High School Queen: Chapter 1: Meeting and Greeting

A/N: This IS the same story as Sarah, Dove, and Aly at Kyprin High. I just gave it a better title.

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"Hurry up, Sarah! We're going to be late!" Dove yelled, banging on the bathroom door. Her sister was taking forever, and she didn't want to be late on the first day of school. "We don't have all day!" she continued. Aly, the exchange student who was staying with them, giggled at the sister's antics.

Dove's half sister Petranne came up the stairs. "Mama says that if you three aren't ready in a minute she's going to leave without you," the six-year-old told them.

Dove ran a hand through her little sister's hair. "Tell Winna that Sarah is taking forever in the bathroom and Aly and I still have to brush our teeth, okay Pet?"

Pet nodded and ran downstairs. Aly laughed again and said, "Are you guys always like this in the morning?" Her Kyprish was pretty good for someone who had lived in Tortall all her life.

Dove rolled her eyes at Aly. "I keep telling Papa and Winna, we need to get Sarah her own bathroom so the rest of us have a chance to get out of the house in the morning!" Dove sighed. "They said having a new bathroom put in would be too much trouble when she'll be out of the house in two years anyway."

"You should see my cousin Numair," Aly said. "He's in college, but he stayed with us this summer and he takes forever when he gets ready for anything. It's very annoying." Dove laughed.

Pet came up the stairs. "Mama says tell Sarah that is she doesn't come out of there right now, she's going to get her out."

"Okay," Dove said. She banged on the door. "Come on, Sariayu Balitang! Open up the door!" A second later the door swung open and Sarah Balitang walked out, as completely glamorous as ever. She leveled a glare at her younger sister. "Do not, I repeat do not, ever call me Sariayu." She sniffed delicately. "It's so old-fashioned."

"Yeah, but it worked," Dove muttered. She and Aly brushed their teeth in a hurry and joined Pet and Winna, Dove and Sarah's stepmom, downstairs.

They all piled into Winna's minivan as she dropped off Pet at Tanair Elementary, than drove Sarah, Dove, and Aly to Rajmuat High. As they walked into the school Dove could see the high school boys already eyeing the new girl, Aly. She was just as glamorous as Sarah, in a more casual way, but as long as she didn't take half an hour in the bathroom getting ready every morning, Dove was fine.

They had to go to the auditorium for the first-day orientation, after which their names were called and they were told their homeroom teacher.

"Dovasary Balitang, Saraiyu Balitang, Alianne Cooper, Nawat Crow, Junai Dodeka, Ferdolin Tomang, and Zaimid Hetnim, you are in Mr. Locke's homeroom." Sarah rolled her eyes in frustration at the use of her full name as they all got up and followed Mr. Locke to his classroom. Ferdolin Tomang was already eyeing Sarah, obviously thrilled they were in the same homeroom. Dove knew he had a huge crush on her sister.

When they go Mr. Locke's classroom, he did attendance, but after he said their name they had to say what grade they were in and something about themselves.

"Dovasary Balitang." Mr. Locke called.

"Hello, I'm Dovasary but I prefer Dove, I'm a freshman and I love to read." Dove said.

"Saraiyu Balitang."

"Hey, call me Sarah, I hate Saraiyu. I'm a junior, and I love to ride horses." Sarai sat down.

"Alianne Cooper."

"I'm Alianne but you can call me Aly. I'm also a junior, and I'm an exchange student, I'm staying with Dove and Sarah. Before this, I lived in Tortall my whole life." Aly said. She looked to Dove, who nodded to say she had gotten the Kyprish right.

"Nawat Crow."

Aly immediately looked at him when his name was called. Unlike the other to boys, he wasn't drooling over Sarah. "I'm Nawat, and I'm a senior." He sat down.

"Junai Dodeka."

"I'm Junai, you can call me June, and I'm a freshman." Dove was glad she wasn't the only freshman there.

"Ferdolin Tomang."

"Hey everybody, please just call me Freddy. I'm a junior and I love to ski." He winked at Sarah before sitting down.

"Zaimid Hetnim."

"Hello, I'm Zaimid and I'm a senior, and I love to help out at my dad's physical therapy practice." He smiled and sat down.

"Okay, so we are all here and hopefully we all know a little bit more about each other now. As you know, I'm Mr. Locke and I teach History because I love it. Now all of you, off to your first classes! I'll see you all at two fifteen here!"

The bell rang and they all hurried to their first period classes.

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Disclaimer: I don't own anything. It all belongs to Tamora Pierce. I'm just borrowing and altering.

A/N: So this idea just popped into my head this morning, I could just picture Dove banging on the bathroom door because Sarai is taking forever to get ready, can't you? I had to write it. And I did change some of their names a little bit, just so it seemed more modern, but I hope you still know who everybody is. Don't worry, I'm still working on my other story, Different, but I had to write this. I'm not sure where it's going, so if you have any suggestions please let me know. It might just be a one-shot. As always, review! Even if it's anonymous or just one sentence, I appreciate it!