Me: Hello, and welcome to the 3rd installment of this story!

Ellia: We have a new bitch, Aya from Kelisinda's The End of Forever! Although she won't be appearing in this chapter.

Me: Okay, enjoy!

Claimer and Disclaimer: We don't own Gx nor some of the Ocs in here, especially Aya. Thank you.

Chapter 3: The Gang

Alexis was walking to who knows what when Ellia found her and began chasing after her. Alexis mistook Ellia for a perverted Obelisk, so she ran.

"Hey," said Ellia, meeting up with Alexis, "Amanda apologized."

"Great! You found the correct room then?" asked Alexis. Ellia had a flashback of when she knocked on the wrong door and a big, scary girl shouted at her to leave.

"Errr, kind of," answered Ellia.

"Kind of?" asked Alexis, clearly puzzled.

"Ya, well, there was another Amanda."

"Oh, how did that go?"

"Errr, well," Ellia was interrupted by a loud banging sound coming from the front door. Sam and Amanda came out of their rooms to find out what made the noise. Sam and Amanda looked at each other, quickly said sorry, and hastily walked over to Alexis and Ellia. Taryn came over to them, shaking her head as if to say, "That's probably somebody I know knocking." Laura came up a second later, looking a bit annoyed at the noise.

"Hey! Open the door Alexis! It's Jaden!" called a loud, lively voice. Alexis walked over to the door and opened it.

"Hey Jaden!" greeted Alexis, "Meet the newest members of the group, Ellia, Sam, and Amanda."

"What? What group?" asked Amanda.

"Hi, nice to meet you, I'm Jaden Yuki!" said Jaden. Jaden had brown hair and brown eyes. Ellia also noticed that his head seemed to be larger than most. He was also wearing a Slifer red jacket. He looked a bit like his sister, who was smiling.

"What's up? You know guys aren't allowed on the girl's campus," Alexis asked, acting cool but Ellia felt as if she was secretly happy Jaden was there. (a/n: Ellia is a fan of Royalshipping, but I'm a fan of Financeshipping, so I had to compromise and edit any 'annoyed Alexis at Jaden' or 'Alexis hates Jaden' parts.)

"We're having a welcome party inside the Slifer Dorm. Professor Banner is supervising so it's okay!" explained Jaden, "You can all come. Oh, and if you don't mind, could you get Zane for me? Great! Thanks. See ya there!" At this Jaden left the doorway, leaving everyone in silence.

"Well, do you guys feel like going?" asking Alexis, finally breaking the silence.

"Yeah, I know I'm going, since I don't want to be rude, and also for the sake of my brother." Taryn said.

"Ooooo, I love parties!" said Sam in awe.

"As long as I don't have to do much talking," said Amanda.

"What about you Ellia?" asked Alexis.

"I know I'd like a party where there's no formality involved!" Laura squealed.

"Sure," said Ellia, "Who is Zane though?"

"Who is Zane? Zane Truesdale is the best student in our entire school!" said Alexis, leading the way out of the Dorm. Everyone followed her.

"Yeah, and he's pratically my surrogate brother." Taryn said.

"This is so exciting! I'm meeting tons of people! This is so going to up my social class!" said Sam happily. Amanda rolled her eyes. Ellia couldn't believe how many friends she made in one night here at Duel Academy.

"Ok, we're here. Now be quiet," said Alexis, knocking on a door, "Hey Zane, it's Alexis!" The door opened and Zane was standing in the doorway.

He had navy blue hair and matching eyes. Ellia thought Zane was kind of hot. Wait, Ellia wasn't the kind of person who 'thinks someone's hot'! But Ellia couldn't help but feel an attraction to Zane Truesdale.

"Uh, Lex, not to be rude, but it's a little late to be coming for a visit. And who are they?" asked Zane suspiciously, looking at the new girls.

"Oh, I'm sorry Zane, this is Amanda, Ellia, and Sam. They're new here. Of course, you've met Laura. Jaden is having a party and he wanted us to invite you," explained Alexis.

"Hi Zane!" Taryn grinned at him. Zane smiled weakly back. Taryn could tell he was a bit irritated for some reason.

"Oh, nice to meet you. Welcome to Duel Academy. I'll be at the party in about twenty minutes," said Zane, closing the door. Before he closed the door, Ellia could have sworn that Zane smiled at her. Ellia blushed whether he actually smiled or not.

"What was up with that? He didn't even speak to me! Whatever," said Sam, storming off. Amanda rolled her eyes again.

They all continued walking to the Slifer Red Dorm in silence, only broken by the occasional sound of shoes crushing sticks or dead leaves. Ellia couldn't get Zane out of her head. Zane, Zane, Zane. All she could think about was Zane!

"I wonder what's up with Zane?" Laura whispered to Taryn, but Taryn shrugged and their whispers died off.

"We're here!" shouted Alexis, smiling. Ellia wasn't exactly sure where 'Here' was.

"What? Here? But there's nothing here but an old house!" exclaimed Sam.

"It's the Slifer Dorm," explained Alexis, "Slifers are the lowest class so they don't get the biggest rooms or the fanciest food."

"However, you don't have to be all formal, and this place has the homiest atmosphere there is. I'm a cook here, aside from Professor Banner." Taryn added.

"Yeah, I like chilling here a lot." Laura chimed in.

"You're kidding!" cried Sam. "You call this place homy and nice?! This place is a disaster!"

Taryn and Laura then walked away.

"Oh boo hoo. What a nightmare," said Amanda sarcastically. Alexis went up to one of the doors and knocked.

"Come on in!" shouted a voice that was unmistakably Jaden Yuki's. They all entered the Dorm to find that there were several people that came before them.

"This is Syrus. He is Zane's younger brother," said Jaden. Syrus had light blue hair and light grey eyes.

"Hi, Sy!" Taryn waved. Syrus grinned.

"Hey, Taryn!"

"Hi, Jay!" Taryn then tackle-hugged Jaden. Laura was talking excitedly to Syrus.

"Tackle hugging runs in the family," Jaden explained to Ellia, Sam, and Amanda.

"Awww! You're soooo small! Like a doll! I love dolls!" cried Sam, hugging Syrus, "And you're Zane's younger brother? You act so different!" And look different too. Ellia wasn't sure she liked it. But who was she to misjudge others because of her own emotions. She smiled weakly.

"Choking…ribcage…can't…breathe," said Syrus, trying to break away with the little amount of strength he possessed. Everyone started laughing, even Amanda. Ellia could also see that Chazz Princeton was also there. Other than Syrus, nobody new showed up yet.

"Where's Bastion?" asked Alexis.

"Oh, he's taking this month off for some foreign vacation thing," answered Jaden.

"Jay, it's the National Wildlife Brainiac and Dinoman Awards Trip!" cried Syrus in his high-pitched voice. Just then there was a knock on the door and Zane entered.

"This is everyone!" said Jaden. So this was Ellia's new gang. She might just like it after all. Despite the differences that everyone shared.

Me: Sorry this is so short, but Ellia's chapters are really short.

Ellia: I'll pretend I didn't hear that. Anyway, read and review!