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Her mom was going crazy.

There was no other way for April to explain it, her mom was going absolutely one hundred percent crazy.

Ever since they arrived in Sunnydale Buffy had been acting completely unlike herself. First, there was the house full of people April had never even heard of, much less met. They had seemed to know more about her mom than April did. Then their was the handsome guy that almost kissed Buffy and the red head that fainted as soon as she saw her mom. And now her mom's telling her not to get kicked out of school, like it's some inside joke?

Yep, her mom was definitely going loony on her.

April's thoughts were interrupted by a semi-familiar voice calling her name from across the crowded courtyard. She quickly turned around, causing her brown hair to whip her face and a strand to become caught in her shiny lip gloss. As she removed it, her eyes searched the sea of strangers for a familiar face. Finally, her eyes landed on the familiar form of Gaia.

Gaia, who was dressed to the nines in designer clothing, was standing on her tip toes and waving her arms excitedly to be seen through the herd of teenagers. With a small smile on April's lips she walked over to the other brunette.

"It's so good to see someone I know," April said with relief.

Gaia's reply was a small laugh. She began to lead the way into the building and asked, "Have you gotten your schedule yet?"

"No," April explained, "my mom just dropped me off."

April was well aware of the many looks the two of them were collecting from the students passing by. Gaia appeared un-phased by them, but April, who wasn't used to this much attention, was growing more uncomfortable with each passing look. At her old school she had blended in, she wasn't a loser but she was a far cry form popular. Most people has walked past her with out a second glance. She could already tell Sunnydale wasn't going to be anything like her last school.

April wondered if her new found super powers had anything to do with the attention she was getting. Did they make her more noticeable, on an unconscious level? Their were so many questions she didn't and couldn't have answered.

"Me neither," Gaia said as they traveled the unfamiliar path to the Guidance office.

An obviously appreciating glance from an exceptionally cute guy made April blush and nervously re-adjust her skirt. April had had plenty of casual dates back at Oakplace, but had yet to have a serious boyfriend. None of they guys she had dated could hold her interest for more than two weeks. Her mother constantly made fun of her for her extremely short attention span when it came to guys.

"I think this is it," Gaia said examining the sign by the metal door. The paint on the door, which was a horrendous shade of maroon, was chipping and had obviously been helped along by a few bored students.

Gaia and April exchanged an unsure glance and walked in. Sitting at a cluttered desk was a woman in her late forties with mousy brow hair that was in desperate need of some de-frizzing gel.

"Oh," she said excitedly, looking up from her computer, "You must be the two new students," she said clapping her hands together in a child like fashion. This caused Gaia to have a "coughing attack" which covered up her laughter.

The woman continued in her high pitched voice as she looked through her files, "Oh I'm so glad the two of you met each other. You two will be able to help each other out. Sunnydale can be brutal. Oh, which one of you is Ga- ia?" she asked squinting at the paper.

"It's pronounced Guy-uh and that would be me," Gaia said, her perfectly manicured hand reaching out to shake the guidance counselors. Ms. Trenton handed over Gaia's schedule with a smile and began to loo for Aprils. The screech of the bell went off just above Aprils head and caused her to flinch. The sounds of hundreds of feet moving to class could be heard outside the door.

"Don't worry," Ms. Trenton said with a smile as she pulled April's file out, "I'll give you a pass so you won't be late," she said her eyes not leaving the piece of paper. April watched in surprise as the counselors smile turned to a frown. "You must be Ms. Summers then?" she questioned April, "Well, I certainly hope you won't be as much trouble as your mother was. Our current principal won't stand for any of that nonsense."

To say April was shocked was an understatement, but she managed to reply, "Of course ma'am," as she took her schedule. April decided that she had better get used to surprises because, as far as she could tell, Sunnydale was full of them. April recovered enough from her shock to say thank you as they left the Guidance office and headed towards their newly assigned lockers.

They stopped at Gaia's first and she put one of her notebooks into it and took out her schedule and began to compare it to April's. "Look, we have fist and fifth together."

"Thank God," April said as they began to walk towards her locker a few rows down, "I don't think I could handle eight classes with complete strangers." The late bell had rung two minutes ago and the halls were empty except for the two girls and a cute brunette pleading to a teacher two doors up.

He was tall, but, April noticed, not freakishly tall. His brown hair, that looked as if the only styling that had gone into it was rolling out of bed and running his hand through it, seemed to have natural blonde highlights that sparkled even in the fluorescent lighting. His eyes sparkled as he begged, "Please, Ms. Gil, just let me in. Just this once."

"No, Mr. Harris! You have been late everyday this week, your charm will not get you our of this one," was her stern answerer, "you are going directly to the office!" She punctuated her last word with a sharp finger pointing in the direction the two girls had just come from.

As the pair walked by him, April noticed that Gaia was examining him very carefully, and April had to admit that she silently agreed with Gaia's interest.

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After the single most boring class April had ever attended, even the bell that called for April and Gaia's separation sounded heavenly. They exited the Biology classroom and headed towards the water fountain. Gaia was interrupted in the middle of her impression of the bald headed teacher and monotone voice by a girl with designer heels and not a strand of blonde hair out of place.

"Hi, I'm Taylor Orr," she introduced her self, her smile, which April found completely fake, revealed two rows of perfectly white teeth, "I just love those shoes," she said to Gaia, saccharine smile still firmly in place.

"They're Prada," Gaia explained, her smile even more forced than Taylor's. The blonde let out a excited giggle that made April wonder if she was a demon.

"And you hair," Taylor said turning to April, "to die for."

"Thank you," April said shocked. April was not at all surprised when Taylor came over to talk to Gaia, she was, after all, the poster child for Prom Queen. What shocked her was that Taylor even gave her a second glance. She always knew that she wasn't ugly and that she had a sort of classical beauty, but she never thought she was pretty enough to hang with the 'beautiful crowd.' Back at home she had had plenty of guy interested in her but none of the so called 'popular girls' had ever given her so much as the time of day.

"Now, before we let you into our group it's a tradition that you have to pass a quiz that tests for coolness factor," Taylor continued as if it were the most normal thing in the world and not a statement that made April's jaw drop.

"You know," Gaia said with a smile that was no longer forced, "I really don't feel like taking a test right now and I've had enough of fake smiles to last me well into the next month. And although I won't be able to discus boys and shoes with bleached cheerleaders at lunch, I think I will, somehow, manage to survive," with that she turned to April whose jaw had just dropped another inch and said, "See you later." With that, she promptly turned and walked to her next class.

Taylor sat their speechless for a good thirty seconds which, April thought, was probably was a school record. When she did finally regain control of her mouth and get over the shock of being rejected she exclaimed, "What is her damage?" She obviously not looking for an answer though because she imminently turned to April and said, "I'll forgive the fact that you were hanging with that freak, under the assumption that you were drawn in by her shoes and had yet to hear her speak." This was spoken as though the offer alone was enough to make her a saint. "Okay," she said to the still speechless April, "your first question is--Hey!!"

She was yet again interrupted.

This time it was from a girl who, apart from the clothes which screamed tomboy, was shockingly pretty. Her curly blonde hair was not from a bottle unlike Taylor's and her green eyes twinkled with a secret joke. Although her boyish clothes hide her figure, it was obvious that it had curves in all the right places.

"What the Hell do you think your doing?" was Taylor's outraged cry, "Now I'm going to have to burn this dress. Do you know how much it cost?" April was amazed that the girl was throwing this big of fit because the blonde bumped into her.

"Excuse me, Barbie," said the girl her voice dripping with sarcasm. She turned to her partner who was wearing the same style of clothes she was. He looked as though he had rolled out of bed and put on whatever was lying on his floor that smelled clean. The look suited him and gave him a sexy ruggedness.

"Come on Beau, let's leave the Wicked Witch alone so she can continue to brain was another one of her winged monkeys,' and with that the two of them walked off.

Taylor huffily turned back to April and tried once again to start her 'test' but was again interrupted.

This time it was from April, "You know," she said finally having the chance to talk, "I think I'm gonna have to go with Gaia on this one," the way she had treated the tomboy had been the breaking point. She had always wondered what it might be like to be in the popular crowd, but the price of turning into a Taylor mini-me was too high to find out. "I'm sorry but being a Bitch isn't really my thing." She flashed Taylor a quick smile and turned around to head to her class just as the warning bell to get to class rang. As she walked to her next class, she silently praying that she hadn't sentenced herself to complete torture for the rest of her high school experience. And although she tried to convince herself that Taylor would forget all about her in a day of two, she knew deep down in the pit of her stomach that she was in denial and that Taylor would do everything in her power to make the rest of her life a Sunnydale High a living hell.

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Author's Note: Hope you liked it. That chapter pretty much introduced all the new characters, hope you liked at least one of them. Thank you to everyone who review and please please do it again.