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Honeyfern POV

I did a twirl in my just-below-knee-length light golden dress. Poppyfrost looked up from where she was adjusting her strapless dark lavender dress.

"Nice!" she commented.

"Thank you!"

Hazeltail looked over at our dresses.

"You look pretty." she complimented.

"Thanks! So do you." Poppyfrost replied. The deep shade of blue looked lovely on her.

"Have you decided who you're going with?" I asked.

She shook her head. "No. I'm hoping that I'll find someone there."

"Trust me, you will."

There was a knock on the door and I walked over to open it. A smart-looking Berrynose was standing there.

"Hiya Honey!" he greeted..

"Hi Berry. Ready to go?"

"Yup!"

I took his hand and we walked down to the gym, where the music was already playing.

"WATCH OUT THE WAY!" came a cry, and we dived to one side and Squirrelflight came racing past on Brambleclaw's back, bright orange dress streaming out behind her.

We shrugged, then headed in with them. Couples were either dancing or hanging out around the side. There was a voting booth for cutest couple, most interesting dance, prettiest outfit and best dancer on the right side, though it didn't look like anyone had voted yet.

I could immediately see the cutest couple, dancing together on the dance floor. They gazed at each other with loving eyes, and they danced like they had been rehearsing for days. The girl's brown, wavy hair was plaited around from the sides and tied in the middle where it flowed down with the rest, and her deep forest green dress trailed gracefully around her.

Best dancer? Hmm. Oh, wait. As a more upbeat song came on, Squirrelflight rushed on, dragging Brambleclaw after her, then started dancing like no one was watching. She was absolutely brilliant.

By now, basically everyone had arrived. Prettiest outfit went to Hazeltail, it still looked lovely on her. Berrynose and I walked onto the dance floor and started dancing like we were trying to win a competition, which -in some cases- we were.

We stopped after three songs to get a drink. I filled my cup up with punch before someone could put alcohol in it and started drinking.

"Oh no." said Icecloud from where she was eating budget supermarket-brand tortilla chips next to us.

"What?" I asked.

"Foxleap's requesting a song." she replied, gesturing towards the DJ. Foxleap was stood next to him, talking to him.

"Oh no." me and Berrynose said in unison.

The DJ nodded, then Foxleap ran over to Ivypool, who was leaning against the wall closest to the exit door with a drink. Suddenly, he started scaling the gym wall and grabbed a rope that was hanging from the middle of the ceiling. He nodded to the DJ, and he started playing dramatic music

He dropped onto the floor again. Before Ivypool had a chance to realise what was happening, Foxleap grabbed her around the waist with one arm, climbed back up the walls again and pushed off. Everyone cleared the dance floor as he came swooping past, a screaming Ivypool clinging on to him. They quickly faded into laughter as she realised what was going on.

The ginger-haired boy started screeching the lyrics off pitch, and everyone burst out laughing. Even Nightcloud had cheered up. He started performing backflips and twirls whilst still holding onto Ivypool, who had started singing too. The two registered idiots started performing the routine before it ended and Ivypool pushed her date off.

"Ow." he said as he hit the floor. Ivypool landed beside him.

"Beautiful."

Lionblaze POV

I was dancing with Cinderheart like we were the only couple on the floor. She was smiling and laughing. The song stopped and we sat down, panting slightly. Suddenly, heathery eyes flashed through the crowd and I felt a certain calling.

"Hey, Cinderheart? Do you want a drink?" I asked.

The silverette looked at me and nodded. "Yes, please. Just be quick, Breezepelt brought alcohol. I don't particularly fancy getting drunk."

"Coming right up."

I stalked off to fill two cups up with non-alcoholic punch before heading off to where a light brown-haired girl was sat.

"Hi, Heathertail." I said sheepishly.

She smiled kindly before walking over to me. "Hi, Lionblaze. May I ask who the new girl is?"

"Cinderheart. She's captain of the soccer team and also pretty good at a couple other sports."

"The silverette? Oh, yes, she's nice. I've met her a lot of times before. I-...I've missed our dates, but Cinderheart is a good girl. Do all you can for her." Heathertail whispered. I nodded.

"Thank you." I then walked back to Cinderheart.

-An Hour Later-

We all stopped and watched as the four principles walked out onto the stage. Principal Thunder looked the most energised, Principal Shadow was slightly happy, Principal River looked supportive of absolutely everyone, and Principal Wind looked neutral.

Thunder took the mic first.

"Okay, hello everybody! I hope you have all had an enjoyable dance so far. We have got a quick break to announce the winners of the competitions you have all voted for. I'll begin. The Cutest Couple Award goes to...Leafpool and Crowfeather!"

Everyone clapped and cheered as the happy duo walked onto the stage holding hands. Except for Nightcloud, who looked as though she was going to die from rage. They took the award from Lightning Tail and then sat back down again and kissed.

Shadow was next. She coughed, then began.

"Right then! Next award, Best Dancer, goes to Squirrelflight!"

The bright ginger ran up towards the stage and took the award from Sun Shadow before prancing back to her seat.

Wind was next.

"Okay, so, the Prettiest Outfit was a tie between Hazeltail and Heathertail!"

I clapped and cheered for my former girlfriend and friend as they shook hands and took the award.

River was last. He held the microphone and smiled at everyone.

"Thank you! And the last award that you've all been waiting for, Most Interesting Dance, goes to… Leaftail!"

Everyone was silent, including Leaftail himself.

"I'm kidding, it goes to Foxleap." River announced.

Everyone basically yelled the roof off in support. The ginger did a frontflip onto the stage and collected his prize before performing a gymnastics routine back to his seat.

"Wow. I have no other words." I said to Foxleap.

"Good, let me savor the moment."

Ivypool POV

I returned to the dancefloor with my idiot boyfriend and straightened my short black dress. It was around five minutes from the end of the Dance, and everyone, date or no date, was dancing like mad.

Foxleap started breakdancing and so I joined in. Though I had only realised that I had feelings for him yesterday, we were tied together like we were married. Kinda. A couple of Shadow boys and a River girl saw us and joined in. Then a gang of Wind kids. Then the rest of Thunder. Pretty soon, everyone was breakdancing.

"Foxleap ya've done it again!" I laughed.

"King of the school." he called back.

Suddenly, the principles arrived back, probably to tell everyone to return to their dorms. They looked pretty surprised to see everyone doing synchronized breakdancing. They held up their arms for everyone including the DJ to stop.

"OKAY EVERYONE!" Wind called, "I know that you may assume that now the dance is over, you will all be sent back to your dorms. But this year, we are introducing a twist to help the new first-formers learn their way around the school quicker. We will now be having a very large game of hide and seek."

A large cheer went up from the crowd. I smiled to myself. Me and Foxleap knew every inch of the school.

"Hey, Foxleap! Room 209 Roof Compartment?" I hissed to him.

He nodded. "We'll win for sure."

"Anyone not caught by the end will get no homework in their choice of subject for a week."

The cheer went up again. "History?" I asked the ginger.

"Maybe. Or physics. That's hard."

"Yah."

"Okay, everyone, go!"