Ch. 2 is here! Thanks for the reviews everybody, keep it up. I took Besides The Points's suggestion and added a little drama for y'all. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything from the original Sky High, but I do own my own characters.
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Tanya and her brothers reached the bus stop, just as the ordinary, yellow school bus pulled up. The doors opened and they stepped inside to the student filled vehicle that was almost bursting with noise.
Ty and Trevor got on first, saying "hi" to the diver as they passed.
When Tanya came up to him, he stuck out his hand and said, " Morning, I'm Ron Wilson, bus driver. Who are you freshman?"
Tanya awkwardly shook his hand and told him her name, then made her way down the isle. Not to many people were on the bus yet, so she grabbed an empty seat towards the back and stared out the window.
The bus came to a halt after passing a few dozen blocks of houses. Two boys got on, one with brown hair and one with white blond. The blond one found a seat with a friend a few seats ahead of her. The brunette walked down the isle further and sat down in the first empty seat he could find, next to Tanya.
An awkward silence ensued for a while until the boy broke it.
" I'm Nate," he said, then paused waiting for an answer.
"Tanya," she responded, " Have I seen you before? You look kind of familiar."
"I don't think so, are you a freshman too?" he asked, but before he could get an answer, the boy who had come in with him called back to him.
"Hey Stronghold, you ready for power placement?" At the mention of his name, Nate looked up.
"You know I'm ready Derek, it's you I'm worried about."
Tanya looked over at Nate. " Your last name is Stronghold?" she asked. " Like, the grandson of the Commander and Jet Stream?" She had a worried look on her face.
He nodded, " I even have the strength to prove it. Why?"
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Tanya's brothers leaned forward in their seats. They had been wondering whom their sister had been talking to, but now they were sure.
" A Stronghold," muttered Ty," I hate Strongholds."
Trevor leaned over to him. " You ready?" he asked. Ty nodded to him. The two of them moved up in the bus's seats until they were right behind Tanya and Nate.
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Tanya shrugged, " My dad knew your dad, that's all." Nate looked suspicious.
"What's your last name?" he asked.
"Peace," Tanya answered bluntly, "What of it?" He was staring at her now, but Tanya had already turned back to the window, focusing on the trees flying by.
Something came into his vision, and he could feel the heat of it. There was a flaming hand in front of his face! He turned around in his seat and saw two older looking boys with dark, red streaked hair and their hands on fire, glaring at him. On of them grabbed his shirt and pulled him up, almost out of his seat.
"Listen, Stronghold. You stay away from our sister, or, I don't know," he snapped the fingers on his other hand and the burst into flame, " Something might happen to you." The boy held his flaming hand close up to Nate's face, almost singeing his hair.
The boys dropped Nate roughly back in his seat. By the time he had stopped panicking. The two boys weren't in the seat behind him anymore.
" Are you sure I've never seen you before?" Tanya asked, but was cut off from an answer as seatbelts came out of the seats and the bus flew of the edge of a bridge. All of the freshman screamed at the top of their lungs. As they neared the floating school, Tanya looked at it with awe. Nate looked at her weirdly.
"What?" she asked, "How many times do you get to see a floating school?"
He shrugged as the bus touched down to a bumpy landing. The kids rushed off the bus, with Ron Wilson, bus driver, reminding them that the bus waits for no one.
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Once off the bus, all of the freshman crowded together and went in one big group towards the gym. Inside, a small light flew up to the podium and transformed into an official looking woman.
" Good morning. I am Principle Powers. On behalf of all the faculty and staff, welcome to Sky High."
Nate nudged Derek and whispered; " My dad says she uses the same speech every year." They both laughed behind their hands.
Principle Powers was still talking. " ... And your own heroic journey will begin. For now, good deeds and good luck. Let the adventure begin. Comets Away!" she disappeared into a ray of light again and flew out the double doors.
An older looking Coach Boomer stepped into the center of the gym onto a circular platform.
"All right Freshman, listen up. I'm Coach Boomer. You may know me as Sonic Boom, or you may not. Now here's how power placement works, you step up here and show me your power in front of the entire class. Then I will determine where you will be assigned: Hero or Sidekick. My word is law, and my judgment is final. So lets get going."
He looked around the room, his eyes landing on Derek from the bus. " You." He said pointing at him. " You first." When Derek came up to the stage, Coach boomer asked, "Name?"
"Derek Davis" Coach boomer looked at him funny "Davis? Are you related to Zach Davis?" when he got a nod for an answer he asked with a smirk " You're not going to glow are you?"
Derek shook his head, "Better Coach, way better." Derek clapped his hands together and opened them slowly. The lights in the gym flickered on and off, until a ball of electricity formed in his hands. Derek threw it at the wall and it burned a hole straight though to the other side. The lights come back on and Boomer shouts " HERO!"
Kids went up randomly, mostly becoming heroes. By the time Boomer had almost finished sorting them the lunch bell rang.
"All right Freshmen, enjoy your lunch, but when we get back," he looked at Nate, "You'll be first."
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The Cafeteria was crowded with people eating, talking or doing both at the same time. Tanya grabbed a pear, a sandwich with something that looked like tuna in it, and a bottle of apple juice and put them on her tray. Where should I sit? She thought to herself.
Derek called over to her. " Hey Tanya, come sit over here." Well, it's better then standing here and looking like an idiot. She said in her mind. Tanya walked over to the table and sat down next to Nate. Derek was sitting across from her and next to him was a girl she didn't know, but she recognized her.
" Hey, you're the Freeze girl right?" she asked.
"Yeah," the girl answered, "but most people call me Maxine."
Lunch flew by with Derek talking about how his dad had met his mom in this very cafeteria and their homecoming fiasco. Nate and Maxine spoke occasionally, but Tanya stayed quiet the whole time.
There was a kid sitting alone that was staring at her from across the room. He was wearing all black and wasn't even eating, just glaring at her. What did I ever do to him? She thought, I don't even know him. Yet there was something eerily familiar about him, the same was Nate had been familiar to her on the bus. She shook of the feeling and tried to get absorbed into what Derek was saying.
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Back in the gym, Coach Boomer picked up right where he left off. " You," he said-shouted, pointing a Nate. "Up here." Nate got up on the platform. "Name?" asked Boomer.
"Nate Stronghold."
"You have a power?" Boomer asked. When Nate nodded, Boomer pushed a button and said "Car," in a dull voice.
A car came down from the ceiling and Tanya closed her eyes, hoping when she opened them there wouldn't be a squished Nate to see. But there was no crash so she opened her eyes and saw Nate holding up the car. "HERO!" shouted Boomer.
His eyes fell on his next victim, " You, get up here," When the person made his way up to the stage Tanya recognized him. That's the kid who was staring at me all lunch, She thought.
"Name," asked Boomer
" Brandon Knowles," said the boy in low tones.
"What's your power?"
"I read minds," Brandon said. Tanya panicked, What did I think during lunch? Whatever it had been, Brandon had read her mind and knew it.
"HERO!" shouted Coach Boomer. He pointed at Tanya. "You, you're up. Name?"
"Tanya Peace."
" Another hot head, ok, show me what you can do."
Tanya flared up, and her whole body was consumed in fire for about five seconds. Then she stopped, the fire disappeared and she appeared un-scorched. The stage however, had some serious burn marks.
"HERO!" shouted coach Boomer, and Tanya went to go sit with the other heroes.
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The bus ride home was almost as terrifying as the ride to school. This time though, Nate with Derek and Tanya sat with Maxine, trying not to look down. Tanya got her new friends phone numbers during the ride.
When the bus came to her stop, she got off with her brothers and started to walk home.
"So, how was your first day?" asked Trevor. Tanya just groaned from exhaustion.
Ty laughed, " If you thought that today was tiring, just wait 'til tomorrow.
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Another Chapter, another day. What will happen next? Will Nate stay friends with Tanya, or avoid her for his own good? Who knows? The only way to find out is to review! Two more reviews please, and hopefully by then I'll have finished the next chapter.
Arrivaderci,
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