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Fallen

A/N: Hello everyone, future writer here. There was a rewrite of this story up but I decided to delete it as I felt it wasn't really that different from the original. This story has a few weird problems but I was pretty naïve when writing it, so take it with a grain of salt. I'm simply keeping it up for the nostalgic value lol. So, trigger warning for bullying and ableism...

This story is inspired by an another amazing fic, I Belong (on fanfiction), by SNOzzie6. Either way, thanks for reading!

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Alice Kate Manchester walked out of her classroom, cradling her maths books with her skinny arms. She stayed a distance behind everyone else, who were chattering away. The girl sighed and tightened her grip around the books. The class arrived at their lockers, still chatting away. They all stood there, so happy, so cheerful. Enjoying each other's company, like it was nothing in the world. Alice twisted open her locker lock with a pull. Why couldn't she have friends?

But then again.. Who would want to be friends with her?

The girl plopped her maths books away, grabbed her school bag and slung it over her shoulder. The weight almost made her fall over. Almost. She closed the beige locker, clicked the lock back on and set for the exit. She gave her legs as much power as she could to get her to the exit; away from that school. She needed to get away. Get away before-

"Crashice!" A taunting voice called from behind her. Alice almost stopped dead. Screaming at herself to move, she found every energy source in her body and forced it into her legs to run. Run and do nothing else. She sprinted to the exit, a sudden joy filling her body. She could make it. She could get away. Then it all came crashing down.

Alice didn't know what took her. Her leg just wobbled, and she tripped and landed on the floor with a crash. Her chest smashed on the stairs of the exit, sending pain all over her body. She heard daunting cackles from behind her.

"Surprise surprise, look what fell over again!" laughed the voice. A girl walked behind Alice, standing tall. She had armpit-length fiery red hair with bangs and diamond blue eyes. She was wearing jean-leggings that reached her ankles. Her flowy, grey, boat neck short sleeve t-shirt matched her white tennis shoes. She had a selection of golden bangles on her right arm. Alice resisted the urge to cry and squeal. Instead, she turned herself over onto her back, and fearfully got to her feet and faced the girl.

Alice herself had short, wavy, pale blonde hair that was tied back in a low pony tail. She was wearing a violet long-sleeve shirt, the collar done up with a line of black buttons. She had black tights underneath a knee-length black skirt. The outfit was completed with black boots.

"Leave me alone Chrissi..." Alice begged, her face showing shock and desperation. The taller girl ignored her and shook her fancy bangles in the Alice's face.

"What, without saying goodbye?" She hissed, fiercely shoving her hands on the blonde girl's shoulders, making her shiver. Alice sighed helplessly and looked away, at the close exit, like it was a gold nugget. Chrissi grabbed her chin and averted her attention back to her. She had a wicked grin on her face. "Oh, you wanna go see your mommy? Typical Crashice. You're always the big baby."

Alice squirmed and tried to get out of her grip. Her hand tried to reach for the other one clasped around her chin, but fear pulled it back.

"Does Crashice wanna go?" Chrissi said, with a babyish but evil tone. She shoved Alice back, and the girl landed on the hard floor, bumping her head on the staircase. She held back tears and clenched her fists, staring at Chrissi for mercy.

But Chrissi just laughed. "Did wittle Crashie get a boo boo? Ha. Have a nice day, Crashice. Hope you don't die from falling over the exit." She walked pass the fallen girl, her eyes narrowed evilly. Alice watched her leave until she was nothing more than a silhouette, then sighed hopelessly.