Hey, everyone! Guess who finally posted her new chapter! Me! I KNOW you guys have been waiting since July for this story and even worse since I posted the breath stopping (lol) prologue.

So anyways, here is the first chapter! I hope you guys like it, cuz I literally had so much stress put on my between either studying (which is NECESSARY) or typing this story. You're welcome. I finally got around to it while watching glee on dvd. (No flames because of that sentence!)

So yeah, I hope you enjoy the chapter and review! Thanks! :)

Chapter 1: How

Part 1

How did I get there? I mean seriously! It felt like just a moment before, I had been average Becky Botsford and super-alter ego Wordgirl with a fairly normal life. I went to school every day, always did my homework, hung out with my best friend, and had a crush on a friend. Tobey was my enemy, and I fought villains, always beating them due to their own idiotic ways. Then, I was the lost child with the destiny of defeating an evil lord? I had to train and lead an army into battle sometime in the future? My life was not normal after.

I mean, c'mon! I was standing there next to my new friend, Paige Moore, and my newly discovered cousin, Bella Alorean. In a Dress! I HATED dresses! Skirts and pretty shirts didn't bother me in the slightest, but dresses? I couldn't stand them! In some situations, such as the one I was in, required one, and who else other than Paige would have picked it out for me?

Paige had a unique sense of fashion. She was always wearing something unusual or different. Such as a Michael Jackson hat, or some kind of other hat, crazy socks, crazy shoes, crazy combos, or maybe even a shirt with some kind of pun on it. She wasn't afraid to show her true style.

I suppose that's why Kim put Paige in charge of picking out the bridesmaids' dresses. Kim didn't want the wedding to be average; she just didn't roll like that. She was unique in her own way, and she was proud of it. So, she let Paige pick out a different individual dress for each bridesmaid, which of course, me, Paige, and Bella, were. The wedding was definitely not normal.

Really what in my life was? Definitely not my trainees, or my compiled schedule, or my summer in general! I mean, it had just started, but it didn't look like I'd get to do all of the things a 5 grader should normally do in the summer. You know, like swimming, hanging, watching TV shows, going places, and dare I say it, dating. That was all crossed out. My schedule was booked. And Tobey knew that more than anyone else did. And he suffered it more than anyone else did.

I was never around or available to do anything with him. It was just common observations that he didn't like my duties very much. It wasn't rocket science, but it wasn't like I had control over my destiny! He'd have to understand that, or else there'd be problems.

I peered passed Bella, who was to my right, and looked across to the groomsmen. Tobey was appearing short next to 15 year old Jonah Smith. He looked handsome in his tux, I had to say. Another thing about us was that both hated dressing up. Dresses, tuxes, nope, none of it worked for either of us.

The boy clearly felt my gaze on him, so he peered in front of Jonah towards me. My cheeks went red and my lips formed a gentle smile. He reciprocated. He was just completely pulled into the whole mess without warning or permission. I felt bad, but he didn't seem to mind most of it, I thought. I remembered when we told him:

It was the day after Rhidion was killed. Paige and I were walking to school; Paige chatting about her task and me tuning her getting-to-be-annoying voice out. It was a sunny day, and no clouds were even visible. The birds chirped, while the trees swayed gently in the soothing breeze. It felt too good to be true, but it was what the weathermen had predicted it to be like for the rest of the day.

I felt renewed, refreshed, overjoyed, and overconfident after the previous day. All the stress and uncertainty had been lifted from my shoulders. At least for a couple days until Paige would take off and start sending me trainees to train. Her training me hadn't sounded stressful at the time. I at least had a few days almost totally reserved to myself.

We continued walking down the sidewalk, maneuvering through the crowd. Paige didn't even notice I wasn't listening. We turned a corner where we could see the school about 4 blocks down.

Out of the blue, I felt the side of me being tackled. Fortunately, I kept my balance and the tackler had his arms around my waist.

"Oh My God! You're alive!" He exclaimed, burying his head in my shoulder. His blonde hair brushed my neck, and I felt his heart rate go down, like 1,000. He had his eyes closed tight as well as his grip.

I rolled my eyes and sighed with a little laughter.

"Yeah, I'm alive, Tobey. Or else, I wouldn't be standing here."

Before even thinking, I put my arms around the boy and embraced him as he did me, lowering my head onto his shoulder. The motion just felt right. The smile didn't vanish from my face. My eyes automatically shut themselves, so I could peacefully think and enjoy the moment myself.

The feeling I had, the feeling of being wanted sore through me. The feeling of care from another filled me to the brim. It was grand and energizing. I never wanted it to leave. I could've stood there all day with those feelings. The feeling of love, the feeling of relief, the feeling of happiness, the feeling of…someone watching the whole thing take place. An outsider.

I opened my eyes and my suspicions were proven to be correct. Paige was standing there with her arms crossed, head cocked to the side slightly, and an eyebrow raised. Her black sunglasses, cowgirl boots, short white skirt, and black leather jacket made her seem a much higher authority to me. The gum in her mouth made a pop, which made me pull out of the embrace.

I blushed instantly and stared down at the ground. My arms were behind my back. It was the guilty, embarrassed expression. Tobey produced an extra confused look on his face, basically screaming out 'Ok. What did I do wrong?'

The both of us then heard a small chuckle come from Paige. She slid her sunglasses off her eyes and onto her head revealing her smug, golden brown eyes.

I turned my head and glared at her, just as Tobey did. The girl always got in the way and spoiled the moments.

"Ha, what? Did I ruin your little 'moment'? Did I ruin the great reunion of Romeo and Juliet?" She asked with her baby eyes. She lifted her extra straightened hair that fell to just about below her shoulders into a ponytail. Afterwards, she slammed her hands onto her hips. "Well, let me send my apologies through an annoyed voice. While your 'moment' happened, real time ticked by. And if you didn't remember that you're a 5th grader who has to get to school, then let me refresh your memory."

I growled at her. At times, Paige could be a real nuisance. She had as big of an ego as she did a heart and a sense of fashion. I supposed that was just how 14 year olds were.

But I didn't care what the girl told me. Tobey, of all people, deserved to know what was happening, yet he was going to be the last one to know! I already knew what it was like to be kept in the dark, although Paige would disagree with that statement. So, I wasn't going to let her push me around.

"No, Paige," I told her, standing my ground, being completely serious. "I don't care about school right now. I believe Tobey deserves to know what's going on, and I don't care what you say. I'm going to tell Tobey with or without your help or permission." A surprising, confident humph ended my speech towards her.

An even unexpected grin formed on my friend's face which left me confused. Wasn't she pissed?

"You passed," The teen blurted out.

A frown formed on my face, while a confused rose one on Tobey's face.

"Huh?" I asked. "What are you talking about?"

Paige chuckled, "You passed. My test."

"What test?"

"The one I just gave you. You see, I was testing you with my amazing comeback. The test was to see if you followed my orders like a wussy, goody-goody, or if you had some guts and went against me. It shows rebellion, recklessness, and strength, as well as courage and resistance. The fact that you are willing to play hooky on school just to explain our challenge to your-new-found-boyfriend shows spunk. We need people like that in the army. We need these qualities in you if you are to lead the army," My friend explained.

Tobey's and my mouth dropped open for the fact that 1. Paige had been testing me and 2. That she had come up with that extraordinary fast. My eyes shifted in the boy's direction and he met my gaze. I chuckled. We both started laughing, who the heck knows why. We didn't go on too long, mostly because it really wasn't that funny.

And because of Paige's interrupting, arrogant comment, "Are you done yet? Because my life is just wasting away."

"Yeah, sorry," I finished, not wanting to anger her anymore than I already had.

"No, you never apologize to the enemy! Never show weakness. Always appear and sound strong," The girl scolded. "That's your first…well, technically second lesson, Becky. You might want to be taking notes or something."

I grinned. Paige was just so sarcastic. She was way different from Violet, who was always happy, optimistic, absentminded, and caring. Paige was sarcastic, arrogant, strong, and smart. Different from any friend I'd ever had. Although Paige was annoying, she was definitely my 2nd best friend. Unfortunately, I couldn't have met my second best friend at a worse time.

My mind got so caught up in thinking that I forgot Tobey was there. Until I felt a small, tentative tap on my shoulder, of course.

"Um, Becky?" The boy asked. "Are you ok and just daydreaming?"

I shook the daze out of my head to answer his question, "Sorry, I was thinking. Let's go somewhere to explain. Let's go, you two."

I started walking to an alley. They followed quickly.

After that, Paige and I explained the whole story to Tobey; every last detail. From that morning when I had gotten the first warning from Paige, to the day before's events, killing Rhidion and meeting the Lexiconian council. He didn't seem too surprised, until we mentioned that Bella was my long-lost cousin. The boy obviously hadn't seen that coming. Mostly, his response to the whole thing surprised me. He wasn't extremely confused and he took it all so calmly. I had been surprised and caught off guard, not prepared for any of that nuttiness to step into my life. After a while, things stopped surprising me and my life couldn't have seemed to get any weirder. The wedding hadn't even struck the craziness nerve in me.

But Skylar stepping into my line of vision had struck me out of my flashback.

"Why are you staring at your man, Becky?" Skylar asked, walking passed me after one of the groomsmen had walked her up the aisle.

"Yeah, this is Kim's day. Not yours," Madge agreed from the other side of Paige. She said it like I was some kind of bug ruining the wedding.

Skylar Strofy and Madge Powner weren't always jerks, only when Kim or something about Kim came into the picture. They were her two best friends, and they'd defend her against anything, even if the changes of winning were slim. They were 18, just like her, although they weren't Lexiconians, so they weren't one of my trainees.

I also suspected that they had bitter feelings against me since Kim picked me to be her maid of honor instead of one of them. I had been awestruck when Kim had made the decision. I wasn't her best friends like they were. I was just me, her trainer. Jealousy is one of those things you wish would just disappear, like transporters do. Some of my trainees were transporters, so you could bet they were fun to work with.

"Becky!" Paige snapped in a hushed whisper, "Shut your thoughts up! I'd be able to hear you thinking outside of this building!"

"Yeah," Bella agreed.

Paige was a mind reader, just like Bella, even though her initial power was divining, which was being able to see the future. But her power and mind were so advanced that she could do almost anything with her mind. Obviously that's somewhat of an exaggeration, but not too far off. She got two divining genes, one from her dad and one from her mom, so adding the Earth's ability to enhance powers, Paige's powers were extremely sophisticated. She could do much more than what Bella could do.

"Hey, you know I love when you talk, or rather, think about me, but now is not the time. This time had to be all on Kim," Paige interrupted again.

"Then shut me off! You can do that right? Or are your powers too 'superior' to be shut off?" I mocked.

Being with the teen so much had given me a sarcastic edge. I had to admit; sometimes it was fun to be bad. Once in a while it was enjoyable to be annoying. I wasn't saying it was right, but it sure brought pleasure to see the girl put on her annoyed face.

She rolled her eyes and turned her head away from me.

I grinned. It wasn't easy to make Paige give in. It seemed almost impossible. But either I was learning and getting better or she was getting weaker in sarcasm. Her journey must have been changing her ego around. I could tell the break she was on for the wedding relieved her, so she could get some of her lost ego back. There were some trainees indirectly helping her before she went back out.

"I forgot to tell you though, that dress looks really solid on you," Skylar told me, peering from in front of Paige.

I couldn't tell if it was a compliment or an insult. I could never tell the difference when it came to Skylar and Madge. I could with Paige instantly, but these girls were an entirely different story.

Well, I had hoped it was a compliment, because if I HAD to wear a dress, it at least had to look good on me. I had to admit, the white sleeveless dress that went down to my knee caps, with a light blue sash around the waist made me look pretty in my opinion. It flowed around me elegantly. The bottom could spin and it made me feel like a ballerina. It was starting to grow on me as I examined it more.

That wasn't how I felt when I first got it however.

Continued in the part 2 of this chapter! I wrote SO much that it had to be spilt into 2 chapters! but they are part 1 and part 2 not chapter 1 and chapter 2. So, yeah. Oh yeah, and the lack of reviews is extremely depressing...