Thank you so much for the reviews. Ethan seriously needs some of the limelight. How can you ignore him?
Chapter One: Another Day Saved
There was an orange puddle in the deserted hallway. It oozed past lockers and eventually under the nearest door. A boy sprung from the oozing orange blob. Breathing heavily, Ethan leaned against the door to hear two of Sky High's most notorious bullies, Lash and Speed talking to each other.
"Where'd Puddle Boy go?" the larger silhouette asked.
"He got away again. C'mon, lets look for that Glow Worm. We'll have some fun with him," another voice replied. It was Lash. Ethan sighed in relief, grateful that the two bullies hadn't caught him. He refused to spend another day in the high school's drains.
"Ethan?" a startled voice shrieked. Ethan snapped his head around to see his two friends, Layla and Magenta. His mouth dropped when he realized where he took refuge.
"What are you doing in the girl's bathroom?" Layla asked, her cheeks turning a light shade of pink.
"I-I was running from Speed and Lash. I didn't real-" he stuttered before shrinking back down to his orange puddle. He seeped through the crack under the door, trickling quickly down the hallway. He peered around the corner, to make sure he wouldn't encounter the bullies. Thinking it was safe to pass, a sharp pain ran through his oozing body.
"Ay!" a voice gasped. Ethan returned to his human form to see a tall black girl lying on the white tiles. Her books were scattered; papers were still falling slowly around her. He recognized her as a fellow sidekick; they had nearly every class together because of it. Only he didn't remember her name or power.
"I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to trip you. Or make you slip in my case," Ethan kept on apologizing, trying to put all of her books in a neat pile. The girl pulled herself up, laughing quietly.
"Are you okay? Do I need to take you to Nurse Spex?" Ethan rambled, shoving the books into the girls arms, only he missed and smacked her in the chest with them. His eyes went wide, and his cheeks started to turn red with embarrassment. He grabbed the books out of her hand and politely gave them to her, trying to make up for the damage he caused.
"It's okay. I'm fine. It's not like I slip on someone on a daily occasion," she replied with a small smile on her face.
"I guess I don't. Though I made my grandma slip once, and she threw her back out. Then another time I made my brother slip, but that's because he was being annoying and my parents weren't doing anything. Oh! Another time I slipped on myself! True story! I didn't morph my body in time, so my right foot was still-"
"Umm…It's okay. If you excuse me, I have somewhere to be," the girl replied with the small smile plastered on her face. Ethan understood why she was smiling so much. He was making a fool out of himself.
"That's okay, I have somewhere to be anyways," Ethan mumbled, looking at the ground.
"I'll guess I'll see you around then. Try not to make someone slip. The tiles aren't made out of cotton you know."
Ethan watched her walk down the hallway. Once she turned the corner, he realized that he was going to be late to lunch. Maybe Zach or Will would know who she was. Hopefully Magenta and Layla didn't inform them about the incident in the bathroom…
Apparently they did. Zach and Will were still red in the face when they reached their next class: Sidekick's Way to Math. Ethan decided to sit far around from the laughing duo, not wanting to draw anymore attention to himself. Going into the girls' bathroom and making someone slip wasn't his idea of a perfect day.
"Hey Ethananna! Come sit over here with us!" Zach called from across the room, only to fall out of his chair a second later.
"Did you make someone else slip?" Ethan turned the other way to see the Slip Girl, as he called her in his head, grinning down at him.
"No, just Zach being Zach," he mumbled darkly, ignoring the Ethananna comments coming from Zach and Will. "Do you want to sit down?"
"I was going to say that you were in my seat."
"If you want me to move-"
"No, it's okay. I don't think Zachianna would mind if you sat over here for a day. By the way, I'm Megan," she replied, sticking out her manicured hand. Ethan hesitantly took it, hoping that her sharp nails wouldn't scratch him by any change. She giggled when he continued to stare at them.
"Don't they bother you?" he asked, curious to why girl's would do that. He knew his mother put on fake nails, but he never understood why.
Just as she pulled away, the nails elongated. They continued to go until they were as long as the desk. Ethan didn't know whether to be fascinated or disgusted. Nails weren't suppose to be that long; it was just disgusting to him.
"Guess you know my powers now," she mused withthe continuing giggle. The nails started to retract back, only to a shorter length than before.
"Doesn't that hurt?" he questioned, still staring at her manicured hands. She began tapping them against her binder, causing him to gape even more.
"Only when they break off, but then I can easily grow them back. Killer power though whenever I want to go out. Though, it's not good enough to put me in the Heroes class. I bet if they sharpened themselves I could, or if I can fly or something…" she mumbled, admiring the her new nails. Ethan sunk back into his seat and watched her drum the nails against the wooden desk.
"Oh Ethananna!" Zach failed to whisper across the room.
"Shut up Zachianna!" Ethan groaned under his breath. Today was starting to look up for the young sidekick, and he wasn't going to let his immature glowing friend ruin it.