"Give that back to me!" I cried and attempt to yank my art notebook away from the person holding it.

"You want it? Then go get it!" said my antagonizer and throws it out the window and into the rain.

"No!" I scream and run out the door and into the rain to retrieve my treasured book.

I hear laughing and look up to see students gathering at the doors, laughing. My eyes begin to brim with tears. I look around, for anyone to help me. No one. "Aaaauuuwwwww, she's crying! Poor baby!" mocks a voice. I look to see a blonde haired girl with brown eyes and a dark haired boy, smirking and mocking me. I recognized the dark haired boy as the antagonizer and immediately began to grit my teeth. I hated my life. Tears began to fall to the ground, blending in with the rain. I stand up and run. Too ashamed to stay.

I ran till I couldn't run anymore. I stop at an alleyway, and sob my heart out. I hated my life. I wipe away my tears angrily and look up to the grey and cloudy sky, not knowing what to do. I look at a nearby clock. One thirty in the afternoon. My dad was going to kill me. Like that mattered. I was his favorite punching bag. I grab my bag and begin searching for my most prized possession that I had. I found my bright blue emerald and feel much better. The emerald was as big as my hand and the most beautiful thing that I had ever seen. I found it one day on my way to school, I'm still surprised that nobody had seen it before me.
"Hey, babe you alright?" says a male voice. I turn in the direction of the voice, and quickly hide my emerald.

"Who's there?" I ask, my voice shaking. A teenage boy with green spiky hair appears from the dark, wearing a black leather jacket with fire decorated on the sides. He smiles at me, his icy-blue eyes looking at me wildly. "I'm Austin. I heard you crying, so I came to see if you were okay." he said. I look at him, and shrug. "I'm fine." I said and began to walk away when he caught me by the arm. "Wait! I know you don't know me very well, but why don't you stick with me for a while. It doesn't look like you're doing' anything at the moment so... how 'bout it?" he asks.
I look at him unsure. He was the first to ever show interest in me. I finally shake it off and smile. "Sure." He smiles back at me. "Cool!" I follow him out of the alleyway and down the street. We talked for a while, and detoured the town. "I don't believe I've seen you around here before." I told him. Austin looks at me and smirks. "Yeah, I just moved here. I just moved here a few weeks ago." he replied. I nodded. "Are you home schooled?"
"I was. I'll be going to River Ridge High School tomorrow." he said. I stopped and smiled up at him. "I go to River Ridge!" I said. Austin smirked at me. "Cool, guess I'll have someone who knows me there after all." he said. He was almost just like me. He got into trouble most of the time, and nobody liked him. I felt not so alone anymore. The sun began to set, and the wind began to get colder. "I had better go. Thanks for hanging out with me. I enjoyed it." I said.
"Hey, no problem. I'll see you around at school then." Austin winked at me and left. My heart soared. I couldn't believe I actually had a friend for the first time in my life, and it felt great. I walked home with a lighter step, feeling happier than I had ever felt in a long time. I walked into my house with a big smile on my face.

"Jasmine!" I heard someone calling my name and my face instantly dropped. What is he doing here this early? I thought. I watched in shock as my father entered the room. His dark eyes scanned me accusingly, as though I had taken two hundred dollars right from him. I shuddered but didn't break eye contact. "Hey dad." I whispered. He had dark hair, like me, but instead of tan skin, he had pale skin. He almost looked like a vampire, without the sharp fangs.

"Where have you been?" he demanded, his eyes still piercing through mine. I took a deep breath. "Nowhere dad, I was just walking around, and met a new friend and-"
"I DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR NEW FRIEND! THE PRINCIPLE CALLED AND SAID THAT YOU HAD LEFT THE SCHOOL GROUNDS! My dad screamed. My heart stopped. I was really in for it now. "LIKE YOU CARE DAD! YOU'RE NOT EVEN HOME MOST OF THE TIME!" I shouted back. My dad's face grew bright red. Before I could react, he slapped me hard across the face, causing me to fall back into the couch. I gasped when I put my hand to my face. It stung. He looked at me, his eyes still piercing into mine. "Go to your room." he said with gritted teeth and left. I stayed there, holding my sore face; angry tears began to form in my eyes.

"Hey, babe!" said Austin as I had begun walking to school. I smiled at him and waited for him to catch up with me. "Hey." I said. We walked together all the way to school. "So this school of yours, it doesn't really have any punks like me around do they?" he asked, teasing. I made a face at him. "No, not really." said with a laugh. He grinned mischievously. "They're in for it now." He said, laughing. I smiled at him and we entered the school, just in time for the advisory bell. "Well, I gotta go," I said. "Don't want to be late for advisory. See ya." I waved goodbye to Austin and ran to advisory.

Austin watched as the girl ran to advisory, leaving him in the middle of the hallway alone. He smirked at her, who knew it was going to be this easy. He puts a hand to his ear and presses a small button to a communicator. "Hey doc, I think I've found the chaos emerald. It's with some hot chick." said Austin. The communicator buzzed with electricity, buzzing inside his ear. He hated the thing; it was highly annoying to him.
"That's excellent to hear, Scourge. Have you gained her trust yet?"
"I guess you can say that." said Scourge, smirking.
"Good. I have recently detected more power, possibly more powerful then the seven chaos emeralds put together. Bring the girl here." the voice replied, obviously pleased.
"You got it doc." said Scourge. He turned the communicator off and walked down the hallway, hands in pockets.

School passed by slowly. I left fourth period, hurriedly as though it would make time pass faster. "Ooof!" I said as I ran into a person. "Whoa! Watch where you're going!" the boy snapped. I look up at him in surprise. "S-sorry." I stuttered apologetically, and hurry to class. Students passed me by smirking as I walked by. "Hey loser!" cried a female voice that I knew all too well. I look over to see Ashley Dawn, smirking at me. I scowled and keep walking, hearing their smirks and teases as I entered the classroom, eager for the day to end.