I finally finished editing chapter 2 thank goodness, anyway enjoy guys!

Ulrich's POV

I had finally reached the place I had called my second home 3 years ago. It looks no different than it did before. I walked across the courtyard where there were kids hanging around. None acknowledged me, good. I walked to the front office where I remembered it would be. Boy, I was right. I walked inside and saw a secretary. She looked up from her work and looked back down.

"Have a seat and the principle will be right with you" she said in a monotone

I slowly took a seat and went into thought. What if I see my friends again? Will they recognize me? Will I tell them where I've been all these years? Will I even tell them who I am?

"Hello, you must be our newest student" the voice snapped me out of my thoughts and I looked up to Principle Delmas.

"Wow, he still looks the same" I thought

"I'm Principle Delmas. Now will you please follow me"

I got up and followed him to another room and sat in the chair across from him while he sat behind his desk.

"What's your name?" he asked typing on the computer

"Ul-Blaise" I coughed "Blaise Ferno"

"Ah yes Mr. Ferno" he said after he was done typing "Your mother came last week and enrolled you here. We're happy you are here to join us. Here's your schedule." He handed me a paper and I looked at it.

"I have P.E first? Huh. I hope it's not with the gang" I thought

I thanked the principle and walked out. I couldn't believe it. My mother was here? Did she know this was going to happen from the start?

Bring!

"Great….Where was the gym again?" I thought "Oh, now I remember"

I walked in the direction I hoped was the right way to the gym. After a while, I saw a big looking building come into view.

"Yes! I was right!" I mentally cheered

I walked in the gym and headed into the boys locker room.

"Okay" I looked down at my schedule "299, 299" I repeated looking up trying to find my gym locker

When I finally found my locker, it was the same exact locker I had before I left. This is so strange.

"Hey, you must be my new locker buddy" a cheerful voice said behind me

I turned around and found a kid a few inches shorter than me, with blond spiked up hair made into a point with a purple splotch in the middle. Where have I seen that hair before?

Flashback…

I was currently writing notes in science when a kid sat by me. I looked at the kid and smiled a little. He had blond hair with a little purple spot in the middle of it. He smiled back.

"Mind if I sit here?" he asked

"Nah, no problem" I went back to my note taking when he reached a hand out to me.

"I'm Odd" He said smiling

I smiled back and shook his hand.

"Ulrich"

Flashback Ended…

Odd Della Robbia? My best friend since he first got here. He was the one I helped pull ridiculous pranks on teachers after school, the one that gets me annoyed, the one that helped me through a lot.

"Yea, I guess I am" I said smiling a little

"I'm Odd" He held out his hand. It was like meeting up all over again.

"Blaise" I replied shaking his hand

He looked at me weirdly for a second before smiling and looked up when the final bell rang

"Let's go"

I nodded and we both went outside and sat in the grass side by side. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a kid with blonde hair with glasses and another kid with pink hair sit next to Odd. Jeremy and Aelita are in this class too? What a coincidence. I saw a red track suit jacket with grey track pants and a headband stand in front of us. Nice to know Jim still works here.

"Ok, there has been a slight change in plans. The tenth graders will be with us today due to some circumstances" Jim explained

I glanced back and saw some tenth graders sit behind us then I saw the last member of the group sit next to the gang. She looked the same, except her hair grew out a little past her shoulders which were currently in a short black ponytail. You guessed it, Yumi. At least I know the whole gang didn't separate when I left, that was my biggest fear when I had to leave. When I left, I prayed they wouldn't split up because of me.

"Well class, today we're going to have a race to see who can beat our current champion, Odd" Odd stood up and walked next to Jim while the class cheered

I inwardly smirked as I remembered something that happened a month before I found out I was leaving.

Flashback…

"Ha! I win Herve; I told you I'm the fastest one in the whole dang school!" Odd bragged

The whole gang besides Odd was sitting down on the bleachers, with Yumi and I watching Odd race against different people on the track while Jeremy and Aelita checked out something on Jeremy's laptop.

"Are you almost done Odd?! It's almost time for lunch!" I shouted for him to hear

"Just a few more Ulrich and we'll go!" He shouted back

"Wow, Odd must really love racing if he's denying food right now" Yumi said

"Agree"

"Alright who's next" I watch as Odd looked around at the many students raising their hands and suddenly his gaze fell on me

"No" I said simply

"But-"He tried to plead

"No"

"Please-"

"No"

"Ul-"

"No"

"Wimp" Odd said crossing his arms

"Come on Ulrich, it won't hurt to try" Yumi said

I turned to her, hurt "What is that supposed to mean?"

"I mean, Odd is the fastest here and I don't think you can win"

I was hurt. She didn't even have faith in me, not even a little. I turned to Jeremy and Aelita, who were watching us.

"Jeremy…Aelita?" I asked

"I'm with Yumi on this one, sorry Ulrich" Aelita said softly

"I agree" Jeremy said

I couldn't believe this! None of my friends even supported me! All that hurt quickly turned into anger. I'll show them. I stood up and went over to Odd and motioned to the starting line.

"Are we going to race or what?" I challenged him

He smirked at me and we walked over to the starting line and bent down.

"Come on Odd!" "Stern will be easy to beat!" "You rock Odd!" "We support you Odd" my heart broke at the last statement…Yumi said that. Herve blew the whistle and we took off. We were side by side and I couldn't believe it, Odd was running full on and I was just jogging. This was his fastest? He was so slow…how did everyone lose to him?

"Do you…want me to…go…slower…for you…Ulrich?" Odd panted heavily

"Nah, I'm perfectly fine, how about you?" I asked simply while I turned around and started jogging backwards in front of him to see him better

He looked at me with widened eyes and I saw him breathing through his mouth a lot.

I tilted my head at him confused "Why are you staring at me like that?"

"Ulrich tell me…the truth, are you even…running…or are you not…even trying?"

"Well, I thought we were just jogging since we're at such a slow pace. We're jogging right?" I asked innocently

"You're…jogging?!" he panted

"Yea of course, aren't you jogging? Since you're going so slowly"

"No…I'm actually…running"

"Oh, well okay I want to make it fair. I'll run too okay" I turned back around and slowed down my jog to keep up with Odd

"Wait…what?!"

"3…2…1…GO!" I started running and under 10 seconds flat, I made it to the finish line only to be met with shocked faces

I quickly walked over to the gang and grabbed my bag from the bleachers.

"There, thanks for the support. Some friends you guys are" I said coldly as I went straight for my dorm

Flashback Ended…

Two weeks…it took two weeks for me to actually speak a single word to them. They tried everything to get me to talk to them. The farthest they got me to do was to hang out with them like we always do, I just won't talk. I'll talk to everyone else, but not my 'friends' How they got me to talk to them, was that they sat me in Jeremy's dorm and apologized to me for a whole day. They even freaking locked the door. I was known as the fastest kid there ever since and Odd the second. I guess Odd kept up his streak.

"Let's see who goes against Della Robbia today"

His eyes scanned around and then settled on me. Déjà vu much

"Ah, how about you Mr.-"He checked his clipboard "Ferno"

Everyone turned their eyes and stared at me. I shrugged, got up, and headed toward the starting line next to Odd. I heard a few kids whispering "He can't beat Odd" "He will never win "Why does he think he has a chance?" "We support you Odd!"

That last one made me freeze as I thought back to the flashback of me beating Odd. I shook my head trying to keep focus. I kneeled down right beside Odd. He turned to me.

"Dude, it's alright if you can't win. No one can beat me" He whispered

I resisted the urge to roll my eyes. Same old Odd. I heard Jim blast the horn and I sprinted forward with Odd in front of me. Odd glanced at me over his shoulder and mouthed "sorry" and turned his head forward. I smirked. What he didn't know was he was going against the only person that ever beat him. I then turned around and jogged passed him. I was running in front of him…backwards just like the last time. He was giving me a surprised and shocked expression. I shrugged, turned around, and started running. I decided to mock him just a bit. I glanced back and saw Odd trying to run faster, but couldn't catch up to me. I saw we were halfway around the track.

"Later Odd"

With that I ran at my fullest speed and I reached Jim in about 5 seconds. Huh, my speed has improved over time. I looked back and saw Odd a few feet away panting and gasping for air. I wasn't even panting or anything. I breathed normally like I had done nothing, while Odd was dying with oxygen. I looked over at my classmates and saw their eyes wide open, or their mouth has dropped, or both. I shrugged, walked passed them, and into the boys locker room to change.

The next chapter is going to be Yumi's point of view on the race. I hope you guys liked this chapter!