Righto. Another introduction chapter. (Far too many bloody characters to introduce...) Enjoy!

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Chapter 3:- Two New Students

When they arrived at Room 259, the door was shut and commotion could be heard inside. Vic banged on the door hard, and a pale girl with bright pink hair opened it. She wore a purple top and black trousers, but her bright pink hair and eyes took away from the brightness of the outfit's colors.

"WOH!" said Vic. "Too much pink!"

The girl giggled. "Who might you be?"

"I'm Dick Grayson, and these are my friends Vic Stone and Gar Logan. We're friends of Raven," Dick said politely.

"No, they're not," came Raven's voice from the room.

"Can we come in anyway?" asked Gar.

"No," came Raven's voice.

"Sure, you can!" exclaimed the girl as Raven sighed in the background. "I'm Jennifer, but all my friends call me Jinx," the pink-haired girl said as the boys entered the room.

"Why?" asked Vic.

"Cause my initals spell it. My full name is Jennifer Indigo Niobe Xeronis."

"Well, it certainly makes it easier to say," said Dick with a smile.

Gar approached Raven, who lay on a bed made with dark blue covers and surrounded by creepy artifacts, surveying the destruction in the room. "Errr... Rae."

"Don't call me Rae."

"Right, sorry. Raven, you left these downstairs." He handed her the black book, the newspaper and some other things she left in the cafeteria.

"Why are you doing this?"

"Doing what?"

"Being nice."

"It just looked like you could use a friend, that's all."

She was silent for a brief moment. "Thank you," she said, with a slight smile sneaking onto her lips.

"You're welcome." He extended his hand to help her off the bed. "Friends?"

She took his hand and nodded, pulling herself up.

"And you think I'm funny, right?"

"Don't push it."

"Right..."

"Where's your other roommate, Jinx?" asked Dick.

"In the bathroom, she's been in there since we got here."

"I am coming! I am coming!" came a sweet soft voice from inside the bathroom. The door flew open and out stepped a tall, red-headed girl with dazzling green eyes. She had slightly tanned skin, and wore a thigh-length lilac skirt and a lilac form-fitting lilac top.

Dick momentarily forgot his politeness and stared, before he got a sharp punch from Vic. "Put your eyes back in their sockets dude," he whispered.

"... Hi..." said Dick, for the first time in his life losing his cool. "...I'm Dick."

"Dude, he's like totally head over heels for her," whispered Gar to Raven.

"Why hello friend! My name is Kori," the girl said, slightly blushing.

"Errr... Hi Kori. Where are you from?"

"I am from Tam..." she paused, then continued. "Japan."

"My father has told me many things about Japan. Why did you move?" Dick said, regaining his ability to speak without drooling.

"It was considered in my best interests to move here. Tell me, friend Dick, can you show me where the history room is? My next class is there and I am enstranged to these hallways."

"I have the same class. Follow me," and with that they both left through the door and turned left, broad smiles on both their faces.

"Well, that was..." started Jinx.

"Odd," said Vic.

"Freaky," said Gar.

"Disturbing," said Raven.

Jinx looked at the Dicketable she had been given. "Oh crud. I have English. Where the heck is Mr. Harris' room?"

"I've got track practice. It's on the way, I'll walk you," answered Vic. He politely let Jinx go through the door first. She walked through and he walked out and said quickly to Gar, "Don't do anything I wouldn't do."

Gar, in response, took the book he was holding and threw it at Vic, but he shut the door fast enough to avoid it.

"Well, erm... I've got a free period, so I'm going outside for a bit," said Gar. "If you ain't doing anything, d'ya wanna come?"

Raven looked at Gar, then turned and grabbed the black book. "Why not?" she said kinda gloomily.

Gar opened the door, and let Raven step out, then quickly examined his teeth in the mirror before exiting.

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OK. The pieces are set, and its time for the game to get moving!
Next:- It's Pizza Night!