"Sure, I'm not doing anything this weekend," Harmony said after a moment's pause to think. Autumn cheered triumphantly and checked Harmony off the list of people who were coming. Luckily though, nobody was busy so all Autumn's new roommates would be coming.
"Great! Estrella's making us all dresses," Autumn exclaimed, she hoped the weekend would be amazing. After all, she went through a lot to get her parents to help with food and decorations, so to have a disaster would be terrible.
"Cool, well I'm going to go, see you!" Harmony called, walking to her shared room with Vida. When she got inside she stopped in her tracks. Vida was lying on her bed, eyes wide open and her stiff body was motionless. Harmony carefully walked over to where Vida lay and poked her gently, Vida sat upright at once and started tickling Harmony, who screamed in shock and laughter. They both ended up on the purple and red polka-dotted carpet, laughing like a bunch of crazy idiots, and that's what they were (kind of).
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Rose stared with an open mouth at Estrella. Of all the crazy ideas she had this week, this new one definitely was the craziest.
"Please!" Estrella begged Rose, almost on her hands and knees.
"Why? We shouldn't leave Alfea," Rose insisted, refusing to look at Estrella's face.
"Rose, if you do this, I will help you to grow your favorite plant," Estrella tried desperately. Rose's face softened, as it always did when plants were mentioned.
"Even if it means getting your hands covered in soil?" Rose asked suspiciously, she had a nagging thought that Estrella would back out of her part of the deal.
"Yes, I promise," Estrella said honestly, shaking Rose's hand. Rose immediately felt better, Estrella had had promised, so hopefully that meant she would actually be true to her word. So as soon as the girls had changed into something else they headed out. Rose wore a light green knee-length dress, green knee-boots and her hair was in a loose braid. Estrella wore an orange skirt, a baggy gold knitted jumper and her hair was flowing loose.
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"Hey," Autumn said as she and Adriana entered Vida and Harmony's dorm, only to find them on the floor laughing.
"I would ask, but I'm almost afraid," Adriana muttered, helping Harmony up and at the same time Autumn helped Vida up. Vida and Harmony glance at each other and began laughing again, Adriana shook her head as Autumn sighed. Vida couldn't believe they had almost been at Alfea for a whole week and already they had learnt to get along with each other.
"So, why'd you guys come?" Vida asked, recalling the grim look on Autumn's face as she had entered the room.
"We can't find Estrella or Rose, do you know where they are?" Adriana asked, a hint of concern edging its way into her voice. Harmony and Vida both shrugged, they had been too busy in their room being idiots to notice anything. So together the four girls went into the main living room area and looked for Rose and Estrella. When they weren't there, Autumn ran into her shared room with Rose and Vida followed, Adriana ran into her shared room with Estrella and Harmony followed her.
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"Estrella, I'm feeling a little nervous about this," Rose whispered honestly, aware that they were the only girls in an all-boys school. Red Fountain looked in some ways better than Alfea, but less majestic.
"Calm down," Estrella clucked, and with that she flicked her hand.
"What was that?" Rose asked, outraged. She had thought Estrella would do something helpful.
"Now, we're invisible!" Estrella beamed, walking over to a mirror. Rose followed, and gasped at what she saw. Or to be more exact, what she couldn't see. Their reflections were completely invisible. Estrella beckoned for Rose to follow her, and the two girls set off along the corridor.
"You see, the Specialists at Red Fountain a free hour," Estrella explained, "which is why the corridors are empty."
"How do you know this?" Rose asked, raising her eyebrows.
"My dad was a Specialist, so was yours," Estrella sighed in a sarcastic kind of way, to which Rose responded with a tongue.
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"Hey, Jack, what's the weather going to be like tomorrow?" Chris asked, shooting a look to his friend Leo in a way that meant 'wait for it'.
"Warm, mostly sunny with a slight chance of some grey clouds towards the afternoon," Jack replied almost robotically. Jack was the kind of boy who liked weather and cricket, he had light brown hair and green eyes. Chris had brown eyes and blonde hair, he liked all sports and was often exercising. Leo had black hair and pink eyes, he liked to be artistic and enjoy adventures all the same. Austin walked in with Ethan. Austin had brown hair and naturally purple eyes, whilst Ethan had orange hair and brown eyes. That's when they heard a soft gentle tap on their door.