Author's Note: Okay here is the revised 1st chapter. It flows a lot better an dthe grammar has also been improved. Beta read by Matchbox Dragon and Sandshrew777. Thanks so much!!
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It was a year since homecoming, and very little had changed in Warren Peace's life. Yes, he was a year older, a senior and only months away from becoming an actual Hero, but those are everyday things. He was still considered the bad guy in school; he wore the same clothes, and had only learned more control of his powers. No, the big change in Warren Peace's life was that he had friends. Actual friends, who, for the first time he could remember who ignored his 'stay away from me' attitude and did not fear him.
He never thought he would become Will Stronghold's best friend, nor tolerate Hippie, Popsicle, Maj and Glow Stick-but he did, and that meant more to him than he would admit. Who he was hadn't changed. He had just let these people, his friends, into his life, and they had let him into theirs.
The fact that he was Barron Battle's son didn't matter, at least not anymore. That issue, strangely enough, caused the biggest problem with Magenta's parents, but even more surprisingly, it was the Strongholds who talked to them and sorted things out.
He'd become a fixture at the Strongholds' house, and like the others he even had keys, since they were there all the time. That was something else he never thought would happen given their past. But he had a talk with Steve and Josie a few months after Homecoming and got through a lot of his frustration and anger.
He should have known that it could not last.
It was one day at school, just before Save the Citizen, when the group was called to the principal's office, that his life became unglued, (Glow Stick's word, not his). He didn't know what to feel. But he was really shocked by the news from Principal Powers, which she apparently thought he would take better with friends, that some of his Battle relatives were coming to Maxville.
He'd had no contact with them in years. They were Heroes in Europe and what Barron Battle did was enough for them to cut off all communication with him and his mother.
Two of his cousins would apparently start at Sky High the following week as sophomores, which meant that they would be with the others, most likely with Will in Hero class. Principal Powers decided to warn him because no one was sure whatmight happen, especially since their parents would also be there for his cousins' first day: Sky High's Open House. The same Open House that wouldinclude the six of them and their parents - barring any problems requiring superhero rescues- along with at least half the student body. The seniors' attendance wasoptional; and Warren was one of the few of his class actually going, and that wasonly because he hadlost a bet to Glow Stick.
But apparently, the Battles wanted to set up a meeting beforehand, although why they went through Powers and not his mother was lost on Warren. The Principal told him he didn't have to meet them, and the choice would be entirelyup to him but as he locked eyes with Will and glanced around at the others, he could see their concern and so he told Powers he wouldthink about it. To complicate things even more, he had been staying with Stronghold for the last few days while his house was being renovated - something he hadn't wanted anyway but wouldn'tdream of going against his mother. The trouble was, that meant that if he decided to have the meeting, it would have to be at the Strongholds' house. And that could be a problem.