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It was a beautiful Tuesday in November and all the students had a break from their long classes due to the assembly happening that day. All the students had gathered in the school auditorium, Alaric was at his podium and he was getting ready to do his speech.
Of course, all the students knew why they were there and didn't know why they had to have a whole assembly to explain what they already knew but they were students so what could they do? They couldn't all skip the assembly (though a small amount of them did).
Chris and Naomi took their seats "I don't know why we need to be here. We already know what the hell happened." Chris snarled pulling his black afro hair.
"Period!" Naomi exclaimed, sliding her hand across her neck as if to reiterate her 'Period' statement.
"In the name of City Girls." Chris agreed.
"Why're you guys so upset?" Penelope asked, taking her seat next to Chris and crossing her legs.
"Cause I was in class with you and Josie. But now I'm in this damn auditorium." Chris snapped.
"Okay, calm down, we're still in a school." Penelope said, intertwining her fingers on her lap.
"Rigggghhhhhtttttt, right, right." Chris said.
Soon, Alaric walked to the podium.
"Hello, everyone. I'm sure you all know we're here to celebrate the end of Malivore and the heroines that brought us to this joyous day. Can we all give a big hand to Lizzie, Hope, Josie, and Naomi?" Alaric projected.
"Naomi?" Lizzie, Josie, and Hope all said in unison before getting up.
Everyone gave a round of applause as the girls walked next to the podium. They stood next to Alaric as he gave a few closing words before he let the girls speak. Lizzie stepped to the podium.
"Hello, all. I just want you all to know I am so honored to be receiving this recognition. In all honesty, I believe this right here is feminism in the flesh: four women working together to defeat the bad guy and getting the praise they deserve and need. I thank all of you for allowing me to be the heroine in this story." Lizzie monologued.
Lizzie continues talking and Naomi was beginning to get fed up as were the other two girls. Naomi politely asked Lizzie if she could speak.
"Now, my colleague would like to give you all a word." Lizzie says before walking back to the other two and letting Naomi step up to the podium.
"Long story short: we defeated Malivore and I threw a great party. Thanks for being here." Naomi explained bluntly.
Lizzie, Josie, Hope, and Naomi walk back to their seats while the audience claps.
Alaric walks back up to the podium, clears his throat, and says "Thank you for that uh, riveting explanation of the defeat of Malivore."
A silence fell over the auditorium. It was so quiet you could hear a pin drop or a chuckle from Naomi which was the only thing being heard.
"Anyways, let's get down to the other reason why we're here: we have new students. As you know, since Malivore was defeated our knowledge of magical entities outside of the ones we know has grown. With that being said, one of our new students is a Phoenix which means he'll need special training. But, the other is a Wolf, Jed I assume you'll see to it that he's correctly acclimated to werewolf kind?" Alaric asked, nodding to Jed.
"Yes sir!" Jed nodded back.
"Okay, with that said, Josie and Lizzie, you already know you're giving them a tour, they're in my office. And, that's the assembly everyone, you can all go back to your classes now." Alaric declared.
Everyone began to filter out. Soon, everyone was back at their classes and were getting ready to head to their next ones, everyone but Lizzie and Josie. They had a duty to uphold so they followed their dad to his office, got introduced to the new students and the tour began.
Lizzie, Josie, and the two new students made their way to the library and began talking.
"So, Rafael, tell me about yourself." Lizzie demanded as they walked.
"I mean... there's not much to tell. Me and Landon here are just orphans." Rafael replied.
"I mean, there's gotta be more to tell. There's more to you than having dead parents. Right?" Lizzie asked.
Josie rolled her eyes at Lizzie's question.
"Uh... not really." Rafael said.
"I mean there was that one time we-" Landon tries to say before being cut off by a "SHUT UP MUPPET!" from Lizzie.
Josie looked at Lizzie and gave her a quick and quiet "Don't be rude, Lizzie."
The group finished their walk in silence.
Penelope and Naomi made their way to the common area. They were walking in the hallway above the common area where people walk, talk, look at the people in the lounge, or read (the reading is frequent because the hallway goes to and around the library). Penelope and Naomi were playfully bantering when Josie and Lizzie caught Penelope's eye.
"Wait." Penelope commands, stopping in her tracks.
"What's up?" Naomi asks, doing the same.
"I think I wanna raise hell, look." Penelope said, she pointed to the twins and the new students standing in the area under them.
"Leave them alone."
"No, you know I like to make Josie squirm a little."
"Oh, I know you like to make her squirm." Naomi implied.
"Shut up." Penelope chuckled. Penelope walked over to the railing and shouted out.
"Wow, Lizzie! I didn't know your social skills were high enough to meet new people! This is a great new height for you!"
Rafael and Landon looked at the dark-haired girl while Josie and Lizzie rolled their eyes and turned around. Josie gives a sad look at Penelope while Lizzie just glares then faces the boys again.
"This is Penelope Park. She's a witch, an evil ex, and a royal pain in the ass." Lizzie cursed. Penelope gives a dramatic wave.
"Yes, I am the evil Penelope Park. Guilty as charged." Penelope dramatically spoke.
Penelope then walked off with Naomi.
"Don't worry about her. That bitch is Satan with long hair and heels. Also, the girl next to her is her best friend Naomi, and let me tell you Naomi throws the best parties around here." Lizzie says.
Lizzie, Josie, Rafael, and Landon walk off.
The tour group made it to the field to witness the gym class playing kickball.
"And here we are at the field where the Vampires are playing kickball, A.K.A baseball for nerds." Lizzie commented.
"They can hear you, you know." MG smiles as he walks up to the Witch.
"Oh, guys, this is my friend MG. Side note: I don't care." Lizzie grinned.
MG shook Rafael and Landon's hand.
"I'm Landon, this is Rafael." Landon introduced.
"Yeah I heard, Wolf right?" MG asked, looking at Rafael.
"Yeah, I'm not really sure how it works but I can learn." Rafael told.
"Well, let's go sit." Lizzie commanded.
They all went and sat on the small bleachers. Josie, MG, and Landon sat two rows above, leaving Lizzie and Rafael to sit next to themselves.
"I like guys like you." Lizzie started nervously as if she had to push the words out.
"Guys like what?" Rafael wondered.
"Tall, damaged...hot."
Another silence fell onto Lizzie and Rafael except for this time it was a very awkward silence, a silence that killed Lizzie on the inside. Rafael didn't really know what to say, he didn't want to hurt her feelings, but it was also really weird, so he did the easiest thing: say nothing.
"So, let me guess: Lizzie is going after the new guy and you're giving up dibs." MG whispered to Josie.
"It's not a competition. Plus I'm still nursing a wounded soul." Josie stated.
"Hmm. Penelope Park."
"We don't mention her name anymore, remember?"
"Sorry... Do you think he'll go for her?"
"Probably. They usually-" Josie was cut off.
Chris came down from the highest row, "She reeks of desperation." he said, coming to an abrupt stop standing next to Josie, MG, and Landon while they were sitting down.
"You don't gotta be mean, Chris." MG scolded.
"Oh, that's right. I forgot you like her. Let me put it in a nice way: Lizzie reeks of desperation." Chris said.
"Besides it's not rude if it's true." Chris continues.
"Who are you?" Landon asks.
"Who are you?" Chris asks mockingly.
"Landon."
"Chris."
"This is Chris, he's normally more calm and quiet but he's upset about missing his favorite class this morning so he's not having the best of days." Josie says faking a smile.
"Yes and this day just keeps getting worse." Chris stated in a deep voice, clenching his jaw.
"I like your nails." Landon says looking at Chris' black painted nails.
Chris looks at his nails, then to Landon. Chris lets out a reluctant, "Thank you."
Two rows below, the silence continues. Rafael soon gathers what he should say.
"Look, right now I'm trying to stay away from girls like you." he says in the nicest way he can.
Lizzie just gives Rafael a sad look. After a while of silence, Rafael moves to sit in the row above him and Lizzie; Lizzie speed walks off.
"Okay, so, it looks like Lizzie has already scared off the new guy so I'm gonna go console him. Bye." Chris comments.
Chris scratched the back of his neck, walking up to Rafael, and sits next to him.
"Hey." Chris greets.
"Hey." Rafael returns.
"So, I see Lizzie has already scared you off?"
"Yeah, she just confessed she liked me and honestly it was kinda creepy, stalker-ish, and-"
"Crazy?"
Rafael nods.
"Yeah, that's Lizzie Saltzman for you, but you'll get used to it. She's really sweet when you get to know her." Chris continues.
Naomi struts up under the bleachers "Chris!" Chris looks down at Naomi and waves at her.
"Who's this?" Naomi asked.
"This is Rafael," Chris gets up and hops off the bleachers "he's new." Chris says.
"Oh, well come on Raf we're going to history." Naomi commands.
"How are you sure I have history with... you guys?" Rafael asks.
Naomi starts walking.
"Trust me, you'll want to be in this history class with us." she assures as she flips her box braids.
Naomi, Chris, and Rafael leave.
Lizzie runs in the kitchen, eyes full of tears. She's so angry at herself for what she did. Soon all her anger builds up and she begins using her magic to throw all the plates in the room around. She's breaking things, screaming, stomping, honestly it begins to scare the students passing by. Since it began to scare the other students they went and reported to Dr. Saltzman.
Soon, Dr. Saltzman goes to the kitchen and cries out "Lizzie!" Lizzie uses her magic to take all the forks in the drawer and almost launch them at him but she makes them stop before they can reach him.
"Hi, Daddy." Lizzie said, tears filling her eyes.
"Hey, baby." Alaric smiles.
Naomi, Chris, and Rafael walk into history class.
"You kids are late." The teacher said.
The teacher was tall but Rafael guessed it was mostly from the heels, she had dark skin and noticeably hazel-greenish eyes, a short bob, and was wearing a gray pantsuit.
"Sorry Mrs. Wilson, we were getting the new student." Chris apologized.
"How do you know he's the new student?" Mrs. Wilson asked studying Rafael's features.
"I mean, look at him." Naomi said, gesturing to Rafael's face.
Mrs. Wilson gave a skeptical look then finally came out with, "Fine, take your seats I'll check my roster later," she began to sit down, "but if you're not in this class then that's on you because I am not losing my job over some damn kids."
"Where is Josie, Lizzie, MG, and some boy named Landon Kirby?!" Mrs. Wilson says to herself loudly.
"I know him." Rafael states.
Kaleb, Hope, Penelope, Chris, Naomi, and Jed all look at each other and sigh, knowing that today's class is going to be a rough one.
They went and sat, "Sit next to Jed." Naomi orders Rafael.
Rafael follows her order, at the same time Naomi is making her way to her desk.
"Anyways, today we're learning about-"
"Wait, we learn in this class?" Jed interrupted. Chris quickly turns around.
"Leave Mrs. Wilson alone." Chris demands.
Hope deeply sighs shaking her head, "Can we not do this today."
The boys continue their banter not even listening to what Hope said.
"What are you gonna do?" Jed provoked, pulling Chris' hair.
" Incendia! " Chris chants. He shoots a fireball at Jed, he dodges and stands up.
"Try me!" Jed threatens.
Kaleb nods his head and lets out a long, "Again?"
Chris gets up and puts his hand out, Jed fell to the ground grabbing his head and screaming. Mrs. Wilson roars, dispersing the altercation, Chris quickly sits back in his seat and Jed crawls into his seat.
"Anyways." Mrs. Wilson said.
"That roar was so unnecessary." Penelope mumbles.
Mrs. Wilson dusts herself off and starts the lesson.
Later, the class was over. As everyone was exiting Mrs. Wilson tapped Rafael, stopping him from leaving the class.
"Yes, Mrs. Wilson?" Rafael asks.
"I just want you to know, I'm Mrs. Wilson, I'm 46, I'm a Wolf like you, yes you're in my class, and classes don't usually go like this. So, have a nice day, see you next B day which is this Thursday."
Rafael nods and walks towards the door leaving the classroom. He doesn't know how to feel at this school, he thinks it's too much. From Lizzie confessing to him that she likes him and the altercation that just happened in class between Jed and Chris. But he knows this is the only place where he can be his true self since he is a Wolf. As Rafael walks out the door of the classroom Hope comes up behind him.
"Hi Rafael, I'm Hope, what you saw today usually doesn't happen. This class is kinda reckless but for the most part it runs smoothly, just give it time." Hope explained.
"Thanks... Hope."
"Yeah... are you and Landon coming to the party tonight?"
"Uh... there's a party?"
"Yeah."
"Well... I don't know... but are you going?"
"No... I have... history homework."
"Then why don't the rest of the class have homework?"
Hope side-eyes Rafael and says, "Don't question me." and with that she walks off.
While the party is happening Lizzie and Alaric are practicing Lizzie's therapy strategies.
"Daddy, this is boring. Can I just leave? I've already missed history." Lizzie complained.
"What about all your other classes?" Alaric asked raising an eyebrow.
"Do you really think I care about those dumbass classes?"
Alaric rolls his eyes and gets up.
"Well, to answer your question: Yes, you can leave cause I have a party to break up."
Lizzie springs up.
"I'm missing a party? Is it Naomi's party?!" Lizzie asks offended.
"No I think if it was her party the music would be louder, unless she's suddenly gone soft." Alaric explained.
"Naomi doesn't go soft, one of her rules is literally 'go hard or go home'."
"Well," Alaric opens the door, "then it's not Naomi's." Alaric left.
At the party, Josie is sitting on a log in front of the fire. She's thinking about the stare down that she and Penelope just had. What did it mean? Why did it happen? It didn't matter. They were broken up! Right? Just as Josie's thoughts are getting deep Rafael comes and sits next to her.
"What's going on? You're not drinking, not dancing, not... anything." Rafael remarked.
"Well... I was supposed to have a drink but Chris never came back." Josie explained.
Rafael chuckled.
"What?" Josie asked confused.
"Sorry, you just don't seem like the type to drink." Rafael said.
Josie puts her head down and starts laughing.
"I know that my sister kind of put her foot in it earlier. But we really are sorry about what happened to you... you know... about your girlfriend." Josie states changing the subject.
"Thank you." Rafael smiles looking Josie in the eyes, "She was the best person I knew. Pretty much loved her in that way that they say only exists in movies."
"People who say that are the people who have never had their hearts crushed." Josie frowned.
"You, too?"
"On the daily."
Landon had snuck away from the party for a bit, parties really were never his thing. He preferred being alone or with Rafael but he was partying and he didn't want to interfere. As he was walking he began to get lost. 'Oh well.' he thought. 'I'll find my way back'. While he was walking he heard a growl. He turned around to see a wolf. His eyes bugged out of his head and he tried to run like hell but the wolf pounced on him. But, the impact didn't feel like a wolf... it felt like a girl. Landon felt his coat being pulled off of him before he stood up to see Hope naked and wrapped in his coat.
"Hope?" Landon asks, confused.
"Are you crazy I could've killed you!" Hope yells.
Landon sat on a couch in the common area waiting for Hope. The auburn-haired girl soon stepped into the common area in a tank top and pajama pants. Hope was holding Landon's black jacket, the tribrid sat next to Landon and handed him his jacket.
"Here's your jacket." she said.
"Thanks." Landon took the jacket into his arms.
A silence fell over the couple before Landon broke it with, "So, you're a wolf?"
"I'm a lot of things."
"Mind telling me?"
"Maybe one day."
The pair smiled at each other.
"So, how's your uncle?" Landon questioned.
"Well... he uh... passed away." Hope answered.
"Oh... I'm sorry for your loss."
"No, it's okay. You didn't know."
"Yeah, well, in my experience asking most people about their dead relatives sparks a little bit of tension or anger."
"Well, I'm not like other people." Hope smiled.
The boy and the girl shared another smile.
Josie decided she needed a break from partying cause she was beginning to get really hungry. She was walking as fast as she could to the kitchen she was basically starving. She opens the kitchen door to see the most dreadful sight: Penelope Park and Milton Greasley making out.
"MG?" Josie puzzles.
They stopped and looked at her. Overwhelmed with emotion, Josie ran out of the kitchen, out the school, and into the courtyard. She hears a "Josie wait!" from MG, she continues walking answering him with, "Don't talk to me." but of course, MG follows.
"Jo, wait, please I'm sorry." he says.
Josie turns around slowly.
"Excuse me? 'I'm sorry' isn't gonna do it, MG!" Josie snapped.
"I know I just... look I know it was bad but you know she puts sex herbs in her weed and I had a momentary lapse of judgment." MG put a hand on Josie's shoulder. "Please can we just forget it?"
MG goes in for a hug and Josie reluctantly gives in.
"I'm sorry."
After the hug MG walks off.
Josie finds herself in her thoughts. Why is she so special? Why can she have anything she wants when she wants it? She's nothing special! Josie was about to prove it cause right before her eyes were Penelope Park and all her friends. In a moment of anger a little "Ignalusa." slipped from her mouth and the happy image of Penelope with her friends became Penelope's arm burning and her friends all trying to put it out.
As Chris and Naomi are walking back to school from the party they notice that Josie set Penelope on fire, but they continue to walk as if nothing happened.
notes: I feel like there was too much dialogue but what fucking action was supposed to happen? exactly. Also, Josie is a little evil bitch.
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