Chapter One

Naeva slowly sat up in her bed, rubbing the sleep from her eyes. She could faintly hear her mother screaming at her sister to get out of bed. Evelien was always horrible in the mornings. She rose up from her bed and walked over to the bathroom that was adjoined to her bedroom. She looked in the mirror and saw that her long knee-length silvery blue hair was a tangled mess. She brushed it out, thinking of how wonderful it was to have naturally straight hair. Then she put on the minuscule amount of make-up she did wear. As she finished, she walked out of the bathroom and back into her room. She looked at her uniform. She hated it. It was a green, white, and silver theme. A plain white button-up shirt with a green button up vest over it. This was tucked into a right-above-the-knee dark green and silver plaid skirt. To finish it off there was a silver tie. At least they could wear their own shoes, just as long as they were black and not tennis shoes. She slipped on a nice pair of black flats. She went downstairs to see her sister Aure already waiting to go. She looked absolutely stunning in her uniform. At least her silver hair didn't totally clash with it like Naeva's. She had chosen to wear heels. How she did it Naeva would never know, but she knew she was perfectly comfortable in her flats. She ate her cereal and joined her sister in waiting for Evelien. They heard her stomp down the stairs, and watched her walk sleepily over to the counter, grab a handful of cereal, and join them. The three girls walked out of the door, and into the craziest year of high school yet.

Wow, this place is huge, Naeva thought to herself.

" Oh my god this place is ginormous!", Evelien practically screamed.

" When did you get so talkative in the mornings?", Aure asked her sister with a smirk on her face.

" Since we got here!", Evelien said brightly.

Naeva could tell people were staring. It's not everyday you see three new girls walk in, two of which are practically screaming at each other, one with silvery blue hair, one with pure silver hair, and another with white blonde hair that looked purple. Then she heard the whispers which confirmed that they were staring.

" I doubt that's their natural hair color."

" Are they related?"

" Oh my god, their so pretty!", she heard one girl squeak. She laughed quietly at that one.

Both she and her sister ignored these comments and walked to the office. As they walked in, Aure started talking.

" Hello, we're Aure, Evelien, and Naeva Celestyn. We need our schedules."

" Yes, here you are. I hope you have a good first day here at Shinra Academy.", the secretary replied kindly.

As they looked at their schedules and noticed they had most classes together. They had first period Algebra 2, second period English 3, A lunch. Third period Naeva had Chemistry, while Evelien had Photography and Aure had Creative Writing. Those two had Chemistry together fourth period together, while Naeva had gym. They ended their day with foreign language studies, where you can pick a language and study it independently or with a group, which everyone was required to take.

They started looking for the math room. As they walked in, they noticed there was only one other girl there and the teacher. The girl had long brown hair tied back in a braid with a pink bow, and was dressed in all pink.

" Hello, I am Aerith Gainsborough. Are you new here this year?"

" Yeah we are. I'm Aure. Nice to meet you."

" I'm Evelien."

"I'm Naeva."

" Well it was nice meeting you guys! The bell's about to ring, so we'd better get ready for class."

The teacher started going over the syllabus after the bell rang. That only took about fifteen minutes, so they talked amongst themselves until the bell rang. Aerith told them about her best friend, Yuffie, who she described as an overly-hyper girl, but a good friend. Just don't tell her any secrets.

" Well I'll introduce you guys later! See you at lunch!"

The three sisters walked to their next class. As they walked in, Naeva saw a group of boys sitting in the back of the room. There were three of them, all with different lengths of silver hair. They looked at the girls and smiled. Naeva noticed there smiles were kinda creepy.

Oh well I bet it's nothing, she thought to herself. Aure seemed to think so, as she walked over an introduced herself.

" Hi, I'm Aure! What are your names?"

The one with the shoulder-length hair said, " I'm Kadaj, the one with long hair is Yazoo, and the other is Loz."

The other two boys just stared. What the girls didn't know is that on the inside, all three were screaming. They didn't understand why anyone was speaking them, especially three girls.

" Well then, I'll see you later, I guess, maybe, or not. Okay bye!", Aure said while slowly backing away.

The girls sat down and went through yet another syllabus.

" Today is going to be a long day.", all three of them thought.

Naeva walked alone to Chemistry. She was kind of freaked out, considering it was her first class today without either of her sisters. She wondered what kind of people would be in her class. She hoped the three boys from English weren't there. They seemed nice, just kind of out there. As she walked up to the door, all she could think was don't trip. Sure, she could dodge five kunai knives at a time, but walking across a flat surface in front of other people? She could never do that unless she was having an extremely confident day. She had regularly, but today wasn't one of them. She opened the door and walked in. She sat down next to a boy with spiky blonde hair. She waited for him to say something, but when he didn't, she just sat there. The teacher went over a syllabus. None of her teachers seemed enthusiastic. That just made school boring, and especially made it hard to learn. Would you really try to learn when your teacher was droning on and on in a monotonous voice? Naeva couldn't stand it. After the teacher finished and everybody was left to talk, she turned to boy next to her.

" Hi, I'm Naeva. What's your name?"

" Cloud.", he mumbled quietly.

It's oh so nice meeting you, she thought. Then she thought up a plan.

" Will you be my Chemistry buddy?", she asked in an innocent voice. She would get him to be her friend whether he liked it or not.

" Um, what?"

" You know, if we're absent we give each other the notes and such from that day, and when there are labs, we partner up.", she told him.

" I guess?", he said in a questioning voice.

" Yay!", she yelled. She jumped up and hugged him. He hesitated for a few seconds, and slowly returned the hug.

Yes Cloud, you will be my friend!

Aure walked to her Creative Writing class. She arrived at the room and saw a few students there. She sat down in a seat. She sees a black haired boy rose from his seat, walk over, and sat next to her.

" Hi, I'm Zack! What's your name? Do you actually like writing? I suck at writing. It kind of makes me depressed. But at least I'm not like Cloud. That guy is crazy. He just sits and doesn't speak. Wait who were you again?"

Oh God, he's just like my sister. How will I survive this class? Just ignore it Aure. She started to listen again, and noticed he hadn't stopped speaking.

"... I mean how can a person just not talk? I mean I love talking. I don't know why Cloud

doesn't. You she see him around girls! It's even worse then! He, like, doesn't even look at them or anything! He just stares-"

" Zack! Will you shut up!", their teacher said.

" That's Tifa. She's my cousin. She scares me sometimes. She goes all crazy on you."

Thank God. She didn't know if she would have made it through that for an entire class.

Evelien arrived at her photography class and saw Aerith. She sat next to her and gave her a small smile. It was weird being in a class without Aure or Naeva. She listened to the teacher for about two minutes, then zoned out. She hated first days. You didn't know anybody and all teachers talked about was their syllabus. She kept staring off into space until she felt a small tap on her shoulder. She looked over and saw it was Aerith.

" Hey, the teacher gave us the rest of the class to talk. I'd thought I'd tell you a little bit more about my friends so it's not so awkward later."

" Okay. That would be nice. I don't particularly like awkward situations."

" Well, the only girls are me and Yuffie. The guys are Cloud, Zack, Reno, and Vincent. Cloud's a really quiet guy, as is Vincent. Zack never shuts up unless we are in very serious situations, or if he saw some really hot girl walk by. But that's beside the point. Anyway, Reno is worse than Zack. He has the world's worst attention span. He will stop in the middle of a sentence and stare at a speck of dust. But we all love him and his special moments. I hope we all get to be good friends so we aren't the only girls anymore!"

" Yeah, I hope so too."

Maybe being here wouldn't be so bad after all.

Naeva walked to lunch. She looked around and saw no one she knew. She started walking to the lines to get some food, when she felt a tap on her shoulder. She turned around to see a girl with short black hair.

" Hey are you Naeva? Well you have to be, I mean you're the only person here with really long blue hair. Why is your hair blue? Is it natural? Would I-"

" Yuffie, don't scare her off, we need more girls in the group."

She looked up and saw Aerith. She gave her a small smile.

" Well we're sitting over here. Unfortunately only Cloud is eating with us today. You'll have to meet the others tomorrow. Oh well, come on, let's get some lunch."

She followed Aerith to the line. She saw her sisters start walking over. They were both being just as quiet as she was. They used to have all the same classes because their school was so small. It was a totally new thing to have different schedules. They would have a lot to talk about after school before going to weapons class.

They got their food and walked over to the table. As soon as she sees Cloud, sees marches right over and sits down right beside him.

" Hey Chem buddy!"

" Hi.", he replied quietly.

" Why don't you ever talk? I mean you can be quiet, but not that quiet!"

" Don't worry.", she heard Aerith say, " He'll talk more once he gets to know you, and once he gets over the fact that you're a girl." She giggled on the last part.

Naeva looked over at Cloud and saw his face was bright red.

Oh this will be fun.

Aure and Evelien looked at each other. Five minutes ago, they had seen the mischievous glint in their sisters' eye. Now she was sitting really close to Cloud, practically in his lap, just to bug him. And it was working. His face was bright red, and getting even more so by the second. Aerith was watching to with a smile on her face, trying her hardest not to giggle. She finally got over it, and shoved Naeva, causing her to fall on the ground. Naeva looked at her with a glare so deadly, she should have been disintegrated on contact. But Aerith just sat there.

" So everybody, what's your next class? I have English."

" We have Chemistry.", Aure said. Evelien just nodded.

" I have gym!", Naeva said happily, having got over the fact she had been shoved.

Aure noticed that Cloud stiffened. Apparently, Naeva had too.

" You have gym too?", Naeva said with an even more mischievous look on her face.

Oh god, what was her sister going to do now?

Naeva walked to Gym with Cloud trailing behind her. He seemed even more depressed now. She would have to leave him alone for Gym. They walked in and the coach stared at her.

" Your taking Gym?", he asked.

" Yes, that would be why I'm here.", she said in a sarcastic voice.

" Okay then, everybody run a mile. Go now.", he said, thinking she wouldn't last, and if she did she would finish last.

Five minutes later she stopped running with Cloud right behind her. They sat and watched the others struggle, while the coach stared at Naeva in disbelief. As the others finished up, she started talking to Cloud.

" Hey, I'm sorry about lunch. The look on your face..."

" It's okay, I'm guessing I'll have to deal with it if we're going to be Chemistry... buddies.", he said with a small smile, struggling over the last word..

Oh my god, did he just smile? She stared at him.

"What?", he said defensively.

" You smiled.", she said in a shocked voice.

" Yes, people do that."

She just continued staring. Then the bell rang.

" Bye Naeva!", he said brightly, giving her a big grin.

She just stood there shocked. The coach yelled at her and she jumped and ran out the door trying to catch up with Cloud.

The coach sat there for a moment.

" Did he just smile?"