Chapter One

Cinderpelt

I glanced around the noisy bus. This bus was just one of many that were taking brand new students to a brand new boarding school. We were taken to a bus station by our parents, and had most of our memories wiped. Only the important things remained. Well, apart from who our parents actually are. I remember my siblings, who are Brackenfur, Brightheart and Thornclaw, and how my leg broke. I was hit by a car.

Looking next to me, I see a pretty girl, who was looking out of a window. However, she is paralysed from the waist down. I suppose these two front seats are for people with disabilities, otherwise we wouldn't be there.

"Hello," I said to her, trying to block out the noise of the rest of the bus, "I'm Cinderpelt."

"I'm Briarlight," the brown haired girl called back.

"Are you looking forward to going to Warriors Boarding School?" I asked her.

"Yea!" She exclaimed over the noise of two ginger boys arguing- I think it was about who was the funniest or something.

"I hope we're in the same dorm," I smiled.

However, I wouldn't be surprised if we were. It would be easier if all the injured teens were in the same dormitory. Including my sister, Brightheart, who was missing an eye and had a scar down her face. I can't remember how she got it, though.

"You're older than me, though," she pointed out, and she had a fair point.

Suddenly, the two boys next to us started singing "The Wheels On The Bus." The boy with grey hair was leaning his head on the window, quietly singing along, whilst the ginger boy was miming conducting the song while loudly blasting out the lyrics. The two ginger boys behind them, the ones that were arguing earlier, joined in, and soon the whole bus has joined in; apart from a bright cloudy blue eyed boy, who had his fingers in his ears. The black haired girl next to him was giggling. Briarlight was quietly humming along.

I glanced behind me, whilst singing along. A white haired girl was joyfully poking the girl next to her. Surprisingly, the girl she was poking looked oddly like me. She noticed me staring, and showed me a very inappropriate hand gesture.

Rolling my eyes, I turned my back on the arrogant girl and stared ahead. The driver called out, "We're almost there now, ThunderTower!"

The school is made up out of four towers, one for each group. There's ThunderTower, WindTower, RiverTower and ShadowTower. The towers are where we spend our evenings, weekends and holidays: at least, when it's raining. This was all in the booklet we read when we came onto the bus.

Gasping, I saw a beautiful building up ahead, with four towers. "This is Warrior Towers!" The driver exclaimed.

Icecloud

I looked at the girl sitting next to me. She had the window seat. Her name was Cinderheart, but I think Cinderheartless suits her better. "Oi, Cinderheartless," I called to her, "Are you looking forward to school?"

She then said some very inappropriate things. Somehow, I'm taking that as a no. The two multicoloured hair twins behind us gasped. "Cinderheart!" They exclaimed in unison.

"It's all your fault I'm here!" She spat angrily.

"How is it our fault?" One of them gasped.

"If you never wanted to go here I wouldn't be stuck here in this bus with arrogant people!"

The bus suddenly stopped. "We're here!" My brother, Foxleap, exclaimed, climbing over the cute boy he was sitting next to.

That caused a commotion on the bus. Only three people remained sitting: a blind boy, the disabled girl and Cinderheart. I was excitedly shouting in this girls ear. I had no idea who she was.

"Are you trying to deafen me?" She snapped suddenly, and I stopped: I'd rather not get a slap around the face by someone older than me.

Finally, I got off the bus, and helped a girl with crutches. "You sat in front of me on the bus," I commented.

"Yea," she replied, glancing around with her bright blue eyes, "And you were stuck next to that girl; what was her name again?"

"It was Cinderheartless," I slyly commented, marvelling on how alike the girls looked.

"We should go," the older girl commented, hobbling off.

I followed her. We were lead to a building that wasn't a part of the castle. "This is ThunderTower's boarding house," the bus driver (who turned out to be the head of ThunderTower) stated. "Go to Matron: she'll tell you what dorms you are in."

I followed the crowd to a queue. "Hello!" She exclaimed loudly, "I'm Bluestar! Can all first years, including you, Briarlight, come over here? I'll sort the rest of you out in a minute."

Some of us gathered around Bluestar. "Right, so Blossomfall, Briarlight, Ivypool, Dovewing, Icecloud and Rosepetal are in Lavender dorm. Bumblestripe, Toadstep, Foxleap, Mousewhisker, Berrynose, Jayfeather and Lionblaze are in Sunflower dorm. And Cinderheart, Honeyfern, Poppyfrost and Hollyleaf are in Bluebell dorm."

I rushed over to Rosepetal. "Hello, roomie!" I exclaimed.

"Hi, Icecloud," she giggled.

"All second years come over here and I'll sort you into your dorms!" Matron called out.

Leafpool

I smiled, walking over to Bluestar. The thirteen year olds had already been sorted into their dorms: now it was our turn. Standing next to my sister, I rested my head on her shoulder. "Get off," she grumbled, but she let me stay there.

"Sootfur, Rainwhisker, Birchfall, Ashfur, Spiderleg and Bramblestar are in Tulip dorm, and Leafpool, Whitewing, Ferncloud, Squirrelflight and Sorreltail are in Blossom dorm."

Excitedly, Squirrelflight squealed, squeezing me until I felt like I was going to explode. "We're only in the same dorm!" I insisted, but she dragged me around in a dancing motion.

"Third years!" Matron called.

Firestar

Strolling over to Bluestar, Greystripe and I were involved in a very animated debate over who would be the smartest. "Shut up!" A pretty grey-haired girl with crutches exclaimed, a playful glint in her beautiful blue eyes.

"Right, so Firestar, Greystripe..." Bluestar was interrupted when I let out an excited, "Yes!"

"Is there something you wanted to say, Firestar?" Bluestar questioned as people from all of the years giggled.

"No, ma'am," I smiled, a little embarrassed.

"Like I was saying, Firestar, Greystripe, Dustpelt, Brackenfur, Thornclaw and Cloudtail are in Daffodil dorm. Sandstorm, Cinderpelt and Brightheart are in Jasmine dorm."

Skipping over to Greystripe, I excitedly squealed, "Let's go find our dorm!"

I know I might not have some of their personalities right, but this is how I imagine them in my twisted mind. I don't really like Cinderheart, so naturally she'll be a bit off. But she will become more cheerful later, just she's homesick right now.

The two ginger boys fighting over who was the funniest were obviously Lionblaze and Foxleap. In my mind Lionblaze is ginger don't cross me.

Interesting Fact: I am in love with many non-canon ships, so you might be annoyed at me for this story.

But if you ask nicely I might include a moment with your otp.

Unless your otp is CinderxLion. I hate that ship too much.

~Buttercat