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"Are you sure this was a good idea?" Grace whispered to Daniel while Saff pretended she couldn't hear them. He rolled his eyes, "well it's too late to take her back now, we'd be late for school if we did." He said as he steered his truck into the school parking lot. "And besides this is Saff's first time in a public school." He turned back to her, "you said you were home schooled right?" Saff nodded and said softly, "yeah my guardian home schooled me until she died." Saff watched Grace sigh and mutter, "okay but don't blame me when Sissy chews her up and spits her out when she sees Saff shadowing you all day." Saff blinked, "who's Sissy?" Grace smirked at her brother, "Sissy is Daniel's girlfriend." Daniel rolled his eyes, "she is not my girlfriend. She just wishes she were." Saff looked at him and asked quietly out of curiosity, "so you don't have a girlfriend?" He suddenly jerked the wheel, "uh no." He said, blushing a little.
Daniel glared at his sister as she giggled hysterically. He sighed and pulled into a parking spot. He turned to face Saff, "we'll have to go the office first and get you a visitor's badge and after that we will go to my first period history class." She nodded and got out of the car. She gripped her elbows and followed him while Grace went off to her own classes.
Saff looked at the sea of faces blankly. The male teacher blatantly ogled her for a moment before introducing her, "class this is Sapphire Piretta. She'll be sitting in today." The teacher nodded to her and she sat on a stool next to Daniel's desk. Daniel ran a hand through his hair and wished they had found something else for Saff to wear, but none of Grace's clothes really fit because of the difference in the girls' curves. Sissy was glaring daggers at Saff and he tried not to wince, wishing he could redirect the girl's fury. Saff didn't seem to notice though, nor did she notice the teacher's stares. She just sat on her stool next to him, looking around at everything. Something clicked in his head and he turned to Saff.
Saff jumped when she felt a touch on her arm and she turned. It was Daniel, he was looking at her curiously. "What?" She asked softly. "Your name is Sapphire?" He asked, his voice lowered so as to not draw attention to them. She looked at him and cocked her head, "well yeah. What did you think Saff was short for?" She said quietly. He smiled sheepishly and shrugged. She smiled back at him hesitantly.
Daniel felt his face warm at Saff's smile. He looked away and tried to focus on the teacher but it was hard to concentrate with Saff sitting right next to him in a mini skirt and tight tank top. Even if she was wearing one of his old hoodies. He noticed Sissy with an ugly expression on her face but ignored her.
The bell rang, making Saff jump. Daniel laughed at her expression, "relax; it's only the bell. Whenever it goes off that means we move on to whatever is next. Which in this case is French." Saff's eyes lit up, " tu parles français*?" He smiled crookedly, "oui, et toi**?" She nodded but made a face and said quietly, "je suis hors de la pratique***". He laughed and gathered his notebooks."C'est comme le vélo, on n'oublie jamais****."Saff smiled a little and hopped off the stool and walked with Daniel to his french class. Neither of them paying any mind to the small clique of girls glaring hard at Saff and looking as though they were devising various ways to murder her whilst making it look accidental.
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Translations-
*~You speak french?
**~Yes, and you?
***~I am out of practice.
****~It's like riding a bike, you never forget
Saff fought back a yawn during the last period of the day, which Daniel noticed. He whispered, "you must be tired huh? Don't worry this period is almost over then we can go back to my house and figure out what to do tomorrow." Saff nodded and rubbed her eyes. She stood up and whispered, "I'll be right back." He nodded and went back to his textbook while she walked to the restroom.Saff washed her hands and walked out of the bathroom she was on her way back to Daniel's class when someone grabbed her arm and dragged her outside. Her eyes went wide and she held back a shriek. The person who had grabbed her thrust her against a nearby brick wall. "Wha-?" She gasped as five girls surrounded her. The girls looked like they were clones, each looking almost exactly like the other four.
"Stay away from Daniel slut!" The lead girl said furiously. Saff blinked her eyes and asked quietly, "are you Sissy?" The girl looked taken aback slightly and one of the girls behind her hissed "shut up!" Sissy recovered and crossed her arms over her chest. "I don't know what your relationship with him is but he's mine." One of the girls nodded and chimed in, "everyone knows that."
Saff looked at them in confusion. "But he told me you weren't a couple." Sissy grew livid which only agitated her followers. "Bitch!" She hissed and lunged at Saff who drew back against the wall. Sissy started clawing at her while the other girls drew in closer and Saff's fear spiked.
The other girls started hitting her as well while Sissy made a grab for Saff's hair. She twisted her hair out of the way but a few of the girls' hits landed, making her cry out. The pain accompanied by her fear made Saff's draki side push forward, urging her to change. She whimpered as scales tried to form on her face. Sissy pulled back a fist and Saff covered her face with her hands to cover her transformation but looking as if she wanted to deflect the blow. The blow never landed.
"What the hell is going on?" Daniel demanded, holding onto Sissy's wrist. Saff groaned in pain, unable to stop her manifest. She peeked through her fingers and saw Daniel held all of the other girls' attention. She sprinted between two of them and pulled off Daniel's jacket. White scales emerged and her legs lengthened as she ran.
Saff's breathing was ragged and she ran even faster. Her eyes darted around and she noticed an equipment shed she ripped the door open and dove inside just as her wings started coming. She curled up into a ball behind a large shelf and hoped no one would find her. She managed to tug off her skirt before it was ruined but it was too late for her shirt.
Her manifest finished and she pressed her face into Daniel's hoodie, still shaking. She had never had anyone raise their hand against her before and it wasn't a good feeling. She called up her mist, just in case someone came in and curled up tighter.
(Read roads if ur lost because of what's happening)The four of them arrived in a small town and un-manifested.
Glenda looked around, "are you sure there here?"
Thundra looked around, "I can feel it too.."
Caleb looked at Glenda, "I don't feel anything..."
She shook her head, "it runs in the family," she explained.
Kambern sniffed the air, "this way!" He yelled as he ran to words a school, as he buttoned up his shirt.
They fallowed Kambern to an equipment shed."She's in here?" Caleb asked, clearly not believing in what Kambern was capable of.
Kambern nodded, "you and Thundra stand guard, mock on the door is someone is coming," he orders. then he looks at Glenda, and taking her hand in his he whispers, "lets go."
They enter a missed filled room with a draki siting in the corner curled up in a ball.
"Is that the person your looking for?" Kambern asks, eyes widened.
Glenda slowly walks over to the shader in the hoddie and whispers, "Saff? It's me, Glenda. Are you okay?"
'does she look okay to you!? It's a good thing we were sent here to make sure she was okay! What if she died!?'
The voice rambled in Glenda's head, making it harder to focus, "we're not here to force you to come back, were here to make sure your okay and ask you if you want to come back," Glenda's voice was soft, she hoped Saff would be okay.
Glenda belt down next to Saff and put a hand on her shoulder, "are you okay Saff?"
Saff looked up and started to panic again. "leave!" She hissed so softly it only came out slightly above a whisper. Her ears twitched and her spine stiffened. She could hear someone approaching and knew it was Daniel. Saff took deep breaths and closed her eyes. She made the mist dissipate and concentrated on de-manifesting.It wasn't working. She recognized Glenda and started panicking again, Daniel would recognize her as well and probably the earth draki if he was there. Saff's mind raced for something which would help her force her panic and fear away, it settled on Daniel. Daniel who had jumped in a river to save her. Daniel, who had literally given her the clothes off his back and a place to stay in his home.
Her pulse slowed and she was able to calm down and de-manifest. It was a little painful, which was to be expected but she was finally human. She pulled on her skirt, her shoes, the hoodie and shoved Glenda behind a shelf just as Daniel poked his head in the door. "Saff are you okay? I can't believe those girls would do that to you." He said, his gaze full of concern. His concern grew when she nodded but gripped her elbows and threw glances behind a shelf to her right.
"We can just leave, Grace will catch a ride with one of my friends so we can take the truck." He said and she nodded, throwing one last look at the shelf before walking forward.
Glenda watched from behind the shelf.Once they left, he nodded, "Saff will be fine."
Her and her brother walked outside and met up with Thundra and Caleb.
"Where to next?" Glenda asked in a high pitched, exited, voice.
"Are you sure you're okay?" Daniel asked, throwing her a sidelong glance as they walked back to his truck. Saff nodded but shuddered and thought about how close she had come to being found. He saw her shudder and put his arm around her shoulder, "hey it's okay those girls won't ever attack you like that again." She nodded again and unconsciously pressed a little bit closer to him."I'm so sorry you had to go through that because of me." Daniel murmured against her hair. "It's not your fault." She said softly and shivered for an entirely different reason.
"Hey do you want to go somewhere?" Daniel asked suddenly as they neared the truck. She nodded curiously. He smiled, looking like an excited little boy."Great! We can pick up some clothes for you on the way."
(To the diner)
