Since most people voted for "Both", and DaRkNeSs is SeDuCtIvE chose "Girls", here it is. The next chapter will be Landon. join me in the thunder, I understand that I kinda overdid Landon so now everyone thinks that he's invincible, but he's not. Hopefully, when I write something about his past in the next chapter, it'll be cleared up a little. But his power is awesome, I agree. And practically everything Kristen says below is true, so you'll get some insight into his personality and his ability.

Disclaimer: belongs to LH.

BTW, if there was some confusion in the last chapter's A/n, I was telling you guys that ThePerigrine is an awesome author, and that you should read "The Superficial World of the Supernaturally Gifted", if you haven't already. And you'll totally get a batch of home-baked virtual brownies if you help me beg for the story not to end. :D

"Hell-oh there, sweetie." A trio of blondes sashayed over towards Claire, and sat down. The tallest one patted the empty seat beside her and motioned for Claire to join.

"Uh, hi. I'm Cl-"

"Oh, we know who you are. Everyone does. You announced yourself this morning at assembly, right? Then you defeated Block in a fight."

"Block?"

"Massie Block. Oh, by the way, we're the Queen B's-"

"B as in bitch, beauty, blonde…whatever you want. I'm Kori, this is Livs and that's Meena."

Kori simpered at Claire, while Livs gave her the once-over.

"You know, honey, you fit all the requirements of the group, so I'm inviting you to-"

"She's ours."

Massie glared at the blondes from across the room, arms folded. Alicia slid out from behind Massie and winked at Claire.

"Hey, Mass, should'nt we let Claire decide? After all, we can nawt force her to do something she does'nt want to."

Massie smirked and nodded.

"So, Kuh-laire, who are you choosing? Them?" she pointed her chin at the Queen B's, wrinkling her nose slightly, "or us?"

Claire sighed quietly. She knew that whichever group she did'nt pick would hate her forever.

Massie's group is so cool, and I'm sure she's pretty popular. Everyone acts like its such a big deal to get in. But the blondes seem nice too. But I know Massie more than Kori, and it won't be right to let her down…

"I choose Massie."

"Good girl, Claire. I knew you wouldn't let us down."

Behind her, Alicia and the redhead exchanged high-fives. Meena looked defeated, Livs looked sad, and Kori looked downright pissed. Then, abruptly, Kori shrugged.

"I guess it's your choice, then. But don't come running to me when you're in trouble. Watch your back, Claire Lyons."

And with that, the three girls left the room.

"I'm so glad you chose us, Kuh-laire. I'm Kristen, by the way." The girl smiled at her and reached over to shake hands.

"I'm Dylan!" said the redhead. She bounded over and gave Claire a bone-crushing hug,then laughed and released her.

"Don't worry about her, Kuh-laire. There's a reason why they're called the Queen Barbies. They have the memory span of a flea and the brain capacity of an ant."

Claire snickered. "But I don't get it. Why are all the people here separated into groups?"

"Cliques." Corrected Massie.

"Why, then?"

Massie sighed and inspected her nails.

"You know, the world is a hard place for the endowed. Survival of the fittest, right? Well, theres definitely a bigger chance of surviving in the real world if you're in a clan, or tribe. It's generally the same here. People band together so they can survive more easily. Imagine if someone attacked you, and you were alone. Now imagine if we were all here to protect you."

She paused to let that thought sink in.

"The weak ones usually stay in larger groups. The stronger ones stay together too."

Claire nodded slowly. The thoughts in her head were still muddled, and she was trying to make sense of everything. Not knowing everyone's ability was a bit nervous-making, since they all knew hers.

"So what are their abilities?"

Kristen snorted in contempt. " Kori flies, Meena has invisibility and Olivia has echolocation. Abilities are based on the endowed person's genes and also their own personality, so even brothers and sisters can have large differences in ability. For example, Chris and Layne Abeley. Chris has magnetism and Layne has an emotion attack-that's what the interface calls it. Both of them play on emotions, but Layne' s is more general than Chris. Chris is attractive, physically and metaphorically, and Layne is very – intense. That's why Kori flies – she's an airhead. So light that gravity can't keep her down. Meena has no personality, so she's practically invisible, and Olivia-" here she burst out laughing.

"She thinks Olivia looks like a bat. Echolocation, you know." Alicia finished for her.

Kristen wiped away tears. "Massie will tell you I'm a nerd for knowing so much, but it's actually really useful in a fight. Like, if you know a person's personality, it's usually quite easy to guess their ability. Here, I'll explain. Dylan – full of life, so she's a plant elemental. Massie's ability is strong. You know that, cos' you fought with her already. I'm strong, superhuman speed and strength. And Alicia is sneaky – she phases through solid objects. Including people."

Alicia grinned evilly. "Trust me, you don't want to know what it feels like."

Kristen nodded, wincing.

"Take it from me. I accidentally pissed her off this morning."

Claire looked around her, feeling that this school contained more dangers than she could ever think of. Everyone seemed so powerful and intimidating, and, as Massie said, they counted on each other for survival.

Suddenly she felt very small.

As always, comments and constructive criticism are appreciated. I'll do a character-ability table sometime.

BTW, does anyone know how to edit pictures of people (change eye colour, hair colour, skin colour, add scars)? I'm a complete computer idiot when it comes to stuff like that.