My name is Sarah Haddock but everyone calls me hiccup why well because when I was younger I used to have hiccupping fits whenever Arden Hofferson talked to me luckily he considers me an absolute loser now so I don't have to worry about that anymore. I live in a small village called Berk, never heard of it I'm not surprised it's very small no more than 100 people live here. I'm 11 years old and I'm about to start secondary school, you're probably thinking that's great a chance to reinvent yourself well I'm here to tell you otherwise because I'm probably the most hated person in the entire village which if you think about it is very impressive because just about everyone in this village is bitter and cruel so being the most hated out of all them is pretty impressive. My father, Stoic, is the mayor of Berk and to be quite honest I have no idea what that entails so don't bother asking. Me and my father don't have a great relationship he got extremely over protective after my mother died 2 years ago she was in a car crash and her spinal cord was severed she was in hospital for 3 days before she died in her sleep, after her funeral dad tried to convince me to leave normal school and go into private tutoring at home but I wasn't going to let him even though I got bullied (he doesn't know that) I still had some friends they were teachers but still friends I wasn't about to lose the only friends I'd ever had because he has issues I wasn't even sure if I could call them friends since the only time I ever really spoke to them was on the trial day when they decide if they want you or not.

When my dad woke me for school I had this horrid feeling and seriously reconsidered his offer to leave school but I couldn't go back on my decision or I would never hear the end of it so reluctantly I dragged myself out of bed "you can still leave school you don't have to do this" my father whispered to me as I sat on the edge of my bed rubbing the sleep out of my eyes "well thank you for the encouraging words dad" his face turned cold and he dropped my uniform on my lap "get dressed" with that he turned and left allowing me to get changed. I examined my uniform and safe to say I was not impressed it was a white polo shirt and a plain black jumper which my father had got 2 sizes too big I could just hear what his reason would be "you'll grow into it" he classed that as an explanation I classed it as him being cheap, you wouldn't think a mayor would be cheap but trust me when I say he is 1 of the cheapest people in the village.

After I was dressed in my deeply unimpressive uniform I decided to examine it in my full length mirror to see just how awful it actually was and just as I predicted I looked horrid in it. I looked anorexic. I walked into the kitchen and saw my father standing over the sink I steeped to the side so I could see his face he had a scowl embedded into his features he always got this way. "Calm down nothings gonna happen it's just school" I tried to reassure him the way a mother reassures a toddler on their first day of school "I know I just worry ever since your mother-" I cut him off I didn't need to be reminded of her on my first day "I know I really do but nothing will happen I promise" I really hope I can keep that promise but you never know what will happen on your first day "I have to go now I'll see you tonight" I waved by to him as I walked out the door and made my way to what was probably my decent into hell.