Double checking that she had everything Angela began to make for the door, â€œWhere are you going?â€ came the shrill voice of her foster mother, Mary. Angela sighed and turned to face the time shrunken prune of a woman who always seemed to be glaring at her. Like somehow Angela was the cause of all the woes and pains in her life.<br/><br/>â€œTo school....you know....like I do every dayâ€ Angela said with a sigh and a roll of her eyes.<br/><br/>â€œDon't you get smart with me missy! Or I swear I will smack the smart right out of your mouth!â€ her hand raised as if to do it as she stared Angela in the eyes.<br/><br/>â€œNot like you have not done it beforeâ€ Angela said coldly as she glared back not blinking, eyes full of hate and disgust for this woman who was supposed to be her guardian.<br/><br/>Mary lowered her hand and sneered, â€œSuch a wretched child you areâ€ she snapped, â€œIsn't it early for you to be going to school?â€<br/><br/>Angela sighed again, â€œI always go in early. You know I don't like to be in large crowdsâ€ she said impatient as she glanced at the clock on the wall. She was going to have to run now to catch the bus in time.<br/><br/>â€œProbably going to meet some boy.....so desperate for someone to love your monstrous form that you give it up to any and all who will...â€<span style="font-style: italic">SLAM</span><br/><br/>Angela did not even notice the sting in her eyes as tears of anger were held back, just a couple more years of this shit and she was out of there. Off to join the space program and hopefully get the fuck off this piece of shit place. To some far off place where she could work alone and not have to be bothered by ferals anymore.<br/><br/>The light job to the bus stop helped to calm her a bit so that by the time she reached the school she was not even thinking about her foster mother anymore. Walking up to the school she paused and let a smile come to her face, one of the rare occasions she ever did. The Academy was one of the few places that Angela took a small measure of pleasure and peace, it was her sanctuary. Here she could challenge herself and work toward a goal to set herself free from the shitty hand fate seemed to have dealt her.<br/><br/>Coming early had at first been a punishment, a morning detention for the bit of trouble she had gotten herself into when she was running with gang of sorts. They hated ferals and made it a point to show it to ferals. After an incident in which a feral was injured, not by her hands, Angela was put on Academic suspension and made to come into the school in the mornings to help in clean up and general grounds up keep. The work was tedious and gave her a chance to reflect on what she wanted out of life, which led to her realize that she was never going to get anywhere in life. Not if she continued hanging with the wrong crowd and being bounced from foster home to foster home. No, if she wanted to get away from what she hated she had to at least try and behave properly. So she continued to come early to help out where she could and to work on extra credit assignments to make up for the time she had wasted.<br/><br/>Though it would appear that her will would be tested today, for Miss Wolfcub saw fit to sit the knew odd looking feral between her and goody two shoes Kate. Today had started out as shit and seemed to be looking to continue that trend.