Chapter 1
The day was an average day, well, mostly, if you discounted the extremely MINOR fact that school was to start, and this year would cause the first of many strange and bizarre events of Emi's life through highschool. Yes, she was about to start her first day of highschool. Oh shush, it's being dramatic!!!
Ok, right. Back to the story.
The morning was significant, although no one could have known this beforehand. It started like any first day of school - getting dressed less than half an hour before leaving for the school which would start another ten months of intellectual torture at the hands of the adults who believed they knew everything.
Emi, a normal girl entering the ninth grade, dutifully followed her elder brother out of the house, down the street, up the hill, and to the bus stop, to await the large metal contraption which would carry her to her doom.
There were three buildings which comprised the campus of Oakridge Highschool; The West building, the North building, and The Band Shack. And so, approximately half an hour later, she stepped through the doors of the western building, and was plunged into a crowd of students, pushing their way into the audatorium for the 'welcome speech' which would be performed (yes, performed) by a bunch of people who Emi really couldn't care less for.
Emi slumped down in a random chair in the audatorium, sliding down in the seat to avoid being seen by anyone she knew. Fortunately for her there weren't very many of them. Then it happened.
"YAHOOO!!!!!!"
All noise stopped, and Emi could practically feel all eyes upon her... and Tama who had just jumped over four rows of chairs to land in the seat next to her.
"Tama... may I ask you... just WHAT ARE YOU WEARING!?!?!?"
Tama grinned in response. "Inn'it awesome?"
Emi groaned and smacked herself on the forehead in exasperation. "My god, Tama, way to attract attention!"
Tama let out a high-pitched semi-insane giggling sound. Emi groaned again. This was going to be a looooonnngggg year.
The rest of the day sped past in a sort of sluggish blur, dragging on for what seemed like forever, then speeding up insanely. Soon Emi found herself being dragged along backwards by the ponytail as Tama dragged her off to meet with Philly, Hime, and Emily. Emi knew all these people from middle school, and was pretty close with Hime and Emily, although they'd never actually gotten to hang out, being in different posses and all.
And then, from behind them all... "WHAZZAAAPPPPPPP!!!!!"
Emi turned, and looked down. "Oh-Em-Gee!!! You're that girl from Summerband!"
"Summerband... Oh yeah!" The short, brown haired girl replied, scratching her head thoughtfully. Emi reckoned she would probably be the type to stroak her goatee if she'd had one.
Silence rained for a moment, before Philly broke the silence.
"Soooo, Hime, what did you do this summer?"
Hime blinked and stared blankly at him, as if to say 'I was with you, dumbass.'
The brown haired girl flopped down on the bleachers next to the sidewalk, and pulled out a huge textbook labeled "Science for the engorged minds"
Philly did a double take. "What the, Crouton, how can you have homework ALREADY?!"
The girl (Crouton) shook her head and rolled her eyes. "It's not HOMEWORK exactly, I'm just, getting ahead, to know what to expect, that kind of thing."
The rest of the group looked at her blankly with astonished expressions.
"Uh, right." Emi muttered, but inside she was glad. First day and she'd already found her posse. Things were lookin' good.
Ok, right. Back to the story.
The morning was significant, although no one could have known this beforehand. It started like any first day of school - getting dressed less than half an hour before leaving for the school which would start another ten months of intellectual torture at the hands of the adults who believed they knew everything.
Emi, a normal girl entering the ninth grade, dutifully followed her elder brother out of the house, down the street, up the hill, and to the bus stop, to await the large metal contraption which would carry her to her doom.
There were three buildings which comprised the campus of Oakridge Highschool; The West building, the North building, and The Band Shack. And so, approximately half an hour later, she stepped through the doors of the western building, and was plunged into a crowd of students, pushing their way into the audatorium for the 'welcome speech' which would be performed (yes, performed) by a bunch of people who Emi really couldn't care less for.
Emi slumped down in a random chair in the audatorium, sliding down in the seat to avoid being seen by anyone she knew. Fortunately for her there weren't very many of them. Then it happened.
"YAHOOO!!!!!!"
All noise stopped, and Emi could practically feel all eyes upon her... and Tama who had just jumped over four rows of chairs to land in the seat next to her.
"Tama... may I ask you... just WHAT ARE YOU WEARING!?!?!?"
Tama grinned in response. "Inn'it awesome?"
Emi groaned and smacked herself on the forehead in exasperation. "My god, Tama, way to attract attention!"
Tama let out a high-pitched semi-insane giggling sound. Emi groaned again. This was going to be a looooonnngggg year.
The rest of the day sped past in a sort of sluggish blur, dragging on for what seemed like forever, then speeding up insanely. Soon Emi found herself being dragged along backwards by the ponytail as Tama dragged her off to meet with Philly, Hime, and Emily. Emi knew all these people from middle school, and was pretty close with Hime and Emily, although they'd never actually gotten to hang out, being in different posses and all.
And then, from behind them all... "WHAZZAAAPPPPPPP!!!!!"
Emi turned, and looked down. "Oh-Em-Gee!!! You're that girl from Summerband!"
"Summerband... Oh yeah!" The short, brown haired girl replied, scratching her head thoughtfully. Emi reckoned she would probably be the type to stroak her goatee if she'd had one.
Silence rained for a moment, before Philly broke the silence.
"Soooo, Hime, what did you do this summer?"
Hime blinked and stared blankly at him, as if to say 'I was with you, dumbass.'
The brown haired girl flopped down on the bleachers next to the sidewalk, and pulled out a huge textbook labeled "Science for the engorged minds"
Philly did a double take. "What the, Crouton, how can you have homework ALREADY?!"
The girl (Crouton) shook her head and rolled her eyes. "It's not HOMEWORK exactly, I'm just, getting ahead, to know what to expect, that kind of thing."
The rest of the group looked at her blankly with astonished expressions.
"Uh, right." Emi muttered, but inside she was glad. First day and she'd already found her posse. Things were lookin' good.
