Starstreak

My Name is Raven

I'm Raven Black-Briar. I live in a pretty ordinary city called Jewel, but I'm not your ordinary teenage girl. But that's not a bad thing, either. 

But it's not like I was always this way. 

I had a normal childhood. I had a normal life. I grew up with only my mom. My dad died when I was a baby, and Mom had to raise me on her own. (Why do people like me always have a missing parent?) Mom doesn't talk about Dad much, so I don't really know anything about him. I liked to imagine he was this wonderful guy, who was the most perfect person ever. And if he really was that perfect, then I definitely didn't inherit that from him. I get into fights, sneak out at night, and get detention (like, a lot), but that's not what makes my life different. That's not why I am who I am. My life is so much more complicated than that. 

Despite not having a completely normal life, I do look normal (that's probably the one thing I have going for me). I'm pretty, relatively speaking. I have long, straight black hair (and yes, I've heard the "raven-haired" thing before, it's not funny) with dark purple streaks that reaches my waist, pale skin, and silvery gray eyes. And I have a pretty fit body. My clothing is mainly darkly colored. Kinda like a goth but with less eyeliner and death themes, if that makes any sense. 

I even own two cats named Nyx and Selene. Nyx is a black cat (named after the goddess of night), and Selene is a white cat (named after the goddess of the moon). Honestly, they're the most beautiful cats in the world. 

I have a best friend and a worst enemy at school. I have good grades (when I remember my homework) and I even skipped a grade. Most of my teachers seem to like me except for my English teacher. Like what did I do to make him hate me? 

All that may be normalbut it's the not-normal stuff that I think you'll be interested in.