Chapter 3
So I got my seating audition piece for orchestra, it's Canon in D for stings. That means the same eight notes over and over for the whole song, yay me. I convinced my friend to do the swim team and join the yearbook all in one day, but she's making me go to the newspaper tomorrow. My poor beloved cello needs to be sent in for repairs because it's breaking :'( sob. But at least I'll have a loaner at school in the meantime. Oh and this kid Noah's cello broke out of nowhere today, my of my friends walked up to him and said hey then the thing snapped and the neck is completely detached from the body.
In other words, it was a good day. I don't own the Httyd Franchise and please review.
Hannah's life had spiraled from awkward to miserable in a matter of hours. After the Philharmonic concert, she found out that, Darla was transferring to her school and that she would live with them for the rest of the year. Darla was popular even if it doesn't have to do with the Australian accent. Hannah and Darla were two of forty kids around the globe to attend that summer camp. Darla had been the center of attention and Hannah would hang around the edge of the crowd. Although Darla was in the Music Department, she was extremely popular, creating an aura that gingers that play the violin were the best of any music student. The only upper hand on Darla that Hannah had was being fluent with each instrument.
It was currently Friday morning, which meant that there was a football game that evening. It also meant that Hannah would be assigned a lab partner in Chemistry. She already knew whom she was going to pair up with; she was going to work with Faith in that class.
What she didn't know though, was that the teacher had already chosen the students lab partners by alphabetical order.
Hannah walked into Chemistry and sat in her usual seat. Mrs. Thibeault started the day's lesson and then proceeded to name off the lab partners. Mrs. Thibeault made the groups by taking the names that appeared first on the list and pairing them with the ones last on the list. Hannah inwardly groaned when Faith was paired with someone else. The only other person left without a partner was Alex. When the teacher called out their names and directed them to a lab station, sexual whistling was mockingly heard from his friends.
Hannah rolled her eyes and sat at one of the two stools at lab bench twelve. Mrs. Thibeault began to hand out papers. When Hannah received hers, she groaned again, it was a "get to know your partner" assignment. Unconsciously, she shrank into her favorite green sweater, tucking her hands up the sleeves and wrapping an arm around her body as her other hand went to support her cheek.
"Well, are we going to do this paper or not?" Alex asked, snapping Hannah out of her thoughts.
"Oh, yeah, sure," Hannah replied, grabbing a pencil from her bag.
"When's your birthday?" Alex asked, his eyes not leaving the sheet in front of him.
"February twenty ninth, nineteen ninety eight," Hannah replied, refusing the urge to throw in a sarcastic comment. "You?"
"October fifth, nineteen ninety seven. Wanna just switch papers instead?" Alex asked, after looking around and seeing that everyone else was swapping papers.
"Sure," Hannah agreed, handing over her sheet.
By the time class ended, Hannah finished Alex's paper and vice versa. They parted ways, Hannah heading to meet the film club who arranged to be in the auditorium.
The group greeted her as she entered the auditorium and ushered her to the front row. They had a PowerPoint set up and everything on the overhead.
"So, the topic of this year's film festival has to be centered on someone in the school," the leader, Justin, a senior, began.
"And we decided to center our film on you!" A girl, Jamie, a junior, squeaked excitedly.
"Me? But I'm not interesting, all I do is play music," Hannah explained, looking at the group wide eyed.
"Oh, we know, but they never said that you had to be the topic of the film, just that you had to be centered on it. So we took the liberty of looking in your file, and we've found our subject of this year's film festival. Instead of going live action, we're going animated with this new technology we got this year," Justin continued, clicking a button on the laptop that was hooked up to the overhead. A lanky boy in a fur vest popped up and resembled Hannah.
"What's that?" Hannah asked, pointing to the figure on the screen.
"That, is you as a Viking, we found out that you have a Scandinavian background, so we're doing something Norse," Jamie grinned ear to ear, leaning close to Hannah.
"Now, the film will be titled How to Train Your Dragon, and you, the village outcast, does something unimaginable, you befriend the most badass dragon known to the Viking world, the Night Fury," Justin explained animatedly.
"Now, all you have to do is compose the full score," Jamie shrugged.
"But I…" Hannah began, before another member interrupted.
"And the best is that we're doing something no other film club has ever done before, use a live orchestra!" Another girl, Tessa shrieked in excitement.
"But where are you going to get a full concert orchestra from?" Hannah asked, confused.
"Well, we thought about using the school's band, chorus, and orchestra, but decided against it to make our film idea a surprise from all except you until the reveal," another senior, Nick explained, looking up from a note pad.
"So, we've asked the local Philharmonic to help out with this, and they agreed," Tessa finished, looking at the gathered group approvingly.
"Just one question, when do I have to have the score done?" Hannah asked, her eyes shifting to each member.
"Well, about that, the film festival is in May, and the Philharmonic requested the music two months in advance to practice, so by the latest, March fifteenth. But on the bright side, you get to conduct the orchestra," Justin offered, a hopeful smile on his face.
"Alright, I can do this, of course I'll have to postpone all my online classes, but this is workable," Hannah spoke aloud to herself; the film club's antics grew when they heard her answer. "Do you have the animation finished, or at least a rough copy that I could go over?" Hannah directed to the group this time.
"We have some beginning scenes finished, but we have all of the storyboard done, we'll email it to you right now," Jamie answered, attaching the file to an email as she spoke.
"Great, I can get started on this when I get home," Hannah smiled, standing.
"Oh, and don't forget that you can't tell anyone, this is our big début to show the world what we're made of," Tessa reminded Hannah, as the latter walked up the aisle of the auditorium.
Yeah so now the film club has divulged their plan to Hannah. I like the way I am presenting this. I based the film club members after upperclassmen I know. Please let me know what you think either by reviewing or pm-ing me :)