Chapter 2
Putting Fear in Fearleading
Cleo P.O.V :
As I sat at the desk in the gym I wonder why I feel so helpless this year. I mean I may not know what I'm doing once I graduate but that's meant to be a last minuet decision. Right. Deuce thinks he's going to get a casketball scholarship because he's captain this year, but I really hope he doesn't. He wants to go to college in New Hexico, but if he does I'll never really see him. So I'll make sure he doesn't, whatever it takes. And yes people will think that it's selfish but I need a Pharaoh to help me rule when daddy and Nefra are off the throne. Well non of these wannabes have what It takes to be on my squad. They all think if they can shake a pom pom they can be a fearleader but they can't. You need drive, commitment and definitely not two left feet.
Just when I was ready to give up a girl with violet skin and magenta hair walked in. "Hi, my name is Valentina Valentine I'd like to try out" She said hopefully. "Might as well you cant be any worse than the others." I moaned. "So why do you want to be a fearleader?" Frankie asked with enthusiasm. How can she be so happy this school has no one talented or worthy of our happiness. "Well it's my senior year and I really want to gain some achievements and improve my dance skills. Also I am a great team player and I have a certain charm with the boys" Valentina said calmly. "Well show us what you can do girl" Clawdeen said while Draculaura turned the stereo on.
To say I was impressed, was an understatement. She was a great dancer, gymnast and she was flexible. I had actually found a great asset to my squad. "Well Valentina I am sure I speak for everyone when I say your on the team. Come see me tomorrow for your uniform and pom poms" I say regally. "Thank you, you will not regret it, I will do it well thank you" Valentina said quickly and excited. We all collected our bags and headed down to the Maul.
"Well she is definitely good" Clawdeen said impressed. "Yes she was, and if we are going to have people on the squad of that calibre we cant have any dead weight, which is why I have to say that you Draculaura are off the team you are to much of a liability for us so return your uniform in the morning kay" I say while walking off. I know it was probably mean and selfish but to be a good leader you have to be ruthless and she was holding me back. So I hope she isn't to cut up about and she needs to know it was just business nothing personal and if she can't get over a firing or rejection how will she last in the real world. So I helped her so she should be thankful for my mercy. Any way with Valentina on the squad four will be enough for sure.
By the time I was finished shopping news had already broken onto Spectra's blog that Draculaura was off the team so I wouldn't need to make a public announcement. Just then a figure jumped down in front of me. It was Toralei. "What do you want to Stripe" I ask trying to get rid of her. "I hear that you are finally doing what is needed to have the best Fearleading squad in the country, being ruthless never thought I would see the day" Toralei teased. "Well I'm only doing what is needed you would do the same I'm sure." I retort. "I would which is why I have an offer for you" Toralei said sweetly. "Fine then amuse me" I say ready for her lame deal. "Well if you want to be the best I'm sure you know you will need me and the girls back" She says cockily. "You quit remember so it's not my fault your not on the team" I state. "Yes well that was when you had a joke of a team, but now if me and the girls were with you, we'd be unstoppable." Toralei concluded. "As much as it pains me to say it, I'll have to say no" I say sarcastically. "Cleo, you and I both know me and the girls will be back on the team by the end of the week so just save me the work of destroying and crippling your life" Toralei moaned. I hate to admit it but Toralei and the twins would be a big asset to the team, but what would the others say. They would understand right I mean it's for the good of the team. Right. "Fine you and the twins are back on the team but on a temporary basis if one paw steps out of line, you'll learn what it's like to be a mummy Stripe" I say forcing every word out of my throat. "I knew you would see it my way" Toralei says with victory in her voice. "Oh, I forgot to mention your at the bottom of the pyramid" I say quickly before she leaves. "Fine, I'll just work my way back up" Toralei says and with that she was off in a flash.
As I walk home I wonder how the team will react. I mean I did it for them so they should understand. I mean Frankie is easy enough to manipulate and Clawdeen can sling her hook if she don't like it because she is nothing but a spoilt wolf cub. I mean she is dating Heath Burns for Ra's sake she is just a desperate puppy that's all. It will all be fine.
How wrong was I. "You let Toralei and the twins back on the team what were you thinking" Clawdeen question. "First off I don't have to justify my actions to you and second I'm in charge not you so what I says goes. If that's a problem hand in your pom poms." I retort. What Clawdeen did next I didn't expect. She handed me her pom poms and necklace and said three words to me. "It's your funeral" and she strode off. "Frankie you understand" I plead. "Your doing it for the team so we can win, you have no other choice right?" Frankie asked. "Not really you know how talented they are we need them for the big stunts we need to pull off" I answer. "Then its a choice I can live with." She says and she rushes from the canteen to class. See she's like putty can be moulded a million times.
Toralei's P.O.V:
"Really she agreed" Meowlody inquired. "Yes, hook line and sinker. She has no clue what we are really up to" I said in a hushed tone. "What is it we are really up to?, I forgot" Purrsephone asked naively. "For the fifth time today, We going to ruin the chances of anyone on that squad getting the fear leading scholarship so they cant go to college and then we will be on top" I concluded. "Oh" The twins said in unison. "Now all we need is someone smart enough to help with our technical problems" I wondered. "Well Ghoulia is out the question because of how friendly she is with Cleo same with Robecca" Purrsephone explained. "Well there is the new girl who's like super brainy." Meowlody mused. "What's her name" I demand with a fury. "Alexis Hooves she is a Centaur she transferred from a private academy for smart people" Purrsephone explained. "Girls how do you feel about breaking in to the student files tonight" I ask with a wicked smile. Yes tonight will be fun and we will be be looting more than the larder contents.