SOOOO! I'm back with yet another story(funny how similar that is to the line I opened Radiant High with). Another fic about a modern-esque Fire Emblem setting. I loved writing Radiant High, so i'm writing this one. Well, read. Now.

"It's normal. Everyone thinks this way at some time during their life." Tormod thought to himself, walking to school from his house, which wasn't too far. It was the first day of school, but being back in school wasn't the most important thing on his mind. In fact, it was probably the least important thing on his mind. His left hand was more important than school right now(which is saying something, because he didn't even notice he had hands at all this morning). Tormod immediately tried to get this thought that kept biting him out of his mind. He pulled out his mp3 player and didn't care what song was playing, as long as it distracted him.

Sothe stepped out of his house, mp3 player in hand and in ear(ear buds, not the entire mp3 player...ooh! ouch!). He had "accidentally" slept in because he was so used to staying up until two in the morning and sleeping in until two in the afternoon. His problems were much smaller than Tormod's.

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Tormod walked into his homeroom, after finally acknowledging that school was back in, and that it would be for MANY months. He was about the only one in the room, besides Mrs. Calill. Calill wasn't her real last name, it was actually her first name, but Calill was much more fun to say than her last name, as were the rest of the teachers' names, which was the students' excuse for being on a first name basis with the teachers.

"Good morning, Tormod. Happy that school's back?" Calill asked, already knowing the answer.

"Ha, no." Tormod answered.

"Me either. I don't think anybody is really happy about it. I have good news, though. Largo and I adopted a little girl. Her name is Amy!" Calill stated excitedly.

"Congratulations!" Tormod exclaimed(quietly, because nobody is ready for any screaming yet). Calill thanked him, and after a few seconds of awkward silence caused by lack of interesting topics, Tormod sat down.

The homerooms haven't changed, because they usually never do. This is how Tormod knew who he wanted to wait for, and who he didn't really care to see. He was happy because Leonardo and Fiona were in his homeroom, but this was canceled out by lack of any other real friends in his homeroom. That, and Colm and Ephraim were in his homeroom, too. Tormod didn't like them much. Ephraim wasn't all that bad, just ignorant and slightly conceited. Colm was just plain annoying. Tormod began to dwell on the thoughts he had been having recently, but quickly forgot them by thinking about things he'd say to Leonardo and Fiona.

Sothe's homeroom arrangements were much better. He had Mordecai for his homeroom teacher. Mordecai was a fun person, always telling interesting stories that, while not entirely humorous, were pretty entertaining. Sothe was also happy because one of his best friends, Micaiah(but she prefers "Mickey" because it's more "modern", as she says), was in his homeroom. His other best friend was Tormod, who is probably more entertaining than Mickey, but Mickey is easier to tell things to, for some reason. Other friends Sothe had in his homeroom were Edward and Jill.

As Sothe was listening to music, he didn't notice someone come in the room and approach him...carefully. Leila grabbed Sothe from behind and screamed.

"What the fudge?!?!" Sothe screamed, jumping out of the chair, making everyone in the room (Leila and Mordecai) aware of his presence.

"Sorry! I just couldn't resist! You were there, and not paying attention to anything! I could've came in here and stripped down to nothing and you wouldn't have known." Leila stated. The room fell into an awkward silence, which isn't saying much because there's only, what? Three people in there? Mordecai gave Leila a strange look that said "okay, Leila. I didn't know you were that way" without saying anything.

Leila laughed, and sat down a couple seats away. She didn't need to talk at all for the rest of the day, because she was already entertained enough. Micaiah walked into the room and screamed, "SOTHE! ITS YOU! IT REALLY IS YOU! ALL THESE YEARS WE THOUGHT YOU WERE LOST AT SEA!!!" and hugged him like a bear...even though a bear wouldn't hug Sothe, the bear would maul him violently and kill him dead because he probably called the bear a bad name.

Mordecai gave another strange look, this time to Mickey.

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"LUNCH! I'M STARVING!" Edward screamed, entering the cafeteria.

"You didn't eat ANYTHING, did you?" Leonardo asked, following him to a table.

Tormod, Sothe, Mickey and the rest of the tiny group came into the cafeteria after Ed and Leo, but all at different times. Tormod came in with a frown on his face, and Mia(a girl in his homeroom) ran up to him, gave him a hug, and said, "WHY SO GLUM?! BE HAPPY! NOW!!!"

"Mia..." Tormod chuckled.

"Yay! A smile. My work here is done." Mia cheered, "CALL ME WHEN YOU'RE SAD AGAIN!"

Tormod sat down at his friends' table, completely ignoring the offer.

"Awwwww..." Ed started.

"Don't. Say. Another. Word." Tormod demanded.

"Tor's got a girlfriend!"

"Ugh. You're annoying!"

"Girls, quit fighting!" Mickey demanded jokingly.

"So how's everyone doing?" Leo asked, only to change the subject.

"Leo, we all talked over the summer. In fact, we met at each others' houses...several times." Sothe pointed out.

"Yeah, but, a lot can change. The last time we met in person was actually a month ago. A lot can happen in a month. Leo's hair looks longer. Mickey looks like she lost weight. Tormod looks...shorter..." Ed said.

"My hair was cut just last week, Ed." Leo said.

"Okay, so I have a question." Mickey announced, "Are you saying I looked fat before, or are you saying I look anorexic now? Because i'm pretty sure i'm not anorexic, in fact, I had the biggest breakfast of my life this morning, and I had so much food last night that it's not even funny. I think you're calling me fat! Or, at least, you're saying I was fat!"

"Someone's getting a bit defensive." Ed provoked.

"You wanna go? No, even better, you wanna die?" Mickey asked...aggressively.

"Mickey, calm down. He's joking." Sothe reassured.

"Well, he's bad at it."

HOW WAS THAT?! :D Don't worry, it'll get better. I plan on writing a few more chapters RIGHT NOW! So this won't be the only one for a while. REVIEW, NOW!