As the bus pulled up the front gate of the school the talk amongst the kids and teens aboard the bus picked up in intensity; everyone was excited to attend their first day of school. Roy had stopped talking as he had run out of things to say. He was happy that Kril was such a good listener but he wished he would open up to him a bit more so they could have an actual conversation. Kril on the other hand didn't understand what all the fuss was about. His mother and father had told him all about schools growing up and they just seemed like places for people to learn all the stuff he had learned at home. He didn't quite understand what the purpose was. The school itself stood rather unassuming as Kril looked up at it. It looked just like any other school he had seen from his mother's teachings. The main body of the school stood about 5 stories tall and had windows running from the second floor to the top with two 3 story buildings attached on either side by long hallways. There was a multitude of different fruit trees in the front as well as bike racks and water fountains and the entire building was painted a plain white colour.
As the kids stepped off the bus they were greeted by 5 adults who stood at the gate to the school. Each one of them wore a uniform with the school logo embroidered into the arm of it letting everyone know they were teachers at the school. There was a tall hooded figure at the back who towered above the other 4 teachers like a tree would over a few bushes. His entire outfit was a deep purple and he gave off a very intimidating aura but other than that, he was so covered up, you couldn't tell anything much about how he looked except that he seemed incredibly thin. He slowly brought a mic up to his covered face and spoke out to the crowd of students. "Attention all young hopefuls in attendance today" his voice was incredibly deep and even without the mic those close enough could feel his voice almost like it was in their bones. "We welcome you all here to Thistlewood Academy. For some of you, this is your second or third year here and we all are glad to have you back once again." The hooded figure slowly turned his head gazing out over the students who were now completely focused on his words "For the rest of you this is your first year here and as such we are glad to have you here so that we may shape your minds and bodies into the amazing people you will become one day in the future." "My name is Vladamir and I will be your Principal at this school as well as your General Education Teacher. The 4 people you see here in front of me will be your teachers for this year and I would like to introduce them to you all." He placed a gloved hand above a muscular woman with green hair. She wore her uniform tied around her waist. She had a huge sharp-toothed smile on her face as she stared down at the students in front of her. "This will be your physical education teacher, she will be taking care of your physical needs in any way she can." He bent down and handed the mic to her so that she could speak. "Hello my little ones," she said, her voice betraying her appearance and coming off as very "motherly" in a way. "It's so nice to meet all of you, my name is Amala. Don't you worry, I'll make sure to whip you all into tip-top shape!" she handed the mic back to Vladamir again, showing off her sharp-toothed smile.
"Thank you, Amala, your presence is always a breath of fresh air" Vladamir then placed his hand above a rather large teacher he seemed almost round and was constantly wiping sweat from his brow, his thin brown hair almost matted against his head. "This here is Ylister; he will be your Endurance Teacher. He will be helping to not only increase your physical abilities but your mental faculties as well" He passed the microphone down to Ylister, whose large hand almost seemed to swallow the microphone. He took a deep breath before he put the microphone to his mouth "My dear students' although my appearance may be deceiving, I assure you that there is no better teacher than I when it comes to this area of development. Trust and believe in me to take your abilities to untold heights!" he handed the mic back to Vladamir and began taking rapid deep breaths almost as if that short sentence tired him out.
"Thank you Ylister. We are all looking forward to the results you can bring out in these children" Vladimir then placed a hand above a rather frail-looking teacher. She seemed worn down and haggard as she stood before the other students somewhat hunched over, her hair draped its purple length down to her waist. Instead of grabbing the microphone from Vladamir, she instead pushed her red-framed glasses up on her nose and, without opening her mouth, began to speak. "My name is Chizuru" her voice echoed around the students loud and full of what felt like power. "The mind is a terrible thing to let go to waste, many around the world have fallen prey to a weak and unprotected mind. I will be making sure that while you are with us, that fate can never befall any of you now, nor in the future"
"Thank you Chizuru, I will be sure to leave all matters of the mind to you." Finally, Vladamir placed his hand above the final teacher. Her pitch-black hair and dark skin brought out her eyes which were a bright yellow. However, she seemed to be somewhat unsteady on her feet as she wobbled slightly back and forth in place. She had some very fancy headphones on as well which some of the students happened to be whispering about when a microphone dropped down from one side of the headphones. Her voice came out very smooth and mellow "Hello my fellow dudes and dudettes. My name is Henrietta and I will be your tech support for our time here together at the school" She said this with her arms raised out towards the students and she smiled "So let us be sure to be chill with one another and we can all come out of this better and smarter people huh." Her microphone flipped back up and seemed to disappear back into her headphones.
"And thank you, Henrietta, I can't wait to see what kind of gadgets you and these students will whip up for this year." Vladamir finally stood back up and gazed out again at the throng of students standing before him. " Now that we have introduced ourselves, I believe it's time for you all to introduce yourselves. We will now be heading out to the training field in the back of the school where we will have each student tell us a little about themselves and also show off whatever they would like to in regards to their abilities. and hopefully, we can all have a little fun while doing so." Kril noticed that the way he said it almost made it sound like he had a huge grin on his face, but he couldn't tell.
Led by Vladamir, the teachers and the large body of students all walked around the school towards the back of the building. The walk took a little bit because the school was as long as it was tall but once everyone got to the back of the school they were greeted with an enormous field. It was easily the size of at least 2 football fields put next to each other. There we bleachers that went around one side of the field and then around them was a large number of dense trees. Vladamir led them down to the bleachers where he had a podium set up off to the side and told the students to take a seat on the bleachers wherever they wanted. Of course, Roy sat beside Kril, which Kril appreciated. He had made one friend today but he was still nervous about trying to make another.
As all the students finally found a place to sit among the bleachers Vladamir once again spoke. "Alright, we will be calling forth students to introduce themselves and present whatever power or ability they may have to their peers afterwards we will be assigning you to your teacher for the evening. The official class schedules will then be posted tomorrow at the school entrance." He gave the students a few moments to prepare themselves before he started calling out the names of students in seemingly random order. As Kril sat and watched the other students he saw some pretty interesting powers right off the bat. There was a girl who could wield any sort of object as if it were a sword regardless of its shape, a boy who could create explosive bubbles using his saliva, there was another kid with spiky hair who could shoot balls of energy from his hands but he got tired after throwing a couple of them. There was a boy who could summon small swords and things from thin air and a girl who could make things hard or soft among the many he saw. However, a few of the students stood out from the rest of the bunch in Kril's mind just because of how amazing their powers appeared to be.
"Greg Stevens, you may step forward" Vladamir called out and no sooner had they left his mouth did a 5' 3" tan-skinned kid appear before everyone. He had wavy, light brown hair and had a sly smile on his face. "Hi everyone! my name is Greg Stevens and I am 13 years old," he said with such speed that almost no one caught what he said. " My power is called 「Kinetic Motor」 and it's the ability to absorb and redirect kinetic energy! I can use this stuff to then run super-fast, watch!" Greg then proceeded to kick the ground really hard 10 times in rapid succession and then took off, making a loop around the entire field in 5 seconds.
Vladamir clapped as he had with every other student before Greg. "Thank you, Greg, that was a wonderful display of speed, please take a seat. Next up is Herman Ocel, you may step forward." Herman swaggered forward and stood in front of everyone holding a small rock. He was about 5' 2" and had very pale skin which made his mid-back length, straight, black hair, stand out a lot more than normal. "The names Herman and i'm 12 years old, my power is something I like to call 「Big and Small」, it lets me change the size of things while keeping their weight, I can lift them just fine, but other people have a lot more trouble" He held his arm out and let the small rock drop from his hand where it slammed into the ground leaving a decent-sized crater in the dirt.
After Herman, a girl walked forward next. She was 4' 2" and was surprisingly muscular for her age. Her thick, silver hair stood out against her brown skin and covered her eyes but didn't hide the smile on her face. "My name is Exa Pile" her loud voice echoed across the field "I'm 11 years old and my ability is called 「Static」. I can generate electricity using static cling and then throw it at people!" She then reached into her shorts pocket and took out two fluffy pads and began rapidly rubbing them together, her hair standing on end slowly revealing her silverish eyes. She then pointed her index finger toward the sky and yelled out "FIRE!" and a large bolt of electricity shot off into the sky with a loud thunderclap.
A few more students later and another student caught Krils eye. This one was another girl who was about 4' 10" and was fair-skinned. Her red hair was cut short and matched her all-red outfit perfectly. "My name...is Irra Dence," she said, with a yawn. "I am 13 years old...and my power is 「Reversal」... It lets me change things to be... the opposite of what they are....watch." She knelt down next to the rock that Herman had dropped and touched it with her index finger and immediately the rock became very soft and squishy "It takes a.....lot of energy to use though" she yawned again going back to sit down.
After watching a few more students go up, Kril her his name being called. He slowly stepped down off the bleachers to stand in front of all the other students. Down in front, everyone could finally get a good look at the kid whom everyone had thought didn't exist up until today. He stood at 5' 1" and was extremely pale considering that his parents never let him leave the house. His Gray hair made him stand out slightly since it made him seem almost ghostly as it matched his skin colour. "H-Hello my name is Kril Gein," he said nervously, playing with the edge of his shirt. He had never had so many eyes on him before. "I'm 12 years old and I-I don't have a name for what I can do, but I can show you". Kril looked up towards Herman "Could you throw your special rock at me?" he looked towards the teachers who seemed ready to protest "D-Don't worry I'll be fine." Herman hopped down off the bleachers picking up his rock as Kril turned towards him. "You sure about this?" He asked. Kril only nodded and then closed his eyes. Herman looked at the teachers and just shrugged before hurling the rock full force at Krils face.
There was a loud slamming sound along with a shockwave that rocked some of the nearby trees as the rock made contact with Krils face, pushing him backwards a good 10 feet before he stopped. The rock then dropped to the ground cratering it again as Kril looked down at it. Everyone stared at him a bit wide eyes as he walked back to where he originally stood, rubbed his face to show he wasn't bleeding or bruised, opened his mouth to show he still had all his teeth and then gave a very sheepish smile "I'm um... I'm invincible" He quickly walked back to the bleachers and took his place besides Roy who was the first to speak up as he sat down. "DUDE THAT WAS AMAZING!" All the kids quickly surrounded Kril bombarding him with questions. Kril himself was surprised and a bit overwhelmed by all the sudden attention but couldn't help but smile. "I think I'm gonna like it here," he thought to himself as the teachers tried to get everyone back under control.
As the kids stepped off the bus they were greeted by 5 adults who stood at the gate to the school. Each one of them wore a uniform with the school logo embroidered into the arm of it letting everyone know they were teachers at the school. There was a tall hooded figure at the back who towered above the other 4 teachers like a tree would over a few bushes. His entire outfit was a deep purple and he gave off a very intimidating aura but other than that, he was so covered up, you couldn't tell anything much about how he looked except that he seemed incredibly thin. He slowly brought a mic up to his covered face and spoke out to the crowd of students. "Attention all young hopefuls in attendance today" his voice was incredibly deep and even without the mic those close enough could feel his voice almost like it was in their bones. "We welcome you all here to Thistlewood Academy. For some of you, this is your second or third year here and we all are glad to have you back once again." The hooded figure slowly turned his head gazing out over the students who were now completely focused on his words "For the rest of you this is your first year here and as such we are glad to have you here so that we may shape your minds and bodies into the amazing people you will become one day in the future." "My name is Vladamir and I will be your Principal at this school as well as your General Education Teacher. The 4 people you see here in front of me will be your teachers for this year and I would like to introduce them to you all." He placed a gloved hand above a muscular woman with green hair. She wore her uniform tied around her waist. She had a huge sharp-toothed smile on her face as she stared down at the students in front of her. "This will be your physical education teacher, she will be taking care of your physical needs in any way she can." He bent down and handed the mic to her so that she could speak. "Hello my little ones," she said, her voice betraying her appearance and coming off as very "motherly" in a way. "It's so nice to meet all of you, my name is Amala. Don't you worry, I'll make sure to whip you all into tip-top shape!" she handed the mic back to Vladamir again, showing off her sharp-toothed smile.
"Thank you, Amala, your presence is always a breath of fresh air" Vladamir then placed his hand above a rather large teacher he seemed almost round and was constantly wiping sweat from his brow, his thin brown hair almost matted against his head. "This here is Ylister; he will be your Endurance Teacher. He will be helping to not only increase your physical abilities but your mental faculties as well" He passed the microphone down to Ylister, whose large hand almost seemed to swallow the microphone. He took a deep breath before he put the microphone to his mouth "My dear students' although my appearance may be deceiving, I assure you that there is no better teacher than I when it comes to this area of development. Trust and believe in me to take your abilities to untold heights!" he handed the mic back to Vladamir and began taking rapid deep breaths almost as if that short sentence tired him out.
"Thank you Ylister. We are all looking forward to the results you can bring out in these children" Vladimir then placed a hand above a rather frail-looking teacher. She seemed worn down and haggard as she stood before the other students somewhat hunched over, her hair draped its purple length down to her waist. Instead of grabbing the microphone from Vladamir, she instead pushed her red-framed glasses up on her nose and, without opening her mouth, began to speak. "My name is Chizuru" her voice echoed around the students loud and full of what felt like power. "The mind is a terrible thing to let go to waste, many around the world have fallen prey to a weak and unprotected mind. I will be making sure that while you are with us, that fate can never befall any of you now, nor in the future"
"Thank you Chizuru, I will be sure to leave all matters of the mind to you." Finally, Vladamir placed his hand above the final teacher. Her pitch-black hair and dark skin brought out her eyes which were a bright yellow. However, she seemed to be somewhat unsteady on her feet as she wobbled slightly back and forth in place. She had some very fancy headphones on as well which some of the students happened to be whispering about when a microphone dropped down from one side of the headphones. Her voice came out very smooth and mellow "Hello my fellow dudes and dudettes. My name is Henrietta and I will be your tech support for our time here together at the school" She said this with her arms raised out towards the students and she smiled "So let us be sure to be chill with one another and we can all come out of this better and smarter people huh." Her microphone flipped back up and seemed to disappear back into her headphones.
"And thank you, Henrietta, I can't wait to see what kind of gadgets you and these students will whip up for this year." Vladamir finally stood back up and gazed out again at the throng of students standing before him. " Now that we have introduced ourselves, I believe it's time for you all to introduce yourselves. We will now be heading out to the training field in the back of the school where we will have each student tell us a little about themselves and also show off whatever they would like to in regards to their abilities. and hopefully, we can all have a little fun while doing so." Kril noticed that the way he said it almost made it sound like he had a huge grin on his face, but he couldn't tell.
Led by Vladamir, the teachers and the large body of students all walked around the school towards the back of the building. The walk took a little bit because the school was as long as it was tall but once everyone got to the back of the school they were greeted with an enormous field. It was easily the size of at least 2 football fields put next to each other. There we bleachers that went around one side of the field and then around them was a large number of dense trees. Vladamir led them down to the bleachers where he had a podium set up off to the side and told the students to take a seat on the bleachers wherever they wanted. Of course, Roy sat beside Kril, which Kril appreciated. He had made one friend today but he was still nervous about trying to make another.
As all the students finally found a place to sit among the bleachers Vladamir once again spoke. "Alright, we will be calling forth students to introduce themselves and present whatever power or ability they may have to their peers afterwards we will be assigning you to your teacher for the evening. The official class schedules will then be posted tomorrow at the school entrance." He gave the students a few moments to prepare themselves before he started calling out the names of students in seemingly random order. As Kril sat and watched the other students he saw some pretty interesting powers right off the bat. There was a girl who could wield any sort of object as if it were a sword regardless of its shape, a boy who could create explosive bubbles using his saliva, there was another kid with spiky hair who could shoot balls of energy from his hands but he got tired after throwing a couple of them. There was a boy who could summon small swords and things from thin air and a girl who could make things hard or soft among the many he saw. However, a few of the students stood out from the rest of the bunch in Kril's mind just because of how amazing their powers appeared to be.
"Greg Stevens, you may step forward" Vladamir called out and no sooner had they left his mouth did a 5' 3" tan-skinned kid appear before everyone. He had wavy, light brown hair and had a sly smile on his face. "Hi everyone! my name is Greg Stevens and I am 13 years old," he said with such speed that almost no one caught what he said. " My power is called 「Kinetic Motor」 and it's the ability to absorb and redirect kinetic energy! I can use this stuff to then run super-fast, watch!" Greg then proceeded to kick the ground really hard 10 times in rapid succession and then took off, making a loop around the entire field in 5 seconds.
Vladamir clapped as he had with every other student before Greg. "Thank you, Greg, that was a wonderful display of speed, please take a seat. Next up is Herman Ocel, you may step forward." Herman swaggered forward and stood in front of everyone holding a small rock. He was about 5' 2" and had very pale skin which made his mid-back length, straight, black hair, stand out a lot more than normal. "The names Herman and i'm 12 years old, my power is something I like to call 「Big and Small」, it lets me change the size of things while keeping their weight, I can lift them just fine, but other people have a lot more trouble" He held his arm out and let the small rock drop from his hand where it slammed into the ground leaving a decent-sized crater in the dirt.
After Herman, a girl walked forward next. She was 4' 2" and was surprisingly muscular for her age. Her thick, silver hair stood out against her brown skin and covered her eyes but didn't hide the smile on her face. "My name is Exa Pile" her loud voice echoed across the field "I'm 11 years old and my ability is called 「Static」. I can generate electricity using static cling and then throw it at people!" She then reached into her shorts pocket and took out two fluffy pads and began rapidly rubbing them together, her hair standing on end slowly revealing her silverish eyes. She then pointed her index finger toward the sky and yelled out "FIRE!" and a large bolt of electricity shot off into the sky with a loud thunderclap.
A few more students later and another student caught Krils eye. This one was another girl who was about 4' 10" and was fair-skinned. Her red hair was cut short and matched her all-red outfit perfectly. "My name...is Irra Dence," she said, with a yawn. "I am 13 years old...and my power is 「Reversal」... It lets me change things to be... the opposite of what they are....watch." She knelt down next to the rock that Herman had dropped and touched it with her index finger and immediately the rock became very soft and squishy "It takes a.....lot of energy to use though" she yawned again going back to sit down.
After watching a few more students go up, Kril her his name being called. He slowly stepped down off the bleachers to stand in front of all the other students. Down in front, everyone could finally get a good look at the kid whom everyone had thought didn't exist up until today. He stood at 5' 1" and was extremely pale considering that his parents never let him leave the house. His Gray hair made him stand out slightly since it made him seem almost ghostly as it matched his skin colour. "H-Hello my name is Kril Gein," he said nervously, playing with the edge of his shirt. He had never had so many eyes on him before. "I'm 12 years old and I-I don't have a name for what I can do, but I can show you". Kril looked up towards Herman "Could you throw your special rock at me?" he looked towards the teachers who seemed ready to protest "D-Don't worry I'll be fine." Herman hopped down off the bleachers picking up his rock as Kril turned towards him. "You sure about this?" He asked. Kril only nodded and then closed his eyes. Herman looked at the teachers and just shrugged before hurling the rock full force at Krils face.
There was a loud slamming sound along with a shockwave that rocked some of the nearby trees as the rock made contact with Krils face, pushing him backwards a good 10 feet before he stopped. The rock then dropped to the ground cratering it again as Kril looked down at it. Everyone stared at him a bit wide eyes as he walked back to where he originally stood, rubbed his face to show he wasn't bleeding or bruised, opened his mouth to show he still had all his teeth and then gave a very sheepish smile "I'm um... I'm invincible" He quickly walked back to the bleachers and took his place besides Roy who was the first to speak up as he sat down. "DUDE THAT WAS AMAZING!" All the kids quickly surrounded Kril bombarding him with questions. Kril himself was surprised and a bit overwhelmed by all the sudden attention but couldn't help but smile. "I think I'm gonna like it here," he thought to himself as the teachers tried to get everyone back under control.
