AN: I'm really sorry for the lack of updating. I had a friend over, and then I didn't have time for anything. Also, I really appreciate the suggestions, but I'd like to make the situations and how they react.


Shadow walked down the sidewalk to the park. Though she enjoyed all of her friends and such, she just wanted some time alone. Really, was it that hard to be alone for 33 seconds?! The things some people go through. As she sat down on a nearby park bench, she noticed a group of unfamiliar boys.

"Maybe we should go to that cinema near here," one boy with cobalt blue hair said, "I heard that they're playing'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' there."

"Are you serious?! Dude, I've been wanting to see that!" Another one with blonde hair said.

"Do we really need to go see a movie that will most likely give you nightmares, AGAIN? Why don't we go watch a nature documentary, or at least watch how hot dogs are made," the tallest one with black hair groaned.

Shadow immediately took a liking to this boy, and before she knew it, she was walking over to talk to them. Sure, Shadow wanted some time to herself, but she didn't have to have a billion people around her like usual.

"You know," she began, "watching how hot dogs are made are pretty fascinating. Sure, watching people getting ripped up with chainsaws and blood going everywhere is riveting, but learning about what types of 'meat' that you eat is no different."

"Huh?! Where'd you come from?!" The blonde one exclaimed.

"Same as you, I walked," Shadow replied.

"Hello, miss. We were just deciding what to do here," the boy with cobalt blue hair said.

The boy with spiky black hair and a muscled build remained silent, but there was a gleam in his golden eyes that said he was interested in Shadow,

"Well, what are you guys doing here? You don't look familiar at all," Shadow crossed her arms.

"Prowl and Orion here are from Iacon, but I transferred to university with my family," the blonde one exclaimed with bright, happy blue eyes. "You must be Shadow, Honeybee has talked a LOT about you over the phone. Oh! By the way, I'm Bumblebee."

"Nice to meet you all. So, do you all go to college or is Bumblebee the only one?"

"I go to the same college as short-stack over here, but I have no idea about Prowl," Orion explained in a slightly deeper voice than the others, but still lighter at the same time.

"I'm sorry about my friends," Prowl explained, "they can be a bit... immature... at times. Anyway, I go to a martial arts school with my brother, Jazz. You know, you look like the type that they're accepting."

"Really? I don't know, I've always not been very good with particular styles of fighting. I prefer swimming and equestrian sports," Shadow kicked at a clump of dirt near her foot.

"You like equestrian? Me too!" Prowl's eyes lit up. "What do you like best? Endurance riding, eventing, dressage, reigning, show jumping, tent pegging, cross-country, vaulting, polo, racing, or rodeo? Personally, I like vaulting the best, but I suppose show jumping is good too."

"I like racing, cross-country, and dressage best. Do you have any tips on what to do whenever your horse trots and then suddenly stops?"

"Try standing up and moving forwards and then going down. It's also recommended that you hold the reigns lower so that way they don't think you want to stop."

"Hey, horse-nerd-love-birds! Are we going to that movie or what?" Bumblebee exclaimed impatiently.

"You can always come over. We could use another rider for our racing team," Prowl suggested.

"You can count on it," Shadow said definitely.