I do not own Sky High. I only own Eliana.

Story Start

The beginning of the school day was a lot different from the past few days. When Gwen and her goons were about to approach me in the first class, I quickly made little fire snakes in the chairs around me. They did not see the snakes and sat down, which resulted in them being bitten and jumping up with yells of pain.

They moved away from me when I refused to make the snakes disappear. However, I made the snakes disappear when some other students sat around me. I felt a smirk of satisfaction cross my face as I thought of the next class and how I would keep Gwen and the others away from me.

The day went by well and I was feeling better than ever. I even got a few glares from Gwen, which I saw as an accomplishment. The lunch bell rang and I quickly ran out of the classroom. I rushed to the cafeteria and took a seat at Warren's table. I got a few confused looks by Will's friends as they sat down at the table, but I could care less at the moment. I did notice that Will was not sitting with them and that he sat by Gwen at her table instead.

Warren sent a smirk towards Gwen and her goons before he sat down across from me. "Welcome back," he said and I gave a small smile. I heard a few gasps from the other end of the table, but I just ignored them.

"Thanks, I kept getting detoured," I said and he smirked at me.

"Um, excuse me, I hate to interrupt, but can I talk to you, Warren?" a red haired girl asked from the other side of the table. I gave her a curious look and she gave me a small nervous smile.

"What?" Warren asked in a grumble at us being interrupted.

"Um alone," the girl said and this time I glared at her. I had been trying for days to get back over to this table and now this girl wants me to leave so she can ask Warren a question. I felt my eyebrow twitch and the girl swallowed nervously.

"No, say it now or don't," Warren said and my heart jumped as I looked over at him.

"Will you go to the dance with me?" the girl asked and her friends gasped. I felt my eyebrow twitch again as my eyes narrowed. Warren was looking at the girl in confusion. "I don't mean as like a real date. I just want to make Will jealous," the girl quickly explained when she saw my glare and Warren's confused look.

"No, I'm going with somebody else already. It's his loss if he doesn't go with you," Warren said to the girl before looking back at me with a smirk.

I was glad he denied her. I was even more surprised at his words to her. I could tell by the look he was giving me that he did not like the other girl in the way he liked me. "He's just being a good friend," I thought and smiled at him.

"What's your name?" I asked breaking eye contact with Warren. The girl jumped in her seat when I addressed her.

"Layla," she said with a nervous laugh. She looked like a frightened deer about to run away.

"Eliana, and it really is Will's loss. At least you can laugh at him as he dances with the fake girl wearing pink over there. Does she wear any other colors?" I asked and this caused Layla to give a smile and a laugh. I smiled back as she started to relax. "Am I making another friend?" I thought in surprise before shrugging and just going with the flow of things.

"You were so awesome in that fight against Warren a while back," one of the boys said excitedly and I looked over at him. "I'm Zach," the guy said and stuck out his hand, but I did not shake it. I was not a fan of handshakes. I gave him a small grin and a shrug when he drew his hand back.

"I'm Ethan," the other boy said and smiled at me. I gave him a nod before looking at the other girl at the table.

The girl was staring me down and her friends were giving her confused looks. "I'm Magenta, I can turn into a guinea pig," she said and I smirked before making a guinea pig appear out of blue flames.

"Magenta's a purple guinea pig," Ethan said as the blue guinea pig walked towards her.

"So what are you other powers?" I asked and the rest of lunch went by so different from what I have ever experienced. I enjoyed the lunch with Warren but dare I say it, I had also made new friends. My grandmother would faint in shock.

The rest of the school day flew by and it was time for the dreaded shopping trip. I was not worried about finding a nice red dress. I was just worried about my grandmother trying to put me in heels. I was just planning on buying some red converse and wearing those with the dress. I would comfortable and it fit me more than heels would.

It was safe to say that the shoe department worker was ready for us to leave after my grandmother and I had spent two hours fussing over what shoes I should wear. I was not able to wear converse but we did settle on some cute red polka dot flats. The dress was a beautiful fire red and it was chiffon so it flowed around me as I walked. It was also comfortable.

The only thing to do now was to go through the next day of school and wait for Warren to pick me up from my grandmother's house. He had already said that he would get a corsage and I wondered what flowers he would bring me.

School the next day was another fun day. Gwen and her group actually left me alone all day. They seemed preoccupied about something else, but it all worked in my favor. I was sad that I was not able to produce fire animals to attack them so they could stay away from me.

Lunch with Warren and Will's friends was fun. Layla had decided to go alone and just look great for the dance. She said that if Will cannot look past Gwen then she did not care. I told her that Will would probably snap out of it soon, which made her smile.

The rest of the day went by too fast. Warren would not tell me anything about the corsage when I asked, which just made me more curious. I had never been to a dance before and especially not with a date. My grandmother was waiting for me at home with a big smile. She had already asked one of her friends from town to come over and do my hair and makeup.

My grandmother was also getting ready because the school had asked her if she would be a dance chaperone. I think they just asked her because they were afraid of my grandmother complaining about the nurse and the school. I could not blame the school. Making my grandmother mad is like unleashing the kraken.

The lady that did my hair and makeup made me look like a person I have never seen before. I could still see me underneath but I definitely looked like a woman right now. My hair was half up and half down. My grandmother was already taking pictures with tears in her eyes. It made me think that she thought I was getting married or something. It was awkward but I let her have her happy moment.

A knock at the door made my nerves go crazy. The fire butterflies appeared around me and my grandmother smirked at me. "Somebody's nervous," she teased before she opened the front door while I hid around the corner so Warren could not see me. "Come in, come in, you look so handsome. You better take good care of my granddaughter. She's the only one I have," my grandmother said and I heard Warren promise he would take care of me.

"Magic words, Eliana, get out here," my grandmother said and yelled the last part. I took a deep breath before slowly letting it out. I moved away from the wall and walked around the corner. I heard a gasp and I knew it was from Warren. Thankfully the fire butterflies from earlier had disappeared, but I had to fight to keep them away when I saw how handsome Warren looked in his suit and red tie.

"You look amazing, but I will need your help with the corsage," he said as he approached me and I gave him a confused look. "Take my fire and form it into your favorite flowers. I wanted you to have my fire tonight," he said as he gently grabbed my wrist. A blush spread on my cheeks as fire appeared on his hand that was holding my wrist.

I closed my eyes and concentrated. Beautiful fire red tiger lilies appeared on my wrist with a fire band to keep them there. It felt so strange and yet comforting to be controlling his fire again, but this time the fire was not buzzing with anger. The fire was buzzing with happiness. I looked up and our eyes connected. The smile on his face made my heart jump and I thought he might kiss me again until my grandmother distracted us by wanting to take pictures.