The New Girl
Mr. Lancer glanced around at his class, scrutinizing those who weren't doing their work. "Ahem," he coughed, although nobody paid any attention to him. "First person to raise their hand has no homework tonight," he continued, not knowing whether to laugh or cry as every hand in the room shot up. "It's a tie, so everyone still has their homework. Anyways… We have a new student." He opened the door, revealing the surprised face of a fifteen year-old girl. She placed a foot through the door, smiling tentatively.
"Class, this is Faye. I expect you all to give her a very warm welcome. Faye, you can take that seat right over there." When she didn't budge, Mr. Lancer gave her a light push. She strolled quietly over, sitting beside a blonde-haired jock and a raven-haired boy. Mr. Lancer turned back to his lecture, and Faye opened her book and hid behind it.
"Class, this is Faye. I expect you to give her a warm welcome, and Faye, you can take that seat right over there," he said, nodding towards a seat between Danny and Dash. She silently nodded her head, walking over towards the seat. As she sat down, Mr. Lancer resumed his lesson, and she quickly brought out her book and turned to the page on the board.
A sigh came out of the girl's mouth as the bell rang, and she quickly gathered up her stuff. She pushed aside a strand of straight black hair, revealing wise azure eyes. She was the last one in the classroom, and she slowly walked out of the classroom, only to be stopped as she reached the door. A burly boy wearing a leather jacket stood there, his arm blocking the door way. "So, do you like footballs players?" he asked, raising an eyebrow at the girl.
The silhouette of a girl could be seen, hiding behind a locker. She held her breath as Dash ran by, only releasing it when he turned the corner. "Phew," she said, straightening up. She hated snobs who thought they were all that, and did everything possible to avoid them. As she stepped out from behind the locker, she bumped into someone, sending all her items askew and her sprawled out on the floor.
"Whoops, sorry," she heard, and she gazed up to see the boy who sat next to her in homeroom, accompanied by two other people.
"It's no problem, really," she said, standing up and brushing off her clothing. She squatted back down, slightly ruffling her navy blue jean pants, and started gathering up her stuff.
As the three people kneeled down to help her, she smiled. The boy looked at her, as though trying to find the way to say what he was thinking. "What were you hiding from?" he blurted out, saying it in the most subtle way he could muster. Faye smiled, and then related what had just occurred.
"So that's basically what happened," she concluded, as she walked towards the cafeteria. She looked at them all, continuing on. "So, what are your names? I don't believe I caught them before."
"Oh, I'm Danny," the blue eyed one said, and she heard pipes of "I'm Sam," and "I'm Tucker," from the other two.
"Cool, I'm Faye. Nice to meet you all," she said, smiling as they reached the cafeteria doors. As she thought of Dash inside, she mumbled something unheard under her breath.
"Excuse me?" Danny asked, and she immediately clamped her mouth shut. She straightened up, smiling too widely and changing the subject as she pushed open the doors.
"So, are you guys involved in any sports?" she asked, striding with them into the cafeteria.
"Does laying around all day watching T.V. count, because I believe Tucker holds the world record for that one," Sam said in her usual depressed voice.
"Hey, I can still hear you!" Tucker said indignantly, although he didn't look that upset.
"Well, Danny hun-" Tucker started, stopping when he received a sharp stamp on the foot from Danny. "-ts for nice shoes," he finished, trying to hide the pain from his face. Faye smiled amusedly. "Well that's... Unique. I'll give you that," she said, sitting down at an empty table with the three friends.
At first everything was quiet, and they each ate their lunches in peace. But in the blink of an eye, the coloring of the room changed, and an evil looking ghost (Plasmius, everyone learned as he shouted his name) floated above the table Faye was sitting at, looking around the room for something. Most people in the room screamed and ran, Danny, Sam, and Tucker the only ones remaining. Faye had run out of the lunch area and into the girl's room, which strangely nobody else hid in.
