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Chapter One:
New School, New Life
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Tara looked up the enormous building and gulped. Today was her first day at the prestigous Smash Academy and she was having second thoughts about it. How she goit an acceptance letter was beyond her reasoning. Sure, she was exceptionally smart and whatnot, including her being the best pole-vaulter in her old school but often thought of herself as an okay student. There was no way they'd sent her a letter, though her name was right there on the front of the envelope in elegant blue ink. Maybe it was somebody else named Tara; there were at least seven Taras in Smashville. But the name Tara Kelsey was enough proof that it was her name on the envelope and not someone else's.
At first she seemed reluctant about going but when her parents got wind of the letter and confronted her about it. Like she expected, they were thrilled that their little girl was going to attend Smash Academy in the fall. "But what if I don't make any friends?" she asked them. "What if I end up as the school dork?"
"Don't worry hon," her father said. "There's a reason you got accepted there and it's your mighty brain power." Tara scoffed in her head. Brain power. Right.
"I'm sure you'll make lots of friends within the first month or two," her mother consoled. "You're only about five hours away from us. We'll be sure to write you as much as possible." Tara gulped. Last thing she needed was her parents writing her goofy love letters to her. Not that she didn't mind but in a private school full of strangers anything could happen to her mail. And my dignity.
"Okay," Tara said. And now she was staring at the giant wooden doors of the school, wondering if now would be a good time to ditch and run out of the place. Thinking that it would be a bad impression to escape, she took a deep breath and pushed the doors open and walked inside. She gasped. Just about every person there--staff included--were wearing a uniform of some kind. She noticed a few people in blue uniforms and automatically knew that they were freshmen because she was wearing the same blue uniform as them. As she looked around she saw some older kids in either black, purple, or green. The staff were wearing a rust color uniform that looked almost similar to that of the students.
As she walked on she noticed a group of students gathered around a bulletin board that was encased in glass and held long lists of what looked like names and classes. Tara was all too familiar to this. Back in her old school, Smashville Prep, they often sorted students by their year and all students of one class were in those classes depending on what they chose to take for the school year. Here, the lists were assigned by either subject or last name which, to Tara, was much easier. She managed to squeeze her way through the throng of people to look for her name and immediately found it within seconds. It read:
Tara Kelsey, 1, Homeroom: Mr. Tabuu.
The redhead paused for a minute and then reached to put on her glasses to be sure that her eyes wern't playing tricks on her. Sure enough, her homeroom teacher's name was Mr.Tabuu and she laughed. There's no way his last name could be Tabuu. It sounded dangerous, like he broke out of some kind of prison. Or maybe he was a strict teacher. Whatever the case, she'd face it alone.
Just as she freed herself from the group, something tripped her and she felt herself fall towards the floor. Acting by instinct she managed to break her fall with her hand, and felt a small pinching sensation at the base of her wrist. Ah, great!, she thought bitterly. First day of school and I've already sprained my wrist. How could it possibly get any worse? She motioned to stand on her own but ended up falling on her butt and hitting the hand that was already throbbing. Perfect.
{More coming up as soon as I submit the story to FanFiction.net}
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Questing: Blue body dye
Angelic Manner
Angelic Earmuffs
Angelic Wind
Angelic Camisole
Angelic Microphone
Cloud
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Questing: Blue body dye
Angelic Manner
Angelic Earmuffs
Angelic Wind
Angelic Camisole
Angelic Microphone
Cloud
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