First Semester in Malory Towers

Darrel Rivers, Sally Hope and Gwendoline Mary are a few of new students that are coming to study at Malory towers. Aside of those three, there are a few others student that has joined earlier, such as Alicia, Jane, Irene, Beth and Mary -Lou. All of them are in the first year class of Malory Towers. Each of these first students has their own unique personalities. The personalities that Malory towers cherish and wish to mold into a better person in their future. Darrel Rivers learn the she must learn to control her quick-tempered personalities. She also in the journey of finding out who will she picked to be her best friends. She has her eye out for Alicia who is smart, funny, but sharp tongued girl. Too bad, Alicia has already has a best friends Betty who almost has the same personalities as hers. Darrel seem could not find herself a suitable best friend. She could not stand Gwendoline with her selfish, self-centered and feeling of superiority. She also couldn't make herself to accept the shy Mary-Lou, even though this shy girl has adored her and has been following her everywhere. Well, there is a reason for Mary-Lou behavior. Darrel had saved Mary-Lou from drowning, when Gwendoline intentionally pushed and held her head under water while their having swimming session. This accidents also uncover Darrell’s quick tempered habits to all her new friends, but she also reveals that she also good, just, kind, and brave, by apologizing for her bad-action to her friends even to Gwendoline. Almost all her friends accept her apology and admire her bravery in coming out to apologize and admit her mistake on her own, but not Gwendoline. She is now becoming more angry and hated Darrel and all her friends. Mary-Lou on the other hand, worships Darrel, since she believes that she is so coward and helpless. This drives Darrel crazy, she tried to pushed Mary-Lou into believing that she can stand on her own by acting harsh to Mary-Lou kindness, but that only making Mary-Lou more down. Darrel could not understand Mary-Lou, but she will. Another person that Darrel could not understand is Sally Hope. Since the very first she arrived, Sally Hope has been quite and cold to everybody. Anything that Darrel know about Sally is coming from her mother. Apparently, Darrel Mother has made friend with Sally’s mother. From her mother, Darrel know that Sally has a baby sister, but when Darrel try to talk about it Sally became angry and even denying that she has a sister. Sally has not sent news to her mother for a while. Darrel was asked to tell Sally to write to her mother. However, Sally was harsh and rude to Darrell. This make Darrel hot headed and unintentionally pushed Sally, which cause Sally to hit her stomach onto some furniture. Of course Darrel regretted her action, but the situation becomes worse when Sally has been missing classes since the quarrel, and has been taken to the school infirmary. Feeling guilty of causing Sally’s sickness, scared of admitting it to the head master, afraid of getting herself expelled, and afraid of letting down her parents make Darrel miserable and understand Mary-Lou. However, Darrell finally admits what she did in front of her head master and her father. Dr Rivers, Darrell’s Father came to her school to take out Sally appendix, which is the reason of Sally condition. Darrel is not expelled and is forgiven by Sally and her headmaster. Her action even help Sally, since from her story Darrel uncover the reason of Sally being so quite and distant to her parents. Sally is being envy and feeling left out ever since her baby sister is born. When her parents visited her, she finale realize how ridiculous she was acting. Some visits from Darrell has make Sally feeling even better and somehow bring Sally and Darrel close together. Together they help Mary-Lou to get some confident, by staging some incident, which lead Mary –Lou to come up with some nerves to rescue Darrel from drowning. Also, it leads to Darrel finding her best friend, which turns out to be Sally Hope. A great experience for Darrell in her first year. She even get the chance to pull out some trick on her french teacher along with her friends. At the end of semester she was so happy she went to Malory Towers.