Me: My first chappie, whoop whoop!

Audrey, Duncan, and Madi: Whoop whoop!

Noah: -sarcastically- Whee…

Me: -imitating Charlie the Unicorn- You're like a constant downer, huh?

Noah: -.-

Audrey: She's right, you know…

Noah: Way to be supportive.

Audrey: -shrug- I state the facts. If you ate sugar more often you'd be a lot less boring.

Duncan: How can you eat so much and still stay skinny?

Audrey: I have a high metabolism.

Madi: DISCLAIMER TIME!!! Neither Saga nor Pinky own TDI or Sky High. Saga owns Audrey and Pinky owns me, Madi!

Duncan: On with the story!

Previously…

"Hi like, I'm Katie and this is Sadie, and as representatives of the Sky High welcoming committee…" Katie started. "We'd like, be happy to collect that fifteen dollar new student fee." Sadie finished.

"There was nothing about a new student fee in the handbook, gosh." Harold said.

"Ok, girls, very funny. I'll take it from here." A voice said as a girl walked over to the group of freshmen. She had long black hair down her back and slanted hazel eyes.

"Hey everybody, I'm Heather Grayson, your student body president. I know you're all going to love it here…" Heather continued cheerfully telling them about the school.

Noah didn't notice what she was saying. He was too busy staring at her.

"And if you follow these few simple rules, I promise you will not fall of the edge of the school." Heather giggled. "Now please follow me inside for orientation."

As they started for the school, Noah said to Audrey, "What rules?"

"Weren't you listening?" she replied.

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Heather brought them all to the gym. It looked pretty much like your average gym, with bleachers and wooden floors with the school emblem painted on it. The students ducked as a bright white beam of light flew over their heads and landed at the podium in front of them. A man in his mid-thirties with black hair popped out and the light faded. "Good morning dudes, I'm Principal McClain, and on behalf of all the staff and faculty and that stuff, welcome to Sky High." he said. "YEAH!" Trent burst out. The Principal gave him a look before going on… "In a few minutes, you will go through power placement and your own heroic journey will begin."

"Power placement?" Noah asked.

"Sounds fascist." Audrey said doubtfully.

"Power placement. It decides where you go." Harold explained.

"Yea, the hero track or the loser track." Gwen put in.

"T-there's a loser track?" Noah said.

"I believe the preferred term is 'hero support' GOSH!" Harold told him.

"For now, good deeds and good luck dudes, and may your adventure begin." Principal McClain finished. He walked away from the podium, raised his arms dramatically, and yelled, "Comets away!"

When nothing happened, he muttered, "Oh crap! I mean, Comets away, dude!" and he flew away as a beam of light, just as he had entered. As the students turned to watch him leave, they saw a tall, scary looking African-American guy standing there wearing a coach outfit and holding a clip board. "All right freshman listen up!" he said. The floor beneath him rose up to a platform. "I'm Coach Hatchet; some of you may know me as Sonic Boom. Here's how power placement's gonna work: You'll step up here and show me your power. Then I'll decide whether you have potential as a hero or a wimpy little sidekick." Coach Hatchet went on. "Now there were some whiner babies last year that would complain about their placement so I'll tell you one thing: MY WORD IS LAW! SO NO WHINER BABIES! GOT IT FRESHMEN?"

All the freshmen muttered a reply.

"I said: GOT IT?!?!" He yelled with his sonic voice.

"YES COACH HATCHET!" all the freshmen shouted back.

"Go time!" he blew his whistle and a little stepladder appeared leading up to the platform.

"You, what's your name?" he said, pointing at Cody, the guy who was hitting on Audrey on the bus.

"C-Cody…" he stammered.

"Come up here, freshman!"

While Cody walked up, Audrey whispered, "What's humiliating him in front of everyone going to prove? This is so unfair."

"If life were to suddenly get fair, I doubt it would happen in High School." Noah replied. Cody turned around and faced the group. He yelled this tough guy yell and turned into some big rock creature. Coach Hatchet seemed unimpressed as he pressed a button on the remote he was holding and said, "car."

I giant old car fell from the ceiling. Cody grabbed it and held it above his head effortlessly. "Hero!" Coach Hatchet said, now impressed.

"So that kids good? I'm better." Trent said to Noah as he walked up to the platform. "Did I CALL YOU UP HERE FRESHMAN?" Coach asked him.

"Name's Trent. Try not to drop your clipboard." Trent clapped his hands dramatically and held them out.

"Any day now, superstar." Coach said.

"I'm doing it." Trent looked at him like he was stupid.

"Doing what?"

"I'm glowing."

"I DON'T THINK SO!" Coach Hatchet said.

"Well, it's easier to see in a dark room. You could uh…turn off the lights; cup your hands around your eyes…"

"Sidekick!"

"But uh…" Trent began.

"SIDEKICK!!!" Coach Hatchet used his sonic voice, sending Trent flying into the bleachers.

"YOU, FRONT AND CENTER!" he said to Harold. Harold walked up to the platform.

"Can I start off by saying what an honor…" Harold began.

"Is your power butt-kissery, freshmen?" Coach asked.

"Very funny, sir…"

"SHUT UP AND POWER UP!"

"R-right away sir!" Harold said.

He turned to face the class and suddenly melted into a puddle of liquid the same shade of blue as his shirt.

Coach leaned down. "Pretty impressive…FOR A POPSICLE! SIDEKICK!"

As time goes on…

A big guy named DJ grew two extra arms on either side of his body, giving him six total arms.

"Hero!"

0O0O

A girl dressed in green and red jumped into the air, did a flip, and landed as a giant bouncy ball.

"Side-KICK!" Coach Hatchet kicked her away.

0O0O

Coach Hatchet watched as a girl they would soon know as Leshawna arched back and spit. It landed on a pillar.

"Super spit? Sidekick."

"Uh, honey, take a better look." Leshawna tapped him on the shoulder and pointed to the pillar the spit had landed on. Half of it was already disintegrated.

"Acid spit. Hero!" Coach Hatchet corrected the mistake on his clipboard.

0O0O

A tough-looking Russian girl named Eva's appearance suddenly shifted until she was identical to Coach Hatchet.

"Hero, and a handsome one at that." Coach Hatchet slapped her on the back and she walked down.

"Grim girl, let's go." He motioned to Gwen. She approached him with an expression that showed she wasn't scared of him.

"What's your power?"

"I'm a shape-shifter."

"Okay, shift."

Gwen crouched on the ground and shrunk into a guinea pig. The fur was the same color of her hair: black with teal streaks.

"A guinea pig?"

"Yep!" Gwen replied in a chipmunk-ish voice.

"Not even a swarm of guinea pigs?"

"Uh…no."

"Sidekick." Coach Hatchet imitated her squeaky voice.

"Bite me." Gwen walked off stage still in guinea pig form.

"You, flower child, let's go." Coach pointed at Audrey.

"Uh, I believe in only using my powers when the situation demands it." Audrey said.

"Well you're in luck. This is the situation, I'm demanding it."

"But to participate in this test would be to support a flawed system. I think the whole hero-sidekick thing only serves to-" Coach Hatchet cut Audrey off.

"Let me get this straight: are you refusing to show me your powers?"

"Well it's more complicated than that, I mean-"

"SIDEKICK!" he silenced her with his sonic voice.

At that moment, the bell rang.

"Alright freshmen, we'll pick up right after lunch. Starting with you." Coach Hatchet pointed at Noah.

At lunch…

As Noah, Audrey, Harold, Trent, and Gwen were holding their lunch trays and looking for a place to sit, Trent was going on about power placement. "That wasn't cool man. Hatchet's gonna regret making me a sidekick someday. It'll be dark, he'll be all alone, walking to his car, and he'll drop his keys, and I won't glow to help him find them." As they passed a table, Coach Hatchet stood up and said, "YOU GOT A PROBLEM WITH ME FRESHMAN?"

"N-no!" Trent said nervously.

"No WHAT?"

"No sir."

Suddenly Coach Hatchet turned back into Eva. "Just messing with you, sidekick." She snickered.

"You're not supposed to use your powers outside of gym, GOSH!" Harold called after her as she walked off.

As the five freshmen sat down at their own table, Noah said, "Am I crazy or is that guy looking right at me?"

He was referring to a kid behind him. He was all by himself at the table. He had black hair with a lime green mohawk, about five different face piercings, a spiked dog collar and a black shirt with a skull on it. He wore a menacing look on his face that said I'm going to kill you.

"Dude…that's Duncan Peace." Trent said.

"That's him?" Audrey asked.

"Yeah."

"I've heard about him. His mom's a hero and his dad's a villain. They're in battle."

"Where do I fit in this?" Noah asked.

"Your Dad busted his dad. Quadruple life sentence." Harold informed him.

"No chance of parole till after his third life." Gwen added.

"Great." Noah said sarcastically. "It's my first day of Sky High and I've already got an archenemy. Is he still looking?"

Audrey glanced behind them. "Nope."

"No?" Noah asked.

"No."

Noah hesitantly looked behind his back. Duncan was still glaring at him with that menacing look.

"I thought you said he wasn't looking!"

Trent, Audrey, and Noah were walking down the hall together after they finished their lunch. While Trent and Audrey were engaged in a conversation, Noah kept quiet. He didn't really have much to say anyways. When they turned a corner, Noah bumped right into Heather.

"Noah Stronghold." Heather said, smiling.

"Aha, mind reader!" Noah said.

"No, nametag." Heather said, pointing to the nametag he was wearing.

"Right…uh, these are my friends, Trent and…"

"Audrey." Heather finished his sentence for him. "I'm Heather. I love your skirt!" she said.

"Thank you."

"So how's power placement going?" Heather directed her question at Noah.

"Uh…great!"

"I'm not surprised. Hey, I need a freshman for homecoming committee, if you're interested we could talk about it over lunch sometime." Heather gave him one of her radiant smiles.

"I eat lunch." Noah said.

Heather laughed. "How cute is he?" she said to Trent and Audrey. "Well I guess I'll see you guys around." Heather walked off.

As Audrey and Trent continued down the hall, Audrey said, "I don't really think she liked my skirt."

Noah watched Heather leave and started to walk off. He wasn't paying attention to where he was going and accidentally bumped into someone. He looked up and saw the menacing face of Duncan Peace glaring at him. Freaked out, Noah hurried off, the bell ringing as he made his way to the gym.

At power placement…

Noah stood awkwardly in front of everyone. Unsure of what to do, he walked over to Coach Hatchet and whispered something to him. "WHAT? DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR POWER IS?" Coach Hatchet exclaimed.

"Uh…"

"Oh I get it. Messing with the Coach. Just like your old man. Car!" he pressed the button on his remote and the same old car from Cody's power placement fell from the ceiling. Noah hit the ground just in time to avoid being crushed by the car. "Are you crazy?" he said from underneath the car. "I don't have super strength."

Coach Hatchet pressed a button and a giant metallic claw extended out from the ceiling and picked up the car. Noah stood up and brushed himself off. "Oh I get it. You're a flyer, just like your mom. Why didn't you just say so?" Coach Hatchet said. He pressed a different button and the piece of floor Noah was standing under sprung up and sent him flying across the room into the bleachers. Ow…I think I broke something Noah thought. Everyone rushed over to him, gasping.

"Kid, come on, stop messing around. I don't have all day. What's your power?"

This was the moment when Noah was going to humiliate himself in front of the entire freshmen class. "I don't have one." he said.

"Stronghold….SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDEKICK!" Coach Hatchet let out a hugely sonic yell that it was heard through the entire school, broke the mirrors in the girls bathroom, and shattered the glass of the windows on Owen's newly washed bus.

In the Nurses office…

The Nurse, Bridgette, tapped Noah's knee with one of those knee-tapping things. She was a woman in her early twenties, with thick blonde hair in a ponytail and light green eyes. Noah was holding an icepack to his head. "You haven't told my dad yet, have you?" he asked.

"Like I wanna be the one to tell the Commander his son has no powers. Ha!" Bridgette hit her head with the knee tapper. "Yea right! Let me take a closer look at you." She backed up and blinked a couple of times. Her eyes projected laser vision laser thingies that showed the bones in Noah's chest. "Well, nothing seems to be broken."

"Except for me having my powers." Noah put in irritably.

Bridgette held out a bowl of lollipops. "Maybe you're just a late bloomer. You could get one power, or both." Noah took one of the lollipops and she set them back down. "Your mother's flying or your father's super strength."

"But when?"

"Well….kids that get bitten by radioactive insects or fall into vats of toxic waste usually have their powers show up the next day……or they die. But kids who inherit their powers? Impossible to say." She took off her doctor's coat and hung it up on a coat hook.

"But I will get them……right?" Noah asked.

"Many sidekicks are the offspring of one super parent…" she held up a lollipop. "And one ordinary parent." She held up a popsicle stick, those thick kinds that doctors and nurses like to jam down your throat. "But there are rare cases: rare yet not unheard of," she took the lollipop he had and replaced it with the popsicle stick. "Where the child of two superpower parents…" she motioned to the two lollipops now in her hands. "Never requires…any powers….whatsoever…."

"There are? Like who?" Noah asked.

"Well, I only know of one. Owen Wilson, bus driver. There he is." She motioned to the window. Outside, Owen was doing some weird ninja moves with a broom, only to accidentally knock out one of the few windows that hadn't completely shattered, just cracked all over.

So I'm going to be stuck as a bus driver all my life? Noah thought bitterly.

Me: End of chappie!

Audrey: Already?

Me: Are you kidding that was a long chapter!

Duncan: Perfect characterization of me!

Madi: -yawns and falls asleep on couch-

Me: Well we're all tired here, and the chapters over, so goodnight everyone!

Noah: Don't forget to read and review!