Chapter 6 

  Ding, dong, ding, dong, ding! The class bell rung and we were all dismissed from the routinely torment in our prison of anguish we called school. I'm being rude, it is not that bad, (but pretty close.) 

 Once again, Denaé, Amy and I walked to our living space to grab our skating gear. We left the building and walked to the rink. 

 I didn’t really realize we were early until I noticed the only person there was Raven. She was practicing her routine with focused perfection. Not even Coach Bridget was there. 

 I put my skates on the bench by the bonfire. It was not lit yet, but it would be soon, so I made sure to save a spot. 

 “Oooohh it’s so cold.” Amy said, her teeth chattering. “I should have brought my mittens.” I shivered. It was quite cold, and I didn’t have anything great either. 

 “Let’s leave our stuff here and quickly get our gear.” I said. My friends nodded and we dropped our things before running through the cold back to the school.

 In our room, we rummaged around through our messy stuff until we found some mitts, a hats, earmuffs, scarves and of course leg warmers. I love leg warmers. 

 We began back through the school, but were stopped by Marie who jumped out of nowhere! Okay really she came out of a hallway. 

 “Amy!” She called. “I heard you are doing quite well at your skating.” She smiled. Amy grinned back. “Thank you, Headmistress.” She replied. I fidgeted. We were going to be late. Marie turned to Denaé and I. “I know you two are not in the competition, but you are going to the festival right?” Her eyes shone with hope. “Of course!” I replied with a smile. The headmistress clapped loudly. “Marvelous! Absolutely marvelous.” She sighed. “Well, I best be letting you busy girls go. Be safe and have fun!” She walked away, waving. We were lucky to have such nice teachers.

 The three of us swiftly raced back to the rink to see now everyone else was there. The bonfire was going, but was still pretty weak, since Bridget was still standing over it and dropping logs in. 

 I pulled my skates on, tying the laces in a quick bow before standing up and hobbling out onto the ice. 

 Denaé followed close behind and we began spinning together across the glazed surface. 

 Bridget and her skaters were chatting quickly by the fire about their daily lesson. They were there for only a few minutes before they all headed out onto the ice. 

 I turned back to Denaé and smiled. That was when a shrill scream tore through the quiet, peaceful air. I whipped around to see Amy stumble forward and land heavily down on her front paws. She slipped and her paws sprawled out, causing her to land heavily on her face.

 I gasped. “AMY!” I rushed over, and so did Denaé and the other animals.

 “Amy! Are you alright?!” Bridget cried, bending down and helping Amy up. Her nose was bleeding.

 “Ooh…” Amy winced, gingerly touching her muzzle. “I think I broke my nose.” I slid beside her and sat down on the ice, holding her. “Amy what happened!” I asked. She shook her head. “I don’t know! I couldn’t skate! I got stuck.” I looked at her skates. There was a thick line of some sort of clear goo on the bottom of her skates. 

 “Someone put sticky stuff on the bottom of her skates so she would trip. Amy didn’t see it because it is clear.” I said, glaring at the watching animals. Bridget gasped, standing up.

 “Who did this?” She demanded menacingly. No one answered. I was so angry. This was getting too far. 

 Amy whimpered and I remembered she was bleeding. I helped her to her feet. “I will take her inside to get ice and a tissue.” I said. Bridget nodded. “Poor angel.” She rubbed Amy’s arm gently.

 Casella stomped. “We are wasting time!” She growled. “My time.” Bridget hugged Amy gently. “Your lovely friends will take care of you, okay honey?” Amy nodded with a weak smile. “Good girl.” The deer cooed. The rest of the skaters went back out on the ice. 

 I ran as fast as I could to the fire where I grabbed all of our boots. I tossed Denaé hers and helped Amy get her skates off. It appeared she also twisted her ankle. 

 Lastly I got mine on and we left for the office. Amy was teary and sad as we walked away from the cold, hard ice and the unsympathetic skaters. 

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Another incident already! Things have begun to spin out of control. Will the disruptions be stopped before it’s too late?

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