Hey this is ml99.8 following the end of Marlene Q&A show we decided to make a collab story so here it is this chapter is Written by AlwaysRemainMe or Fey! ^^

Dustlake High.

Learning and education is what takes place in a school. The kids of Dusty High, as they call their High School, would disagree. At the break of this new school day, almost none of the 540 kids milling in the huge school yard cared much about learning. Many of them hung around in large groups called cliques, the girls wearing high heels and mini-skirts, the guys the newest jacket trend. Some kids walked around in a lonely fashion, their faces set with gloom. Although their greatest wish is to be one of the "populars", fate has chosen them to be at the end of the High School food chain. As for the rest of the students? These were your average kids, the ones who do their homework, the ones to stay out of fights, the ones who have never done anything real bad. All of Dusty High's students would agree: school is where you're supposed to stay and hang out with your friends, so that one day you can fit into the grown-up's food chain.

I never cared about all that junk. Hey, haven't introduced myself yet, huh? My name is Fey Thurner and I go to the 9L, even though I'm supposed to go to 10th grade. That's a long story and my mom always told me not to scare people with how much I talk, so I won't. I have a different story to tell you, one about friendship, humor, and romance. One about not giving up. One about becoming radical, different and crazy. Wow, this are my three favorite words combined in a sentence! Well, anyway, I guess I should start with the story...

A group of 4 girls made their way through the crowds, giggling and chatting. They seemed like best friends, and they were. Right now these girls were heading toward the inside of the huge school, toward a big bulletin board, in front of which a large group had already gathered.

The girls stood at the sides, not sure if they could break through.

"Oh, for heaven's sake," One of them shouted loudly. The others hushed her, but the girl had already decided to see the bulletin board before the day ended, so she pushed and elbowed her way through the crowd.

The girl had thick, wavy, dark brown hair, cut into a long bob, which ended above her shoulder. Her skin color was olive and her eyes dark brown. She was average sized, yet shorter than most people, and slim. The girl was wearing blue jeans, a white cotton tank top that clung a little to her body and a long necklace with F's on it. Over her tank-top, she was wearing a deep blue cardigan that went a little over her hips. The sleeves were pushed up, revealing several black hair bands... last time, the girl counted, there was 9 or so...

"Excuse me, coming through!" she called cheerfully and pushed someone to the side, who hadn't moved. "Damn people," she added.

"Gosh, Fey, I told you not to curse," her friend told her, coming behind her.

"I'm sorry, Lizzy, forgot," Fey answered and reached the bulletin board. She quickly scanned the numerous announcements with her eyes. There!

"It's the Physics contest!" chirped Ellie next to Lizzy. They had all entered in it for the first time. Of course, the whole group hoped that they would end up together in a team, although it was only 3 places in a team. The girls were ready to plead with the headmaster, they had already worked out several arguments.

Fey silently looked over the list. A girl with golden blond hair scooted in next to her. Fey liked her instantly and smiled at her. The girl smiled back and looked over the bulletin board.

"YAY! We're in a team!" Melody, the fourth member of the best friends' group, cheered.

"All four?" Ellie asked.

"Nope, uh, Fey, you're not in it."

"Damn!"

"Fey!" Lizzie said again, punching her lightly on the shoulder.

"I'm sorry, Lizzie," Fey apologized, "but you guys are ALWAYS together. It's unfair."

"We can always talk to the headmaster, like we planned, right?" Ellie asked.

Fey shook her head, "Nah, it's fine. You guys go ahead and have fun."

"Alright," the three answered and made their way to their honor's class.

Fey turned back to the bulletin board. Now to find her team... there!

Science Fair Teams:

Team #5: Alex Rose White 9B Fey Thurner 9L Eva Devul 9M

Fey groaned. She knew Eva a little bit, she was very hyper, always saying the randomest things. So she heard. Eva Devul went to the 9M, a parallel class to hers, but Fey had heard several things about her.

Such as the scene with the Health teacher, Ms. Antmull, an overweight woman who liked to talk about how to change the world...

Ms. Antmull: How would you like to change the world, Eva?
Eva: Uhhh...
Ms. Antmull: You can say anything, dear, anything.
Eva: Uhhh, waffles?

Fey shook her head and glanced at the remaining teams.

There was Team #2, Ellie Freshton, Lizzie Kangiski, and Melody Armor. Otherwise, the teams mainly consisted of geeks, people who claimed to be smarter than everyone else, but forgot to brush their hair in the morning.

Wait! Fey looked again. She couldn't believe her eyes. Caylee? Caylee McNaughton joined the Physics contest? Caylee McNaugton was the school's all physco, who played videogames in her freetime, constantely talks about explosions and violence, and if anything didn't interest her, Caylee would sit back and not do it. She was in the 9M with Eva.

Fey shook her head and moved through the crowd to a little more space. The Physics contest was taking place in the afternoon at 4 pm, how could the overseers possibly make this work?

4 pm, outside the school, in the soccer field. The helpers have done a great job setting up 7 tables for each team. They also decorated the place with a few banners, banches for the audience to sit on and a small podium for the announcer. There were two tables, where three moms sold snacks, such as cookies, sandwiches, and drinks.

Nothing is free more these days, Caylee noted to herself, her brown eyes taking in every detail of the scene. Her father had asked to join in this nonsense, otherwise she would have never gone to a school contest. That would be as likely as her wearing a pink My Little Pony shirt and a bow for her hair.

Caylee played with her hair absentmindedly. She had brown very short hair, that was normally flipped out to sides. Her eyes were brown and her skin tanned. Caylee was more shortish. She wears sweatpants of any kinda and a shirt with something written on it.

The girl watched as her two team members came in. They had already made acquaintances with each other and made a little small talk. Caylee would be the outsider once again. Too firetrucking bad!

The two finally came up to her, grinning in excitement.

"Hey, I'm Ann," the taller girl introduced herself. She had golden blond hair and blue eyes. Her blue shirt contrasted beautifully against her bare arms, a grey sweater was tied around her waist. Topping it all off, Ann wore black boots and blue jeans, her smile illuminating her whole face.

"Aren't you so excited to take part of the Physics contest?" she asked happily and her eyes took on a dreamy look.

"Totally," Caylee said sarcastically and turned to the second girl, "and what's your name?"

"Karen," the girl answered, her eyes watching Caylee steadily. She was wearing a Jean skirt, a magenta striped open shirt over a soft pink shirt, and a gold necklace with two golden hoop earrings. Karen's almost black hair was pulled back into a ponytail. Caylee noticed a streak of blond hair peeking out in her hair, but Karen shoved it back into place with her hand. She had tan skin, dark brown eyes, and freckles on her cheeks.

"Yeah, I'm Caylee." Caylee busied herself, watching a group of chattering girls walk in. She classified them as girly girls, these types who wouldn't touch mud for anything.

Fey hugged her friends and started off to her own table. She would just set her stuff there and then go get a snack or something from the two tables lined with food.

Think, Fey, think, she told herself. Eat the right thing, after all, you do want to win this contest, right? She set her stuff on the table top and took her wallet out of her bag she had slung over one shoulder.

Suddenly she felt something touch her foot. When Fey bend down to see what happened, she saw a girl underneath the table, watching a ladybug.

"Uhm... who are you?" Fey asked and sat down next to the girl.

"I'm Eva, you?"

Ahhh, Eva...
"Fey."

Eva had dark brown hair that reached her shoulders and a tanned skin tone. Fey noticed her beautiful dark brown eyes, they sparkled with held back laughter. The girl wore baggy sweatpants, a sweater over a random T-shirt, and a snake ring.

"Nice ring," Fey commented, when Eva hushed her and pointed behind her.

Fey looked over her shoulders and saw a pair of legs standing at the table. She tapped them, grinning back at Eva.

A head appeared, the wavy brown golden hair tumbling down. The girl had sapphire eyes and was wearing short jeans, a white tank top, and a black mini jacket.

"Are you my team and what are you doing under the table?" she asked instantely.

Fey looked at Eva, who grinned and then the two scampered out from underneath the table.

"I'm Alex Rose White, but you guys can just call me Alex," the girl said and reached out her hand to help Eva up.

"I'm Fey Thurner, but you can call me... Fey." Fey answered.

"Eva Devul. Eva," Eva answered.

"I'm going over to buy something to drink. Anyone coming?" Fey asked them.

"Sure," Alex agreed, reaching for her wallet. Eva also got hers out, it was Spongebob-themed, and went along.

"Hmmm, what should I get?" she said, her beautiful eyes lightening up with pleasure.

"Something healthy!" Alex and Fey said at the same time, then looked at each other. They grinned.

"Or you can call me Alex Rose White, if you like," Alex teased.

"Too long," Fey answered cheerfully and reached for a bottle of water. Half a liter only cost 50 cents, plus she could refill it later. The orange juice would only add calories, because it is too concentrated.

At the same time, another hand grabbed the bottle. Fey looked up.

It was Caylee, who had come over with her team, too.

"Hi," Fey said, not letting go.

"Uh, Caylee," a girl with dark brown hair, where a glint of gold was showing in her bangs, said.

"I had it first, Karen," Caylee answered.

"Well, it's not polite in any way to act like that!" Wp stepped next to Fey. "Let go and just take another."

"Why can't SHE just take another? Caylee really did have it first," Ann asked, stepping up as well. Fey recognized the girl from the morning, she was the one who had stood next to her, looking at the bulletin board.

"Gee, just let it go, Caylee," Eva said.

Caylee looked at her in suprise.

"Eva? You're in this team?"

"Yeah," Eva answered. "Stupid overseers who don't know their right from left did that to me. But this team is nice and it's just a bottle of water."

Caylee let go off the water bottle and snatched up another. "Whatever, Eva. You know, this means war. C'mon, guys." She paid for the water and walked back to her table.

Ann turned to Fey. "I didn't really want that to happen, but she DID have it first," she explained.

"I'm sorry, too," Fey said gingerly. "But now we're in war, right?"

Ann grinned, "You betcha!" She turned on her heels, taking Karen with her who had stuck her hands into her pockets.

"What's with them?" Alex asked as she paid for an apple and nuts. She turned Eva around, when she caught her watching the doughnuts hungrily.

"I have NO idea," Fey said, shrugging and giving cash to one of the moms.

Back with the other team, Caylee surprised her team members by thanking them.

"Thanks for standing up to me like that," she said, running her hands through her hair.

"No problem, after all, we're a team, right?" Ann said, smiling. She took out her bag from underneath their table and put the wallet back inside.

Karen nodded and sat herself into one of the chairs.

"Why don't you talk so much, Karen?" Ann asked her.

"I don't know."

"Is it because you might feel left out?" Ann surprised everyone by asking her that.

Karen looked up at her, her eyes growing wide. "Yes," she answered.

"Aww, well, just melt in a bit more, right?" Caylee said, smiling at her. "We need to beat the crap out of THAT team, anyway." She pointed at the other table, where Alex, Wp, and Fey were laughing together.

Ann reached into her bag and brought out a pile of papers. "I have thought alot about what we could do," she began, "and I felt most happy with a sort of atomizer, which will fire a beam of particles into one direction."

"What does it do?" Karen asked warily.

"I don't know, but the effect should prove to be interesting."

"Sounds great," Caylee said, still watching the other team.

The announcer stepped up to the mic on the podium. He cleared his throat nervously and looked at his notes.
"Welcome, students and parents of the Dustylake High School East. We are very appreciative of the fact that you have all joined us and admire the way you are sitting so still in your little chairs. I-"

Karen didn't listen anymore to the man's blabbering. It was annoying, the way he kept sweet-talking and not coming to the point. She thought about her dad, instead. He did karate and watched a lot of martial art films. These factors lead her to an interest in fighting. Karen knew Tae Kwon Do, but never had anyone asked her about it. Would she ever REALLY fit in? Karen wish-

"Hey, we'll have to step up on the podium-thing," Caylee jostled her and Karen snapped out of her thoughts.

Karen listened as the announcer read the teams out loud.

"Team #1: Jerry Johnson, Johnny Marksten, and Mark Jerrickal.'

Three boys stepped up, high-fived each other and the announcer, and reached for the mic.

"Hello everyone," Jerry Johnson said. "Our team is called The Dracula's and we will make a Dracula gun."

Caylee rolled her eyes.

"Team #2: Ellie Freshton, Lizzie Kangiski, and Melody Armor."

"WohOoOoOoO!" cheered Fey, standing up and clapping her hands. The girls waved back at her, then Lizzie took the mic.

"Hello everyone," she said. "We are the team LEMF and we'll create a 3d display about-"

On and on it went. Eva was bored. She looked over at Caylee who was looking at her fingernails. Why couldn't the contest just begin?

"Team #5: Alex Rose White, Fey Thurner and Eva Devul."

Alex stepped up on to the podium. She felt all the people stare at her and blushed. Silently, she handed the mic to Fey.

"Uh, hey, guys," Fey said, rubbing her earlobe between her thumb and her second finger. "Uhm, we're the team" she looked at her team mates and shrugged ".. uhm, the team..." she handed the mic over to Eva.

"We're the team Waffles and we will create a waffl-"

"An atom stabilizer," Fey quickly said, then handed the mic over to the announcer.

Team Waffles went to sit down, their faces hot with embarrassment.

Finally, the announcer came to the last team, the Team 7.

Caylee took the microphone and looked for an instant into the downcast faces of Team Waffles.

"We're Team Tacos," she announced and handed the mic on to Ann.

"We will also create an atomizer, a way better one, though," Ann said, her pretty face scrunching up at her stolen idea.

Then Team Taco stepped off the podium and watched expectanctly the announcer.

"And..."

Adrenaline pumping.

"...it's..."

Concentrating.

"...on!"

Pens flying, bags falling to the floor, papers getting scratched on.

Fey stopped her team mates.

"Wait," she said. "We need to think things through!"

Alex got out her laptop.

"Ok," Fey said, "we're building an atom smasher, which, technically speaking, is going to fire a beam of particles into some direction. That should create a type of gas or something, anyway... Alex, can you research the exact procedure? Try it under Michio Kaku..."

"..we'll also need equipment," Ann went on to tell her team. "We'll need foolproof metal, a type of magnetic field..."

"For what?" Karen asked.

"I don't get it," Eva confessed to her team. She watched over their shoulders, as Alex hacked furiously into the keyboard and Fey scribbled things down on her clipboard.

"It's ok," Alex said.

Fey suddenly grinned. "Eva, I have an awesome job for you..."

"...as an spy! What do you think?" Caylee grinned at Karen.

Karen shrugged, "Sure, why not?"

Eva stood up. "Alright then, be right back with a full report."

The announcer walked through the working groups, as did the audience. Everyone peered over shoulders, some confused, many clueless, a few excited.

It really annoyed Karen. Everyone was so... curious... breathing on the contestant's neck with hot stinky breath.

Suddenly Karen felt a sharp pain in her stomach.

Have I been poisoned? she thought in paranoia. No, it's more... it's something else. It's apprehension! Her eyes widened with shock. Something will go wrong!

Karen caught her breath as a sharp, painful jerk went through her body. She dropped to her knees, watching as the people continued to walk past her.

"My guts..." she whispered.

Eva saw Karen kneeling on the floor and ran over.

"Are you ok?"

"No," the girl answered.

"What happened?" Eva asked concernedly.

"I think... I think something bad will happen."

Eva looked around her. Everything seemed perfectly normal to her.

"Maybe you were poisoned or... " Eva trailed off and blushed.

Karen understood her and blushed, too.
"No, that's not it. Something weird is going on and my guts are telling me that it could get dangerous..."

Eva helped Karen up and lead her to Team Taco's table.

Suddenly everything exploded.

Fey's hair blew back as the force of the wind slashed her face, she felt the smoke in her eyes, and the hot air. Something was burning and as she looked across to the other team through the smoke and flames, Ann looked up, too.

Their eyes met. Somehow their inventions had caused a big explosion.

But it was not over yet, their inventions started vibrating and glowing.

Everything seemed to move in slow motion and Fey stared at her team comerades. The people around them were screaming, but they were oddly calm.

"What is happening?" Eva said, her eyes big.

Another explosion, but this time, it was more violent, and Fey instinctively held on to the hands of her team. At the other side, Caylee grasped the arms of Ann and Karen, her eyes determined.

The bright explosions hurt Ann's eyes and as they grew more frequent, a white light started shining through.

The light spread, whiteness enveloped the teams holding hands, and suddenly they were alone.

In the light.

The girls looked at each other silently, in confusion. Where were they?

Everything was quiet, just a faint humming sound, brightness enveloped them, but not too bright, there was no floor, yet there was.

"Are we in heaven?" Karen asked, her golden piece of hair falling into her eyes.

Fey shook her head and was about to answer when something, or rather someone, interrupted her.

"Holy Mother Mackerel! Where the deuce are we? Kowalski, what went wrong this time?"