Gothica Academy- Episodes

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Gothica Academy- Episodes Gothica Academy - Series 1: Episode 1 - Starting School It was a dis mal Thursday morning. No sun, just thick, black clouds and rain. Adrian rolled over in bed, wishing he d never woken up. It was his first day at his new school. He closed his eyes, and tried to get back to sleep, with no luck. His younger twin sisters, Belle and Anna, ran about the house, screaming. Adrian put his head under the pillow, and pulled the duvet over him. Life was unfair. Because he knew he d never get back to sleep, he got up, went over to his writing desk and sat down. He picked up a pencil, and tapped the window ledge with it, staring at the rain outside. He grabbed a piece of paper and set it in front of him. He began to write in a strange language, which he d made up himself. Adrian had always behaved a little differently to other 16 year olds. He was a Goth, and he had no friends because nobody else in the public school was a Goth, and he had different interests to them. He began to get bullied, and was taken out of the school. Now he was going to a new school; Gothica Academy. He d never heard of it before, but it sounded as though it reached his standards. He decided to put on his new uniform; a black blazer, with a striped black and grey v-neck jumper, a white shirt with a stripy black and red tie, black trousers and metal boots with chains on them. One of the school requirements was that you must have at lease 3 visible piercings, very different to his previous school. Once he was dressed, he spent about an hour re-dying the red streaks in his side fringe and putting 3 quarters of a tub of gel on it. He spiked it up at the back, and finally, he was ready. He lifted up his My Chemical Romance schoolbag, and went out to the car where his mum was waiting for him, and once he got in, they drove off. A while later Adrian looked out of the car window. He could see a broken sign, and could just about make out the words Gothica Academy. They pulled up outside it. Adrian got out of the car and looked at the small building. Joy he thought. Gothica Academy- Series 1: Episode 2- Meeting the Crew Adrian walked up the narrow cobblestone path towards the Academy, not yet knowing the secrets it held or the people within. He saw many people like himself standing in groups outside the small building, each of them looking at him, and realising that he must be the "new kid". He sat down on the grass, blackened by the sheer dreariness of the surroundings, near a girl, who looked around his age, who was all on her own, holding a black umbrella above her head, although it wasn't raining. "Do you know why the grass is black?" the girl asked him. Adrian thought she was talking to someone else, and ignored her. "Adrian," she said, "Do you?" "How did you know my name?" he asked, astounded, and a little freaked out. "I'm slightly clairvoyant," said the girl. "So, do you know why the grass is black?" "No. Do you?" Adrian asked. "It's because of all the sadness, anger, dreariness and darkness of the area. It grows black naturally, as if it can sense what's in the air. If one blade of grass grows outside the gate, it's green again, but it looks black to me, because I'm colourblind. Isn't it fascinating?!" said the girl. "Sure." Adrian replied." Do I know..." "Kimi." She interrupted. "Kimi is my name. It's spelt K. I. M. I, and some people get confused with how to pronounce it. But it's easy. It's just Kim with an I on the end. Simple, right?" "Um, yeah... By the way, what's with the umbrella?" asked Adrian. "I'm allergic to the sun." Kimi replied. "I'm a vampire, you see." "Aren't vampires myths?" he asked. "You may think so, but if you want I can bite you and then you can tell me what you think." Kimi said quietly. She bared her fangs, and Adrian flinched a little. They were covered in blood from her latest victim. "It's not that often that I bite people, just when someone particularly annoys me, then I might have to... punish them, if you know what I mean..." She s miled wickedly, her bloody teeth showing again. "So... um..." Adrian began. "Want me to show you around a little? Cool, follow me!" Kimi interrupted again. Before he could refuse, Kimi pulled Adrian up off the ground, and dragged him along. Although she was vampire and all, Kimi didn't seem very gothic to Adrian. Kimi pulled him over against the wall of the school, where a girl was standing, taking to a boy, both of them around Adrians age as well. "Adrian, this is Melody and Kaydence. Melody, Kaydence, this is Adrian." Melody waved at Adrian, and Kaydence nodded his head at him, as if to say, "Hi". Melody had long black hair that came down to her hips, with purple streaked here and there, especially in her long side fringe. Kaydence had short black hair which was spiked a little and a side fringe that was almost completely blue. Kimi, on the

other hand, had hair that came to her shoulders, which had bits of red in the side fringe, not unlike Adrian. Just as Adrian was about to speak, he heard a soft humming sound. "There's the bell," said Kimi, "We better get inside if we want back row seats!" Kimi, Melody and Kaydence walked along, and Adrian stood there, trying to take everything in, especially Kimi. Just as he was thinking about her, she ran up to him and tugged on his sleeve. "Didn't you hear?" she asked, "Back row seats!" She pulled him along by the sleeve, and they went into class, together, where he sat beside his three new friends. Oh yes, this school was going to be VERY different... Gothica Academy - Series 1: Episode 3 - Tauricus and Miss. Slizerat Adrian, Kimi, Melody and Kaydence managed to get the back row seats in registration class. Adrian only had to go to this class within the next three days to get to know the people he was going to be sharing classes with every day for the next year. He hoped none of these people would be his room-mates in this new boarding school. He knew he'd be sharing a room with two other people here, but he hadn't met them yet, so it could be anyone. He looked across to his right, where a boy sat. His green streaked hair stood out against his cadaverous face, and his yellowish eyes, lined with marine blue eyeliner, were snake-like. Before registration started, he leaned towards Adrian. "New?" he asked. Adrian nodded slightly. "You can tell. What's your name?" "Adrian." Adrian said quietly. "Cool, I'm Tauricus He was about to speak when Kimi leaned over and poked Adrian in the arm. Ah, I see you ve met Tauricus, she said. We go way back... Tauricus smiled at Kimi. So what room are you in? He asked, only focusing half his attention on Adrian. 665, Adrian replied. You? Cool, same! Tauricus exclaimed. Just then, the teacher stood at the front of the room, and her shrill voice rang out as she said, "Alright class, you may remember me from last year, I am Miss. Slizerat, and I will be your form tutor for the next year. Adrian gulped a long, hard gulp. "This is going to be a long year..." Gothica Academy - Series 1: Episode 4 - The Room and a Letter from Home After registration, Adrian, Kimi, Melody, Kaydence and Tauricus walked to their dorms. "So what room are you in Kaydence?" asked Tauricus. "665, what about you?" he replied. "Oh awesome, Adrian and I are in there too!" Tauricus said, a little too excitedly. It turned out Adrian had met the two others he was sharing a room with. At least he was friends with them... sort of. "Kimi, you're in Melody's room, aren't you?" Tauricus asked. "Yeah, it's me, Melody and Helena. We've still to introduce her to Adrian!" Kimi replied. "What room number is it?" Tauricus continued. "267." Kimi replied casually. The boys and the girls parted ways at the top of the stairs to go to their rooms. "Adrian, you'll get your room key later, you can pick it up at reception sometime today." Tauricus told him. Tauricus was much more talkitive than Kaydence. He stayed quiet most of the time, much like Adrian. But that was because Adrian was shy, and had low self confidence. Tauricus pulled his black room key out of his pocket and inserted it into the matching black keyhole. The door opened, revealing a black room with three beds, and loads posters of Panic! At The Disco, Nirvana, Metallica, Slipknot, The Misfits, Iron Maiden, and most of all, My Chemical Romance, Adrian's favourite band.

"You like My Chemical Romance?" Tauricus asked curiously. "They're my favourite band." Adrian replied quietly. "Cool, they're ours too." Kaydence piped up. "Speaking of them, I saw your schoolbag, pretty cool!" Tauricus began. "Thanks," Adrian said, looking down at the My Chemical Romance schoolbag hanging loosely on his shoulder. "So, which bed do you want? You can have first pick because you're new." Tauricus asked. "Not that there's any difference between them, mind you." Kaydence smiled. "I'll take the one in the corner." Adrian said, and he quietly walked over to the bed in the darkest corner of the room, and set his things down. His suitcase was already there, it had been sent the night before. Adrian liked the darkness and solitude of the corner. It was perfect, and that corner had the most My Chemical Romance posters. Its pattern was rarely disturbed by posters of other bands. Kaydence and Tauricus threw themselves down on the other beds, and began sorting out the things they had in their bags. Adrian slowly unzipped his MCR bag, and took out a black laptop. Opening and logging on, he realised he had a new email. It was from Belle and Anna. His little sisters were very close to him, and wanted to see how he was getting on in his new school. The email read: "Dear Adrian, We hope you like your new school, because we miss you lots and lots. We have nobody to play hide and seek with. We figured out that you never actually played, nobody takes THAT long to count of fifty! The dog doesn't know how to play either. He just sits there. I think he misses you too. We cried when you left. Lots. We really, really miss you. When are you coming home? Lots and lots of love, Belle and Anna. P.S. When are you coming home?" Adrian wasn't sure whether to laugh or cry. He wrote back to them, saying: "Dear Belle and Anna, I know you miss me, I miss you too. I can't believe you figured out that I never counted. You are too good for me! And I tried to teach Barney how to play hide and seek so that you had somebody to play with when I left, but he didn't understand. Tell him I miss him too. And don't worry, I'll be home for Summer, and we can play hide and seek all Summer long! I miss you too, love, Adrian." As Adrian sent the message, he logged off and closed the lid of his laptop. "I'm hungry," Tauricus began. "You guys wanna get food?" "I'm in," said Kaydence. "Erm... sure..." Adrian joined. And with that, they left the dark room, met up with the girls and descended the long winding staircase. Could Adrian handle many more letters from home? Gothica Academy - Series 1: Episode 5 - Helena After getting some food, Adrian, Kimi, Melody, Kaydence and Tauricus walked back upstairs to their rooms. They had nearly reached the top of the staircase when a girl came running out of Kimi and Melody's room. The girl had jet black hair that hung a little bit past her shoulders, and unlike the other girls, she wasn't wearing a uniform. Instead, she wore a strapless black dress, with a red waistband and red underneath. She wore matching

black ballet shoes, and her face was deathly white, accented by her black bangs, black eyeliner and a lot of red eyeshadow around her blue eyes. "Oh, hey, Hell," Kimi said to the girl. "Adrian, this is Helena. She gets Hell for short. Hell, this is Adrian. He gets Adrian for short!" Everybody laughed a little at the last bit. "Hi," Adrian said, quieter than ever. "Hi," Helena replied. She looked him up and down and smiled. Adrian liked her a lot. Kimi looked at Adrian and smiled. She could tell that he liked her. Adrian shot Kimi a quick look, but when he saw her smiling at him, he looked at the floor. Kimi looked over at Helena, and noticed that she had a black book under her arm. "What's that?" she asked, unable to stop herself. She clamped a hand over her mouth after she realised she could have just set off her explosive temper. The others laughed at her, including Helena. "It's a diary," she replied in her smooth voice. "But if you'll excuse me, I think I just found a new... subject to write about..." She shot a look and a quick s mile at Adrian as she said that, then walked off. As she walked down the staircase, Adrian looked over his shoulder at her, and noticed that she was doing the same at him. They both turned around quickly when they figured out they were looking at each other. "Catch you later, Hell!" Kimi shouted. Helena gave a quick wave and then vanished completely. "Well, no use in hanging around here any longer! Coming?" said Tauricus. "Yeah, we'd better go to, bye guys!" said Kimi. Kimi and Melody walked into their room and shut the door. Tauricus and Kaydence walked over to the door, when they noticed that Adrian was standing in the hallway, still staring down the staircase where Helena had been. "You coming Adrian?" asked Tauricus. Adrian turned his body round, but his head was still looking in the direction of the stairs. His head slowly followed his body, and he focused on his two roommates. "Um... yeah..." Adrian said, rubbing his forehead. He walked in after the two and shut the door. "You guys wanna listen to some My Chemical Romance?" asked Tauricus. "Yeah! Have you got the Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge album?" asked Kaydence. "Of course, it's my favourite! Which song?" replied Tauricus. "Helena!" Adrian shouted a little too loudly. "Ooh yeah, I love that song!" said Kaydence. Tauricus put on the song "Helena", and he and Kaydence hummed along to it. But all the way throug h it, the only Helena Adrian could think of was the beautiful one he had just met in the hallway. Gothica Academy - Series 1: Episode 6 - Signing In by Claire Crawford A few days later, it was time for Adrian to start going to classes. However, Gothica Academy was not like a normal school where you walk in and take your seats. When you were going to classes in Gothica Academy, you had to sign in. Adrian, Kimi and Tauricus were heading towards the s mall building that Adrian had seen on his first day. He thought it looked far too small to have about 100 classrooms in it. Follow us, said Kimi, And you have to do what we say to get in good with the receptionists. Adrian nodded and proceeded towards the building. When they reached the large wooden door, T auricus held it open for Kimi and Adrian. When they walked in, there was someone in front of them in a black and red dress. It was Helena. Oh, hey Hell! said Kimi, with a little wave. Helena s miled, I ll see you guys down there, okay? History, room 332. Helena said to one of the receptionists, who then wrote something in a thick black folder. Adrian looked around the s mall room. Its walls were black, and its carpet was red velvet, and the only thing in it was a mahogany desk with two very bored looking women sitting behind it. He looked over at Helena, who was standing behind the desk. She smiled at him, then all of a sudden she fell. Helena! Adrian cried, rushing over to where she disappeared. He looked behind the desk, but there was nobody there, e xcept the two receptionists. One of them piped up, You, out from behind the desk!

Adrian walked out from behind the desk and slunk over to where Kimi and Tauricus were standing, still wondering if he really just saw Helena disappearing into thin air. Did we tell you to do that? asked Tauricus. Adrian looked at the floor. He knew he was already on the receptionists bad side, and he d only been there for about two minutes. Adrian heard footsteps, and looked up to find that Kimi had walked over to the desk and was leaning on it. Helga, Ursula, he s with me, will you let him off with it this time? Please? asked Kimi. Okay, but only for you. So what class are you in first? Helga replied. History, room 332, Kimi ans wered. Okay Kimi, see you later! sai d Ursula, who wrote in the black folder again. Adrian watched as Kimi walked behind the desk. Suddenly, she disappeared the same way as Helena had. He set a foot forward to go and see what was causing this, but remembered that he had just got back on Helga and Ursula s good sides again, and didn t want to ruin that, so he stayed put. Tauricus went next. History, room 332. Kay, catch you later, Tauricus! replied Ursula, who, for the third time, wrote in the black folder. Like Helena and Kimi, Tauricus walked behind the desk and disappeared. Now it was Adrian s turn. He shakily walked up to the desk, and managed to s queak, History, room 332. Oh, erm, what s your name? asked Helga. Erm... well I... I m... Adrian stammered. Oh, you re new! she sai d. Look, it s easy, just tell me your name and what class you re going to. Adrian, History, room 332. Adrian watched as she wrote his name and class in the black folder. He could see Helena, Kimi and Tauricus written above him, with Melody and Kaydence above them. Okay, now come round here, Helga guided him, pointing behind the desk. Adrian followed her instruction and stood behind the desk. Don t go any further than that little bit of black tape though, she said. Adrian looked down to find a little bit of black tape saying Do Not Cross! along it. Now what? asked Adrian, eager to learn the secret of the disappearance of his friends. Now, Helga began, opening a trap door in the floor, Jump! What?! he cried. He didn t realise that Ursula was standing behind him, and she pushed him down the hole in the floor. They heard him scream as he fell down a deep black hole, until he landed on hard ground in an awk ward position in a cloud of dust. He stood up and dusted himself off. He looked up to find Kimi and Tauricus waiting for him. Took you long enough! Tauricus laughed. No time for laughing, we re going to be late! Kimi cried. What does it matter to you? You re always late... asked Tauricus. True... Kimi replied, folding her arms across her chest. They waited for Adrian to finish dusting himself off, then walked slowly down the long, dusty corridor. Adrian looked around. All around him were concrete walls, with a thick layer of dust on each. Scattered here and there along them were paintings of the apparent founders of the school, and metal doors with numbers imprinted in them. The ground was also concrete and covered in dust. Erm... which room s 332? asked Adrian. See that room down there? asked Tauricus pointing at the door at the very end of the corridor. Adrian nodded. That s it, said Kimi. With that, they continued to walk along the old stone corridor to History, in the school that could change his life for good. But would it change it for better or worse? Gothica Academy- Series 1: Episode 7- History; Room 332 Tauricus knocked hard on the metal door at the end of the corridor, labelled 332. The door opened, and Kimi and Tauricus strolled in casually, with Adrian shuffling in behind shyly. Thank you for joining us, take a seat, take a seat... the teacher began, Wait, you... you re not in my class... who are you? he asked Adrian. Adrian... Adrian K, Adrian replied. Well Adrian, you re my new favourite, and that is NOT something that you want to be, oh no, not in this school it s not... he smirked. I... he started, Am Mr. Lane-Darkus, and I will be your History teacher for the next 10 months! Now, sit!

He pointed to a chair at the table were his Kimi, Helena, Tauricus, Melody, Kaydence and some other girl were sitting, beside Helena. Adrian sat down and set his bag on the floor, beside his chair. Helena passed him a piece of paper, with Hi written on it in red ink. Hi he wrote back, and slid the piece of paper along the metal desk, in front of where she was sitting. Good luck with Lane-Darkus, she scrawled, adding a sympathetic looking smily face. Adrian smiled at her and put the note in his pocket. Just as he did so, Mr. Lane-Darkus started speaking. Goth, as a modern movement, started as one component of the punk rock scene. As the latter faded, Goth survived by... doing what? Anyone? Everyone sat there quietly, a few people putting their hands up. He looked past them to Adrian, who didn t have his hand up. Adrian? Well? he said. Um... I... I don t know, sir... he stammered. You don t know, eh? Well then, you re offically useless! Mr. Lane-Darkus said, with a bit of a s mile on his face. Okay Apolla, what s your answer? The other girl at Adrian s desk sat there, filing her nails, which were painted black. Withou t looking up, she sighed and answered in a foreign language. In ENGLISH please, Apolla! Sighing even louder, she answered again, Creating it s own subculture! She had a strange accent, so Adrian assumed she was from another country. Kaulitz, THAT is an answer! You could learn something from Apolla here. That gives me an idea... Apolla, you will be Adrian z new tutor! Apolla looked up and pushed locks of her black hair out of her dark brown eyes so that she could get a better look at Adrian. She s miled at him and fiddled with her lip ring with her tounge. The soft humming noise that was the bell rang again like on Adrian s first day, and the class packed up their things and moved on to their next class. Apolla walked up to Adrian. Hi, I m Apolla, she smiled. I guess I your tutor this year... Although she left out a few words, Adrian understood her. Yeah, he replied. Erm, where are you from then, Apolla? Oh, I m from Germany, German... my native language. I speak a little English. Apolla replied. He smiled. Don t worry, I know a few German words, and I can teach you some English if you like. We can tutor each other! I d like that, thank you! she smiled. Du bist willkommen! Did I say that right? Ja, that s you re welcome! You do speak little German! she exclaimed, clapping her hands together. Adrian walked out of the classroom with her. What you have next? I have Art, asked Apolla. I have Art too, he replied. They walked to Art together, and took their seats beside Adrian s friends. Adrian looked around for the teacher, who was nowhere to be seen. I love Art! said Adrian, to nobody in particular. Where s the teacher? he asked Kimi. Oh, they ll be here in a minute, apparently Art teachers are always late, Kimi replied. All of a sudden, a shrill voice rang throughout the classroom. Adrian vaguely recognised it. Suddenly, everyones eyes widened and they spun round. Miss. Slizerat was standing in the doorway. Welcome, class! I will be your Art teacher for this year, aren t you lucky?! she said, with a wicked laugh. Looking back at each other, everyone banged their heads on the desk at the same time. Somehow, I don t think I m going to like Art this year... Adrian mumbled. Gothica Academy - Series 1: Episode 8 - Kimi In Trouble Let me make this clear, you get one piece of white paper and one piece of black paper, you make a mistake; tough. You can draw anything Goth related, and each table will get one box of chalk, one box of charcoal, one tub of colouring pencils, and two trays of paint. Anything gets broken and it s an automatic detention, understood? Miss. Slizerat began. Her voice was beginning to get on everybody s nerves, but there was nothing they could do about it. A boy passed around the pieces of paper. Adrian set the white piece in front of him, and tapped the pencil he was

holding lightly on the desk. He looked up to see Helena looking at him slightly from the corner of her eye. She realised he had noticed, and went back to drawing. Adrian took a quick look at her picture. It was of a boy that looked somewhat like him. Adrian watched, mesmerized by the skilful strokes of her pencil against the clear page, as she continued to draw the boy. The boy had his hands held out, and between them was a glowing heart, which had her name written in the middle in fancy lettering. Adrian looked back at his page, smiling a little. He had just found his inspiration. He began to draw a girl standing the same way as the boy in Helena s picture, with a glowing heart between her hands, bearing Adrian s name. He looked to where Helena was sitting, and he could see that she was looking at his picture and smiling, realising that he had seen her picture. She noticed that the girl in Adrian s picture looked very much like her. Helena was concentrating on Adrian s picture, when she heard a sudden thud. She looked up to find that Kimi was no where to be seen, and Tauricus was laughing. She looked under the desk to find that Kimi was laughing hysterically on the ground. What happened? Helena laughed. I... pushed her... off... her... chair! said Tauricus in between gasps. Kimi climbed back onto her chair, still laughing. She looked back at Tauricus slowly, then lunged at him in an attempt to push him off his chair. Tauricus saw what she was about to do, and put his hands in front of him, grasping a piece of charcoal in one of them. Before she could stop herself, Kimi flew straight into the charcoal, snapping it in half. What was that?! snapped Miss. Slizerat. She looked around her to see that Kimi was holding the broken charcoal and laughing. You! DETENTION! she screamed at her. What?! replied Kimi. You heard, detention! Miss. Slizerat repeated. Why? asked Kimi. Well, if you had been listening before, you would have heard me saying that if anything was broken, it would be an automatic detention, so that s what you re getting! she shouted, getting a little annoyed. Oh yeah, it s not that I wasn t listening, it s just that I couldn t stand that annoying voice of yours, so I decided to just block it out altogether! Kimi replied cheekily. What did you say? Miss. Slizerat snarled through gritted teeth. You heard me, Kimi snarled back, standing up. Miss. Slizerat stood up as well, and took a few steps towards Kimi. If you re looking to go to the Principal s Office, you re going the right way about it! she said. I m going nowhere! Kimi replied, also taking a few steps forward. Don t answer me back! Miss. Slizerat yelled. Don t tell me what to do! You have no authority over me, you re just a sour old woman who has nothing better to do than shout at people for accidental things! Kimi yelled back. Kimi s eyes glowed a bright shade of yellow, and her incisors grew into sharp fangs. Why you... ARGH! Miss. Slizerat screamed. Kimi sunk her teeth deep into Miss. Slizerat s neck. You... you... to the Principal s Office! NOW! she screamed. Kimi was about to answer back, but Miss. Slizerat cut her off. Don t you dare answer back! she screamed again. Kimi s eyes returned to their usual dark brown, and her fangs vanished. She turned around swiftly, and walked out of the room with a s mile on her face. Back to work! Miss. Slizerat shouted at the class, her voice cracking slightly. She held her hand close to her neck in an attempt to stop the blood. She went to get a paper towel when the bell rang again, signalling break. Everyone packed up their things and left the room quietly, not saying a word about what had just happened. We d better go and collect Kimi, said Tauricus. Everyone nodded and followed him to the Principal s Office. Gothica Academy- Series 1: Episode 9- The Principal's Office Kimi opened the large mahogany doors of the Principal s Office, and strolled in casually, then proceeded to sit down in one of the two leather chairs sitting in front of the Principal s desk. Behind the desk was a very large black leather chair, which was turned so that it s back was facing Kimi. Suddenly, it spun round towards Kimi, who saw that the Principal, Mr. Kneedman, was sitting in it comfortably. Kimi, Kimi, Kimi... he began. I just got the report. You bit Miss. Slizerat again?! Where this time? On the neck, Kimi answered, attempting to suppress a smile that was evidently creeping onto her face.

Kimi! Mr. Kneedman said sternly when he saw that she was finding it hard trying not to smile. Sorry, sir, she said, lowering her head so that she could still s mile, but Mr. Kneedman wouldn t be able to see her face as it was hidden behind her hair. So Kimi, what do you have to say for yourself, and not only that, what do you have to say to Miss. Slizerat? asked Mr. Kneedman. I have to apologise... Kimi said in a very monotonous tone, as she had heard this all before. Exactly, Mr. Kneedman began again. Now, he said, lifting up a jar on his desk. Humbug? He held out the glass jar, filled with little striped black and white sweets, towards Kimi, who took one graciously. Thanks, she said. Now, eat you sweet and go back to class. What do you have next? Um, it s break, sir... Kimi said, So... detention... What are we going to do with you? Mr. Kneedman asked jokingly. Probably throw me in another detention... Kimi s miled. Mr. Kneedman s miled at her comment, then proceeded to escort her out the door. Good luck in detention! he called after her as she left. Kimi turned the corner, and found that Adrian, Tauricus, Melody, Kaydence, Apolla and Helena were waiting for her in chairs that sat inside a little alcove in the wall of the corridor where the Principle s Office was. Hey, how long have you guys been sitting here? she asked. Erm, not long, replied Tauricus. So, did you get in trouble? No. Really? I mean, you bit a teacher, Kimi! I know, but Mr. Kneedman was awesome about it. He just told me that I had to apologise to Miss. Slizerat, he gave me a humbug, then I left. Whoa... he gave you a sweet. Your are in some serious trouble now, Kimi... said Tauricus. Everyone laughed. So, Kimi began. Who s coming to detention with me? Tauricus, Melody and Kaydence raised their hands. Well, I guess it s just you three on your own today... Kimi said, looking at Adrian, Helena and Apolla. I guess so... Helena began. Don t worry, we ll meet up with you guys later. Okay, see you after break. Tauricus smiled, and he walked off to detention with Kimi, Melody and Kaydence. So, um, where do we go for break then? asked Adrian. The Library. You should see this school s Library; it s HUGE! Helena s miled. Adrian smiled, and walked off towards the Library with Helena and Apolla.