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Chapter 1 - The Bullied

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I open the door to the outdoors. What a wonderful world. A world of laughter, comedy and hidden feelings. Looking outside I notice the birds chirping. A least someone's happy. It's a pleasant sound, I will admit. They don't have a care in the world, they just come into life to mate, mate some more and then pass away. Thing is, I won't even get to do something as exhilarating as mating. I'm stuck on a cold planet, no one around me. Just me, some snow and the dust filled air. Yeah, I am quite pessimistic, but I do have my reasons. Reasons that maybe someday you'll come across.

Anyways, I'm walking to school right now, fun!? School is alright in some ways and it's hell in others. Homework, classwork, projects, relationships.. all seem to make it a living hell. But on the plus side, at least you have friends that talk to you, help you and overall just add a bit of aroma to your life. To be dead serious, it looks like homework, classwork and projects are blessings to me while friends are... impure. Impure? Yes, impure. Impure because they say one thing and good back on another. Pause, I should mention that relationships are still classified in the 'living hell' section. Resume, friends, well they're like animals. They mate to mate and then they disappear. Disappear? Funny, they're like rabbits, they come in numbers, they come into your life, they seem to be equal with you, they then take advantage of you and then !Poof! they're gone. I hope you're getting the message, friends are animals, an uncivilized species.

Finally! Here at last, school. Now school to you is probably not too much fun, I get it. But when you have homework, classwork and projects to do then you don't have to deal with friends. Hmm, well you already know how I feel, so not being with people is a blessing. I walk through the entrance, a grand one; our school, the Forbidden Palace; the security, the Great Wall of China. You can tell it's big not just by the shear size of it, but by the fact that the area probably clocked at 100 decibels, maybe more I dunno. While entering you'll probably see the familiar, the conversations; the giggling and the laughing; and maybe the occasional mating call. I just try to ignore that, what gives; do we really need to care about that. Oh, I hear one conversation; they're saying that Pearlshipping is better than Advancedshipping. Like honestly, who cares!? Yes, I know, you can always ignore, but at my school that's not the case.

"Yo, Ketchum!" Ah, the dreaded conversation. Any conversation to me is dreaded, but this one more so. I look up, I notice a pair of brown eyes. An twisted, evil pair. One that you'll imagine after watching a scary movie. Scary? Well, he's Calem. A nice guy, with everyone but me.

"Hey, I said yo. What's wrong, you scared of school you nerdy bin." I guess trash bins are always dirty, well they get dirty once you fill them with the trash, but that's above me. "Come over here, before we start getting physical". He winks at his girlfriend, who giggles. Wow, that's a nice human right there. One who really cares about the safety of me.

"Oh alright Calem, you won" "Ha, I knew you couldn't just walk right past me" Walk right past? Well I'd like to, but a black eye is not the prettiest sight. As I walk over, two pairs of arms grab my arms and pull me down to the ground. "So, Calem. You're at a new low, you'll be saying hi to the dirt soon." He walks over, not acknowledging my fight talk. He bends over, looks me in the eye. "I'll never meet the ground because gold can't be dirtied, but dirt can accumulate more dirt". Shocking, he's outwitted me. "Oh, you sure? Because gold can surround dirt, making the dirt look pre-". He spits on me, and jabs me in the stomach. "I am pure gold, idiot". For a good five minutes, they talk about me and how I'm the lowest of the low. How I shouldn't be going to this school, but because my poor neighborhood wouldn't be accepted by any other school, 'his' school pitied us. I manage to look around, giggles, laughs and gossip just seem to be on the menu today. Another day, another fight.

After my enlightening encounter with Calem, or should I say Camel or Dirt face, I finally manage to get to my class, history. I sit down on a uncomf-, not anymore. I always bring a cushion with me. Oops, I forgot to mention that it's September as of now. Anyways, I sit down and I bring out my history supplies. A pencil, binder, random book, phone, textbook and eraser. As I set everything in order, I feel a telescope zoned on me. When I turn around I hear my supplies 'shatter' on the ground. Looking back I notice a brown haired spiky kid, Gary. He snicker, I smile and inwardly give him the biggest finger I can give. "Gary, my supplies are the school supplies, maybe you don't want to ruin them". "Ruin them? They were ruined when you took them in as your supplies". He laughs with the rest of a class. Maybe a choir club would be good for this class. "Ketchum, remember, don't bite me. I'll bark back stronger than ever". What's that supposed to mean?

Starting class, my teacher assigns us a project. A group, project. Group. Basically a people project. And the best part... He's assigned the groups, what's better? It's not a group, but a pair. And to top it all off, I'm paired with Calem's sweetheart, Serena Yvonne! The day couldn't have gotten any better. I should mention that each class is about 50 minutes and the class had just started. Ordering us like prisoners in a prison, my teacher instructs us to sit with our pairs. "Mr. Buck?" "Yes?" "I don't like my partner" I shoot her a glance... Ms. Yvonne a glance.. I mean. Blonde hair, blue eyes, short stature, sweet voice and a heart of hell. I look at Mr. Buck with pleading eyes, why would I EVER want to be paired with the blonde devil herself! "Sorry Ms. Yvonne, but this is an opportunity, Ketchum is our best student and would you like me to tell the class your grades?" "You wouldn't dare". I chuckle as I hear the venom in those three words. "Yes I would Miss, hmm... a C- in History" "St-Stop" "Oh this is better, a D in Science. How do you manage that, Ms. Yvonne?". Some chuckle at Mr. Buck's words others stare in silence. "I have things on my plate Sir!". I hear anger in her voice, she's like a snake with fangs across her body. "Like what? I hear that Calem does not know about these things, our class seems to have secrets about you" "I-I'm forced by you", she stammers. He raises an eyebrow "You are? Class, have I ever told her that she must tell me her secrets? I only ever ask Miss". The class, her friends, betray her. They nod their head in agreement to the teacher. "Mr. Buck, please don't make my partner run before we even start the project, please?". He stares at me, smiles and chuckles, " Okay, since you are courteous, I'll let your partners mental condition stay stable". The fact was, it wasn't stable. This was the first time that the teacher ever humiliated her in front of the class. We were just three weeks into school and yet there was a fire in the building.

After that confrontation, Serena walks over to me and quietly sits down next to me. I chuckle, I mean there's no way I don't appreciate the utter destruction that my teacher has done to one of my bullies. When she looks at me, I don't see the bully anymore. I see...

And that's A WRAPPPPPPPPP. Hope you guys enjoyed it, for the ones who did read it. I think I'll keep the chapters short. Not too long, but long enough to keep it interesting.... I didn't MEAN ANYTHING!!

Haha jokes. Anyways have a fabulous DAY!!