As of 12-10-15, this story is being rewritten and updated. Please check back every few days or so, and I should have updated parts of the story. I apologize for any confusion, and I hope you come back for more.
(Old) Please read my second chapter after this one even though this one hasn't exactly gotten to the main plot. The second chapter may change your mind.
Thank you for listening to my rants and descriptions, now on with the story!
All the characters in the first chapter are my friends. Regardless,
DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of Tamora Pierce's characters.
"Come on Andrew, I know you can do so much better than that! Ha!" exclaimed a girl, about five foot nine.
Andrew growled under his breath, "Show off!"
"I heard that! I'll give you a show off." She immediately somersaulted over Andrew's head and prodded him in the back with her plastic imitation sword.
Andrew dropped his sword turn around and say, "Great! Now I can add being beaten at fencing by a girl to my list of things never to tell anyone. Good job Christina." He extended his hand. Christina shook it.
"Thanks, you've practiced." People who had gathered during the spar and were now all clapping.
"C'mon Daniel, it wasn't that bad." Andrew said while walking over to two boys, one of which was banging his head against a wall.
Daniel spoke in a tone of mock insanity, "Yes it was! She beats us at everything, Fencing, Soccer, Basketball..."
Andrew interrupted, "Hey, that was you."
"Sure it was."
"Honestly!"
"Okaayyy.."
Christina walked over to her other three friends on the opposite side of the gym. "Hey guys."
"Hey. Good show, here's your tip." The short brown-haired girl said while flipping a coin into Christina's hand.
"Do you want to play a quick game of one-on-one soccer before we leave?"
"Sure." The four of the left the gym, making their way to their destination outside.
"You know you all didn't have to stay for that." Christina stated.
The brown-haired girl started to laugh. When she stopped, she said, "We just wanted to see Andrew get his tail whooped by a girl, oh, and you're our free ticket home."
"I can't forget that. Oh no, not that." Christina spouted sarcastically, "Thanks for the reassurance Amy."
"You're welcome." Before they left the building for good, she made sure to put her sword in the gym teacher's office. As they started to walk to the locker room when suddenly there was a tremor, and Amy started to scream.
"Will you shut up Amy? Please! It makes you look like a sissy. You don't see Trisha and Veronica screaming do you? Don't you remember when this happened in middle school?" yelled Christina, trying to make Amy listen over her own screaming, who stopped abruptly.
Trisha spoke up. "When it happened then, it wasn't this intense. Or for that matter, this long." (The tremor was still going on)
She stopped talking as she saw Norman, Daniel, and Andrew running up to them.
"Are you guys okay?" Daniel asked.
Norman started to say something when his words were lost because of a new tremor, an earthquake even, more intense than the last. Before they knew it, every person had been knocked to the ground.
"We need to go! Quick!" Someone said, the voice was unrecognizable through all of the noise.
Before they could leave, there was a blast of blinding light, followed by total darkness.
A/N: Please review. Please! I even welcome criticism, constructive or not.