A/N: I reuploaded this. Once again, this is my first fic, let alone Victorious fic. I hope you like it.

And, I don't own Victorious. Dan Schneider does.

Dante Ryan was just a simple guy. A reasonably talented guy, but a simple guy nonetheless. He had simple needs: Eat, sleep, pee, poop; you know, the usual for humans. By some act of the gods, however, this simple guy got into Hollywood Arts, one of the more elite performance arts schools in LA. It was no easy task, let me tell you. Being a drum player, he didn't have much to offer on his own in the musical department. Luckily for him, he was a talent with cinematography. That talent is what got him into Hollywood Arts.

As Dante walked into the building, he noticed how much different it was from his previous school. The lockers were all decorated uniquely, each seemingly representing the person it belonged to in some way. All the kids were either practicing dance moves or playing some type of instrument. 'Well, I'm definitely not in Kansas anymore,' Dante thought as he walked through the hallway. While he walked, he noticed two girls speaking to each other. The first was a brunette, pretty with perfect cheekbones. She was wearing a loose, sleeveless top and tight skinny jeans and low top sneakers. The second was shorter, with hair that could be described as red velvet, wearing a light peach colored sundress and flats. Deciding to take initiative, Dante approached the young ladies.

"Uh, excuse me ladies," Dante interrupted as politely as he could "could either of you direct me to, uh, Sikowitz's classroom?" They both looked at him, the brunette curiously and the redhead flirtatiously.

"Yeah, actually we're headed there ourselves. I'm Tori Vega" the brunette introduced herself "And this is my friend, Cat Valentine" gesturing to the smaller girl, who waved at Dante. With a dopey grin on his face, Dante waved back.

"Oh, I'm Dante Ryan. As you can probably tell by my question, I'm new here. If you could both do me the honor of escorting me to the class, I'd be grateful."

"Yeah, sure we can!" Cat answered "Right, Tori?"

"Yeah, definitely. C'mon follow us. We'll lead the way." Tori and Cat began walking to Sikowitz's class, leaving Dante to follow.

On their way to the class, Cat started rambling on about something her brother had done. Dante had tried to keep up, but it was too much for him to handle. Tori, seeing this, offered him some advice "Don't worry. She goes on like this all the time. It's best to just tune her out most of the time"

"Ah, uh, ok." Even though he felt bad, Dante did what she said anyway and tuned Cat out, leaving himself to his thoughts. 'Hmm, well I have two potential friend candidates here and they're both pretty girls! What luck!' "Here we are, Dante!" Cat exclaimed. Dante, busy in his own head, was somewhat surprised that they had gotten there so soon.

"Come on, we're going be late!" Cat dragged him and Tori into the room.

Dante took a seat near the middle of the room. Tori and Cat made their way to the front and sat down, continuing their chat from earlier. Dante looked around the room, getting a feel for his classmates. They seemed pretty normal and definitely out of the ordinary. 'But appearances can be deceiving. These guys have to be crazy talented. I wonder what talents Tori and Cat have' Dante thought as he noticed that two more people entered the room. Both guys, the one on the left was holding a puppet, wearing a polo shirt and what seem to be woman's jeans and Vans, while the one on the right, with dreads, was wearing a baseball tee with baggy jeans and high tops. They sat themselves behind Dante, not noticing him due to them being deep in their own conversation. Dante decided not to listen in, finding Cat and Tori holding hand stuck out to him. '…huh, must be a girl thing' and thought nothing more of it

Hearing the door open, Dante turned to the back of the room. Again, he saw another pair of people enter. This time it was both a boy and girl. The guy was wearing an unbuttoned button down shirt and jeans with boots. His hair was particularly nice and fluffy, very enviable. He bore a resemblance to the Disney hero, Aladdin. The girl was decked out in all black, a black sweater, black jeans and black combat boots. Her hair was black with blue streaks in it. She was beautiful. Dante could tell that she was out of his reach though. She seemed to be with the fluffy haired, Aladdin guy.

Dante turned back to the front and noticed a strange man climbing through the window. He was bald and was wearing a long sleeved shirt with a vest and pajama bottoms with no shoes on. 'Isn't uh, isn't anyone gonna say anything about this guy?' Dante thought, looking around the classroom. Everyone treated it like it was a completely normal occurrence. As soon as the man dusted himself off, he walked to the center of the stage in the room and said "Well class, I hear there is a new student in our class. Please, let's all welcome, Mr. Dante Ryan." The entire class proceeded to all stare at the new kid, taking him in. Wearing a fitted baseball cap, hooded sweatshirt, jeans and boots, he wasn't all that exciting to look at. Dante, who was currently blushing from all the attention, looked down and mumbled "Thank you for the introduction, Mr…"

"Sikowitz. Erwin Sikowitz, acting teacher here at Hollywood Arts!" Sikowitz, who while Dante was looking down at his shoes, had snuck up in front of him and was now invading Dante's personal space. "…Sikowitz. Could you like, back up a bit? We are way too close right now"

"Ah, yes, of course" Sikowitz said as he pranced away back on stage. "Yes, now that introductions are done with, we can begin the lesson…"

xXx

LUNCH TIME! The best part of the day for our gluttony protagonist, Dante. After gathering some pizza and a burrito ("MEXICAN –ITALIAN FOOD EXTRAVAGANZA" as Dante called it) from the Grub Truck and then looked for a place to sit. Looking around, he noticed Tori and Cat sitting together with the puppet guy and the dread guy. Seeing as he knew the girls, he decided to sit down with them and see what happens.

"TORI! CAT!" Dante calls out. The girls heard him calling them and they wave him over. As he makes his way over and sits down, the puppet speaks "Who the hell are you and how do you know these two fine ladies?"

"Rex! Don't be rude" the puppeteer scolds.

"Rex, huh? Very, uh, dinosaur-y. And what's your name, dude?" Dante asks the puppeteer.

"His name's Robbie Shapiro. And I'm André Harris" said the guy with the dreads.

"Ah, alright. The name's Dante Ryan. I'm new here"

"Yeah, we remember. Sikowitz made that very clear" says Robbie.

"Right, Sikowitz. Is he always that…uh, out there?" Dante mumbles, being reminded of his earlier encounter with the man.

"Haha, yeah. There was one time one time that he was sad and we thought it was Tori's fault but then it wasn't Tori's fault it was because of his girlfriend's cat!" said Cat.

"Uh, ok. Thanks for that, Cat" Dante replied politely.

While they were explaining to Dante what exactly Cat was talking about, the table was approached by both the Aladdin guy and the beautiful goth chick from earlier. They both simply sat down, the goth glaring at Tori while the Aladdin guy attempted to make conversation with Dante.

"Hey, you're the new kid, uh, Dante, right?" he asked.

"Yeah, that's me, Dante Ryan. And you two are…"

"Beck Oliver. And this is my girlfriend, Jade West."

"I don't like you," Jade said.

"Um, alright," Dante replied uneasily.

"Jade, be nice," Beck said to his girlfriend

"But he's a loser."

"Jade…"

"Ugh, whatever" Jade replied nastily. 'She's pretty, but she's definitely a bitch' Dante thought as he and the rest of the group continued their lunch.

"So Dante, tell us about yourself. What are you here for?" Tori asked, curious to see what hidden talents Dante had.

"Uh, well. I like to consider myself a cinematographer. Good with lighting and camera angles and stuff. Y'know, a techy type of guy" Dante replied.

"Ah, so you're just like that creepy loser Sinjin." Jade said, smirking smugly at Dante.

"Who's Sinjin? Should I know who he is?" Dante asked, confused about this 'SInjin' character.

"…I'm Sinjin" a voice said right next to Dante's ear.

"HOLY SH-!" Dante shot up out of his seat, banging his knees against the table in the process. "OW!" Dante yelled as he fell to the floor. The group all shot up and hovered over him, worried expressions on their faces except for Jade, who was grinning. Dante looked up and noticed an unfamiliar face. Messy, curly hair, glasses, a tye dye shirt and skinny jeans along with sneakers is what Dante saw. "…you're 'Creepy' Sinjin?" Dante asked warily.

"I am he" SInjin replied "Hi Jade-"

"GO AWAY" Jade barked at Sinjin.

"And away I go" Sinjin said as he fled the scene. André bent down to help Dante up, who gladly accepted the help.

"Why are you all standing around for?" a new voice asked. The group looked at the source of the voice, seeing it to be a brunette, wearing a loose top, tight jeans and heels with straps. 'Who…who is this beautiful woman and when can we get married?' Dante asked himself

"Ugh, Trina, go away, no one likes you" Jade said with disgust. Trina huffed and said

"Well! I know when I'm not wanted! Outta my way" she stalked through the group, passing Dante.

"Hi, I'm –"

"DON'T CARE" Trina yelled as she brushed past Dante, almost knocking him over. Dante turned around and watch her leave. 'That luxurious hair, Her beautiful face, her nice –'

"Dante!"

"Huh?"

"Lunch is over, Dante" Cat said "Everyone else is gone. C'mon, we're gonna be late!" Cat yelled over her shoulder as she ran inside. 'Cool school, Cool people and Trina? I think I definitely like this school' Dante thought as he walked inside the building.

And that's the end of the first chapter. I hope you enjoyed it. Please review and let me know what you thought.