Sorry I've been bad on updates! I know. But I've had tons of schoolwork, and over break, when I would have written, I got bronchitis. So yeah. Sorry about that. This chapter will be an airplane. And at the bottom, I will post my list of main characters. It's not permanent, just from what I have. They can change. It's not permanent. But for now, that's who they'll be.

Chapters may be short for a little so that I can get them up with my tons of homework.

Riley POV

Riley walked onto the plane quietly. It had been a crazy week. After getting back from her diplomatic trip, her name had been announced. She'd had a week of people swarming into her house. It hadn't been so bad though. They were all nice, and she was actually getting to be part of the Selection!

She looked up to see a small girl with long blonde hair and bright blue eyes sitting on the plane drawing. She was wearing the same thing as Riley-black pants, and a white shirt, with her province flower tucked behind her ear. The only differences was that while she was wearing heels, the other girl was wearing cobalt blue ballet flats, and was in the process of putting her long hair into a ponytail. Riley walked over to her.

"Hi, I'm Riley." She said, extending her hand as the other girl looked up surprisedly.

"I'm Summer." She said, smiling and shaking Riley's outstretched hand. Riley looked at the seat next to her. Summer seemed to get it.

"You can sit down there if you want." She said, clearing her stuff off of it. Riley smiled, and took the seat. They sat in a slightly awkward silence for a moment. Finally Summer broke it.

"What do you do? What caste are you in?" She asked, the second as more of an afterthought.

"I'm a three, training to be a diplomat. You?" She asked.

"I'm a two, a swimmer." She said.

"What did you bring with you?" Riley asked, genuinely curious, but also not wanting more awkward silence.

"Just some of my favorite art supplies, some pictures, my favorite t-shirt and sweatshirt, and my pajamas." She said. She didn't say anything, but looked over at Riley questioningly.

"About the same. My favorite shirt, some pens, some pictures." She said.

They both looked up as two other girls entered the plane. Both of them went to unoccupied corners of the plane, away from all of the others. Summer looked at them, and stood up.

"I'm going to go say hi." Summer said. Riley nodded.

Riley watched as Summer went over to talk to the first girl, who had long brown hair, with green-hazel eyes. She sat down, and chatted with her for a few minutes, then went over to the other girl. With the other girl, she chatted for a few minutes, and then came back to sit next to Riley, with an irritated expression on her face. Riley looked up as Summer went to her sat back down.

"Okay. She's okay but just seemed shy," she said, pointing at the girl with brown hair. "But she," she said, pointing at the other girl, "I didn't like her.

"Why not?" Riley asked, quietly.

"She was aggressive, defensive, and exhibiting several signs of lying. Not quite making eye contact, and playing with her hands." Summer replied at Riley's questioning look. Riley nodded as she felt the plane start to roar down the runway, and she continued to talk with Summer.

As the plane touched down, Riley breathed out a sigh of relief. Partly because she hated the landing parts of plane rides, but also because of Summer. She'd signed up for this because it was a unique opportunity, and a wonderful chance, and she could make new friends. She already had a friend to show for it. She and Summer had talked on the plane, and Summer was nice. She was a swimmer-a very good one too-but she didn't talk about how good she was until Riley asked, and then, she didn't wallow in them. She simply stated them, and moved on. Riley liked that.

As they taxied to the gate, they continued to chat like they had known each other for a while. Riley was surprised at how friendly Summer had been, and how easy it had been to befriend her. She hadn't really known what she was expecting, but it wasn't quite that. She knew not all of the girls would be that nice, or she just wouldn't like them, but she was glad she already had a friend. She liked people liking her.

As the captain's voice came over the speaker telling them that they could now exit the plane, Riley took a breath. Outside in the terminal, she knew there would be hundreds, maybe thousands, of people in a crowd. She didn't like crowds. At least she had a friend to face them with.

Okay. Sorry it was short. I'm going to do a few short plane rides for the main characters, and then do makeovers. Once I get to the palace, it'll (probably) be longer and more detailed. For now I just want to give a brief idea of all of the characters to you guys. Without further adieu, the list of Main Characters!

Summer Lee

Riley Kramer

Gracelyn Holly Wise

Francesca Benson

Anastasia Marie Montgomery

Main Antagonists

Lucinda Summerfield

Colette Davison

So there they are. AT LEAST ONE WILL BE ADDED/CHANGED. So if yours isn't in there, you still might have a chance. I just want to start with less at first so it's easier for me.

Responses to reviews-

4Love4Love-I'm not sure if she will. Probably not, but there still is a possibility. It's cool that you do gymnastics. It's a fun sport.

Lorelai Sofia Petrova-Thanks!

Parisismydream-Thanks! Gold isn't dorky, and scuba diving is totally a sport! It's super cool that you do it!

HyperFLUFFY-Yeah, I know.

Kyramellark7-That's cool!

RQOTD-If you could go to one place you haven't been and don't have plans in place to go to already, where would it be?

For me it's Thailand (hoping to get on the school trip REALLY, REALLY bad.)

Francesca Benson