Sorry for the lack of updates this past week, house renovations mean that you shouldn't expect updates to anything else until early next week I'm afraid.

Kara Danvers was new to this world and to the customs of this planet, but she was eager to learn more about it and try her best to fit in. She had made a promise to her parents to care for her cousin, and although she was succeeding in that, she had made a new promise, to Eliza and Jeremiah, that she would fit in, she would hide her powers, and she was determined that she would not fail them.

Alex had told her all about the new school that she would be attending, Alex was a sophomore the year above her, so was there to reassure Kara that high school and Middle school were not that different, all of her old friends from middle school would still be there, and the workload would not change all that much.

What Kara had not informed her sister of, not wanting to add more to Alex's plate already from her own studies and her focus on protecting Kara, was that Kara had no friends from middle school. She was seen as the "weird girl" in the town, and as such, she had no illusions that High school would be any better for her. The only reason that Alex did not know was that others played nice with Kara in Alex's presence, as they did not want to anger the elder Danvers sister, who had gained a reputation as a fierce fighter when it came to defending her sister.

Kara ate quickly as Alex got ready to show her to the new school where Kara would spend the next three years, and hoped her sister would be ready soon so she could get the day out of the way. Kara had a smile fixed on her face regardless, she hoped that the day would somehow end up being good, but she had no real belief that it would be. She just wanted to stay home really, curl up on the sofa with Alex and watch movies all day long. She knew she couldn't and nor would her sister be able too, so, for Alex's sake, she'd put on a smile and get to it.

"Are you ready for today, Kara?" Alex asked her sister with a slight frown. She knew how Kara hated to deal with change, but hopefully, she'd have enough friends attending that she would be alright, she knew many would be heading to larger high schools in nearby cities, but Midvale High would have enough students there hopefully to be ok for Kara.

"I'm up for it, Alex." Kara smiled at her sister. She'd gotten the hang of English by now, after having been on Earth for two years, and she hoped that with the new environment, there was a chance she could branch out further with her social networking.

Alex smiled at her as the bus arrived and the two of them headed to the school, as they got there, Alex pulled her sister aside before she could be swept up in the masses of students heading in for their first day.

"Come with me, I'll show you where you get your timetable." Alex said as she grabbed Kara's hand and dragged her down the hall towards the office.

As Alex led Kara down the hall, they heard voices as they saw three other students in there, there was two boys, one with blonde hair, the other with dark brown hair and a young woman with dark hair as well. As Kara opened the door and the two of them saw three pairs of eyes turn to them, Alex turned to Kara.

"You get your timetable from here, Kara." Alex said to her before she turned and walked away.

"Alex…" Kara stated as her sister walked away, tears welling in her eyes. She did not know these new people and didn't want to be left behind by her sister. She needed Alex with her, just for now, just until she felt calmer here.

"Hi, I'm Barry and this is Arthur and Diana." The brown haired boy said to Kara with a smile, "Who are you?"

Kara smiled at him, the new boy seemed nice enough, and the other two also seemed friendly enough, they weren't judging Kara, and all of them must have been new here, so maybe this was a chance for her to make some new friends.

"My name is Kara, Kara Danvers."

"Nice to meet you, Miss Danvers." The boy named Barry winked at her, a Kara flushed scarlet. "I'm new to this town, want to show me the sights sometime?"

"I'd love too, are you all new?" Kara asked, blushing deeply still at Barry's flirting attitude.

"I've just moved here with my dad, he's the new lighthouse keeper by the beach." Arthur smiled. He liked the other new kids so far, and this girl who lived here seemed nice enough. Perhaps he could make a new life here, he didn't like the fact that he was having to live here for now, but with his mother's domain of Atlantis too dangerous for him at the moment, with threats like Ocean Master out there, Arthur, as the Prince of Atlantis, had to be protected, and living on the surface was the way that they had decided to protect him. His father had agreed to live by the coast, so when the time came, Arthur could return to the kingdom if he wished easily enough.

"I was recently adopted by a lovely couple who live here, the Princes." Diana said as she observed the newcomer. She could already tell that Arthur and Barry harboured a lot of power, and looking upon Kara, she could tell that despite the sunny face she showed, this was a girl in deep sorrowful pain and this new girl was someone with tremendous power behind her, she did not want to be the cause of anger for any of these three people, as she did not want to be on the receiving end of anything they could do to her. Most mortals wouldn't stand a chance against an Amazonian princess, but these three, these could be both a great ally and asset, or a very dangerous foe, Diana realised.

"Oh, I've heard of them, they're meant to be nice people." Kara smiled at the other girl. The three new students all appeared to be nice.

'Especially Barry.' Kara thought to herself with a blush.

It looked like the next few years would be good for Kara.

"Well, well, the newbies and the freak." A voice sneered from the doorway, turning around, the four students saw an older teen stood before them, sneering at them. Kara balled her fists as the other three looked in shock, this was a boy in Alex's year, someone who liked to bully Kara, seemed to love Alex, and had been watching Kara like a hawk ever since Kara had saved people from a car accident a year before.

He claimed he hadn't seen anything out of the ordinary, but Kara knew that he had seen what she had done, and she knew he wanted to know more, no matter how he managed that.

"Max." Kara frowned at him.

The boy sneered at her again.

"That's Maxwell or Mr Lord to you, freak."