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Kitty groaned when her cellphone alarm went off telling her it was time to get up and get ready for school. The social worker had taken her yesterday to the school before dropping her off here to get registered and quick tour. Kitty turned off her useless cell phone since her plan had been under her grandmother and when her grandmother died the plan had been cancelled. Thinking of her grandmother and the cellphone hurt sharply in her chest, last christmas her grandmother had gotten her the Apple iphone she had wanted with the crimson and ebony otter box she had loved. Kitty held her cell to her chest before forcing herself to her feet.

She dressed comfortably, dark brown pants with sturdy boots, a matching undershirt and her ivory hood jacket which split into sections at the bottom (outfit in picture), another gift from her grandma and her favorite jacket ever, she had seen it on an anime website and her grandmother had gotten it for her 15th birthday. Kitty grabbed her backpack huffing at her mac’s heaviness inside and swung her archery bag as well, she had been so happy when the dean had told her their was an after school archery club.

Dressed Kitty headed to the shed to wash her face and brush her teeth, she realized it was going to suck coming out here once it started to get cold. Glancing at herself in the mirror she touched her grey hair, she had wanted to dye it for the longest time but grandmother hadn’t allowed it, informing her that she had beauty hair despite its color. Kitty’s hair had been been albino white when she was a baby and it had slowly darken as he had grown, everyone had thought it would turn brown, it had been a shock to everyone when it came out ash grey. The doctor’s had said there was nothing wrong with her, just a genetic glitch like redheads. Kitty wonder when she got old if her hair would turn white again or stay grey forever. She hated her hair, the girl's at school had made fun of her grey hair, though her eyes had gotten her plenty of interested boys who thought her eyes were sexy and seductive which of course just made her more of a target with the girls. Now however she knew she couldn’t never dye the hair her grandmother had loved so much, had taken so much time and effort to brush and cut.

She hadn’t had any real friends growing up except her grandmother. She had started archery when she had been 6 because it was a sport she could do on her own and she loved robin hood it was her favorite disney movie. After begging her grandma that she wanted to shoot and arrow like robin hood and because the other girls never let her play with them her grandmother had found an archery school an hour away and drove her to all her classes, events and competitions for the years to come.

Kitty shook her head and left the shed back into the house, she glanced up the stairs wondering if she should call up to her great aunt and let her know she was leaving for school but she had a feeling the old woman wouldn’t be very happy with her if she woke her up. Instead Kitty looked longingly at the frig, she was starving and she couldn’t recall any food places or cafes along the way. Sighing she left the house walking lightly on the creaking porch and stairs cringing at every loud groan of the rotting boards before releasing the breath she had been holding when her feet touched solid ground.

It was a long walk to the school and she had gotten up extremely early to make sure she made it on time, she did find a small diner on the way and popped in and gotten herself a coffee and muffin to go. She munch on the pumpkin spice muffin thinking it was really really good and should have gotten a second one as she approached the main road and entered the town. Kitty popped the last bite of muffin into her mouth washing it down with a healthy swallow of coffee.

“Crap,” she muttered, she was lost, things looked differently from a car’s POV.

Seeing a walgreen’s she went inside to the cashier.

“Excuse me ma’am can you point me to the high school, I am new and lost,” she asked the man.

“Of course, lucky for you there is only one or I would have asked you which one you mean! Anyways when you walk out of the store turn left onto 5th street go down about….8 or 10 blocks turn right onto 34th ave then down another 6 blocks then turn right again and you’ll see it a way’s down. Its a long walk you should have your parents drive you next time, you’re lucky you started early you should be able to get there just before the bell rings I think.”

Kitty smiled, “ya I’ll do that, thanks!”

It had indeed been a long walk, by the time she arrived at the school it had been nearly an hour and half, luckily she had gotten up early cause the drive had been roughly 25 minutes between the school and the house. She’d have to use the school computers to find a shortcut on google maps. Luckily it was early and cool so she hadn’t sweated very much. Enter the campus she chucked her empty coffee cup and muffin paper into a near by trash and pulled out her schedule.

First period: English 2-------Professor Julian Franz, Blg 4 Rm 403B

Kitty turned her schedule over to look at the campus map as student milled about before heading to her first class ignoring the looks, murmurs and stares as she entered the two story building. A quick glance at the black classroom board informed her B rooms were upstairs.

The day was pretty normal, the teachers brought her up front to introduce her before letting her sit back down in her seat which she had chosen to be the farthest back nearest the window. People asked her questions of where she came from, how she came here and of course if her hair was dyed or natural. She was surprised that most people seemed to be pretty cool about the color and didn’t tease her….yet.

When the lunch bell rang, she almost sighed with contentment. No one of the people who had talked to her during her classes invited her to eat with them they went off in their own groups. She was something new to look at, poke at but not include. Kitty was use to it so she entered the cafeteria, pulling out the wads of cash in her pocket, her grandmother hadn’t been rich but she hadn’t been poor either, her life insurance though had only been enough to pay for the funeral, pay off a few bills and left her with only a few thousand dollars that she couldn’t touch until she was 18. All the money she had on her was cash her grandmother gave her weekly as her allowance and money from her part time job at a cafe.

Kitty grabbed something cheap to eat, a simple burger and fries from the school food line instead of the outside food line which seemed the most popular before finding an empty table by a window to sit. She pulled out a book and settled in to read while she ate.

"Perhaps we should return to the Institute," Masika suggested quietly. "Let Professor Grey and Professor Logan know about it."

◦▹❊*◦▹❊*◦▹Sam Summerfall▹◦*❊▹◦*❊▹◦
aka Redemption
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((BTW Larusa is about the same height at Sumina, a little shorter though. Sumina is 4'11" and Larusa is almost that))

Masika nodded and got to her feet. She ran back inside the school and down the hallway to the school's infirmary. The school nurse gave a startled jump upon seeing her with the unconscious girl in her arms. "There's a fight going on outside between two really strong creatures," Masika said hurriedly. "I think this girl got caught in the crossfire. She's hurt." The nurse led Masika to an empty bed, where she set the girl down and pulled the privacy curtain around her. Without another word, Masika headed back out.