<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#00ffff">The next day, Dark stepped off the bus with a smile on her face.  The events of the day before made her hope that this year may actually be somewhat fun. As she made her way across the campus to the cafeteria, she couldn’t help but notice how fine the weather was and how peaceful everything seemed this morning. As she was enjoying the moment, she struck her foot on something hard and began to stumble. She was about to regain her balance when she felt something pushed her forward, forcing her to fall flat onto the ground,</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#660033"> </span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ff0080">“Oops! I’m SOOOO sorry,”</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#660033"> </span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#00ffff">came a voice that was dripping with so much sarcasm that Dark didn’t even need to look up to know who it belonged to. Casey was one of the cheerleaders who was in the hallway when Dark made her stand, not that she needed any reason to pick on Dark, but having one always made the short blond giddy. <br/>
</span><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#660033">"yah, we didn't see you there, you little shadow!"</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#00ffff"> came a second voice from behind the gothic girl. This was another familiar voice to Dark, Jannes, Casey's other half, a taller African American with the same bad attitude. These two had been picking on her ever since the three of them started middle school. <br/>
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Dark sighed and started to get up, only for Casey to put a foot on her back and force the goth back down to the ground. </span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ff0080">"Oh ho ho, where do you think you're going? Do you really think you can talk back to one of OUR sisters and go unpunished? ha!"</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#00ffff"> she snorted as she dug her heel further into Dark's back. <br/>
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The young red-head gave a small grunt of pain, but didn't respond, she knew it was useless to ask for mercy from these two. Jannes giggled as Dark tried again to get up, only for Casey to push down harder, </span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#660033">"I think she's trying to curse us, Casey! Too bad we have special charms to protect us from that!"</span><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#00ffff"><br/>
Casey nodded and looked back to her cohort, </span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ff0080">"you are getting all of this right?"</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#00ffff"> the black girl nodded as she moved around, showing that she had her phone out and was recording everything that was happening, </span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ff0080">"hehe not so tough without your bodyguard, are you? you piece of shit! you stay out of our hallway, and away from our friends, no one wants your ugly ass anywhere near them, you got it?"</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#00ffff"> Casy said as she pushed Dark's face down into the durt and held it there for a bit. <br/>
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Dark struggled for a little bit before Casey finally let go of her and walked away. the two jerks walked side by side as they headed for the main hall, it wouldn't be long before their new video would be all over the school. Dark spat out the dirt and grass from her mouth and got to her feet. she glanced down at her clothes and sighed softly, </span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ff0000">"Well, one good thing about my dark ensemble, it makes durt and grass stans harder to see."</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#00ffff"> She muttered softly as she dusted herself off. The assault had caught her off guard and the two assailants had made it to where she would not have time to get any breakfast. Shaking her head, she made her way to her English Literature class. If she couldn't eat, she would at least be early for class, and who knows, maybe Kori would sit next to her again.</span>