Hello again. Leigh Lemondrop here. As you can see, we have a fine array of students, ranging in ages from 8 to the oldest being 16.
The first week of school is upon us. Parents as we speak are dropping off their kids at the front gate. Let's meet them, shall we? Let's meet a few of them now.
A lady wearing an emerald green dress and a pumpkin hat and her husband, who's wearing a candy corn colored suit and a larger version of his wife's pumpkin hat, pull up in an orange car with a sulky boy in the backseat. The boy is wearing a brown, yellow, and orange striped jacket, a white t-shirt with 3 candy corn kernels on it, brown pants, candy corn colored socks, brown shoes, and a pumpkin hat much like his dad's. The lady steps out of the car and takes the boy's hand.
"Ah, this must be Gloyd. And you must be Mr. & Mrs. Orangeboar. Name's Leigh Lemondrop, headmistress." the headmistress shakes hands with the boy's parents.
"I don't even see why I have to be here." Gloyd says to his mom.
"Now, Gloyd, pumpkin, you have to learn to be a racer. Don't you want to race like your father?" Mrs. Orangeboar asks him.
"No, I don't. I just know I'm going to hate it here." Gloyd tells his mom.
"And son, no pranking while you're here. I don't want the school calling us." his parents tell him.
"Fine." Gloyd says and grabs his pumpkin backpack and orange suitcase.
"Bye, son." The Orangeboars wave at Gloyd and Gloyd just walks off, sulking.
Leigh tells Gloyd to go in the main hall and sit until the others show up.
A caramel colored Lincoln pulls up to the front gate, and a man wearing a chocolate brown suit and bow tie gets out holding the hand of a little girl who's wearing a metallic gold jacket, a white shirt with chocolate drizzle in the center of it, a coffee colored skirt, chocolate brown leggings, and small brown boots with little hearts on them. She's also wearing a beige cap with a heart in the center and her hair is in two tight buns.
"Mr. Di Caramello. Leigh Lemondrop, headmistress. Pleasure to meet you." she says, shaking his hand.
"Pleasure's all mine, Miss Lemondrop. This is my darling little angel, Crumbelina Di Caramello." he tells her. "Say hi, sweetie." Crumbelina waves at Miss Lemondrop.
"Hi, Crumbelina. You're going to have fun here and make friends. And learn to race just like your father." Miss Lemondrop tells her.
"Oh, okay." Crumbelina says, grabbing her metallic gold backpack and chocolate brown suitcase.
"Be good, little cannoli." Mr. Di Caramello tells his daughter as he kisses her on the forehead.
"I will, Daddy." Crumbelina says, kissing him back.
Crumbelina walks up the school's front steps and sits with Gloyd in the main hall.
An indigo blue limousine pulls up, and a green Jolly Rancher person gets out and opens the passenger side door. Mr. and Mrs. Malarkey, sporting indigo blue business suit-like outfits get out, and their son, Swizzle, steps out behind them, clutching a blue-and-green striped suitcase and wearing a swirl pop-patterned backpack. He was wearing a bright blue jacket over a yellow and green striped shirt, blue pants striped with indigo, blue socks, and green boots. He's also wearing a beanie that resembles a Unicorn Pop over his shoulder length green hair.
"Now, Swizz, you're going to learn to be a racer while you're here, so you take in everything, all right?" Mr. Malarkey tells his son. "I want you to race just like me. I went to school here when I was your age."
"All right." Swizzle says, staring at the ground. Gloyd and Crumbelina are staring out the window.
"Wow, that's Swizzle Malarkey, son of T.R. Malarkey, the racing mogul." Crumbelina says, looking at the green haired boy. "The Malarkeys are loaded. They're richer than the Muttonfudges."
"That is so cool." Gloyd replies, sighing happily. "I heard they have a big house and an even bigger pool with pink lemonade in it."
"NO WAY!" Crumbelina says, gasping. "I heard they have at least 25 different karts in a big walk-in garage and every kart is a different kind of Unicorn Pop."
As the two of them are chatting excitedly, Leigh Lemondrop walks up to the Malarkeys.
"It seems I'm in the presence of a true racing legend. Pleasure to meet you, Mr. Malarkey. Same to you, Mrs. Malarkey. And this must be Swizzle." she tells them.
"Yep, this is our little swirly pop, Swizzle. Say hello to the nice lady, Swizz." Mr. Malarkey tells him.
"Hello, Miss Lemondrop." he says, still clutching his suitcase.
"Hi, Swizzle. You're going to have fun here. And you'll learn to race." Miss Lemondrop tells him.
"Be good, son. And behave yourself. Remember the Malarkey code: Sugar is good, sour candy is bad, but if you act sweet, you'll be glad." his parents tell him as they leave.
"I'll be good, don't you worry. And I'll remember." Swizzle says as he heads up the school steps.
He sits on a nearby bench by himself. Gloyd and Crumbelina can't help but stare at him.
He looks up with a bored look on his face. "What are you staring at?" Swizzle asks them.
"Nothing. Your dad's a really good racer." Crumbelina tells him.
"Thanks." he tells her.
A pink Cadillac is in front of the school gate. And a little girl jumps out, clutching a sparkly pink suitcase and a strawberry-patterned backpack is on her back. She's wearing a metallic pink jacket, a sparkly pink dress, pink and white striped leggings, and pink sneakers. A sparkly strawberry hat sits on top of her short platinum blonde hair.
"Now, remember, Taffyta, sweetie, be good. Don't be mean or rude. Be polite. Say please and thank you." Miss Muttonfudge tells her daughter.
"All right, Mom. I promise to not be mean or rude, and I'll remember my manners." Taffyta tells her mom.
"Okay, sugar, you have fun." Miss Muttonfudge says as she drives away.
An ice blue Navigator pulls up to the front gate and two little girls jump out. A girl dressed in a blue jacket edged with fur, an American flag shirt, blue polka dot miniskirt, blue leggings, red and blue boots with white fur, and a red, white, and blue winter hat with cherry earrings dangling off the edges sits on her long black hair with a braid that goes down to her waist. She's clutching a snowflake patterned suitcase and wearing a peppermint-striped backpack. Her sister is dressed in the same outfit, only in different shades of pink, and she's clutching a suitcase in the same pattern, as well as the same backpack in pink.
"Nougetsia, Adorabeezle, you girls know to behave yourselves. I went to this school myself, and got a lot out of it. So, go in there and learn to race just like me." a lady in a navy blue dress tells the girls.
"Yes, Mom." the two girls say together.
"You're Miss Winterpop, right? Leigh Lemondrop, headmistress." she says as she shakes her hand.
"Call me Icey." she says, with a stern look on her face.
"Okay. And these two must be Adorabeezle and Nougetsia." Leigh continues, looking at the two girls.
"Yep. My darlings. Say hello, girls." Miss Winterpop tells them.
"Hi! I'm Adorabeezle Winterpop, and this is my sister, Nougetsia Brumblestain." the black-haired girl says to her.
"Hi, Adorabeezle and Nougetsia. Why don't you girls go on in?" Leigh tells them.
"Okay! Come on, sis!" Adorabeezle says, grabbing Nougetsia's hand, dragging them both inside.
"Bye, girls." Miss Winterpop says as she gets back in her car and drives away.
(Okay, this is only a few of our students. More to come in the next chapter.)
(Author's Note: The Malarkeys are rich according to me. Don't judge.)
(I am still accepting OC's. It's just going to take at least one or two more chapters to introduce the main racers.)
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