Torrington Academy, Sherbrooke,
08:30
"Martin… Oh Martin…" – a soft, sweet voice calling Martin. The blond young man is still half way in his sleep. Oh how lovely is his dream… Running with the sound that was calling him… Where it came from a young lady in her pink dress, with that long, light, auburn hair flowing about… Until she turn into a dragon, with horrible red eyes and teeth sharp as swords and screamed "MARTTIINNN!"
The young man suddenly threw his eyes open and were wide awake. But before he could put his sights into focus, he felt a horrible pain flew right through his chest.
"Ack! Gosh! Di, do you ever… Argh!" – Said Martin as he woke himself finding Diana punch his chest.
"I bet pain is the only bucket of water to wake you up, Marty. Now get dressed! We so have a new student coming in today. I just requested Billy for a dossier on him." – Said Diana in her usual commanding voice. "OK, so new student, yes, what's the rush, Di?" – Said Martin, still in his half-sleep yawn. "I just so hope he's not another Marvin." – Said him as he walked himself into the bathroom, with Diana still growling outside. Smoke rises out of Diana's head. "Why can't you just get over with it already? He's new and we know nothing about him. I bet you'll call him your best friend in no time." – said Diana with a happy tone. "Yeah right…" – Martin responded, with sufficient toothpaste in his mouth to make him sound funny.
As soon as they hit the crowded hall way, they had to swim through the crowd to get to the lockers. It was a warm Friday of early April. Sunlight fill up the hall as people stream up and down in their joy and happiness. All of a sudden, Martin bumped into a midnight blue figure walking in the opposite direction. "Ooh!" – Both Martin and the figure sounded. "I'm so sorry. Are you OK buddy?" – Said the figure. As soon as the figure helped Martin back on his feet, half the hall was already dying in their laughter. "The heck with this kind of Friday already."- Thought Martin. "The fuck with you people. What's the laughing on?" – A voice sounded. As soon as Martin jumped on his feet, he now had a better vision of the figure. A dashy looking young man in his dark blue fine suit and white shirt was standing, with a pair of Ray-Ban sunglasses over his eyes. The laughter in the hall died down almost in immediate. As soon as Martin and Diana got their mind back, the young man was there, a fair 10 inches away.
"Sorry for the bump, you OK?" – A thick American accent sounded from the guy. "Boy, you sure look dashy, man. Hope I didn't ruin your suit!" – Said Martin. "Hah! Said the guy who sure ruined a lot more than just someone's suit!" – Said Diana in respond. "Nah, I'm all OK. Hope you are, too. Trust me, there are so much more than just a set of suit being ruined already." – responded the young man. "Travis Avira. Nice to meet you." – Said the young man as he had his hand out for a hand shake. "Mystery. Martin Mystery!" – responded Martin, cheerfully. "Now someone is just so into James Bond." – Said Travis as he shook hands with Martin. "And you are?" – Said him as he look over Diana. "Well, the goody GOODY two shoes here is Diana Lombard, my step sister!" – responded Martin. Before Travis can even respond, Martin already had a swung of Diana's hand into his face. Travis can only stand there stunning. "Boy, that's a murderer's move! Hah! Nice to meet you anyway, Diana!" – said Travis, as he shook hands with Diana. "Yeah. Nice to meet you Travis. Welcome to Torrington." – Responded Diana. "How 'bout you folks give me a tour around the campus? I hate getting lost. The only place I know so far is my dorm room." – Said Travis. "I guess we can always start off with the most familiar procedure! Let me introduce you to a few of our friends, too!" – Said Martin, with a lot of energy in his voice. "Boy, you are sure full of energy Martin!" – Said Travis. They walk off the hall.
Travis was brought to the cafeteria, where he soon met Java. Of course, Java's identity was always kept secret. Martin also introduced Billy to the new boy. "Boy, Travis, you look like CIA in that outfit, bro!" – The alien, in his human attire, responded to the appearance of Travis. "Yah, right. That's what I got from the principal when I first hit his deck." – responded Travis. "Travis had good look." – Said Java. "Thanks Jav. I get that a lot." – said Travis. It seems like the new boy blended in almost in immediate.
"Holy shit! Asian history coming in five minutes! Any of you taking that class?" – Said Travis in a tone way worse than panic. "Hell just broke lose! Di we do have a class remember? Oh man! Better not be late!" – Responded Martin, in no better mode. "Run for it guys! I'll see you there!" – Said Travis as he stalked off. "Man, that guy sure fits in around!" – said Martin as he stalked off for his books. "See? I told you that he'll be a great friend." – responded Diana. They stalked away for books and arrived in the class just in time.
"Class, let's meet the newly arrived student." – said Mr. Stoner, the history class instructor. "Travis Avira, why don't you introduce yourself to the class?" – asked Mr. Stoner. "Aye aye sir. So fellas, I'm Travis Avira, from California, United States. I'll be joining you folks in Torrington until, who knows when, to be exact." – As soon as he said so, the whole class broke into a short brief laughter. He himself smiled, too. "Yeah, knock it off so that I can finish thus, guys. And, should I act funny or do something wrong, feel free to talk about. Mr. Stoner, anything else you need from me sir?" – Travis finished off his speech. "That will be all, Travis. We are looking at China's history for this term. Do you have all the books with you?" – responded Mr. Stoner. "Yes sir. I got 'em all here." – said Travis. He trailed off to find a seat. Luckily, there are still one spot right in front of Diana and Martin. "I guess we just met again, folks!" – said Travis. Martin and Diana couldn't look any happier. "You make a great impression on the first day here Travis!" – said Diana. "Well, I guess you two did help!" – Travis responded.