The start of something new
The streets were packed with youngsters filing out of school, some of them leaving the school for good. Two of these youngsters were Will Stronghold and his best friend Layla. They were waiting for Will's big brother.
"Hey Will" Layla nudged her friend. He turned to her "Why do you think he's taking so long "Will shrugged
"What's the betting he's forgotten to pick us up? Will said with a smirk on his face, he was about to suggest that they walk, until he saw the familiar blue Cairo pull up outside the school gates. Warren, Wills big brother, scrolled down the window and peeked out with a sorry look on his face.
"Sorry I'm late guys, traffic was murder" He called from the car, the two 11 year olds exchanged looks that read yeah right. Warren smiled at the two and motioned for them to get in the car.
The car ride home was mostly gossiping about the last day of school, Warren watched the two talking in the backseat from his rear mirror. They were both smiling about moving up to Sky high, the school for super kids. But warren was sure that as soon as Layla mentioned about being able to use her flower powers in front of other kids without being laughed at, Will's face fell but he fixed it before Warren could notice. Warren didn't know what Will's powers even were. Before Warren realised it, nearly missing it, the car rolled into the drive.
"Well this is where you get off," he looked at Layla and smiled. Layla smiled back the gave Will a high five then left the car and wandered into her house. Warren then turned to Will "Come on Sport, I bet Mom and Dad are gonna beg you to tell 'em bout your last day of school so may as well get prepared." Will gave a little smiled and jumped out the car. Warren turned off the ignition and locked the car, before walking over and putting a hand on Will's shoulder. "So anyways how was your last day in junior school?" He asked the youngster.
"I…It was OK, Layla talked a lot about how excited he was about going to Sky High at the end of the summer." He paused and Warren squeezed his shoulder a bit.
"Aren't you?" he asked. When Will didn't answer he nudged him slightly and Will looked at him, but paused before answering.
"I…I'm just a little…little nervous is all." Will stuttered with a little more stutter than he normally used. Warren gave up squeezing his shoulder has he knew it wasn't doing any good. Instead he gave him a light one armed hug.
"Hey, don't worry about it, it'll all be fine, and besides you're not going till the end of the summer, so that gives you 8 whole weeks to lose that nerve of yours. Which shouldn't be too hard, considering you lose everything else" he gave Will a light punch in the arm and Will pushed him back. The two brothers walked arms round shoulders in their home. Only to be greeted by their parents Steve and Josie Stronghold. A.k.a The commander and Jetstream. The greatest superheroes to ever have lived