New Beginning

Emily checked her luggage one last time and headed downstairs. It was going to be a six hour journey from her town to harbor high, the most prestigious high school in the state. Emily looked at her room and gave a rueful smile.

She had received a scholarship from Harbor High for her senior year and was excited to tranfer there. She was even more happier because her friend Lucy was also studying over there.

She was excited for the new experience but at the same time she couldn't help but feel sad that she had to live apart from her grandma for the next three years.

Her grandma was her whole world till now. Emily's parents had died in a car crash when she was just thirteen years old. None of her relatives felt obliged to take her in except for her grandma. Since then it had been only her grandma and Emily. It was the first time she was going to be apart from her.

Emily shook off the dreary feeling and reminded herself her goal. Emily's only goal all her life has been to give her grandma and herself a good life and she was ready to strive for it and this was going to be the first step.

With all these thoughts processing in her head she came downstairs to see her grandma waiting for her near the cab that came to drop her off. Due to health reasons grandma couldn't accompany Emily on her way to the school

Emily's grandma, a sweet old lady with a hunchback and a sweet smile, gave Emily a warm hug and said, " you worked hard to get here and now make the most of the time you spend here ."

Emily gave her grandma a peck on her cheek and said," I will ." Emily then got into the car and was wiping her tears as she waved goodbye. Emily felt a little dejected when she saw the car driving away. She turned around and sat quiet for a while. Though she was quiet hundreds of thougths were running through her mind.

Soon Emily entered the campus and got down the cab.She looked up the school logo .

She was about to start her new life at Harbor high.

Emily was awe-struck by the magnificent campus. She knew her journey in Harbor high was going to be amazing. Emily had a strong reason to apply for scholarship at Harbor High. Her parents Josh and Lilian had met in Harbor High and fell in love.

Lilian , Emily's mother , was a valiant person. Lilian used to tell Emily about her adventures in Harbor High. She was very ambitious and charming but her headstrong nature made her look arrogant sometimes. When she met the kind and docile Josh she saw that they were polar opposites but soon understood that they were meant to be .

Lilian belonged to a well known family .She cut-off her relationship with her family after meeting Josh as they didn't accept their love because Josh didn't have a stable family background.

Lilian and Josh got married soon after and started their own family. They were later blessed with an angel called Emily. They made a perfect family . Everything was alright until the gruesome accident took away Emily's parent's from her .

One of the main reasons Emily came to Harbor High was because of her mother. She wanted to relive the adventures of her mother. She thought she might feel a little less lonely in a place full of her parent's anecdotes.

Emily walked into the dorm thinking about all these things while she heard a loud commotion...

Emily turned around to see a commotion going on. She went up to them and noticed that a few girls were gathered against someone. When she noticed clearly, that was her friend Lucy .Lucy was Emily's childhood friend .

Emily was confused when she saw that situation .she saw that Lucy was on the ground and two of the girls shouting at her .A girl angrily yelled at Lucy "how dare you bump into me ,You ruined me bag ! " Emily noticed that a bag fell into the water fountain .

Before that girl could say anything else Emily jumped into the scene and helped Lucy get up ." what happened Lucy ?"Emily asked Lucy .Lucy replied in a fearful manner " I accidentally bumped into Sasha and her bag fell in the water fountain." accidentally?!" ,that girl interrupted ," you know that was intentional .you were probably jealous of me and spitefully did that, so please stop the pity act and get me my bag back ."

Emily couldn't take it anymore she replied in in a sharp tone " Can you stop with your awful attitude ? She said it was an accident . "Emily picked up the bag from the fountain and handed it to that girl . "Awful ? do you even know how much it costs ? Do you have any idea about who I am ? Mark my words, I will make your lives in Harbor High a living hell. "Sasha warned Emily and Lucy. " We'll see about that, I'm not scared of bullies like you who only know how to ridicule others . " Emily brushed her off.

Everybody started whispering and Sasha felt embarrassed. " You're lucky that I'm in a rush , I'll see you next time ", She furiously glared at Emily and left .Her friends followed her . "Are you alright Lucy ?" Emily tried to comfort Lucy as she helped her walk to her dorm.

" I'm fine Em , but you shouldn't have done that. That girl is Anna's friend.Anna Wilson's mother is one of the board director of Harbor High. She will not spare us now. " Lucy was scared.

"It's going to be fine Lucy ,we didn't do anything wrong so don't worry " Emily comforted Lucy .

Emily helped Lucy to get to her room and cleaned up her wound. "Lucy !how could you let them bully you like that? " Emily was concerned about Lucy. Lucy and Emily have been best friends since childhood .Lucy and her parents were a great support to Emily when her parents passed away. Apart from her grandma , Lucy was the only person close to Emily's heart and treated her like family.

"It's alright Em let's forget about it .Anna and her friends families have powerful ties with the school so we shouldn't mess with them. We shouldn't have angered her." Lucy was scared .

"Are you out of your mind Lucy? That girl Anna or whatever may even own this place but that doesn't mean that she gets to humiliate you like that. "Emily rebuked.

" Emily, she told us that she would make our lives living hell .From now onwards the whole school is going to be against us because of what she said ,they dare not disobey her and her friends."

" I don't care if a few spineless creatures ignore us. " Emily scoffed at Lucy's worries. Lucy wasn't convinced ,

" but..."

" no more buts now rest up .I will go find my room. we weren't lucky enough to be assigned the same room" Emily interrupted her. Lucy just smiled worriedly and sighed

"Alright but do you really don't want me to help you get to your room ?"

" it's fine I'll manage . You need to rest now. " Emily smiled at Lucy and waved her goodbye.She took her luggage and left Lucy's room.

Emily found her room after searching for a long time cause no one was ready to help her because of what happened earlier.Emily asked the helper and found her room. When she entered the room she found that her roommate was Sasha.Emily could sense the hostility from her right away. Still, Emily didn't want to prolong the fight for the sake of Lucy. "Hey ,I'm Emily Emily put her hand forward for a handshake but Sasha just rolled her eyes and put on her earphones as she went onto her bed.

Emily knew this was coming but she felt a little irked at Sasha's behavior .Emily just sighed and unpacked her things .She took a bath and then lied down on her bed. "What an awful start to my high school life" Emily thought .she wanted make many good friends and memories but looked like it wasn't going to happen. She went to sleep thinking what more surprises the next day was going to bring her.

" Can you guys believe it ? I have to share my room with that arrogant girl from earlier " Sasha texted her friends.Sasha messaged someone all about the humiliation she had endured . She just knew Emily won't survive for long in Harbor High.