~Kaila Moonbeam~

"Don't worry Kaila, everything is going to be fine." Her mother said, on the wheel. "Just think of it as the same schools you always attended."

Kaila sighed. "All the schools I attended calls me freak mom." she look away and stared at the trees passing by.

She and her mother just moved...again. As what usually happens. This was her fifth move. Kaila Moonbeam was a sixteen-year-old girl living with her mother. She has long, black hair and deep brown eyes. She grew up without a father and had used her mother's name. Her mother didn't even mentioned her father,not even once.When she was seven,she ask about him but her mother burst out crying, so after that she never ask about it.

"Nobody would call you a freak, sweety." said her thirty-six year old mother. Kaila knew that she possibly inherited her father's straight dark hair and eyes since her mother has curly, brunette hair and green eyes.

"Yeah, they do." Kaila said in a low voice and she hoped her mother didn't hear it.

Kaila has lived with the name of FREAK for the past years. She didn't know why or how. All she knew was that she was different. Not by appearance or actions. Possibly by nature, she didn't know. Everytime she moved to a new school people would stare at her suspiciously like she's an enemy finally came fort to challenge them.

"Sweety, I know you don't like the move but just try to be natural about your new school." her mother motioned as she parked the car next to the school. Her mother turned at her, "Maybe this time you'll finally get some friends."

"I hope so." Kaila said and went out. The new school was like all the other ordinary high-school. Popular girls sitting by the tree gossiping. weird, colorful guys playing guitar. Nerds get pick on by big bullies and so on. Kaila just hoped nobody would eventually notice the new girl she hates getting noticed.

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She couldn't help noticing that her classmates were looking at her. She wished she could just open the window, jump off and ran back home hoping not to go back. Of course that sounds stupid. She might be labeled as the girl who jump off windows. When she got inside the classroom, everyone stared at her. She felt like she wanted to ran away. Their teacher Mrs. June was this nice lady in her forties with brown hair tied in a tight bun. When she went inside, Mrs. June ask her to introduce herself. She went red when she stumbled to get to the center. Everyone laughed. There goes your new life. she thought.

She tried not to notice the staring classmates. She sat on the back seat next to the window and she wasn't paying attention to what Mrs. June said about witch burnings in Europe.

"Hey." her seatmate sitting next to her greeted. He was this tall guy, with short,red hair which seems to be pointing to the left and bright green eyes. He was wearing all black and has a very funny grin. He seems pretty cute but she wasn't into guys right now.

"Hi." Kaila replied withoutlooking back at him.

"I'm Eric." he said still smiling. Kaila didn't reply. Eric loose his smile and said. "You could look or say anything you like at me. I'm just trying to brush up conversation since were gonna be seatmates for the entire year."

Kaila finally look at him. "Sorry. I'm just a little shy."

"That's alright...Hey you wanna hang out on lunch?"he asked.

"What? Uh no." Kaila said feeling a little bit nervous.

"Oh c'mon I don't have anyone with me during lunch." he insisted. "At least we get to know each other a little."

Kaila frowned. Nobody actually talks to her much. She might as well hang out with this guy and hope she'll not end up as a freak. "Okay."

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Eric was really funny. He tells Kaila about jokes only if he stop spitting coke when he laughed. Everything would be fine if she stopped stumbling. It was her new shoes her mother bought her. The heels were a bit too high.

Eric laughed. "Boy, you'll get yourself into a bit of a problem when you get chased down by vampires!" he said when Kaila stumbled again, luckily she grabbed his shoulder to avoid hitting the floor.

"What are you talking about?" she said when she fixed her hairband. "There's no such thing as vampires."

"I'm just saying." he said and drank more coke.

"That's you 3rd coke." she said. "You'll get sick with that."

"Oh don't worry. I feel healthy as a horse!" he declared.

Kaila felt herself laughing but suddenly she felt a little dizzy. Here she goes again. She could see it. A strange hallway. Shadows were everywhere. It was a bit cold and she felt a slight pain on her head. "Not again!" she thought. At first she could see Eric, but then she could see it. Shewas standing on a large meadow. The sky was a mixture of orange and red. The medow was dark and small white lights were seen. She could feel her hair stand out. Someone was behind her, she wasn't sure who but she can sense him/her or it. She got the courage to turn around...

"Kaila? Kaila?" she could hear Eric's voice but she couldn't see him. And ...BLACK OUT.

~Eric James~