After Mr. Ink visited, things were pretty uneventful in PE. I did have fun playing dodgeball but, I'm too reckless when playing so I tend to get out pretty fast. That's exactly what happened each round. I did notice that PJ kept glancing at me but I ignored it since it was probably about what I told his dad. Undyne and BP stuck to hanging out with the jock group but I think they kept their group off of my back. Coach Error dismissed us all to the locker rooms and I met up with Undyne in there. I tried to give the clothes back but Undyne waved me off.
"I told you that you could keep them and you're gonna, punk. It's no biggie." She smirked and helped me with my cape. "You know, the thing Cil said was right. You do look like a princess."
I felt my face heat up at the sincerity in her voice. I saw a girl with a green and white jacket and an orange and red skateboard looking at Undyne strangly. I tapped Undyne's arm and jerked my head towards the girl. "That's Skateboard Girl but, everyone calls her SG. She's cool."
I nodded and slid on my flats. The bell rang and I followed the crowd to the Cafeteria.
"C-Cora! O-Over h-here!" I heard a certain stuttering dinosaur call out to me and I smiled to myself. They continued waving so I made my way over and took a seat between Alphys and Frisk. Frisk ruffled my hair and I felt myself pout, causing him to chuckle. I took my attention away from the pair that I've already made friends with and turned it to those that I didn't know. I saw the small skeleton from this morning and got up. I could feel the group's stares at me but I didn't care. I pastel colored cap from his head and looked at his skull. My fingertips brushed over the bone that was cracked this morning.
"I-I'm fine. T-Thank you for worrying but please stop. W-We're getting stared at." The skeleton stuttered out, shyly. His face was flushed with a light blue color. "I-I'm Fresh by the way." I smiled at everyone that was considered nerds in this school. I signed to them.
'I worry about everyone when they get hurt. It doesn't matter if the person is a friend, foe, or a stranger. We are all people and no one is better than another so I prefer to treat everyone with respect until they show me a reason to disrespect them.' I pointed to a bunny monster that was trying to crawl on PJ's lap. 'If something like that happened to me, I would want help so I'll be right back.'
The skeleton jumped up and grabbed my hand. "Are you crazy? That's suicide. Bunny will rip you to shreds and let's not mention the fact that the jocks would beat you just for trying to help one of their own." I smiled at his worry but shook my head.
'I will be okay.' I released his hand and made my way over to PaperJam and his group of jocks. I tapped PJ on his shoulder and when he turned to me he looked relieved. I jerked my head towards the door and PJ got up. The bunny tried to follow but PJ told her to stop following him. The bunny got angry and started verbally attacking me.
"Hey, you bitch! Where the hell do you think you're going with MY PJ!?" She yelled at me. BP and Undyne shot up and stood in front of me, their arms held out.
"Bunny! If you attack her, you're attacking one of the jocks. Now, are you really ready to have the entirety of the populars against you." BP shouted and wrapped an arm around my shoulders. I squirmed, trying to get out of his hold.
"Oh really? SHE'S a popular now? My, my the standards have lowered. Isn't she the WITCH'S niece?" Bunny smirked and I heard the scraping of chairs and many presences behind me. I turned to see my angry friends, ready to protect me. Even, Pallete was there, looking angry.
"Who do you have behind you, Bunny?" PaperJam asked her and she looked around. No one was willing to get into this confrontation. The jocks that came to protect me took a step forward to intimidate the bunny monster but I held my hands up. I sang softly, walking towards Bunny.
"Wait a second, why should you care what they think of you? When you're all alone, by yourself do you like you? Do you like you? You don't have to try so hard. You don't have to give it all away. You just have to get up, get up, get up. You don't have to change a single thing. You don't have to try so hard. You don't have to bend until you break. You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up. You don't have to change a single thing. You don't have to try, try, try, try..." I offered Bunny a small smile and she sneered at me.
"You don't know a fucking thing, you whore!" She pushed me hard and I fell to the ground, landing on my wrist. I felt myself cry out in pain and as soon as the other's heard it there were five boys at my side. PaperJam, Pallete, Burgerpants, Frisk and Fresh crouched next to me, trying to get a look at my now swollen wrist. I waved my good hand, trying to tell them that I'm alright but, none of them listened.
"We could take her to Toriel," BP suggested.
"No, she has other nerds to take care of." Fresh shot a pointed glare to the jocks. Even now, when they have a similar goal they're divided.
"Besides, then someone would have to explain to her teacher what happened." Pallete rebutted BP's suggestion. Frisk started signing and the jocks looked at each other, confused.
"He says that she has a free period after lunch," Fresh translated. I sighed and looked at the boys. They kept suggesting and rebutting the suggestions. I looked up at the girls, silently pleading for help.
"Y-You know, w-we c-could take her to Mr. Goth. C-Can't h-he h-heal p-people?" Alphys stuttered out and looked at Frisk and Fresh. "A-And w-we c-could s-spend f-f-free t-time in t-the l-library."
Pallete, Frisk, and Fresh nodded at the suggestion. PJ and BP still didn't look convinced until BP whispered to PJ, "Wanna skip in the library then?" PJ nodded and I raised an eyebrow at all of them. Frisk smirked slightly and helped me up though his hand lingered a bit longer than the allotted time. The bell rang and my stomach growled, having skipped eating because of the drama. Fresh tossed me an apple from his bag and I munched happily on it until we reached the library.
"Hello again, Cora. I see you brought friends this time." I nodded and cradled my hand to my chest. "Oh my, what happened to your wrist?"
Goth took my wrist in his hands as the others got settled in. "B-Bunny happened." Pallete stared at Goth, his face flushing light green.
"I see. I've tried to warn the other staff members about her but the only ones willing to listen are Ink and Error." Goth healed my wrist and I smiled slightly. "Though judging from your expression, she said something that got your anger going."
I felt my necklace get warm and I gripped it gently, nodding. "That clingy rabbit called Raven Beckett, Cora's aunt, a witch." PJ snapped angrily. "That woman is nothing but nice to everyone she comes across, even to the likes of Bunny and her family."
"It kinda reminds me of someone we all know." A small skeleton with a wide smile muttered and everyone looked at me. I pointed to myself.
"Yes, you." A blue bunny in red overalls and an orange sweatshirt stated. "If it wasn't for you, then I highly doubt these jocks would be in the library, let alone be around us without beating us to a pulp."
"N-Nicecream guy i-is r-right, C-Cora." Alphys stuttered. "I-If it w-wasn't f-for you, F-Frisk a-and I w-would h-have n-never t-talked t-to BP a-and U-Undyne."
I pointed to the skeleton with the wide smile. He had on a brown shirt, black pants, red boots with a fluffy trim, large red gloves and a red scarf that flowed behind me. He blushed orange at my point. "I am the Great Papyrus! You can call me Papy!"
"Remember where you are." Goth shushed him, chuckling gently. I smiled at them and decided to explore the place I would be spending my free periods. There were so many fantasy books and I could feel my excitement growing by the minute. All of a sudden, my necklace glowed a soft red color. I brushed my fingers against it and closed my eyes, sighing.
"I hope that you both are happy, wherever you ended up..." It was the first thing I said without singing in over a week and to be honest, it felt good. Though, I knew it still wasn't time to converse normally with others. I can't. I don't deserve to. I can't lose my new friends to them. To the ones who murdered my parents.
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The Divide Between Us | Book Two of The Judgement series
Fanfiction"New school, new life but this time, I'm not with my parents. No, they're gone and nothing can bring them back." Cora Hadley has been orphaned and forced to move in with her Aunt Raven, who lived overseas. The school she was enrolled in was not like...
