Starclan Academy

Episode One

Hey, I'm not really sure about how to do the whole greeting thing so I'm just gonna tell it to you straight; I'm Fire Star. Well, not exactly. That's just a nickname. My real name is Toby Star. The reason why I'm called 'Fire' is because of my fire-red hair and bright orange streaks that go through it. Despite what you may think now, I didn't dye my hair. No, it's a natural color... for me anyways. My mom always thought I was special. I'm a junior in high school. I have a lot of friends throughout Starclan Academy, but most are in the same grade as me or younger. Not a lot are seniors; Although, I really look up to my senior ally, Blue Star. Blue is also a nickname, her real name is Mae Star. And no, she is not related to me; just the same last name. Some people in our school has the last name 'Star' but aren't even CLOSE to being related. She got HER nickname from her bluish gray hair. But my best friend of all time is Gray Stripe. He is a real good friend. His real name is Oliver Stripe. Oh, and I'm so fortunate to have a really sweet girlfriend, Sand Storm.

"Hey Fire!" a familiar voice was running towards me from behind.

"Hey Jay!" I yelled back. A close friend. He's a sophomore.

"Yo, man, we gotta get to class! Can't ya hear the bell, or are you daydreaming again?" he grabbed me by the hand and pulled me to the front doors of Starclan Academy. I am STILL in awe about how Jay Feather can maneuver so easily around our school. Why? Because he's blind. His pale blue eyes imitate seeing, like he's actually able to. He trips up now and then, but you got to give him some credit.

"Hey Jay, holdup!" he looked back and whipped his head around again.

"What Fire? I know my way to class, you know that!"

"No, I know you know but Mouse Fur is coming out of her lair." he instantly slowed down to a walk, even though we were late. Madame Elise Fur, or Mouse Fur as we call her, is the principal of the school. Her grey matted hair looks like a rats nest, hence the name. She gets furious over every little thing anyone does. The only 'thing' that can calm her down in her tyrant rampage is Blue. I still don't know how she does it. Mouse Fur just listens to her seductive reasoning and calms down enough to walk away. I guess it's just a palpable feeling you get from Blue, like hypnosis. Still, Mouse Fur is not to mess around with.

"Boys," she boomed, "Aren't we a little late?" I hate it when she stops us and talks. Time just goes on forever. Sweat rolls down both of our faces but, thankfully, I have a 'get out of jail free' card.

"Sorry Ma'am, but Jay was walking around aimlessly in the parking lot. I had to get him." I lowered my voice to a whisper, "He's blind remember." Jay got this distant look on his face, he was totally playing along.

"Yeah, I don't know what happened, but after I was dropped off, I stepped in a pothole or something and completely lost my sense of directions!" he threw his hands in the air to make a point.

"Hmph. Very well. Make sure you get to class. I'll excuse you this time but do it again and-" she wade a creak sound while cutting her throat with an invisible line from her finger.

"Yes Ma'am." we said in unison. She made a 180º turn on her high heel and walked away to sniff out the delinquents trying to skip class.

"Phew, that was close!" he said, then he punched me in the arm.

"Ow! Hey! What was that for?"

"That, Fire, was to say 'thanks for using me'. You just love using ME to get out of trouble, don't you?"

"It worked, didn't it?"

"*sigh* Whatever. I got to go to my next class, Fire. You better get there to. See ya." he made a beeline straight to the science class.

"Bye." I had to get to history. Ugh. Wait... What's this? An I.O.U, from Blue?... She must've seen us get chewed out from Mouse! "You bet you owe me!" I mutter.

To be continued…