"Ash, hurry up!" My brother teased,"You take forever to set everything up! The good thing is that we live right next to Shape-Shift School (SSS) so this gives you way more time to set up!"
I grumbled, "Come on, stop it! I always have to set up twice as much as you do! AND, I have more muscle than you! You know that!"
"Why do you have to be so sensitive Ashling? I was only teasing!"
"And so was I!" I yelled, annoyed.
Jacc thought he had a harder life than me but it wasn't true! Both Mom and Dad loved him, and they hated me! They never payed attention to me and Jacc basked in their spotlight of attention! And all of this because he was a dragon shape-shifter and I was a griffin shape-shifter!
All the time, my parents were like, "Jacc does this, Jacc does that, why aren't you like your brother Ashling?" They were always disappointed in something that I did, even if I tried my hardest.
Irritated, I stalked off to the changing room so that I could change into my training uniform, gray sweat pants and a red, baggy shirt with a gold griffin on it. I quickly changed and stormed out of the changing rooms to be blocked by one of Jacc's friends, Jren. He's a hippogriff, so we have some of the same abilities, like flying. He's Jacc's age, so he's two years older than me. We used to be friends but when I found out that he liked me last year, it totally ruined our friendship. Jren was tall, the same height as Jacc, so he was about five foot four. He had dark brown eyes and shaggy hair that reached his neck.
"Hey Ashling,"
"What do you want? I'm in a rush."
"You look great as usual to-"
"Cut the garbage Jren, and get to the point."
"You know how we have sparring class next?"
"Ya, why?" I asked, suddenly interested.
"Do you wanna be partners?" Jren inflated, thinking that maybe I would be interested.
"I can't," Jren deflated, "Sorry, but I have to go against two teachers,"
"Who?"
"Mrs. Sliter and Mr. Basker,"
"Ooh, that must suck!" I gave Jren a glare and was about to stalk off until he put his hand on my shoulder and said, "It was nice talking with you after a year," Turning around, I glared at his hand pointedly until he took it off.
"Is that it Jren?"
"Uhhhhh, you know how things haven't been going..." He mumbled something and looked at the ground. I wanted to slap him but instead, I just left. I had to get to sparring class!