AN: This is the second part of The First Day from Chapter 3. I don't know how often from now I'll be posting chaptrs up because I have to get ready to move and I'll be staying at my grandparents for a while. I'll try to post another chapter of this and my second fan fiction Total Drama Redux (I already have the idea for the challenge and the elimination so that'll be coming soon hopefully). Hope you all enjoy this!
Chapter 4: The First Day, Part 2
I turned around to see what Cameron was staring at. There were a few people that were behind me. One of them was African-Canadian and wore a jersey with the number 1 on it (I could tell from his aura that he really viewed himself highly). The other guy I saw was a White-Canadian with ginger hair and wore just as much of a menacing look as the other guy. The one girl who was in this group was a dirty blonde girl wearing a sweatshirt and didn't look much like the girls I had seen at this school so far.
"Oh look, it's the little girl." said the ginger.
"Shut up Scott, just leave me alone. That goes for you too Lightning and Jo." said Cameron.
"Sha-what, did he just tell you to shut up?" said Lightning in a mocking tone.
"Oh man, you better watch out Scott or he'll mess you up." said Jo in a similar tone.
"Get out of the way before you get hurt." said Scott. They started to walk forward with Scott shoving Cameron to the ground. His glasses fell off and Lightning picked them up.
"Oh look, the little girl lost her glasses." said Lightning.
"We should do the right thing and give it to him." said Jo.
"I agree, that is…if he can get them from us." said Scott. They began to start passing the glasses around to each other while watching Cameron struggle to see where he even was. I couldn't stand for this.
"Hey leave him alone and give him back his glasses!" I said to them. They immediately stopped.
"And who the hell are you to tell us to stop?" said Scott.
"I'm Dawn. I'm not afraid of you. Give him back his glasses." I told them. They dropped the glasses to the floor with Cameron trying to reach for them.
"You're lucky that girl was here for you. Just you wait till when you're by yourself. You'll be sorry." said Lightning.
"Especially you." said Jo as she got right into my face. "Don't get in our way again or you'll be sorry just like him." I took note of it and told them again to leave. They then went on their way.
"Wow. No one has stood up to them before." said Cameron in amazement.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"Those three are the meanest kids in the school…and they just happen to enjoy bullying me the most. I'm not the only one they bully though. They generally bully everyone about something. I just happen to be easier to bully because of me being well me." said Cameron.
"Oh, well I've been bullied enough times to learn to start standing up to bullies." I said.
"Thanks Dawn. No one has stood up for me like that before, especially to them." he said.
"It's alright, that's what friends are for. Now…could you show me where my next class is? I'm still very lost in this school even for it being so small." I said. He happily agreed to show me to my next class.
Pre-Calculus wasn't exactly a class I thought much about. I was never much interested in math in general so I was more interested a lot of the time in reading people's auras in my math classes. I don't get along well with math teachers because of that, and I generally pass the class with an average grade. The class was full of people (I counted at least 20) and I didn't know where to find a seat. Luckily B waved his hand at me and pointed to a seat that was open right next to him. I did indeed take the seat, and when I went to sit down I got a text from him.
"So how'd your first class of the day go?"
"Well." I said. "I met the two other people in my class who happened to be very nice people. Their names were Ella and Bridgette. Oh, and I also helped Cameron stand up to some bullies." This seemed to spark B's interest a little.
"What bullies?" his text read.
"Some kids named Scott, Lightning, and Jo." I said. He seemed to give me a nervous look when I told him the names. He shot me another text.
"Dawn, be careful. Those kids are not people you want to mess with. We all know that. It be easier just let them do what they do and not bother them."
"How can I?" I asked him as I started to get flustered. "I hate seeing people get hurt like that, especially someone like Cameron. It's wrong and I won't stand for it!" I happened to say that a little louder than I had hoped.
"Is something wrong with the problem on the board, Ms. Bouchard?" my teacher Mr. Johnston asked me.
"Oh no nothing sir, I'm so sorry." I said. People shot me some weird glares and Mr. Johnston just continued to show us how to solve something. I didn't pay much attention to what he was doing. I was more worried about how people were so scared to do something about these bullies. The bell rang for third period and B agreed to show me where it was. Art was something that some people would never guessed I enjoyed. Sure, I enjoy reading auras and tea leaves, so I don't have much time to draw, but when I can, I certainly enjoy it. As soon as I entered the room,
"DAWN, it's so nice to see you again!" said a very happy Ella.
"Oh hi Ella, you have art as well?" I asked.
"Oh why yes, I don't draw much so I'm learning how to do it better. If you want to see someone who knows how to draw and create art well, you should talk to Gwen." she told me. She pointed out a girl who looked like the complete opposite of Ella. She had blue highlights in her hair, and the way she dressed made her look like a goth. The strange thing was, she didn't have a dark aura around her. She just looked like she doesn't enjoy much people's company.
"Let me introduce you to her." said Ella. She then grabbed my arm and took me to her.
"Gwen, this is Dawn. She's new here, and she's in our art class." she said.
"Oh hi, I'm Gwen as Ella said."
"Hi." I said. I looked at the thing she was drawing. She was drawing what was outside from the window. It was the woods.
"That's really good, a lot better than my drawings." I told her.
"Why thank you. Drawing is something I enjoy. I have a lot of sketches of things I've drawn. It's what keeps me from losing my mind over stupid things." she said to me.
"Well I'll be seeing you sometime." I said. I didn't know what else to talk about with her, and I was still wondering about what was going on around the school to start a conversation. She went back to her drawing and Ella dragged me over to an open seat right next to her. The class went by relatively fast and she offered to show me to my English class.
When I stepped into my English class…
"DAWN, are you alright!?" asked Zoey.
"Yes, I'm fine, why are you asking?" I asked her with a confused look on my face.
"It's just that Cameron told us about what you said to those jerks. I would've thought that they would come and get you as soon as your friends weren't with you." said Mike.
"No, they haven't done that." I said to reassure them.
"Dawn, you have to be more careful. Those guys aren't exactly people you want to start a fight with." said Zoey. I told her that I would and took a seat in the back. There weren't many people in the class (I believe around 8) so I didn't have to worry about being surrounded by strangers.
The bell rang again and it was lunch. I didn't bring much to eat except some vegetables and some tea bags which concerned Zoey a bit.
"Dawn, you have to eat more than that. You'll end up looking like Cameron and Mike here if you don't." she said in a happy voice.
"Hey, I'm not that skinny." Mike said beginning to laugh.
"Oh it's alright. I don't like a lot of foods, and I'm getting enough protein and vitamins to get me through the day." I said. They didn't discuss it any further and when B came to join us we started going to the lunchroom.
It wasn't very big considering that there weren't many people who went to the school. Zoey lead me to the table where they had sat a year ago while Mike, Cameron, and B were going to go buy some food. Zoey showed me to some ovens and water so I could start making my tea. As I was doing this, I felt a nudge on my shoulder.
"Dawn, can I ask you a question?" asked Ella.
"Of course." I said.
"Would you mind if I sit with you? I don't really have a lot of friends here. A lot of the people here think I'm annoying." she said to me.
"Why do they think you're annoying?" I asked her.
"I have a tendency to sing a lot. I mean, I have choir and I just enjoy singing so much, sometimes I sing when I'm trying to say something and it seems to annoy people a lot. Principal McLean has given me warnings about this, and says that if I keep this up, he'll send me to kitchen duty with Chef Hatchet." she said.
"Why of course you can sit with me Ella, and I don't mind if you sing. You shouldn't be afraid to be who you are." I told her. I had finished making my tea and went back to sit with the others with Ella following me.
"Do you mind if Ella sits here with us?" I asked the others.
"Of course not, the more the merrier!" said Mike. She took a seat right between Cameron and I. As the lunch went on, I noticed the three people that everyone feared so much. They were causing trouble towards some people such as flipping their trays or calling them names.
"Why doesn't anyone stand up for these people?" I asked them.
"What can we do Dawn? I mean, we're weak and they could easily snap us in two." said Cameron. I just continued to look and wonder what could be done. I didn't want to not do anything but I was confused and angered at the same time so I didn't know what to do.
As lunch ended, the last two classes of the day were not as eventful as the first four classes. Animal Science was interesting and since Bridgette was in the class, it made me feel less lonely. As for Canadian History, I was not interested in History at all, and since no one I knew was in that, I was simply just bored. When that last bell rang at 2:35, I immediately ran towards the bus to go home. Shortly after I had gotten on, Zoey and B got on to join me.
"So Dawn, how did your first day go?" asked Zoey.
"It was alright, I enjoyed meeting new people and being surrounded by you guys, but…" I said. B sent me text.
"Are you still thinking about those people?"
"Yeah I am…I want to do something about the way they're treating people. It's not fair that people have to go through that." I said.
"Dawn, you're making yourself more angry than you need to be. Just relax when you get home. Try not to think about that. They didn't bully you, so that's a plus right?" said Zoey. She was right about that, they hadn't bothered me after that, but I didn't want to just sit and watch people suffer like that…suffer like I did.
The bus ride home was a fairly silent one as people were tired with the first school day back. When Zoey, B, and I got off, I told them goodbye and hoped for them to have a good rest of the day. They said it back and left. As I entered my house, I had almost forgotten that my mom was working. I went straight to the refrigerator after dropping my bag off to go see what my chores were. The note simply said, "No chores today, hope you had a good first day of school" – Mom. I was kind of glad to hear that, as it left me to go up to my room and concentrate on other matters at hand.
It was around 6 when my mother came back from work. She immediately went straight to my room.
"Hello my daughter, how was your first day of school?" she asked me.
"It was alright, I made new friends." I told her.
"Well I'm so glad to hear that, and no one is making fun of you?" She asked me. I knew this question was going to come up. After all the bullying that I had gone through, it didn't surprise me in the slightest.
"No mother, and before you ask, yes I did eat dinner, so you can relax." I said to her.
"Thank you Dawn, I definitely need the sleep. I'm going straight to bed, goodnight." she told me. I wished her a goodnight and thought that I might go to bed soon. I wanted to do something I hadn't done in a while, reading tea leaves at night. Generally I wait till the morning to find out what's in store for me, but I couldn't wait.
"You will confront the dark auras around you." they read. I was relieved to hear that. I wasn't going to stand for what I saw today. I went straight to bed, knowing I'd need all the rest I could get for the long day ahead tomorrow.
AN: How was this chapter? How will Dawn fair in confronting the bullies at her school? Will she have any support from her friends in doing this? You'll have to wait till the next chapter to find out. I hope that this was a fitting end to her first day at school. I appreciate all the views I've gotten on this story and all the reviews I've gotten from people. Thank you to all those enjoy this story. I enjoy writing it very much!