The first day of school can be very nerve wracking for some students, especially when it's high school. Edd seemed to be a nervous wreck, on account that he was lost in the two-story building. He woke up extra early to make sure he wasn't late for the first day, he was thankful for his punctuality but that didn't stop him from getting lost.
"Oh dear, I've been wandering these endless halls in what seems like forever, if I don't find my class soon then my tardiness will tarnish my perfect attendance," Edd said to himself as he tried to find someone for assistance. After several agonizing minutes later, he finally decided to head outside to figure out a plan, and once he was outdoors that's when he was spotted.
"Hey! Freak with the hat!"
The sudden outburst startled Edd and he was looking around for the source when he was suddenly grabbed by the collar of his sweater vest as he turned around.
"Look what we have here, freshMEAT," said the male holding Edd.
"I…I believe you meant to say freshMAN, a…as you can see kind sir I am not a protein dish served with a side of spuds." Edd regretted saying but couldn't help but correct the stronger fellow's improper grammar. "Although some carnivorous animals might beg to differ." Edd continued by default.
"What did you just say." Edd's captor said with a low growl as he tighted his grip on Edd's collar.
"Pl…please gentlemen, I don't mean any trouble. I'm just trying to find my way to class, don't want to be late on the first day of school," Edd said with his eyes closed while trying to keep his cool.
"Look at him whimpering like a lil pup," the second male said with disgust in his voice.
When Edd opened his eyes he saw his two captors clearly now, the male holding him had spiky black hair with a scar that ran across his nose and wore a letterman jacket with the sleeves rolled up. The other male stood beside him and wore a similar jacket but without the sleeves rolled up, he had short brown but unlike his buddy, he had no scar but instead a goatee. Edd made the generalization that these two were upperclassmen, but couldn't decipher what grade. Juniors? Seniors? Edd tried thinking of possible solutions that would save him but all of them seemed to require the assistance of a comrade. 'The first day of high school and I'm already being bullied. Class hasn't even started and I'm already going to get beaten up, a new record Eddward.' Edd sadly thought.
"Hey Cesar, how fast ya think this nerd can bleed?" The brunette asked his buddy with a smirk.
"I don't know Jose, let's find out." Cesar said and then yelled to Edd, "WELCOME TO HIGH SCHOOL FREAK!"
Edd immediately closed his eyes as he saw Cesar throw back his left arm. As he was about to swing his fist, he suddenly felt a shock in his right hand which made him let go of Edd. Seconds later, Edd landed on his butt and heard Cesar cry out, "AAHH! What the hell was that?!" Edd was surprised he wasn't hurt, except for his butt of course but he seemed to forget about that quick little pain when he then heard an unfamiliar voice.
"Picking on someone weaker than you? That says a lot about you two,'' said the mysterious voice.
The three looked around them to find the sudden hero. Both Cesar and Jose soon stepped away from Edd to find the mystery person as Cesar yelled out, "Show yourself you prick!"
"Fine," said the mystery hero, and soon after that they all heard rustling coming from the tree behind Edd. Before he could blink, Edd saw someone jumping off the tree and landing in front of him. Edd had so many emotions going off that he couldn't process what just happened, but he was thankful that he was saved. The only question that came to Edd was who his savior was as he looked at the person in front of him, and soon realized that it was male. The mystery hero wore a black hoodie on top of a gray shirt, his pants were black but as they reached down to his feet it started to turn gray, his shoes were black with little white, but the feature that stood out the most to Edd was the guy's hair, it was black but with the front being spiked and colored gray, or silver if you took the time to look closely.
"Who are you supposed to be?" Cesar said as all three stood and sat there wondering.
"That depends, were you going to hurt him? Cause if you were, then I'm your enemy." The gray haired boy said as he made a fighting stance. "If you're gonna beat someone up, then hit me instead."
"My pleasure." Cesar said as he was starting to run to the gray haired boy but was stopped by Jose. "What the hell man!"
"Look at your hand dude." Jose told his buddy. As Cesar checked his hands he saw nothing wrong with his left hand but once he saw his right hand, he was shocked to find blood dripping from it. "Wh…..What the! How did you!?"
"You should take that as a sign and walk away now, but knowing Neanderthals like you, that won't stop you now will it." The gray haired boy called out to Cesar.
"Cesar man, let's just go, we'll get him back later." Jose said as he pulled his buddy while walking the other direction. "You'll pay for this." Cesar threatened as he walked away in defeat.
"Hmpf cowards." The gray haired boy said to himself out loud and then turned to Edd, "Are you ok?" he said as he held out his hand.
Edd took it and stood up while saying, "Y…yes. I appreciate your assistance but I could have handled the situation perfectly myself."
"I'm sure you could have, but you know, it isn't wrong to have a little help once in a while," the gray haired boy said as he walked towards something.
As he was dusting himself off while trying to find his book bag, Edd remembered the blood on Cesar's hand and asked the gray haired boy, "What did you do to make him bleed? It couldn't have been a gun because I didn't hear the blast, it also couldn't have been a knife or else I would have seen the blade."
Like he knew he was going to ask that, the gray haired boy picked something up and turned to Edd. "A notecard," he said as he held up a blank notecard. "These things can be quite useful when thrown at the right speed."
"That's scientifically impossible!" Edd said both amazed and shocked. He was then started thinking of possible theories to debunk it when he then heard the bell ring. "Oh no, I'm late for class!" Edd said as he hurried to gather his things. "And I still don't know where it is."
"Relax that's only the warning bell, you still got time to make it to class." The gray haired boy reassured Edd. "I can tell you where your class is if you want, let me see your schedule."
Edd gave the gray haired boy his schedule as he waited for a positive response. "Hmmmm…..ahhh room 187, that's on the first floor. Just take a left from the entrance and go all the way down the hall and it's the first door on you left, next to the stairs to be more specific," he said with a smile.
"Thank you ever so much, m…my name is -" Edd began but was then cut off by the gray haired boy. "No time for introductions, if you don't want to be late then you better start walking now." He said that as he started pushing Edd towards the entrance.
"W…wait, aren't you going to be late for class too?" Edd called out as he was being pushed. The gray haired boy stopped and looked to his right as he heard a rustling sound coming from a nearby bush. "I'll be there in a sec, there's something I have to do first." As he said that he started walking towards the bush. Edd wanted to say something else but realized that he needed to get to class.
Once Edd was gone, the gray haired boy slowly approached the bush and then jumped behind it to find nothing and no one there. "…" he then noticed something on the ground next to his feet, "Hmmm" he said curiously as he picked up a chibi wolf keychain that appeared to be broken.
Once the final bell rang, Edd was finally seated in his first class of high school. "Thank goodness, I made it in time," Edd said in relief. As everyone got into their seats, the teacher got up and introduced himself. "Good morning class, welcome to your first class at Peach Creek High School. I'm your teacher Mr. Reyes and if you didn't know already this is Algebra 1." Edd smiled with joy as he heard the subject of the class.
Now Edd was a very smart kid, he passed elementary and jr. high at the top of his class. As he was going into high school, he decided that he would take lower classes so that his first year wouldn't be too stressful. As Mr. Reyes was doing roll call, Edd was looking around the room and got excited from thinking of all the learning he'll get, even though he already knew this stuff. "Kevin Barr!" Mr. Reyes called out. "Yo!" said the familiar voice. Edd almost went pale from hearing that name, remembering bad and painful memories when he was then brought back to reality.
"Hey Double Dweeb." said the voice coming from behind Edd. He froze in place, but was then tapped on the shoulder. "Hey Edd, are you alright?" As Edd slowly turned back he shyly said, "S…salutations K…Kevin, what a coincidence that we are in the same class together." As he looked at Kevin, Edd noticed that Kevin looked different, in a good way. Kevin's hair grew, but still wore his signature red hat, his body was bigger as if he gained muscle which he certainly did. Edd was mesmerized by the "new" Kevin that he almost missed his name being called out. "Present!" Edd called out in time. As he looked back at Kevin he stared at his eyes, those emerald green eyes that happened to shimmer when light cast upon them.
"Is there something on my face?" the red head asked as he was whipping his face for anything that might be there. Edd just nodded his head no and Kevin just stared and smiled back which gave Edd a sensation in his stomach that caused him to look away. As he turned back, Edd wondered why he received that sensation, although he questioned it, he kind of liked it. 'Oh my, Kevin sure has developed over the summer.' Edd thought with a smile. Not a second later, the door opened and a familiar gray haired boy came in. Edd was surprised to see him again, and quickly looked down at his desk. Kevin noticed this but didn't say anything.
"Sorry I'm late, I had to make sure someone made it to the nurse's office safely," said the gray haired boy as he handed a note to the teacher. "Hmmm, alright then, your seat is the second to the last in this row." Mr. Reyes said as he pointed the gray haired boy to the empty desk. "Now class for our first assignment, we'll be doing a little activity that isn't algebra related. Since this is your first day at Peach Creek High, I want all of you to pair up with the person behind you and introduce yourself, for those of you in the back you'll do the opposite and talk to the person in front of you. Since this is an even numbered class you all should have a partner," Mr. Reyes finished as he sat down.
The gray haired boy turned around and was shocked to see no one there. "Huh….Uhhh Mr. Reyes there's no one behind me, does this mean I'm excused from this activity?" the gray haired boy said hopefully. "No….Hmmm, how unfortunate, the girl who suppose to sit behind you isn't here today, looks like you'll have to pair up with the couple on your left." Mr. Reyes told the gray haired boy. Kevin and Edd immediately blushed from the comment the teacher made, but lucky for them no one saw, not even each other.
As the gray haired boy sighed in defeat, he heard someone tell him, "T…thank you for helping me earlier." The gray haired boy turned to his left to find Edd smiling at him shyly.
"Oh hey it's you." The gray haired boy said with a smile. "It's no problem, I just don't like seeing people being picked on. I kinda cut you off before you told me your name, I'm sorry."
"It's quite alright, my name is Eddward Marion Vincent. It is a pleasure to meet you," Edd said as he stuck out his hand.
"Nice to meet you too Edd, I'm Silver Quintan." The gray haired boy said as he shook Edd's hand. They both smiled at each other until they were interrupted by a cough from behind, causing them to turn around.
"Yo, I'm Kevin. Nice hair, looks cool." The red head said to Silver.
"Nice to meet you Red, and thanks. I like your eyes, they're mesmerizing." Silver told Kevin, causing him to blush lightly. Edd noticed and couldn't help but giggle. Silver was next to laugh and Kevin soon joined in on the playful laughter.
"Looks like this is gonna be an interesting year." Kevin said
"Yup," Silver said next.
"Indeed, I cannot wait for what this school year has in store for us," Edd said cheerfully.
Forty minutes later, the bell rang for the next class. Almost everyone ran out the door except for the trio in the back. "Hey what class do you guys have next?" Kevin asked as he looked at his schedule on his desk, the other two did the same and they all looked at each other's schedule.
"Looks like we have the same classes, all except 7th that is," Silver said in amazement. Edd was next to say, "This is both riveting and peculiar, it appears that we'll be spending a lot of time with each other." Silver and Kevin both nodded in agreement. "Looks like fate is trying to tell us that we should be friends or something." Kevin said as he stood, causing Silver to get a glimpse at a chain that was dangling from Kevin's pants.
"We must be heading off to our next class gentleman, we mustn't be late," Edd said as he started heading for the door.
"You go on ahead Edd, we'll catch up," Silver told Edd as he stood in front of Kevin.
"What's up?" as Kevin said that, Silver held out his arm in an angle that most guys do to insinuate a bro handshake. When they locked each other's hands, Silver then said, "You should be careful where you crouch, chains can easily get broken if caught on something."
"W…..what?" Kevin asked in confusion
"He he, see ya in class," Silver said as he waved and started walking towards the door.
Before he could say anything, Kevin looked at his hand to find something there. Silver must have put it there when they shook hands. Kevin only stared in shocked as he saw that in his hand was the keychain of a chibi wolf that broke off his chain earlier this morning.