Copyright/Disclaimer: I, the author, do hereby claim no ownership in any form of Sky High or any of its characters. All characters, trademarks, etc, belong to Disney. Though based on this movie, the author gains no profit whatsoever from this work of fiction. This story is only to be for the leisure of the author and others.
Author's Note: Thanks everyone who reviewed! All five of you LOL! But seriously, thanks! Especially Jacob, who pointed out that Principal Powers already had a first name. Oh, and also thank you Unlovingdragon for being the very first person to add my story to their favorite list, and add me to their author alerts. Also, thank you emmalenemurphy for adding me to your alert list as well. I'll do my best to update on a semi-regular basis (translation: when I can/if I'm bored).
Now here's chapter three…
Chapter Three
Rrrrrriiiiiiinnnggggggg!!!
Sighs of relief were heard throughout the Mad Science classroom as the shrill sound of the bell signaled the end of class, and the start of the morning break.
"Remember, your reports on 'The Pros and Cons of Cloning Rays' is due on my desk by tomorrow, no later than 10:00 am," Mr. Medulla reminded as his students began to file out of his classroom.
Warren Peace let out a long sigh. They weren't even through the first week of school, and already Mr. Medulla was piling on the work.
"Isn't this great, Warren?" Ethan asked with excitement.
"Isn't what great?"
"We get to be in Mad Science together!" he shrieked. "We'll be able to do homework together, study together, hang together; wow, I feel so cool!"
Ethan could hardly keep from jumping up and down. Because there was no longer any segregation of supers, many of the courses only for "heroes" were being filled with various "sidekicks". It was just his luck that the now-sophomore had opted to take the junior course seeing as he had practically committed the freshmen course to memory over the summer break.
"Oh, gee wiz! That's swell!" Warren spat, sarcasm practically dripping off every word. Unfortunately for him, Ethan was just too excited to see it.
"I know, right!" Ethan exclaimed. "I'll see you later, buddy!" With that, Ethan turned down the next hall to get to his History of Supers' class. Warren sighed as he continued on his way.
It wasn't that Warren didn't like the boy. On the contrary, Ethan was actually rather tolerable, especially when he was able to help with the workload. The problem was that Warren wasn't used to people who actually wanted to be around him. From the start of his high school career, he had always been alone. There wasn't one person who didn't know the man his father was, the man everyone assumed Warren would grow to emulate.
Back then, he would have done anything for a friend. But now, after being alone for so long, all he wanted was some space. Well, maybe not all the time. It really felt great to know that someone had his back if he needed the help, and Warren wouldn't trade that for anything.
Not yet, anyway, Warren thought with a chuckle. He continued to make his way across campus to the library. This year, he had decided to take a class that wouldn't require much thinking to do, so he had chosen to be the library assistant.
It was either that, or a course on designing super costumes, but there was no contest in Warren's mind.
After he had checked in with the librarian, Warren went straight to stock the returned books back on the shelves. After thirty minutes had passed, Warren realized that while his class would be very easy, it was also very boring. With a sigh, he pushed the book cart down the aisle and turned-
and ran straight into a student.
"Oh, crap!" Warren exclaimed. "Are you okay? Man, I am so sorry."
"Don't worry, I'm fine," the boy assured. "I should've been watching were I was walking."
"Well, yeah-" Warren had started to say before he was interrupted.
"Hey! You weren't supposed to agree with me," the boy laughed.
"Well," Warren grinned, "if you had let me finish, I was going to say that I shouldn't have taken that turn so fast."
The boy grinned down at his shoes.
"Sorry," he apologized, meeting Warren's gaze once more. "I guess I shouldn't have jumped to conclusions."
"Has anyone ever told you that you apologize too much?" Warren joked. The boy let out a short laugh.
"Well, has anyone ever told you that you can be rather blunt?" he retorted with a smile.
"Yeah, actually," Warren chuckled. "I don't think I've seen you around before."
"I've just transferred," the boy explained. "I'll be starting classes soon. Principal Powers said I should take a look around the campus."
"That's a good idea. We wouldn't want you to get lost," Warren said. "If you want, I could give you a quick tour later."
"Really? Thanks, that'd be great!"
There was a moment of awkward silence. Warren broke eye contact, instead choosing to look at the books on the cart. The other boy looked down at his shoes for a moment before he spoke up again.
"Well, I think I'm just going to go. I don't want to be a distraction."
"You know," Warren started, leaning slightly on the book cart, "there are some distractions that can be good."
Hearing Warren's words, the boy blushed at the double meaning and looked away. Warren's eyebrows furrowed when he saw the light tint on the boy's cheeks.
"What's wrong? Was it something I said?" he asked. He quickly replayed what he had said, and his eyes widened with realization.
Oh, shit, he thought. I made it sound like I was hitting on him.
"It's nothing. I just don't want to be a bother," the boy said, walking past Warren out of the aisle.
"Hey, wait!" Warren called to him. "I'm Warren Peace. What's your name?"
The boy seemed hesitant as he looked Warren over, almost like he was searching for a sign that he could trust him. He must have found what he was looking for, because he looked directly in Warren's eyes and told him.
"Anima."
Author's Note 2: Okay, so now Anima and Warren have met. Hope you guys were okay with how. I didn't really have anything planned as to how it happened. Anyways, chapter four is in the works.
Next up: The Campus Tour…
