this isn't a diary... it's a personal account!

[solyn]

Dear Diary,
Aha, no, we are NOT calling you a 'diary'. Not with my current situation, at least.
By current situation I mean I'm starting highschool. Again.
I'm starting again because of some... issues... at my last highschool. My parents worked their tails off trying to earn enough money to send me to the fancy private school here in Pawford. It's called Crystalline Heights High, and yes, from what I saw of the orientation, it's every bit as fancy as it sounds.
Which is exactly why I won't fit in.
I suppose I should introduce myself- my name is Lillian, Lillian Lancaster-Small. This is me.

I'm sixteen years old, and I'm a junior. My hobbies including writing, reading, stargazing and listening to ambient sounds. I know, I know, I sound boring. I promise, I'm more than I appear. I used to be a cheerleader at my old school, before the queen bee decided to take arms against me. I guess she didn't like people showing her up.
I suppose I should introduce my family, too.

This is my mum and my dad; Joeline Lancaster and Roscoe Small. They're not married, but they've been together for twenty years now, and they say they don't need a ring to make their union official. Mum is the chief of police, and Dad's a commercial fisherman, so he's away a lot. Surprisingly enough, it was my Aunt Dolly who gave me this diary.

This is her. She's Mum's younger sister and she's a little... quirky... to say the least. She runs an aquarium where people can buy fish, and she absolutely loves couture fashion! She's super funny and lovely, although she and Mum fight a lot because Mum's a bit more... serious than she is. I love them both, anyway.

Finally, you have my sisters, Summer and Fira. Summer is only two, but she was diagnosed with PPS syndrome, so that means she won't ever grow to look past ten years old. Fira is my older sister, she's eighteen and she's a senior in high school, but she still goes to Pawford high, the public school that I used to go to. She's popular there, and all of her teachers like her because she's a good student. She stuck up for me as much as possible, and I really adore her, even if we bicker sometimes.
I trust her. Which is why I'm worried.
Fira told me some things about Crystalline Heights (from now on abbreviated to CH because it's sooo long!!) that make me a little worried. First of all, there are houses. Like, from the Harry Potter novels, only they're randomly selected and have nothing to do with anything, really. Each of the houses are really competitive, and there are a bunch of games they play over the course of the year, as well as a final tournament where each house must offer up a team of four competitors to compete for the house cup! It sounds so exciting, so that doesn't really have me worried.
(Mum even requested I be in Verne, the red house. Yes!!!)
What has me worried is that Fira said she used to date a senior who went there, Maxwell. His sister Madeline is a junior, and she runs the school! Right from freshman year, she took over the old queen bee's job. Fira says they're really pompous at CH, and the queen bee of the school sorts everyone into 'cliques'! Ahhh!
I'm kind of worried about that, but I don't want to jump to any conclusions about it...
I suppose I should sign off for the night - I need some sleep for my big day!
Good night, Personal Account! (PA for short!)

[solyn]

c h a r a c t e r i n d e x
lillian lancaster-small
[ 16 - outcast - house verne - #BF0000 ]
joeline lancaster
[ 36 - n/a - n/a - #FF8080 ]
roscoe small
[ 38 - n/a - n/a - #80BF80 ]
dolly lancaster
[ 32 - n/a - n/a - #404080 ]
fira lancaster-small
[ 18 - popular - n/a - #FF8040 ]
summer lancaster-small
[ 2 - n/a - n/a - #FFBF80 ]
madeline e'claire
[ 16 - queen bee - house verne - #FF40FF ]
maxwell e'claire
[ 18 - jock - house ruth - #0080BF ]
sid summerton
[ 17 - jock - house mozart - #008000 ]
sandi summerton
[ 16 - outcast - house mozart - #FF00BF ]
cybele summerton
[ 16 - artist - house mozart - #00BFFF ]
killian basingthwait
[ 15 - nerd - house tesla - #BF80FF ]
basil birmingham
[ 18 - outcast - house tesla - #808040 ]
fuego fernandez velazquez
[ 18 - rebel - house ruth - #BF4000 ]
skylar weathers
[ 17 - artist - house mozart - #79A6C0 ]

j o i n!

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[center][size=85]Username:
Full Name:
Preferred Name:
Age:
Clique:
House:
Personality:
Picture:
Friend/Foe of Lili?:
Codeword: lovecraft
Colour Code:
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houses:
verne {red}
ruth {blue}
tesla {yellow}
mozart {green}

cliques:
populars
jocks
artists
nerds
outcasts
rebels

HOUSE VERNE:
madeline, lillian, [open, male], [open, male]
HOUSE RUTH:
fuego, [open, male], [open, female], [open, female]
HOUSE MOZART:
[open, male], [open, male], skylar, [open, female]
HOUSE TESLA:
killian, [open, female], [open, male], [open, male]

please pm me to be a competitor!

[solyn]

PA! I have had the absolute WORST day!
I knew CH was too fancy for me, I knew it!! And the queen bee is so... so.... mean! There are so many better words I could use, but none of them are very nice, and saying them would take me down to her level... ugh! I cannot believe the nerve of that girl, I'm still not over it. I suppose I should start from the start, yeah?

So, this morning I was having a pretty good time, Aunt Dolly made pancakes and Fira walked me to school, before she met up with her boyfriend and walked on to Pawford High by herself. The school is huge! And so pretty, too, I can see why it's so expensive to go here! And the best part is, we don't have to wear uniform here either! Whoo!
I got to my locker, and found a flier inside, instructing all students to go to the auditorium after lunch for the 'annual sorting'. I suppose that's to welcome new students and such to the school... and some other things happen there too, as I found out. Ugh.
My morning was really good, and I made friends with a really nice girl called Cybele! This is her:

We have English together, and she's a really amazing artist! Plus, since her brother is a jock, she knows everything that's happening at this school! She's kind of shy, but she's really sweet! She was telling me that this year, CH is welcoming it's first cats! It used to be dog exclusive, but a cat named Mrs Basingthwait (wow, what a mouthful!) was angry because her super-smart daughter couldn't go here... but now she can! That's so exciting!
After lunch, Cybele walked me to the auditorium. And from there, it was all downhill.

This place is huge! Where do I sit?
You have to go sit with the new students, as you don't know what house you're in yet. Every time we have a meeting after this, you'll sit with your house.
What house are you in, Cybele?
Mozart. My entire family is.
Oh... that's cool! I'll see you later!

I couldn't believe Cybele's entire family was in Mozart house (whose colours are green, by the way!), but I watched her while she walked away, and she sat with two other dogs who looked just like her! I assumed the boy was her brother, Sid, who is a senior, and he knows everything because he's dating Madeline E'Claire, the queen bee of the school.

To start with, the headmaster welcomed all new students to the school, and began to call us up by house to welcome us to the school! I'm in house Verne, which is great, because red is my favourite colour! He also said the name 'Killian Basingthwait', and I saw this quirky looking cat get up on stage:

She's in house Tesla, but she's super smart and she's taking senior-level classes this year, so I don't think we'll have any classes together, though she does seem nice, and I'm going to make her feel as welcome as possible!

After that, I thought we would be done, but then a really pretty dog came up onto the stage...


Hello new students, and welcome to Crystalline Heights High!
My name is Madeline E'Claire, and I am the queen bee of this school. That means, I'm in charge of arranging you into your cliques. Here at Crystalline Heights, we believe in the best of the best only mingling with others who are worth their time. When I call your name, you will tell me your interests so I can gauge which clique you should be in.

It was madness! But she went right ahead and starting calling out names. Because I'm registered as Lillian Lancaster-Small, I was about halfway down the list. Poor Killian had to go up before me, though... I was so sure that Madeline was going to be mean to her, just because she was a cat!

My name is Killian Basingthwait and I'm going to be the first cat student ever enrolled here!
My hobbies are science, mechanics especially, and I like building things and debating.
Ugh, how boring. You're definitely in the nerds clique.

Killian didn't seem too bothered by that, and instead she just bounded off the stage happily. She must be really thrilled to be CH's first cat student... I suppose I would be too! Name after name got called up, being sorted into their appropriate cliques. If you can call cliques appropriate at all! Finally, it was my turn. My stomach sunk. Oh no. That meant everyone would be looking at me. I couldn't embarrass myself!
I climbed onto the stage and stood in front of Madeline.

Uh... hi. My name is Lillian Lancaster-Small a--
We know, I just said your name.
The audience laughed, and I felt my fur heat up.
My hobbies are reading, writing, stargazing, and ambient sounds.
Really? How lame can you get. N--
I used to be a cheerleader!
As soon as I said it, I knew it had been a mistake. Madeline narrowed her eyes at me, and then growled;
Outcasts.
A stunned silence fell over the crowd, and me too. I felt like I could cry, but instead I turned away and walked back to my seat, staring at my paws and trying not to let tears fall onto them.

Madeline kept calling out name after name on the list, until everyone had been sorted, but I was the only one who had been put into the 'outcasts' group who hadn't liked it. All of the others were emos and scenes, although a few decided to ally themselves with the 'rebel' clique instead. At the end of her speech, she tossed her blonde hair.
I have one last final announcement to make. Sandi Summerton is no longer part of the populars. Sandi, you are now an outcast.
Someone in the audience gasped, and I looked over to see who Sandi was, when I saw a very familiar dog! Sandi was Cybele's twin sister! She got up and ran from the room, Cybele trailing after her worriedly. I shot a glare at her brother who stayed seated, and he shrunk a little in his seat. He wasn't even going to go after her?! Ugh! Poor Sandi... I wonder what she did to make Madeline hate her... I decided to go after them.

I found Cybele and Sandi in the bathroom, where Sandi was crying and Cybele was trying to comfort her.

(this is Sandi by the way- I love her hair!)
I didn't really know what to do, but I came to sit by Sandi anyway, and I began to tell her all about Pawford high, and how the queen bee turned on me there too. Sandi seemed to get better, wiping her eyes to get rid of her tears. She shot me a smile, and all three of us just sat quietly until the bell rang and we had to go home.
I hope I can become friends with Sandi, PA, I feel so awfully sorry for her!

[solyn]

Hey PA
Nothing much to report today, I just did some snooping on some of the other students at CH...
(no, that's not creepy. Shush.)


This is Maxwell E'Claire, Madeline's older brother. So I guess that means he and Fira dated? Eh, he's not all that great looking, in my opinion, but he seems cool enough, if not a little obnoxious. I suppose he's different to Fira, seeing as she's popular down at Pawford. He's the school's star baseball player!


This is Sid Summerton, Sandi and Cybele's older brother. He seems kind of passive and he's a surfer. I don't have much of an opinion of him (yet) but I'm still angry that he didn't get up to go and see if his sister was okay! So insensitive!


This is Basil Birmingham, and he's sort of the unofficial leader of the outcasts. He's been an outcast ever since he got here, but he's super nice! I heard some rumours that he wasn't always an outcast... but he seems pretty adamant that he was. He's always carrying a blanket around and tends to fall asleep in class, but he loves making jokes and he's been super sweet to Sandi ever since Madeline exiled her from the populars.

Still not sure why that happened. Doing more research.

Finally, the last student worth noting;

This is Fuego Fernandez Velazquez, and he is quite possibly the bane of Madeline's existence. Fuego is the school's badboy, and the only dog who has never been interested in her! Not only that, but he pioneered the rebel clique- he was supposed to be a jock, but he decided to become an outcast instead, simply because he doesn't believe in the idea of cliques! Of course, Madeline decided that couldn't be a thing that happened, so she made a new clique and named it the 'Rebel' clique, though you have to publicly defy her in order to be in it.

We don't have any classes together because he's a senior, but he seems kind of cool.

Oh! I almost forgot to tell you! Dad's coming home soon! Everyone's super excited.

That's all for now, PA.