"First day of high school." Sabrina Spellman stared wide eyed at the tall, imposing building that was Greendale High."
"I know." Her best friend, Chloe Flan replied, nervously digging her long fingernails into the palm of her hands.
"You need to calm down." The witchling giggled. "You're practically smoking."
"Not my fault, I'm still getting used to this draconian stuff."
"At least now you know how I feel."
"Uh, no." The dark skinned girl said, matter-of-factly. "You knew you were a witch your entire life so you had plenty of time to prepare, my dad didn't tell me that his side of the family were draconians until I turned thirteen and started shooting sparks."
"Did you ask him why he waited that long to tell you?" Sabrina asked.
"Apparently in draconian tradition, you don't tell the child until they develop their powers. Normally it happens when the kid is like five but since my mom was human it took a little longer for me."
"Just like my mom." Sabrina chuckled. "Twinsies."
"Well we share everything else don't we?"
Laughing, the girls made their way through the crowd to check class listings. At the front of the line, the girls found their friend, Harvey Kinkle.
"Hey!" He greeted, rushing over to them and bumping into a lot of people in the process. "We're all in the same class again."
"That's great." Chloe sighed with relief. "I doubt I'd be able to face this place without you guys. Sabrina patted her friend on the back. In all the years she'd known Chloe, the girl had never been nervous about anything and if she was she didn't show it, but ever since the news of her draconian heritage, she had become much more careful and cautious, but Sabrina assumed that it came with the territory of being half dragon fae, you wouldn't want to accidentally ignite something. Chloe didn't look very different other than her nails growing longer and faster, which she began painting a light silvery blue, no-one would ever know the difference but to Chloe it felt like everyone saw her differently. Sabrina had asked her aunt Zelda if draconians could transform into dragons but apparently that wasn't the case. They grew the wings, tails and horns of dragons and had the ability to spit and control fire but otherwise they could maintain a human form.
Harvey sensed Chloe nerves and wrapped an arm around her. Although the boy was mortal and had no idea what was really troubling his friend, it wouldn't stop him from trying to put her mind at ease.
"Don't worry." He said, reassuringly. "Starting High School is scary for everyone but it gets easier. It's way less scary than it was starting kindergarten or elementary school though."
"Or middle school." Sabrina added. "Remember when the three of us graduated eighth grade. We were so tired, it was like those three years of middle school would never end."
"Yeah…That was last year." Chloe said, with a smirk.
"Still, I sometimes miss those days, you know, when we all together."
Sabrina smiled back, sympathetically. Harvey had once had a best friend of his own. The two had been inseparable ever since the day they met in fourth grade, although they were quite the odd pair. One was the town's silly but cautious sweetheart, the other was more intellectually inclined but at the same time far more brash and unlikely to think things through. Nevertheless, they complimented Sabrina and Chloe well and Harvey never cared when he was referred to as a thorn among roses, by the older folks in town. Once he had thought it was an insult, as though they were comparing him to his three friends and him not measuring up to them, but after he learned this wasn't the case, he happily accepted the nickname and sometimes referred to himself as such.
But at the end of seventh grade, Harvey's friend had received a scholarship to study in England and had left, along with Gem Stone. That was one person Sabrina did not miss. Gem was the spoilt rich daughter of a New York businessman who moved his family to Greendale to live in peace, away from the hustle and bustle of the city. Gem hated the suburban lifestyle and although she had only lived there for five years of her life, longed to return to Manhattan, seeing it as much better than life in a small fishing town outside of Salem. Her parents made plans to send her to Cambridge thinking the change of scenery would be good for her. Good riddance was all Sabrina had to say about the matter. Gem was rude, bossy and manipulative, having her posse do all her dirty work. She hated Sabrina from day one and the feeling was mutual. They competed over the smallest things and drove everybody crazy but their ultimate prize was Harvey's heart which neither of them seemed to be able to win. Harvey wasn't interested in romance in the least and saw both girls as nothing more than friends, although truth be told he was somewhat fonder of Sabrina. She didn't constantly try to buy his affections and manipulate him into spending time with her and although he and the she had very little in common, they still managed to remain the very best of friends.
"Sabrina!" The blonde turned towards the voice and a huge smile crossed her face.
"Nicole!" Sabrina waved the girl over and gave her a hug before introducing her to Chloe and Harvey.
Nicole Chandler was Sabrina's second best friend. She had met her during her brief stay at the witch academy, a summer school that helped young witches better study the arcane arts. Like Sabrina, Nicole was half witch, however it was her mother's side that carried the magic. The two had learned a valuable lesson together which had bonded them as friends. Nicole was a mysterious and shrewd girl, always throwing herself into her books, almost the opposite of Sabrina who longed for popularity and acceptance, Nicole only cared about being herself.
"What brings you here?" Sabrina asked. "To Greendale High I mean."
"My cousin is starting school here and so my mom thought it would be best for us to attend high school together, you know so at least we know one person."
"Well now you have us too." Sabrina said, giving her friend a bright smile. Nicole smiled back, gratefully.
"Looks like you're in our class anyway." Chloe said, giving the list another one over and then stopping short, her silvery eyes focusing on one spot and then darting between Sabrina and Harvey.
"What's the matter?" Sabrina asked.
Chloe gave her friend an irritated look.
"Gem's back."
Sabrina's heart sank like lead.
"Seriously?"
"Yeah." Chloe patted her friend on the shoulder. "Sorry, guess England didn't want her either."
"Who's gem?" Nicole asked.
"Remember Portia from…camp?" Sabrina knew better than to mention witch academy in frontof a mortal.
"Yeah?"
"She's just like her but worse."
"Is that even possible?" The girls chuckled at the memory of Portia losing the award at the end of the semester and the dumbfounded look on her cocky face.
"Yeah it is. Ask these two." Chloe nodded in agreement but Harvey shrugged.
"I guess she was kind of bossy but she wasn't so bad."
"That's because she didn't hate you." Sabrina insisted. "You never saw her true colors."
"It's not like you tried very hard to get along with her either." Harvey said, matter-of-factly. "Everything was always a competition with you two."
"That's because Gem never knew when to give up." Sabrina scoffed.
"In that case, you two have more in common than you'd think." Harvey teased.
"Are you comparing sweet little moi to that awful, spoilt, obnoxious, brat?" Sabrina asked, placing a hand over her heart, mockingly, in wounded fashion.
"Nah, you're way too blonde." Harvey grinned.
Sabrina gave her crush a playful punch in the arm and the four friends headed to the auditorium together for the freshman welcoming ceremony.
A/N So It's me again trying my hand at a rewrite of Sabrina's secret life and I promise this one will be completed.
I've decided to keep every canon character from the DIC cartoons, including Sabrina the animated series, Sabrina Friends Forever and Sabrina's secret life, however this story will undo the Sabrina's secret life canon completely. I'll also be tossing in a few characters from the comics so keep an eye out. Uncle Quiggley is gone since he's canonally moved away but he will be referenced in the story. It should also be noted that not every episode of STAS will be considered canon, for example Witchwrecked and Hexcalibur have been disregarded since they mess with the canon of the story (although I actually happen to be fond of those episodes, this is an AU where those events didn't happen). Episodes that are considered canon, as well as the 'friends forever' movie, with sometimes be referenced in the story. There will also be a few OCs added to the mix as to add to Sabrina's classmates, rather than them all being nameless extras.
Thank you very much for you time
Tamara