Guardian High-

Chapter 2-

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Nick's POV

Today has officially been the worst day ever. First, Jack gets mad and runs away. Then Aster ditches us. Fantastic.

We were all about to walk into study hall, when Aster and Jack ran down the hall. Since when did they become friends?

"Where have you been?" I demanded.

"I was just upset then Aster came and found me." Jack said.

"Oh my colors! Jack, are you ok?! I'm sorry for being so nosy earlier!" exclaimed Tatiana.

"I'm fine."

"Ok, this is a nice reunion, but we have class." said Aster.

We all walked and sat at a table to work on our report. We spent most of the afternoon talking, though.

After school I could tell Jack still wasn't fine. He was probably still upset about earlier. He ran away without even saying bye. I decided to follow him. I hoped that he wasn't having family problems. He got to his house and ran inside, while I hid behind some bushes. I heard some arguing and yelling. It went on for about half an hour before it stopped and Jack ran outside and sat on the porch steps. I stood up and saw his left arm. It was burned from his shoulder, through his shirt, and to the tips of his fingers. He didn't hear or see me, but when I said, "Jack," he jumped up and ran down the street.

I chased after him and easily caught up. He finally stopped and I said, "Jack, what happened?"

"Just leave me alone!" he yelled.

"Jack! I'm your friend. You don't have to face problems alone."

"I don't have any problems! I just don't wanna talk about it."

"You'll have to talk about it eventually." I said.

"Fine. It's my sister."

"Your sister burns you?!"

"Not purposely. She has powers, but she has never been to Guardian High and she's younger than me. Her powers revolve around fire and heat. She burns me a lot. After being burned a couple times I got used to it, and it always heals."

"Jack, why didn't you tell us before?"

"I don't know. I felt like I couldn't, but I wish I did. Come on, you can come to my house, and we can work on the report."

"I don't have to if you don't want me to." I said.

"No it's ok. Let's go."

We walked back to Jack's house, and on the way there passed a scary looking boy in black. He was tall, at least as tall as Aster, and wearing black jeans, combat boots, and a black t-shirt. His outfit seemed casual enough, but the look on his face was scary. I asked, "Who's that?" "My neighbor, his name is Percival, but if you call him that your dead." said Jack.

"Why?"

"Because he hates that name. And he's really mean." We reached Jack's house and walked inside. When I walked in, a petite girl,that didn't look that much younger that Jack, looked at me with big, shocked eyes. She then yelled, "Mom, there's a giant in the hallway!"

Jack's mom came rushing in and saw me then stopped.

"Jack, who's this?" she asked.

"This is Nick. My friend from school."

"Hi, Nick. I'm Jack's mom." she said, then turned and walked away. Then the girl said, "I'm Laviana, Jack's Sister."

"Oh, nice to meet you." I said. Then, she ran down the hall and up a staircase.

Jack just nodded and started walking up the stairs, gesturing for me to follow.

We walked into Jack's room and he sat down on his bed and told me that I could sit in a chair near a desk. I sat down and grabbed out a notebook.

"Jack, are you ok?" I asked.

"Yeah I'm f-fine." he stuttered.

"You sure?"

"No, but I'm ok."

We didn't work on the project, we just talked about random stuff for another hour. After that, I got a call saying I have to go home.

"Bye, Jack." I said. I was about to leave the room, but Jack said, "Nick, could you please tell the others about my sister for me. I don't think I can."

"Yeah, Jack. No problem."

I left the house and texted Andy, Aster, and Tati. I told them to meet me at the school, and then I ran there."

After five minutes, everyone appeared. "I wanted to talk to you, guys. Well, Jack wanted me to. He would've told you himself, but he isn't feeling up to it." Then I told them about his sister, Tati and Andy looked shocked, but Aster didn't.

"Aster! Why aren't you shocked?! This is absolutely insane!" exclaimed Tati.

"Because Jack already told me, when you buggers were pestering him to tell you." Aster said.

Andy grabbed a notebook and wrote: 'Since when are you two such friends?'

"I knew that all of you were upset about Jack running away, so I went to find him and he told me." said Aster.

"Oh, there's also this guy that lives on his street, and I'm pretty sure that the guy bullies Jack. He was really scary looking, and Jack didn't seem to know that much about him." I said.

"Oh, that's awful! Hopefully he doesn't come to Guardian High." said Tatiana.

-The next day at school-

Nick's POV

Sadly, I think that either Tati jinxed it or it just happened. That kid, Percival, from Jack's street was at Guardian High. And Mrs. Draug said that he has to work with us on our project.

He walked over to where we were sitting. He smiled when he saw Jack, and said, "Hey Jack. Long time no see."

"Hi Percival." said Jack with a smirk.

"Call me that again, twerp, and you're so dead."

"Then what are we supposed to call you?" asked Jack.

"Pitch."

Tati interrupted and said. "Hi, I'm Tati, this is Andy, Aster, and Nick."

"Ok, I'm leaving."

Pitch stood and started to walk out of senior geography, when Mrs. Draug said, "Percival! You've been in this class before, and you know the rules. Sit down."

He continued to walk, only flinching when Mrs. Draug said 'Percival'.

-Two weeks later-

Jack's POV

Luckily, we finally finished the report, and we didn't have to work with Pitch anymore. He makes it so obvious that he hates us. I also figured out that he was a senior at Guardian High last year, but he didn't graduate.

Taking out minds away from Pitch, my friends are finally ok with seeing random burns on my arms, and we are all totally honest. Usually.

We were all walking to power-training when Pitch jumped in our way.

"What do you want, Pitch?" I snapped.

He grabbed my shirt and pinned me to a wall. "You told the teacher that I didn't work on the report and now I'm in trouble. All thanks to you."

He punched me and spent the next few minutes beating me up, while my friends stood there in shock.

When he finally released me I was so grateful. And I looked on sadly knowing that the rest of the year would be like this.

-A few months later-

Aster's POV

We were all in PT (power training) and we were all developing different and unique powers. Jack was finally able to get a snowball. And a few weeks after that he froze the water fountain. Tatiana was able to get a few coins, a few teeth, and a hummingbird. North got a couple snow globes, some boxes, and a few bows. Andy got more and more sand, but he can now make it into shapes. I got more eggs, and they can walk now, and some boomerangs.

Pitch was always glaring at us. His powers were different. He could make shadows appear on the walls, and when our powers would make the other students smile, Pitch's powers would make kids cower in corners.

Everyone's powers were developing a lot. Sadly, today was the day when Jack decided to try something different. He ended up shooting Pitch with ice. Pitch got so mad. Actually mad isn't the right word, more like livid. He turned around and shot shadows at Jack and Jack started screaming in fear.

Mother Nature, our PT teacher, had left the room before it started and no one was brave enough to move. We all stopped what we were doing, to stare. After Jack finished screaming, he grabbed a few snowballs and chucked them at Pitch. Then Jack tried to do what he did the first time, and ended up shooting Pitch with frost. The fight kept going on in a similar fashion, until Mother Nature showed up.

"BOYS! STOP NOW!" she yelled.

Both boys froze in their tracks.

"Both of you to the principal's office now!"

Then they both walked out and to Principal Naidraug's (Author's Note: It is Guardian backwards) office.

Percival's POV (Pitch)

It's all Jack's fault that I'm here. He's the one who threw ice at me. The little snow boy will pay.

Why am I thinking like this? I used to be nice and not so... mean. I liked it better when I was Percival, or Percy, not this monster, Pitch, that I've become. At least Xylem isn't like this. Xylem was my girlfriend, and we were always happy. One day out of nowhere we heard evil laughter, and I saw black magic being shot at her. I jumped in front of her and I've been like this ever since that night. And she disappeared forever.

The principal walked in and sat behind his desk. "You both know wht you're here. I don't want explanations or excuses. Your punishment? You both will not graduate unless you can do something for me."

"What do we have to do?" asked Jack.

"Both of you must work together to write a five page report and presentation on the properties of fire, lava, and that general thing. I wish both of you luck. Goodbye." he said then walked away.

Jack's POV

Great, just great. I have to write a report with Pitch, or I won't graduate. This is insane. How am I supposed to work with this guy? Whatever.

I turned to Pitch, and he interrupted me and said, "I'll do the presentation if you do the report. And it better be good because if it isn't we are both failing."

"Ok," I said.

We both got up and walked out. I ran to the library and checked out a few books on the composition and formation of lava, and fire. After, I wrote four notes and placed them in Tati's, Nick's, Andy's, and Aster's lockers. I also told the vice principal that I would be leaving to do an assignment for the principal.

I ran home and started looking up information for the report. It only took me three hours to actually find enough information for a five page report.

I got a message from Tati before I could continue any of my further research.

Tati: jack what happened at school?

Jack: I have to write a report for principal naidraug with pitch.

Tati: tht stinks

Jack: i know i wish i didnt have to

Tati: what happens if you dont do it or its not good?

Jack: i wont graduate

Tati: oh my colors! tht stinks! i wish i could help.

Jack: i gotta go

Tati: bye

I exited out of our chat, and I started stressing about my report. It was going to be a long couple of weeks.

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