For most teenagers, the prospect of returning to school after the summer holidays would be an unevviable situation. For the students of Hollywood Arts High, however, the situation was quite different. They loved their school, and walking back into the main hall filled them all with immense joy, and none more so than Tori Vega. So excited was she, in fact, that it was all she could do to keep herself from bursting into song as she walked over to her best friend where he stood by his locker.

'Yo, wassup?' said Andre, smiling in greeting.

'Ohh, you know, just super stoked to be back after the holidays,' Tori replied.

'Yours were bad too?' Andre enquired.

Tori frowned. 'No…? I just really love coming to school here.' She paused for a moment and frowned. 'You're holidays were bad?'

Andre nodded glumly. 'Yup.'

'But I thought you were going to Spain with your parents over the holidays?' she asked, concern in her voice.

'I was, or I thought I was, turns out it was only ever the two of them going, so I had to spend six weeks at my Grandma's house,' he said, throwing his hands in the air in frustration.

'Why didn't you call me?' asked Tori. 'I was home all summer, we could have hung out.'

'I would have, but the first day I was at my Grandma's it rang, she got scared, and-' he paused for a moment, shaking his head. 'She smashed it with a hammer.'

'She smashed your phone with a hammer?'

'Yup. So not only could I not call anybody to get out of there, I couldn't even play Grumpy Gerbils on my phone. I spent the whole summer playing Monopoly with my Grandma,' he said.

'But you like Monopoly,' said Tori pointedly.

'Yeah I do, but have you ever tried to play Monopoly with a woman who's afraid of dogs, cars, top hats, boats, and irons? Every time I moved a piece she ran away screaming,' he replied, shaking his head at the memory.

The two friends stood around chatting absent-mindedly for a while as the rest of the school filed through the hallway. Finally, their conversation was cut short by the arrival of Cat, Robbie, Beck, and Jade.

'Hiiiiiiii!' screeched Cat, throwing her arms around them both and pulling them into a bone-crunching hug.

'Hey Cat.'

'Wassup, little Red?'

'Nothing, I'm just so excited 'cos Jade and I are in the same music class this year,' she exclaimed.

'Yeah, so excited,' said Jade sarcastically, before sipping from her coffee.

'Wait, which music class are you guys in?' asked Andre.

'Senior Advanced Music. The session straight after lunch,' Cat replied brightly.

'Hey, I'm in that class too,' said Andre happily.

'Me too,' pipped Robbie.

'And me,' added Tori.

'Oh God, kill me,' said Jade.

The bell rang, and the friends headed off to their respective classes. The day went by relatively uneventfully, and lunch found them sitting at their usual table, discussing the coming music class.

'So, who is the teacher for Senior Advanced Music?' asked Tori, in betweens mouthfuls of pasta.

'I don't know, I always thought it was Christopher, but apparently the Seniors get taught by someone else,' replied Andre.

'I heard he's kind of crazy,' said Robbie.

'I like crazy people, their so funny!' said Cat, laughing loudly, drawing strange looks from everyone, until finally Jade interrupted her.

'I heard he throws rocks at red-heads.'

Cat fell silent, a terrified look on her face. Tori frowned at Jade, then began to reassure Cat as the bell rang.

The friends opened the door to the Senior Advanced Music classroom and looked around. Instruments of all shapes and sizes hung on the black walls, and thin drapes hung over the windows. Rather than desks they had leather armchairs, with one large red one facing a number of smaller brown ones, and rather than normal strip-lighting an ornate chandelier hung from the ceiling. The five of them each took an armchair, and struck up a tentative conversation as they waited for the teacher to arrive.

'So, do you guys think this will be a tough class?' asked Robbie.

'I heard half the kids who start this class don't finish it, but that the half that do finish almost always go on to get jobs in the industry,' said Jade assuredly.

'Well, I guess that's cool, but what if the teacher really is mean?' said Robbie nervously. 'I mean, I know I don't get as scared as I used to but-'

Robbie was cut off as the door to the classroom swung open, to reveal their teacher.

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