Cinder's POV:
Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. I slammed my hand on the snooze button of my alarm clock. It was 6 am. 'Why am I up this early again? ' I questioned myself. Oh yeah, it's the first day at my new highschool, Luna high.
I drag my tired body out of bed and into the kitchen. 'Time to make breakfast. How about pancakes and bacon? That will make the witches happy right?' I think to myself. Grabbing a pan, the pancake batter, and bacon, I turn on the stove.
I walk over to our stereo system and turn it on, cranking the volume up to 65% as I hear "Celebrity Status" by Marianas Trench start to play.
As I walk back over to the kitchen, Peony walks out of her room and starts dancing. I decide to join her as breakfast cooks and "Here's to the Zeros" begins to play. We dance and spin each other around the small living room, enjoying each other's company.
"Hey Pea, can you do me a favor and wake up Adri and Pearl while I finish cooking?" I ask my younger step sister and only friend, Peony. "Sure thing, Cinder," she replies as she rushes down the hall to wake up my older step sister and step mother.
As I set the table with food, Peony returns with Pearl and Adri. I greet them and walk to my room to get ready. I decide to wear my usual outfit today which consists of a black tank top, army green denim jacket, cargo pants, and black converse. I top it all off with a messy ponytail and walk out of my room.
On my way out, I grab some bacon, my lunch from the fridge, and my backpack. As I walk down to the parking garage, I can't help but get nervous. After all, no one seemed to like me at my old school so why would they like me here?
I start my car and head off down the street in the direction of my school.
Within 5 minutes, I'm pulling my car into my parking space and walking to the front doors. Teens flood the lawn in front of LHS doing whatever they want.
I pushed open the doors to the massive school, schedule in hand. While walking up to my locker, I caught a glimpse of unruly Raven hair and before I knew it, I had been knocked to the ground, my books and papers scattering around me.
Before I could get a few choice words out, the person who knocked me down was reaching for my hand and pulling me back onto my feet. I looked up to the clumsy teen that had caused me to plummet to the ground.
He flashed me a toothy smile, his hand rubbing the crook of his neck sheepishly. "Sorry about that. I really need to watch where I'm going. I'm Kai." he said, extending his hand towards mine. I shook his hand and introduced myself. "Cinder. " I said and started to gather my things off of the floor.
Kai crouched down beside me, helping me gather my things. "So... Are you new to the school?" he inquired, attempting at making small talk and failing miserably. "Yeah, today's my first day," I replied while putting the last of my belongings in my bag.
He stood up beside me and followed me to my locker. "If you want me to show you around the school I can. Think of it as an apology for plowing into you earlier." I pondered his offer for a second. "Hmm... I already took a tour of the school," I saw a tinge of sadness in Kai's face, "but, you can walk me to my classes if you feel the need to," I replied nonchalantly.
As soon as the words left mouth, he grabbed my arm and rushed me to first period. Turns out that we have the same schedule so I guess I won't be completely alone and alienated.
I plopped down in a chair next to Kai and waited for our world history teacher to arrive. Just as the bell rang, a girl with scarlet hair plopped down in the seat to the left of me.
She pulled out a black and red notebook from her bag. In pitch black ink was the neatly written word "Scarlet". 'So that must be her name.' I thought to myself.
Mr. Torin, our world history teacher, walked into the room and stood in front of his desk. "Good morning class. As a few of you may have noticed, we have a new student. Why don't you come up and introduce yourself Miss Linh?" he announced.
Hesitantly, I made my way up to the front of the class, pulling the sleeves of my jacket down a little more, a bad habit of mine since I had to have a large gash in my wrist stitched shut from a childhood accident. "Hi! My name is Linh Cinder. I just moved from the western Commonwealth. I can't wait get to know all of you!" I said as I rushed back to my seat.
"Not one to talk, are you?"
"Oh shush!" I whisper-yelled at Kai while giving a small jab in the arm.
Before I knew it, the school day was over. I guess I won't be totally hated after all. I mean if Scarlet, Winter, Jacin, Thorne, Kai, and Wolf all came to sit with me at lunch, that doesn't mean I'm as bad as Adri and Pearl say I am, right?