"And this is the cafeteria, where the gossip is as plentiful as the food." Sunset said as she motioned toward the scenery. All the teens in their individual groups talking shit about people who were not in their group. "You'll come here when it's time for lunch, but for now we just chat until the first bell."

"Sunny!" A group of girls approached, five to be exact. "Oh, who are they? Are they new here!?"

"Yeah, I was just showing them around. This is Adagio and her sisters, Aria and Sonata." She motioned too the three girls.

"Hi! I'm Sonata!" The blue girl said with enthusiasm, waving her hand in the air with vigor.

The purple one wasn't so enthusiastic, she just looked away from them and crossed her arms. "Aria."

"Well it's nice to meet you three, I'm Pinkie Pie!"

"Oh! How... Fitting." Adagio said.

"So how do like the school so far?"

"Oh, I have a feeling we'll simply love it here." Adagio said, Aria nodded with her while Sonata stood puzzled.

"But I thought we-"

"'LIKED' it here!" Aria cut Sonata off, covering her mouth and leering at her. "AND WE DO! Isn't that right, Sonny?"

In Sonata's head she was struck suspicious by that nickname, luckily the wires connected in Sonata's brain and she got the memo. "Mhm!" She sounded, due to the hand covering her mouth.

"..... Okay?... Well where are you three from?"

"Us? Oh, we're from... Um..." Adagio was trying to think of a name that nobody here knew about.

"Um, why did it, like, get all quiet in here?" Sonata asked, distracting everyone from the initial question.

"....... Oh, Rats." Sunset said in a hushed tone.

"What? Did you, like, forget something?"

"No, Rats..."

Sonata was confused by her response.

"... She meant the animal, Air-head." Aria deadpanned.

"Ohhh... Why?"

"Flaaaashyyyy! Come on out, ya Dead-Beat!"

"... Who was that?" Adagio asked, which cued Flash Sentry to race-walk right past them. From the look on his face he was in some sort of trouble. Sunset grabbed him and pulled him out of the open.

"What did you do!?"

"I fucked up..." He said, then he resumed his race-walk in hopes of getting away from whoever he pissed off.

"Ey! Where do ya think you're goin', Flashy-boy!?"

"Shit!" He was found, but not caught! He made a break for it, but as he rounded the corner a foot stuck out from behind it and tripped him. He fell face-first, then tried getting back up only to have the culprit force him back down via a foot on his back. He turned his head, fearing the worst.

Too bad for him, it was the worst. "Goin' somewhere?"

"Anarchy..."

"Yo, Anarchy! Take it easy on 'em!" A teen called out, walking toward Flash and this 'Anarchy' person. He had yellow skin and short, spiky black hair. He wore a leather jacket, triangle sunglasses, and a pair of jeans with boots that had spikes at the toe, he also had spikes on the jacket's shoulders. "We can't get our payment if he's not in one piece."

"Whatever..." Anarchy stepped out of the corner. He wore a grey beat-up jacket that had 'Chok it outa me' on the front in thin, slash-cut black letters, and the Anarchy logo on his left sleeve. The half of his face from the nose up was hidden by the shadow cast by his hood, but the small frown on his indigo face showed he wasn't the friendly type. He had on an old pair of jeans with an older pair of vans slip-ons that had a skull on each. There was also a notable chain that was connected to his pants, probably from a chain wallet. He moved his foot from Flash's back and grabbed his arm. "C'mon, get up pretty boy. The boss's been dying to see you again." He said in dry monotone. "And if I were you, I wouldn't keep 'em waiting..."

"Y-Yeah, sure Anarchy..." He got up with the assistance of Anarchy, the other guy finally made it to him.

"Well, well, well... How ya doin' Flashy-boy?" The teen asked, eyeing Flash up and down. "You were walkin' awful fast there... What's the rush?"

"..... You know why..." Flash said.

"Oh, do I now? You tellin' me what I do and don't know, smart-guy?" He leered at Flash. "I don't think you're in any position to be smart-mouthin' me..." He started to slowly circle him, like a shark circling it's prey. "The reason!... I pulled you over..." He carefully eyed Flash behind those sunglasses. "You skipped out on my payment..." Sunset's eyes visibly shrunk. "We do you a favor, out of the kindness of our hearts... And you try skippin' out on us?"

"I'm sorry... I wanted to buy my girlfriend a present, I forgot today was-"

"You forgot SHIT!" He snarled. This shut Flash up instantly.

"Boss, if I may interupt...?" Another boy stepped out from the crowd. He had permanent green skin and short, blue hair. He had a red shirt with a black splatter-pattern and black denim pants with brown shoes. He had glasses on and carried a head-set around his neck, he was also chewing gum from the movement of his jaw.

"Huh, about time you showed up Tesla." The teen said. "So, what were you gonna add?"

"Oh, how about the very reason he's in this mess?"

"..... He skipped out on me?"

"No, further back." Tesla hinted.

"......... Ohhhh, that right..." He smiled with a short chuckle. "There's what you ASKED us to do for you... Be a shame if your dirty little secret got out to the public..."

"Okay, okay... I'll pay you..."

"No, you won't." The teen nudged his head to the side, Anarchy nodded and pushed Flash in the direction. The teen held Flash down with his foot on his back like Anarchy did. "You pay us triple tomorrow, or I destroy you're reputation... And maybe, just maybe... Anarchy will have a little play-time with you... Got that, pretty-boy?"

Flash nodded vigorously.

"Good..." The teen released Flash and he scampered away. "Alright boys, let's am-scray before-..." The teen turned his head and looked in Sunset's direction. Sunset took a defensive stance. The teen grew a half smile and walked toward her, motioning his friends to follow.

"B-back-off! We don't owe you anything!"

"I ain't interested in that, Shimmer..." He walked past Sunset and approached Adagio and her sisters. "I'm interested in the pretty face right here..." He said, which caused Adagio to blush a little.

"Uh... M-Me?" Adagio asked, pointing at herself.

"Who else?"

"Oh... Well, that is very kind of you." She said.

"Hmm... You're new here, am I right?"

"Yes, me and my sisters just started today." She explained.

"S'that so? Well, I humbly apologize for... Creating a scene like that with my client, especially when it's the first thing you see when you arrived."

"It's fine... Um... You haven't introduced yourself." Adagio said.

"Oh, yes. Where ARE my manners..." The teen lowered himself to one knee and held out his hand, palm up. Adagio was...Well, surprised by this gesture. She ended up placing her hand into his palm. As predicted, he took her hand and lightly kissed it. He let go and she took her hand back, holding it almost possessively. "I'm the leader of The Rats Gang, but most people know me as Bad Boy..." He got up and motioned to his friends. "And these fine gentlemen are my associates and friends, Anarchy and Tesla..." He looked back at her with his half-smile. "Now, what's your name?"

"Adagio Dazzle." She said, she motioned to her sisters. "These are Sonata and Aria."

"Hm... Pretty names for pretty girls... Well lemme give you three some advice." He flicked his wrist and a rectangular device appeared in his hands, he tossed it to Adagio who immediately recognized it.

"M-My phone!?"

"My advice is... When we're around, keep your hands in ya pockets so you don't get picked. Never know when we might swipe something or...Plant something for someone..." He snapped his fingers and started walking away. "Let's go boys, we got another client to collect from." The two followed Bad Boy down the hall, but before he rounded the corner he stopped. "Oh, and by the way Doll-Face... You and your two friends ever wanna have some fun, come see me. And hey... I wouldn't mind ya sisters coming along either. Pffhahahaha!" Bad Boy walked away along with Anarchy, but Tesla stayed behind when he saw Sonata's look of confusion.

"So wait... He, like, said to bring us twice?"

"... It was a sexual innuendo." Tesla explained. This only seemed to confuse her more.

"Sexual window? How's a window sexual?"

Tesla gave her the 'are you kidding me' look. Aria rolled her eyes and lipped 'she's not very smart', Tesla got the message and approached her. He leaned into her ear and explained the joke to her to save her and himself the embarrassment.

"..... What does that have to do with a sexual window?"

Tesla was at a loss for words, Aria pulled him over and away from clueless Sonata. "You're better off explaining this to a sack of potatoes, Tesla. She thought 'lollygagging' was attempting to swallow a Tootsie-pop in one gulp."

"Oh, so she's a special little snowflake... I couldn't imagine the frustration..."

"You have NO idea." Aria released him and he went over to Sonata.

"Um, yeah. You'll figure it out on your own Sonata, I'm confident that you can..."

"You are? Like, for realzies?"

"Um... Yes?"

"Aww, that's so sweet!" She embraced Tesla in a not-so gentle hug, it wasn't that she was a strong idiot, she was just a really affectionate idiot. Kinda like Pinkie, but calmer and a little more air-headed... Okay, maybe she was both. "You're my bestest friend for forever and ever!"

"You're... Crushing... Me..."

"Ahaha! Look Aria, I can make him do funny faces!" She squeezed Tesla harder, causing his face to contort in pain.

"... Ehehe, they are funny. Hey, give him the Juicer and see what face he makes." Aria said, showing off her first smile so far.

"Aria, don't encourage her. Sonata, put the boy down before he 'runs-away' like Mittens did." Adagio ordered, Aria grunted and her smile deflated back to a indifferent frown. Sonata released Tesla from her strangles of affection, Tesla did a rib count. "I apologize for my sister's rude behavior, both of them. An intelligent young man like yourself shouldn't be put through that kind of torture." Adagio helped him up, even going as far as to dust him off a little.

"Um... T-Thank you, Adagio. But I'm fine, I've been through a lot worse..."

"Hmm....... I'm curious." Adagio said. "You are very smart, yes? Why is someone like you affiliated with someone like Bad Boy?"

"..... Well, it's quite simple... Bad Boy treats me like a normal person, despite my condition." He explained, which Adagio raised a brow in response.

"Condition...? What kind of condition?"

"Yo! Tesla!" Bad Boy called out. "Let's role already, I ain't gettin' any younger!"

"Alright, gimme a minute!" Tesla called back, then he turned back to Adagio. "Sorry, the boss runs this place like an Italian Mafia, I gotta go." He walked up to Sonata and Dusk. "I gotta go, so-"

"Bye bestie!" Sonata hugged Tesla, but with more control over her strength. He hugged back of course, though a bit awkwardly.

"Um, yeah... Bye Bestie." Tesla was released from her vice, which cued Aria to pat him on the back.

"Good luck...Bestie." Aria teased, then the two followed Adagio to their lockers.

"Hey Tesla! If your done flirtin' with the new skirts let's go already!"

"Oh, sorry!"

Tesla quickly rejoined his group, then they left the scene.

"............... So, what do you girls think?"

"I've been in this school for fifteen minutes and I already wanna hang myself, honestly I thought I'd last longer." Aria deadpanned.

"No, I'm talking about The Rats... You think they could be of use?"

"The gang of low-lives? I dunno, maybe." Aria said. "They claim that they run this school with an iron fist, but with a leader like Bad Boy? I'd say they're just trouble, for society AND for us."

"Couldn't we just, like, brainwash them like we usually do?"

"We will Sonata, during lunch period when everyone will be out and about. But for now, just act normal and don't do anything stupid." Adagio ordered, the bell to first period rang which meant they had to split-up for now. "We gather back at lunch, remember that."

Author's Note

I wanted to try something new this time, something different from my usual shtick of crack humor. I've had this idea bouncing around in my head for a while, so I decided to bring it to life. Rate and comment on what you guys think of this story, though I'll admit that I have a bad habit of getting lazy with chapter release/creation, so when that happens please just shank me in your imagination and bare with it. Also keep in mind I have other stories I'm working on, so that could be a reason I start going at a snail's pace. I also have other things like school (which will be an absolute goldmine for this story), a 'cooling off' period so I don't overwork my creative bone which I learned is a big no-no, and living my life... Basically, just be patient and don't shank me in real life, and I know by now you must be thinking 'Why is this person so worried? We won't maim him because he has a life outside of writing. Hell, the story's bronze rank at best.' and to that I say I'm prone to paranoia... Kay, xoxo and all that.

Also, have an awesome thanksgiving! A bit late to say it but oh well!