AN: So, what I realized that when the Degrassi writers write characters off of the show other than graduating, they move away to another city in Canada, also known as the black hole of Degrassi. Since Alex Steele played two characters that both moved away, it made me wonder. What if both Angela and Tori moved to the same city and met each other? Even though I like my Eclare as much as the next person, I want to write about different characters. So, here goes.
Chapter 1: Welcome to Alberta
At the end of her niner year, Tori Santamaria had to move to Alberta from Toronto. It's not like she had wanted to. Her dad got transferred so her family could maintain their wealthy status. Tori had not wanted to leave Degrasi. After that long year, she had finally reached a good place with her BFF Tristan and her other best friend, Maya.
Tori had been in the unfortunate position where she left right at the beginning of summer. When she finally reached Alberta, she had nothing to do. Tristan and Maya were off in Paris so she hardly ever heard from them. The school year wouldn't start until the fall so she committed herself to catching up on West Drive gossip and focusing on the pageant looks.
When the school year finally came around, Tori walked into her new school. The school looked like a normal high school, except larger than Degrassi had been. She found her classes easily and went to them. Everybody went off and found their group of friends and Tori realized how hard it would be for her to put herself out there. She was normally an outgoing person, but she had no idea where to start. Then she found a flier on the activities board.
"So you think you have spirit? Tryouts for cheerleading begin at 3:00 on the first day of school!"
Tori was excited. This was how she was going to make friends. She ended up on the Power Squad as a niner, which was quite an accomplishment. She wished she had more time to prepare since it was 12:30 when she was notified. During her free period, she went to the gym and practiced.
She walked into the gym at 2:45 so she could be early. She didn't want to risk being late since that didn't turn out so well at her old school. The head cheerleader walked out. She was a blonde girl with a high ponytail.
"Alright newbies. You think you're ready to be a cheerleader? Then you better show us what you can do."
So tryouts commenced. Tori watched some other girls do their routines. They were fairly basic but some of them had interesting moves, like cartwheels and back handsprings. Tori made a mental note that she would add some acrobatic move to her performance. She decided a back handspring and split would show off what she could do. She eventually did her routine, one of the ones she had learned for Power Squad. It was one of the move advanced ones that she had to learn for Regionals.
When she had finished, there was some whispering from the girls that already tried out while there was also some scribbling of the head cheerleader on her clipboard. Tori walked over and sat on the bleachers with the other girls who had tried out until the head cheerleader started to talk again.
"We have some tough decisions to make. The list will be posted tomorrow at 8:00."
The next morning, Tori was restless. She practically ran to school. She waited out by the bulletin board and checked her phone. There was a text from Tristan that wished her good luck. She saw the time and it was 7:52. She sat down on a nearby bench and waited.
Another girl showed up 2 minutes later. She was a pretty girl with short, dark hair. Tori was looking at her and realized they did look somewhat similar. The girl was tanner and her hair was pulled into a small braid. Tori recognized the girl from tryouts so Tori thought she should try talking to her. She didn't want to end up eating lunch alone again.
"Hi. Are you waiting for the cheerleading list too?" Tori said, a little louder than she should have.
"Um… yes. Hi. I'm Angela," the girl replied, "You're new here, right?"
"Yeah. My name's Tori, by the way. I just moved here from Toronto."
Right then, the blonde girl Tori saw yesterday, the head cheerleader, was posting the list on the board. Not being able to wait, Tori jumped off of the bench and ran over to the list. She read through all of the names two times and shrieked. She then walked away. On the bottom of the list was the last name. "Tori Santamaria"
She looked around and tried to find that other girl, Angela. She wondered if she made it. All of the other names she read faded away when she saw hers. She found Angela and she was glowing. They had both made it. Tori was overjoyed that she knew someone on the team now. Angela walked up to her and said, "I guess we get to spend the year together. Why don't you come over later so I can get to know each other? You said you lived in Toronto. Have you ever heard of a school called Degrassi?"
AN: I decided to end the chapter there because it seems as though Tori is finally making a new friend. I assume this story will be fairly short, a few chapters. Thanks for reading, review if you like it or want me to continue soon.