Chapter 1 Oceane

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 I walked down the hall of Brewer Academy, passing Athena Scorpius. As far as I knew, she was the smartest kid in school. Also, she's been here all her life, unlike me, who's moved from school to school practically my whole life. Athena was only eleven, but in eighth grade, like me. Athena had frizzy red hair, always worn down, never once seen it up. She had hazel eyes with a bit of green and red around the rim, and her skin was darker than most at school. Athena was not the friendly type, but she wasn't mean either. I guess that was because she had no friends. My grades were never even close to perfect, at least I've sometimes pass my grades. Usually, I only pass Greek.

I've always been alone, moving to a different school so fast I don't have time to make friends. That doesn't bother me much though. What does bother me is my mom. She never has time for me. I'm happy when I can get away with only her to go to the beach. But even that is rare. You see she is a model, one of the most famous ones actually, but I don't like to talk about it.

 I've lived every single state except California. This is because I'm a "troublemaker", but the truth is, the trouble is just around me. I've always been blamed, for stealing and vandalism, but that never really happens. When I "steal" I just ask for it, I've never vandalized either. Someone else does that. Trust me, sometimes I think I'm going crazy. I've never been good at sports, unless playing instruments and surfing counts. I can play every string instrument and a couple others. Before a today, I wished that I could have a normal family, a normal life, but now I can never go back to being a little bit normal.

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