Again, a continuation of the forward.

"Zachary Juniper" The name echoed around the room earning a small applause from the crowd. Ally stood up straight and proud. She was next. She watched as Zach took his diploma and shook hands with the waiting observers. She imagined herself up there in just a minute: beaming as her high school career officially ended.

"Cora Kim" The name sent confusion along the line of students waiting. 'That's not my name' Ally thought as her confusion rose. Cora was directly behind Ally and she appeared as befuddled as the rest of them. She hesitantly stepped out of line unsure if she was doing something wrong. Ally's gray eyes shot back and forth from the principal on stage, whom she strangely felt had somehow betrayed her, to the girl walking up the steps to receive her diploma, her brown curls bouncing with every step she took. What was going on? Had she not passed this year? No, that was impossible. She had only missed three days of school and straight A's covered each report card. Ally's temper subsided as she decided that this was nothing to lose her head over. Her face betrayed no signs of anger or puzzlement. Instead, she remained calm, something she was always miraculous at.

She stood up straighter and pulled up her gown as she walked up the stairs to keep from tripping. She noticed her friends in the crowd of students looking at her with concerned expressions. She flashed a quick smile at them to keep them from worrying. 

She quickly breezed over to the principal with her straight, orange hair streaking behind her. Her cap almost fell off put she quickly reached up and adjusted it on her head.

As she reached the podium, she reached for the microphone making sure she turned it off all the way before whispering to the principal. She barely noticed the odd stares and she honestly didn't care.

"Excuse my interruption, Mr. Principal, but my name should have been called before Cora's. You see, I'm a straight A student and have barely missed any school, so I wonder if this could be a mistake." She could see him push the candy in his mouth to the side as he thought for a second. Then, without a word, he began shuffling through the papers on his stand as he searched through the certificates. "Aha!" He shouted as he reached the bottom of the pile. "Yours is right here, don't you fret Ms. Kim." he smiled as he turned back on the microphone. Cora had been watching off to the side and she quickly turned and stepped off the stage. The attendants handing out diplomas had found Ally's during the conversation and held it out to her. The principal shouted in a tone a bit louder than when he called the other students, perhaps to make up for his mistake, "Allison Kim!"

We're back!!! Sorry it took so long to post this, but between school work and my concussion, it's been pretty busy. And now we're on spring break *starts doing a happy dancing like a crazy lady*, and I'm going to the DOMINICAN REPUBLIC!!!! YAY!!!! So unfortunately we won't be revealing the next character for over a week =,( But that's a whole week for those of you who haven't sent in your apps yet to get to it =D

Anyway.... CONGRATS TO SUJUSHINEEBANG!!! Ally is a great character and we couldn't help but like her =D

NOTE TO ALL CHOSEN APPLICANTS: As we reveal more applicants, if you find someone you think you would be extremely close with within the clique or if there's someone you would not get along too well with please PM us about it so we can include it! =D

P.S. Yes, we know that "Kim" should technically come before "Lee" at an actual graduation, but please just bare with us. Remember, this is a fictional story (though I'm sure we all wish it were real). We thought it would be more interesting if the stories were somehow connected seeing as they go to the same high school and are at the same graduation.

<3 Chelly and Scar (we apologize for this extremely long author's note, but we have WAY too much to say)