Today will be the start of my first year in high school. Hi, my name's Mallorina Cally, but I just go as Mallorie. I am a Chinese-Canadian girl who lives in a house with Kaibara High School's Prince Charming, a Motocross Star Daredevil, Mr-Try-To-Get-Revenge-Slacker, a Big-Vocabulary 9-year-old, and a 'romance' writer. I ended up in the same house as them because the man who 'kindly' told me and my brother, that my parents were killed by a hollow, a 'bad' spirit that is considered to be only in 'hidden' Kaibara (which is a 15 minute drive from London, Ontario), is their cousin, Hatori Sohma.

Hollows are a class of spirit. They were formerly human spirits that were not sent to Soul Society in due time after death. This makes them lose their sense of being and gives them a craving for human souls. Their main characteristic is a white mask completely covering their face and a hole near their heart. Each hollow's mask has a design unique to that individual.

These cousins, whom I live with, are not normal. They are beyond different; just about everyone in Kaibara is not normal. I have yet to know the whole family, but I know one thing, I want to break the curse these people are living under. When they are hugged by a member of the opposite sex, they transform (or as I say 'poof') into one of the Chinese Zodiac animals that they are cursed with, which makes it hard for me to hug them; or just some of them.

The Prince Charming, Yuki Sohma, is the rat of the Zodiac. He is nice, smart, good-looking, and athletic and everything a girl could dream of. He's 14, just like me and Kyo Sohma. Yuki is Student Body President at Kaibara High School, and always 'Teachers' Pet'. I rarely see Yuki after school and at home, but he is always at the dinner table, enjoying the homemade meals I always cook (he claims I'm the best cook, even better than the 5-star food he has when the Student Body goes away to fancy restaurants).

The 'big' Daredevil is Hatsuharu, but people just call him Haru, who is the cow of the zodiac story. He is younger than me by one year, making him 13, and yet, he's already skipped one grade, making him the same grade as me. The family claims Haru has a personality disorder, he could be black (rude, angry, and harsh) or white (nice, sympathetic, and quiet); like the Ying-Yang symbol. But Haru is in fact one of the nicest 'daredevils' I've actually met. He may have a reputation of being bad, but in fact his nice side always shine brightly when he's with my majorly-big-vocabulary little brother, Jordan Cally. Haru cares about Jordan a lot. He's taught him how to motorbike, skateboard, and all those mechanical stuff. It may seem like 'bad' influence things, but Haru always help Jordan on homework and such. Jordan has taught Haru how to play simple songs on the piano.

Shigure Sohma is the 'romance' writing guardian. He is the dog in the zodiac. Shigure is one of the funniest people ever. He teases his editor so much, that she threatens to commit suicide sometimes. Shigure's novels are all amazing; even I am a big fan of his! They may be sickly, but I still enjoy every page of it.

Kyo is the 'slacker', but I don't think so. He just doesn't care about things. In the Chinese Zodiac, the cat was never included into the Zodiac Race. The rat told the cat that the race was the day after the original planned day and therefore the cat trained all day as the other animals ran the race. The rat, being sneaky, also cheated during the race, making him place first. He had no regrets. Kyo is the cat in the story. Him being the cat, makes him hates Yuki a lot and considers Yuki his rival. They have fights all day long; so for them not having a fight is not normal.

I've also met most of the youngsters in the family. Kagura Sohma is the first female I've met from the family. She's a year older than me, but she's really cute and energetic! Kagura can overreact sometimes, but will remain calm quickly. Like Haru, her personality can change quickly. At one time, she's very sweet and nice, and next, she's about to kill Kyo. Thing is, Kagura loves Kyo so much, that when they we're little, she threatened him to propose to her. Kagura is the boar of the family.

Hiro is another youngster that I met. He and Jordan are the same age. At first, we had a rough start, but soon later, he started to be nice. Hiro is the little lamb, who fell in love with the tiger, Kisa. Kisa is the same age as Hiro. She's an adorable little thing. Kisa can be majorly quiet sometimes, but it's not normal to see her mad.

Hatori is someone else I met. He's the first person of the family that I know, and he acts like a guardian for me and my brother. Hatori's the dragon of the family. Jordan was born in the year of the dragon, and so much of that makes me think this is why Hatori cares for Jordan more than me.

My life was 'normal' before, but after I met this family, my life changed completely. The day my parents and sister died, was the day I met this family, and the day me and my brother moved in. My old friends (or as I thought they were) never contacted me (well, truth, some did, but most didn't). I didn't mind, I liked being forgotten. It's like I never existed and I'm actually okay with that.

Kaibara grew on me a lot, I really enjoyed living here. The schooling here is very different from London. Kaibara is huge, but there are little-next-to-no people living here. Everyone pretty much knows each other. Kaibara has a gorgeous beach, fact, my bedroom sitting window in the Sohma house has a great view; because of the fact we pretty much live on a cliff, far from everyone else. There are also great farming grounds in the country side. The town has great shopping areas, too!

On Kaibara School Campus, the kindergarten years are fenced off on a tiny ground. Grades one to four is in a tiny two floored building behind the three floored building for grades five to eight. Once in the main gates, there are three large buildings for Kaibara High School Students.

My first day at the school was March 24, 2008. I became great friends with some of the most 'popular' kids in school. I will never forget my 3 bestest friends that will be with me to the end; yelling, screaming, crying and, of course, laughing our buts off; Zoey Ramirez, Alison Rose, and most of all, Sweetie Chocolate.

Zoey Ramirez was the first friend I made. Yuki told me she was suppose to show me around, and she did. But not like other students who just told me where places were; she told me who's who, who to hang out with, whom to stay away from, and who to always be with. I thought she was just a know-it-all and needed someone to cling to, but no, Zoey was a true friend. Not only is she nice, she's also caring, smart and athletic. Her average mark is always an 85 and above. In gym and any athletic events, Zoey is always the best girl there; well in most things. Her father is the Prime Minister of Kaibara and therefore she has a strict image to live up to. She has a twin brother, Tom Ramirez, who is utterly adorable. Tom is swim team number one star and football star. He's not only athletic, but uber smart, just like Zoey.

Alison Rose is my best blonde friend. People may say she's dumb, but she's one of the smartest blondes I know. Alison and Zoey are best friends and they happily became my friend, too. Alison and I shared most classes together last year and all we did was laugh in class, the teachers didn't mind at all. Alison's boyfriend, Chad Simon is one of Kyo's best friend, and one of the first guys that talked to me. He and Tom are best friends and my cheerleading squad (because I cheer for them all the time). He is Kaibara's football jock, which makes all girls want him, but only Alison gets him (that's how special she is!).

The last three months in Grade 7 (March to June) was a real popularity battle for me (I never thought about battling to be popular!). Sweetie Chocolate is a gorgeous, 5 feet, pink haired, girl. At first, she didn't like me at all, knowing the fact that I was closer with Yuki than she was. Later, when she found out I actually lived with him and Kyo; she freaked and tried to ruin my social status. Kyo told her off and stood up for me. Sweetie started to apologize and by the last week of grade 7, we were like best friends. No one could tear us apart.

I was friends with all the guys that hung out with Zoey and Alison, but particularly, Daichi Kitazawa. He is Vice-President of student body, basketball star, top of the class marks and one of the most wanted boy of all. He is one of the best looking Chinese boys ever, too! We talk a lot in Chinese, not because we both are, but because we are cool that way! For as long as I can stay by him, I know for sure, I will be falling for him again and again.

But for now, this is how my life should be. I don't care if my old school mates remember me or not, I know my life now is how it should be for the rest of my life. Enjoy it while it lasts.

Live Life. Laugh Lots. Love Forever. mallorinacally 3