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The morning passed at an alarming rate and Sydney soon found herself on her way to her locker before she went into the cafeteria for lunch. She didn't really want to have to meet Warren and she considered hiding in the bathrooms until lunch was over and she could escape to class, but then Sydney remembered that Warren is in her science class and he sat right in front of her, so there was no way to avoid him. Not to mention the fact that Warren kind of scared her, and she really didn't want to find out what happened when he got angry.

She neared the cafeteria doors and walked right by them. Sydney chastised herself for her cowardice and told herself that there was nothing to be scared of and that she was being an idiot. She took a deep breath and resolutely turned around and walked through the doors.

Sydney looked around the large room but didn't see Warren, so she decided to sit and at least eat her lunch. She located the table she ate at yesterday and went to sit down. She watched the other students eating and began to hope that something was holding Warren up so he couldn't come. Sydney was just about to take a bite of her sandwich when she heard someone walk up behind her. She rolled her eyes and was just about to turn around to tell whoever was behind her to go away and leave her alone, when the person sat down.

Sydney turned to see a pretty girl in a long flowing green skirt and pink shirt. The two were soon joined by another girl wearing a purplish colored shirt and a black skirt and black boots. Sydney was astounded that someone was sitting with her, there were open seats at the far end of the table, but these girls seemed to have come to this table just to sit with her.

The girls weren't left alone for long, as two boys walked over and sat down. The first was tall and skinny and had a goofy look about him, he was also glowing slightly. The second was shorter and was wearing an orange blazer and glasses.

"Hey. You're that new girl that just transferred in from one of the other super hero schools, aren't you," the first boy stated.

"Yeah."

"Zack, that is so rude. I'm sure she is uncomfortable as it is and you have to go and point out that she is in a new school full of strangers," the girl in the green and pink admonished. She then turned to Sydney and said, "I'm sorry about that, sometimes boys just don't understand how hard it is to not know anyone. And my name is Layla. Allow me to introduce Magenta—"

"Maj. That's what everyone calls me," the girl in the purple colored shirt said.

"Ahem. And this is Zack and Ethan." Both boys nodded and turned back to their food.

"Uh, hi. I'm Sydney," she stammered.

"It's nice to meet you."

Sydney was staggered. She didn't understand why anyone would sit with her, especially since these people didn't even know her. Sydney was looking around the room when Warren himself came over and sat in the seat directly across the table from her. She stared at him and, of course, he stared back. A second later the other boy from her science class sat down on Warren's left side next to Layla.

Layla made the introductions, "Sydney, this is my boyfriend, Will Stronghold. Will, this is Sydney. And this is Warren Peace."

"We've met."

"Oh, you have? When? Warren, you didn't tell us that you had already met Sydney."

"Well, I told you in the lunch line that I was sitting with the girl at this table. I didn't really think I would have to clarify that I knew her, if I said I was going to be sitting over here."

"Honestly Warren, you could have at least said that you knew who she was. When did you two meet anyway?"

Sydney decided that she should answer the question and so said, "We met in the gym this morning. Coach Boomer needed to talk to both of us and we were there at the same time."

Warren gave her an odd look, but at least he didn't contradict what she had said. Sydney didn't think she would survive the humiliation if Warren told his friends how they had actually met. Sydney just wanted to get this over with as quickly and painlessly as possible.

"Well, Warren I am so surprised, you never care whether or not we get new students and here you are suggesting that we sit with someone new," Layla praised.

Warren just glared at her and said, "I am not welcoming new students. I told you I was sitting here and you followed, I never said she was a new student and I never said I cared."

"Oh, Warren, why do you have to be so unsociable?"

"I put up with you guys, don't I? I think that's being pretty sociable and I'm tired of this. Are you finished eating, Sydney?"

"Yeah, why?"

"We're leaving. I can't stand listening to this anymore."

"Oh, ok. Where are we going? "

"Just come on," Warren said, standing up and striding away.

Sydney followed; she didn't know what else to do. She didn't want to be left behind and risk igniting Warren's unpredictable temper. They walked out of the cafeteria and started toward the hallway that contained the freshman lockers. Warren stopped at one of the lockers, opened it, and began pulling out his books for his next class.

He then turned to Sydney and told her to go to her locker and get her books and then meet him in the Mad Science room. Sydney practically flew to her locker, grabbed her books, and ran back down the hall to the classroom.

When Sydney walked into the classroom, she saw Warren sitting on one of the lab tables. He had pulled a piece of paper out and was writing something at the top. As Sydney walked closer, Warren looked up and motioned for her to take a seat across from him. Warren went back to finishing whatever he was writing and then he sighed, put the paper down and looked back at her.

"Ok," he started. "We don't have a lot of time before class starts, so let's get right down to it."

"Alright. What are we going to do?"

"You're going to tell me when exactly your powers tend to work."

"Why do you need to know that?"

Warren rolled his eyes and then sighed, "I need to know that because I think that is how we're going to find the way to control your power."

"Oh," Sydney blushed. "Well, my power usually works when I'm angry, embarrassed, or scared, and sometimes when I'm surprised."

"So, basically they work when you experience some really strong emotion."

"I guess, but just because I experience a really strong emotion doesn't mean that I will power up. That's what is making them so hard for me to control, I really never know when they are going to work, until it is too late."

While Sydney spoke, Warren had picked up the paper and was again writing something on it. He was extremely focused and didn't seem to even be aware that she was still there, until he said, "We only have a couple of minutes before lunch is over, so I think we are finished for the day. I'll take what you told me and try to think of some training ideas tonight and then I'll find you at lunch tomorrow so we can talk about some of the ideas and then we can actually start training after school."

"Okay. That's sounds fine."

Warren nodded and moved off to his desk, getting his Ipod out and turning it on. Sydney got down and walked over to her own desk, trying not to think about what was to come tomorrow. Today hadn't been as bad as she had thought it would, but she knew that tomorrow would be terrible. She hadn't actually had to demonstrate just how pathetic her powers were today, but tomorrow would be a completely different story.

Later, Sydney sat in her room and tried to think of all the worst possible scenarios for tomorrow. Her potential situations ranged from her powers not working at all to her actually hurting Warren, she just hoped that her training fell somewhere in between these two extremes. Sydney went to bed that night with her mind reeling and prayed that the next day wouldn't be too bad.

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