Jenna hurried off to school early the next morning, after eating a quick bowl of cereal, in order to find her first period and meet the teacher. Dressed in the red school uniform every student was required to wear, she hurried inside the big, castle-like school building. The halls were mostly empty except for a few other early birds walking through the halls. She sighed and walked down the hall, checking each classroom for her teacher's name until she found it and entered in. Mr. Sweet, her first period chemistry teacher, was writing on a whiteboard when she entered. He turned as soon as he noticed her and smiled. He had brown eyes and graying hair neatly brushed back. He wore a black suit with a little, red bowtie. "Oh, hullo," he greeted her. "May I help you?"

"Uh yeah," Jenna answered. "I'm new and I think this is my first period." She pulled her schedule from her messenger bag and showed him.

"Ahh yes," he nodded and smiled again. "My name is Mr. Sweet and I'll be your chemistry teacher this year. If you'll grab a seat, the bell will ring shortly." Jenna nodded and took a seat at a desk in the center of the room. Not too much time passed before the bell rang and when it did, the school came alive with kids trailing in, most walking past, but a few entering Mr. Sweet's classroom and taking their seats around her. Yuko walked in among the first and claimed the spot next to Jenna.

"Hai!" She greeted happily.

"Hey."

"This class will be easy," Yuko said. "Mr. Sweet is a really good teacher!"

"You really seem to like him," Jenna said.

"Yeah, well, he's a friend of my father's," she shrugged.

"Hey, newbie," Ember said to Jenna as she walked past and took a seat next to a blond girl she didn't recognize. A few minutes later, all the students had arrived and taken a seat at the sound of the second bell's chime. Mr. Sweet turned to face the class and begin. "Good morning students. I hope your weekends were all restful."

"I journeyed to the ends of middle earth and discovered the lost seal stones of the native Hoku people, Mr. Sweet!" Axel blurted out.

"That's nice, Mr. Toft, but keep your role play habits outside of the classroom, please." Mr. Sweet scowled at the boy.

"Roasted by a teacher, older brother," Lance jeered. "What are you going to do now?"

"That wasn't much of a roast," Mikhail said. "I could do far better."

"Settle down," Mr. Sweet said sternly, trying to quell the talkative troublemakers of the class. "We'll not have any more of this nonsense today!" The class quieted after a few chuckles and turned their attention to the teacher. "Alright then, today we have a new student joining us. Please give your warmest welcomes to Miss Jenna Stevens." Mr. Sweet smiled at her. She blushed as everyone turned to look at her. "Now on to today's lesson..."

Throughout the day, Jenna had found that all her teachers were rather nice and classes relatively easy. Her second period was definitely her favorite, as that was her art class that she shared with Ember and Lance. Lunch was right after fourth period and she eagerly hurried into the cafeteria lines, hungry from her small breakfast. She found a spot next to Yuko near the back and took a seat. "Class was really fun today!" She said happily. "Lance was really funny."

"Yeah," Jenna smiled.

"Oh, look! It's Ember!" Yuko said.

"Yo," the green haired girl walked up and sat in front of Jenna. Liana followed close behind, book in one hand, food tray in the other. Jenna tilted her head to look at the cover of her book.

"That looks good!" Jenna remarked.

"Thanks, it is," Liana muttered.

"I don't understand books," Ember said with a frown. "You're literally just staring at words the entire time. It's so boring!"

"You don't understand any of it, clearly," Liana stated plainly. "They may just be words, but they are powerful tools that can be used to solve problems that actually matter rather than trying to find new weightlifting techniques or whatever it is you do. Words create worlds. Words create pictures. Words create life."

"I just don't like sitting still," Ember snorted.

"I'm too lazy to read," Yuko shrugged.

"What's it about?" Jenna asked.

"Just some essays written by the men who excavated King Tut's tomb," Liana answered, eyes sparkling. "They made some very fascinating discoveries."

"Cool!" Jenna commented enthusiatically.

"Egypt is boring. I still don't get it," Ember said again.

"It's just not your thing, I guess." Jenna said.

"I could lift this table, that's my thing," she smirked.

"C-could you?" Jenna's eyes widened.

"Yep! I've worked really hard over the years," she said proudly. Wow, Jenna thought. She's worked extremely hard at what she loves and all I've done is stolen and hoarded away useless trash. I need to get a life.