Silver Scales

Chapter One
It was the first day of school.
Silverscale dreaded it.
She knew most other dragonets would be excited to start a new year. For them, it was starting anew. But not for her. For her, it was coming back to the worst place on earth.
It never changed. She was unusual, her scales frozen in gray, and that couldn't change. Wouldn't change.
And that made dragons like Kokia and Middlemist go after her.
They were her classmates. The more daring ones who would actually fight her, instead of just watch and laugh.
And it was time to go back to those awful dragons
"Silverscale! Silverscale, hurrt up! You're going to be late!"
Silverscale sighed and took the last bite of the banana she'd been eating. Her mother, Bead, called again.
"Hurry!"
She stood up. "I'm coming."
"I see that face," Bead said. "And you are going to school."
She sighed, and said, "Bye, Mother."
"Have a good day!" Bead called as Silverscale started flying to the worst place on earth.
I wish I could.
Silverscale landed and ducked immediately. Even if she didn't see anyone to be especially wary of, she would do this, in a desperate attempt to not be hurt.
But Kokia saw her anyway.
"Hey!" he shouted, brightening his scales for attention. "Guess who's here!"
He pointed at her, and she froze.
"The sloth came back," he said threateningly, and took a step towards her. "I though you'd have dropped out by now." Another step. "Or died." He smiles evilly, and took the last step toward her.
"I-" she started, not even sure what she would say.
"So you talk?" Kokia asked. "I didn't know that."
Her heart was pounding. She suddenly blurted, "Please don't hurt me!"
He laughed. "Why not?"
Then she felt his claws scratch her face, and she screamed. Then she felt more pain, until she saw the teacher pulling Kokia off of her.
Then all the other dragonets went back to their chairs. The fight was over.
Chapter Two
It had been a week. A week of school. A week Silverscale wished had never happened.
Why did Kokia and Middlemist do this to her?
She could barely pay any attention in school. She'd never been good at that. But now it was because she was thinking about how to escape, why they treated her so poorly, and mostly, how much she hated herself.
"Silverscale."
She looked up. Her teacher was standing next to her. "Silverscale, it's time for lunch."
"Oh," she said, embarrased, and stood up. She finally noticed the empty classroom around her and walked out, to the the trees next to the school where the students usually ate lunch.
She flew onto a branch and began to look for something to eat. There was plenty of food growing by the school, so few dragonets brought their own food. She found an orange, which she began peeling.
She finished it quickly. She reached for another. 
There had been another orange. She was sure of it.
Suddenly, Middlemist and Kokia materialized next to her. Middlemist smiled evilly. "Still hungry?"
Silverscale said nothing, paralyzed by fear.
He took an orange from Kokia's talon and began peeling it slowly. "Too bad you won't eat."
No. 
I won't let them do this to me again.
I'm done.
She turned from them, and jumped off the branch, flying away as fast as she could. She didn't know where she was going. She just knew she was going away.
Suddenly, she felt a talon hold her wrist. She flinched, the way she usually did when she was touched. She slowed down and turned slowly, dreading seeing Middlemist's or Kokia's face.
But she saw a reddish-pink RainWing flying next to her.
She recognized this dragon. Raspberry. She was popular, and had never seemed to care about Silverscale before.
"Where are you going?" Raspberry asked.
"Um-" Silverscale stuttered- "away?"
"Come back," the pink dragonet said. "Don't run away."
You're only saying that to help them, Silverscale thought but didn't say. 
But somehow, she knew that was wrong. Raspberry genuinely wanted to help her. 
And she would accept it.
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