The Legend of Pyro: Cross Dimensions
This chapter is kind of short, but it's still pretty good. Please read and enjoy.
-Nova Pyro
Chapter 3: The Truth Returns
15 years had gone by since that day; Pyro had grown in the human world not ever knowing where he came from, the truth always being hidden from him. However Pyro's true destiny will soon call upon him and the truth will be revealed. Stella had given Pyro a new name "Justin"; Justin was one of those kids who didn't fit in with anyone, but it didn't bother him in the slightest. Justin was going through some strange changes; his throat always hurt, he kept having strange dreams, and no matter how hot it got it never bothered him. People could never understand Justin except his brothers Conner and Jordan; they were his best friends and no matter what they always stuck together.
Justin had friends and enemies; his main pain was the school bully Brandon. Justin was Brandon's main target, but Justin never fought back even though he knew martial arts; Justin started martial a year ago with his brothers. Justin was one of the best as soon as he walked through the door he had a certain talent for combat (Considering who he really was, that was no surprise). Justin's brothers always wondered why he never fought back against Brandon, but every time Justin always said, 'If I fight back that would make me no better than him!' However Justin didn't know how long he could keep up the bigger man act, one way or another he would have to fight back eventually. Conner spotted Brandon coming down the hall and said, "Well speak of the devil." With that everyone turned to see Brandon coming their way.
Brandon stopped right in front of Justin which meant trouble; Brandon said, "If it isn't the town freak". Justin gritted his teeth and laughed taking the insult, but his brothers were 'ticked off' and told him to hit the road. Brandon said," Your lucky I have somewhere to be today woos. See Ya". Justin's red eyes were filled with rage as Brandon left laughing at him, Justin then screamed, "I hate that guy!" Jordan then asked, "Well why don't you do anything about it" knowing full well what the answer was. Justin and his brothers heard the bell and went to their separate classes. Justin's classes seemed to fly by, but today he would discover something new about himself. Justin was in his final period and was ready to go home. He had his homework out on his desk and was ready to turn it in. However Brandon didn't do his homework and noticed that Justin's was completely done. So while he wasn't looking he snatched the paper off his desk and started copying. Justin heard the paper being removed from his desk and turned around to see Brandon copying his paper. Justin was about to say something when Brandon gave him one of those 'what are you going to do about it?' looks. He simply grunted and leaned back in his seat at his desk.
The teacher Mr. Kingon suddenly spoke up, "Okay everyone whoever did their homework, please raise your hand and I'll come pick it up." Almost everyone in the class room raised their hands including Brandon. Justin was about to raise his hand, but he couldn't. He looked down at his hand and pulled on it. His fingers were stuck in the desk. He began to look around to see if anyone was watching and kept trying to pry his hand free. The teacher was coming to pick up his paper which Brandon had given back once he was finished. Justin kept pulling on his hand until it finally started sliding free. Justin looked at his hand as he slid it free from the desk and said, "What the heck?!"
He looked to see his five nails had grown to be five claws. He then looked down to see the five holes in the desk. While his teacher was still collecting papers, Brandon leaned over to Justin and whispered, "Keep up the good work freak and I think we'll both pass this class." Justin gave him a dirty look and just wished he could use these new claws on his face. He then turned away and let out a low growl. He then looked panicked and held his throat as he thought to himself, 'Did I just growl?' He shook the thought out of his head and decided to pay it no attention. He then looked Brandon's paper again and thought, 'I could tell the teacher he cheated, but that wouldn't stop him from doing it again. I'd like to really teach him a lesson.' It was then that Justin suddenly felt like something was in his nose. The teacher was coming down his row and collecting the homework. Justin suddenly felt like he was going to sneeze. He took a deep breath and, "Achoo!" however what surprised him was that a flame came out of his nose and lit Brandon's paper on fire.
Brandon was talking to one of his friends when somebody yelled, "Yo, Brandon, your papers on fire!" Brandon laughed and said, "Yah right, like I'm going to fall for...HOLY CRAP!" He turned around to see his paper on fire. He threw it on the ground and stomped it out. His teacher then said, "Brandon what happened?" He shook his head and said, "I don't know it just caught fire!" He then looked at Justin who quickly looked away. The teacher calmed down and said, "Well seeing as your homework is charred I'll give you an extra day on it." The bell rang and the day was over. Justin started walking to meet up with his brothers, so they could go home. Then while he was walking he suddenly got a bad feeling and started look around. He then felt a sudden urge to duck and he did. He turned around to see Brandon had tried to punch him in the back of the head.
He began to back up as Brandon said, "You think your pretty funny don't you freak?!" Jordan and Conner came and got into their stances. Jordan then yelled, "What's your problem sick-o?!" Brandon and his friends came closer as he said, "That freak of a brother of yours scorched my paper." Conner laughed and said, "Yeah right, you probably did that just to draw attention to yourself." Brandon and his friends stepped forward and he asked, "You calling me liar?!" Conner then said, "Yeah, I am. What are you gonna do about it?!" Jordan and Conner looked to the two guys that Brandon had with him. Justin was looking and around the hallways. There were no teachers around; they were on their own. The guy on Brandon's right suddenly swung at Jordan. Jordan ducked under the punch and thrust kicked the guy in the gut. He then ran forward to continue his attack. The guy on Brandon's left ran up and tried to kick Conner, who side-stepped and punched him in the gut. He then jumped away to continue his fight. That left Justin with Brandon. Brandon got into his fighting position and started walking towards him. Justin showed no fear and stood his ground. Justin through a punch witch Justin dodged by moving his head to the side. Brandon threw another punch which Justin ducked under. Brandon groaned and threw one more punch and that was his mistake. Justin grabbed his fist and turned it to the left making him unable to move. Brandon was letting out small grunts of pain. He then looked into Justin's eyes and saw them. His eyes had changed from their normal circular shape. Justin's eyes were now narrow slits, like a cat or a lizard. Justin then started squeezing Brandon's fist making grunt even louder. He then punched him in the chest and sent him flying back into a wall close by.
Jordan and Conner had quickly delt with Brandon's lackeys. They saw that Justin had beaten Brandon, but everyone was giving him strange looks. The awkward silence was interrupted as the last bell rung and it was time for everyone to go home. On the way home Justin had a serious look on his face. This was weirdest day of his entire life. Today he had grown claws, let out an animalistic growl, sneezed fire, and sent a guy twice his size into a wall. Jordan and Conner however were walking full of pride. Jordan saw his little brother's serious look and decided to cheer him up. He walked beside him and said, "Common bro, we won the fight. Brandon won't even think about coming near you now." Conner walked on the other side of Justin and said, "Yeah, he's right. We've got nothing to worry about even if he comes tomorrow we can just take him down again. Plus we won't even get in trouble; he started the fight so were off the hook." Justin looked to both his brothers and smiled. He knew they were right, so he decided to put it behind him. However he couldn't forget those strange things that happened before the fight. He decided to shake it off and bring it up later. Little did he know that his destiny was calling, and whether he liked it or not he would have to answer soon.