人生 тнe dιary oғ a lιғe 日記

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hey hey hey
so i've decided to try and ruin my life by writing a semi-lit(?) diary journal book thing. i literally have no plans set in store for this (okay i have a few) so reviews/criticism/ideas would be amazing c: seriously please review.
'kay that's enough about me. here's the first entry c: (this also may or may not be a really dumb idea. i'm basing this loosely off a series that i wrote that was never completed. i still have a draft and everything.)

Hi! I'm Nephele Vixen. It's a really, really strange name, I know. But my dad (keep in mind I have two dads) really liked Greek mythology from what my mom kept telling a six-year-old me, so that's all I have to go by. I'm also being forced to write this as a punishment from Mom. Why, you might ask? Because I yelled at my younger, "helpless", brother and he started to cry. It wasn't real tears though. I just... ugh. Oh well. If this is found a hundred years in the future and I suddenly become famous, they can read my boring life. Dunno why I'd be famous for that though.

So anyway! This is me!

I'm a little small for my age (I'm sixteen, not twelve). But I'm honestly alright with that. It makes me faster (kind of)! I also have tiny wings. Mom says I got them from Dad. But like I said. They're freaking tiny. I can barely fly!


That's Brutus, my older brother by four years. He's really cool... Well, as cool as older brothers can get. He's in a band (I think they're still together) and he plays percussion for them (the band). They.... They're drums.


This is the devil himself. His name is Saren. He's my younger brother. Half-brother, actually. He's a demon in disguise and we rarely ever get along. Ever.


My mother, Jade. She's one of the nicest dogs I know... She works really hard and tries her best to keep everyone sane. I'm so sorry mom... But you're failing at that part.


The last person in my family; my dad. Now. You're probably wondering where his wings are and such because I said I inherited my wings from my dad. Well, for your information, I never met my birth father. Mom said he died, and I... kinda just left it at that. but this is my step-dad, Avian.

So that's my family. My dysfunctional family. Well we aren't really all dysfunctional. It's just mainly me and Saren. But oh well!
I'm starting a new school tomorrow... In the middle of the year... Probably isn't the greatest idea, but we just moved thanks to my dad's job. The only reason why I'm excited about even going to this school is that I get to see my old best friend again! Her name's Light Shade. She's super cool and I haven't seen her in a year!

Oops, I have to go. Mom's calling me down for dinner. I already have everything ready for school tomorrow. It's a boarding school (aggravated sigh) but I get to go home on weekends and breaks, which is totally rad.

Okay I'm starting to sound like someone from the 1980's. Bye.
xx Nephele

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Never. Lemme sleep forever.

Well I'm on the way to school. I'm nervous. And excited... Nercited? I dunno man!

I really need to stop. Okay, deep breathes Nephele.

One of the bad things about my name is that there is no possible way to get a cool-sounding nickname out of it. Literally no possible way. 'Nephe' just sounds like a toddler trying to say "nephew" but leaving off the 'w'. 'Phele' is just a weird word in general. I mean I guess people could call me Phebe or something but there's no 'b' in my name...

"We're here!" I looked up for a minute and my eyes widened at the sight. The school... It was huge. Of course, not Hogwarts huge but still.

"Are you sure this is just a high school?" I asked, getting out of the car. My little brother was going to be going to the elementary school a few blocks down and he had already been dropped off... That or he didn't have school today. That brat better not mess up my room while I'm gone.

"Yes sweetie, I'm sure," Mom said, laughing. "I'll see you on Friday, alright?" I nodded, slinging my backpack over my shoulder. In my left paw was my duffel bag that had all the stuff for the dorm I'd be sharing with someone. I began walking into the school, looking around. My eyes widened and winced, hearing a ton of voices. Soon enough, though, one voice in particular stuck out to me.

"-would I care about Kristi's relationship with anyone? She practically disowned her twin sister." I grinned. That twas definitely Light Shade. I walked over to the hallway that I heard Light Shade's voice and I hesitated. What if she didn't remember me? What if she was ashamed of me? What if-

"Yo, Light Shade. What's up?" The words had flown out of my mouth before I knew it. I bit my lip, nervousness instantly creeping up on me. Oh. This is Light Shade.



Light Shade glanced over and her eyes widened. She stared at me for a second before slapping me. I winced, about to ask what that was for, and then she snapped; "It's been a bloody year, Nephele! You just decide to show up?"

I scowled, holding my cheek with my free hand. "Oh come on! I wanted to surprise you!" I snapped. We exchanged glances and Light Shade grinned.

"You haven't changed one bit."

"Neither have you. I missed you so much! Texts just weren't enough!" I laughed, giving her a one-armed hug. The dog next to Light Shade cleared her throat. Oh, this is her!



I may or may not have pulled that out of the school year book. Dunno why she has a katana.

"Who's the shortie?" she asked, raising an eyebrow. I narrowed my eyes as Light Shade laughed.

"Vous, meet Nephele. Nephele, Vous." I gave Vous a half-smile, offering my hand to her. Vous only half-heartedly shook my hand and I frowned.

"Are you always this grumpy?" Vous rolled her eyes. I opened my mouth to speak once more and Light Shade frowned.

"Wait. You're new to this school. Oh Lord. Have fun with Kristi and Jennifer."

"Who?"

"The two 'Queen Bees' of the school," Light Shade responded, putting air quotes around 'queen bees'. "They basically run the grade's popularity scale. Say one wrong thing and... God knows what could happen." I frowned, fear once more creeping through me. Well that's just wonderful.

"There are five groups. You have your populars, your outcasts, your jocks, your nerds, and your emos. Light Shade and I are outcasts," Vous cut in.

"I probably won't get popular then," I murmured. "When does the school day start? I have to drop this off at my dorm room... Dunno who I'm sharing it with."

Light Shade glanced up. "We have fifteen minutes. C'mon, I'll take you to the girls' dorms. I'll see you later Vous," she said, waving a farewell to her friend. She turned and I followed after her.

"Vous is a strange dog..." I muttered. Light Shade chuckled.

"You get used to it. It's good to have you back, Nehpele," she said, throwing an arm around my shoulders. I grinned.

"It's good to be back... Kind of. Wait. How does that work?"

"Never mind," Light Shade said with a laugh. I rolled my eyes in amusement. Eventually we got to my dorm. I frowned, looking at the side.

"Nephele and... Who's Amelia?" I asked, opening the door. Light Shade shrugged.

"An outcast. She's actually really cool, and goes by AJ... Just don't be weirded out when you first meet her," she said calmly from the door as I walked in. It was a nice room, in all honesty. I dropped my stuff on the empty bed across the room and walked back over to Light Shade, readjusting my backpack strap as I shoved my paws in my jacket pockets.

"Welph. If I'm gonna go die we better go get it over with..." I joked. Light Shade laughed and we walked into the hallways out of the dormitory.

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Pros of being a new student in math class - you don't have to take the tests. The teacher (don't care to remember his name) just handed out tests, but seeing as I am a new student, I don't have to take it. Yeah. It's pretty cool. So anyway, basically what happened during the entire "group ceremony" is below. c:

"Ugh. Wonderful, we have two new students. You two, come here, now."

That is Kristi. She's an evil... thing. From what I can tell at least.

But yeah. I was slightly surprised she said "two new students". I thought it was just me! I saw a dog shuffle awkwardly past me. This is him.



"Name."

He hesitated a moment before speaking. "Caspian," he responded. He seemed slightly nervous.

"Hmph. Don't even bother telling me your interests. Waaaay too much black. Emos. Now." She jutted her thumb over to a small group. One of the dogs gave him a small wave and he walked over, quickly snapping a photo before disappearing into the group. I hesitated. Oh God. Light Shade was right...

"Now, who are you? You look worthy enough to be a popular if you just... Dressed right," Kristi snapped, looking at me.

I awkwardly cleared my throat. "My name's Nephele and-"

"Nephele? Please. What kind of name is that? Outcasts at once. Geesh, does no one like, have the traits to become a popular?"

I almost gave her a black eye.

But hey! It also turns out that the Caspian kid is in my math class. He seems like a nice kid, although he's taken three pictures this class period... The teacher doesn't seem to notice though. Which I find amusing. I plan on talking to him later. I still haven't met AJ yet, and we're-

Oops, the bell just rung. Gotta go, class is over! Am I talking to an inanimate object that does not understand time I'll probably write after lunch... If not, after school.
Yeah okay bye!
xx Nephele

hope you enjoyed. sorry it's short! c: please review.
caspian is credit to dragondream so yeah~

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Finally someone does Cantonese as a title... Yep, I can read it. This diary seems cool! Marking!

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it's japanese, actually c:
and thanks!

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okay so in the process of rereading something and looking back on something old.
i have changed nephele's father from mardu to avian. mardu is actually her uncle (mother's brother). i'm just saying this to avoid confusion c: (the story is also set in 2058. i just figured that out. as i said this is based off an unfinished series that i will probably never continue.)

also bump

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Well I just survived my first day of this school.

The school itself actually isn't half bad at all. I mean, from what I've seen, most the teachers are nice. But then there's the gym teacher and I'm pretty sure he has a few screws loose.

This is AJ.



Why does everyone I've met so far have a weapon. She's actually really cool though, like Light Shade said. We met during lunch while Light Shade was filling me in on everything I've missed out on, and then Light Shade told me how AJ became an outcast. The reason why (in my opinion it's funny) is because when she was getting sorted, Kirsti told her that if she stopped wearing so much black, she could become a popular. Then AJ just completely flipped out and gave Kristi a black eye (like I almost did!). She walked away with Kristi yelling after her that "swine like her deserve to be in the outcasts". I don't even think the staff cared.

"Do me a solid and stop humming so much." I glanced up to see AJ drawing something in her sketchbook. Sitting next to her was her laptop. "I can barely focus."

I stuck my tongue out at her. "What are you drawing anyway?" I began to walk over but she just simply pushed me back. "Is everyone always so grumpy?"

"Nah. Just the cool kids," AJ joked. I rolled my eyes.

Oh! AJ stands for "Amelia Jayden". Jayden's her middle name, which she's okay with, but she hates her first name. So she just decided to go by 'AJ'. I dunno. It's weird. I'm rambling to an inanimate object. Nope, I didn't get much sleep last night. That and I woke up at 4:48 am. Regretsssss.

So anyway, since this is a diary... journal... thing... I decided I'd just rant the dream I had last night, because I'm seriously weirded out and confused. When am I not but seriously. This was basically my dream.

I was sitting alone in a classroom at my old school. Well I wasn't exactly alone because I had my thoughts and all. I suddenly heard voices all at once. They were screaming. Some in pain, some in fear, and some were cut off. I was terrified. I still am whenever I recall the dream. A dog burst in and slammed the door behind themselves. They panted, and I stared at her in confusion. She looked up and we stared at each other for a minute. "Uh.... hi?" Oh, this is the dog.



She shook her head. "I was told the school was evacuated!" she snapped at me. I threw my paws up.

"I'm not quite sure what I'm doing here either, ma'am..." I admitted. The dog shook her head.

"Call me ma'am one more time and I'll blast your head off. Call me Moonlight. What can I call you?" she asked. I thought for a second.

"Nephele," I finally responded. Moonlight frowned.

"What kind of name is that?" she asked, shaking her head.

The dream starts getting a little fuzzy. From there all I can remember are bits and pieces. I remember jumping out of the window of the classroom with Moonlight, and the two of us running. I remembered hearing someone getting shot and I kept hearing the same phrase over and over...

Is she one of the ten?

What's that supposed to mean? One of the what? The ten? Ten what? Did Moonlight mean one of the Ten that my mom used to tell me stories about? If so then that's crazy! They all gave up their powers. But Mom had said four of the Ten had gone against their word, and gave their kids their powers. It was all a myth though. That was hundreds of years ago... Wasn't it?

Great, now my head hurts.

"You alright there Nephele? You look like your head's about to explode."

I groaned, leaning my head on the wall behind me. "No... Not really... My brain is actually about to explode. I just remembered something and it's stressing me out to be honest."

AJ frowned, peering over her laptop. She had begun to put her headphones' plug into her laptop when I had spoken. She frowned, humming in thought for a minute before speaking. "Maybe you could go to the library," she suggested. "Or ask one of the teachers. Someone's bound to know something about what you're going on about." I grinned, jumping up.

"That's a great idea!" I responded. After a minute I frowned. "AJ...? I uh... Don't know where the library is."

"Ugh, right. You're new. Okay. C'mon. Let's go. I'd like to go outside anyway." AJ picked up a skateboard I hadn't noticed earlier (I don't pay attention to things, whoops) and closed her laptop. She grabbed her phone and earbuds and walked towards the door. "You comin' Newbie?"

I rolled my eyes. "My name isn't Newbie." Oh well. I'll write later when I'm outside. Hopefully I can find the book(s) I'm looking for.
xx Nephele

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So the library didn't have anything on what I was looking for.

Right now, I'm sitting under a tree and writing in this stupid diary journal thing. This book isn't a sentient object... I'm trying to refrain myself from calling this stupid book "you" or "your". So I'm barely succeeding.

Anyway! The library didn't have anything about the Ten... Frustrated sigh. But hey! They did have something about a "Final War" that supposedly involved the Ten. Well, according to the librarian anyway.

And you'll never guess who I ran into in the library. wait a minute did I just

I ran into Caspian. He's actually a really nice guy, despite being quiet and shy. We even had a small conversation... But I don't remember most of it. Hey if you haven't noticed I have short-term memory! ugh. The only reason why I remembered the dream was because it's been bugging me all day.

Anyway, I've been reading the book and it's kind of disturbing me. Not because it's a battle and all, but because some of the names seem familiar/are way to similar to other dogs I know. Like 'Jaded Ghost'. The name reminds me of my mom. And the name 'Charm' reminds me a little too much of one of my mom's friends. Maybe I'm just being paranoid. I probably am.

Besides... It's not like the book said anything about what the symbol of the Ten was or anything... It didn't, actually. Believe me on that it didn't.

I'm not special in any way possible. Me? Not possible. I'm short for my age, I can be paranoid quite easily, I'm terrified of the dark (where there's absolutely no light. A forest at night can creep me out even if I have a flashlight though. But a treeless area at night with the moon? I'm totally cool with that), I freak out over some of the smallest things... There's no literal way I could be one of the Ten.

I'm just being paranoid.

Oh well, I better go... My paw's cramping (badly) and I need to work on my homework that I left back in the dorm. AJ's also still skating around and I've lost sight of her. I hope she's alright. Later.
xx Nephele

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oh my gosh oh my gosh oh my gosh oH MY GOSH

Okay. I'm freaking out. It's also been about a week and a half (I got busy and distracted, okay? Joining a school near the end of the year (and finals... ugh) is not fun!) since I last wrote. Oh. Did I mention I came to this school the first week of November in my first entry? No? I thought not.

Okay, let me back-track a bit. Deep breathes, Nephele, deep breathes...

Alright. So. This morning was just starting out as a normal day, right? why did i just ask that oh dear god i'm loosing it It started out as a normal day should have. Classes, drama, the usual for a high school, right? Yeah. Well. Y'know how I mentioned that I get terrified of some of the smallest things? This isn't a small thing and I'm terrified. Some dogs broke into our school today and held most of us at a gun-point. There were a few of us who were also almost dog-napped... Yeah... I was one of the unlucky ones and almost got dog-napped. Wait. Did I say 'almost'? Yeah. About that.

I GOT DOG-NAPPED. Along with three other dogs... Caspian was one of them. There were two other dogs. One I know for sure; Kristi. Ugh. She literally would not shut up. This is what she was screaming the entire time until one of our dog-nappers gagged her-

"I HAVE MY RIGHTS! When I get out of here, I will sue you! I will sue you, and I will own you!"

The other dog we're stuck with is called Shadow. This is his picture;



His real name is Yellow Shadows, but he goes by Shadow. He's kind of weird, to be honest. Despite the fact that he has a tattoo at the age of sixteen (I thought the age-limit was eighteen or twenty-one. Maybe it's a fake tattoo?), he's also quiet. Not Caspian quiet. More of an... "I don't care" quiet.

WAIT A MINUTE. My mom! Oh my gosh, she's got to be worried sick... My uncle's probably helping her with this... Oh. My uncle. His name's Mardu. He's pretty crazy, but... I like him. He's good to us and he's helped my mom through a lot.

"Why'd they grab us...?" Oh, right. I'm stuck in a cell with Caspian. They've divided us up into groups of two. I'm stuck in a cell with Caspian (I forgot he was here. The poor guy's probably terrified and he's been quiet for a long while). Poor Shadow's stuck in a cell with Kristi. If they hadn't gagged her I'm pretty sure we'd still be hearing her.

Oh, did I mention? We aren't gagged, bound, or anything. It's kind of weird, like... They're holding us for ransom, or something. I don't know and, to be honest, don't like it. There's barely anything special or important about us. The only dog they could get a ransom from is Kristi. Heck, she's the richest dog on campus. She could pay someone to go to school for her. Not that I doubt she's done that before...

"I don't know," I finally said. We had remained silent for an eternity. Caspian speaking was the first time I'd heard someone speak since we were separated and thrown into cells. In all honesty I was grateful that someone had decided to speak.

"Maybe because there's something special about us...?" I gave a bitter laugh and shook my head.

"There's nothing special about me, Caspian. Literally nothing." I sighed, leaning against the wall. "Since we're going to be stuck in here for who knows how long... Maybe we could get to know each other a bit more?" I suggested. "We could be friends."

"I guess so... Why not?" he said, shrugging slightly. "My name's Caspian. I like taking photographs, wearing black, feathers, I have a hard time making friends... uh... I guess that's it."

I nodded. "My name's Nephele. I enjoy writing, music, am pretty much terrified of a lot of things such as heights, the dark, I get paranoid easily, and I actually have small wings but I can't fly..." Seeing his confused expression, I laughed. I took my sweatshirt off the reveal a small pair of silver and grey pixie wings and a dark blue t-shirt. "They're pretty useless. I got them from my dad, who I never met. Mom says he died," I said with a small shrug, pulling my hoodie back on, over my head. Just as I began to pull the hood off my head, I heard the door open.

"What does the Boss really need with these four anyway?" a gruff voice asked. There was an angry sigh from the other dog and Caspian and I exchanged glances. I pulled my braid out from under the sweatshirt and I frowned, glancing back at the door.

"Beats me, and I don't care. Grab the girl, I'll grab the sweater boy," came the second voice as I pulled my scarf out from under the sweatshirt, leaving my two necklaces - ... Necklaci? No, necklaces. - under the sweatshirt. Oh no. I guess I better hide this stupid journal so they don't take it away. It's the only thing keeping me sane. Kind of. Here's to hoping they don't kill us.
xx Nephele

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Gaaaaah my arm feels like it's on fire.

It hurts to write, so this entry'll be short. Not like it really matters. I just need to get this off my chest... Oh gosh.

So after Caspian and I were forcefully dragged from our cell, we met back up with Kristi and Yellow Shadows. The four of us were once more separated into two different groups once more; Kristi and I in one (she still had the gag on, thank the gods) group, and Caspian and Yellow Shadows in the other. We eventually reached yet another cell door. We were both shoved in and a scientist strapped us both to separate metal tables. He pulled out a needle and I think I fainted. Oh. I have a fear of needles. I discovered that back in the summer before I became a freshman of high school. Just, no.

But yeah. I woke up an hour later and my arm felt like it was on fire. It still does. We're in different prison cells as well, so I'm grateful I hid my journal... It also wasn't very well-hidden. It was in my sweatshirt pocket (the pros of wearing a three-sizes-too-big-for-you sweatshirt) and it almost fell out two or three different times. Thank the gods that they're dumb. But yeah. I'm stuck in a cell with Kristi. And so far she hasn't shut up yet (somehow the gag came off during the process of moving us to our new cells).

"Ugh, they're lucky they haven't ruined my dress yet." I rolled my eyes, holding my head with one paw.

"Do you ever shut up? Seriously, it's like I'm stuck in the same room with my little brother." Kristi gasped, clenching her fists. She moved to hit me, but ice flew out of her hands and impaled my hoodie sleeve to the wall. Both our eyes widened at that.

"Did they just give us powers?" she stammered.

"I... I think they did..." I murmured, shaking. Kristi groaned, passing out. I winced, hearing her head hit the ground. "She deserves that."

So now I'm wondering; what power did I get...? What happened to Caspian and Yellow Shadows? Will we ever get back home...? I hope so. I guess I better go. Kristi's finally waking back up and if she discovered I wrote a journal/diary thing, I'd probably never hear the end of it. Later.
xx Nephele