Gena stared, entranced, as Kristel's new principle left.
"What kind of name is 'Powers'?" Gena asked herself. She shrugged it off as she had with the Mad Science. Gena looked for her daughter so they could go buy school supplies.
There was suddenly a loud growling sound.
And then get lunch, Gena thought to herself.
"Get up, Sleepyhead!" Gena called to her daughter from the other side of the door.
Finally! The long awaited day! The first day of school!
Kristel got up and got dressed in the black dress earlier mentioned. She slipped on her black and lime green striped socks and her lime green shoes. She then headed to the bathroom to highlight her hair and put it up in a bun.
Kristel went to get some breakfast--a slice of toast and some milk--then proceeded up stairs to do her make-up and brush her teeth.
After she finished getting ready she stood infront of the mirror on her door. She grinned. "Now all I need is a pair of fangs or a broomstick." She did resemble that of a vampire or a witch.
"Bye Mom," called Kristel she headed to the bus stop. When she got there she met two other kids. "Hi," she said, holding out her hand. "I'm Kristel."
"I'm Leyla," said the girl as she shook Kristel's hand.
"And I'm Will," added the boy after Leyla elbowed him in the stomach.
"Nice to meet you both," replied Kristel.
After some silence, Leyla spoke up. "What are your powers, Kristel?"
"You can call me Kris," said Kristel, absent mindedly, the question obviously not registering. "Wait... Pow-ers?" Her face fell. Uh-oh.
Before anything else could be said the bus arrived. Kristel got on first and made her way toward the back so she could contemplate the mess she had gotten herself into.
"How could you the obvious signs!" asked an obviously angered Kristel to the window at the back of the bus. "Sky High for one. I mean, what kind of ordinary school calls itself Sky High? And with a subject call Mad Science. How didn't I see? PLus, the principle's name is Powers of all things..."
Kristel was too busy beating herself up about the whole thing to realize they were nearing a "cliff". She about died when the bus started to fall. "Smooth! If you had recognized the signs in the first place you might live to see another day!" she scolded herself in a whisper.
The rest of the bus...flight?...went in silence. All the while Kristel wondered how to escape alive.
The bus finally landed on a...floating island? Kristel hung her head in defeat as she stepped out of the bus. Now how was she going to get out alive? Oh well... Too late to think about that now.
The breeze feels nice, thought Kristel. That was until she realized that the whole group was being gathered closer together and the "breeze" was circling them.
When the stopped a chbby teen boy stood in front of the group and another tall lanky boy flipped--slinky-style--down the front stairs.
"I'm Lash and this is Speed," introduced the slinky. "We're the welcoming commitee. Now, where's that fifteen dollar new student fee?" he demanded as he stretched out his black and white sleeved arm.
"There wasn't anything in the handbood about a new student fee," argued a kid.
"That's because they're making it all up," yelled Kristel. "They're bluffing."
"Nice call kid," came a voice coming toward them.
Kristel knew that voice. "Yancy!" Yancy was one of Kristel's best friends in San Diego. He move at the end of seventh grade. Or the end of sixth grade for her. She hadn't seen him since.
"Hey Kris," he greeted as he bound up to her, tail wagging.
Maybe it wasn't going to be horrible after all.
"I didn't know you went here," said Kristel, hugging her friend.
"Yep," he said, letting go. "Mom wanted me to 'make friends' so I'd have somebody to hang with here." He rolled his eyes.
Kristel giggled. She knew he always had problems with that. "What's your power?"
"I can transform into a cat--a blue tiger--but that's not my actual power. It's apparently considered an abnormalty here as well. No, my power is turning invisible. With that and my cat-like reflexes, I managed to make hero. What about you?"
"I don't have powers. I shouldn't even be here. My mother signed me up unknowingly. And-"
"The fifteet dollars, then we'll leave," interupted Lash who was either bored or annoyed...or both.
"Go away or you'll regret it," replyed an annoyed Kristel.
"Oh no, a goth! I'm so scared!" retoreted Lash.
"I'll take it from here, boys," said a girl who came from around the corner.
Lash and Speed left, but Kristel noticed Lash glance back at her.
"Bye Kris!" called Yancy as he headed inside.
Hope you enjoyed it.
Rihana