Greetings puppitos!
Welcome back to le Warriors High!
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Hollyleaf POV
December nineteenth and everything had almost returned to normal
Briarlight was awake, and though it had taken a while for her to adjust to the news -it had taken us all a while- she was regaining her optimism and cheerfulness, as well as returning to her full health. She was always bright anyway, and now that she was looking on the bright side it seemed to be rubbing off on everyone. Foxleap and Greystripe had gone out of their ways to cheer the school up, which had succeeded, and the school had won the sue. Ivypool had been relocated into my room and Brindleshade was in a single room close to the patient room recovering from shock. There were maintenance workers busy clearing away the rubble and repairing the roof, and they were making quick progress on that.
On top of that we recently got the announcement that tomorrow six new students were joining the school, five of them transferring across from RWA and the last one coming from being homeschooled. Wow
Okay, so what we learned about Briarlight's injuries: she has a broken spine. The nerves connected to the bone have completely shattered, and the bone is broken so badly they could only remove it to stop the internal bleeding, meaning she is now paralyzed from the waist down. Meaning she'll never walk again.
I sighed and continued clicking my pen in and out.
Oh Briarlight, why did it have to be you? You were so bright and energetic, you were the fastest in the school…
There was a knock on the door, then Icecloud came in.
"Hey girl, you alright?" I called over to her, getting up.
"Oh yah, just gotta pick up some things. Going out with Toadstep." she replied with a smile.
"Ooh, how exciting!" I responded, a slightly teasing tone in my voice, "Has he proposed to you yet?"
"Hey!" she laughed, punching my arm lightly.
"Ah, so not yet. Almost."
She laughed and swung her bag onto her shoulder, leaving the room with a smile on her face.
Dovewing POV
I filed into the assembly hall with Rosepetal in front of me and Blossomfall behind, trying to not let anyone shove into me in the awkward hurry into the hall. I had been extra careful doing my hair so I could make a good first impression on the new students. I highly doubted that people living up a mountain would have any sense of fashion, but someone who always spent time at home and in town where all the big shops were was bound to know a few things.
As we got to our seats, I noticed the six students and four principals standing on the stage, the students looking slightly uncomfortable. The first must've been the homeschooler, she was standing apart from the rest and looked a bit more nervous, but was sporting a branded hoodie that definitely suited her skin and hair tones. She had straight dark grey hair with lighter undertones, and it looked a bit like mine apart from the different shade, and had azure eyes to match.
Next was the mountainers, mostly in t-shirts or light jumpers despite the cold weather, though I supposed they did live up as freezing mountain. The first was a shifty-looking, tall boy with very dark brown hair and narrow amber eyes, their face slightly shadowed. After them was a smiling girl with dappled orange-brown hair and shining green eyes. Then there was a shorter boy with light ash-blonde hair and light blue eyes, who also had a smile on his face. After was a dappled brunette with wavy hair and warm green eyes, who looked a bit like Leafpool if it weren't for the darker hair shade and eye colour. Finally there was a girl with caramel-blonde hair and purple-green-grey eyes that reminded me of sage leaves. She was the only one from RWA to wear a hoodie, and looked the most casual and...relieved to be here?
The second everyone was sat down, Principal Thunder walked up to the microphone and began speaking.
"Welcome, students of Warriors High! I hope you are enjoying your year so far, and five days 'til Christmas!"
'A loud cheer went up. He waited for it to be over before speaking again.
"Now, this is a very special day for us, as we are receiving six new students under the names of Sparkie, Stick Breaking From Tree, Autumn That Comes With Promise, Grass Growing By Stream, Leaf Blowing In Wind and Sage That Falls Like Feather."
He addressed them from left to right like I had, and I narrowed my eyes at the last five names. Who names their child that? I hoped we didn't have to call them that.
Thankfully we didn't.
"To truly become a student of Warriors High, they must be granted their 'warrior name'. Like all of you these students went to the Moonstone when they were younger, and so we will respect that part of their lives by keeping their birth names. Sparkie, from this moment on you shall be known as Cinderspark, you shall room with Brindleface and Frostfur and we assign you to both Thunder and Shadow Team. Stick, from this moment on you shall be known as Stickfur, you shall room with Ratscar and Crowfrost and we assign you to both Shadow and Wind Team. Autumn, from this moment on you shall be known as Autumnhunter, you shall room with Whitetail and Heathertail and we assign you to both Wind and River Team. Grass, from this moment on you shall be known as Grasstail, you shall room with Reedwhisker and Beetlewhisker and we assign you to both River and Shadow Team. Leaf, from this moment on you shall be known as Leafwhisker, you shall room with Sunstrike and Furzepelt and we assign you to both Wind and Thunder Team. And finally, Sage, you shall now be known as Sagefeather, you shall room with Feathertail and Willowshine and I assign you to both River and Thunder team."
Thunder broke off with a deep breath as everyone gave a polite clap for them.
"Great, now, River, please."
His colleague took over with a slight laugh to make the next announcement, which we were not prepared for.
"Okay then, students in fifth grade are now required to think about their career paths, and this requires them to narrow down their lessons to focus on the needed one. This means they must choose which lessons they want to remove and which lessons they want to keep from their timetable. There are few requirements, but the few are: maths and English must be kept, there must be at least two of the sciences, and finally at least one language. There may be as little or as many lessons chosen as you like. Decisions are required to be told to the office by as late as the 31st of December. Thank you."
Sagefeather POV
I rode the lift down to the first floor and got out to wander about. It was so nice to walk freely around new halls instead of the old, boring ones of RWA. It was so nice seeing new things! I wandered past a door with a sign saying 'Library' on it and made a mental note to visit soon. Our old library was crap.
I came across a row of lockers and found that one was mine. It was a coded one, and I quickly set the password then opened it and closed it a few times. We didn't have lockers up the mountains.
Just as I was about to close it for the last time, I heard footsteps, which wasn't uncommon seeing as the hall was a little busy, but they were approaching me. Then I heard a gruff voice say "Hey you, mountainer," and I peered around the locker door to see a muscular boy with dark brown hair and amber eyes, and a tall boy with black hair -with orange tips- and amber eyes.
"Ya?" I replied casually, though something told me these boys weren't here to chat.
"You think you can just walk into our school and strut around like that?" the tall one asked. I raised an eyebrow, "Well think again! Hey Ratscar, I think we should show this girlie here who the bosses are."
"And I agree." said the brown-haired boy -Ratscar was it?. He lunged towards me to punch me, but I slid out of the way easily.
"Well I don't." I replied.
"Oh but you should, 'cus otherwise we'll have to teach you the hard way."
"I'd like to see you try."
Most people had stopped to watch, and they were deathly silent, though one person was filming.
"Oh is that a challenge? Well then, we'll just have to make you regret it then, won't we?" he growled.
I offered him a simple smile. "Well if that's the case," I shut the locker.
"You'll have to catch me first."
So our RWA students have finally joined the chat!
Who knows what they're gonna do now?
Answer: Me
Except kinda not
Anyway, hope you enjoyed, have a great morning/day/afternoon/evening/night and thanks for reading!
And see you on the flip side!
~KT