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MHOC: Curri's First Day

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"Deep breaths, Courry. You can do this." Didn't dad say that would work? Was that what he had said while Eustace was driving us here? All I can remember was him calling us stupid. Stupid, no. Scared, yes. Ready to run all the way back to Nowhere, hell yes.

Another deep breath. Eyes closed. Going to my happy place. "Dad's met with people much worse. These are nice monsters. Nice. They won't hurt me. They won't hurt Dad. They won't hurt Muriel. Eustace..." Eyes glaring at the truck speeding away. "You can have him."

"Why are you talking to a lamp post?"

This is where I jump, yelp, & drop my pretty pink backpack in a puddle. "Oh, no." Don't look at her & you'll be fine.

"I'm sorry. Did I startle you?" The person asked. She bent down & helped pick up some fallen books.

I only nodded before looking up. "Thanks." I stopped. Stitches. Bolts. Oh God, Frankenstein's daughter.

"New kid?" I could only nod.

The stitched up girl held up a hand. "I'm Frankie Stein."

Slowly, I managed to take her hand & shake it. "Courageous Bagge. But don't let the name fool you. I'm a coward. It's a family thing."

I quickly retracted my hand & looked around. There were so many scary looking people around. I ran in quickly. Oh, that was probably rude to Frankie. She'll live.

Going inside: Not my best idea. Things were much worse inside. So, I resorted to dad's old coping mechanism. I started shaking & whimpering, tears prickling in my eyes. "I need to leave." I turned back to the door.

"Are you okay?" You looked around for the voice. Only one boy, I think, was looking in my direction. But his mouth...Oh, god, was it sewn closed? The question repeated.

Someone was in my head. Forget dad's lessons. This was too much for my first day in somewhere that wasn't Nowhere. So I did the logical thing. I fell to the floor in a dead faint. Too far to run back to Nowhere, so the next safest place is deep inside my subconscious.

Thanks so much, dad. Real life outside of our cabin was not good for me. I'm going to end up having a heart attack by the end of the week. Maybe I should go see that vet again to get more anxiety medication.
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I feel bad both with how short this is, & with how cowardly Curry is. Well, yeah she's supposed to be that way, but I think it was layed on a little too thick. She doesn't leave the cabin in Nowhere very often, if at all, so of course she's going to freak over being put in a public school. I pity the poor girl.

Her nickname is spelled 3 ways: Curry, Curri, & Courry

Monster High = Whoever Owns It
Courage the Cowardly Dog = John R. Dilworth
Courageous = ~rocketcandy393
The guy with his mouth sewn shut (AKA Huitzilli) = ~Lady-Shroob
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This is EXACTLY how I reacted when I went into 9th grade!