Choose a side, there is no middle ground.

Jove gets out of the car shortly after he turns off the car parked in the principal's parking space. He looks at the school and can't quite understand what he's seeing.

"Well... that's... different." her father says as Pandora gets out of the car and locks it.

The front of the school looks spectacular, cleaner than it's ever been. But it's also been given an upgrade. Jove looks at what his daughter is seeing.

"At least they're taking pride in the school. That's something." insists Pandora.

"I would've preferred if they'd have told me what they were doing first. I would've had some suggestions." says Jove with a bit of a fun tone.

"For the chess club?" Pandora says, pointing to the 'We Love Chess Club' sign painted on the left side of the school's front door.

"For both of them." suggests Jove, pointing to the 'Football Rules, Chess Drools' sign painted on the other side of the front door, before adding, "Namely that the front of the school isn't the best place for things like this."

"It's better than what used to be up there last week, isn't it? They cleaned it up. What did it say last time? Principal Jupiter is a..."

Jove cuts her off and starts to make his way into the school, "I suppose."

Pandora follows him into the school with a grin.

"You realize this is Sarah's fault right?" suggests Pandora.

"You think so?" asks Jove.

"The chess club and the football team have been going at it online ever since Sarah declared that she was going to fix the school spirit at this school." explains Pandora.

"I told you that there'd probably be some rivalries because of the possession." says Jove.

"I know but... the chess club?" asks Pandora with a playful tone.

They make it to the door and walk through it as Jove responds, "You'd be surprised where people get their validation. Most adults have trouble figuring out where they get it, or spend their teenage years figuring it out. I get it from being principal and helping my daughter. Sarah's getting it from cheerleading, and I would hope that you get it from what you're doing with The Box."

Pandora stops and turns to her father, "I guess... I mean, it did feel really good when I saved Jemma from that spirit."

"That's good..." says Jove, adding "It's important that you believe in yourself and what you're doing. That belief is what will get you through when things get insane."

"More insane than the entire school going crazy and tearing things up?" asks Pandora with more concern then anything.

Jove takes a deep breath, then "You'd be surprised what some of these spirits can do." and he starts heading for his office, "I'll see you later all right?"

"Right..."

Pandora heads over to her locker, opens it and puts her bag inside. She pulls out the books she needs and then closes her locker. She smiles just before she turns, hoping to see Jemma on the other side, but she's not there. Pandora looks around, disappointed. Eventually she sees Hermes standing in the doorway of his class, smiling at Pandora before turning into his class.

The young teenager watches it happen for a few moments before heading towards her first class.

* * *

The school's field is a busy place. In the middle, where the football field is, the team is busy running drills for both offense and defense. Around the edge of the outer rim of the football field, the track team is running laps. And just off to the side on a slightly smaller field area, Pandora, Sarah, Nina, Kat and the other cheerleaders are running through their routine. Music is playing and the cheerleaders are moving in formation, dancing to the beat and shaking their pom poms along with it. Sarah is standing apart from the rest of them, watching the routine as it unfolds, looking for anything out of place.

"Nici, you're out of sync, speed it up." yells Sarah as she starts to move back and forth in front of her teammates, "Candice you're not stretching high enough. Dora, watch your footing, you're..."

Almost as if on cue, Pandora steps on Kat's foot, causing things to suddenly stop.

"Ow! DAMN IT Dora!" Kat yells.

"Sorry Kat, I didn't..." begins Pandora before being cut off by Kat.

"Of course you didn't... just like you didn't mean to step on it last time. Or on Melissa's before that." Kat says, insulting Pandora for her clumsiness.

"Sorry, I'm still getting used to the routine." insists Pandora.

"Sure you are." says Kat before shoving Pandora, sending her tumbling into one of her teammates, Dani.

"HEY!" Dani yells, shoving Pandora back.

Pandora gets her balance back before she really runs into Kat from the force.

"What the hell are you doing Kat?" asks Dani forcefully as she closes the gap between them with Pandora in the way.

Pandora attempts to keep them at a distance.

"Whatever the hell I want Dani. I'm in charge here." insists Kat.

"Actually, I'm pretty sure Sarah's the one in charge." says Pandora, barely managing t keep them apart, "Sarah, you want to step in here?"

Sarah for her part seems completely uninterested in what's going on.

"Sarah?" Pandora tries again.

"Why should I?" asks Sarah, "I figure if they're going to have a problem with each other it's better to get it out now. That way we'll be united when things get real. Besides, it was your bad feet that made it happen in the first place. If they should be mad at anyone, it should be you."

That makes Kat and Dani stop going for each other, turning their focus to Pandora.

"She's right. What the hell is wrong with you Dora?" says Kat.

"Yeah." agrees Dani.

Pandora looks at Kat and Dani who are now clearly more mad at her than one another. She turns her attention to Sarah.

"Gee, thanks." a sarcastic Pandora says.

Just as Kat and Dani are about to team up against Pandora, the head cheerleader steps in. Sarah puts her hands on their shoulders and a red light flashes in her eyes before it flashes in Kat and Dani's. Sarah takes a deep breath with a smile at the end then lets both of them go. Pandora watches all of this happen in front of her.

"Look, we need to focus on what we're really doing here. Practicing so that we can be the best we can be for the game coming up. We have to be at our best or the team's never going to win anything. Agreed?" explains Sarah.

Kat and Dani look at each other, then to Pandora before responding.

"Agreed." Dani complies, reluctantly.

"Fine." Kat says, begrudgingly.

"Pandora?" asks Sarah.

"Sure." says Pandora.

"Great..." Sarah moves back to her position in front of them, "How about we run it again?"

"How about you not?" a voice asks rhetorically.

Sarah, Pandora and the rest of the team turn towards the voice. They find Amber, head of the drill team, flanked by the rest of her team standing behind them, decked out in their gear.

"What are you doing here Amber?" asks Sarah, clearly annoyed by the interruption.

Amber twirls her baton in her hand.

"I'd think that would be obvious. It's our turn. Get off the field." says Amber forcefully.

Sarah straightens up, trying to look imposing, "We're not done yet."

"You are now. We need to do some run throughs and we don't want you and your mediocre team stinking up our routines." insists Amber.

"Please, your routines haven't been fresh in a year. If anything, you should step down and put me in charge." Sarah says as she moves through her teammates to meet Amber face to face.

"And if I did, no one would ever watch them. They'd be too focused on our team losing a game to care." Amber fires back with Sarah invading her personal space.

They stare each other down.

"Well that wouldn't be much of a change since most of the crowd is so bored they take long ass bathroom breaks during halftime." Sarah suggests with a smirk.

"Why you..." starts Amber only to be cut off suddenly by Sarah's hand on her shoulder.

Just like before, Sarah's eyes glow red for a second and then so do Amber's.

"Look, you want the field? Fine. We're done with it." Sarah says, much to the confusion of Amber and their respective teams.

She turns to Pandora and the rest of the cheerleaders, taking a deep breath with a smile, "Let's go girls. They need it a lot more than we do."

After looking at each other a bit, they head off with Sarah who suddenly walks right through the middle of the drill team as they open up a space for her. Pandora grabs her bag but something catches her eye from the nearby bleachers. She stops and sees Jemma on the bleachers, far enough away that she's out of earshot. Jemma is watching the cheerleaders as they leave, and Pandora in particular. Pandora raises her hand to wave but just as she does, Jemma walks away. This leaves Pandora staring at the space where her friend used to be, confused.

* * *

Uni, Pandora's mother, is in the kitchen of their home working on getting dinner ready for her family. She's frying something on the stove when suddenly, her hand starts to shake. The frying pan in her hand starts to shake as well and she has to force herself to let go and step away. She closes her eyes and tries to calm herself down but when she opens her eyes, they flash with a yellow light and Uni is forced to close them again. Pandora's mother leans forward with her hands against the counter, gripping it firmly as she takes several deep breaths to keep calm.

Just then, the front door opens.

"Hey Mom, are you home yet?" asks Pandora from the door as she and her father unload their things from school.

It takes Uni a while to answer, "In here."

Uni takes another deep breath, opens her eyes and they're normal. She straightens up quickly just as Pandora and Jove enter.

"How was work dear?" asks Jove.

Again a few moments pass before Uni answers, "Oh, you know, another day, another load of cases."

"I hear that's a big part of being a judge." Pandora comments with a joking tone.

"Well then I guess it's a good thing I like passing judgment on situations. Speaking of which, how are things going at school with Sarah and the Maenad?" Uni questions her daughter.

That makes Pandora pause, "Okay I guess. I think she's evolving. Today I saw her draw energy from some of the girls and the leader of the drill team. It was weird."

Jove asks the obvious, "Weird how?"

"She stepped in every time things were about to get serious. It's almost like..." Pandora explains before being cut off.

"She was feeding off them?" Uni interjects.

"Yeah." responds Pandora.

"That's what a Maenad does. It feeds off conflict." explains Uni.

"Or more like unresolved conflict." adds Jove.

"Unresolved conflict?" asks Pandora.

"Maenads were an angry, emotional bunch. They reveled in butting heads with everyone willing to take the bait. But it wasn't fun unless they got the most out of the experience." Uni elaborates.

"Basically, they needed whoever it was to get just as upset or angry or whatever it was the Maenad wanted." Jove insists.

"That made them develop the ability to feed off unresolved conflict and use it to their advantage." Uni adds, "People need to express themselves. The longer they go without letting it out, the worse things get when it eventually explodes out of them."

"So Sarah's feeding off the school's clubs and keeps them from dealing with their problems with each other?" asks Pandora somewhat rhetorically.

"I guess the question is, what is she building towards?" Uni asks.

* * *

Sarah stands in front of a trophy case. Her eyes focus on one trophy in particular.

"What are you doing?" Nina asks with a loud whisper.

The head cheerleader looks to her teammate, "Nothing."

"Then why are you standing around out in the middle of a prank? This isn't even our school. Do you want to get caught?" Nina wonders.

Sarah looks at the trophy for a few long moments before walking away.