(Had to bail on the point-of-view thing. So, If you see a long bolded line, that isn't usde for changing scenes, it's the occasional POV. See how that works. Enjoy!)
Corinne shook her head "Are you sure?"
Julian nodded "The last time I saw her was here yesterday. She saw you leave and said that she needed to ask you something. After that..." he sighed "What are we going to do?" he pointed over to Dominic who had a short, fat, white haired man talking to him "She was supposed to meet him tonight."
"We can't let the wedding get canceled." She said. After a minute of thinking she smiled "I've got an idea."
Julian nodded "Me too. Come on!"
They turned to run down the hall when Corinne about ran headlong into Merliah, who was storming through the school.
"Whoa!" Corinne jumped back "What's the rush?"
Leah sighed "Sorry. Just talked to my mom."
"Was it that bad?"
"She doesn't understand!" the merprincess huffed "I've been working my whole life to get there!"
Corinne raised an eyebrow "What?"
"I have a major surfing competition coming up, And guess what." Leah threw her hands in the air "It's the same day as the Changing of the Tides Ceremony!" she shook her head "And mom doesn't understand how important it is for me to be there! It's my chance to show every one that I'm a better surfer than Kylie Morgan!"
"Oh." Corinne nodded slowly "I see... well..." she glanced at Julian "Good luck. There's something we have to take care of right now." she looked up at a large clock that was hanging on the wall "Before classes start." then she took off running, Julian right behind her. After asking around a bit, they finally found Erica.
"What's up?" Erica asked, tucking some pieces of paper into one of her books.
"Anneliese is missing." Julian whispered "We need your help to find her."
"What!?" Erica gasped "What can I do?"
"Pretend to be Anneliese." Corinne and Julian answered in unison.
Erica's eyes widened "Are you out of your mind!?"
"Just listen," Julian said quickly "I suspect Priminger, the math professor as well as my Queen's royal adviser has taken the Princess off somewhere so the royal wedding will be canceled."
Corinne chuckled slightly "You're good."
Julian and Erica looked at her curiously.
"What all do you know?" Julian asked slowly.
Corinne raised her hands in the air "If you knew all that I know about what's going on in this school, you'd run." then she turned to Erica "Please. Priminger is... forget that. We just need to find her!"
"Me? Pretend to be royalty?" Erica shook her head "I could get thrown in prison! Or worse!"
"As can I, but..." Julian looked down at his shoes rejected.
Erica sighed "She's in real trouble, isn't she?"
Corinne let out a huff of air "Especially if everyone knows what I know she knows."
Erica stared into space for a moment, then she smiled "I'll do it!"
"Good." Corinne looked around a nearby corner "No one will be suspicious of you missing because of Madame Bossy." she froze "Oops, wrong lady. Madame Carp. There's not much of a difference." she turned back to face them "But everyone will get suspicious if Anneliese doesn't show up. Especially her mother."
"By any chance, does Anneliese not attend the class her mother teaches?" Erica asked nervously.
"Kingdom Wellfare." Corinne answered, then she shook her head "Not a chance. Ooh! There's Tori!" then she cocked her head "Nope. Kiera." she waved the popstar-disguised-as-a-princess over "Hey. Where's Tori?"
Kiera frowned "How can you tell the difference?"
"One, I'm used to lookalikes." Corinne answered "And two, you and Tori didn't switch necklaces. Now I need Tori. Now."
"Okay." Kiera pulled out her phone and called the real princess. After a quick conversation, she hung up "She's coming."
A minute later, Tori came around the corner "What? Hey, Corinne."
Corinne nodded "You know that one thing we heard yesterday?"
"How could I forget?" Tori shook her head "It's madness!"
"Tell me about it." Corinne pointed to Erica "Anneliese is missing and..."
"Gotcha." Tori nodded, then she pulled out her hairbrush "Kiera. Princess number seven."
"Cool." Kiera pulled out her microphone.
About fifteen seconds later, Erica looked exactly like Anneliese.
Erica smiled as she looked at her dress "It's beautiful! Of course, I did make it." she looked up at the others "But we're missing one teeny-tiny detail."
Don't tell me.
"I don't know the first thing about being a princess!"
Just then, the school bell began to ring.
"We'll have to discuss it later!" Corinne said "Tori. Stick close to Erica and help her out. Okay?"
"Okay." Tori nodded "Do you think it'll look strange? Popstar with a princess?"
One of Corinne's eyebrows raised "Seriously? Who have you been hanging out with since Freshman year? Popstar. Now let's go!"The group took off down the hall, Julian broke off to go to one of his Senior classes while the Juniors (I think that's right) went to their class, starring... Rothbart!
Giselle wasn't there, so they were stuck with only Rothbart. Only. And he was not happy... at all.
All through class, he kept shooting suspicious and evil looks at Corinne.
She tried to ignore them, but it was slightly hard. Okay... really hard!
"Why is he looking at you like that?" Ro whispered behind her.
"I was there when Odette was... changed." She answered.
"Changed?"
"You'll see what I mean later." Corinne turned her attention back to the teacher.
He was talking, but not necessarily paying attention. His eyes turned ruby red, and bis ring started glowing. This was not good.
"Everyone! Duck!" Corinne cried as a shot of magic flew from his ring. Everyone hit the floor.
As soon as the magic passed her, Corinne leapt to her feet and jumped into action. She ran to the front of the room, grabbed Rothbart's arm and flipped him over onto his back.
"You will pay for that." the Sorcerer whispered under his breath.
"Probably." Corinne answered. Now, if I had been thinking about it, I probably would not have tackled him. That ring was too close for comfort.
Rothbart kicked Corinne's feet out from underneath her and stood up "You've meddled in the wrong plans, girl!"
"Oh? Then tell everyone your plans!" Corinne counted "Bird Brain!" then she flew up from the floor and pushed his hand with the ring up into the air.
A red stream of magic put a hole straight through the ceiling.
That just tells you what was about to happen to me!
The other students were starting to raise from their places on the floor, wondering what exactly was going on.Not that I could blame them.
He shot another stream of magic at her, which she dodged.
"Wish my friends were here!" She thought. But they had gotten an excused absence to go work on some... school program? I think.
Rothbart grabbed her arm, his ring glowing "You have bugged me for the last time!"
Just then, the class door slammed open, and just that fast, Rothbart's ring went back to normal. Standing in the door way was none other than... dun dun duuuuun! Principal Drosselmeyer!
"What is going on here?" He demanded, his gaze landing on the teacher and the student at the front of the room "I might have known you were involved, Corinne d'Artagnon!"
"Drosselmeyer!" Rothbart said angrily "This girl attacked me!"
"Why would I attack a seven foot English teacher?" Corinne snapped, then she froze "Oh wait. I did attack a seven foot English teacher." Whoops. "But it wasn't my fault!" She continued quickly "He tried to..."
"Enough!" Drosselmeyer shouted "That... is... ENOUGH! Come with me now!"
Rothbart released my arm, a self-satisfied look on his face.
Corinne followed the Principal down the hall towards his office "Mr. Drosselmeyer! Please just listen! Rothbart is..."
'Mr. Rothbart to you!" The man snapped "How is it you can't stay out of trouble for one day?"
"My mom says it's a state of mind." she shook her head "Please. Just ask Clara! She'll tell you what's going on!"
"Do not bring my granddaughter into this! You already got her in detention once!"
"That wasn't my fault either."
"If you would learn to control that temper of yours!"
When they reached the office, Drosselmeyer sat down behind his desk "Listen. This is the second day of school and the second time you've been called into my office."
Putting it that way makes it sound like I'm in here a lot. Which is accurately correct.
"I know the way to the Detention room." Corinne sighed "Two hours?"
"No." The Principal shook his head "You get a different punishment."
She looked at him alarmed "You're... not going to expel me, are you?"
"It's tempting, but no." A slight smile crossed the man's face "For the remainder of the school year, which is basically the whole school year. You are going to be put in the Drama department."
"The What!?" She exclaimed "Drama? I don't..."
"It's the only thing I could think of as a punishment for you."
"But.."
"You will take some part in the school's program. You will be at all the practices! You will do as your told!"
Corinne sighed "Yes sir."
"Go there now." Drosselmeyer stood up and ushered her out the door "Have a nice day."
As soon as she stepped out the door, it slammed behind her.
Me? In the Drama club? Performing? What had I gotten myself into this time? I was seriously wondering why I didn't just let Rothbart zap me like he did the ceiling!
She turned and walked down the hall "Oh Joy."
(Well, I really am hoping to get more into the couples next chapter. Starting with Ro and Antonio! Stay tuned! Laterz!)
