"Wake up, Kylie, you're starting school today," my mom says sitting on the edge of my bed, softly shaking me.

"Good morning mom," I smile hugging her.

"Well, get ready, I'm going to make you breakfast."

"Kay, see ya' in bit." She walks out the door and walk over to my red wood dresser picking out thigh high tights, with small heart at the top, a mahogany red scarf, a light brown and off white crop top with a squared design, a simple black high wasted skirt showing only a sliver of skin, a black purse, black boots, and a small gold cross necklace.

I walk downstairs to be greeted by the smell of bacon and pancakes. I quickly grab three pieces of bacon, one pancake and wrap the bacon in the pancake, stuffing it down my throat, as I run outside. I live on the rich side, so I love window shopping looking at all the different houses, once I reach the poor side, it turns into a bunch of beat up, dingy, looking houses that could fall any second. I look at this one old looking house, with a gate in front of it, there's a small porch in front of a beat up door, a brick chimney and a truck parked in front of it. I sit there taking in how old and beat up the house is when somebody comes outside. He has dark greased back hair, he's wearing, a tight black shirt that shows off his giant muscles, a work belt that hangs just below his dark denim jeans, and he has work boots on. He carefully eyes me before asking, "what are you doing here you no good dirty soc?"

I give him the stink eye before rebutting, "excuse me but, just 'cause your insecure about yourself doesn't mean you get you get to bring me down with you. I would say more but, unlike you I have class and respect for other people. Sorry my life is better than yours but, that's no reason to be an asshole to me. I'm sure you're way dirtier than I could ever be. Sorry 'bout that." My eyes narrow at the end my straight lips curling up a little at the ends as I stare at him.

He was about to open his mouth as Sodapop and Steve walk out of the house, my mouth drops as I see them. "Hey if it isn't Kylie," Sodapop says as he runs to me picking me up and hugging me.

"Hey Sodapop," I smile.

"You can call me Soda if you want."

"Okay Soda, by the way that guy in your porch was being mean to me, he called me a no good dirty soc, I was very offended."

"You mean Darry?"

"I don't know his name."

"He's my brother, stop by the DX and I'll explain. IF you said anything rude to him, I think you should apologize though."

"I'll apologize later."

"Soda let's go before we're late. Sorry 'bout that Kylie," Steve yells as he walks out the door.

"Kay, see ya 'round Kylie, you can go inside and wait for Pony if you want and if Darry asks why, tell him Soda sent you in," Soda smiles.

"Kay, bye thanks Soda. See ya Steve," I yell rushing into the beat up house. "I come in peace Soda sent me in to wait for Pony."

"Who are you?" Darry I guess asked.

"I'm not Soc, I don't even know what that is. I'm new 'round here, I live on a big ranch with I think seven horses, and a ton of other animals but, the horses are my favorite. I'm friends with Sodapop and I guess Ponyboy. I also met, Dallas, Johnny and Steve, other than that and well you now, I know nobody," I explain.

"You forgot something."

"What?"

"You name."

"Oh yea duh, I'm uh Kylie, Kylie Masons."

"Okay, well you'll also be meeting Two-bit he walks with Johnny and Pony to school everyday. I'm off to work, I'll see you later. You can come by anytime. Don't bother knocking." I take in what he says sitting on the floor flipping through channels. I mumble as I flip, "Mickey, Mickey, more Mickey, Roseann, oh I love Lucy."

"You better not let Two-bit find out you changed Mickey three times," I hear a familiar voice say. I turn around to see Dallas Winston.

"Oh, hey Dallas," I smile a little before returning to the TV.

"Call my Dally."

"Yup, ya'll should come by my place later, it's huge."

"Where do you live?"

"I don't know some ranch."

"Oh the east side."

"What?"

"You're rich."

"Yea, but I'm tuff." Saying I'm tuff brings me back to when I joined the Hunters, my old gang.

***FLASHBACK***

"GOD DAMMIT ASTON I CAN HANDLE IT! I'M TUFF! LET ME JOIN THE GANG!" I scream at Aston

"I'm sorry Kylie, but I can't let you become a Hunter," he replies calmly.

"I'd be a Huntress, female," I say in a wise-ass tone.

"Whatever, I'm not letting you do it."

"I DON'T GET YOU! I CAN DO IT IF I WANT TO! AND GUESS WHAT I WANT MORE THAN ANYTHING!"

"I'll kill you before I let that happen," he says as he swiftly pulls out his switch blade putting it up to my neck. The cold metal paralyzes me and I can't move a bone in my body. I'm frozen. Just then three other boys with jet black hair walk in. "Aston what are you doing?" The one boy asks.

"I-i w-want t-to join the H-h-hunters," I mange to stumble out through my fear and frozen body.

"Then join," the other says. He pulls out a switch blade handing it to the other boy. Walking over to me and whispering, "let's get this over with. We can't have any weak links in the gang." His wicked smiled scares me but, I shrug it off as Aston puts away his blade cursing under his breathe. I feel as I get pulled down to the ground by my hair, I wince in pain but, do nothing else, as I get held down to the ground by Aston and that other boy. Aston whispers to me, "I should of just killed you." That's when the third boy comes out, the switch blade is now red hot. I look at Aston knowing what's coming. The guy with the blade sits down next to me jabbing the knife into my side, he's writing something on my hip. I want to cry but, I don't. I close my eyes and keep my trap shut with every letter, I can feel as he swiftly changes directions as if he's an expert at this, I feel the blood dripping down my legs, and hip.I finally hear, "you're done."

I sigh with relief and look at the bloody cut that reads, "huntress Angel"

"Why Angel, my name is Kylie?" I ask.

"We all change out names when we're doing bad stuff, it's out code," Aston says

***END OF FLASH BACK***

"Kylie! KYLIE!" I snap out of my thoughts.

"What?" I ask Ponyboy.

"Let's go."

"Oh yea, duh."

"What were you thinking 'bout?"

"Just Tennessee."

"Oh okay."

"Do you miss it?" A guy in a Mickey mouse shirt says. I'm guessing that's Two-bits.

"Yea, I miss my friends back home. They're Aston, Jackson, and Hayden. I was the only girl out of my friends," I smile.

"That's tuff," Johnny whispers.

"Thanks," I smile. We get to school and I get my schedule finding out, I have a lot of classes with Pony. He must be really smart because I'm like two years older than him.