean how uninteresting is that." Cameron said trying to get me to talk.
"That's not uninteresting; I don't think I have ever met anyone who lived in a bubble before." I said to him. I heard a buzzing noise on my phone.
"Dawn, you shouldn't be afraid to share, we're all friends here, we just want to understand you better so you don't feel like you're being singled out in our conversations." B's text had said.
"Well, if you really want to hear a story…", I said with a sense of reluctancy. Zoey then put her hand onto mine.
"It's ok Dawn, only share with us what you're comfortable telling us. We won't think of you any differently if you don't wish to share." said Zoey.
"Alright, well there is the story about the first time I ever went into the woods when I was a little girl." I said.
"Well by all means, tell us, I think we're all interested to hear this story." said Mike. The others nodded in agreement.
"Well it begins about 12 years ago, when I was 4. My mom was busy with work at the time so my dad was the one who took me. I had no idea what was in the woods but before then, every time I saw the woods, it would scare me. My dad wanted to change that so he decided to take me on a little trip to the woods that were in my backyard back when I was living in Ontario. I remember looking at all the trees and admiring how tall there were and getting to see the wildlife living their lives in peace. My dad reassured me that there was nothing to fear and that the woods were sort of a safe haven for him whenever he was stressed out from work. That day forward, I wanted to dedicate my life to nature and to preserve the natural beauty of it." I said.
"Dawn, I didn't know you had a father… you never spoke of him beforehand." said Zoey.
"I know… that's because he passed away about 2 years ago. It was a shock to both my mother and I. The police came to our home and told us he was coming home from work when he got into an accident because the person that had hit him wasn't paying attention to the road or the lights." I said. The whole room grew silent as I had said that.
"Dawn I'm really sorry for asking you about it. I didn't think it was gonna get that personal." said Zoey with a sad look on her face.
"It's alright, really, I don't think my dad would be happy to hear that I was pouting about it every day. It was sad for a long time, but we all have to move on sometime. And I don't believe he's left me forever. I feel like he's with me every time I go into the woods to relax after a long day at school or something." I said. To change the subject, I changed the topic to something a little more positive by asking them what their favorite movies were and such. They never asked me about what I told them after that.
I knew that I wouldn't be able to hang out with them as much as I wished I could when school started on the 23rd. My mom came into my room that day to personally wake me up.
"Dawn, you need to wake up, it's the first day of school, I've laid out your clothes on your bed and I'll put your schedule here. Be down for breakfast in 30 minutes." my mother said. She then left the room to let me do what I needed to do. I slowly got up and began to look at the schedule for school. It read:
1st Period: AP Environmental Science 7:30 – 8:30
2nd Period: Pre-Calculus 8:40 – 9:40
3rd Period: Art 9:45 – 10:45
4th Period: AP English Lang & Comp 10:50 – 11:50
Lunch 11:55 – 12:25
5th Period: Animal Science 12:30 – 1:30
6th Period: Canadian History 1:35 – 2:35
I would have to go and thank my mother for putting me into two science classes and an art class. I began to change and immediately, I began to wonder if I would be in any classes with my friends. I didn't mind if I wasn't, it would just make things a lot easier for me if they were though. I grabbed my tea leaves and began to read what was in store for me today.
"You will encounter a dark presence." they read. That worried me a little bit. I didn't want to tell my mother because she would pay me no mind so I just put that thought into the back of my mind and made my way downstairs.
"Your bagel and cup of tea are on the counter." my mother told me. I had almost forgotten that she also worked and had to get to work by 7. "I'll be back around 6 in the afternoon, try to be a good girl when you get back home; chores are on the fridge, oh and feel free to bring over a friend or two if you get lonely. I'd love to meet some of these other friends of yours sometime." she told me.
"Sure mother, I'll see if they would like to meet you." I told her. She then left out the door.
I just bided my time in the house until I felt like it was time to go. As I made my way to the door, I heard a knock. I opened the door to see that it was Zoey and B.
"Hi Zoey, B." I said to both of them.
"Hey Dawn, you coming to the bus with us." Zoey asked.
"Sure," I said. I grabbed my bag and headed out the door with the two of them.
"Where are Mike and Cameron?" I asked. B sent me a text.
"They don't live around here, they live on the other side of town, but they go to the same school as all of us."
"What classes do you have?" Zoey asked me. I pulled out my schedule from my pocket and showed it to Zoey and B.
"Hey we have English together!" said Zoey. B sent me another text.
"We have Pre-Calculus together."
"Oh and Mike is also with us in English. Reckon he's not the greatest in it and also the fact he only signed up to take it because I was in it. Cameron is also in it as well." said Zoey. That was a great way to start the day to know I have all four of my friends in at least one class together.
"Hey the bus is here, hurry up guys!" said Zoey. She pointed out the bus that was stopped right in front of my driveway.
"Isn't that mighty convenient for you." B's text said.
The bus ride wasn't very long for me. I didn't realize at how empty my bus was. I could only see a few others on it. In around 20 minutes, we arrived at the school. The school was a lot smaller than my old school was. It was only one storied and looked rather old.
"Our principal, Principal McLean, doesn't really bother with trying to fix up the school. He's too concerned about how much money he'd be spending on making repairs and such." said Zoey. We quickly got off the bus and waited for Mike and Cameron to get off of theirs. In five minutes, we were all together.
"Here Dawn, let me show you where your classes are." said Cameron. I thanked him and waved goodbye to the others. He led me to where my first class of the day was and he told me to wait outside this one after class was over so he could show me where my second period was.
"Oh hello." the teacher said to me. "May I ask who you are?"
"Oh I'm Dawn." I said.
"Let's see…umm oh here we are, Dawn Bouchard, that's a very lovely name dear." she had said to me.
"Why thank you Mrs." I said.
"Mrs. Jennie." she said to me. I had asked her how many others were in this class to which she replied that it was just me and a few others. I was shocked to hear that so many people were so oblivious to nature. I took a seat in the front of the room and waited for the others to walk in. I noticed a girl walk in wearing something I would not expect someone to come dressed to school in. She wore a pink dress and reminded me of Snow White with her black hair and the way she wore it.
"Oh why hello, I don't believe I have ever seen you in this school at all, may I ask what your name is?" she asked me.
"It's Dawn." I said quietly. My shyness was starting to get the better of me.
"I'm Ella, it's so nice to meet new people, I hope that we can become friends sometime." she said to me.
"I'd like that." I said to her. She seemed really nice and she was even nice enough to sit right next to me. Just then another girl walked in and she was wearing something I'd expect from someone. She wore a light blue hoodie and shorts. She wore her hair in a ponytail and her hair was blonde.
"Who is that?" I asked Ella.
"Oh, that's Bridgette, she's also really nice, and she adores animals." Ella said back to me. Next thing I knew, Bridgette was right in front of me.
"Hi, I don't remember ever seeing you here, I'm Bridgette." she said.
"That's because I'm new here, I'm Dawn." I said to her.
"Well it's nice to meet you Dawn," she said back to me. She then took a seat somewhere in the middle of the room.
"Well I believe that is it, well now we can begin class." said Mrs. Jennie. I was still shocked that there was only 3 people taking this class, but I rather much preferred a small class to a large one. The class itself went relatively fast as all we did was talk about what we had done this summer. I got to learn a lot about Bridgette and Ella. I learned that Ella loves to sing and has watched just about every Disney movie that's ever come out and that Bridgette loves to surf and is a vegetarian.
The bell rang for second period and I wished for Ella and Bridgette to have a good day, which they wished me one back. I waited for Cameron to come to me to show me where my second class of the day was. It only took about 30 seconds for him to get here and we started leaving. As we left, I felt something strange. I told Cameron about what I was feeling.
"What's wrong Dawn?" he asked me.
"I feel something strange… you know how I can read auras right? Well I'm sensing some dark auras really close by to us." I told him. He didn't seem to be listening because he was looking at the people who were standing right behind me.
AN: That's the end of part 1 of this chapter. I'd write out the whole thing, but my hand is starting to cramp up from typing this long. I apologize if I left you guys on a cliffhanger, but I'll be sure to get done with part 2 sometime soon. Like I said before, if you have an OC, feel free to send me some info on them via review or PM. I hope that you all enjoyed this part of the story. Next part, we'll be introduced to some of the meanest people at this school and others.