Hey Guys! What do you think of my story so far? Please let me know if you see any errors and what not, as I don't have a regular editor besides myself, and i'm VERY anal about grammer and punctuation. Also, who do you ship with whom hmm? Let me know by reviewing! :)

-Z.M

Chapter 10

Back in Sweet Amoris already?, Brooklyn thought as she lay on her bed staring at her ceiling. Tomorrow she'd have to go back to that crazy school and deal with whatever craziness hid in the lurking shadows of Sweet Amoris High. Not to mention what happened on the beach..., Brooklyn thought as she turned her head to the side, trying to forget that amazing moment in the forest, and the weird ones in between...

Grabbing her backpack, Brooklyn made her way out the door and towards the exit stairs in her copy Rosalya school outfit with her purple boots & Adventure Time backpack. I just want to get today over with so that I can come back home and play Kingdom Hearts, Brooklyn thought smiling as she got to the fourth floor of her apartment building and made her way down the rest of the steps. She didn't bother stopping to see her mother at the door, staring her down like some animal outside its cage.

'Well hey Brooklyn! Didn't think I'd see you so soon!~

I'm shocked you've come to school today!' Hal yelled out behind the purple haired girl as she swiveled around to stare at the blonde chick. She was wearing her same cape...but now with this weird golden gown that was moving weirdly above the sidewalk. Brooklyn wasn't one to notice things at first, but she noticed now that Hal actually never stepped foot on the ground from the time she first appeared to now. Narrowing her eyes in suspicion, Brooklyn looked up at Hal with a weird look.

'Oi! What's with that look! Don't give me that look!' Hal said pouting as she crossed her arms in patience.

'Why don't you walk on the ground like a regular person?' the girl asked bluntly, making Hal blink and immediately start laughing, holding her stomach.

'I don't see what's so funny~'.

'AAHA! You wouldn't would you? Oh Brooklyn. You have so much to learn~' the blonde remarked, tears springing from her eyes from laughing so hard as she bent down to ruffle Brooklyn's short locks up.

'I don't give spoilers; so you'll have to figure it out on your own' Hal admitted crossing her arms and grinning as Brooklyn glared at her and tried walking away, but Hal grabbed Brooklyn's arm and spun her around.

'Now now impatient one, I came here to tell you info! Didn't you get that?

I only appear when something special is about to happen!'

'Why? Because you're a tool?' Brooklyn countered smugly, crossing her arms and grinning like Hal had been a minute ago; Hal now the one glaring.

'Hahaha~

At least I'm not in the box!~

Anyways, no. I came here to tell you to go get your exam marks smarty, for one. And for two, keep your eyes open and your ears vacant' the blonde warned frowning as she looked left and then right, as if she were worried about something.

'What's the prob Hal?' Brooklyn asked, she wasn't used to Hal looking like this, but was swiftly spun around and heading for class.

'Remember what I said!' Hal warned again, and then vanished into the sky.

What a weird girl...at least she's not forcing me into bathing suits this time, Brooklyn thought as she walked into Sweet Amoris High.

The purple haired girl closed her locker door and started heading to her class room when she felt someone's hand on her arm.

'Oh, hey Melody...What's up?' were the ruby orbed girls first words to the brunette Melody smiled at her.

'Hey Brooklyn. Nathaniel told me to tell everyone about their exam results' Melody kept smiling at the purple haired girl cruelly.

'What do I care? It's not like that's important~' Brooklyn remarks as she bumped into Melody's shoulder to let her through, but Melody came in front of her again.

'Well just warning you that the results aren't in yet, so don't come to the Student Council room capeshe? Alright thanks' Melody told the ruby orbed girl coldly as she brushed by her, stopping to speak to other students along the way. Brooklyn looked at the brunette for another second before turning to head to her classroom, completely unaware of a dark haired male staring at her from across the hallway.

'Students from Classroom A report to Classroom B. I repeat, students from Class A report to Classroom B. Thank you' the overcall said the announcement a few more times, making Brooklyn grin happily. I don't like this class anyways, Brooklyn thought as she took her bag and walked out of the classroom to head to the next one.

Making her way into the classroom, Brooklyn spotted Castiel, Lysander, and Violette sitting to the side of the class where the door was.
Sitting in the vacant desk beside Lysander, Brooklyn looked around to notice Amber and her posy there as well, along with the Principal; Nathaniel & Melody behind her.

'All right now students shut up and listen' the grey haired woman said cheerful as always.

'The organization in this school is having major defects. From what, we do not know. What we do know is that the orienteering race that has been planned for weeks upon weeks is in jeopardy of not happening. We'll need your help to continue with this, and the exam results. So please choose what you want to help out with.

That is all. Now move it or I'll suspend you!' the old bat exclaimed, her crazy face now apparent as the students made their way to the door very quickly. Brooklyn followed after Violette, a grin on her face. Before the principal could see what she was planning, Brooklyn chucked a near-by book at the old woman and said, 'FUCK THIS!' The ruby orbed girl squeezed through the threshold of the classroom between the students, hiding herself so no one would know it was her who made those actions.

Pushing open the doors to the courtyard, Brooklyn spotted a few people she knew there.

Ah at least Rosalya's here...but...

Castiel, Melody, & Amber's girl Charlotte were there as well.

Brooklyn glared at the other two girls and stood beside Rosalya who grinned and hugged her.

'Aaaah Brooklyn! I haven't seen you in so long!' Rosa said totally glomping the purple haired girl, who at the moment was dying of oxygen.

'It's...been one day...Rosa~' Brooklyn choked out. Seeing she was squeezing the short girl too hard, Rosalya backed off and grinned some more.

'Sorry hun~

Yes but one day can be a thousand in some cases! I'm just happy we get to work on the exam results together!' Rosa spoke excitedly as her golden orbs glittered with happiness. Turning away from Rosa & her happiness, Brooklyn saw Melody's irritation, Charlotte's uncaringness, & Castiel...

'Decided to help instead of yelp princess?' Castiel remarked smirking.
I guess he's back to normal now..., Brooklyn thought as she glanced at Castiel sadly.

She wanted…

No. Needed to talk to him about the summer, but now wasn't the time.

'Well it's more than you could ever do. What are we supposed to do anyhow?' the petite girl asked to the group as Melody pulled out a clipboard.

'Well we're supposed to find the posters in the teachers' lounge and put them up around the school. By then the exam results should be up & we can all go home~' Melody said in an authorizing tone. By the time she was finished though, the other three had left to do the job, leaving her to be alone with the courtyard.

Choosing to go with Rosa for this mini adventure, Brooklyn & Rosa made their way to the teachers' lounge quietly, observing the students around them at work. They started chatting about different things. How Codi was, what Leigh was going to design next; idle chit chat.

Finally getting to the teachers' lounge, the two girls peeked their heads in, surprised that it was open. 'Okay I'll get the posters, you keep watch~' Brooklyn remarked as she walked in quietly. The ruby orbed girl quickly spotted the folders on the table and snatched them up, running back to the door but stopped when something caught her eye. Turning around to see a golden purse near the corner of the room, the purple haired girl grabbed that too along with a CD and finally booked it out of there.

'Why'd you take those things Brooklyn?' Rosa asked her as the silverette put more tape on the poster. In her hand Brooklyn held Amber's purse, happy but careful not to have it out in the open.

'Well the purse is Ambers. I'll hide it in Castiel's locker to get him in trouble and~' Brooklyn started explaining her master plan, but stopped herself. What was she doing, telling Rosa about it? The girl blabbed to any guy, probably because they all listen to her. Shutting herself up, Brooklyn put the purse behind her back, not noticing Charlotte had come up behind the two and saw the purse.

'Now why would you want to do that? Is it so Castiel can give you more attention than he already does?' Rosa asked Brooklyn with a sly grin, putting her arm around the short ruby orbed girl who now was flustered.

'I. Well...no. We need to talk, and...' Brooklyn started saying but sighed.

'I just think this will be the easiest way'.

Rosa nodded and was about to say something when Castiel came up to the two girls, grinning.

'I'll uh...put the rest of these up', Rosa replied walking quickly away, trapping Brooklyn to chat with Castiel.

Smart girl...

Looking up at Castiel's grey orbs, Brooklyn was frozen as what to say to her long-time friend. She wasn't nervous, but thinking about the summer, how Castiel had changed (and not just his hair colour), it was difficult now more than ever for her to utter a single word. Luckily Castiel didn't have difficulties.

'Why so choked up Princess? Has the Queen ordered you to have your tongue removed?' the red head remarked snidely as always, and with his signature smirk.

'N-No it's not that...

Umm Castiel we~' Brooklyn started saying but wasn't able to finish. Castiel had somehow taken Amber's purse from Brooklyn's hand and was now studying it curiously.

'N-No don't! I...'

'Why do you have Amber's purse? That's kind of low, even for a princess like yourself' he remarked, shaking the purse up and down like a little kid at Christmas.

'There! See I told you she had it!'

a shrill teenage voice rang out behind Castiel as he turned around surprised. The person who was more surprised than him was Amber, though, at the moment.

'Castiel you are hereby detention owned for two days until further notice!' the principal said once she had gotten close enough to the pair. Amber smirked like a little brat anyhow as the principal grabbed the purse from Castiel's hands and put it into the blonde's.

'Let's go you hooligan!'

Shrugging it off, Castiel walked behind the gray haired woman sullen and miserable. Brooklyn couldn't help but feel a bit guilty at what she had put her old friend into, but it's nothing he didn't deserve...

Right?

Heading back to Classroom B, Brooklyn saw the Exam results on the whiteboard. Scanning it for her name, the ruby orbed girl noticed Nathaniel & Melody got matching 99% scores followed behind Violette with a 98, Lysander with a 97, and Rosalya with a 95. Looking at every name, curiosity now overcoming Brooklyn, the girl noticed that Castiel had just passed, Amber failed; everyone else did alright. But...

Where was her name?

'Good job on the perfect score Brooklyn' a familiar male voice rang out behind her as she turned.

'Huh? What do you mean Lysander?' Brooklyn asked him, faintly blushing at the remembrance of the beach.

Coming up behind her to turn her around to face the board again, the silverette pointed at her name, and then her score.

100!

'This...this has to be some mistake! I don't get that kind of mark! I fail everything!' the petite girl openly admitted, staring at the board, forgetting that Lysander's face was an inch away from her own. If she turned her head, they'd be in kissing distance.

Again.

'Well I suggest taking a picture then. They last longer m'lady' he smartly remarked squeezing her shoulders and walking towards the door. Watching him walk away, Brooklyn felt her heard pounding underneath her ribs. She suddenly didn't care about her mark, or what she did to Castiel. Brooklyn just wanted another day...

At the beach.

Going to the courtyard to see if anyone was still at the school, Brooklyn wandered around idly before she decided to sit down on the bench, checking up on her My Little Pony village on her IPhone. Her pony's seemed healthy, but some of the fruits had died, so Brooklyn went to cleaning it up.

She was almost finished when she heard a shaking sound coming from the tree up above. Oh no...This seems very familiar, Brooklyn thought as she bolted up and backwards to stare at the tree. 'U-Um...is...is someone up there?' Brooklyn yelled up at the tree. As soon as she had spoken, a man with neon blue hair fell from it.

'Oh! Brooklyn! Funny seeing you here, of all places!' the boy said as he stood up to brush himself off.

It was the boy from the beach!

Walking all over the place, showing the boy Sweet Amoris High and getting caught up, Brooklyn stopped at the gardens to cross her arms.

'Hmm? What's up Brooklyn?' the boy asked frowning but concerned.

'You left me...at the side of the road...in the middle of nowhere! All because you thought a shop was at the beach!' Brooklyn exploded, weeks' of worked up anger finally spilling out.

!~~!

'Ya ya. It should be here~', the boy said as he looked from one direction to the next. Brooklyn was tired of walking. Ever since they had left the beach to find this 'shopping area', Brooklyn felt more miserable by the second. She hated to admit it, but babysitting Codi was seeming much more pleasant than this.

'Ughhhh how much longer~'

Brooklyn muttered out when she saw a car come to pull over to the side of the road.

'Hey Alexy! C'mon we're going to get something to eat!' a dark haired man said in the black car. Alexy happily walked across the highway, opened the door, and closed it, completely forgetting about his maybe-not-so-new-anymore-friend.

'H-Hey! Wait!, Brooklyn yelled out as the black car drove off in the distance, leaving Brooklyn to walk all the way back...

!~~!

'Oh yeah! Whoops...'

Was all he said, shocked remembrance creasing his boyish features. Brooklyn just turned away from him, disgusted. Who in their right mind would EVER leave someone by themselves in the middle of nowhere?

'Wait! Wait Brooklyn I'm sorry! I'm very absentminded! Wait!' Alexy pleaded as he ran after her. The ruby orbed girl didn't want to hear his excuses.

'You know Alexy, I think you're crazy, strange, and a bit weird. But really? Really now? Really?!' Brooklyn remarked annoyed turning to look at someone...else.

'Huh? You're not Alexy...

But...you seem familiar..' she said confused as she went into a 'Lysander stance'; one hand under her chin, the other cupping her elbow in thought.

'Yeah. I saw you on the side of the road at the beach' the dark haired man smirked as he looked at his brother in disappointment.

'You didn't even let me pick her up Alexy. What kind of guy are you to leave a girl on the side of the street' the aqua orbed male remarked still smirking, as if he thought this was a joke. Alexy just stuck his tongue out at him;

'Well how was I supposed to know she wanted a ride Armin! And you could've reminded me she was there!' Alexy defended himself as the two walked away bickering. The purple haired girl crossed her arms; they left me alone again. What lovely twins they are. Or at least I assume they're twins.., Brooklyn thought sighing as she saw Lysander come up to her.

'Hey...here's a form for the orienteering race. Everyone has to sign up' he said as he started to walk away.

Reading through it quickly, one part popped off the page at Brooklyn.

'Ah Lysander, it says that everyone needs a partner~

Do...Do you have a partner for it yet?' she shyly asked him. The silverette turned around smiling.

'No I don't. I guess I'll see you then, partner' he toothily smiled down at her as he went to pass the forms out to more students.

What a guy...

Coming out of the school with her Adventure Time backpack, Brooklyn realized two things.

1) Alexy and Armin are strange.

2) She still needed to talk with Castiel.

...thinking more on the topic of realization, Brooklyn started to realize a third thing as well, which froze her.

3) Lysander was her partner for a race in the forest…

...No...No no no no no! What...What if we...and...what! Brooklyn thought shaking her head fast.

What if it rained, or she hurt herself? Lysander would have to carry her or...or...

'Brooklyn! Brooklyn wait up!' Alexy yelled out as he walked down the school steps to come beside her. He seemed very determined.

'Brooklyn, first off, sorry for not introducing you properly at the beach. I'm Alexy; the annoying man you were talking with before is my twin brother Armin. Secondly, I'm sorry for leaving you...

Twice! Like I said before, I'm absentminded! But I'm making it up to you right now!' he finished off, grinning as he took her arm.

'H-Huh? Alexy you don't have to~' Brooklyn started saying but was cut off by Alexy pulling her into the dark car she had seen a few weeks before.

Shopping with Alexy had to be the best shopping experience Brooklyn had ever had! He went from store to store, taking everything and buying nothing.

'This one's too big'.

'This one's too small'.

'This one makes my hips look too big'.

It went on and on like that until~

'Okay Brooklyn. This is where I want you to pick something out okay? It's my way of saying sorry for dealing with this crazy boy' he ordered pointing at himself. His stance and the way he said that last line was just too much; Brooklyn started laughing until her sides hurt.

But, she did end up buying a cute outfit~

From across the store, Armin could be seen playing Pokémon, fighting as a Pikachu.