Bubbles: Hey! She said she doesn't own The Powerpuff Girls already, why the f*** do I have to do this again?
Me: Bubbles~ I found Bunny Stitches!
Bubbles: FKS does not own The Powerpuff Girls, nor does she claim to!
Yay! I like being the Disclaimer person!
Me: Of course you do~…
Bubbles: I WILL get to do it again, right?
Me: O-of course! Umm, Readers! Stay tuned for more of Bubbles' appearances!
Bubbles: Yay!
*Begins to skip away*
Me: Bubbles? Bubbles! How am I supposed to get off of here?
*Standing on top of a skyscraper*
Bubbles: I don't know
Me: Then why'd you bring me here? I let you do the Disclaimer didn't I?
*Bubbles glares at FKS deviously*
Bubbles: Last
*Disappears*
Me:…AAAAHHHHH!
Chapter 3
My First Day of School
It had been two days since the day Alexis had told her sisters about her…dreams, she'd explained everything to them in detail soon after Alphonse had left, now the girls were getting ready for their first day at school.
Arielle stared at herself in the mirror, inspecting herself when her bedroom door suddenly burst open
"Arielle wake up or we'll be-late?" Anastasia burst into the room
Expecting to see her sky-eyed sister soft asleep in her king sized bed. The plain bed sheet was a slightly dark, navy blue hue, the bedspread however was much lighter, even lighter than Arielle's eyes with small navy blue coloured rings placed at random in the bottom right hand corner, floating over towards the cent in an uneven point, her fluffy pillow cases were the same, light blue with navy blue with navy blue rings, beside her king sized bed that was placed in the far left corner of the room was Arielle's large wooden dresser, which stretched from the bedside to the sky blue painted wall. Each wall was painted the same, sky blue colour, even the ceiling, but the difference was that the ceiling had Orphan Blue roses that almost hid the entire sky blue wall, the Orphan Blue roses were mixed in with white roses.
Arielle stood examining herself in her large sky blue dressing table, which was only a few shades lighter than her shaded orphan blue floor
"Anastasia how's this outfit?"
She asked pointing at the clothes she had displayed across her bed, pointing at the one that had been placed right across from her, Anastasia stared at her
"Y-you woke up this early?" She asked, her eye twitching
Arielle giggled, "of course! It's our first day of school, so I was trying to find the perfect outfit" she turned back towards the dressing table, examining herself in the outfit she'd just pointed to, holding up her shirt and skirt as she gazed at it intensely, Anastasia smiled and pulled back the door, closing it behind her, she sighed.
"And to think I got so worried" she glanced clock in her room as she rummaged through her closet
"Because she can't choose an outfit fast enough" she gave up on deciding what to wear and leaped into the bathroom.
Anastasia's king-sized bed was also stacked against the wall, but hers was cornered into the wall with the window, which was on the opposite side of the door, her king sized bed had a plain, light pink bed sheet, along with a pink bedspread that was a few shades lighter than the bed sheet, a hot pink lace stitched to the upper portion, the bedspread was decorated with long and slim branches that protruded from the bottom right corner of the bedspread, edging towards the top left corner, brightly shaded pink and white cherry blossoms stretched along with the vivid, brown branches, the flowers were bundled close enough to almost cover each branch, but vines of brown crept up from time to time. On each of her pillow cases was a small vine with lush pink cherry blossoms perched against it, creeping from the bottom left of the pillow case and up to its center. The walls were each painted a light, Cherry Blossom pink, but once again the ceiling was different, with Salmon Pink roses mixed in with white ones.
Alexis scratched her head as she murmured a few words under her breath as she walked out of the room just in time to see Arielle finally stepping out, she stared at her for a moment, but Arielle was completely oblivious to her green-eyed sister, then turned and walked into the bathroom, just before she stepped in Arielle giggled, "I can't wait for the first day of school!" She cheered, as Alexis slammed the door shut behind her, she stepped out moments later, running into Anastasia, who stared at her, a sudden giggle bursting out of her, Alexis stared at her, now wide awake after taking a shower and washing her face with cold water.
"What?" She asked, eyeing Anastasia in confusion
"What are you wearing?" Anastasia chuckled once again; Alexis looked down to inspect herself and stared back up at Anastasia
"What?"
"A bra and a pair of shorts, are these your new P.J's?" She asked, smiling,
"Of course they are!" Alexis cheered with a smirk, Anastasia stared at her dumbfounded
"Wait, you mean you actually wore that on purpose?" She asked, surprised, Alexis continued to smirk.
"Yup"
"But why?" Anastasia asked
"Because I finally got the chance, how many times does a person get the chance to walk around half naked? With no parents and just you and Arielle, it's perfect!" She grinned and stepped into her room, shutting the door behind her. Alexis flicked on the light and grinned, "That Aido sure did do a great job" she thought, grinning as she rummaged through her closet. Alexis' bed was stacked against the wall that held the door, with a plain, light, lime green bed sheet, along with a plaid bedspread with a variety of shades of vivid green, as well as her pillow cases, stacked along the opposing wall were two long shelves that stretched across the entire wall, numerous shelves in each. The wall that had the king sized bed placed against it, each wall was painted a light, Lime Green, the ceiling had white roses mixed in with green ones-Alexis had been very angry at Aido for painting roses in her room, but both him and her sisters had agreed that it was a nice combination with all three sisters having a simple design with the only exception being their colours-that were a few shades darker than the Lime Green.
The girls walked through the gates of their new school, and soon heads began to turn, maybe it was because they were new kids, but it still caused the girls to shoot each other uneasy glances. Arielle had decided to wear a Baby Blue shirt that matched her bright eyes, with ruffles on the upper torso, along with a slim, black string that wound around her neck once, then shot back down towards the opposite side, an adorable Baby Blue bow at the nape of her neck on her left; her shirt ended at her thighs with small ruffles. Arielle also wore dark and tight, denim capris, with the bottoms rolled into cuffs just above her knee caps, and plaid Orphan Blue Ballerina Flats. Her golden blonde hair had been tied high into two ponytails with Orphan Blue ponytails that matched her shoes, but not all of it, the remainder of her hair shot down towards the center of her back, she wore bright, pink lip-gloss and three vivid shades of black-around the corners of her eyes-Orphan Blue and Baby Blue- both blended together on her upper and lower lids. She clutched onto her Baby Blue backpack with Navy Blue rings, Anastasia on the other hand wore indigo capris that hugged her legs and ended just beneath her calves, along with light, faded Hot Pink flats that matched the bow placed on the side of her head to tie her hair back. Her dress shirt was Amaranth Pink and it hugged her body, it stretched towards her thighs and had two thick black laces stretch over her shoulders, her Book Bag was laced around her shoulder, ending at her right, with shades of dark pink and a giant pink sunflower in the bottom left corner. Alexis on the other hand wore her Forest Green hoody on the verge of black, which had small Buttercups on stems with thorns edge throughout the fabric, all over it, it had it had long full sleeves that she'd pulled up to her shoulder, the hoody stretched till her chin. She wore dark, indigo skinnies along with dark Forest Green converse that matched her hoody. Her dark green plaid back pack was flung around her left shoulder, with her hands in her hoody pockets
"Something isn't…right" she thought
She'd been feeling uneasy all week and it seemed that she was on the verge of realizing, the girls walked into the school building, it wasn't anything special, but it wasn't too bad either, they walked into the office , she waved her sisters good-bye once they'd been assigned lockers and been given their schedules, she wavered for a moment as they turned around the corner, she still stood by the office door, which was just beside the front doors, the lady at the table seemed to be completely oblivious to her, just as she turned around she realized what it was that had been bothering her all weekend, she gasped and raced through the front doors so quickly, a forest green streak in her place that disappeared just as the front-desk lady looked up.
Ace sighed, walking through the halls of his new school, it seemed that their latest adopter was a cheerful young lady that appeared at random, and also wanted them to get their education, but she did pay for all of their necessities even if she didn't live with them, he read the paper in his hand, and searched around for his room and lockers, he was utterly confused so he decided to ask someone, but no one was there, the class bell had rung when he and his brothers were still in the office, having a talk with the Principal, who warned them about wreaking havoc, as if they would waste their time in this place enough to wreak havoc, but soon after the stern warning she'd welcomed them with open arms. Ace sighed once again and stood in one spot, confused, suddenly a bright Forest Green light dash passed him, leaving his spiked hair slightly messy, he stared at it wide eyed, the green flash was zipping through the halls like crazy, whipping all over the place until it finally came to a stop just ahead of him, panting.
"Where the hell is it!" She roared, suddenly Ace recalled his own situation and yelled out to her, she quickly turned around, revealing her bright, Forest Green eyes, and her silky short, black hair, she had side bangs that hovered just above her left eye, along with a bob around her head that turned into spikes as they neared the nape of her neck. She seemed familiar to him, and he was frozen in spot just looking at her angelic face…familiar, angelic face, he quickly shook his head and dashed up to her, but she also seemed frozen in spot besides the fact that she was breathing in pants, she stared at him with wide, almost terrified eyes, but Ace didn't notice, instead he asked
"Do you know where this room is?" He handed her his schedule and pointed towards the room labeled on the top right corner just below his name, the girl stared at him for a moment.
"No." She replied, but suddenly a smirk appeared to her face
"That's exactly what I was looking for!" She exclaimed in a smile, which made Ace's heart beat faster and his chest to grow warm, his breathing had slowed down, she seemed to be processing something as she put her finger to her lush lips in an adorable gesture
"Let's look for it…" she slowed down "together" then she quickly turned around, and Ace quickly followed.
"I guess he didn't notice it's me, but I don't blame him, with this new haircut and all, but why is he here, of all places! It doesn't matter…at least I have a new image to go with my new self, and I won't be so cold to people anymore, trying to help Ace is living proof of change" she chuckled to herself, and didn't notice as Ace watched her, they continued to walk through the halls together.
"Hey" Ace suddenly called out beside her
"What's your name anyway?" He asked
Staring straight ahead, he glanced at her when she didn't respond at first, a mischievous smile playing her lips
"Alexis"
They gazed at each other, but she dashed ahead as soon as she read the label on one of the doors, it was their homeroom, they had a good two minutes left before their classes started, she raced along the line of lockers just beside the door, and smiled as she recognized hers, quickly she read her combination on the slit of paper the Principal had given her, flung her green backpack in and quickly locked it, secure. She turned around and jumped back as she realized Ace was still there.
"Hey, moron! Hurry up or you'll be late" she yelled as she rushed into class
Ace continued to stand there, frozen, when suddenly the bell rang. He stared at the ground, his bangs covering his eyes, his heart was pounding furiously, the moment she'd giggled as she said her name his body had frozen, but his chest was tightening, his breathing slowing, and feeling butterflies in his stomach, why did she make him feel like that? Suddenly someone grabbed his wrist in the crowd of students surrounding him, slender fingers warming his hand, he looked up to find he was being directed through the crowd, suddenly the crowd of students lowered and the person became visible, it was a girl, suddenly she turned around, giving him arched eyebrows and a scowl, "what the hell are you doing?" She asked as they approached the classroom whilst she followed some students from their class.
"What?" he asked, she shook her head
"You don't just freeze in the middle of the halls like that"
Suddenly he found himself in class, Alexis' fingers around his wrist, pulled back, gone. Before he knew it he was standing in the front of the class along with Alexis, as they introduced themselves, Ace stared at the ground, his hands covering his eyes once again, "calm down!" He commanded his beating heart, but it wouldn't listen, his head shot up as the teacher called on him to introduce himself, his eyes were intense, but he was able to ignore his beating heart anyway, he decided it didn't matter, that he was just sick.
"Ace" he said
The girls sighed and gasped all staring at him, he ran his fingers through his jet-black hair as he smirked.
"I'm Ace"
Arielle and Anastasia stared at the short haired girl approaching them, she looked a lot like Alexis but had much shorter hair, but she had her same green eyes, the same outfit, the same smirk
"Hey guys"
Anastasia and Arielle stared at her
"Umm, do we know you?" Arielle asked as Anastasia's eyebrow shot up
"Lexi?" She exclaimed, her eyes widening in disbelief, Alexis beamed cheerfully, she couldn't help it. Both her sisters stared at her with wide eyes
"But, but why?" Anastasia asked while Arielle squealed cheerfully, hopping around with Alexis' hands, this time, Alexis went along with it, chuckling as they jumped around, but only this time.
Then Alexis stopped, still beaming
"Because it's the new me!" She exclaimed cheerfully, her sisters stared at her and she rolled her eyes
"I've changed, I'm not…suicidal anymore, I don't hate you guys anymore, but think about it, there's no difference from before, what's the proof of change? This is the me now and that was the me then" she paused "but it's only the hair, I'm not gonna be all girly or sweet or smart" she chuckled
"but…" her voice trailed off as she glanced at the ground, her face slushing slightly
"I'm gonna have to go…shopping…" Anastasia and Arielle gasped at once suddenly
Alexis' head instantly shot up, her face pink
"Don't get me wrong! I just need new clothes" she said
Gesturing towards her dark, dark green hoody on the verge of black
"My old ones are too…colourless" she lowered her head once again, avoiding eye contact, Anastasia and Arielle turned towards each other, then they leaped at Alexis, smiling and laughing all of them dropped to the ground, giggling as they hugged one another. The girls stood up a few moments later, realizing that the entire cafeteria was watching them.
"What?" Alexis snapped at them, some turned around, not meeting her irritated gaze, while others continued to stare, but as time passed the buzzing noise returned and everyone was talking once again. Suddenly the Rowdyruff Boys shot the cafeteria doors open, the buzzing subsided once again as heads turned to watch them, all three walked in, Alphonse with an intense glare, Aido blowing on his gum with a blank expression and Ace, with a devious smirk. All three girls and all three boys were in the center of the cafeteria, as soon as their gazes locked the atmosphere became tense, all of them viciously glaring at one another, suddenly Arielle's angry gaze subsided
"Wait a minute" she said aloud
"Didn't we call a truce?" Suddenly all five of them blinked, Anastasia and Alphonse scratched their heads as their faces grew red
"Oh yeah…" They said in unison, Alexis slapped her forehead
"Are you kidding me?" She scoffed; all six glanced at one another
"…So what do we do now?" Arielle asked, and before they knew it all six were sitting together at one of the cafeteria tables, annoyed at the eyes that rested on them.
"Would you guys cut it out!" Ace and Alexis yelled all at once, they stared at each other, surprised.
The rest of lunch passed by with no more complications, Arielle adjusted her Orphan Blue wrist band, which matched her outfit for Gym. Orphan Blue capris sweat pants with a plain white T-Shirt, along with blue-white sneakers. She stood in stance just as the whistle blew one of her classmates, Robin, quickly served the ball, the game went back and forth, and Arielle's team was losing, badly. Arielle placed her hands on her knees as she breathed heavily, a sigh escaping her throat, suddenly Princess cackled from behind the volleyball net, her fingers entwining in its holes as she glared at Arielle whilst smirking cockily. Princess wore a tight, sparkly, golden tank-top along with her miniature black shirts, she wore black flats and her hair was in her usual frizzy buns, the ones that looked like she had two frizzed basketballs attached to her head, and to complete her outfit she wore her sparkling golden crown with a black oval diamond encrusted into its center. Arielle looked up, and instantly stood straight to glare at Princess, who continued to irritatingly smirk at her, a gleam in her eyes, of? Self-confidence; Arielle never had liked Princess, it wasn't as much that she was evil as it was the two basketballs on her head, they reminded her of the fluffy red kitten that she had once seen Princess torture, she'd kicked it aside and it flew into the river that ran under the bridge that led out of Townsville, Arielle had been unable to contain her anger and sorrow when she'd searched and searched the water but was unable to find the poor cat, she'd attacked Princess, she'd been as savage as she could get, in fact, if it weren't for Anastasia and Alexis-who were rather surprised that their sweet, innocent sister could be so savage- Princess would've drowned in that very river, but instead Arielle was arrested for attacking an 'innocent' citizen, they'd then sent her to the Mayor, after all, they couldn't send one of their heroes to jail, not too long after that day the Acts of Cruelty Against Animals Law had been released, but it was too late, Princess had moved, which was why it had shocked Arielle to see her old rival in her school, in her classroom, but she'd managed not to hurt her, seeing as she'd grown up, but she would never forgive her for that day.
"Well, well, well" Princess said, her old squeaky and shrill voice was gone, but her new one was just as menacing.
"Looks like the Blue Puffball can't do much" Arielle glared at her, and then she smiled, challenging her.
"Aw, poor little Princess, she can't tell the difference between beating the shit out of you, and playing a game" Arielle replied. The girls in the gym staring at the both of them, Princess' jaw dropped, she hadn't expected sweet, innocent Arielle to actually do something, Arielle grinned.
"I'm not using my powers, but it doesn't mean I can't beat you" she provoked her, suddenly the teacher blew the whistle, the girls re-assembled in their positions, Arielle and Princess glaring at one another through the net, just as the whistle blew Princess whispered something with an evil smirk, something only Arielle would be able to hear with her supersonic hearing, Arielle's eyes went wide with rage and the ball flew up, her heart was pounding and her throat let out a cry that sounded like a snarl, the savage was back, and Princess was going to get her long awaited payback.
Arielle's team cheered as she scored another point, the ball slammed into the ground, echoing back through the Gym walls, her and Sky-the server, high-fived one another, they'd bounced back up at a rapid pace, and were now tied. Princess glared at Arielle's self-confident smirk, Arielle merely glared back, feeling absolutely nothing for the frizzy-haired freak, even Princess seemed to have jumped back at her cold glare, suddenly the backdoors of the Gym, which were in the left hand corner flung open, the boys from her class filed in along with their Coach, the girls glanced at one another, confused, and the boys stared back, Mrs. Allison speed-walked over to Mr. Willis, they argued for a moment and the boy's Coach turned around with a scowl on his face
"Alright, boys" he said, motioning for the boys to retreat through the backdoor, suddenly Princess shriek echoed through the Gym, bouncing off of its walls, Arielle held her hands to her ears, as did Aido, who had been with the boys, outside.
"How about they stay?" Princess asked with a smirk, Ms. Allison and Mr. Willis glanced at one another.
"After all, the bells going to ring soon, so why not let them watch, I mean we're just one point away from winning" the girls on the opposite team frowned, while Mr. Willis agreed to the idea, with a sigh Ms. Allison agreed, and before they knew it the girls were back in position. Arielle's eyes were raging with flames, she glared bullets through Princess' irritating face, all because of what she'd witnessed, two minutes ago the teacher had allowed them a short break, the students dashed here and there, getting ready, and as soon as Arielle returned from her water break she saw Princess talking to Aido, for whatever reason she was engulfed in rage, and when Princess batted her eyelashes at Aido, who just so happened to smile back at her, even though it was an utterly fake smile just to get her to leave him, Arielle didn't notice because her heart broke into a reverie of rage, and disappointment, but the rage prevailed and that's what caused that last point. The whistle blew and the server served the ball, both teams tossed it back and forth until it returned to Arielle, she whipped into the air and slammed it down, her shot was so ferocious that the white volleyball was engulfed in a blue light for a moment, aiming for Princess. The class gasped in unison while Ms. Allison tried to blow on her whistle, but she was so surprised that it came out in choked huffs, and the student stared at the thick fog of dust that had formed where Princess was standing, while Arielle sat, perched atop the volleyball net with her hands on the net and her left leg crossed over her right, she grinned. Ms. Allison quickly dashed towards the figure standing in the middle of the cloud of dust just as soon as it disappeared, Princess stood just ahead of a giant crater that had formed in the Gym floor, the volleyball had burst into pieces inside of the crater and Princess shook, merely frozen with absolutely no expression, only the constant shaking that her body displayed, suddenly she fell over, toppled onto her back, Ms. Wilson, along with the cheerleaders and the girls on Princess' team hurriedly rushed to her side, while the people on Arielle's team, along with the crowd of boys stared at her as she sat, perched atop the volleyball net, she giggled, "we won" she said in her usual sweet voice, the girls turned to stare at one another and suddenly they all began to cheer as they hugged one another, Arielle leaped off of the net and high-fived a few of her teammates, she caught a few of the cheerleaders give her a content smile.
"I guess Princess started torturing these guys after she left" Arielle thought
Suddenly the Coach approached her, giving her a stern look
"Arielle" she said, Arielle gulped, worried
"what you did was quite dangerous" she said, and Arielle lowered her head
"but it also earned you a spot on the volleyball team, what do you think? Would you like to join?"
She asked, extending her arm for Arielle to shake, Arielle's head suddenly snapped up, she gazed at her Coach's face, who was smirking, Arielle smiled back, she placed one hand on her hip
"I don't know about the volleyball team, but I would like the cheerleading squad" she replied
Ms. Wilson stared at her for a moment, her mouth in a tight line, but her smile returned and she fidgeted her extended arm
"Deal, you can try out on Thursday, after school" she said as Arielle shook her hand, suddenly Princess' voice echoed throughout the Gymnasium once again
"What?" She screamed, outraged, everyone turned towards her, the bell had rung and the students had filed out of the gym, except a small remainder that were helping clean up.
"No way! She shouldn't be allowed to join! I mean come on, she's a Powerpuff Girl for crying out loud" suddenly she smirked as the gleam of an idea shone in her brown eyes
"If she insists, then I'll let her, but she has to audition, now" Princess smirked while the girls turned towards her, her eyebrow shot up
"Well?" She smirked, challenging her; automatically Arielle smiled her sweetest smile
"Of course!" She exclaimed cheerfully, giggling at the fact that Princess was clenching her teeth with spite in her eyes.
Anastasia glared at the irritating senior boy that had grabbed her wrist, she whipped her hand out of his grasp and continued to walk on
"Hey! Little girl, don't you know you should apologize when bumping into someone?" He asked
A cocky grin on his face, quickly he walked up to her, blocking her path, it was then Anastasia looked up at him, glaring, she could hear the shuffling of his two friends' feet behind her,
"Come on, Rick! She's just a little girl, just ignore it" she could hear the smile in the other boy's voice
"Naa, as a senior it's a job to teach the little ones manners, and their place" Rick said jokingly
Anastasia continued to stare at him, but her expression was bored, ever since that night Alexis had informed them of the reasons she'd changed over the past few years, mixed with her sudden personality twist with Alphonse just before had made her so…different, she was confused about most of the feelings she'd felt, at some point she'd come to an understanding, to mix both her personalities into one because each was truly a part of her, she just wasn't too sure of how to do it. She stared at him, bored, utterly bored, she didn't feel like making him feel a bit secure by giving him a worried expression, nor did she feel like lecturing him about how he was the one in need of morals, and T.V. A newspaper, a magazine, something! How could he not know who she was, suddenly she imagined how him and his friends would react if he was suddenly flung into the brick wall just past the road, she giggled at the thought, and at that the senior boy stared at her, she looked up at him once again, her bored expression fading away at the thought, he smiled at her, which, for a moment surprised her
"Hey, now that I look at you, you're not that bad, what are you, like a year younger?" He said, grinning, Anastasia stared back at him
"No way!" She blurted out cheerfully in a smile as she stared at him; he jumped back for a second but instantly grew furious
"Why not?" He exclaimed, so surprised at the sudden rejection that he forgot why he'd blocked her path in the first place
"You think you're all that, b****? You-you whore" he staggered, then smiled at his choice of words, and at that Anastasia's bored/glaring expression returned, but there was a fierce flame in her eyes, but even before Anastasia was able to decide the best way to torture and attack him the senior was sent flying into the brick walls, just the way she'd imagined, she looked down at her fists, her anger calmed for a moment by confusion, she looked back at the senior and noticed that a familiar boy-her height, short, spiky fire hair and a black and red cap she knew all too well flipped to the back- she walked towards the two figures, but the moment she stepped onto the road she heard the screeching tires of a car and the shrieks of a horn, she turned to the side, her eyes wide with confusion and horror all at once, a car was racing at her, she was in the middle of the road, frozen, the red car spiralling towards her, and suddenly everything went black.
Alexis watched as the clock ticked, she smiled, only a few minutes to go, suddenly the teachers voice brought her back to reality, Mrs. Dona snapped her fingers in Alexis' face, who, startled, jumped back and blinked rapidly, the class let out a few smirks and giggles, Alexis stared at the teachers scowl. The teacher walked back to the board and continued with her lecture, suddenly Alexis caught a glimpse of something waving from the corner of her eye, she turned to reveal Ace, two seats behind in the row beside her, she furrowed her brows, and he simply smiled, gesturing towards the teachers table, after a few extra gestures and after revealing the screwdriver in his pocket, Alexis lips curved into an excited smile and she gave Ace a thumbs up, she turned towards the front of the class and gave Ace a readying glance.
"Mrs. Dona?" She called out, Mrs. Dona whipped her head around to face Alexis, who'd been placed in the front of the class after the first five minutes for 'disrupting the other students' learning'…and for chucking an eraser at her head, by accident of course! She'd tried to pass it back to Ace, but in no means was it off task! In fact, they'd just been passing back and forth because they needed to use it…and they'd done it every time she'd had her back turned because…they didn't want to distract her, unfortunately Mrs. Dona didn't buy it, and that's the story of how she was sent to the front of the class.
"Yes, Alexis?" She asked with her eyebrow shooting up
"I wanted some help on this question over here" she pointed randomly into the textbook, Mrs. Dona paused for a moment, but she stepped in front of Alexis' desk and bowed down as she adjusted her glasses to see the question, at that moment Alexis waved her hand back and forth beneath the side of her desk. Instantly Ace pounced onto the ground, he scurried over to Mrs. Dona's desk and worked his magic on her chair.
"This one?" Mrs. Dona asked, shooting a glance at Alexis, who stared back at her angelically
"No, no, that one" she pointed into the textbook at random once again. Mrs. Dona's eyebrow instantly shot up once again as she held the book to her face
"You mean the one that says '5x2=?' on the Review page?'
The class girls burst into giggles and the boys chuckled, each of them aware of the reason for the little performance Alexis was putting up, by the end of the day, her classmates already knew her ways, and they anticipated each prank, only this time, Ace had decided to help out, seeing as he'd seemed so bored all day long. Alexis let out a small cry.
"N-no! I mean the one beside it"
Mrs. Dona stared at the book once again, Alexis glanced to the side and mouthed the words:
"How much longer?"
"Just a little more!" Ace replied as he continued to work his magic on the chair rapidly
"Hmm… I see" Mrs. Dona began to explain the question to her, but Alexis' eye began to twitch after the first few mathematical words as she stared at her
"Understand?" Mrs. Dona asked, looking at Alexis sceptically, Alexis nodded in her confusion, but as soon as she caught a glimpse of Ace still by Mrs. Dona's desk
"Oh my gosh!" She suddenly exclaimed, grabbing Mrs. Dona's shirt, quickly she let go and sat back in her seat
"I love your shoes!" She glued a smile onto her face, Mrs. Dona looked down at her flats and smiled, slightly pink
"I don't believe that has anything to do with Math" Mrs. Dona said sternly, but Alexis could see her teacher's face slightly brighten at the compliment
"Where'd you get them?" Alexis continued to stall, watching as Ace crawled back to his desk, she let out a sigh of relief, luckily Mrs. Dona didn't notice, she lectured her about…something.
"Well, I shouldn't waste our precious class time any longer, please continue with your lecture-I mean teaching"
Mrs. Dona continued to teach after a moment; Alexis continued to stare at the clock "just a few more…" but then her eyes returned to Mrs. Dona, as well as the rest of the class as she trotted back towards her desk, instantly the chair collapsed just as her butt grazed it, her-and the disassembled parts of the chair- dropped to the floor and the class erupted in a burst of laughter, Alexis and Ace high-fived one another, just in time because the bell rang, but just as the two were about to step out of the room Mrs. Dona's shrill voice startled them as she grabbed onto each of their shoulders
"You two" she whispered gruffly
"Detention!"
Alexis and Ace's jaws dropped open
"But how did you- I mean" Alexis quickly corrected herself
"Why?"
"Don't you dare young lady! I saw that high-five, come to my room after school for detention! And don't even think about ditching, I'll hunt you down"
And with that, the two figures stepped out of their room and into their Homeroom with a big gulp, "I guess teachers aren't all that…wimpy" they thought, glancing at each other.
Every figure in the gym stared at Arielle with wide eyes and dropped jaws, the girl at the stereo fumbled with the play button as Arielle's routine came to an end, she smiled and the gymnasium was overtook by a rumbling round of applause, the cheerleaders instantly hugged and congratulated Arielle for joining the team, while Princess stood off at the side, with her mouth wide open and her eyes flaming, "Well then" the Coach suddenly interrupted, the girls turning to face her "Arielle, welcome to the Cheerleading Squad!" The girls smiled while Princess stared at her with resent, of course she'd seen it coming, after a performance like that, even without the use of her powers.
"And I have even better news" Coach continued
"Congratulations! You're the new Captain"
Princess stared in shock at both Arielle and Coach
"What?" She shrieked
"But I'm the Captain" she complained, Coach turned towards Princess, thinking
"Okay. Princess, you're our Co-Captain, how's that?" Coach smiled reassuringly, but Princess merely glared at her, she stomped out of the Gymnasium
"I'm gonna get you for this!" She screamed as she stepped out of the school building, the small remainder of students watching her.
Alexis and Ace trudged into the Detention room; it seemed they were the only two in the classroom, besides Mrs. Dona, who watched them, suddenly the speakers called for her, she gave them a stern look and stepped out of the room just after warning them. Ace watched her until she could no longer be seen in the halls, he'd seated himself in the back right corner of the class and Alexis was seated in the left corner, he jumped out of his seat and strolled towards the door
"You're leaving already?" Alexis asked with a smirk, Ace chuckled
"No duh, bye" he waved her a small good-bye and stepped out of the classroom, Alexis waited a few seconds, but as soon as she confirmed he wouldn't be returning she hopped onto her desk. In a matter of seconds she'd pulled out her iPod from her backpack, and was hopping onto one desk to another as she danced, her forest green streak dancing in joy along with her.
"Oh, sh**" Ace thought "I left my backpack in the classroom" he quickly dashed back just in case Mrs. Dona returned, he peeked through the doorway to check if the Math teacher was there, she wasn't, but Alexis was. He covered his mouth as he watched the raven haired girl with her bright green streak dance and hop from one table to another as she listened through the black and green headphones placed on her head, he watched her contently, unaware of the tight warmth in his chest, but suddenly he froze as he watched Alexis slip from one of the desks as it rocked from side to side, throwing her off.
Alexis let out a small yelp just as soon as she lost her footing on the beige desk, it had surprised her; she closed her eyes, awaiting impact as she realized her body was too startled and confused to function properly. She closed her eyes, dreading the impact, but her breathing stopped and her chest tightened as a pair of arms engulfed her, her eyes instantly shot open to reveal Ace, his spiky jet-black hair slightly ruffled, his shaded forest green eyes -a few shades darker than hers- were wide and worried, the strong arms that held her were gentle and he was warm. Alexis blushed, they stared at one another, gazing into each other's eyes, Alexis' lips parted, to say something, anything, but her mind was so jumbled and her tongue felt heavy
"M-my bag" he stuttered, in reply to her confused expression, suddenly a loud yell boomed in the classroom, causing Alexis to jam her hands against her ears and Ace-seeing as his hands were preoccupied- to turn around. Mrs. Dona stood at the foot of the door, staring at both students with shocked eyes; she tried to regain her composure, but failed
"Y-you two" she gulped and took a deep breath
"Sit down!" She exclaimed as her voice boomed once again, quickly Ace seated himself in the desk closest to him, obviously forgetting that Alexis was still in his arms. Both were seated at one desk, Alexis on his lap as they stared at the teacher with worried eyes, suddenly their heads snapped to the side
"Aaahhhh!" They screamed, Alexis lunged off of Ace's lap and quickly leaped into the seat straight ahead of her, she placed her tangled hands in a fist onto the desk, staring at the teacher with a sheepish expression and a flushed face, both Alexis and Ace glanced at each other, and quickly averted their gaze. None of them noticed the contently amused smile hidden in the curves of the teachers lips, she walked over to the desk and sat down on her…new chair, her fingers intertwined and her true expression hidden behind them, she pretended to glare at them as she watched the two adorably blushing figures.
"Well then" she said, Alexis and Ace instantly snapped their heads in her direction
"Welcome to Detention"
"Anastasia, Anastasia" she heard the voice from far away through the darkness as it trembled, the voice was strong, worried…familiar. Anastasia's Sakura eyes gradually fluttered open as she grumbled to reveal two, wide, blood-red eyes peeking back at her, he smiled. Anastasia quickly sat up, a sudden pain ran through her muscles and shook her head, her hand flew to her silky fiery hair, she blinked, and stared at Alphonse. They were sitting on a bench, Anastasia tried to recall why, suddenly it hit her in flashes, the senior, the horn, skidding tires, a car, and frozen body about to be ran over by a car, it couldn't have killed her, but sometimes the girls tended to forget they were supernatural.
"W-w-what…?" Anastasia's voice trailed off, her words jumbled and her head pounding at the speed of her beating heart, they actually seemed to quiver along with one another, she turned back to face Alphonse-she'd been scoping the area, they were in a location not too far from the school- and froze, he was smiling, actually smiling, again! It was one of those moments in life where the world suddenly freezes, the only sound the beating of your heart, and she heard it, it thudded as the world shivered with each beat, staring at Alphonse's dazzling and sincere smile.
"I saved you from getting hit by a car" he said, Anastasia suddenly snapped back to reality, but she couldn't stop staring at him, she nodded her head slowly, dumbfounded.
"And I guess you went unconscious, so I carried you here and put you and the bench and tried to wake you up" he continued casually, for some reason the situation made Anastasia blush, her hand slowly grazed her cheek, wondering why she was behaving this way. Alphonse gazed at her, and quickly turned away when she looked up with her large Sakura iris' his bangs shaded his eyes, he stared out a the ocean just beyond the fenced border of the sidewalk, he was blushing at how her shining Sakura eyes stared at him, but he couldn't help but stare at her adorable gesture when she touched her flushed cheeks with wide, surprised eyes.
"Wait a minute" she suddenly whispered in her melodic and smooth voice, Alphonse turned slightly to face her from the corner of his eye, Anastasia stared back at him, but he could tell she was detached, slightly lost in thought.
"Why were you there?" She asked, Alphonse smirked
"I was gonna get my motorcycle when I saw you, then I saw you bump into these three guys, and one of them followed you, so I thought I'd…I wasn't worried or anything, I just wanted to see if something interesting would happen…" he turned back to face the ocean with intense, glaring eyes
"And then that guy called you a whore, and I could feel the anger shoot through me, and I just…lost all thought" he sighed, shaking his head slightly with his eyes closed, then he turned back around to face Anastasia, and suddenly recalled something as he gazed at her, her eyes hidden by her bangs, but before he could speak she whispered.
"You heard the entire conversation, didn't you?" She asked, still staring at the wooden bench with her eyes hidden, it saddened him to see her expression
"You were acting…different" he said, shooting her a glance as he spoke, she stayed motionless
"Kind of like the other day…but…different" he finished with a sigh, unable to find the words
"Yeah…" Anastasia said with a weak attempt at a laugh, Alphonse continued to stare at her, concerned
"Are…you okay?" He asked, suddenly Anastasia froze completely, even her breathing had stopped, Alphonse's eyes widened as he witnessed a single teardrop slide down her cheek behind her hidden eyes, still staring at the wooden bench-no, past it, she was looking at something else, in thought.
"A-are you okay?" Alphonse repeated worriedly, Anastasia's hand rose to her tear streaked cheek, she looked up, her eyes widening as she stared at him whilst touching the teardrop
"No" she whispered
"Am I going crazy? I just don't know how to act anymore!" She shouted, more tears trickling down from her Cherry Blossom eyes
"I-I'd act all responsible because-because being the leader…I liked it, but I just can't stop the stupid childish side of me anymore, I just don't know how to act anymore!" She tried to rub her eyes with the back of her hands as she whimpered, suddenly she felt an arm gently grip her shoulder, she froze for a moment as she found herself being pulled, her hair swaying as she found her face buried into something, she looked up and saw Alphonse gazing down at her with some emotion behind his eyes that she couldn't exactly place…relief? She lay frozen in his chest as the beat of her heart began to speed, her face flushed.
"You're not supposed to act a certain way" he suddenly said, she quickly looked up at him, surprised, he continued to stare out at the ocean
"Act the way you think you should, even if its random, even if it doesn't fit your image, even if others might see it as strange, or wrong, because the way you act and the things you do are you" He closed his eyes and looked back down at her, his sympathetic eyes replacing the ones before that seemed to scowl. Anastasia blushed even brighter and quickly sat up on her knees, staring at him with her bright red face, she looked around sheepishly and gradually sat down up right on the bench, facing the ocean as well, then, she placed her head on his shoulder, she glanced at him.
"Shut up, I'm acting the way I think I should" she said with a sheepish smile and her bright red face, but suddenly she turned to glare straight at him
"Don't take this the wrong way though! I just need comfort and you're the best thing I have right now!" She placed her head back onto his shoulder as he chuckled and gazed at her with a warm smile and amused eyes
"Did you know there was once a little boy, who liked to cook" they glanced at each other and quickly turned away
"Well, this little boy had two brothers, and they didn't know about this one boy's…hobby, the little boy didn't want his brothers to know so that little boy continued to cook in secret, do you know why?" He chuckled as Anastasia began to open her mouth to reply, but he interrupted her
"He didn't want them to know because he was kind of the leader, of this group" he caught the glance
Anastasia shot at him as her lips curved into a smile
"Anyways" he said quickly
"He didn't want to ruin his, cool, tough-guy, smart, awesome, the list goes on and on" he smirked
"So he didn't tell them, but one day, those three boys had to move-oh and they lived on their own, so they didn't have anyone to cook for them, seeing as how him and his brothers were starving and didn't have enough money for food, the boy decided to finally tell his brothers about his…hobby, the little boy had expected his brothers to make fun of him, but all they did was look pretty surprised and laugh a little, but they accepted it right away and do you know what they said?" He answered his own question.
"What's for dinner, bro?" Alphonse chuckled, lost in thought, suddenly he came back to reality as he turned back to gaze into Anastasia's eyes
"And…well-um, that's the story, of how one little boy showed the world-or at least his world, his two brothers, that he was more than he appeared to be, cool, smart, awesome-" he suddenly stopped when Anastasia's arms fastened around his neck, he was shocked at the sudden embrace, Anastasia herself was slightly surprised, but she couldn't hold back the sheepish smile crawl up her face along with her slightly flushed cheeks. The faced one another, gazing into each other's' eyes, suddenly he smirked.
"What was that for?" He asked with a smirk
"For acting so sweet, and because I felt like it" she giggled, suddenly her cell phone vibrated, she let go of him and her face grew bright red as Alexis' voice boomed through the speakers
"Naz where are you?" She asked, sincere worry in her voice
"Oh, sorry, I just…uh…I'll be right there, wait for me at the school's front gates, bye!" Anastasia snapped her Cherry Blossom designed Motorola shut, the two, miniature snowflakes that dangled from a thread that was somehow attached to the cellphone jingled as they bumped into one another. Instantly Anastasia hopped off of the wooden bench and smiled, Alphonse stared at her.
"Oh" Anastasia said, suddenly turning to face Alphonse
"You left out surprisingly kind, and sweet, and, could you ask that boy to teach Anastasia how to cook? I really do need skills in that department" she giggled, then launched into the sky, her light pink streak following her, Alphonse smirked as he stepped off of the bench, his hands in his pockets as he strolled over to his bike, he bumped into the senior he'd punched along the way, he glared at him.
"You'd better do all you can to make sure you make her happy" he smirked
"Or else"
The senior quickly nodded and scurried away, Alphonse glared at him until he was out of sight, suddenly his eyes went wide as he recalled her brilliant smiling face, he smiled to himself, unsure of why, but they were friends right? So what's wrong with watching out for her?
