Author's Note: Okay, so first things first. The link to what Melanie looks like is on my profile, and the clothes she wears through the story (I recommend checking them out as it might help a lot with the story). She's the same age as the main group in the film and is friends with them. Other than that, I hope you enjoy the story and review if you can please...it would mean a lot.

I walked down the street, heading toward my friend Will's house. It was our first day of High School and I wasn't up for going through it alone, plus he'd told us to come over at breakfast so we could all catch the bus. But despite living slightly normal lives, we were anything but. One of the main reasons being...we all had super-powers. My other best friend Layla...who happened to be pacifist, vegetarian and feminist. Had the ability to control any plant. Our friend Will didn't exactly have a power yet, which I found really weird since both his parents were Maxville's greatest superhero's...but no biggie.

My power, was both dangerous and exciting. I loved using it against people who bullied me, which they did a lot. The thing about me was, I dressed a little...eccentrically. Today was no different and even though I knew High School was rough, I didn't care. I was my own person when I dressed the way I did, and I wasn't changing for anyone. I was always labelled as 'the hot weird chick' and it didn't bother me that much, but when people started the mean pranks? That's when shit got serious.

I walked up the path towards his house humming a small tune to myself "Melanie, wait!" I turned my head and smiled as Layla jogged towards me.

"Hey, you ready for High School?" I asked as we carried on walking. She shrugged.

"I guess so, I'm a little nervous but I guess everyone feels that way. Right?" she asked. I nodded in agreement.

"Yup. And if it makes you feel any better, I'm nervous too. But it could be worse, we could be doing it alone" I pointed out. She nodded and I opened up the side door, walking in like I usually did "Morning Mrs Stronghold" I greeted seeing Will's mom near the sink.

"Good morning Melanie, and Layla" she greeted as the red-head shut the door behind her. I sat down at the dining table, Layla doing the same opposite me "Are you hungry? We have plenty of eggs and bacon" Mrs Stronghold offered.

"No thanks. You know how my mom can communicate with animals? Apparently they don't like being eaten" Layla shrugged. I narrowed my eyes slightly as Mrs Stronghold nodded awkwardly.

"How about some juice?" she asked. Layla nodded and she headed towards the fridge.

"Melanie, would you like anything to eat or some juice?" she asked as she took the juice out of the fridge. I shook my head, resting my chin on my closed fist.

"No thank you, I already had something before I came" I replied. She nodded and poured the glass for Layla as Will's father walked in.

"Oh hi Layla, Melanie" he greeted walking towards the table and grabbing the newspaper.

"Good morning, commander" Layla said. He tilted his head in confusion.

"Commander?" She rubbed near her eye with a finger in a hinting manner. He usually wore glasses to hide his super-hero life, but he'd apparently forgotten them this morning.

"Oh, thanks Layla" he said sitting in an empty chair and pulling out his glasses.

"I can't believe you guys are starting High School. Seems like just yesterday you were swimming naked in the kiddie pool" Mrs Stronghold said in thought, just as Will entered the room.

"Mom" he whined walking towards us "Hi guys" he greeted sitting opposite me. I nodded in greeting and Will's mom handed Layla her glass of orange juice. The phone started to ring and she walked towards her purse before pulling out the cell-phone. Her eyes narrowed as she answered the phone and Will's dad sighed.

"Josie, it's the other one" he said pulling out the red 'super-hero' phone. It was only used when someone need their super-powers to help with something. And this town always had someone trying to destroy it, it was like a super-villain hot-spot all the time...it got pretty annoying sometimes I'll admit that "There's trouble downtown. Big trouble downtown" Mr Stronghold announced after taking the call.

"Oh shoot, and I really wanted to see Will off to the bus" Mrs Stronghold sighed turning back to us "I remember his first day of pre-school he wouldn't let go of my leg..."

"Mom" Will whined rolling his eyes. I smiled in amusement as she gave him a quick peck on the cheek.

"Oh, Will a reminder. A lot of the kids at Sky High will only have one super-parent not two. So take it easy on 'em huh? No showing off" Mr Stronghold said shrugging. Will nodded.

"Not to worry dad, I'll keep it low key" he reassured.

"Steve!" Mrs Stronghold shouted impatiently.

"Gotta go" Mr Stronghold muttered before running out of the room and down the hall. Once he disappeared Layla rose from her seat, bringing the plants on the windowsill back to life. Will sighed and hopped up onto the kitchen counter, turning on the TV as he did so.

"Reports on the situation downtown. Let's check with a picture from news-chopper five" The news guy said. A small screen appeared next to him, revealing a large metal robot with one eye "It seems evil has struck our morning commute, and here's a hint. If you're travelling east bound on the one fifteen, you might wanna think about taking alternate routes. Hang on! This just in, the commander and Jetstream are on their way" The guy announced.

Every super-hero or super-villain nowadays had a nickname, to help hide their real identities from the press and people hunting for them. The commander was Mr Strongholds nickname, and Jetstream was Mrs Strongholds nickname. The names were a little cheesy the first time round, but like all things...you get used to them after a while.

As usual, Will's parents took down the robot with very little effort. It hit the floor with a loud 'smash' and Will's father pulled out the eye, probably to keep as a trophy "Oh and the robot goes down! He's plucking out a souvenir from yet another successful battle. What a team! The commander and Jetstream. What would we do without them?" The news guy said dramatically. I rolled my eyes and stood from my chair as Will turned off the TV.

"They are good" he muttered sighing. I nodded and picked up my backpack, him and Layla doing the same.

We left the house and headed towards our bus-stop. I guess I was a little excited about starting High School, I mean it was High School. The days where you made friends, enemies...and hopefully a lot of boyfriends. Boys being interested in me wasn't exactly a shocking thing, in my opinion I was pretty hot. It was knowing weather or not they actually liked you that mattered. Usually guys only dated me to see if they could nail the 'weird chick'. Was I a virgin? Heck no. But I wasn't a slut either.

"I know it's our first day and everything, but I just can't wait to graduate and start saving mankind. And womankind, and animalkind" Layla admitted shrugging. I nodded and crossed my arms.

"And the rainforest" Will added. Layla nodded.

"Of course" she said shrugging. I sighed as we reached the bus-stop "I just feel really good about this year" she said quite confidently.

"Yeah, should be great" Will muttered not as enthusiastic as her. But then again, he didn't have a power and he was going to a High School full of super-powered teens...so I didn't really blame him for being nervous.

The bus pulled up and I waited patiently for the doors to open, once they did I walked on desperate to find a good seat "Morning" The driver greeted. I nodded.

"Is this the bus to Sky High?" Will asked hopefully.

"Shush! What are you crazy?" The driver asked re-closing the doors "I guess you want every super-villain in the neighbourhood to know we're here" he exclaimed rolling his eyes.

"All right, don't get your panties in a twist" I muttered walking down the aisle. I found an empty two seater behind Zack, and I slid in until my arm rested against the window...I loved window seats.

"Hey everyone! This is Will Stronghold, son of the commander and Jetstream!" The driver exclaimed rising to his feet. I rolled my eyes knowing that it would happen. Will being the son of the two most famous super-heroes in the world made him famous with other super-beings. But if they were the enemy kind then that little detail would probably get him killed.

The bus soon started moving and Layla fell into the seat next to me, Will sat in front of us next to Zack. We had only been driving for a few minutes when the bus suddenly jerked to a stop, sending all of us flying forward into the seats. I groaned and adjusted my top-hat "Sorry!" The driver shouted opening the doors. I rolled my eyes again and leaned back in my seat "Next stop. Sky High" he announced. I sighed in relief and the bus started moving again.

I suddenly realised that we were driving up a very high, and very long bridge. There were orange cones on the side and a few 'stop' signs, which made me a little nervous "Where are we?" Layla asked worriedly. Two seatbelts crossed down over our chests and I looked down in surprise to see a metal bar had appeared over our laps.

"Hang on back there! We're going off road" The driver announced. My eyes widened slightly as the bridge got higher, and the bus sped up. In less than 10 seconds, I felt my stomach start turning like mad and my palms start to sweat. I looked out the window and found we were falling...and very quickly. The whole bus screamed but I couldn't seem to, I was never able to scream...I just froze. The bus then stopped falling and instead was heading up. I sighed in relief but everyone else kept screaming, now it just seemed like a rollercoaster ride.

After a few flips and spins the bus eased until it was hovering, the screams died down and I sighed in relief...they were starting to give me headache "There she is. Sky High" The bus driver said through a speaker. I looked out the window to see a normal looking High School, except it was hovering in the clouds about 500 ft off the ground "She is in constant motion as a precaution against those who might otherwise have nefarious plans. Her location is only supplied to a handful of individuals. Including myself, Ron Wilson...bus driver" he said.

He slowly lowered us to the ground, but the bus shook as we landed. The belts disappeared into the seats and the bar also vanished somewhere. I picked up my bag and practically ran off the bus...I wasn't good with planes let alone flying buses. I waited for Layla and Will before walking towards the school. We all paused for a moment inspected the place, it didn't seem too bad. A lot of people were using their powers freely, I even spotted a girl who'd duplicated herself into a cheerleading squad. Unlike these guys I couldn't use my power freely...well, I could I just didn't want to.

As we walked towards the school a faint blurry figure repeatedly circled our group until we were squeezed together. I rolled my eyes in annoyance as the mystery person stopped in front of us. It was some over-weight guy who looked like a serious douche in my opinion "Hey freshman! Your attention please" he called while crossing his arms. Another guy appeared next to him but unlike the other guy...he was pretty hot.

"I'm Lash, this is Speed" he shrugged putting a hand on his friends shoulder "And as representatives of the Sky High welcoming committee"

"We'd be happy to collect the 15 dollar new-student-fee" Speed said innocently. Lash's hand stretched towards Ethan who stood on my left.

"Um...there was nothing about a new-student-fee in the handbook" My nerdy short friend replied, his eyes narrowed in confusion. I rolled my eyes and crossed my arms.

"In short, you ain't getting our money" I said shrugging. Both heads turned to me and they glared for a moment, at least until they noticed what I looked like. Then the hand moved so that it was in front of me.

"Maybe you should pay up, that way your little buddy won't need too" Speed said a slight threat to his tone.

"You touch either of us. And I'll make you dance like Pinocchio" I replied sweetly while tilting my head. Their eyebrows raised and Lash pulled back his hand.

"Okay guys, very funny. I'll take over from here" I turned my head to see an older girl wearing all pink. She looked like the popular girl who only cared about status...so I immediately disliked her "Hi guys. I'm Gwen Grayson your student body president. I know you're all going to love it here at Sky High, I've made so many good memories here and good friends. There are a list of rules you need to follow but they have been placed in your handbook, and I assure you as long as you follow those simple rules you will not fall off the edge of the school" she said giggling afterwards. The group chuckled and I rolled my eyes "Now if you'll follow me inside for orientation" she said shrugging and walking ahead.

We all followed and I sighed "Hey" I turned my head to see Magenta next to me.

"Hi Maj. What do you think of the pink girl?" I asked nodding my head. She narrowed her eyes.

"Total bitch with popularity/status obsession issues" she replied. I nodded in agreement.

"Sounds about right" I muttered. She sighed and we entered the school.