First Day
I woke up at five thirty, giving me just enough time to do my morning routine before school starts. I hopped out of bed, being the usual perky morning person I am, and grabbed my bath robe and slippers. I walked out of my room, closed the door, and walked to the bathroom. Waking up early was a good thing, considering my brother was always asleep until six forty-five, giving me practically an hour to use the bathroom. I turned the knob until the water became hot and then I turned the cold knob until the water became the right temperature. I got in the shower, and twenty minutes later, I came out smelling very good. I put my robe on, and put my hair up in my pink towel. I slipped on my slippers and went downstairs. I saw my mom cooking breakfast and sat down at the kitchen table.
"Are you excited about your first day?"
"Kind of, the only thing I'm really not excited about is the fact that all my friends from middle school won't be going."
"Honey, I know. We had the choice to send you to a normal high school, but we wanted you to be in better control of your powers."
"I know." My mom set a plate of eggs and bacon in front of me, along with my glass of apple juice! I ate all my breakfast and drank my juice. I put the dishes in the sink and went back upstairs. It was six. I went back into the bathroom to blow dry my hair. After that I went back to my room to pick an outfit. I decided on a very cute baby pink halter top along with a white pleated skirt that went to my mid-thigh. I went into my closet and picked out a pair of white flip-flops and set them by my pink Roxy backpack. I went back into the bathroom, yet again, and brushed my teeth. Afterwards, I picked up my brush and brushed my hair out straight, but I didn't like that. I put it up into a high pony tail, pig tails, braids, twists, and a low pony tail, but nothing satisfied me. It was six twenty, and I had twenty five minutes before I was going to be kicked out by James. I put it up into a cute little bun, and I was finally happy with my hair for once. I put my brush back in the cabinet in the sink, and I pulled out this pink basket with all my make-up. I applied pink eyeliner with a lighter, but only by a little bit, eye shadow. I put on some blush and mascara. I pulled out some pink shimmery lip gloss and applied it to my full lips. I looked into the mirror and liked what I saw.
"Get your face out of the mirror, your going to break it."
"Shut up, James. I'm done anyways." I started walking out of the bathroom, but evidently I wasn't walking fast enough because James pushed me the rest of the way out. It was six fifty. I still had ten minutes before I had to go to the bus stop. I went back to my room, got my flip-flops on, grabbed my backpack, and put it on. I walked over to my dresser and grabbed my silver and blue Motorola camera phone from it's charger and put it in my O'Neill purse. I pulled the purse over my shoulder and walked out of my room, closing the door behind me. I walked down the stairs.
"Now, James, make sure your sister get's to the bus stop okay, okay?"
"Yes mom." I gave my mom and dad a hug goodbye, while they gave me words of luck, and I patted Cone on his head. James and I walked out the door and down the sidewalk. We turned the corner and went down the sidewalk until we hit the other corner.
"Okay, this is your bus stop. There will be other people here, so you won't be by yourself. I'm going to go to Lash's bus stop. So I'll see you at school. Oh, yeah, and if mom asks, I was with you at the bus stop giving you words of encouragement." James laughed and ran to Lash's bus stop. I waited there for maybe two minutes until I saw a kid wearing a white pants, a white and yellow t-shirt, and a white hat.
"Hey, I'm Zach, are you a freshman?"
"Yeah."
"Cool, me too."
"Cool, I'm Alexandria, but you can call me Alexa."
"Why not Alex?"
"It makes me sound like I have a guy name."
"What's wrong with having a guy name? I have a guy name." Evidently, this kid wasn't all to bright, but he seemed cool.
"Ok... I am a girl, so I would prefer a girl's name. And you have a guy name because you're a guy."
"Oh... that makes sense." I laughed. The bus pulled up, and I took a seat next to Zach. He introduced me to the two people sitting across from us. One of their name's was Magenta, or Maj. She had black hair with purple streaks, and she wore a lot of purple. The other person was Ethan, and he wore glasses, and had on an orange shirt. Ethan's power was melting, and Maj's powers was shape shifting, but she could only shape shift into a guinea pig. I still thought it was cool. I told them my power, and they thought it was cool.
"So, Zach, what is your power," I asked.
"He won't tell anyone. He called me when he got them, but he wouldn't tell me," Maj said. The bus stopped again and a girl, wearing a green shirt, jeans, and a yellow-ish skirt over them, and a boy, wearing the combinations red, white, and blue, got on the bus. The boy asked the bus driver if this was the bus to Sky High, then the bus driver went kind of psycho. I found out the boy was Will Stronghold, the child of The Commander and Jet Stream, the world's best super heroes. He took a seat behind Zach and I, and the girl, who I found out her name was Layla, sat next to him. Layla's power was to control nature. We were driving, then stopped at what was hopefully the last stop. The bus driver, Ron Wilson, changed his hat, tore of this patch of white covering his sleeve, and said, "Next stop, Sky High." He made a turn onto a road that was blocked off.
"Where are we," Layla asked. Ron drove of a bridge and we started falling, then we were all buckled in, and the bus started flying upwards. I started screaming, then I laughed when I saw Zach's face.
"Freshman," muttered Ron. We stopped, not so smoothly I might add, when we got to the school.
"Don't be late for the bus because the bus waits for no one, except you, Will Stronghold." We stepped off the bus, then we were all rounded up in a group because someone was running circles around us. While everyone was desperately trying to find out who was doing the running, I just rolled my eyes. The guy stopped, and glanced at me for second. Someone that was standing at the school entrance started stretching over to where we were standing. He stopped next to James.
"Hi, I'm Lash, and this is Speed. We are part of the welcoming committee of Sky High, and we will be collec-"
"No you aren't," I said. Everyone stared at me like I was mad.
"What?"
"You heard me, you and James aren't part of any welcoming committee."
"Let me guess, your Speed's little sister."
"Yeah, and you must be Lash, the kid James refuses to invite over."
"Yeah," he said, taking a step forward to step in front of me, " I am."
"Okay guys, I'll take it from here," said some girl with a pink outfit and brown hair, " Hello, I'm Gwen Graceson, and I will be..." I kind of tuned her out, while I watched Lash walk back to the school. He turned around and looked at me, then he grinned and started walking, again, towards the school. We walked into the building and we were lead to the gym. We stood there in a group until a ball of light came shooting into the gym and to a podium.
"Hello, I am Principal Powers. You are all about to enter a magical journey into discovering your powers. Now you will be in going into Power Placement. Good luck!" Principal Powers turned into the ball of light again and went out of the gym. Some man with shorts to short for my comfort was standing on a platform holding a clipboard.
"I'm Coach Boomer, or as some of you may know me as Sonic Boom, some of you may not. I will be calling your names and you will show me your power. Starting with Little Larry." He pointed some short kid with curly red hair, thick glasses, and a sweater vest. His whole image screamed nerd. He walked onto the platform and showed Boomer his power. Little Larry ended up being this huge rock man. He was placed in hero. Zach went up, without his name being called, and clapped his hands together. Nothing happened.
"Show me your power."
"I'm doing it."
"Doing what?"
"I'm glowing. Maybe you could turn of all these lights or cup your hand around your eyes and look real close-"
"Sidekick!"
"Are you sure you don't want to think-"
"SIDEKICK!" Boomer's voice echoed, and Zach went flying. Ethan went next, and he melted and was place as a sidekick. Some girl turned into a ball and she was a sidekick. Some kid spit, then he was a sidekick. He tapped Boomer and it was acid spit, so he was placed in hero. Layla refuse to show her powers and she was placed in sidekick. Maj turned into the guinea pig, so she was a sidekick. Some more heros and sidekicks were called. The lunch bell rang and boomer said we would come back after lunch to finish. We walked to the lunch room.
"Boomer is going to regret the day he put Zachary Nicolas Jackson in sidekick."
"We know Zach," I said. We got our lunch and sat down at a table. Some kid was looking at Will. The kid had long black hair with red in it, and he was wearing all black. Turns out, Will's dad put the kid, Warren's, dad in jail. We went back to the gym and it was Will's turn.
"Show me your power." Will was hesitant, then he walked to Boomer and whispered something.
"You don't know what your power is?" Will just looked at him.
"Your kidding me. Car." A car fell from the ceiling and crushed Will.
"ARE YOU INSANE! I DON'T HAVE SUPER STRENGTH!"
"Oh you must be a flyer." Will was catapulted off the platform and hit a pole, then fell down the stairs. Everyone gasped.
"I don't have any powers."
"SIDEKICK!" It was my turn next. I noticed James and Lash were in the gym. They are here just to point and laugh at people, I thought.
"Why are we here again," Lash asked Speed.
"I want to see where my sister goes."
"ALEXANDRIA HILL." Oh great, it was my turn. I walked onto the platform and stood there.
"So, show us your power." I closed my eyes and teleported from the platform next to Lash. Then I teleported back to the platform.
"Is that it?"
"I can also freeze time."
"The show me by-" he couldn't finish his sentence. I went over to my brother and put Lash's arms around my brother, to make it look like they were hugging. I went back to the podium and put Boomer's sunglasses on the floor, turned his hat backwards, and put his clipboard in his mouth. I unfroze time and everyone laughed when they heard screams from the back of the gym.
"YOU ARE SO GOING TO DIE WHEN WE GET HOME!"
"I'LL HELP YOU WITH HURTING HER SPEED!"
"Gosh, they just can't take a joke." I was placed in hero. I must admit, my first day of Sky High wasn't that bad. I got on the bus and got off at my stop, giving my new friends my cell number. When I got off, two people were standing in front of me, looking like they wanted to kill someone.
