First Experiment

[yuki]

Arabella left the hallway and entered her next class.
Chemistry
She wasn't one to do experiments. Actually, Arabella hated science sometimes. She just wished that it wasn't a mandatory class.
Ara took a seat. It looked like she was early considering she was the only student in the room. She was always early to every class. Everyone else was talking with friends before they entered the lab.
Ara took out her novel that she'd been into for the last week and read for about a minute until someone walked into the room. She looked up to see who it was.

[rima]

Rima collected her books from her lockers. It's her first day so she's kind of excited. All this time she's home-schooling, so she's studying science without doing experiments. She might cause an accident, but Rima was confident she won't. When she entered the classroom, she greeted, "Morning!!" cheerfully. Of course, people would look weird at her but she didn't care and just smile.

She saw a place and sat there, looked around and realized there's a girl sitting beside her. She smiled at her and took out her hand, wanting a handshake. "The name's Shirayuki Rima. How about you?"

[yuki]

Arabella looked at the girl nervously. No one had been this friendly to her since she'd come to the school. They all had given her wary looks and walked away without saying hi.
Ara's left hand grabbed at her pendant that she was wearing as a necklace. "I'm Arabella."
She took the girl's hand and shook it gingerly.

[rima]

"Arabella? That's such a pretty name!!"

She smiled at her cheerfully. Is Arabella new here, too? She looked kind of lonely. Well, any other students are with groups except for her and Arabella. She must be newt then, right? She decided to ask Arabella.

"Hey, are you new here?" She asked with another smile of hers.

[yuki]

For a second, Ara looked at the girl, stunned. She was amazed at how friendly she was.
"Yes." Arabella responded. "You're new here too?" There was hopefulness in her voice. All she wanted was to make a friend.

[rima]

OOC: I'm gonna stir things up. xD

"Yeah, me too!" She answered with that never ending smile of hers. Then later she felt something off. She looked at her right and some students seems to be snickering or gossiping. Rima rolled her eyes and read her textbook. Little did she know that the group is actually wanting to treat her as a dog and so. Rima knew this all along. She whispered to Arabella.

"If there's any thing troubling you, come and tell me." She said. "I'll help you take care of them." What she meant is not something like a gangster will do. When she realized that, she told Arabella. "I mean, you know..." Then she speaks even more softly than before to her. "Those guys are planning something." She rested her head on her book.

Her first day. Is going to be really great.

[ωΘĿƒ]

Just as the bell rang, Z stumbled through the door, a handful of pencils in his hand and a grin on his face. First lab class. This would be awesome. He wondered if he could get to blow stuff up.

He sat down next to a couple of girls, as it was the only seat open. The teacher had been writing something up on the whiteboard, and didn't look up as he came in.

"Welcome class, and welcome, Master Damion. You're late."

"Yup. Sorry teach. Crimes to commit and all that."

Despite the joking nature that he'd said it, Z was actually sorry that he'd come late. Science was fun, and magic was even more fun. Woohoo explosions!

He looked over at the two girls at his side. They were talking about that snickering group of kids. Interesting.

"Hey, want some pencils?" He smiled. He'd nicked them from one of the teachers' desks in the last class. He hadn't even noticed. The teacher for science class was Mr. Oliver Stephen. Mr. Stephen was writing the assignment on the board as Z spoke.

[yuki]

Arabella nodded and whispered to Rima. "Okay. But it's no big deal. I'm used to people talking behind my back."

She sighed. Why did people think she was strange? But she couldn't help but wonder why they snickered about Rima too. Rima was nice and friendly. She didn't blush or hide every time someone talked to her like Ara did.
Suddenly, she looked up to see a senior boy rush into the lab. He took a seat next to them.

[rima]

Rima saw someone coming in. If she remembers correctly, the teacher calls him Master. So, a master is here, studying, obeying a teacher? She's too tired to deal with thinking and such. She really really want to sleep now. Lot's of stuff happened yesterday. Well, maybe not so much, but heck, this school is huge, and there's lots of things to do here. But, well, probably not as much as her home.

"Meh. People gossiping others are the worst." She smiled. And then look at the guy that's offering a pencil. No, she won't need it. She got a special mechanical pencil as a special present from a famous company for doing business with her family. She just got it yesterday, so she's interested in it now. Well maybe later, she'll lose interest.

"No thanks." She smiled.

[yuki]

Ara heard the guy offer her a pencil. She blushed. He was intimidating with his smile.
"Umm..." she blushed further. "Sure."
Arabella took it from him and smiled sheepishly.

[ωΘĿƒ]

Z's smile only widened at the girl's incessant blushing. The quiet ones were always like that - nice and antisocial. He wouldn't have a problem with them during class then. He could blow up as many things as he liked.

"Enjoy."

The teacher had turned around now, and was preparing to give a lecture. Or... maybe not a lecture. He barely said anything.

"Today's class covers the basics of chemistry, so I've decided to go with an old classic." He ducked down behind his desk, coming up for air with a plastic pipe tube and a wooden board. "Baking soda volcanoes." He set the items down next to a pile of neatly stacked bags of clay.

"Who wants to help me demonstrate"

Z looked up, putting his pencils away into his bag.

"Oooh! Oooh! Me!"

He waved his hand in the air until the teacher was forced o recognize him.

"Alright Master Damion. Let's have you."

Z jumped up, and went to stand next to the teacher.

The front of the class was paradise. The entire room was staring at him, some human, some not, but all eyes locked where he was. He really wanted to do something hilarious. Something just perfect. The teacher got out a brick of clay, set the plastic pipe down on the board, and began to mold the three together, sloping the clay up so that it made the sides of the volcano.

"Baking soda, please, Damion."

"Yessir"

Z gave him the box of white powder, grinning at the class and giving a thumbs-up sign. They snickered accordingly.

When the volcano was done, the tube was at the center, the board was at the bottom, and the clay was covering the pipe and holding it to the board. He poured the baking soda into the pipe, then the vinegar, and let it fizzle as a demonstration to the class.

"We all see what we're doing? Good. Now grab some supplies and get to work."

There was a rush of people, all grabbing for the materials. Z was quick to get his before he sat back down.

[yuki]

Ara sighed. OK. This looks simple enough.

She started to get the supplies and putting the volcano together.

"Hey." a voice came from behind her.

Arabella turned around to see a blonde boy. He had a bottle of clear fluid. "Do you need this?"

She blushed. "What is it?"

"It's another supply you need to put inside the volcano." he handed it to her.

"Really?" Ara looked around for the clear fluid in her own supplies. "But I didn't get any. Are you sure we're supposed to use this?"

The Blondie smiled. "Of course. I just wanted to help you out since you're new here."

Arabella's face grew warm. "Thanks."

"No problem."

She turned to her volcano and put the rest of it together. Then, for her last step, she carefully poured the clear fluid into the volcano. After a minute, nothing happened. Then, it started bubbling. The bubbling increased, shaking the table violently. Arabella's eyes widened. She leaned back in her chair but it wasn't far away enough from the explosion that followed after that.
Ara opened her eyes. She felt the baking soda plastered on her face. She looked down at the supplies she'd just used. They were all over her clothes.
Ara heard a group of kids behind her. They were laughing. It was the same group that had been snickering earlier about her and Rima. And the blonde haired boy had been one of them.

Arabella fought back the tears that were coming. She raised her hand. "Sir," her voice cracked with emotion. "May I please go to the bathroom?"

[ωΘĿƒ]

The teacher looked up, pushing his classes further up the bridge of his nose at seeing the mess.

"Certainly miss. I find soap works wonders for accidents.

He then scribbled out a few sentences on a bit of paper, and looked up at the group of laughing kids after he'd finished.

"And you will be seeing the Keeper soon, won't you boys?"

Z had watched all this with a huge grin and a shaking laughter. He just couldn't help himself. The stuff was everywhere. He looked back to congratulate the kids who'd done it, but turned quickly as the teacher saw him. Oh well. He looked over at the girl.

"Nice one! You beat me to it."

There goes one idea, but it didn't matter. He could still spice this class up some other way. As he put the finishing touches on his own volcano, he thought about heating the materials to speed the reaction. Hmm... Maybe...

[yuki]

"Thank you, Sir." Ara got up and walked toward the exit. She tried not to look back at the kids still laughing at her but she decided to take one glance before she left. Her glance ended up on Z. He smiled at her and her only response was to glare back at him. Not to glare at him because he got her in this mess, just to glare because she was furious and humiliated. Her eyes turned a deep violet as she did so but for only a second. Arabella had to keep her emotions in check or she would turn into her true form. She turned away from the class and ran out the door, slamming it behind her.

[amber989]

Meh, those things happened fast. Rima was working on her own and she's absorbed in it. Don't blame her, she's a first timer. Well, not in science, but experiments. And then suddenly, something splat on her. It's some kind of substance that's really gross. She saw Arabella covered by it, too. She was shocked about it. She turned around and saw the group laughing and got scolded by the teacher. Even so, this guy, is laughing his head off.

She got angry and kicked the guy that was laughing. She thought he was a nice guy. And it looked like she was wrong. Then she stare back at the group. Used her magics, and after awhile, the students are shivering with fear. She rolled her eyes and waited for Arabella to come back.