Dreamers

True to Luna's word, they managed to get to lunch early, albeit lunch was still going on. but, they still were fifteen minutes earlier at the lunch line than they usually would be. They had their lunch, which for Summer was a salad and Star it being the largest burger he could find, with french fries.

"You're going to get a heart attack if you keep eating unhealthy," Summer complained.

"Yea, but with how good these things are, they will be worth it!"

As soon as they turned from the meal line and to the cafeteria, they already saw it. Weird looks, most of them looks of disgust.

"Is it me or are we getting some death glares?" Star asked.

"Na, you really think people judge harshly based on their clothes? it's the current year, no way people are that shallow!" he said.

"I think you're a bit naive on this," Summer said.

"If I am then I would not be the slightest bit surprised."

If there was a group they wanted to see, it was their small group of friends. They all grew up, played, suffered together for years. They all knew each other hopes, their dreams, their secrets. They were the ones that brought Starry Oath and Summer Radiance together and made them a couple. They wouldn't be who they were without them.

"Gusty!" Summer called out to the only other woman in the group, sitting on the lap of her childhood boyfriend, Swift Bolt. They had an air of sophistication and high maintenance to the untrained eye, but was a sweetheart to their friends who wouldn't judge based on their clothes

Or so they thought.

Gusty Surprises’ smile that they knew for years turned into disgust the second she saw them,

"whats with the black?" she asked.

"It's a long story," Summer said, still keeping her enthusiastic smile as they sat down with their three other friends.

"Gee, Swift Bolt, do you feel like changing tables?" Gusty Surprise asked her boyfriend.

"Yea, what about you Dapper Spark?" they asked their other friend, the only single person in their group.

"Sounds right to me!"

The three got up with their trays and started to walk from the table.

"So where we are going?" Star asked.

"Uhh, we were hoping just the three of us, we have things to talk about."

Summer grew concerned. "Like?"

"Who we can replace you with," Dapper said as they walked off.

Summer and Star were numb, losing their friends in less than a minute. They sat at the table and looked at their food in disbelief.

"No, no, no, no," Summer whispered in grief as she had on hand over her eyes, the other on the table.

Star looked on as his girlfriend was in distress, losing the one thing that kept them going, their friends since childhood.

"Hey," Star said as he reached out and held her hand. She locked her fingers with his rather tightly, her heart in pain. "We still have each other, and that all that matters, right?"

She looked at him with her red watery eyes.

"Don't leave me, Summer, you're all I have and the only one I would over love."

"D-damn straight, star. You're nothing without me," she shuddered with a laugh, dealing with her loss and his love at the same time. "Let's eat and talk to Luna about this after lunch."

"Agreed."

It was then a paper plane came in and landed on the edge of the table, and slid all the way to them, stopping against the clasp hands of the couple.

Summer broke off their hand holding and read the note.

"come to the corner of the lunch room.

-your new friends."

They turned the corner and saw the table off in the corner, away from the general cafeteria. They turned to each other, shrugged, grabbed their trays and took the walk to the table.

***

The contrast between the table in the corner and the rest of the ones in the cafeteria was like day and night, or the only light at the corner was dimmed down unlike the bright lights of the rest of the place, be it intentional or a sense of irony.

When Star and Summer stood in front of the table, they had four pairs of eyes staring back at them. Each one has had one thing in common: they were also wearing the black uniforms. One of them stood up. She was about their height, blond, blue eyes. She was extremely beautiful, which gave summer the instant question of what she was doing there and not in modeling.

"Greetings," she said. "You must be the pups that Luna told us about."

"Yes," Star answered.

"Good to finally meet you! The name is Shielded Faith "she said as she extended a hand for them to shake. Star and Summer sat their tray down and both reach out to answer it with their own shake. They sat down as Shielded Faith still stood.

"Welcome to the dream academy!"

"Thank you! Where is the rest of the academy?" Summer asked.

"Just us!"

"Oh," Star said in disappointment.

"I guess that's a good time to introduce them!" Faith nervously laughed.

"This is pip gear, or pip," she said, pointing to the smallest person in the group, and with his baby face, it was easy to figure out he was also the youngest at twelve years old.

"Welcome!" Pip said with his Trottingham accent, which made Summer melt.

"You're accent!" she said in joy. "Say tomato!"

"Tomato?" Pip answered.

Pip's proper voice made Summer squealed in delight.

Faith cleared her throat, snapping Summer back to attention.

"Sorry," she said.

"It is alright," Faith smiled. "We have the fang brothers: meet mighty fang and enigmatic fang. It was hard to see that they were brothers, one being taller than the other, or the fact that the taller one was more muscular than the lanky sibling. Mighty Fang was the younger brother, but the sizes told a different story. He also had a charming, and boyish demeanor, while Enigmatic fang's permanent scowl and black, spiky hair with a red streak told the rest.

"Welcome!" Mighty grinned. Enigma kept his frown and glared at the two newcomers.

"Thank you!" Summer grinned. Star and Summer began to eat their lunch, the food a bit colder than they liked, but they kept eating.

"Saw what happened with those three, though we can at least say hi," Pip said.

"Thanks," Summer said, "They were our friends since we were kids, so it's still sinking in."

"Maybe if you learned to not pick shitty friends, that wouldn't have happened." Enigma snarled.

"What?" Summer asked.

"You heard me, stop sucking a friend choosing."

Star immediately stood, "why you talking to my girl like that?! you got a problem?!"

Enigma grinned, knowing that he had baited them. It was short-lived, however.

"Enigma, stop it!" Faith barked.

"Alright," Enigma shrugged, his 'gotcha' grin still not leaving his face. In fact, even while Star and Summer got acquainted with their new classmates, the grin did not leave Enigmas face, which was met with the death glares of both Star and Summer.