Jo's Second Chance Part 1
AN: So, I am an avid fan of Enid Blyton and of Pamela Cox, who wrote the books containing Felicity Rivers years at Malory Towers. Now, in "Last Term At Malory Towers, we are introduced to a horrid Second Former called Josephine Jones. Now, she does eventually become a much nicer person, and well liked, and I thought I would write the books containing Jo's years at another school, with a much nicer uniform. I mean orange and brown together? Yuck. But dark and pale gray are much nicer. By the way, HAPPY NEW YEAR!
... I do miss Malory Towers. Now I know that I'm not going back again I see how splendid it was. Hope you like the parcel. Jo.
Josephine Jones sighed sadly to herself. It was once again the first of September, and had the circumstances been different, she would have been on her way to Malory Towers in Cornwall, wearing a uniform of a brown coat, hat, and tunic, with an orange ribbon around the hat and a an orange belt around the tunic.
However, due to her stealing money, and thus ended up being expelled, Jo was on her way to another boarding school : St. Fernista, which she had never heard of. She really missed Malory Towers, but one thing that she wasn't going to miss anytime soon was the uniform.
By contrast, the girls of St. Fernista wore a uniform of dark green and pale grey.
"Dark green coat, pale grey hat with a dark green ribbon, and a green tunic underneath with a grey belt," she said, smiling a little as she glanced at herself in a nearby mirror. "It's better than the one for Malory Towers, " she finished with a sigh.
She was waiting in the little café for the train to take her to St. Fernista, when three girls around her age strolled in, laughing.
Jo glanced up, and one girl with curly black hair and deep green eyes, spotted her at once.
"Hallo there! You must be a new girl, my name's Lauren Stine , what's your name?"
"Nice to meet you, Lauren, I'm Josephine Jones, " she introduced herself.
"Well, welcome to St. Fernista, I hope you enjoy your time here, " smiled Lauren, before turning to the other two girls, and introduced them.
"This," she said, pointing to a girl with wavy brown hair, "is Elizabeth Tudor. "
"Nice to meet you, Josephine, " Elizabeth said, shaking Jo's hand.
The other girl, soon introduced as Sara Philips, had bright red hair, and eyes so green that they put an emerald to shame.
"Well, I could have offered you a cup of tea, Josephine, but the train has arrived," said Lauren, and she led the way out of the café.
As the girls fell into step beside each other, Sara asked, "So, did you attend another school before coming here, Josephine? "
Jo smiled. "Just call me Jo, and yes, I did attend another school before this one. Malory Towers, in fact."
"Ooo, that's a nice school, " Sara smiled. "So, why come to St. Fernista, then? "
"Um, it seemed nicer. I mean, I had to wear a uniform of orange and brown, which is ghastly to look at, let alone wear. The uniform for St. Fernista is nicer, " Jo said.
"Fair enough, " smiled Sara, as they reached the third formers train compartment. A smiling teacher with strawberry blonde hair, and pale pink eyes, greeted them with a warm smile, revealing her rather long canines, causing Jo to gasp.
"Is our teacher a vampire? " She asked, incredulous. She knew that such things didn't exist, but her teacher did look like one.
Elizabeth, overhearing this, let out a hoot of laughter. "No, don't be silly. She's Albino, but that's nothing to worry about. "
Their Albino teacher smiled at them, and noticed the new girl. "Oh, hello , I'm Ms Brown, and I teach the third form girls. "
"So, you three are third formers?" Jo asked, and they nodded. "Nice to meet my fellow form members, " she said, smiling .
They seem nice enough, and it's nice to be able to make a fresh start at a new school, where no one knows what I've done in the past. I shall make the most of it, Jo thought happily, just as one of the girls lightly poked her.
"I want to introduce you to the other four girls who have just come in, " said Sara.
Jo glanced up, and spotted four new girls.
Sara smiled at the new arrivals, and said, "Girls, this is our newest third former, Josephine Jones. But feel free to call her Jo, for short."
"Hallo, Jo. I'm Rachel Oliver, " said one girl who had deep blue eyes, and long wavy black hair. Jo shook hands with her. Her face reminded her of that of Felicity Rivers, and Jo sighed, remembering.
"Hi Jo. I'm Joanna Starkley, " said another girl, who had wavy brown hair and hazel eyes.
Sophia Turner, a girl with blonde hair and green eyes, and Billie Thompson, a girl with braces, red hair and green eyes, also introduced themselves to Jo.
As the train pulled away, and the other girls began chatting about the holidays, potential head girls of forms, and sport matches, Jo immersed herself into a copy of The Times , doing the crossword puzzles. I shan't be the horrible little beast I was last term. I intend on keeping to the school rules, and being a person that I never was. A person whom even Mrs. Grayling could have been proud of, if I had stayed at Malory Towers, she thought determinedly, before returning her attention to the crossword puzzles in the paper.
"So, Jo," Billie asked, leaning forwards, "What was your last school like?"
"It was a fine school, but it didn't work out for me," Jo answered honestly. "Never mind, though. I look forward to seeing my new school. Tell me, what do you do for fun at St. Fernista? "
Billie's eyes lit up like stars. "Our school is known for its Tennis, ice skating, and swimming competitions. We have won several trophies in all three sports, and each girl only has to pick one summer sport and the winter sport, and leave the other one out. We also have great sport instructors who help those who need extra coaching. And, unlike other schools, we girls learn Italian, as well as French. "
"Impressive, " Jo smiled and found that she simply couldn't wait to find out what her new school would be like.
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