It was the day that the principal was going to announce the groups that were going to participate in the tournament. We all were waiting for the announcements to go off. When the announcements did go off, we were told that the sheets that told us the groups were on one of the bulletin boards in the cafeteria.
Luckily, because Ms. Johnson was one of the teachers that helped out with the tournament, and she was also the one that put the paper on the bulletin board, she had an email about who the 'chosen' people were from each class.
She pulled up the email and said " The first person on our team is…" She smiled when a drum roll started. She waited for it to finish before saying "Alyssa McMann"
I nodded as the class looked at me before going back to my book. Some of the class saw this and rolled their eyes.
"Next up is…" knowing that the class was going to do a drum roll she paused. When the drum roll ended she continued "Leah Steele"
At that, the majority of the class erupted in cheers, Leah Steele was pretty popular. She was pretty far from being famous but the majority of the school and all of the 3rd Grade knew who she was. I looked up from my book at that, and just in time to see Leah stand up and bow to the class. She looked at me with determination in eyes before sitting back down.
Everyone looked at Ms. Johnson for the next name. And this time, I payed attention. "Slot number 3 goes to…" The class drum rolled. "Taylor Walden"
The class clapped politely as the girl in front of me stood up and looked around. She stood until the clapping stopped, and when she did sit down, there was still a few people that were clapping.
"Last but not least, the 4th and person to participate in the tournament is…" The class tapped on their desks for the last time. "Kaylee Maple." The whole class stared Kaylee who looked around nervously. She stood up and tilted her head before sitting back down. After a second, the whole class clapped. No one wants to be rude.
Kaylee smiled at that.
"I hope you get to know each other better or this tournament will go to another class." Ms. Johnson told us.
Later that day, Ms. Johnson gave us time to get to know each other. She let us all go in the hall to chat while everyone else was playing Type Wars (A/N: Type Wars is like rock-paper-scissors except with water, fire, and grass).
We all looked around at each other nervously. How were we supposed to start out?
Taylor was the first to say anything. "Well, you know my name, so I'll just say that I like fire types and I'll probably specialize in them when I go on a journey."
"Well," Leah continued, signaling her turn. "Nothing like that about me, other than the fact that my parents are divorced and my older brother lived with my father until he went on his journey 2 years ago.
We gave her a sympathetic glance before I told them. "Well, I love reading and I never go anywhere without a book, I don't know much about my family and don't remember anything before my 6th birthday, not even my favorite color or anything like that, I was pretty much brainwashed."
Finally, it was Kaylee's turn. "I'm an only child and I believe in magic. My lifelong goal, or dream as some people call it, is to meet Jirachi and for it to grant my wish, which I can't tell you or it definitely won't come true."
We all smiled as we looked at each other as we went back into the classroom. This is what I call the start of true friendship.
