BRRRIIIINNNNG! My alarm sounded. Oh, how I loth you. I turned over and then it when off again. I banged it and it snoozed for aobut five minutes. It went off a second time and I ignored. It was so cold. Unnaturaly cold. I didn't want to get out of bed. My eyes shot open when I suddenlt realized that it was August and 90 degress outside. I scrowled at Noelle who had iced my sheets. Literally!
"Get up. I'm tired of listening to your alarm clock. I don't have to get up for another hour and I don't want to hear it again." She ordered yet her voice was dead and lifeless.
She turned and walked out of the door like one of the living dead.
I got up or I would of had to face the wrath of Noelle aka Ice Queen. I pulled on some clothes. I liked things that flowed and fluttered so I was wearing jeans and a white top that's sleeves danced when I moved. It gave me the effect of an Angel with wings.
I glided down the stairs and started to make Beccah and myself breakfast. Beccah is not a morning person so it helps to get out the door if you make her breakfast, but how hard is it to spread one more bagel with cream cheese. She came down barely awake. She mumbled her thanks for the bagel. We headed out the door toward the bus stop.
We didn't talk but ate our breakfast. We were both anxious about our first day of school. Lucky Noelle and Elaine were still homeschooled and would be until they entered highschool. Annalee goes to college. Other kids were already at the bus stop. An almost too cheerful face greeted me. "Hi! I'm Layla! Whats your name?"
I shuddered at the cheerful voice. 'Who was this cheerful this early in the morning?' I thought.
"Ummm... I'm Correta and this is my sister Beccah." I said as best I could that early in the morning.
"Are you guys freshmen?" Layla wanted to know.
"Beccah is, but I'm a junior." I replied.
"Did you guys just move here?"
"Yeah, we came from Germany. My dad worked with the ... Army and he was stationed there."
"Cool. I've always wanted to go see other countries. When I get out of highschool I'm going to take a summer and travel the world. I want to visit the Amazon and see the jungle."
"The jungle isn't that great." said my sister grumply. Layla's voice had finally fully woken her up. "It's just alot of plants that block all the sun light."
Layla looked her weirdly."Um. Ok. Have you been to the Amazon?"
"Yeah." I said." we went there when my dad had some free time two summers ago. My sister Annalee wanted to see it. She is intersted in plant and stuff. Beccah and I prefer the beaches. The sound of the waves is very relaxing."
Beccah snorted as Layla asked,"Where did you go to the beach?"
"In Spain." I replied.
"Wow. You guys have been all over." Layla said.
"Hey! Layla. Layla!" this guy running up to the bus stop shouted.
"Hi, Will!" She replied. "This is Correta and Beccah. They just moved here from Germany. This is my boyfriend Will Stronghold."
"Nice to meet you," Will said politly.
"Same here," Beccah replied as I nodded my greeting.
The bus pulled and kids started to get on it. Beccah and I followed Will and Layla onto the bus. The bus driver seemed to know Will; however, when he looked at us he said,"What's your name? Who are your parents?" as the doors slammed shut.
"Correta and Beccah Pride." I said.
"Daughters of Terrance and Ann Pride." Beccah added.
"That's very funny," the bus driver snorted,"Everyone knows that the Prides live in Germany. Now what are your real names."
Beccah and I just looked at each other. Wow, our parents were really well known. I put down my backpack and pulled out my wallet with my ID card. I showed it to him.
"Here, see. My last name is Pride and I'm a dependent of Terrance Pride. Right there," I pointed.
He looked at me in disbelief.
"But why aren't you in Germany?" the bus driver wanted to know.
"Because our dad retired," Beccah said, starting to get annoyed," Can we sit down or do we have to give you our birth certificates and socials to you too?"
The bus driver said we could sit down.
"My name's Ron, by the way, and if you ever need anything I'll be right there," he said as he handed me his card.
Beccah and I headed to seats next to Will and Layla.
"Hey, you two these are some more of our friends. This is Magenta, Zach, and Ethan. We'll introduce you to Warren later," Layla said.
"Hey," I replied as I looked at the group. Magenta had purple hair that looked too cool and she sat next Zach who was skinny and white as could be. ' The male version of Ice Queen' I thought. Ethan was an African-American and had thick glass whick made him look like a nerd. 'How cute. I love nerds.'
"So what are your powers?" asked Zach.
"I control wind and sound," I said.
"I control light," Beccah said.
"Light?" said a voice from across the isle,"That's not a very strong power. You'll end up in side kick with this dweb."
A guy with some long strechy arms was tugging on Zach's ear and smiling down on Beccah. Beccah just glowered at him.
"Why? What's your power? You ability to insult others," I asked sweetly.
"What and wind and sound can really hurt me too?" said the heavy set kid sitting next to strecho.
"It can be," I replied as a faint wind rustled around inside the bus.
"Ohh, I'm scared," said the guy.
I turned from him and toward Layla and the others. Then Ron the bus driver said," Alright kids it's time to GOOOOO!"
Seat belts crossed over our chest and then we took off. I hate roller costers or anything like that. You would think I would like them because you get to feel the wind in your hair and stuff like that, but no. They make me sick to my stomach. I mean it doesn't bother me to fly; in fact, I love to fly, but put me on a roller costar where I can't control what's going on and I get sicker than a drunken sailor.
As soon as we land at the school I rushed for the doors and barely made it to the cover of some bushes before I releived my stomach of my bagel. "Correta, are you okay?" Layal asked as she and Beccah rushed to my side.
"Yeah," I said," I'll be fine in a minute. I don't like roller coster and apparantly buses that fly very much."
"Apparantly," said a deep voice behind us.
The three of us turned around there was the bus boy from the Chinese restruant. Layla said,"Hi, Warren. I'd like you to me Correta and Beccah. They're new here."
He nodded his greeting and then he walked off into the school.
Beccah coughed in surprize,"That's Warren?"
"Yeah. Why?" Layla asked.
"We saw him at this Chinese Restruant. He and Correta-"
"We liked the same kind of food," I hurriedly supplied, scowling at Beccah for what ever she was about to say.
"Yeah, he works at the Paper Lantern. I love that resturuant. It's my favorite." Layla said as she walked us toward the school.
She took me to the nurses office and then headed off with Beccah for some kind of Power Placment class. I laid down on the exam room bed and curled into a ball. I turned off all sound around me so I couldn't hear anything and my stomach started to calm down. After five minutes the nurse came and shook me because I hadn't heard her. She gave some Peptobismal and gave directions to this Power class.
I walked into gym that was empty except for a guy in running shorts and a jacket. He looked at and then down at his clip board. "Are you Correta Pride?"
I nodded.
"I'm coach Boomer, but you may have heard of me as SONIC BOOM."
The sound of his voice nearly caused me to hurl again, but there was no more to hurl.
"Show me your powers." He said.
"What?" I said weakly.
"Show me your super powers and I'll put you in one of two classes Hero or Sidekick."
With my head still realling I summed up a wind. It blew off His cap and nearly sent Him flying into the wall. Me, I started to raise myself up from the floor."I have control over wind and can fly. I also have control over sound." My voice filled to room flowing gently with the wind I had created.
"Impresive. Hero. Here is your class schedule and I would get moving because you science class started ten minutes ago."
I grabbed my schedule and called back my thanks as I ran out of there.