My newest addition! Sorry I took so long i'll be on a mega-tight schedule for the whole month. Also, if you have a good title idea (Because I suck at those) please tell me! Anyways, here it is!
Chapter 3: Who ever said they didn’t grade you by opinion?
The man, Principal Carson, said “Come,” And then turned around, walking over to the entrance. We proceeded to follow him, still taking in every amazing thing that was happening around us. We all scrambled to fit through the massive glass doors amongst everyone else in our group.
When we all finally managed to get through, Principal Carson organized us into two lines and lined us up side-by-side. He then proceeded to give a very insightful tour, taking us around the school, showing us everything from the escape pods to the bathrooms, which turned out to be a place for goofing around, to some people. No wonder we had to leave so early! The tour seemed to take almost an hour! However, when we were done, Principal Carson led us back to where we started.
“Any questions?” He asked. A hand shot up from the back of the group. It was a small, weedy kid with glasses and a CASH hoodie.
“Yes?” Principal Carson asked.
“Okay, I read in the handbook that we would be grouped into our separate classes based on our powers. When would that be?”
“Oh, today!” Principal Carson replied. The kid then hung his head down, and so did I. If we were being rated on how powerful we were, I would fail. I didn’t even HAVE any powers. But Skyler made the connection the same time I did, and her eyes shot in my direction.
“It’ll be fine.” She whispered in my ear. No. No, it wouldn’t. She of all people should’ve understood, but she didn’t. Then, the bell rang. DLLLLLLLLLING!
“Oh, that’s the bell! You have NOT gotten your classes yet, so please report immediately to the gymnasium! Good luck!” Following his directions, we headed towards the gymnasium and basically let ourselves in when we got there. We sat down on the hard, boarded floor and talked about the day so far, waiting for… Something, I didn’t know what.
“So…” Skyler said. “What do you think?”
“Kindergarten, all over again.” She laughed and said
“No, I mean about the school?”, smiling. I smiled back.
“Kindergarten, all over again. I’m confused, in this new environment, I don’t know what do, and my biggest worry is super-powered bullies. I mean, thinking about it. So basically, if you ignore the fact that I’ll be dead by tomorrow, yes, I’m enjoying it.” Skyler just rolled her eyes and smiled.
“I think it’s pretty cool.” She said, ignoring me. “And how about Principal Carson?”
“Him? He seems pretty cool, except that even as young as he looks, he’s so old-fashioned. I mean, he called us children and even said ‘come’ like one of those wise wizard masters in Lord of the Rings. I mean, that is so old school…” Skyler laughed and smiled.
“You never look at anyone’s good qualities, do you?”
“Would you trust a gangster if he was smart and hot?” She rolled her eyes.
“There’s no such thing as a smart gangster. Otherwise, would he be a gangster?”
“Touche.”
“But did you see the way he caught that ball? It must’ve gone faster than a bullet, and he just put his hand behind his head and CAUGHT it! Then, he bounced it off of 5 walls so it hit his target precisely! You’ve gotta admit, that IS cool!”
“He could still be a gangster…”
“FRESHMEN!” Boomed a deep voice, coming from the back of the gymnasium. I expected it to be some massive, drill-sergeant gym coach, but it wasn’t. In fact, it was just… A normal-sized gym coach.
“Today, I will judge you, based on your powers, and put you into one of three classes: Sidekick, hero, and superhero. You will then proceed to those specific classes, where you’ll stay for THE REST OF THE YEAR.” He said sternly. Like an unlikable gym teacher. Oh wait…
He then walked to the semicircle in the middle of the court and raised his hands slowly. Then, the circle literally rose up from the ground at the same speed as his arms went up, floating in the air. Then, something made a deep click! And the circle stopped moving, just as his arms did.
The man had a serious tan going on, and the blue-and-white striped uniform he wore didn’t really help. He wore a baseball cap with the same pattern, and had the grimace of someone who was really hard to befriend.
“Now, I do believe we haven’t yet had a proper introduction! I will tell you only once, my name, is Coach Wally Marco.” A few students started to chuckle. “If you laugh at my name, god help me, I will expel you from our school!” Immediately, all the kids shut up. “Thank you. Now, who wants to be first? Nobody? How about… You! What’s your name?”
“Nicholas.” The random kid said, fearless. He was really tall, with a black skull hoodie on that looked 3 sizes too big.
“Get up here…” The coach grunted. Nicholas walked over to the side of the floating semicircle, and climbed up.
“All right, son, power up.” Nicholas grunted and clapped his hands. Then, a massive floating monster head suddenly appeared in front of us, and roared! It was humoungous, warty, and… Purple. Very purple. It looked like a demon head with a more pointed chin. We all covered our ears as the roar blasted us back. Everybody but Nicholas seemed surprised. Even Coach Marco seemed rather startled. Then, Nicholas clapped his hands again, and it disappeared.
“Illusions, hmm…” The coach nodded in approval, though also obviously deep in thought, his pencil making two writing sounds on the paper he held in his clipboard. “Hero!” The kid then jumped off the circle. The coach then pointed at another kid, a girl, and wagged his finger in a “come here” motion. She climbed up to the circle and stepped next to the coach.
“What’s your name, what’s your power?”
“Jennifer Fracture.”
“Alrighty then, power u- AHHHHH!” Suddenly, the coach screamed. It was a horrible, broken-bone type scream. The coach bent over, his face contorted with pain, and grasped his leg. Jennifer smiled and cocked her head, and the coach stopped screaming. In fact, he collapsed to the floor, breathing long, hard breaths. You didn’t have to be a rocket scientist to deduce that Jennifer had been the cause of that. She smiled even more. She wore a checkered pink-and-black jacket with the zipper undone, and all that showed of her shirt was the weirdest skull I’d ever seen. She wore skinny jeans with holes in the knees, and those slip-on shoes that you didn’t even need to tie. Her hair was long and free, with a magenta line down the side. Her face looked like April Ludgate’s from Parks and Recreation. The coach slowly rose up, testing his leg, when Jennifer said
“There’s nothing wrong with it, you big ba- Uh!” The coach jumped up and grabbed her jacket.
“I know that was you…” He growled in her face, his own red with anger. Nice job, coach!
“And since nobody ever said I couldn’t “give” you grades, I think I’ll make you a sidekick, just for that.” He pushed her off, then marked something on his paper. He then looked back up, a sour expression on his face.
“Now that I’m in a bad mood, you just pray that I don’t decide to make you a sidekick just for the fun of it. You!” He growled, pointing at another kid. It was the same kid who had been brave enough to ask Principal Carson a question before. The same weedy boy with the glasses, orange CASH hoodie, and khaki shorts. Now, he wasn’t looking so brave.
“Get your lazy butt up here…” The coach continued. The kid gulped and went over to the big floating circle, which had just become the big floating circle of death. “What’s your name?”
“C-Cameron Steel…” He stuttered.
“Now, try and show me whatever wimpy power you got!”
“Well, that’s the problem sir, I-“
“WHAT? WHAT IS THE PROBLEM!?”
“Well, sir, I- uh… I don’t exactly HAVE any powers…” He said, twiddling his thumbs in nervousness.
“No powers? No powers, side-KICK!? Get off my stage!”
“Y- yes sir, right away, sir…” He ran off the semicircle in fear.
“Now, who else wants to have a go? How about you…” He said, pointing at another kid who wore a blue under-armour shirt with some pretty dang stretchy-looking sport shirts of a darker shade, but still the same color. He had nicely groomed, black hair and movie-star glasses, which he took off and shoved in his pocket. The coach didn’t even have to tell the sleek-looking kid to step up. He got up, and said
“So, I suppose you wanna know my name?”
“Yes… Yes, I would.” The coach said, still seething with anger.
“Jonathon Largo. Prepare to have your mind blown.” He clapped his hands, and started growing… And growing… And growing! Very soon, he was around 20 feet tall! He expanded and extended various parts of his body just to prove how powerful he really was. Even sour Coach marveled at this incredulous power of his.
He took a small metal stick out of his pocket, and pressed a button. A BOOM sound came from right above Jonathon’s head, and all eyes shot to it. Suddenly, a massive, REAL SEDAN came flying from an open door on the ceiling! With just enough time to react, he raised his hands above his head and caught the car in mid-air! He then threw the car at the bleachers, and it exploded, sending spare parts flying all over! We all shielded our eyes from the bright explosion as parts flew through the gymnasium. The coach just stood there in shock, thinking.
“SUPERhero!” He called out, marking something on his clipboard. The very first superhero of the day.
“Heh, if he can make the cut, I can.” Jackson laughed hushedly, and then ran up.
“Hey, I never called you up!” The coach said. Ignoring him, Jackson said
“The name’s Jackson Small, try not to faint from overexposure to pure awesomeness.” He winked at me, then grunted, flexing his muscles, and shrunk, all the way down to the size of a hamster! “So, what do you think?”
“I think that if I was allowed to, I’d kick you away, Mr. small. Sidekick, twerp!” Everybody laughed at this horrible joke except Skyler, Cameron and I. Jackson went back, his shoulders low, slowly growing back to his normal size. He climbed down and sullenly stepped back right next to me. The coach laughed and laughed. “Ha ha ha ha, alright, who’s next? Hmm… You!” He said, pointing a meaty, accusing finger at me.
“M- me?”
“Yes, you. Get your lazy bu-“ DRRRLLLLLLIIING! A bell, a school bell, rang out, and heads turned to the speaker that was the source of the sound.
“Heh. Saved by the bell, eh? I was looking forward to seeing whatever worthless power you’ve got.” Saved by the bell. He couldn’t have been more right. He turned back around and pointed his big, tanned finger at me, squinting.
“We’ll pick up with you, after lunch…”
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