Lemon Dust
Part 1
A/n: okay so i know this took forever...sorry ab that, aha, but we’re back lmao. also if this first part is cringey, pls don’t judge, my writing wasn’t as good at it is now (not that it’s any good at all) but i feel like i’ve improved from the time i wrote this first chapter, so the chapters will improve in quality lmao. but yeah, i hope you enjoy!
The sunny day outside was a stark contrast to what it was inside this school. All of the light looks artificial, and it’s just barely cold enough that you would want some kind of jacket. Fortunately, it’s not totally bland inside (with the few red and blue streaks that color the halls.) It definitely isn’t a terrible place, but you would much rather be spending your day outside. Instead, you have to be a struggling high school student, inside. Once a nice lady behind a desk handed you your schedule, you set out to try and figure out where all of your classes were
Right as you were leaving the office, you noticed two boys standing nearby. They sounded like they were arguing. You figured that they would be somewhat knowledgeable of the campus, so you decided to ask them for help. When you approached them, the taller boy was speaking, “Della totally liked the flowers. That means phase two of ‘Benny Gets a Girlfriend’ is a go.” You furrowed an eyebrow at the boys weird word choice. “Hey, I’m y/n, I’m new here. Would you guys be able to help me find some of my classes?” They both just stared at first, but then the shorter one answered your question. “Oh, um, yeah. My name is Ethan, this is Benny,” Ethan said while pointing to the tall one. A small smile grew on your face. This might not be so hard after all, you thought. “Thank you so much for helping. It’s a little overwhelming,” you said with a laugh. “Tell me about it,” Ethan said, “so can I see your schedule?” Ethan went to grab my schedule and his hand accidentally grazed mine. Which isn’t worth mentioning, but what you saw afterwards was. A bright light flashed, and then an image of blood floating down through water played for a couple of seconds. The scene abruptly ended, and you were back to normal. You looked over to Benny to see if he saw it too, but his focus was on your schedule. When you looked over to Ethan, there was a discernible amount of concern in his eyes. He had obviously seen it too. Judging by his look, he could tell that you saw it as well. Neither of you said anything about it and Ethan just started reading off your schedule. This was going to be a first day to end all first days.
The whole day flew by for you. You found out that most of your classes were enjoyable, and the teachers were pretty nice. The school lunch turned out to be good, so you ended up eating that instead of the lunch you brought. Ethan and Benny even let you sit with them during lunch, and they introduced you to their friend Rory. Benny also introduced you to a girl named Sarah in your pottery class during second period. Even through all this, though, you and Ethan didn’t mention anything about what happened this morning. Well, until now. It was the last class you had of the day. You had always enjoyed playing games in gym class at your old school, so you thought that you would enjoy it here. You soon found out that the class was neither good nor bad. It was just boring, and was basically just a bunch of teenagers in matching clothes that stood around in the gymnasium. The only plus side to this was that Ethan was in this class. He was in a couple of your other classes too, like chemistry and pre-calc, but you two had talked a lot and you kind of saw Ethan as an actual friend. He introduced you to one last friend of his, Erica, and then he and you went over and sat down together in a part of the gym.
“So much for an actual gym class,” you said, resting your head in your hands. “I mean, we are technically in a gym,” he said back. The two of you laughed, but then an awkward silence fell upon the two of you. You decided that it would probably be the best time to try and talk about what happened this morning, but Ethan beat you to it. “So, did you like, see something this morning?” You looked up at him, head still in your hands, “um, yeah. I was actually gonna ask you that.” Ethan looked around to see if anyone was listening, and then leaned in close. “I’ve been seeing them for a while now, I call them visions. I know it sounds crazy, but basically we’re in this supernatural town full of seers, and magic, and vampires.” You tried to keep your laugh in, “yes, Ethan, I know about all this supernatural stuff.” He looked taken aback, “Oh, so you mean, you’re a seer too?” This time you couldn’t keep your laughter in, “not quite. I’m technically labeled as ‘merfolk,’” you put finger quotations around the last word. “Some other terms would be like ‘mermaid’ or ‘siren’ but my family and I just stick to merfolk.” Ethan sat for a moment, and then spoke. “Oh, that’s pretty cool. Why’d you move here, then?” You sat up straight, “well my parents tell me it’s to change up the scenery, but I overheard my parents talking about some people that were trying to kill all merfolk, and I’m pretty sure that’s why we moved.” Ethan’s eyebrows rose, “oh my god, that must be terrifying.” You rolled your eyes, “oh, I’m sure you’ve dealt with worse. I mean you said yourself that this town has seers, magic, and vampires” Now he was the one to sit up, “well, we did deal with a vampire that tried to turn a dusk screening into his old flock.” You moved to sit criss-cross, “woah, that’s kinda intense.” He went on to explain the whole ordeal in its ‘full glory’.
The gym teacher blew a whistle to end the class, so you and Ethan got up and started walking to the locker rooms to change. “Hey,” you started, “since the supernatural tend to stick together here, do you think you guys would be able to take me under your wing?” He looked back to you, “oh sure. I might be walking home with Benny, if you want to join?” You smiled, “yeah, that’d be nice.” You could now officially say that you made some friends here at Whitechapel.
