Finally, that dumb "wait a couple of days until you can write" period is over! My first story up here... o.o; I've been writing down a lot of ideas for a good story and I came up with this one. I don't own anything in this story except Grace, Crim, and Poetry. I'm using my three OCs and I'll write you if I need to use one of yours! So...enjoy the story!

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Chapter One: The Beginning __________________________

It was Friday morning and the students of Happy High School buzzed with excitement. Two juniors named Giggles and Petunia stood at their lockers, talking excitedly.

"I can't believe the trip to Paradise Park is today!" Giggles said, placing her books inside of her locker. Petunia nodded. "I can't believe we get to go with the seniors! And stay for a whole week!" she said, sighing happily. The two best friends grabbed hands and bounced around, shrilling happily. Giggles stopped bouncing and released Petunia's hands.

"Ohh...But that means that Mime and Flaky can't go..." she murmured sadly. Petunia waved her paws around. "Don't worry, Giggles, the seniors have a plan for bringing some of the underclassmen along!" she said, smiling. Giggles sighed with relief. "That's good.." Suddenly, a loud beep was heard throughout the high school as the intercom came on.

"All students going on the "Paradise Park" field trip, please report to the school parking lot." A loud cheer rang out through the school as the seniors and juniors ran out of their classrooms and down the hallways. Petunia and Giggles were nearly trampled under the rowdy students' feet, but they managed to make their way to the parking lot.

Two huge charter buses were waiting in the lot, along with a couple of teachers trying to keep the students under control.

Flippy was one of the teachers. Many of the female students found the young twenty-year old war veteran attractive and so did the school staff, so it was obvious who picked him to come on the trip.

The other teacher was Lumpy, who NO one knew why he had been picked. He stood there with a big, dopey grin on his face, smiling at all the students and waving.

"Ok, guys, we need to call roll, so be quiet, alright?" Flippy yelled over the kids. Everyone got quiet. Flippy smiled. "Ok, we'll call juniors first. Cuddles?"

A yellow rabbit wearing pink bunny slippers hopped up and down. "I'm here!" he yelled.

"Nutty?" Flippy called. A green squirrel with candy stuck on his fur bounced around on the sidewalk.

"I'm here!" he yelled.

"Giggles?"

"Here!"

"Petunia?"

"Here!"

"Poetry?"

A soft pink fox wearing a purple sweater, a white skirt, and purple ballet shoes, looked up at Flippy, twirling her black ponytail, shyly. "Here," she said, looking back down at the pavement. Flippy flipped to the next page on his clipboard. "Ok, the seniors are next...Lifty?" he shouted.

A green raccoon raised his hand. "Here," he said.

"Shifty?"

Another raccoon that looked just like Lifty raised his index figer, half-heartedly. "Here," he muttered.

"Grace?"

"Here," a white cat answered. She had long blonde hair and was wearing a black leather jacket over a red tube top and skinny jeans with combat boots.

"And last, Crim." Flippy said, trying not groan at the sound of the name. A blue fox that looked similar to Poetry shot his hand into the air. "Yo!" he yelled, his black spiky hair bouncing with his sudden movement. Lumpy clapped his hands together twice.

"Ok, uh, that's everyone! Seniors on one bus, juniors on the other!" he commanded. The student's did as they were told and filed onto the big buses.

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Ok, this chapter would be a LOT longer if I didn't want to get it up as soon as possible.
The next couple of chapters are going to be a lot more action packed, so keep reading.

Oh yeah, review please, so I know you wonderful people out there are reading!