The alarm that I set for my phone ringed loudly, waking me from a thankfully deep slumber.

I slapped my phone desperately, trying to get it to shut off.

"Fuck, it's morning" I whispered under my breath. I am not a morning person if you can't tell, but back to the alarm that is currently bursting my eardrums.

I grabbed my phone after a few unsuccessful tries. I started to raise it up to my face to turn it off when someone grabbed it out of my hand.

"Hey" I grunted. I waved my hand around in the air widely trying to find the person that had just stolen my phone. A few seconds later the alarm stopped.

"Hey, it's me"

That voice.

That was a voice I recognized.

Medora.

"Thanks" I grunted again before turning over and pulling the pillow over the side of my face that wasn't shoved into the mattress. I shut my eyes trying to fall asleep again when someone grabbed the pillow and tossed it to the floor.

I put a hand to my face to guard my eyes of stray beams of sunlight.

"What are you doing?" I mumbled.

"Trying to get you to wake up!" An urgent voice said.

Medora.

Again.

"Can't you see I'm trying to sleep" I murmured, falling back against the pillow. "No. I can't. It's already 8:20."

"Whatever" I said, still half asleep.

Then it set in.

"HOLY SHIT. Breakfast started like an hour ago!" I threw the covers off. Medora chuckled a bit at my concern.

"I know, Luara and Maya left already but don't worry breakfast doesn't end till nine." My nerves calmed a bit but then spiked at the mention of Maya.

The content of last night came back into my head fresher than ever. I hope I never feel that burning heat ever again. I shivered as a cool breeze rushed down my back.

"You're noticing Luara's foldable fan she brought" Medora took note of.

"Foldable fan?" I asked confused.

Medora waved her hand, dismissing it for now. "Don't question it"

I got out of bed and changed into a baby blue fuzzy sweater, jeans and converse. Otherwise known as a comfy outfit. I threw my hair into a ponytail and headed to the dining area, Medora at my side.

When we got there everyone had already found a seat. All the tables were taken except of course the ones around Maya. It was the classic high school drama scene. Just picture it.

Anyway me and Medora picked up some food and went to sit at a table to Maya left. It was completely empty.

But to my disappointment as soon as we sat down one of Medora's fellow claimed of Skyra came up.

"Hey wanna come sit with us" She asked motioning to a table filled with some other kids who I assumed were the other claimed. I smiled.

"Sure" I said, grabbing my food and standing up. But as soon as I took a step out of my seat the girl gave me a guilty look.

"What?" I questioned. She took a deep breath.

"I don't want to cause any trouble but um there's only two seats left. One for me and one for Medora" She slowed down near the end, unsure of herself. I frowned. I took another step forward.

"Please don't hurt me" The girl said quickly. Then she clapped a hand over her mouth. "I'm so so so sorry. I didn't mean to say that" She gulped in air. Her voice shuttered.

Realization dawned on me.

"Is that what you think?" I asked "That if you anger me in the slightest I'll hurt you." The poor girl opened and closed her mouth like a fish, trying to find words.

My face fell.

"You're scared of me" I sat down slowly.

"Hey, I'm not scared of you" Medora said as she rubbed my back comfortably.

"So" I said.

"So just tell them that you're not going to hurt them. If they're still scared of you then they're not fit to be your friend." I smiled.

Medora coming to the rescue.

I snorted.

"You're like my superman"

Medora rolled her eyes.

"Please don't imagine me with my underwear on the outside"

And she was back.

"Thats exactly what I'm doing"

Medora sighed.

"Fine"

"Um" The girl from earlier chirped "Is Medora going to come?"

"I actually don't-" Medora started to say. "She love to go" I said interrupting her. Medora looked at me, confused.

"Are you sure?" She asked. I waved her off. "Of course. You go. Have fun with friends that aren't freaks."

Medora frowned at me, her eyebrows furrowing.

"You're not a freak"

I shoved her towards the table. "Sure" I said jokingly. Medora pursed her lips, obviously concerned. She gave me a look that meant We are so talking about this later before walking to the table.

I looked away from her and concentrated on eating.

I stabbed my fork into my salad viciously. I tore the leaves off of the fork and swallowed them. I did that on repeat. Ignoring the stares I was now noticing and ignoring how much fun it looked Medora was having at the other table.

Jeez, I sound like a jealous ex.

Suddenly someone sat down beside me.

All I could see was a bright yellow crop top that had the words Be you printed on them in a bold font. I looked up ready to face the mysterious person.

A face I recognized. Round head framed by blonde waves. Aquamarine eyes blinked at me quickly.

Luara.

"Hiiiiiiiiiiiiii!" She shrieked. "I'm Luara but you probably already know that since I'm in your pod and everything but I feel like we have't actually had time to bond you know. Like I thought now was a good time since you were alone for like the first time in forever (Frozen anyone) and you looked sad and bit grumpy if I'm being honest. But then" She continued, pausing to take a deep breath "Everyone was like no don't do it she's a freak and she'll probably like kill you with her super awesome powers and all that jazz. But I was like NO I'm going to see her but video me when I do it because if I die it's going to be doing something stupid and I want someone to video me and post it on YouTube. Hopefully it will get like billions of views. Anyway, what is your zodiac sign? Like I'm an Aquarius so I guess I'm like a water person but who knows if its even true." Luara finally stopped talking.

I had gotten three things from that conversation.

One she's a chatterbox.

Two it seems that everyone thinks I'm a freak except Luara and Medora.

And three Luara's zodiac sign is an Aquarius which in her words makes her a water person.

Luara looked at me expectantly.

I blinked. "I'm sorry what?"

Luara huffed. "I said"

I braced myself for the oncoming attack of words but instead I got a simple.

"What was your zodiac sign?"

Realization hit me. "Oh I'm a Pisces" I said.

"Oh nice, you're right after me" I nodded.

Luara's eyes glittered and her hair bounced with her energy. "Like everyone says I act like a Leo but my birthday is January 22. That is obviously in Aquarius. Oh talking about that when is your birthday?"

"Uh March 2"

Luara nodded enthusiastically. Suddenly she froze. She sucked in a huge breath.

"OH FOR THE LOVE OF VEERS" She practically yelled.

"What?" I whispered urgently.

"I forgot to tell you who I was claimed by" She said it as if she was saying Voldemort. You know what I'm saying.

(Any Harry Potter fans out there? I am not ashamed to say that I actually hate Harry Potter. I've only read up to the fourth book and it was torture. No hate though.)

"I mean you don't have to tell me, the whole academy knows who you were claimed by" I sighed. Luara said it as if it was a good thing. In fact it was a bad thing.

"I'm claimed by Ciara, the goddess of the arts"

Of course. The traits of a claimed of Ciara are creative, outgoing and spontaneous. Usually one of the claimed of Ciara have one of the arts they like to pursue. That thought led me to ask my next question.

"What art do you pursue" I was proud of myself of not completely just letting her carry the conversation.

"I pursue the art of acting!" She said.

"but"

I knew that was coming!

"I also love to paint and sing and dance. I also do taekwondo"

Jesus.

That was a lot. But taekwondo. I can't imagine her little frame doing those massive kicks that you see on TV.

"Yeah" she said from the look on my face. "Usually people don't think I would or could do taekwondo. But not to brag but look at this guy a took down"

Luara proceeded to take her phone out of he pocket and show me a picture. The picture looked to be taken in some sort of training room. The walls were lined with mats. In the middle of the picture was a big burly man that looked to weigh just under 200 pounds. The guy looked in the middle of a grunt.

"Thats Ahiga" Luara said pointing at the picture. "I train with him"

My eyes and mouth stayed frozen in an expression of surprise. "You beat him" I said pointing at the screen. She nodded, convincingly.

"Okay then. You are officially a baddass"

Luara smiled appreciatively. "Thanks"

Unlike some people I know.

Cough, Medora, cough.

Luara soaked up the attention I gave her.

"So anyway, we friends now?" Luara asked. Apparently she couldn't stand more than a few moments without talking. I stuck out made hand.

"We're are definitely friends" Luara smiled as she put out her hand to meet mine.

And we shook. I looked up and saw Medora waving me over to her.

"Uh I sorta have to go" Luara waved me away. "Go have fun" She said. The way that she said it and the way that she waved her hand distinctly reminded me of when I'd waved Medora away to go be with the other claimed of Skyra.

We were going to have to come up with a better name to call that group. Their name right now is way too long.

"Oh wait!" Luara said, just as I'd started to walk away. I turned. "Yeah?"

Luara looked nervous. In fact I think this was the first time I'd seen her nervous.

"Just incase this is something you dan't want to be friends with me for I'm . . . lesbian." Luara said quickly.

"It's fine. I don't care what your sexuality is as long as your happy" Luara smiled warmly. "Thank you"

"It's not something you should be thanking me for." I responded.

Okay so guys, I'm not bisexual or lesbian so I don't really have that much experience with that kind of stuff. So if any of this is offensive to you please, please let me know. I don't want to anger anyone. So if anything is the slightest bit not kind please tell me and I will take it down or change it.

"Okay, you can go be with Medora now" Luara said. And with a quick wave over my shoulder I headed in the direction of Medora.

As soon as I got to her she gave me a big hug. "You looked like you had fun" I said to her jokingly.

"I did" She said slowly, as if on word would make me break down with tears. "What?" I said "why are you looking at me like that?"

Medora pursed her lips. "I'm just worried about you" She said simply. I rolled my eyes.

"Come on. I'm fine. I'm fine" I said more convincingly. "Look I made a new friend. Her name is Luara" Medora raised her eyebrows in disbelief. I glared at her.

"Your not my only friend"

Medora smirked. "Well, now I'm not" I sighed at her.

I, then gave her my fiercest glare. Medora rolled her eyes at my antics.

"Well, we have to get to our first pod session"

Ugh right. I don't even know where that is. "And" Medora continued on "Lucky for you, I know exactly where it is."

Did she just read my mind? Goddess, how is this possible.

Medora grabbed my hand and dragged me to our next destination.

Soooooooooo. Anyone like Luara? Do you think Luara come between Medora and Alina. Keep reading to find out. I am literally cringing at the last sentence I wrote. It sounded like a cliche preview. You understand me? Anyway, off of cringing. This chapter is over 2k words. Go me!