'Who wants to play Final Fantasy?' asked Mewt. Marche and Ritz laughed.
'I think I've had enough of that game to last me a lifetime,' said Marche.
'If I ever hear so much as the word 'bangaa' again…' said Ritz.
'Bangaa bangaa bangaa bangaa!' said Marche. Ritz hit him over the head.
Their lives were back to normal - and they were loving it.
Little did they know this would not last long.
x.x.x
'I can't believe it!' said Lyle, to Colin. 'All of a sudden, Marche, Ritz and Mewt have gotten so popular! It's ridiculous!'
'I know!' agreed Colin. 'And they're so dorky!'
'We have to do something about it,' said Guinness.
'Like what?' asked Lyle. 'The school hates us now.'
'Well… I dunno,' Guinness replied.
'They have to have a weakness,' said Colin. 'We'll see what it is. We'll go to their lockers tomorrow at 8:45 and eavesdrop,' he said. Lyle and Guinness nodded.
x.x.x
Mewt turned his locker key and opened his locker.
'Oh, and wasn't it funny how Colin tripped over?' said Marche. Mewt and Ritz laughed.
Colin tried hard to stay silent.
'And Lyle fell in the mud! The whole class went nuts!' said Ritz.
Lyle clenched his fist.
Guinness spotted a large book in Mewt's locker.
'Hey, that looks interesting,' he whispered to Lyle.
'Since when are you interested in books, dimwit?' Lyle replied.
'Let's just get it, ok?' said Colin. 'And shut up already!' he hissed.
Mewt, Marche and Ritz left their locker.
x.x.x
'Ummm… can you help me?' I said, walking up to a group of 3 people. I hoped they were nice.
'Yeah, sure,' said the girl, 'what is it?'
'Well, can you tell me where the office is?' I asked.
'Sure,' said one of the boys. 'It's just down there, and to the left. Are you new?' he asked.
'Yeah,' I replied.
'Well, see you around,' he said, before walking off.
x.x.x
'How do we get in his locker?' asked Guinness.
'A bobby pin. Pass me one,' said Lyle. No one did.
'Come on!' he said. 'Quickly!'
'We haven't got bobby pins, dimwit,' said Colin. Lyle sighed. There was a girl coming through the corridor.
'Hey beautiful,' said Lyle, stepping out in front of her. She stopped.
'Well, hey there,' she said, in a flirtatious voice. Guinness gagged.
Lyle circled her and pulled a bobby pin out of her hair without her noticing.
'Bye gorgeous,' he said, blowing her a kiss. She winked at him, and then turned around and left.
'God,' said Lyle, returning to Mewt's locker. 'That was bad,' he said. Colin and Guinness burst into laughter.
He placed the bobby pin into the keyhole, and with a few twists and turns, the locker door came open.
'Yes!' he said, grabbing the book and shoving it inside his bag.
'Anything else you want to take, boys?' he asked. Guinness reached in and grabbed his lunch. Colin took his wallet.
'Well, mission accomplished,' said Lyle, closing the locker.
x.x.x
'Class, say hello to Melanie,' said Mr Leslaie. 'She's new here,' he said.
I saw the same three people I asked for help this morning - sitting in the front row.
'Hi Melanie,' the class droned.
'There's a spare seat over there,' said Mr Leslaie, pointing to a seat beside the blonde kid who helped me this morning.
'Ok,' I said, grabbing my stuff and sitting down.
'Hi,' said the boy, 'I'm Marche,' he said, holding out his hand.
'Melanie,' I said, shaking it.
'This is Ritz-' he pointed to a girl with white hair, 'and Mewt,' he said, pointing to a boy hugging a teddy bear.
'Cool,' I said. 'Nice to meet you.'
'Nice to meet you too,' he said, turning back to his work.
x.x.x
Colin sniggered.
'Alta oron… Sondos kameela… what kind of ridiculous book is this?' asked Colin.
'Probably thinks he can get whisked off to some other world with this cheap magic book,' said Guinness.
Colin laughed.
'Hey,' said Lyle. 'It would be cool to get whisked off to another world,' he said.
Guinnes and Colin laughed.
'Are you serious, mate?' asked Colin.
'Yeah, I'm serious!' said Lyle. 'Like Final Fantasy! I'd love to live in the Final Fantasy world!' he said.
'Yeah… maybe,' said Guinness. 'I mean, fighting monsters would be cool.'
'I'd so love to be one of the judges,' said Colin. 'Whenever I play that game, the judges annoy me so much! With all their dumb laws, and stuff. It'd be heaps cool if I could make up my own laws,' he said.
'See?' said Lyle. 'It would be cool.'
x.x.x
'So,' said Ritz, 'where are you from?' she asked.
'Oh, I'm from a small town called Pento,' I said. 'It's pretty far east of here.'
'Ah,' said Marche. 'I don't think I've heard of there.'
I laughed.
'No one has,' I said. 'It's in the middle of nowhere. I'd never even seen snow until I came here. It never snows in Pento.'
Ritz and Mewt laughed.
'Sounds like someone we know,' said Ritz, elbowing Marche. Obviously there was meant to be some joke - but I didn't get it.
'Oh, right, you don't know,' she said. 'Well, Marche also used to be a new kid,' she explained.
'A long time ago,' he muttered.
'And he'd never seen snow either! You should've seen our first snowball fight,' she said.
'Hey, it wasn't that bad,' he said, punching Ritz on the shoulder.
I felt a surge of happiness - I guess I'd found friends.