It was a dark and stormy night in Kandrakar, a mysterious hooded figure was roaming around the place with the Heart of Kandrakar. A giant villain with spiky hair and armor followed her. "Hand over the Heart of Kandrakar!" shouted the creature.

"Never!" shouted the mysterious figure. "The Heart is not yours!"

A group of monsters popped out of nowhere. The figure tried to hold onto the Heart, but it broke into five pieces. "NO!" shouted the figure.

The figure removed her hood, revealing to be Will Vandom all grown up. "Without the Heart" smiled the creature, "you're nothing, Wilhemina Vandom."

He took off with his monsters following him. Will looked up to the sky, then looked at her pregnant belly. "Kandrakar isn't safe for us anymore," she said to her unborn child. "We must go to Earth." With some of the magic she still had, she created a portal to Hartfeld, hoping her child can grow to be a normal person.

10 years later

It was the grand opening of the new dance clothing store. "Welcome to Zuzanna's Steps," announced an Irish woman. "Are you in need of some new ballet slippers or a leotard or two. Then come on down here for all of your dancing needs. We've even had a free all-you-can-eat buffet for our grand opening day."

Everyone was gathering around the leotards, dance dresses, and leggings. An Irish girl with shoulder-length blonde hair and freckles was putting away some tap shoes when she heard a thud. "Esme," snapped the girl, "don't make bags out of the ballet shoes."

"But I want to try out these shoes," whined Esme. She was adjusting her pigtails and her dress when she placed on a shoe bigger than her foot.

"Esme," the girl said, "these shoes are too big for you."

"Peggy," asked Esme, "why don't you wear them?"

"They're for the customer's lass," Peggy explained. "I know how much you hate me giving out to you, but this store is honoring of grandmother. There are some sour cream and onion crisps by the free food buffet."

"Thanks, sis," said Esme as she rushed up to the buffet.

A Guatemalan girl with her hair in a braid spotted Peggy cleaning up the ballet slippers. A Vietnamese girl with black hair and green clothes followed the Guatemalan girl. "You must be that new girl, Peggy O'Donovan," suggested the Guatemalan girl as Peggy placed the last pair of slippers away. "I'm Isadora Atenas. Many people call me Izzy, Isa, Dora, Doorbell. Like those jingles when somebody answers the door. Anyway, I was from Guatemala, that country in Central America that sounds like guava ice cream. I like guava ice cream, the taste in my mouth is so irresistible and so yumm-"

The Vietnamese girl covered Isadora's mouth. "Sorry," she said. "Isadora talks too much. I'm Addison. You're new, aren't you?"

"Yeah," Peggy replied. "My family just moved here from Ireland this summer, and I haven't made any friends."

"Then we can help you," Addison said. "Here's a brochure for our school's ballet club."

Peggy looked at the Hartfeld High's club brochure and decided to join the ballet club. She remembered going to the funeral for her grandmother, Zuzanna, a year ago and she promised her to carry her passion for ballet in the country she'd never got a chance to go to America. She looked at Addison and Isadora and smiled.

XxoxX

Later that night, a group of Indian gangsters were barging into the school hallway. Their leader, who was tall and handsome and had a lion symbol on his jacket came in. "Alright, Ferociars," he said. "Remember we're vandalizing the music department with our spray paint."

"Got the paint, Vinod," said a gangster with a mohawk.

"And I got the stencils for our logo," said another gangster with curly hair dyed pink.

"Here's the plan," Vinod explained. "Ragoba, you handle the trophy case; Jyoti, fix up the mural of the famous musicians; Kareena, handle the choir room Dharya fix up the music storage room; and Mahi, be on the lookout." He looked around to see that Mahi wasn't there. "Where's Mahi?" he asked.

"I'm here," stated an Indian girl with a boyish cut and sunglasses. "You left me behind again."

"Mahi has a point," Ragoba replied. "She's your little sister, Vinod."

"Whatever," groaned Vinod.

"How come I never join you on spraypainting and stealing?" Mahi asked her older brother. "You always make me be the lookout and let me take the blame."

"Because you're a baby," Vinod answered. "This is the big kids' job. So go back to the lookout, you twerp."

*None of this would've happened if he caught me checking the mail*, Mahi thought to herself. *He found me with a brochure with the school's club when he came up with the dumb idea to vandalize the music wing*.

As the Feriociars were spraypainting the music wing, Mahi fell into a deep sleep after her brother made her clean up around the hideout. Little did she know was that an adorable creature that looked like a cross between a parrot and a panda. It comforted Mahi while it everyone else was wrapping up the vandalism. Out of nowhere, a light came around. An overweight guard came around and asked. "What's going on?" he asked. "Vandalism is against the law."

"We weren't vandalizing," Vinod lied. "We were - ugh!"

Mahi woke up to see her brother getting busted by the guard. "STOP!" she shouted. "This was my fault. I gave my idiot brother and his cohorts the idea to vandalize the music wing. I found a brochure of the school's clubs when they wanted to do graffiti here."

"Tattletale," growled Vinod.

"I'm tired of you leaving me out of your criminal schemes and blaming all your mistakes on me," Mahi growled. "This time I'm taking responsibility."

"Responsibility is for nerds," Vinod snapped as he and the other Ferociars tried to getaway.

But the parrot/panda creature sneezed and made them blow out of the school.

Mahi stood up to the guard and said, "Whatever punishment you have, I'll do it."

XxoxX

The next day after school, Addison and Isadora were getting ready for ballet class at the Hartfeld U auditorium when Peggy came around looking tired. "Sorry, lasses," Peggy groaned. "I just got out of the scratcher, and I'm feeling a little jaded. It's been two weeks since school started, and I haven't gotten much of the hang of an American school."

"Don't worry," Addison smiled. "Isadora and I were exchange students for Australia for a semester in the 8th grade and kinda got the hang of it."

"I mean, I've heard of shrimp on the Barbie," Isadora replied. "It made me think of Barbie the famous fashion designer and model and I keep getting kangaroos and wallabies mixed up I mean their super cute and they love to cuddle."

"SHUT UP!" shouted a girl with posh clothing and auburn hair. "I can't handle a word of Atenas. Luckily I was relieved when she and Bach went to Australia. It was the happiest moment of my life until Covington moved here from Boston 1 week later."

"Quiet, Rochelle," Addison replied. "We only did this so Isadora can raise her grades in geography and history. Australia uses to be a settlement for prisoners."

"Did they ever have expensive tutus and slippers like mwa?" asked Rochelle.

"They didn't," replied Addison.

"Then I'm out," Rochelle groaned.

"That's Rochelle Vilks," Addison whispered to Peggy. "Her parents own the Latvian furniture company, Vilks Furnishes."

"I say she cares more about fancy lives than normal ones," Peggy whispered.

Suddenly, an elderly man came in. "Attention, everywhere. As you know, Mrs. Colon will not be teaching this year. She has resigned to pursue being a choreographer for 'Swan Lake' in France. So I like for you guys to meet your new instructor and owner of Vandom's Animal Kingdom, Will Vandom."

Will came in adjusting her glasses. "Thank you, Principal McLean," Will smiled. "As you know, the ballet club has been our most promising club in Hartfeld High's history. Last night a couple of gangsters barged into the music wing and vandalized it. For a little adventure, the school board decided to give the students a little adventure by going to Hartfeld University."

While Will was still talking, Peggy sat next to a biracial Jamaican girl with a teal beanie. "New to ballet, girl?" she whispered in a Jamaican accent.

"Something like that," whispered Peggy. "I'm Peggy."

"Rayne," whispered the Jamaican girl. "Heard you talking to Rochelle the Ruckus. That what the kids whom she bullies call her. She always puts down middle-class citizens and acts like a baby when she doesn't get what she wants."

"I can't believe how bold Rochelle is," Peggy whispered.

"Yeah," Rayne whispered. "She always has the bravery to be on stage."

"No," Peggy whispered. "I'm mean how you say 'mean'."

"-We also have three new faces this year," announced Will. "Peggy O'Donovan, who just moved here from Ireland; Rayne Covington, who thought she could add a little softness to her life; and Mahi Chalk vat, Chocolate vase,-"

"It's Chakavarti," Mahi shouted from behind. "But don't worry - it's an Indian surname. Nobody gets it right all the time. Sorry for the lie-down. I needed to find the right room."

XxoxX

Later, the girls were going through the first few steps when Will found her purse glowing. After the creature destroyed the Heart, Will made the it into rings, and whichever five were connected to them were the chosen ones. She looked at the symbols and sensed that the new wielders are Peggy, Rayne, Isadora, Mahi, and Addison.

To be Continued.