Chapter One: The New Girl On Campus
It was the start of a new year at Kadic College. Four students were near a bench in the courtyard outside the building of the boarding school. One of the boys was sitting on the bench with his laptop, quickly tak tak taking at the keys. The other two boys were side passing a soccer ball to one another while the girl watched. The blonde haired boy with the purple stripe gave the ball a sudden sharp kick making it fly almost straight over the brown haired boys head, but his reflexes were as sharp as the kick and he bounced the ball back off his head. The blonde boy, not expecting it, fell over from the force of the ball hitting his stomach.
"Ouch! Ulrich, maybe you can pass back a little lighter next time huh?"
"You're really one to talk Odd." Ulrich said with a smirk and held out his hand for his friend to take.
"Can you two be careful? I just got this new laptop and my parents will kill me if it breaks, especially this soon." The boy on the laptop, Jeremie, said.
"Oh relax Jeremie," Yumi, the girl, started, tossing the ball up in the air and catching it again "your computer's fine and I promise I won't let those two wreck it. Feel better?"
"A lot better, thanks." Jeremie replied sarcastically and went back to the program he was fidgeting with on the screen.
"Ulrich dear!" a most unwelcome voice squeaked.
Ulrich sighed and turned around to face an oncoming Sissy. She swished her long black hair as seductively as she could though it didn't help her goal whatsoever.
"No Sissy I don't want to go with you to help you with the English assignment." Ulrich said exasperatedly.
Sissy stared at him incredulously before huffing and turning away, but not before shooting nasty looks towards his friends. The kids didn't need to come back from a virtual universe and repeat their day to know what Sissy was going to say. The friends laughed as they heard Herb calling out that he would gladly help Sissy with the assignment.
A black sedan pulled up to the front gates of Kadic College. The driver stepped out and hurried around to the back and opened the door. He was dressed in a fine black suit, looking very spiffy. A girl stepped out and for a moment she gazed at the school building. She sighed, straightening out her blue shirt and redoing the knot on her cut off, white knit sweater. She gave her jeans a small tug and quickly tightened the pony tail around her long brown hair before looking back at the school grounds.
The girl didn't particularly mind going to boarding school, but she missed her old friends from her old school. She took her suitcase from the driver and dragged it herself to the school's gate. She waved goodbye to the driver and lugged her suitcase towards the building.
Another reason she didn't want to be here was because she hated being the new kid and not knowing anyone. Everyone else already had friends they knew well and were close with and she had no one here. The thought of being the know-nothing new kid made her scowl, but she held the look back and kept an even face so as not to make a bad impression. Her brown boots softly tapped against the pavement as she tried to find the principle's office. She was supposed to meet him and let him know she had arrived and to get her schedule.
There were so many kids outside at that time. She must've come just in time for break. That was good because she needed her mind to catch up to her body's new location before she could start class and her mind was still back home. Some kids were sitting by the trees and talking while others were playing games. Two boys were kicking a soccer ball back and forth near a boy and a girl sitting on a bench. Another girl who had previously been talking to two boys, one a big lummox looking one and the other a nerdy looking boy, started to approach the group playing soccer. The new girl decided to mind her own business and carried on towards the school.
At least she knew she did a good job of blending in because no one approached her for many minutes. Either that or she was a total loser looking kid who no one wanted to approach. She peeked through a few doorways and found the cafeteria and a few more that just led to many stairs and hallways. She wasn't about to purposely get herself lost. The school looked so big she thought it might take days to find her if she started wandering. Eventually she gave up figuring trying to find which door to go in. She put her suitcase down and sat on it. Her lost look must've caught someone's attention because she heard someone calling out to the 'girl with the big suitcase!' The girl turned around and saw one of the soccer boys headed her way. She stopped and watched him approach hoping her look was a friendly one.
Yumi shook her head as they watched Sissy's departing back, always a pleasant sight.
"When's she going to learn?" asked Yumi with a laugh.
"Never, considering that it's Sissy we're talking about." Odd answered, grabbing a seat on the bench next to Jeremie.
"Well she ought to because I can't stand when she keeps coming over here acting like I'll help her with her work and suddenly fall in love with her or something." Ulrich sighed and took a bench seat too. The four kids sat in comfortable silence for a little while. The only sound was Jeremie typing on his computer. The typing simply blended with all the other sounds around them. Ulrich caught sight of a girl with a big suitcase. He supposed she was new and was on her way to her dorm room or something. He didn't assume she was lost until he noticed her peeking into multiple doorways that none of them led to the girls' dorms. He decided to finally point her out to the others. "Hey, who's that?"
The others turned to look where he was pointing to and saw the girl Ulrich saw. She looked really lost.
"I don't know. Maybe we should help her. She looks like she could use some pointing in the right direction." Yumi suggested, getting up from the bench.
"Well let's go then." Odd said and they all got up. Ulrich ran ahead calling out to the girl and getting there before his friends did.
"Hey, I'm Ulrich. You look like you only just got here. What's your name?" the boy asked.
"I'm Naomi and I did only just get here. I'm sort of lost and I'm supposed to find the principle as soon as I get here. Can you tell me where to go?" the girl replied still looking around at the school courtyard.
"Yeah, my friends and I will show you. You were headed the right way going towards the building." Ulrich laughed and Naomi smiled a bit too, lightening up and hoping she had found her new group of friends.
The other three caught up, Jeremie was slightly panting and holding his laptop close.
"These are my friends Yumi, Odd and Jeremie. Guys, this is Naomi. We're going to help her to the principle's office."
"Cool, hey Naomi." Odd bowed and gave her a huge grin. "Well come on. The principle is this way." Odd declared and began walking a little ahead the rest of them. Jeremie was the only one frowning. He didn't want to be rude, but he was weary of who they ought to become close with. If she was new, she might hope to cling to them and that could lead to trouble he didn't want her to get involved with, for both their and her sake.
Behind the five kids was one very annoyed looking Sissy, who was still ignoring Herb's plea to help her with her work.