Secrets

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Chapter 5 : First School Day

Gabby's Point of View

"Tomorrow, we can visit Relda after school!" I exclaimed. I would finally have some answers. "I'll come with you," Nina said, realizing she was in this with me. We were sisters, and even if we were supposed to be mortal enemies, we could change all that…

We all called the Sibuna meeting to a close and went back to our rooms. I pulled the covers over myself and fell into a deep sleep. Beware the black bird. Beware the black bird. Sarah's voice shouted the words inside my head. Then, a black feather fell down on me. I looked up, to see Victor's crow hovering above me.

Caw! Caw! It chanted, Victor appeared in the midst of the shadows. We were in a forest, and it was the middle of the night. "Finish her, Corbierre!" He screamed in fury. Corbeirre swooped down and attacked me…

I woke up screaming and in tears. Trudy had rushed in, making sure I was okay. All of the Sibuna members sat at my bedside, wondering what happened. "Another nightmare?" Jerome snickered, remembering when I had a nightmare two nights ago. I threw a pillow at him.

Nina was in the corner, shaking. "What's wrong?" Trudy asked me, putting her hand on my forehead to see if I was sick. "B-black b-bird…" I stammered. "Corbierre, Victor's stuffed crow?" Trudy asked.

"He, he attacked me!" Nina said. "What?" Trudy asked, confused. "I, I think we had the same dream," Nina said. "Victor, he sent Corbierre, to attack me." Nina said. "M-me too." I replied.

"Well, that's odd." Trudy said, noticing the time on my iPod docking station. "I think we should all get some more rest, school is in two hours." She said, the time read 6 AM. We would have to wake up in a half hour.

Everybody went back into their rooms. Joy fell back asleep. I stared up at the ceiling, wondering what my dream could've meant, and why Nina had the exact same one…

I got out of bed at 6:30, got changed into the school uniform, and did my hair. I brushed my teeth in the bathroom and went downstairs for breakfast. Alfie, Jerome, Mara, Mick, Nina, and Fabian were all awake and waiting for breakfast in the dining room.

I sat down next to Nina. She and Fabian were quietly whispering to each other about the next Sibuna meeting. I talked to Mara about French, we were quizzing each other for the upcoming test. Mick then said he had an announcement. Everybody quieted down and gave him our full attention.

"I tried out for another sports scholarship, and made it! I'm going to be transferring to California State University this week!" He announced. Everybody congratulated him. Shortly after his big announcement, everybody else came downstairs for breakfast. I finished eating my pancakes, and then excused myself to go to school early. That way, I could move into my locker and find my classes.

I got my backpack and jacket on and walked outside. I walked to the main school building, and in through the front door. The building was humongous, I would be lucky not to get lost inside. I found my locker, number 247, and put my key inside. I put all of my books in, put in a mirror, and pictures of my dog Chrissie from back home.

I looked over at my schedule. I had homeroom in room 147 with Mrs. Andrews, and then French in the same room with the same teacher. I walked around the building, finding all of my other classes, and then made my way back to my locker.

Mr. Sweet noticed me wandering around and came up to me. "Ms. Maxwell?" He asked, shaking my hand. I nodded. "What are you doing here so early? Lessons don't start until eight in the morning, it is seven fifteen." He asked. I shrugged. "Just finding my classes," I said, closing my locker door.

He nodded, and went into his office. I caught a glimpse of Victor, Mrs. Andrews, and Mr. Winkler there as well. They were probably having a "mini society meeting." I sat down in one of the benches in the hallway and studied my French over again. With Mara, I had gotten every single question correct. Hopefully I would do the same on the test.

I took out a Harry Potter book from my backpack, and went back to where my bookmark was. I read until the first bell rang, signaling school to begin, and walked into the French classroom. Mrs. Andrews was writing something on the board, and I saw Nina and Fabian sitting toward the middle.

I sat next to their right, next to a girl with short black hair and glasses. I got out my notebook and uncapped my black pen. Mrs. Andrews was writing an extra credit assignment on the board. I copied it down into my notebook I labeled Assignments, doubting I would even need the extra credit. But, my parents always told me to do it anyway.

After the late bell rang, we took attendance and then Mrs. Andrews passed out the tests. Luckily, she didn't make me go up in front of the entire class and introduce myself. That was always an uncomfortable and embarrassing situation.

Before starting the test, she motioned for me to come up to her desk. I got up from my desk and walked over to her. "Would you like a rescheduling for the test? Since you just arrived here and haven't attended any classes here." She asked.

"Um, I'm good." I said, sitting back down. I was confident I would do fine, and didn't need any special treatment. I read over the first question of the test, and immediately knew I would pass. I quickly finished the test and checked over my work. I handed in my test to the teacher, and read Harry Potter for the rest of class.

The bell rang, signaling us to switch to our next class. My second period class was Biology. Mrs. Andrews asked us to wait for a moment before leaving. "I have written an extra credit assignment on the board for anyone who believes they could use the extra credit. It is due on Friday." She explained.

"What is your next class?" Fabian asked me. "Biology," I responded, double-checking on my schedule again. "Same with us, let's head down together." Nina said, holding Fabian's hand. The three of us walked down to the Biology room. Mr. Sweet was the teacher.

Luckily, again he didn't make me introduce myself. We just went right into the lesson. He didn't assign a lot of homework for us.

It turns out that Nina, Fabian, and the rest of the Anubis gang, had the same schedule as me. Next we had History, then Lunch, then Algebra, and then Drama. Our drama teacher was Mr. Winkler, he also taught History.

Mr. Winkler called me up to the stage to recite the first few lines of the play we were working on. I was a talented actor, and participated in the drama club and school plays every single year at my middle school. After reciting the lines, the whole class applauded. "Excellent job, Gabriella." He said, clapping.

After school, Amber and I sat on one of the benches outside the school and did our homework together. It was a really beautiful fall day, the sun was shining, the breeze blowing. It must have been at least seventy degrees.

Once we both finished our assignments, Amber and I walked home together. We became BFFs instantly. She even gave me a matching friendship bracelet that she had made a little while ago. We exchanged phone numbers and everything.

At dinnertime, Alfie started a food fight. "STOP! You are all GROUNDED! There will be NO throwing of food from now on!" Victor walked in, shouting. We all rolled our eyes and cleaned ourselves up. Luckily, it wasn't my turn for clean-up duty…

Amber, Nina, Fabian, Patricia, Joy, and I all watched TV in the living room. Alfie and Jerome were given even worse punishments, toilet duty, because they always started the food fights. At five to ten, Victor made us all go get ready for bed. He said he would wish to hear a pin drop at ten o'clock. That was just plain weird…

I got ready to go to sleep, but plugged my laptop's charger in the outlet and checked my e-mails. Joy was texting Patricia. I had one new e-mail, it was from my friend, Allison. I opened the message.

Gabby,

We miss u sooooo much. Plz text us soon + email me back. Hopefully u can visit again during Christmas break. C u soon. :)

Ally

I sighed, I missed them too, and replied back. I told her all about today, and how the school was kind of, creepy. I sent the e-mail and played my Club Penguin, which I rarely played, just during my spare time when I was bored. At eleven I got tired and fell asleep…

Yeah, kind of a boring chapter, just about Gabby's first day in her new school. Well, technically third, but first day actually IN school… Please remember to read and review! Thank you for reading!