Samantha's POV

Once again I was in the car; it is around noon now. We are driving to Shigure's house. I looked out the window at the suburban houses we were passing by. They all looked the same; neutral-earthy colours and a tree or two in the front yard, peaceful. Then we turned down a gravel-forested road. The trees looked so beautiful, refreshing, unlike the city. The light giving the leaves different shades of green as they danced in the light breeze. It reminded me of home, though most of them were deciduous (they loose leaves) whereas BC has more coniferous (evergreen) trees. I was broken from my thoughts when the car stopped.

We were parked in front of a very traditional looking house. I stepped out of the car to grab my things and thank the driver. As I turned back to the house a man (perhaps late 20's?) with black hair in a grey kimono stepped out of the house followed by a cute girl my age with long brown hair in a short pink dress and a boy, also my age, wearing blue pants and a white Chinese style shirt. His hair was a dark purple-grey and he had intense purple eyes. I slowly walked over to them.

"Hello, you must be Samantha." said the man with a grin, surprisingly he spoke pretty good English. "My name is Shigure Sohma, this is Tohru Honda…" he gestured to the girl.

"Hello!" she said cheerfully, a large smile grew on her face.

"…and this is Yuki Sohma" Shigure said gesturing to the boy.

Yuki had a small smile and greeted me. "Hello."

"Um… Hi…" I said shyly, but continued to smile.

"I'm so glad to meet you, please come in!" Tohru took my hand and lead me into the house. Shigure picked up my backpack and luggage, taking it into the house.

"I will put these in your room while you kids get to know each other a little more." Before I could argues Shigure disappeared upstairs.

Yuki's POV

Miss Honda, Miss Samantha and I were now sitting at the table. The girls on one side and I on the other. I looked Miss Samantha over once again. She was wearing a blue jean skirt, a light blue top decorated with a flower and a white bag over her shoulder with colourful buttons and writing on it. She had wavy brown hair that flowed down to the middle of her back and brown eyes filled with cheer and gentleness, cute, similar to Miss Honda. For some reason I feel like I could tell her anything and everything. I shook my head.

"Samantha-chan, it's about lunch time, would you like something to eat?" asked Miss Honda

"Yes please." replied Miss Samantha, with a bright smile. It seems as though she's getting use to being here she doesn't look nervous anymore. Miss Honda left to the kitchen leaving me with Miss Samantha. She turned to me.

"So…" she began, "You're my twin! I'm so excited! I always wished I had a sibling and now I have two! I was an only child when I lived in Canada." she added. I couldn't help but smile at her cute accent.

"What was it like? Where you lived in Canada?"

"Oh, it's very pretty. I lived in the lower main land, near Vancouver, in British Columbia. There are a lot of forests, farms, lakes and mountains. Oh! And it rains a lot, well it is a temperate rainforest."

"I like rain" Why did I say that? *face palm*

"Me too! … Except in the winter. I'd rather have snow than rain." She giggled.

Miss Honda came back into the room with plates. Miss Samantha jumped up and offered to help set the table while Miss Honda got the food.

Samantha's POV

Once the table was set and food was out Shigure sat down at the end of the table next to me.

"Where's Kyo-kun?" asked Tohru.

"I'm right here." answered a teenage boy with bright orange hair, I assume he's Kyo. He walked in from the garden. He sat on the end of the table next to Tohru. He looked at me with hard red/orange eyes.

"You must be the new girl."

"Uh, Hello! My name is Samantha Hamilton… er… Sohma! …I'm still not used to that." I said rubbing my head and smiling.

"Hmph." replied Kyo.

"Don't mind him." said Shigure "You'll like him once you get to know him."

The Sohmas and Tohru then put their hands together, I followed. "Thank you for this meal" they said in unison. And began to eat. I looked at my plate, there was beef and some sort of green vegetable. Suddenly Kyo yelled

"YOU KNOW I HATE LEEKS!" slamming his fist onto the table. I was a little surprised.

"Just eat it stupid cat." Sighed Yuki.

"Nobody asked you damn rat!"

"Oh… leeks? I've never had those before." I said quietly examining the vegetable.

"I'm so sorry Samantha-chan! I should have asked what you would like to eat! I'll go make something else!" Tohru panicked and started to get up. I gently pulled her down and giggled.

"It's fine Tohru. I'd love to try something new anyways." I smiled, it seemed to calm her down. I took a bite of leeks. "Yum."

Kyo looked at me sceptically. "Yum? Leeks are the nastiest food in the world!"

"No," I replied "Haggis. Haggis is the nastiest food in the world."

Everyone looked at me confused.

"Haggis?" Yuki questioned.

" It's a Scottish food, and if I told you what it's made of you wouldn't eat it. In fact you might not want to eat anything again, ever."

Eew

~~~~~~After lunch~~~~

"So Samantha, could you please tell us about yourself?" asked Shigure

"Sure, where shall I begin?"

"What do you like?" asked Tohru

"Well, I like to do art like drawing and painting. I love music, I play the piano."

"Really?! That's amazing! I'd love to hear you play some time!" Tohru chirped.

"And I'd love to play for you. I can even teach you."

"I'd love to learn!"

I smiled, "Now, where was I… Oh yes, I also like to sing and dance. I've taken tap, ballet, jazz and musical theatre. I like to speak Spanish, I am a big fan of Disney and Percy Jackson and the Olympians. I like to bake and my favourite colours are blue and purple." I turned to face Shigure and noticed 12 rocks painted like animals on the table behind him.

"Are those rocks the animals of the Chinese zodiac?"

Shigure turned slightly to see what I was looking at. "Why yes, funny that such a little thing can catch your attention." Everyone looked at me.

"They're so cute! I love the story of the Chinese zodiac. Since my adoptive mother is Chinese she told me the story. It's so sad that the cat got left out though." My smile faded slightly.

"Ah," said Shigure. "So you like cats I'm guessing."

"Yeah, they're okay. My favourite animals are rabbits, mice and dogs. Especially dogs, partially because my zodiac is the dog."

"It's no wonder I felt an attract…" Shigure was cut off when Yuki hit him in the head.

"Don't mind him Miss Samantha" said Yuki.

"Oh… Okay" I said confused as to what just happened.

"So, School. What was school like?" asked Tohru trying to lighten the mood.

"Hmm…? It was good. I made lots of friends and I joined the yearbook team. I also graduated early."

"Really?!" Kyo and Tohru asked at the exact same time.

"Yeah, I did very well in school, and I had enough credits to graduate. But I am going to your high school to learn more Japanese."

"Wha?" said Kyo

"That will be amazing!" squealed Tohru "I can't wait until you see it! We're going to have so much fun! And you have to meet my friends Uo and Hana."

"That sounds great! Speaking of friends, that reminds me…" I picked up my bag that was still sitting next to me. "My friends all signed this bag and gave me some random stuff to put on it. Like this key chain with photos of my high school." I took it off and showed them some photos. I showed them the Grand Hall.

"Wow! Your school is so big!" exclaimed Tohru.

I showed them a picture of the theatre

"You even have a theatre? That's a nice school." pointed out Kyo.

"You have a lot of friends." said Shigure as he examined my bag of signatures.

"Yes, I'm very lucky." I smiled.

"You must be popular." he added.

"No, not at all!" I panicked and blushed.

"Nonsense." Shigure laughed.

Done! 3

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