"Why does he have to go with me?!? Can't he go by himself?!?" Jamie complained loudly.

"He is going with you to the new school so you can both check in together. I don't want either of you getting lost."

"But he is annoying and old enough to do thinks on his own."

"This is what I want and this is what will happen, got it?" Jamie's mother said sternly.

Jamie knew that this was the time to quit. She never should have said anything this early in the morning anyway. Her mother never was a morning person and so the consequences of disobeying her in that mood were usually disastrous. Jamie grumbled while she left to go get the rest of her things for school.

'Why did we have to come to a small town like this anyway,' she thought. 'Having to start at a new school in the middle of the first semester of high school does not sound like fun to me. I don't like the idea of being the new kid. Then on top of that I have to walk with that stupid little brother of mine.' "Can this day start any worse," she mumbled to herself.

Jamie quickly finished gathering her stuff and yelled up the stairs. "RICHARD!!! GET YOUR BUTT DOWN HERE!!!" She then turned to leave.

"Bye Mom. See ya later. COME ON RICHIE!!! I DON'T WANT TO BE LATE ON THE FIRST DAY!!!"

Footsteps pounded as Richard ran down the steps to join up with his sister. He grabbed his coat and backpack and yelled goodbye as he and Jamie left ou the front door.

"So you think you can do this on your own from now on?" Jamie said smirking.

"Just shut-up. You think I wanted to walk with a short tomboy like you?" he grinned when he saw the look he got from his sister. "No, Mom made me walk with you the same way she made you walk with me. I mean I am fourteen, you think she would get it in her head that i can do things on my own."

"Not with the way you act all the time, so childish," Jamie replied, trying to get back at him for the earlier insult. "At least you don't have to try and get in with the juniors like I do. You are a freshman and will adjust, I am starting over again and trying to get a good reputation and some new friends."

"Better than the one you had at your old school I hope." Richard remarked. "And what do you mean by new friends? You didn't have any in Denver."

Jamie hit her brother in the head. "I did to have friends, just not many."

"Well, were here. What do you say we part ways before they notice that I know you," Richard said before he took off running.

"I am going to kill him one of these days," Jamie grumbled as she walked towards the building.

"Sign in and then sit down" the lady behind the desk said without taking her eyes off of the magazine she was reading. Jamie did as she was told and found a seat. About ten minutes later a girl who looked about eighteen walked in a started talking to the office lady. Jamie started to get self-conscience when the lady suddenly pointed at her. The girl then smiled and walked up to where Jamie was sitting.

"Hi, I am Filia Ul Copt. Welcome to Oak Harbor High School. I will show you around the school today," she said smiling.

"I am Jamie Valtrik." With that the two girls left the office and started walking down the halls. There were crowded with students who were talking, hugging, and scurrying on to class.

"Looks like your first class is history with Mr. Ivie. Do you like history?" Filia asked, finally breaking the ice.

"Actually I do very much. I have always been interested in the myths that revolved around the crusades. All that stuff about magic and sorcerers like Merlin, and the sword fighters like Lancelot from the legends of King Arthur," Jamie replied.

"Well, I hope you enjoy it then," Filia said as she stopped in front of a door. "This is it. I will meet up with you too take you to math and gym after class."

With that Filia left to go to her class. 'I hope she does well in there' Filia thought with amusement.

Jamie watched her go and then opened the door. The first thing she noticed was yelling and the sorce of the yelling being a short red-haired girl standing next to a desk.

"I CAN'T belive I only got an 80 percent on the pop quiz yesterday. I mean I know all about history. How DARE he!" the girl yelled.

Jamie walked towards a desk on the opposite end of the room from the loud girl. 'God, I hope she isn't always like this,' Jamie thought as the headache started. The girl was still yelling about how she thought pop quizes where stupid when the boy next to her told her to shut-up. The next thing you knew she was quiet but not until she had pounded on the boy's head a few times.

"That will teach you to tell me to shut-up" she said.

"Lina Inverse and Zelgadis Greywords, that will be quite enough," the teacher said as he walked into the room. The room suddenly quieted.

The teacher then walked up to Jamie and said, "You must be Jamie Valtrik, the new student. You must excuse those two up there. Lina is always complaining about something and Zelgadis just adds fuel to the fire sometimes with his comments to her."

Lina and Zel both glared at the teacher. When the teacher glared at them back, the both turned around really quick to look towards the front. Jamie just smiled at the scene that had unfolded. 'This will definately be interesting,' she thought to herself.