Life and Times of the Longs. Chapter 2
June had been doing the Te Xuan Ze stuff for a month now. School would be starting soon. June was very scared… Not only was she going to a new school, but also, she had to deal with the Te Xuan Ze stuff. As if that isn't enough! That stupid bracelet just keeps going off at the worst possible times. June sighed. Monroe was running next to her; he kept advising her about the magic duty. She never would have toughed that her grandmother's pug was her adviser! Nor that he would talk or live in her bedroom..
June kicked her shoes off. After a long day of school, she didn't want to do anything anymore. She still had some homework, but that was for later. She still had time. She dropped herself into her bed, causing her pillows and sheets to fly up. June was just enjoying the silence, when the intriguing sound of her bracelet sounded through her room. She moaned. "Are you sick?" June looked surprised, and sat up on her bed. Her little sister, Haley, was standing in the doorway, the doorway of their room. In till her room was finished, they had to share a room. Couldn't be helped, but easy was different! "No, no Haley I'm not sick, I umm… Need to let Monroe out! Yea, that's it! I totally for to let him out! I'd better get going!" June rushed out of the room, grabbing a passing Monroe on the way. "Hé! What are you doing lass?" Monroe didn't appreciate getting picked up like that. June gave a nervous smile to her little sister, who was looking to them with her head tiled, and a strange look into her eyes. "Shut up Monroe! We need to get out!" Hissed the young girl. "O, o why didn't you say that lass?" June put Monroe down, and ran to the kitchen. With Monroe on her heels. "June, are you letting out Monroe?" Juniper froze up. Her mother was in the kitchen! "umm, I, uhm, Yes, Monroe needs to go out!" Without looking at her daughter, the woman imminently said: "Use his leash hunny, we don't want him running away." "WAF WAF WAWAWAF!" "You better take him out quick June, sounds like he really needs to go." June mother still hadn't moved from the spot, or looked at them. "Yes, Mom, Will do!" While running out of the kitchen, laughing at what Monroe had been saying, and the ignorance of her mother. Her mother heard: "WAF WAF WAWAWAF!" But what he really said was: "WHAT! A LEASH? RUNNING AWAY? I'm the adviser of the Te Xuan Ze!" Outside: "How dare she! I'm the adviser of the Te Xuan Ze, Not some some … Lapdog!" June grinned at Monroe's comments. He WAS a lapdog, but he didn't like hearing it. Strange sense of pride. June tried not to laugh, as he kept going on and on about her mother. With the Scottish accent, it all sounded so funny. While the 2 ran towards the emergency, Haley stood in front of the window, watching them run off.
Haley signed. She still wasn't feeling well. And the weird things that kept happening, didn't make it better. It even made her loose points on her test score! She got a 96/100. 96% She could have at least gotten 98%! The school was still very happy, and gladly accepted her. She overheard them say something in line of: "It's not abnormal that children score lower when they are under stress. But we are very surprised how well she did, despite all the stress!" That didn't please Haley at all. She should have done better… A loud noise interrupted her train of thoughts. Who else but RayRay? "Where's June?" His eyes moved around like a bouncing ball filled with sugar. Haley signed and answered her loud twin; "June's taking Monroe out for a walk." RayRay didn't wait for her to say anything else, he screamed out in terror, before running towards the door.
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June ran to beat the school bell. Her mission yesterday didn't go well. Before they found anything, the monster had disappeared. From the description the monster gave her, it must have been an large fish, a monster fish. She tried to track it down, but the monster-fish kept showing up and away at the worst possible times. How did it go so fast? Annoyed, she had found RayRay running after her, while he made some Fustertrolls angry (he fed them cookies!) "Late for my second day of school, yes that's very good June!" muttered Juniper to herself. I'm ganna make it in time, if I used some Te Xuan Ze-power! She pushed herself up, to take a short cut, over the roofs.
June made it just in time, and sat down just before the bell rang. June signed happy, but the teacher was nowhere to be found. Strange. She turned around, to try and make friends. She used to be pretty popular in her old school. She was known for her beautiful silky long hair, and her dancing and musical skills. She had been going to a dancing class, together with her friends. A smile came to June face, at the memory of her old friends and their dancing class. They were going to be allowed into the next class, because they were so good at dancing. "What are you staring at? Close your moth, I don't need to see your breakfast!" June blinked her eyes and looked startled. She had turned around, to chat, but then she got lost into her mind. "Well? Are you going to talk?" The brutal and sarcastic tone of the girl behind her was… well, shocking. Just when June wanted to reply her, the teacher came in. she was at least 5 minutes late; after telling them how important it was to be one time… "Class, settle down please." The authorized voice of the teacher sounded loud above the chatting of the class. "Class, today we have another new student! Please welcome Ashley!" At those words, as if she had been waiting for it, a blond, curly-haired girl walked in. She wore a pretty pink dress, and a bag shaped like a cute cat. She appeared to have stuffed a Baton in it. June felt crappy, she wanted to get back at the girl behind her. She tried to remember her name. Orlinda? Opal? Opella? "Ophelia? Could you please show Ashley around the school during the pause?" June once more blinked her eyes as she realized her teacher was addressing the girl behind her. She really needed to pay more attention. "Yes miss Gomez." She replied gloomy.
The rest of the noon was quiet, much to June's joy. In her first year of high school, and she already hated it. In the pause, June could see Ophelia and her friends Roger and Jody, circling around the new girl. They were laughing and enjoying themselves só well. She already started to hate the new girl. She was just so … popular! With her curly blond hair, her baby-blue eyes and big black eyelashes, she got everybody's attention! And who was she? A stupid girl with no brains in her head! While I'm the Te Xuan Ze! They should be looking at me, I safe their lives and keep them safe! No FAIR! While June sat in her lonely corner of the playground, Ashley had taken her Baton, and was showing a little bit of tricks she could do. "Show-off." Said a frustrated Te Xuan Ze. The rest of the day, June spend trying to get contact with someone. She was mostly ignored, or got some painful remark about something to chaise her off. Even after 2 days, the hole school had already found out she was a weirdo. Then again, that might have something to do with her running off and making strange excuses the first day. (What giant is stupid enough to think that he could just go to a school and eat the kids!)
June walked home. Unlike this morning, she had no rush. With her bag hanging on one of her shoulders, she made her way home. Soon, she was joined by her little brother, RayRay. Her elder brother, Dennis, didn't walk home with them, so she knew that she shouldn't expect him. RayRay was babbling about everything that happened on school, and if they were going out to fight monsters soon, and that her kick to that giant yesterday, was asome! June stopped listening to him, and noticed a second pair of footsteps behind them. Great, now what? June turned around, only to see the footsteps she was hearing belonged to the new girl. June noticed RayRay stopped talking. And he was staring at her. With an open mouth. June felt very annoyed that her brother appeared to be crushing on her. Yet another thing she was good at. June rose her eyebrow and looked at Ashely asking. She was smiling at her, and then said: "Te Xuan Ze?"
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