𝘗𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 ~ A Slipknot Fanfic

Chapter 1

September 15, 2021
[Bella's POV]

I stared up at the giant building in front of me. I sighed and walked in, pulling my mask over my nose. Today was my first day at my new school, and I was scared out of my mind. We just moved to Des Moines from Oklahoma, since my parents found better jobs here, so I had to leave everything I'm familiar with behind.

I walked into the main office and up to the secretary's desk. "Can I help you?" she asked, in a kind of not so nice tone. Nice to know the office ladies are the same as my old school. "My name is Bella Davis, I'm new here." I said. She started typing stuff into the computer. 'Why in the world did I convince my mom that I could handle coming in by myself today' I thought as the secretary went over to the printer. She handed me my schedule. "You're gonna go down that hallway, take a left, and your first class should be right there. If you get lost at any point today, ask any of the teachers in the halls and they'll show you where to go." she explained, pointing out the door.

I thanked her and walked out of the office. I made my way down the hallway, looking at all the numbers above the doors. I made it to the end of the hall before I realized none of the numbers matched my schedule. "Well shit.." I mumbled as I turned around and started walking back to the office. "Hey, are you lost?" a voice from behind me said. I looked behind me to see a very tall guy walking towards me. "Sorry, I just noticed you were looking at your schedule and well, you look lost." he said. "Yeah, um, I'm looking for 219." I stammered. "Well, you're on the wrong floor." the guy said. "Oh." I replied, feeling like an idiot. "Lucky for you, I'm heading back to that class right now. Follow me." he said. I followed him up the stairs and to the classroom. "Holy shit." I said as I walked in. 2 words: Pure Chaos. People were running around the room, throwing things at each other.. "This is worse than the kindergarten classroom my mom works in." I said to myself. The guy must've heard me, as I heard him laughing.

"Just take a seat anywhere." the teacher said. "There's an empty desk next to mine, if you want to sit there." the guy said. I nodded and walked over to the desk he was talking about. "So, you're new here, right?" he asked as we sat down. "Yup." I sighed. "My name's Jim by the way. And this is my friend Mick." he said, pointing to the kid sitting behind him. "I'm Bella." I said. "Nice Metallica shirt." Mick said. "Oh, thanks. I promise I actually listen to them, I'm not just wearing this for the 'aesthetic' or whatever." I added, using air quotes. The guys kind of laughed. "Another metal fan, huh? Those are pretty rare at this school." Jim said. "I'm not surprised. They were rare at my old school too." I said. "Well, if you want, we can introduce you to our friend group. We're all pretty big metal enthusiasts." Jim said. "I-I'd like that a lot actually." I stammered. "Cool. I'll find you before lunch and show you where we sit."

I slid down in my desk as the bell rang, hoping the teacher wouldn't make me stand up and tell the class about myself. Luckily, he either didn't realize I was new or he didn't care, and got right on with the lesson. I got one of my notebooks out of my bag and doodled until the hour was over.

(a/n: aaa finally posting the first chapter of this! also im sorry if this sucks lol)