Okay I promised you guys longer chapters and heres a longer chapter ^-^ I apologize for this kinda boring and lack of action chapter. But it was one of those filler chapters that are needed to have things make sense. I promise the boys will appear and have lots of action next chapter. I tried to update this chapter before school started for me and I'm happy I succeeded.
Leaf ^-^
(Dawn's POV)
Hey I heard you were a wild one, Ooohh~ Dawn grumbled as her radio alarm clock went off. 'Stupid alarm clock, too early, stupid morning, stupid school-SCHOOL!' Dawn immediately sat upright. She almost forgot-today would be their first day at LaRousse High! She ran to the closet and grabbed her uniform while flinging Leaf's at her face (who was still sleeping). "Wake up sleepyhead," Dawn giggled, "we have school today." Then Dawn rushed into the bathroom. Boy, was she happy there were two bathrooms upstairs. That meant no May or Misty yelling at her to hurry up :). Dawn quickly changed into her uniform and brushed her teeth while humming a quick tune in her head. But when she looked in the mirror….. "MY HAIR," she lamented. It was a complete mess, sticking out at different angles and frizzy in the back. Dawn immediately went into hyperactive mode and started patting water into her hair while brushing it until it was completely flat and shining. She smiled and added in her finishing touch, dark blue hair clips to match the uniform. Then she slipped the power controlling charm bracelet on. Her legs immediately felt heavy, and she felt extremely light headed, but it passed away after a few seconds. Dawn skipped downstairs, and, not surprisingly, found Misty already sitting at the table drinking orange juice. Out of the four sisters, Misty was the only morning person.
"Dawn," Solidad chirped, "sit. The muffins are almost ready." Right when the muffin maker rang, Leaf and May came trudging downstairs and sat down drowsily in their chairs. Solidad brought the platter of muffins to the table, the enticing scent immediately making May perk up. Everybody at the table sweat dropped as May grabbed over half of the muffins and began wolfing them down like there was no tomorrow. Dawn grabbed a muffin and savored in the sweet blueberry taste. She ate another two before gulping down her orange juice. Then she sprang up and grabbed her backpack, hoisting it onto her shoulders. "Come on, guys, let's go!"
"Geez," May grumbled, "if you didn't have that charm bracelet on, people would think an earthquake was happening." Misty rose from her chair and snagged her book bag. She ran out of the door, screaming, "LAST ONE THERE HAS TO DO THE DISHES TONIGHT!" After hearing this, both May and Leaf grabbed their backpacks and sprinted out the door leaving Dawn behind in a dust cloud.
"Wait, wha- HEY!" Dawn shouted before following suit. By the time Dawn had arrived at the entrance of their neighborhood, May, Leaf, and Misty were already standing there
"Dawn, you're doing the dishes tonight," Leaf laughed. Dawn pouted and growled, "That was so unfair." Before Dawn and Leaf went out into an all out argument, Misty dragged all of them onto the moving sidewalks. Their neighborhood was in the middle of all the transits, so they had hundreds of the conveyor belt-like roads around them. Dawn marveled at the city as it swept past her. The buildings here were magnificent; they were usually made of glass, and some even had solar panels attached, though most of the city was powered by the windmills. Tons of people were walking around chatting and laughing, but there were no sounds of any automobiles. Dawn followed Misty, first taking a right, then a left, then going straight ahead until they reached LaRousse High.
"Woah," Dawn gasped. Their new high school was one of the major buildings in LaRousse City that showed off its major advancement in technology and building. It was a big white domed thing. The top of was made completely of glass with solar panels on the roof. The outside walls were made of
A crowd of students were already streaming into the building.
"Come on, girls," May called as she rushed towards the school. "We need to go to the principal's office first."
Dawn slowly spun around in place, gazing around at school. The enormous dome was made completely out of glass, so you had a perfect view of the azure sky. There were two glass hallways on the left and right of dome though at slight forty-five degree angles. There was also another glass hallway straight ahead of her. In each glass hallway, the floor was made of moving sidewalks with a total of four lanes. Two lanes going away from the dome and two lanes coming to the dome. One of each lane was regular speed while the second one was faster. In the walls of the dome were various doors spread apart on it.
"Over there," Leaf pointed to a door with a sign hanging over it. "Principal's office." The four girls bounded over just, managing to make it to the door before the next wave of students came and nearly trampled them. Dawn gently pushed opened the room to find a spacious room with lots of chairs located near the front. In the left corner, there were filing cabinets that rose toward the ceiling. In the center of the room, was a large desk with a computer on it and four chairs in front it. Behind the desk sat a middle aged woman with dark brown curls that framed her face. She was currently shuffling through through a stack of paper. When she finally looked up she said, "Oh, hello there! Are you guys new students? Well, welcome to LaRousse High. Come in and sit down," she greeted, gesturing to the seats in front of her. When the four girls had situated themselves, she continued, "I'm Principal Sulivan, headmaster of LaRousse High School. Now if I'm not mistaken, you four are the Maple sisters, Misty, May, Leaf, and Dawn?
"Yep," they chimed. Principal Sulivan smiled warmly, "Again, welcome to LaRousse High. We are one of the most advanced schools in academics and technology in the world. In this school, every student is to attend four academics and two connections, one of them being physical education. You are also highly encouraged to join different sports and clubs though you four will need to do some catching up considering that you're new here. But, I'm sure you guys will do your best." Principal Sulivan smiled and passed out some papers to each girl. "These are the different clubs available to students here. You four being seniors are expected to enter at least one club." Dawn scanned through the options of the different clubs.
'Hmmm,' she thought to herself, 'There are so many clubs here! Technology club, oil painting club, clay modeling club, golf club, home economics club, book club, basketball club, football club, soccer club, cheerleading...ooh, cheerleading!' Dawn mentally cheered as she put a small circle around it and spread her thoughts to the other girls, 'How many clubs should we join?'
'Two,' Misty thought back.
'Alright,' they all agreed. Dawn scanned through the rest of the list, 'Manga club, knitting club, swimming club, track club, tennis club, animal club, movies club, camping club, writing club, crafts club, biking club, language club, dance club, singing club, fashion club...yyyess perfect for me!,' Dawn giggled as she selected her second choice. As the girls handed their papers back to the Principal, she continued, saying, "Also, students in this school are required to attend a musical course of chorus, marching band, regular band, or orchestra. Which one would you guys like to attend?"
"Chorus!" Dawn immediately answered. She loved to sing, and this class would definitely increase her experience. Besides, all those other classes required you to choose an instrument, and she didn't think she would have enough time to shop and mess around with her hair if she had to take care of an instrument as well.
Leaf followed saying, "Regular band,"
"Orchestra," May thoughtfully replied.
"Hmm, I guess marching band then," Misty chuckled.
"Alright," Principal Sulivan said, typing furiously on her computer. Then she began rummaging through the drawer next to her till she pulled out four parcels and handed them each to the girls. "In LaRousse High, all students receive a tablet that is theirs to keep. However, if it breaks, they must pay for the repairment and everything. You will not receive a second tablet if it breaks beyond repair. If there are any last minute news from the school, it will be sent as an update to every student's tablet. You are very free to design and decorate your own tablet- however, keep in mind that a lot of your homework, assignments, and textbooks might be coming from this tablet. Now, please open your packages."
Dawn immediately tore open her parcel to reveal a silver eight by six tablet.
Principal Sulivan stood up and walked over to the back of the room where a projector screen was showing what looked like a map. "If you guys turn on your tablets, it will automatically send you to this map that I have up here. You guys can set passwords and other stuff later. As for this map, it is the map of LaRousse High." Dawn gingerly pressed the power button and stared at the complex map of what was her new high school.
"The layout of this school is an octagon. On each edge of the octagon you can see a large building which is a dome like the one you just saw. Each dome represents a different class except for the dome in the center, which is the cafeteria. These," Ms. Sulivan said, pointing to rectangles connecting the domes, "are glass hallways that connect the different domes together. Inside of each hallway are moving sidewalks that help you get to class faster. You can also enjoy the scenery in between the hallways if you have time to look at them," she chuckled. Then Principal Sulivan walked backed to her computer and began typing something. "I am sending each of you your schedule, which has just been created. Oh yeah, and if your classroom is on the other side of the school, you cannot pass through the cafeteria. You will have to walk all the way around the school."
"Whaaaaaat," May exclaimed, her expression saying that she was going to die if that happened. Principal Sulivan chuckled at her response but explained, "We used to let students pass through the cafeteria, but that got way too hectic and they always got in the way of the people making food. At it gives you a good workout." The principal pressed a final button.
Ding!Dawn looked down at her tablet as it rang. On the screen, the map was replaced by her schedule.
Dawn's Schedule:
Homeroom; Ms. Mabelle (chemistry)
1st Academic: Ms. Mabelle; Chemistry
2nd Academic: Mr. Voduaire; History
3rd Academic: Mr. Levinson; Math
Lunch
1st Connections: Ms. Grande; Art
Music: Ms. Ophir; Chorus
4th Academic: Ms. Kipling; Language Arts
2nd Connection: Mr. Collins; PE
After School: Cheerleading (Ms. Madison); fashion club (Ms. Elliot)
Dawn then used telekinesis to send her schedule to the other girls, who did the same with theirs.
Leaf's Schedule
Homeroom: Ms. Mabelle (chemistry)
1st Academic: Ms. Mabelle; Chemistry
2nd Academic: Ms. Kipling; Language Arts
3rd Academic: Mr. Voduaire; History
Lunch
1st Connection: Ms. Grande; Art
4th Academic: Mr. Levinson; Math
Music: Mr. Carl; Regular Band
2nd Connection: Mr. Collins; PE
After School: cheerleading (Ms. Madison); photography club (Ms. Silvers)
May's Schedule:
Homeroom: Ms. Mabelle (chemistry)
1st Academic: Ms. Kipling; Language Arts
2nd Academic: Mr. Voduaire; History
3rd Academic: Ms. Mabelle; Chemistry
Lunch
1st Connections: Ms. Curry; Home Economics
Music: Ms. Kendall; Orchestra
4th Academic: Mr. Levinson; Math
2nd Connection: Mr. Collins; PE
After School: Track (Ms. Zurita); swimming club (Mr. Phillips and Ms. Quan)
Misty's Schedule:
Homeroom: Ms. Mabelle (chemistry)
1st Academic: Ms. Kipling; Language Arts
2nd Academic: Ms. Mabelle; Chemistry
3rd Academic: Mr. Levinson; Math
Lunch
1st Connections: Ms. Curry; Home Economics
Music: Mr. Griswold; Marching Band
4th Academic: Mr. Voduaire; History
2nd Connection: Mr. Collins; PE
After School: swimming (Mr. Phillips and Ms. Quan); tennis club (Ms. Blitz)
'Oh yeah, Leaf! Awesomeness!' Dawn mentally cheered to Leaf, 'We're both in cheerleading!"
'Mmm hmm,' Leaf smiled
Misty began laughing quietly, 'Hahaha Dawn, you're like walking halfway across the school for every single class.'
'Uugghh,' Dawn groaned as she looked back on the map and realized Misty was right.
'Hey, it's more exercise,' May laughed.
"Girls? Girls?" Principal Sulivan's voice called bringing them back to reality. "Go to your homeroom now, and I'm sure Ms. Mabelle will help accommodate you. She is the chemistry teacher and will be in the Science Dome, two domes away from this one."
"Thank you!" May called as she and the other three headed out of the door and towards the science dome.
(Leaf's POV)
Leaf excitedly clutched her tablet as she she and her sisters walked towards the science dome. This high school was awesome!
'Tablets, blockbots, glass hallways, moving sidewalks in the school, eco-friendly, all the clubs, cheerleading, nothing can beat this.' Leaf thought to herself happily. 'I'm so happy we moved here,' As the foursome stepped into the glass hallways, Leaf gazed around excitedly. Outside of the glass you could see lush trees and grass with some flowers here and there. Sometimes you could even see some birds flying overhead.
"Over there," Misty called as they finally reached the science dome, "Ms. Mabelle." She strode over to the door confidently and knocked on it. The door was almost immediately opened by a woman who looked like she was in her late 20's. Her blonde hair was pulled back in a loose ponytail and she was dressed in a white lab coat with black pants underneath. Her sky blue eyes sparkled with excitement. "Welcome to your new "home", girls! I just got an email that I'd be getting new homeroom students. I can't tell you how excited our class is. Come in, come in!" Leaf blinked taken aback by the hyperness of the teacher, but nevertheless walked in. The classroom was built into the walls for the dome. It was a lot bigger than the principal's office and had a window that bathed the whole class in sunlight. The room had rows of black science tables with chemistry equipments arranged neatly on each of them. The whiteboard was full of drawings that seemed to do with solar energy.
"Girls, girls!" The woman called, "I am your new homeroom and chemistry teacher, Ms. Mabelle!" she exclaimed, "Now in this homeroom, we are all family, brother and sisters. Help each other with homework, projects, or relationship problems," she said with a wink. "Now can you please introduce yourselves to the class?"
Misty stepped forward boldly and said, "I'm Misty Maple, and I love swimming or really anything water related. Then Dawn bounced forward and said, "I'm Dawn Maple, and I love designing things."
May then joined Dawn and introduced, "I'm May Maple, and I love doing sports." Last, Leaf said, "I'm Leaf Maple and my biggest hobbies are photography and painting."
"Wonderful!" Ms. Mabelle laughed. "Now here are some tips about this school that I'm sure the principal did not tell you," the teacher turned around the pointed to the white board, "Our school is completely based off of solar power. The computers, the printers, the vending machines, your tablets, the moving sidewalks, the blockbots, and even more work off of solar energy. However, there are backup batteries for everything including the tablet. If you go to the tablet store in the mall, you can buy a charger and designs and cases for your tablet. Two, the transition time to switch from one class to another is precisely five minutes, so you better hurry if your class is on the other side of the school. Three, there are no lockers in LaRousse High because textbooks and most assignments will be given to you on your tablet. Unless your teacher says otherwise, all materials and papers are expected to be taken home in your bookbag. Four, we are separated from the administration building by one dome because all the science classes love doing experiments and projects that are extremely fun and might explode!" Ms. Mabelle ended with a grin. "Now, you four choose which tables you want sit at, and after that, MINGLE!" the teacher half yelled.
Leaf grabbed May's hand and dragged them to a table in the back. Dawn and Misty chose the table directly across from them, but came over and joined Leaf and May to talk. Everybody in the class was talking, running around, laughing, or listening to music. It was chaotic, yet somehow under control at the same time.
"Hey there," a voice called out. Leaf looked up and saw a girl with very short, slightly spiky, red-orange hair. Standing next to her was a boy with brown hair that spiked up in the back. The girl introduced herself, "My name is Zoey, and he's Kenny. We can help you guys around school today if you want. This school is rather confusing for newcomers." She laughed.
"You would do that?" May cautiously asked.
"Totally," Kenny grinned
"Alright then!" Dawn piped up.
BRING! BRING! BRING! "Alright class, you're dismissed!" Ms. Mabelle called as the bell rang.
Misty linked arms with May and dragged her out the door. "Come on May, we have Language Arts together." Leaf brought her bookbag over to Dawn's table and sat down.
"Well, Dawn and Leaf," Ms. Mabelle came over, "looks like you're in my first class. Here," she handed them each a pair of gloves, goggles, and a lab coat. "We're doing our first fun experiment today that might be slightly explosive. Instructions are on the board." Dawn slowly read off the board, "Fun Day Experiment: Soda and Mentos..." Dawn beamed. "Ms. Mabelle is freaking awesome!" Leaf nodded her head in agreement. Chemistry was going to be fun.
(May's POV)
The rest of their classes passed by as a blur for all of the girls. At lunch they sat with the new friends they had made: Zoey, Kenny, Lucas, Silver, Brendan, Lyra, Jimmy, and Marina, each whom they had met in different classes. As soon as they sat down, May began digging into her double cheese burger sided with an extra large fries and a chocolate milkshake plus some oreos. She sweat dropped as she saw her sisters staring at her. Dawn and Leaf each had only a salad and some milk while Misty had some spaghetti, garlic bread, and juice.
"What?" May protested as some ketchup dribbled down her chin. "It's not like I'm trying to be anorexic like Dawn and Leaf."
"Auugh-May! How many times must I tell you? We aren't being anorexic!" Dawn, infuriated, stood up and began yelling at her sister.
"Calm down," Marina laughed as she pulled Dawn back into her seat. "Oh yeah, that reminds me, do you guys want to go to the tablet store after school today?"
"That would be awesome!" Leaf squealed. Misty and May just nodded their heads in silent agreement. "Alright then," Lyra giggled. "Meet us outside of school after your last class then. Well, by us, I mean Marina, Zoey, and me because I don't think the boys want to shop." All of the girls laughed at the last comment while the boys just shrugged.
Misty then interrupted, "Wait, don't we have clubs at the end of school?" Lyra laughed, "Hahaha, no. Your first club meetings will be in two weeks. Then they'll tell you what days you should come and everything."
"Oh," The rest of lunch was full of cheerful banter that lasted till the bell signaling transition. Leaf, Misty, Dawn, and May dumped their trays and headed off to their next academic.
Time jump (PE.) (Misty's POV)
Misty quickly grabbed her PE uniform from the coach standing outside the gym, who was handing them out, and ran into the locker room. Seeing May and Dawn's bookbag, she dumped her bag with theirs and quickly changed.
"Hey, Misty!" Leaf called as she came out of the changing room. "Are these clothes unfashionable or what?"
Zoey laughed "You'll be grateful for them once you start exercising." As the group of girls headed out to the gym, they were suddenly stopped by their coach, Coach Collins.
"Girls," he said, looking sternly at Dawn, Misty, May, and Leaf's charm bracelets. "No jewelry and accessories are allowed in PE or any other sport clubs you're joining." The four girls returned to the locker room, and, after looking around to see if anybody was watching them, they fastened the bracelets around their ankles and hid them in their shoes.
When Leaf, Dawn, Misty, and May stepped back into the gym, Coach Collins was already separating them into two groups for volleyball. "It's going to be girls against boys," the coach announced. "Now, go play!" The class separated into their designated groups on either side of the net. Misty grabbed the ball and served it over to the other side of the net where Lucas hit it back. "Got it!" May yelled as she spiked it over the net hard resulting in a point for their team. The game continued for a while, the girls completely dominating over the boys. But at one point in the game, Misty saw the ball coming towards her. She jumped up and knocked it back over the net. But her breath was cut short as the ball flew over at a sickening pace, hit the floor, and bounced up almost to the ceiling of the gym and ended up almost hitting Kenny on the head.
"Misty," Leaf hissed. Misty turned around and saw a blue heart slightly peeping out of one of Leaf's clenched hands. She understood: her charm bracelet had fallen off resulting in the extreme strength. But she couldn't put the bracelet back on now without the coach noticing. "Just lay low," Leaf whispered, before shoving the bracelet in her shoe before anybody could notice. The rest of PE felt like a drag to Misty. She didn't dare spike the ball in case somebody got suspicious, so the only thing she could do was tip the ball very lightly. When the game was finally finished, Misty hurried back to the locker room before the coach could question her.
"Wow, Misty, that was impressive," Lyra commented as she stepped into the locker room. "I thought we had the next volleyball champion at our school there for a second."
"Hehehe," Misty laughed nervously, "I'm not that interested in volleyball." She quickly grabbed her charm bracelet from Leaf and fastened it on and said, "Let's go tablet shopping guys!"
"All right!" Marina cheered and led the girls out to the city and took a moving sidewalk that led to the center of the city. They stepped off and went to a square where a Milotic fountain was spurting out crystal clear water. Golden coins littered the bottom of the blue water. "Here," Zoey pointed, "Larousse Square Mall. Biggest mall here in LaRousse and very popular to tourists." The mall was a huge white building with a grand glass door. Inside you could see a red carpet leading in. Misty walked in with the group admiring the hundreds of different stores. 'Bellossom Spring Wear, Snorunt Ice Cream, Alomomola's Pharmacy, Forever Roselia, Porygon's Gadgets, The Lovely Milotic, Lilligant Dresses, Delibird's Buffet, The Jigglypuff Karaoke, The Persian's Hoard, Geodude Hiking, Lilipup Toys...wow, there are so many stores!
"We're here!" Marina exclaimed rushing into a store with a giant pikachu holding a tablet showing in the glass window. Misty looked up at the store named Pikachu Electronics. "Well, it sure lives up to its name," she mumbled to herself before following her sisters and friends into the store. "Hey, what do you guys think of this?" Leaf inquired, holding up a green tablet cover with a Leafeon on it. "That's perfect for you!" Dawn squealed. In the end Leaf walked out with the green Leafeon tablet cover and a bunch of leaf stickers. Dawn had a dark pink tablet cover with a light pink ribbon design on it. She also bought some cute Piplup and Pachirisu stickers. Misty had bought a sea blue cover with an Azurill bouncing up and down on it and a Togepi phone chain (A/N: i'm not really sure if thats an actual item but you know, like those key chain things that people hang from their phones) May had a red rose cover and some Beautifly stickers.
"Thanks for taking us here Marina, Lyra, Zoey," May called as they waved good bye to their new friends. "No problem!" they called back. "See you guys at school tomorrow!" May, Misty, Dawn, and Leaf parted ways with them and walked back to their neighborhood. They did a quick check to make sure the streets were empty, then undid their charm bracelets and shoved them into their uniform pockets and let their powers loose running as fast as they willed back to their house. But, unknown to them a shadowy figure was watching them, hidden in the corner. "Commander," the voice spoke into a gadget, "target locations locked."
Now that school is starting for me I won't be able to update as fast but I promise I won't abandon this story. Anyways advice and writing tips would be very much appreciated!
R&R
Story Question: Who do you think the 'shadowy figure' is? (hint: somebody from school)