A New Day for the Schooldays (and the misery that follows)

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

An alarm sounded in a small room as grumble erupted from the occupant of a bed in the room; a hand groggily reached out under the covers and turned off the device. Blankets rustled as a figure crawled out under the covers of the bed, a head popped out, groggily standing up and headed straight to the bathroom within the right side of the room.

~Lire POV~

I'm Lire Eurelle your average run of the mill high school student, about 16 yrs. old I guess.

Yawning, I looked at my reflection in the mirror and splashed water into my face and proceeded to undress and take a bath.

After taking a bath and putting on a simple tee shirt and shorts, I went downstairs and prepared my morning breakfast, and my lunch for school later. After eating, I went up to my room again and changed to my school uniform, a navy blue pleated skirt and a white long sleeved blouse topped by a navy blue coat with the school crest located at the left chest, we also wear ties or ribbons with the color indicating our specific year class, which in my case, being a second year is red. Putting on knee high black socks and my shoes I looked at the wall clock located above my desk and saw to my dismay that it was just about thirty minutes till the start of the school year, after making sure that I looked presentable and my hair was in place, I hurriedly went down the stairs grabbing my lunchbox and bag on the way to the door and looked out behind me seeing the dark interior of my house I sighed and smiled preparing for the day ahead of me.

Arriving at the bus stop I was greeted by my friends. "Hey Lire, your pretty late today!" exclaimed a fiery redhead with her hair tied in a high ponytail, she was wearing the same uniform as me though hers looked more worn out and her coat was opened, the top buttons of her shirt left unbuttoned.

One of my close friends Elesis, she has a quick temper but also has a strong sense of justice and loyalty to her friends, though she and Arme tend to argue a lot.

"Well I for one am surprised how you, the undisputed champion at sleeping in is up so early." A rather short girl with short purple hair barely touching her shoulders, quipped at the redhead snickering. Another one of my friends Arme, she's the top of our school year in academics, a real genius.

"What did you say midget?" Growled Elesis at the other girl who immediately scowled at the insult to her diminutive stature. "Who's a midget, flamebrain!?" I could only sweatdrop at the usual antics of my friends as we waited for the bus that would take us to our school. After a few minutes the bus arrived and we boarded while the two were still arguing until we reached the school gates.

Our school, known as Hardiemca Academy was one of the most prestigious schools in the district, with its state of the art technology and advanced curriculum it houses students from pre-school to college in a ladder system, so unless you do something really horrible you can finish your education without problems here, though the tuition is rather heavy on the pocket, there are scholarship programs that are given to some students excelling in academics or sports. I on the other hand am a special case, I mean, yeah sure I'm on a scholarship grant but that doesn't mean I'm very smart like Arme nor am I godly in sports like Elesis(seriously, try to compete with her in a kendo match and you'll be singing your last aria), but I am more of a charity case. The dean of the school found me years ago and took me in, who was kind enough to offer me a place in the academy once he found out of my…circumstances. That doesn't mean that I'm being given special treatment or anything, I actually live on my own and try to pay for my own expenses, not wanting to impose on the dean's kindness any more than I should.

"-re. Lire! Are you listening?" A hand waved in front of me as I was lost in my own thoughts, I blinked; smiling sheepishly, I replied "Sorry. What were we talking about again?" Elesis just shrugged and shook her head while Arme had a cute pout on her face, upset at me for not paying attention.

"WE-" she stressed the word and gestured her hand out indicating the three of us "-were planning on going into town and just hang out after classes since its been a while since we spent some time hanging together and just having fun."I frowned a bit at this and I gave her an apologetic smile.

"I'm sorry guys, but I really can't come today. Since it's the start of the school day, the place I work at would be jam packed with students who just returned from school so they don't have any choice but to increase the number of staff that would be working today."

Upon hearing this Arme became crestfallen and Elesis scowled"Seriously Lire, I can't understand why you still go to work at that place! I mean, with you being so conservative and all. I mean, you don't even show your ears for pete's sake!" I could only laugh at that (awkwardly might I add) as we continued on our way to the auditorium with Arme trying to convince me to come with them to hang out on a different date.

We were walking in the school grounds surrounded by other students going to the auditorium to welcome the new school year and the freshmen in the department. Arme was one of the public speakers being the Student council president and top student in our year. As we made our way I noticed a young boy about our age staring at us, sitting on top of the branch of a tree by the school buildings, he had short silver hair and a rather feminine countenance, tough I couldn't really make out what colour were his eyes as he was too high up with sunlight streaming behind him. When a sudden gust of wind picked up, making me hold my hair to prevent it from blowing, as well as my skirt (I don't want to flash anyone of all things!), I looked up once again and noticed that the boy disappeared!

"Lire! C'mon, we're gonna be late for the inauguration!" Arme called out to me, the both of them already by the entrance.

"Y-yeah, I'm coming!" I shook my head and ran after them.

Must have been my imagination

~Normal POV~

Above the roof of the auditorium a lone figure stood eying a girl running towards the entrance. His eyes held no emotion only cool steel and darkness, the figure turns and a shroud of darkness envelops his whole form, and fades into shadows. Leaving no trace that there was ever anything there.

"So... what classes are you in?" Arme excitedly asked in a singsong manner. The three friends were looking at the class placement posted in the school's news board, with other students milling about and talking with friends.

"I'm in 2-B" Grumbled Elesis.

"2-A" A calm reply from Lire.

The purple haired girl sighed in dismay "Oh... Elesis and me are in the same class but Lire is in a different one" she let out a dramatic sob and grabbed the blonde's hands "Who will be there to save me from the monster! You're the only one who can control her destructive rampages and attempts on my cute, lovabl- OW !" rubbing her head at the sudden hit, she glared at the indifferent redhead who crossed her arms in return. Turning towards the blonde, "So, we'll meet up later then." the redhead then grabbed a protesting Arme by the back of her collar,who was whining about abuse and bodily injury, and headed towards their classroom. Leaving their friend to watch the pair until they disappeared from her sight. Looking about her once more, Lire took a deep breath and sighed out "Might as well get this over with and see my new class." and headed upstairs towards her destination.

Little did I know that would be the start of everything. Plunging my life into a deep dive of a world filled with struggle and facing the secrets of my origins.

A/N: And done! The first look of Lire's everyday life, and her friends. Next chapter we'll see Lire's new class mates and her part time job! Thanks to all those who read this, also I have an ongoing poll in my profile about who you think would be the best pairing for Lire and the one that has most of the votes would either be the primary pairing in this story or I'll make a one shot of the winning option. That's all for now! Pls. R&R

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