The first day of third grade. Really, the first day of school is nerve wrecking just in general. But at a new school? Even scarier. Especially when you've always been the outcast. Sure, you can always try to start over, but there's always that feeling there won't be a chance for change. But I can't change. I'm the outcast because of what I am - a sorcerer. I've tried so hard to hide the magic, but it just... escapes. But I guess you can't say what will happen before you try.
"Jimmy? Are you ready for school?" my twin sister said. "Yeah." "Then why are you not downstairs?" she asked, walking into my room.
She was the same age as me, only I was 5 minutes older (boo yah!). She was the same height as me (short), had long black hair with bangs across the right side of her face, skinny jeans, huge hipster glasses, red converse with blue wings, a red hoodie, a beanie, and neon green headphones with silver at the center on her neck. It was so strange how I was so different. I stood in front of her with a purple hoodie, grey jeans, grey converse, light brown hair, no glasses, a cloth tied aroung my forehead, and my hood pulled up. The only similarities were that our eye color, the red creeper face on our sweatshirts (mine on the front and hers on the back), and the fact that we were both trained in magic.
"Because, Maya, I was waiting for the right time to do this," I said. I stuck my hand out and my hand developed a purple glow. Soon, her headphones had the same glow and they flew off her neck and into my hands. "Hey, give those back! You know how important those are to me!" she yelled. "I know! That's why I'm taking them!" I responded. I glanced at the headphones, now purple with black in the center, and not because of the magic surrounding it. Before I could get a chance to think about it, I realized that the purple was mixed with green, the same green that glowed around Maya's hand.
"Are you trying to fight against me?" I teased. "What else does it look like?" she teased back. The headphones were floating between us and it was about to go down Harry Potter style - Avada Kadavra versus Expelliarmus. They were almost back in my hand, but Maya's arm flashed up and she flicked her hand, sending me with my arm against the wall. 'So she's one this time... I'll get her back soon enough,' I thought. She smiled and put her headphones back on her neck. "Time for school!"
We walked to the bus, me being a sore loser and just playfully glaring at her. 'If I don't get friends, I'll have my my sister, right? Oh God, that's just sad...' The bus came, and I's have to say, it was quite interesting.
We were the first at the stop, so we both sat toward the back. As more people got on, they started to sit near us. After a while, the people closest to us were a boy with long hair covering his left eye sitting quietly and a group of gossip girls. The girls were trying to talk to Maya about some store called Arrow Poster or something, but she just ignored them by putting on her headphones.
I tapped her shoulder. "Why don't we try to start making friends right now?" I asked. "Because that boy over there seems mute," she said pointing to the long-haired boy, "and those girls are VERY annoying." "Well, it's not my fault that you don't like girly stuff. But you make a good point. They are the only people around us..." I agreed.
"Did you just call me mute?" the long-haired boy suddenly said. We both turned to him. She blushed and I felt my cheeks get warm. "Uh, no," I lied, adding in a bit of sarcasm on accident. "Well, I'm not mute. Anyway, I haven't seen you before. Are you new to Tuscan, Arizona? I'm Ty, by the way," he said. "Uh,yeah. We moved a few weeks ago. I'm Seto."
Maya raised an eyebrow. "Remember? Dad enrolled us under our fake names," I mouthed. "I'm his sister, Jinx," she finally said. "...Interesting names. What grade are you two?" he asked. "Third," we both answered. "Me too!"
"Hey Ty! We each got a gift for you!" Maya said, running to the door that I had opened. "Really? Me too!" He said. We all exchanged gifts. Ty had two and we had one each. I opened mine first. I found a beanie inside the neatly wrapped box. "I know it's more of Jinx's thing, but..." Ty started. "No! This is one of my favorite colors!" I said. It was dark grey, almost black. Maya opened hers next. She got a green five-subject notebook and some pens. "How'd you know I ran out of notebooks?" she asked. "...I didn't," Ty answered, blushing. Then Ty opened his two. The first one he opened was Maya's - two dark purple wristbands. Then he opened mine - a small picture of us that for some reason looked like we were made of squares. It was nothing really, but I took the most time ever to draw and color and thought that he would like it. "I love them, thanks guys," Ty said, pulling us in a group hug. "No problem," Maya and I said at the same time.
Ty, Maya, and I were walking to school. "So guys, are you excited for 5th grade?" Ty asked. A smile grew on my face. "Yeah. And can you believe that we've all been best friends for 2 years now?" I answered. Maya grew a smile just as big as mine and hung her arms around both of our shoulders. "Yeah, I know. You two are my best dorky nerds," she said. Ty raised his eyebrow. "Wow. Says the geek-ster," he teased. She just jokingly glared at him.
"Anyway, are the both of you ready for the advanced classes, though? I mean, we're already doing 6th grade math and 7th grade reading," I interrupted. They both sighed. "This year'll be rough."
"Why do you guys have to move?! It's the middle of the year!" Ty complained. "You know we have no choice. But it's not like we'll never see each other again, right?" I said.
I didn't want to move either, but our dad needed to 'relocate' for whatever job he had. He couldn't leave two 10 year old magic trainees behind.
"But... we still have things to discover about each other! Fine you have to leave, but I won't take it lightly. Also, can you at least answer a few questions I never asked before?" Ty said. Maya and I glanced at each other. "Fine," we both said. "Why do you always wear those sweatshirts? And why does Jinx always wear those headphones?"
We couldn't answer those questions. The answers involved him knowing that we were sorcerers and he didn't know. But maybe we had to tell him, so when we meet him again in the future, he'll know.
"We're leaving in five minutes!" my dad called. Guess not. He would've called us freaks, just like everyone else has.
"The headphones were our mom's. But I'm sorry we didn't tell you sooner; we just thought that we could avoid seeing you like this. Now, we really gotta get ready," Maya said. Ty's red eyes (he wasn't crying, his irises are just red) saddened.
"Bye." Maya and I hugged Ty for the last time in years and we ran upstairs to get our stuff. We heard footsteps, the door opening and closing.
I stared out the window. "Jimmy." Maya put her hand on my shoulder. I jerked my shoulder out of her grip. "We have his phone number. We'll still get to talk to him," she said, placing her hand on my shoulder again. "Stop." Suddenly, I felt a surge or power and Maya's hand glowed purple for a split second. She quickly pulled her hand back as if my shoulder bit her. "Sorry," I mumbled. She just smiled sadly and turned away.