The older man walked into an office room, leading both Ali and the young boy to where another man sat behind a desk.

"We have two attempted escapees, sir," the man who dragged them there claimed.

"You are dismissed, Mr. Lawson," the man behind the desk said. After the door slammed shut, he examine Ali closely. "You aren't a student. Why are you here?"

"I was lost, and I needed shelter," Ali said, scared. "Please don't hurt me."
"I won't hurt you," the man said. "I am Principal Howler, and you may stay here for now at Darkley's. As for you, Lloyd Montgomery Garmadon, I expected better of you. I was going to lock you up as punishment, but instead, you can mentor this newbie. This is a warning, and if you do it again, there will be consequences. Understand."

"Yes sir," Lloyd said, nodding frantically.

They turned and walked out. Once back in the halls, Ali turned to the blonde boy beside he.

"So, you are Lloyd," Ali said.

"Yeah, future dark lord and ruler of this world," Lloyd tried to act evil. Ali chuckled.

"Sure, and I'm guessing you're father is Lord Garmadon," Ali laughed again.

"He is!' Lloyd shouted. "He is my father!"

Ali's eyes widened. Crap, this boy was bad news. She looked into his eyes and saw something else though. Not darkness, but light. It was strange.

"Um….Hello?" Lloyd said, waving a hand in Ali's face.

"Sorry," Ali snapped back into reality. "I was just thinking."

They walked down the hall and into a bedroom. It had two bunkbeds with a dresser at the end of each, a nightstand with a lamp on it and a closet.

"There are some other girls in here, you can stay with them tonight," Lloyd said. "They'll help you aettle in after dinner. And go over the rules of course."

Ali set her bag on the floor, and walked back over to Lloyd. He lead her deeper into the school, and there were many boys and girls everywhere. Some murmured with each other while other ran through the halls.

"It's chaos here," Ali whispered to Lloyd.

"This is normal during lunch," Lloyd replied. "The older kids watch the younger ones, make sure they don't step out of place. Meanwhile the younger kids, like us, normally run around causing messes and getting the older kids in trouble. It's actually quite fun."

Ali watched as a kid a slight bit taller than her painting the walls. An older boy was being yelled at down the hall, and he seemed upset.

Ali frowned. "It doesn't seem like fun to the older kids."

"Don't talk like that," Lloyd whispered. "They'll come for you."

"Who?" Ali asked as they started to walk again.

They stopped and peeked around a corner.

"Them," Lloyd whispered. "Gene and his gang, the only one we can trust is the boy with the Navy blue hair. That's Brad and he and I are secret friends. But Gene doesn't know."

"What if he did?" Ali asked.

"Don't know," Lloyd replied as the gang walked off down another hall. "All I know is that it would be bad."

Lloyd walked off, and Ali ran after him. They walked down the hallway, watching kids running around causing a mess. Then a bell rang and everyone sprint into a classroom.

"What's going on?" Ali asked.

"Class is starting," Lloyd said. "Your 8, right."

"Yeah," Ali replied, confused.

"You'll be in my classroom," Lloyd said. "Gene isn't in there so you should be fine."

Ali nodded, following him into a room. Kids sat in desks, folding paper airplanes and sticking gum on the desks.

"Lloyd!" someone cried.

Lloyd ducked, dodging a spit ball. He than dragged Ali over to a desk beside the Navy blue haired kid.

"Hey Brad," Lloyd smiled.

"Nice dodge bro," Brad fist bumped Lloyd.

"Thanks," Lloyd replied. "Oh, this is Ali. Principal Howler put me in charge of her. It's really boring."

Ali rolled her eyes and sat down.

"She doesn't belong here," Brad whispered to Lloyd. "I can tell right now that Gene will go for her."

Ali gulped and looked up at them.

"Don't worry," Lloyd said. "Gene goes for lots of people, we can't say for sure he will."

Ali nodded, keeping quiet. She watched as a teacher walked in and everyone scrambled to their seats.

"OK class, today we are learning about past villains," he said.

The he sat in his chair, and a farting noise sounded. Everyone burst out in laughter. All except for Ali. She looked around confused.

"No one is leaving until someone comes clean about this!" the teacher shouted.

Everyone went silent, not a peep. Ali looked around, and saw a girl with red hair and freckles, wearing a huge grin on her face. The teacher walked the rows, looking at each kid. He saw Ali's gaze, and followed it.

"Lexi, was this you're doing," he stormed over to her.

"No sir," Lexi replied, still smirking.

"Lying and pulling a prank," the teacher frowned. "Detention for a week."

She moaned, the looked back at Ali, glaring. She knew it was Ali who caused her to get caught. The class started and finished after two hours for history and Math. After class, Ali sat at her desk, organizing her notes. The teacher walked over to her, looking confused.

"Who are you?" he asked.

"Why do you want to know?" Ali asked.

"You aren't a bad kid, and I can tell," he crossed his arms.

Ali looked to see if the door was closed.

"Do you wish to speak in private?" he asked.

Ali nodded, getting up. He lead her out of the classroom and down the hall. He grabbed her arm and pulled her along. Everyone had stopped to stare as she walked with the teacher. They must think she was in trouble. They walked into another room, almost like a dungeon.

"You're not locking me up, are you?" Ali asked.

"No, I just needed to talk to you," he replied. "No one can hear us. So, what is your name?"

"Ali," she said. "My name is Ali Greyson."
"You mean the missing princess," he replied. "Your highness."

The teacher kneeled with honor, and Ali looked confused.

"What are you doing?" Ali asked.

"You're the princess, are you not?" he replied.

"I am, but no one is to know," Ali whispered.

"Why?"

"If the word goes around, the bandits who have my sister will come for me," Ali said, tears streaming

gently down her cheeks. "I want her back, but not in that way."

"Nothing bad will happen to you, you're under my protection here," the teacher said. "But first, let's see

if we can change your attire, you don't look enough like a bad girl."

So that's two chapters up for this story. I hope you enjoy