Supp! I better start doing these disclaimers huh? I own nothing except Alex. And yes, she IS vaguely based off me. All Charlie Bone shtuff is owned by Jenny Nimmo.
Tancred's POV
Why is it that the days that start out normal always end up crazy? I guess you can't call anything in my life normal though. I got up, got on the bus and went into Bloor's, the un-happiest place on Earth. Sometimes. My friends help improve it a bit. Anyway, as soon as I went into the so called garden, something was off. Sitting on the steps was someone I'd never seen before. She was average size with messy brown-ish, blonde-ish, red-ish hair that partly covered her eyes. She was wearing a green cape. Cool! Someone new in Art. Her light green eyes were sparkling and she had a huge smile on. Her head was bobbing to some unknown music. You couldn't miss her giant headphones. They covered her ears completely and were black with monkeys on the sides.
I walked up to her and she reached in her pocket and then took the headphones off. "Hi!" She said in an odd accent. "Hi. You're new here right?" I said. Duh she's new! "Yeah! Came right over from the U.S. of A. I'm Alex," She said nicely. "I'm Tancred Torsson. What's you're last name?" I asked. Hey, I like to know these things. "Thorpe. Awesome, ain't it?" She said her smile widening. "Yeah… Why did you come to Britain?" I asked. "I got kicked out of my old school, and there's no other school for kids with sweet powers in America, and my dad lives here so here I am. My old school was lame though, we didn't get to wear capes. Even though these ones are a bit poptart," She rambled. I stared. "…poptart?" I said, confused. "Oh right, haha! I'm not home. It's a way of saying lame or stupid. You use it instead of misusing "gay". Some of my friends made it," She explained. "Ah, wait! You're endowed?" I cried, catching that bit of her ramble. It was her turn to be confused. "Endowed?" She said slowly. "You said you had "sweet powers". We call them endowments," I said. "Oh! Yes, yes I do," Alex said, nodding in understanding. "Well? What do you do?" I asked. For the first time since we started talking she frowned. She seemed to think something over then she smiled again. "I might tell you someday, but for now, it's a secret," She said finally.
I noticed a shadow over us. Manfred was glaring at Alex. "You are aware that electronic devices are only allowed to sixth years," he said menacingly. I glanced over at Alex. New kids usually are terrified of Manfred. She didn't falter a bit. "Chill Snape. I have a note," she said. He snatched the slip of paper she had offered and read it quickly. "Fine. Do not address me as "Snape" though. You will address me as sir," he said, turning away. "Whatever, Snape. Catch 'ya later!" She said. With that she went inside the doors. Lysander came up to me. "What are you so happy about?" he asked kindly. "I may have found the coolest person EVER," I answered. "The new girl is not even the slightest bit scared of Manfred." "She must be really stupid, oblivious, or tough," Lysander said. I laughed. "I guess. Let's get to class before we get detention," I said.
The rest of the day went by rather quickly. Alex was in most of my classes and Sander and I showed her around. Alex and Sander hit it off quite well. We all were fast friends. We were a little late for dinner so we missed the crowds. Alex started cart-wheeling the way down. She was really good at them. We burst through the doors leaning on each other and laughing uncontrollably. I could feel two glares on us (probably Manfred and Asa's) but I didn't give a damn. I saw Emma waving to us and we sat at the seats she saved for us. "Thanks Em!" I said. "Yeah! Emma, right? I've always been bad at remembering names," Alex said. "You got this one right. No problem guys. I had a feeling you'd be late," She replied. After dinner we guided Alex to the King's room.
I couldn't put all of what Alex looks like in Tanc's thoughts so here's the rest. She has bangs, some freckles and she's wearing a light green t-shirt with a cartoon skunk on it and a black long sleeve shirt under. She's also wearing jean shorts that go just past her knees. Last but most awesome, she's wearing light green converse high tops. She is wearing socks but you can't see them.