Warren Peace boarded the school bus outside his home with a sigh. It was time to go back to school. Warren took a seat towards the back of the bus and frowned. As a junior at Sky High, the high school for super heroes and hero supports (aka: sidekicks), he should be riding a bus with the upperclassmen, but some how he was the only upper classman living in the area. So he rode the freshman bus.

He looked around at the new group of supers. They were all talking excitedly about it being their first day. All but one of them.

Warren ran his hands through his long dark hair making the bright red streaks stand out more. He frowned again. There was something strange about this girl. She sat completely alone in the bus seat and not even talking to the people around her. She sat in the seat across the bus from him reading Hamlet and running a brush through tawny colored hair. He couldn't see her eyes, but she really seemed strange. It was rare to see a freshman with enough confidence to sit alone, seemingly unconcerned.

The bus began it's transformation into a kind of jet plane. The freshmen screamed as they took off, not even noticing the safety harnesses across their chests. Warren rolled his eyes. they would eventually get used to it, but the first few days were annoying.

He glanced over at the one he had been watching before. She hadn't even paused in her reading or brushing. He frowned again. She really was strange.

The bus landed with a slight thump, and the distinctly quieter and greener freshmen began rushing for the doors. Warren hung back. He still had a few minutes before Will and Leyla got to school so he decided to make a move that was very strange for him. He decided to introduce himself to the freshman.

They were the last two off the bus. Her book and brush had vanished into her black messenger bag. He took a good look at her. She was dressed in black jeans with silver chains lining the pockets and hems, a black long sleeved t-shirt with the sleeves pulled down over her hands and her thumbs hooked through holes that had been cut just above the hems of the sleeves, and she had a black jean jacket tied around her waist. He couldn't see the front of her shirt to see if there was any decoration on it.

He reached out and tapped her on the shoulder. She gave a kind of hiss and whirled around. He saw then that her eyes were a deep, deep blue.

"What?" she asked impatiently.

He gritted his teeth and held out his hand. "Just thought I'd welcome you to Sky High. Name's Warren Peace."

She rolled her eyes and shook his hand, and then walked away.

He frowned and caught up to her. "It's polite to give your name when a name is given to you."

She whirled around again and glared at him. "Look I don't have time for this, so back off!"

Warren matched her glare. Only one person stood up to him like that, and Will Stronghold was his best friend. "I'm just being polite."

"Well don't be." She turned on her heel and followed the rest of the freshmen to the gym for Power Placement.

He let her go. He still didn't have a name, but Will and Leyla were coming up the school steps towards him.

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Kattianna Haggar stomped into the gym. That guy had annoyed the crud out of her for some reason. She wasn't used to anyone being nice to her. She stood at the back of the group and waited for orientation to be over.

Principal Powers finished her speech and vanished into a million tiny comets.

"Alright freshmen!" boomed a voice from behind them all.

They turned as one and saw a man dressed in a P.E. coach's uniform. "I am Coach Boomer. You may know me better as SonicBoom. I will be classifying you into heroes and sidekicks. You will step up one at a time and show me your power." He pointed into the middle of the gym to a raised platform. They followed him to the edge of it and he went up the steps. He then turned and pointed into the middle of the group at a scrawny kid with red hair and taped glasses. "We'll start with you."

The boy stepped nervously forward and walked up the steps to the platform.

"Name?"

"M-M-Mike. Mike Presley, sir."

"Show me your power, Carrot-top."

Mike stepped to the center of the classroom and took a deep breath. He crouched down and jumped. He touched the gym ceiling and then lightly landed back down on the floor.

"SIDEKICK!" boomed Boomer.

Three heroes and two sidekicks later, Boomer pointed at Kattianna.

"Alright Blondie, you're next."