Chapter 1

(Brigitte's POV)

The sun started to seep in through the window of my bedroom. I could hear that Terran was already up and getting ready for school.

It's his first day of high school and he's pretty excited, but it's easy to tell that he's nervous. He's going into 9th, unlike me, who is going into 11th.

I crawled out of bed and headed over to my closet and grabbed the outfit I had laid out the night before. I pulled on my plain red t-shirt and jeans, grabbing my gymnastics hoody off the hanger and pulling it over my head.

I walked over to the bathroom and started to pull my hair up in a high ponytail.

I heard Terran yelling my name from down stairs so I snatched my backpack from the chair by my desk and ran down stairs. Terran was sitting at the table eating breakfast.

"Morning, Brigitte. Your breakfast is on the table." Seliel, Terran's mom, said from the kitchen. I walked over and sat across from where Terran was sitting and started to eat.

Even though I have lived in this house for the last 7 years, it still doesn't feel right. Don't get me wrong, I'm thankful for the Brookstones for taking me in after dad died, but it feels lonely without him. My mom died in a car accident a couple days after I turned 3, so I don't really remember her.

"Brigitte! Come on! We're gonna miss the bus!" Terran nudged my arm. I rolled my eyes, grabbed my backpack, and followed him out the door.

"Bye dad!" Terran yelled. Cole smiled at his son from the dinner table. "Have fun, Terran." He replied.

I walked with Terran to the bus stop where we waited for about 5 minutes until the bus showed up and we hoped on.

I found Alisia sitting in the far back of the bus with her head phones in. Her light brown hair had been cut into a pixie cut. She had sent me photos, but this was the first time I've seen it in person. She was wearing her favorite blue flannel over a white V-neck shirt and denim jeans with her black tennis shoes. She looked up as I sat down and took off her headphones. Her blue eyes shimmered in the sun light coming from the window.

"Hey, Brigitte!" She smiled at me.

"Hi, Alisia. What's up?"

"I'm pretty sure the sky us up, but I could be wrong." She smirked and nudged me.

"Ha, ha. Very funny, Ali. But seriously, what have you been up to? Love your hair by the way." I said as I nudged her back.

"Thanks, Bri." She brushed her bangs out of her eyes. "Not much has been going on, actually. Me and my family went camping last weekend, but I didn't do much else. What about you? Getting along with Terran ok?"

Alisia knew that Terran wasn't actually my brother. She's the only one though. Everyone else believes that we are siblings, since I took the last name Brookstone.

I've known Alisia my whole life so it makes sense that she would know. Alisia and I are actually a lot alike. We both lost our parents in one form or another. Both her parents were killed in a car accident her freshman year of high school. She was adopted by an old friend of her mom's. Alisia and I absolutely love her. She's amazing.

Unlike me though, the Brookstones didn't actually adopt me, even though I took their last name. I'm fine with that though. Cole said he didn't want to try to replace my dad. Or as he said it "Your dad was a great man and an amazing father and I could never replace that…" he said some other things, but that's not important.

I took the last name Brookstone for, what Cole called it, safety reasons. I don't know why having the last name Garmadon would put me in danger, but what do I know.

We arrived at the school a few minutes later and everyone started to file off the bus. And started towards the gym for our beginning of the year assembly.

The assembly took about an hour which made all our classes slightly shorter which I was happy for. When lunch finally came around I was ready to just go home.

My school is several different buildings with a small courtyard in the middle where some kids go to eat. I always sit out there, unless it's raining, and Alisia meets me out there during lunch.

Alisia soon showed up and we sat there for a few minutes before Terran showed up. His dark brown hair was all wet. Probably from PE which is the class he had right before lunch.

"Hey, Bri! How's your day going so far?"

"It's fine, Terran. Did you make any new friends?"

He shrugged. "I met someone during PE and he's pretty cool, but who knows."

"I'm glad you're enjoying yourself, Terran." Alisia said with a smirk.

Just then a couple senior guys started to walk over. "Hey! Terran, right?" one of them asked. Terran nodded.

"I heard you wanted to join the football team. There are a few spots open on the team. Tryouts are after school if you want to come." He smiled. "I'm Rider, by the way. And this is Izotz." Izotz nodded his head in response. His hair was a very white blonde. He was wearing a green and white t-shirt and jeans with grass stains on the knees.

Terran smiled. "I'd introduce myself but you already know who I am. But this is my sister Brigitte." He motioned to me.

Rider made eye contact with and smiled. He had light brown hair with the tips dyed dark red. He was wearing one the school t-shirts with Ninjago High written on the front.

"Hi Brigitte." Rider said kindly. "and you are?" he looked at Alisia.

"I'm Alisia, Brigitte's best friend."

"Nice to meet you both." He smiled. "I'll see you after school?" he looked at Terran.

"You bet!" Terran said with a goofy smile on his face as Rider and Izotz walked off.

"First day of high school and you've already made a good impression. Nice job, dude." Alisia said as she gave Terran a high five.

Just then the bell rang signaling the end of lunch. Kids started to head to there classes. A few freshman stopped me on my way to class to get directions to there class. It was a funny thought to think I use to be them.

The rest of the day went by rather quickly. I was relieved when I heard the final bell ring. Everyone started towards the buses. But I started towards the gym. Gymnastics Tryouts are today and I so want to be on the team. Alisia is also trying out. I met her in front of the gym and walked in together. We were both pretty confident since we have made the team the last two years so we went in with our heads held high.

Two hours later we were in Cole's car head to Alisia's house to drop her off. We had both made the team and we're super excited. Terran made the football team so he was also super excited.

We dropped off Alisia and headed home which only took a few minutes to get to. Right as I got inside I headed straight up to my room. I dropped my backpack on my bed and collapsed. Hopefully I have more energy tomorrow.