You know you're a delinquent when the first thing that pops into your head when you see your illustrious new high school is "man, how epic would it be to TP this bad boy?"

And here I was, standing in front of the extensive and impressive boarding school that I would now call home, thinking about how many rolls of toilet paper it would take to cover all the buildings and how fast I could do it.

RaDos High School was a massive campus that consisted of one large hall for classes and 4 small dormitories on either side, totaling 9 buildings of opportunity. I wondered which I would deface first.

My foster dad seemed to read my thoughts as he caught me staring. He dropped my knapsack at my feet and sent me a stern look. "You are not to pull any dumb pranks while you're here, Adam. You have been kicked out of all four schools in the area and this is your last hope. If I hear from the principal that you're causing trouble, I'll pull you out myself and you'll have to work at The Order of Infinis restaurant until you're fifty. Is that understood?"

"Yes, sir," I said blandly.

"You want to work in the Special Forces, fine. But you have to graduate first. Don't disappoint me."

"I won't, father."

A tall man dressed completely in aquamarine came out to greet us from the main buidling. His black hair was pulled back into two high ponytails. And if that wasn't strange enough, his facial hair looked like it was styled by Genghis Khan. His eyes lit up in a friendly acknowledgement as he drew closer. "Brackus. Welcome, old friend."

"Hello, Alnar," my father greeted. "It's been a while."

"Yes," the man, Alnar, smiled. "I haven't seen you since our own days here at RaDos." His gaze landed on me. "Ah, and you must be Adam. We're very pleased to have you at the school."

"Uh, thanks," I said awkwardly. "It's… nice to be here, sir."

"Allow me to introduce myself properly. My name is Alnar. I will be your principal for the next two years."

"Oh…. Cool."

Alnar smiled. "Well, let's get you settled in. You're going to be staying in the Yin dorm. I believe room four is available if you wanted to drop your belongings off."

"Sure."

"Your father and I have some things to finalize, so we won't be able to accompany you. Though I'm sure a smart young man like yourself can find your way."

"Yes, sir."

"Good. You can meet us inside the Vitus Hall," Alnar said, gesturing to the large building in front of us. "We'll give you your class schedule and you can say goodbye to your father."

"Sounds good to me." I reached down and grabbed my bag, slinging it over my shoulder. "See ya later."

Alnar and my dad headed into the Vitus Hall and I made my way toward the dorms. There were two clusters, four on the right, and four on the left. Since Alnar didn't mention which direction the Yin dorm was, I was at a cross roads. "When in doubt, go to the left," I said to myself. It was a proverb I had found useful in the past and hoped it would bring me to the right place now.

As I got closer to the dorms, I started noticing weird symbols above each individual building. I saw a horseshoe with a dash through the middle of the arch, a "z" with a line down the center, a circle within a circle connected with two lines, and a singular "o" with four strokes coming form it like the scope of a gun. There were just the symbols on the buildings. No names, nothing.

I ventured up to one of the buildings, the one with the "z". I tried to find a name plate or sign or something. Anything to tell me what the stupid name of the dorm was. I went right up to the door, looking for an etching, a faded scribble, a hard to read-

"Whoa!"

"Oof!"

The door flung open and I was hit head-on by some hurried figure. Sheets of paper and pencils went flying as we fell backwards. My head whiplashed onto the ground and the grass did little to cushion the impact. I groaned.

Whoever was on top of me began a flurry of apologies. I figured it was a girl due to the pitch of the voice. "I am so sorry! I didn't mean to run into you! I was in a hurry! Are you okay? Oh my gosh, did you hit your head? Have you got a concussion? Oh, I'm so sorry!"

I blinked a few times, my vision a little fuzzy. There was a blue form on me, blurred with a light brown. As things came into focus, I started making out different things. The figure had long silver hair styled with some sort of blue headband that matched the colour of her clothes. It seemed the light brown had been her skin. I was sure now that it was a girl, what with the facial structure, hair, and of course the two things pressing into my chest that could only be breasts. Her lips were in focus now, and her nose. Lastly her eyes, which were staring at me with rapt concern. I blinked a few more times to make sure I wasn't hallucinating. She had the most beautiful shade of blue eyes I had ever seen. They were gems compared to my dull grey ones.

Her voice called to me again. "Are you alright?"

I groaned a little from the dull pain in my skull. "Mmm, yeah. How about you?"

"I'm okay. You took the blunt of the fall for me. I'm really sorry about running into you like that!"

"It's alright." There was a pause as neither of us knew what to say. Finally, I spoke. "Hey, not that it isn't fun to be pinned under you or anything, but didn't you say you were late?"

Her face flushed scarlet and she bolted off of me. She hastily began picking up her scattered items. "I've got class in two minutes! My alarm didn't go off this morning. I'm so dead."

I sat up and collected a few papers. "Here, let me help."

"Thank you!" We quickly gathered her things. "You're new right?"

"Yeah," I said, handing her a couple pencils. "My name's Adam."

"Thanks a lot, Adam," she smiled, taking them from me. She stood. "I really owe you. If there's anything I can help you with, let me know."

I got to my feet as well. "Actually, I'm having trouble finding my dorm."

"I'd say," she giggled. "You're on the girls' side." She pointed across the way to the second cluster of buildings. "Those are the boys' dorms."

"Thanks. Can you tell me which one is Yin?"

"The one that looks like a 'y'. You can tell which is your room by counting the number of horizontal strokes on-" She jumped as a bell rang inside of Vitus Hall. "Oh no! I'm late!" She ran off, calling over her shoulder, "Thanks again, Adam! See you around!"

"Hey wait!" I yelled. "What's your name?"

But my cry was lost in the wind and she was too far gone.

AN: Please tell me someone got the Order of Infinis pun!