Chapter One: Fire Starter

ROUGH DRAFT

 

 

           Chapter one  

           Fire starter  

 

 

(My name is David , my family is not the lower class but we are not in the middle, the middle of the lower. But now a days everyone is , even politicians and buricrats,I am only thirteen soon to be fourteen have no siblings and no cousins, so a lot of waits on my shoulders   my friends Don and Kari are both my age don always brags about how it takes me longer to reach the age they are.)        It all started on a warm April morning. The ringing of the fire trucks, and the screaming of the people out side. I looked out the window out at the eye burning blaze of the building. I quickly ran to my parent’s room and told them the news; we grabbed Spiegel our blood hound lab mix and ran down the stairs. As we watched the building burn my parents cried and I stared at Spiegel he and his droopy eyes looked back at me as if to say “you forgot my food…” 

Homeless we stayed at my grandmothers until we found a duplex close to where we used to live. “200 A MONTH UPPER HALF, DUPLEX PETS AND CHILDREN ALLOWED!!!!!!SURR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT!!!”It rang in my ears the night before we left, everything we lost would soon be returned. In the form of a second story half of duplex. Three bedrooms and two bathrooms just like before. When we got there it was every thing we thought it would be and more. It was perfect. We had moved in met the land lord and settled. Then the bottom half was sold. The following week of the sale at school was strange. “Well have you met your new neighbors yet?” asked Kari. “Ya do they have a hot daughter!!?” interrupted Don. I ignored the second question “no they just bought it, there probrobly packing there bags and stuff.” I said tired “hey man you don’t look so good.”Said Don Probrobly noticing my energy less face. “I’m just really tired the entire time the people where checking the place out Spiegel was going ape s**t.” “What was that David!!??”Shouted Mr. Sales from the front of the classroom. My face turned bright red. “Uh…nothing” I said hoping that he didn’t really hear me. “Detention for a week” my head dropped to my desk “prick...”I whispered. “What was that? Go to the office.” so after a few phone calls I was sent home. As I walked up the stairs I could hear my mother car take off back to her office. Then I could hear the neighbors talking. “What I f the people that live up stairs are part of HAA? Hu? You never check do you?” said a woman from the door. “Honey relax I really doubt that they are.” said a calm mans voice. At the time I had no clue what HAA was.

I went up to my room and flopped down on my bed Spiegel was by the back door to the balcony. He looked tired of barking .I looked out the glass screen door and could see a shadow I grabbed my knife and slowly stepped over to the glass door I opened it slowly as to not make a sound. I could see the head of the figure move in my direction then take off .all I saw as I rounded the door was an orange tail with a white tip leave the patio. I decided it of no importance.        Later that night after every one was home I asked my father what HAA was. He looked at me and said “son by now you know the world is not perfect, the HAA is an organization bent on enslaving or just killing the neo-sapiens most think that they will go crazy with power. They are foolish people who are very disrespectful, where did you hear that?”

“I overheard the people downstairs talking they seemed worried.” I said. My father got up from the table and walked over to the door. “Well I better go introduce myself.” he said walking out the door my mother said “you should be able to meet there daughter tomorrow at school.” I looked up from my food surprise “they have a daughter?” I said surprised. My mother nodded. Later my father came home he walked in with that “I was right look” on his face. But the rest of the night he was silent not saying a word.

        I laid on my bed looking up at the sealing. This new home felt alien to me. The walls where different there was no back lot to play ball in and my friends where a whiles away from here. I then started to get angry, mainly at whoever started the fire. I then felt sad. Even though I got angry it did not help.  The moon light flowed through the sliding glass door, and it made me think about earlier, “Who was that?” I asked Spiegel, he just lifted his head and yawnd.soon I fell asleep…         The next morning was strange; as soon as I got to school Don and Kari ran up to me. “Well?” asked Don, “have you met you’re neighbor?” he seemed more enthusiastic than I was. “You know he hasn’t.”Said Kari with a smirk on his face.somthing told me they had met the neighbor.  The entire time we where going to class Don and Kari where smirking and giggling at each other. I then stopped and asked “what the hell is so funny?!” then Mr. Sales stopped me by putting his hands on my shoulders, “what’s funny is that I would normally send you to the office, but you will be a chaperone today…” I looked at him squinting “chaperone?” I muttered trying to remember what that meant. (Even though I called him a prick Mr. Sales is really a good teacher.) Then as we entered the classroom I saw a kid in the middle of the classroom it had a hood over its head and looked like it had a hunch back. “This young girl says she lives in the lower part of you’re duplex, so you are going to chaperone her around the school today. Got it?” I glared at him angrily, “don’t worry were goanna help ya!”Said Don as he pulled in Kari’s and I heads and slammed them together. “Try to help me score points with the new girl, after we see her.” He whispered in to our ears. Then Kari whispered “you’re a pig” he shrugged and looked at Mr. Sales saying “we’ll help him.” “Ok, but Kari is right you are a pig.” Said Mr. Sales laughing. Then the three of us walked up to her I paused as the bulge on her back moved. She then removed the hood. We all paused. She had the head of a fox… Mr. Sales walked up to me and said “well looks like the first neo-sapien in surr middle school.” suddenly the vice principal walked in “so this is the girl?” he said reluctantly. (He is a prick.) “Yes I was just about to let these three chaperone her around the school you know show her the routes to her class.” said Mr. Sales to the vice. (That’s what we call him.) “Should I give them a leash?” said the vice rudly.the girl shrunk down embarrassed. Don and I started at him but Mr. Sales put his hand in our way.  “Now, now a boys, just because we are around animals doesn’t mean we should act like animals...” Mr. Sales put his finger in the vices face and said “that is dishonorly conduct toward a student and I could get you terminated because of it.” The vice laughed at the proposal and said “I did not know class pets where considered students now.” As he finished the girl ran off. The teacher looked at me as if to say “go get her.” On that note I took off Don stayed and Kari followed. When we finally caught up with her, she sat down on a bench. “So it’s true I do have to be worried every where I go.” she said sadly. I didn’t know what to say. I had never met a neo-sapien. Kari sat down next to her. “Hey calm down that guy is just a prick; he’s mean to every one.” She said looking at me as if to say “help.” I studderd “uh ya mean, he’d probrobly beat the s**t out of me if given the chance.” After a little bit more comforting we all walked back to the class room. Don was sitting outside the door laughing his a*s off at the situation. “The vice is getting bitched out by Mrs. Sanders” (the principal, she’s nice) then the vice came out of the classroom. Miss sanders voice came ringing out.  “The next complaint like this, and you will be fired understand?!” she shouted at him angrily. He walked out of the classroom and glared at the girl. “Till next time” he said walking away. The principal walked out followed by Mr. Sales. Mrs. Sanders walked over to the girl. “Are you ok? Listen mr.cood was very wrong and I truly doubt he will ever say anything like it again, if he does you come strait to me. Ok?” she said trying to console her. She nodded, and bowed. The three of us looked at each other. “Oh I guess you don’t know Nieta is a foreign exchange student from Japan.” said Mr. Sales. The four of us began walking down the hallway together. (Nieta, Don, Kari, and I…) “So Nieta why don’t you have a Japanese accent?” asked Kari.nieta smiled and said. “My family originally lived in America but was moved to Japan during the war, and during the time my parents didn’t want me to speak to anyone outside the family, my mom is scared that everyone is like you’re vice principal.” She said laughing. We continued to talk and share stories mainly Kari and Nieta and the stories where mainly about Don and I being stupid. Finally the day ended and it was time to leave. Nieta and I started to walk home but a black car stopped by us the windows rolled down and a wolfs head poked out. I probrobly jumped ten feet in the air. The wolf laughed and said “Nieta you seemed to have made a friend “ya. He’s a little skittish.” she said as I got up gripping my chest. “Dang man you gave me a heart attack.” I said laughing. He smiled and said calmly “I guess you’re mother was wrong you’re first day wasn’t bad.” she nodded and said. “Bye David.” Then got in the car. They drove off then Don walked up to me. “Wow! You’ve got a crush on a real fox, really!” he shouted slapping me on the back. “What! Screw you.” I said blushing. (I didn’t but I did think she was beautiful.) Then Kari walked over “what Davy’s got a crush on the fox girl.” she said sarcastically. (Later that night at home I was watching the news, they had caught the fire starter, “the man responsipal for the fires a few months ago was a member of the HAA he emitted to the crime last night. He said his target was a family of neo-sapiens. He will be prosecuted with pyro homicide and inconsistent use of matches…”  I went to bed early and slept in the following Saturday morning.  

 

Author's Note

chapter ones' rough draft...ROUGH DRAFT lol

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[Coyote Poetry]

I like this chapter. You create some good characters for the story. I like the new school and new people in the story. Please sent me read request. I'm behind. My job is doing inventory. I'm working 6 days. The story had great possibility.
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