I walked down the street, my suitcase in one hand. My brother Lionblaze was guiding me through the winding streets. Because I was blind, I couldn't walk by myself. Ugh.
"Are we there yet?" I grumbled.
"No, but we'll be there soon," Lionblaze promised.
I snorted. "You told me that ten minutes ago!"
Lionblaze spoke in disbelief. "How did you know it was ten minutes?"
"I counted, idiot." I told him as I stared at the direction his voice came from. He shivered. I don't know why, but people think my blind gaze is intimidating. I can just tell the way they feel uncertain when I look at them.
Rolling my eyes, I continued walking. Just because I'm blind, doesn't mean I'm stupid!
"Guys, hurry!" my sister Hollyleaf's voice piped up. "It's the first day of the school year, and we can't afford to be late!" I heard her footsteps getting quicker and more agitated.
"Geez, Hollyleaf, chill. We left the house an hour before school was supposed to start! We've only been walking for twenty minutes-" I interrupted Lionblaze.
"Guys, quiet! I think we're here." I muttered to my insufferable siblings.
I could hear Hollyleaf's gasp as we neared the campus–I had never seen it before, but people said it was beautiful.
"And we still have forty minutes to spare!" Lionblaze said as Hollyleaf sighed in relief.
Hollyleaf's POVI walked to the building, passing a stand that said "WELCOME TO WARRIORS HIGH!" in big, bold letters. I saw some 'paw's lining up in front of the stand, ready to start a new year in a new school.
I sighed. It seemed like almost yesterday we were 'paw's, ready to explore the school. Of course, it was just last year. After your first year, you receive the other part of your name( the 'leaf' in Hollyleaf, etc.).
I strolled into the building with my brothers and breathed in the refreshing scent of fresh paper. I looked at Lionblaze and was not surprised to see he was scanning the hallways, looking for someone…
"Make way, make way!" A familiar voice rang out from behind us.
The three of us whipped around, and saw Dovewing dressed up like she was going to a party: A neon sparkly pink skirt and a white t-shirt, with a red heart on the shirt. She was holding 2 suitcases, and everyone was staring at her like she was famous.
"Why me?" someone behind Dovewing muttered. It was Ivypool, Dovewing's sister.
Ivypool's POVI held Dovewing's box of shoes in one arm, and my large suitcase in another. Dovewing was making a dramatic entrance… again.
I gazed at the ridiculous outfit she was wearing; it made me queasy. If I was wearing that, I would not look good. Fortunately for my sister, she looked good in every single outfit.
Trudging behind my sister, who was enjoying all the attention she got, we headed to the Thunder building.
The school's students were divided into 5 different groups, or houses: Thunder, River, Shadow, Wind and the Ancients. Nobody knows why the Ancients had that name, probably because they were there from the beginning.
The founders of the school, Thunderstar, Riverstar, Windstar, Shadowstar and a mysterious person, created these groups. They were the first 5 principals. Now, the principals are Sunstar for Thunder, Heatherstar for Wind, Hailstar for River, Cedarstar for Shadow and Rock for the Ancients.
Taking the elevator up to the 2nd floor of the Thunder Building, I sighed. This was going to be a fun school year. (Note the sarcasm.)
Unfortunately, I shared a room with my sister, who was the most annoying roommate ever. She would stay up on her phone all night, saying things like, "OMG!" or "Seriously?"
I honestly don't get how anyone likes her. But of course, the pretty girl gets the boys.
A few minutes later, we were downstairs, lining up to buy lemonade from Sorreltail's lemonade stand.
Almost immediately after we fell in line, Bumblestripe popped out of nowhere. "Dovewing, are you buying lemonade? I can buy you as much lemonade as you want! Don't worry, you don't need to pay," Bumblestripe rambled like a fool.
Dovewing told him sweetly, "Of course Bumblestripe! Thank you! You're the best!"
I almost puked as Dovewing hugged Bumblestripe in fake gratitude and Bumblestripe lined up, blushing. I decided I had to get away from this madness and find someone else… Hazeltail! My fellow friend and soccer teammate.
Hazeltail's POVI ran through the winding streets, nearly missing a lamppost. My suitcase was keeping up with me, its wheels bumping on the hard pavement. Got… to… get… to… school! My mind was screaming. One minute left until school started. Finally, I saw the school, outlined against the cloudless blue sky.
I ran faster, my heart pounding. On the other side of the hill the school rested on, was another student who–like me, decided to go to school at the last minute. I recognised the dark orange hair immediately.
Foxleap!
Our eyes met, and I understood: it was a race of who could get there first. I ran harder until I was almost flying. When you're on the track-and-field team, it's really not that hard.
Faster and faster, I darted towards the campus gates. 3… 2… 1...
"I win!" I yelled triumphantly as I skidded to a halt in front of the path that led to the school.
Foxleap panted, slowing to a halt beside me. "You… must… have… superpowers!" he exclaimed. "No one, no one, can run as fast as moi!" he pretended to look offended.
Icecloud, Foxleap's sister, caught up behind us. "You both are cheetahs in disguise," she said, out of breath. She attempted to fix her messy white hair.
I giggled as he looked past me. "LEMONADE!" he squealed as he sprinted to Sorreltail's lemonade stand, leaving his suitcase behind. I sighed.
I walked into the building and passed my luggage to the lady at the desk. "Hazeltail of Thunder," I reported. "Please get my suitcase to my room." The lady nodded and made a phone call to one of the staff. I went outside, breathing in the cool, fresh September air. Turning around, I saw a girl with silver hair walking towards me, her dark blue eyes shining.
"Hazeltail!" she called.
"Ivypool!" I responded as I ran up to high-five her.
"Did you taste the lemonade yet? It's sooo good!" Ivypool exclaimed, licking her lips.
"You bought some?" I asked.
"Bumblestripe bought some," Ivypool corrected me.
"What?" I couldn't believe it. Bumblestripe rarely does that to anyone, not even his own SIBLINGS. There was only one person he would buy stuff for willingly…
We looked at the girl with gray hair, who has talking to Tigerheart, a Shadow boy.
"He bought some for Dovewing, and me because I was her sister." Ivypool's voice was bitter.
I tried to comfort her, but there was no time because at that moment, an announcement sounded. It was Rock's voice.
"Everyone please meet up in the meeting room of your house. Your house principal will meet you there. After that, we shall all have an assembly in the gym."