A/N: Holy flippin pancakes, I forgot to update this story! Well, I didn't entirely forget, it's mostly because my computer that I write on had no internet until now, and I have a different OS than my parentals, and for some reason was having issues with opening documents off of my floppy disks on theirs. But I haven't forgotten about this story! I seriously have 21 whole chapters already written out, plus a few pages of random ideas and blurbs. So help keep me motivated, and review, review, review!

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The resounding sound of a bell echoed through the whole immense school, telling everyone that was still unpacking, that it was time for lunch. Everyone made their way into the dining hall, a high ceilinged room filled with long tables, some surrounded by wooden high backed chairs, others having benches.

Looking around the room, you could tell right away who the new and returning students were by the way they went about milling around the room. The returning students found their places at their tables, and were comfortably eating, or walking around talking to the friends they hadn't seen since the year before. The new students, on the other hand, all seemed to clump together around the edges of the room, partly because the room seemed quite full, partly because they didn't want to venture into the interior of such a large crowd.

Having someone by her side, Robbie felt brave enough to make her way through the crowd with Sam, to go find a real seat. The only spot they could find without walking all the way across the room was nearly a whole table left empty, with only two girls sitting at it.

"Can we sit here?" Robbie asked the two girls.

Connie and Julie looked up at them in surprise. Most girls stayed away from them, mostly because they hung out with the rest of the ducks, and even joined in with their unladylike behavior.

"Oh sure, as long as you don't mind sitting with our friends after they get through the line." Julie said, motioning towards the line for food.

"Not at all" Sam smiled warmly, and they found places to sit at the table.

The four girls introduced themselves, and made small talk until Connie had an announcement.

"Just to warn you," Connie started, leaning in towards Sam and Robbie, so they could hear over the noise of the crowd, "our friends are a bit rowdy."

"There's the understatement of the year." Julie said, looking up at the group coming their way.

The rest of the team came towards them, pushing, shoving and yelling in their usual style, stopping in their tracks after seeing two strangers at their table.

"Who're you?" Russ bluntly asked them.

"Be nice guys, they're new friends of ours." Julie said, giving each one of them a glare that informed them they better listen.

"Hey!" Dwayne interjected, "They're my friends too."

"Hi Dwayne." Sam said, giving him a genuine smile.

After the slight silence that went on while they were all busy stuffing their faces, the group all piled their trays at the end of the table so there was more room in the middle of the table. They even took Sam and Robbie's trays away from them to clear the table more.

"Oh, yeah, sure, I can be finished, thanks." Robbie very sarcastically told Portman as he pulled her tray out from under her.

"Your welcome." Portman said with a bright smile, passing her tray down to the other end of the table.

"It's ok, you can smack him." Julie informed her with a smile.

Shrugging, Robbie swung her arm out and smacked him pretty hard on the arm.

"What was that for?" Portman asked her menacingly.

"Because she told me I could." Robbie informed him, looking him up and down, pointing over at Julie.

"Cute." Portman mockingly sneered at Julie.

"Cat lady, are you causing problems again?" Les called out from across the table.

"Yeah, what of it?" Julie called back.

"Good job." Les said with a nod of approval.

"Yeah, you better have some respect." Julie called back.

"Yes ma'am, cat lady, ma'am." Les grinned.

"Is he afraid of you?" Sam asked Julie.

"Yeah" Julie grinned with pride, "He knows I could take him down if he made me mad."

"Really?" Robbie asked.

"Yeah… I have four brothers, and I'm a hockey player."

"That's enough proof for me!" Robbie giggled.

The loudspeaker relayed them a message that said they were all to report to the auditorium when lunch was over, so the group made their way over to the school's cushy seated lecture hall, and found a place to sit down.

The announcement was simple. Mr. Buckley informed them that due to an increase in enrollment this year, there would be no dorm room switching, due to the fact that everywhere was full, with no exceptions. What he didn't tell them was that their numbers had never been better. With the media surrounding the ducks, a lot of people that hadn't even realized Eden Hall was even there, found out about the school, and the good education in provided. Then he went on it reiterate the rules that they had already gotten from the packet of papers they'd all received at the start of the term.

"Welcome to Eden Hall!" Mr. Buckley ended, throwing his arms out in welcome before dismissing them to do as they wished until dinnertime at 6:00.

Waiting until some of the crowd had gone out the doors, the Ducks, and Sam and Robbie sat there, trying to figure out what to do for the rest of the evening.

"We could toilet paper the teacher's lounge." Russ suggested.

"I think there are teachers in there now though." Charlie told them.

"We could… go to the mall?" Averman suggested with a shrug.

"Anyone have any better ideas?" Charlie asked the group. Upon hearing silence, he asked them, "So, the mall it is then?"

Turning to Sam and Robbie, Connie asked them, "Oh! Do you guys have rollerblades?"

"Rollerblades?" Robbie asked.

"Yeah, rollerblades; traditional duck mode of transportation." Averman informed them.

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A/N: You thought I had forgotten my shoutouts, didn't you? Well, to tell you the truth, I nearly forgot them. But here they are:

ChocolateCoveredJockey: love the music wars? Well I'm just getting started! It's not called Dorm Wars for nothing!

Duckys: ...I'm awesome? Are you sure? Somehow I doubt it... But I'm quite sure that you're awesome too, you know. Reviews are my friend, thanks!

Marblespunkteacher: Thanks, I heart Sam and Robbie too! And I heart the Bash Brothers!

Marbles-n-Mush: ok... go back and read your review that you left for chapoter two, and let me know if you remember what your plan was for that, because I'm too tired at the moment to realize what's going on. As always, thanks for reading:D