Author's note: I don't own any of Tamora Pierce's characters, and someone else thought of the story. This is my first fanfic and it really bothered me that the other person didn't finish so I apologize if the person who thought of this originally is offended.

Chapter 1

Alanna sat on a bench waiting for the school bus. She had just turned 15 and couldn't believe that this was her first day of High School. She wondered how her friends were doing. She had been away at a self- defense camp all summer. Thayet had begged her to come to a dance camp with her, but she hated ballet, jazz, and all the rest. Alanna had always wondered why she was friends with Thayet. They were so different, and Alanna couldn't help but be a little bit jealous of Thayet's beautiful black hair, crimson lips, and green eyes. Thayet had only come along in 7th grade, but she had known Gary, Raoul, Alex, and Jonathan since 5th grade.

Flash Back

"Give me back my lunch money!" yelled Alanna. She warned him several times, but then lost her patience she kneed him as hard a she could. He dropped his money while he writhed in pain. As soon as he recovered he lifted his hand and was about to strike Alanna.
"You shouldn't make a habit of hitting girls, Ralon," said Jonathan. Ralon saw a teacher coming and ran away. Unfortunately for him, the teacher had seen what he was about to do and was expelled for it. Ever since then she had been close friends with Jonathan.

End Flash Back

Alanna missed those simple elementary years. Just last year Thayet had told her that she had a crush on Jonathan. Alanna got extremely annoyed when she heard this, but she couldn't explain. After that, she tried to avoid Thayet as much as she could. Alanna was known as the tomboy. She was the sort of girl that a boy would play baseball with, but wouldn't ask out. She sighed. The bus arrived and stepped on. She was one of the first pick-ups so there wasn't many people on the bus. She couldn't help but wonder what her friends would think of her now. All her cousins said that her appearance had changed drastically this summer. The bus stopped. Alanna knew that this was Jonathan's stop. Then she saw the familiar sapphire blue eyes smiling at her. I want to know what people think. I know it was kind of short. I will try and make the others longer. And please I want advice on how I can improve this story. By the way I really really hate Thayet. So don't worry be won't have a wonderful role in my story. I want to work George into this, but I am not sure how so please tell me how.