Fights
ANNABETH
Our classes had passed by quickly, one after another. This whole week had passed by quickly, being that we'd started school on a Wednesday and it was Friday now. Haylee, still on her period, hadn't stopped talking all day. I was actually thankful that we didn't have every class together. It was pretty close, though. Thankfully, again, this was seventh class, Talent Training. I walked into the room, which had a white ceiling and two white walls, not counting the wall with the door, and one wall made completely of mirror. Sitting on the floor was a row of ten small stones, I guess we'd be lifting them. I sat my backpack down along with my gym bag.
I took a small stance and concentrated. In just a flick of my wrist, I had all of the stones in the air. I had them formed in a line, and I dragged my hand around, the stones imitating the movement in air. I heard a small clapping noise and my concentration broke, causing all of the stones to fall on the floor. I turned around and saw a man, mid twenties, standing by the door.
"Congratulations, Annabeth." He smiled.
"Thanks." I said, feeling heat rise to my cheeks.
"What's your ranking?" He asked.
"Student- Level 1." I replied.
"That should be changed. You should be ranked as a Level 2 Learner." He said. My cheeks got hotter. "Student ideas are next Friday, I'll put in a word for you."
"Thanks-" I began.
"Master Rollan." He told me, flashing a smile.
"Thanks, Master Rollan." I said, while the other students came into the class and the bell rang. Master Rolland had me sit this exercise out since it was too easy for me. The class soon passed and I walked to my eighth class.
HAYLEE
We all met up in class 8. Today was the day that we'd pick our partners for the year. The girls would be picking out of a hat with guy's names. Hannah was paired with Percy, Abigail was paired with Jason, Annabeth was with Damien, Piper was with Jamie and Thalia and Jacob was paired. I reached into the bucket, hoping to get someone I knew. I pulled out Nico's name. At least I knew him. A few other kids pulled names, and Master Tye told us to get into a group with our partners. I sighed and took a stance in front of Nico.
"Today we will be working on regular fighting moves. You want to harm your partner enough to send them to the hospital, but not enough to kill them. I will demonstrate with one of the students." He said. He looked around the room and his eyes landed on me. "Haylee, help me demonstrate."
"Alright." I said, walking over to him. I had already changed. I looked back at Nico and heard a sudden movement, I ducked my head. Master Tye's fist barely missed my face.
"Always pay attention to your surroundings." Master Tye advised, throwing lightning fast punches one after another, but I easily dodged. He smiled at me, thinking he'd win. I found an opening and stuck my fist directly on his nose, punching him not even as hard as I could. I felt something crack and he fell on his back. His nose was gushing blood and his eyes were starting to turn a blackish purple color. The whole class was silent.
"Mater Tye, are you O.K?" Annabeth asked.
"Yeah, Haylee did hit you pretty hard!" A boy, Conner Stoll, laughed. I shot him a dirty look and he shut up. I got on my knees beside Master Tye.
"I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to." I said.
"It's alright, I'll be fine, the nurse is coming here anyway." He smiled, standing up. I stood up, too. Suddenly, the door opened and a small skinny lady walked in. She had light brown hair and piercing white eyes. Her eyes bothered me for some reason. She stepped into the room and took a look at Master Tye. She put her hand over his nose and a small white light touched it. You could hear his nose cracking back into place even though I was gagging at it loudly. The nurse walked back to the door, shooting me a look of concern, then left. I shook off the horrible tension and walked back over to Nico. He stared at me in amazement.
"What?" I asked, rudely.
"Nothing." He said.
"Go ahead and begin practicing with your partners. Nico, I'd focus more on blocking if I were you." Master Tye said. Nico and I both took a stance, again, and we stood there for a minute while everyone else began fighting. What if I hurt him like I hurt my teacher? Nico is my friend and I don't think I'd be able to forgive myself if I hurt him. Suddenly, I felt a fist collide with my temple, but it wasn't Nico. I turned to see a girl with raven colored hair and pale blue eyes. She had her hands covering her mouth.
"I am so sorry! I didn't- I didn't mean to!" She said, trying to give me an apologetic hug. I brought my fist back and slammed it into her nose. I jumped on top of her and began punching her over and over. Jason and Hannah came to pull me off of her but they couldn't so Jamie grabbed me by my waist and yanked me away. Percy and Abigail helped the girl up while the rest of the class stared in shock.
"Haylee, go see Headmaster Chiron. Jamie, and Nico, please escort her." Master Tye said.
Jamie put me down and I began walking with him and Nico.
"Why'd you punch her?" Jamie asked.
"Why'd she punch me?" I snapped back. He stayed quiet. We walked out of the school building and to the Main building. We walked up the stairs and I stopped in front of Headmaster Chiron's door. I've been in trouble for fights before, tons of times, but I've never been so nervous before. I took a deep breath and knocked on the door.
"Come in." I heard him said. I opened the door and walked in with Jamie and Nico following me.
"Um- Headmaster Chiron-" I began.
"I already heard about it." He sighed, opening his drawer. He pulled out a long slender flexy stick. "Would you rather take your punishment or get expelled for the rest of the school term?"
"Punishment." I said, holding out my hand. He pulled the stick back and I turned my head to Jamie. I heard the 'swoosh' of the air and I felt a huge sting in the palm of my hand but I didn't show fear. I looked at my hand to see that it was bleeding. The school bell rang.
"Go back to your dorms." He said, putting up the punishment stick and dismissing us.
"Have a good day, Headmaster." Nico and Jamie said in unison. My hand continued to sting. Just as we were walking out, the Headmaster called my name.
"I don't like punishing my students that way but it is the policy. If you don't learn to control yourself you could end up being killed." He said. I nodded again and walked out.
JAMIE
I stared at Haylee as we all walked back to the dorms in silence. We already had all of our things so we didn't go back to the class. Haylee finally noticed that I was staring and smiled at me.
"I'm fine, Jamie." She said. I was her protector, why couldn't I have just begged the Headmaster to not do that? If I can't protect her from a punishment stick, how could I protect her from anything else? We got back to her dorm and she walked in. Nico and I turned to leave but she called me back. Nico kept walking to the Death Compartment.
"What is it?" I asked.
"I'm alone, again, and I hate being alone. Wanna come in and play cards or something?" She asked. I nodded my head and walked into her dorm. It was clean and neat with a piece of paper on the counter. I walked over and picked it up.
Haylee,
I went to Percy's dorm to help him get ready for his date with Annabeth since they moved it to today. Be back around six-ish.
-Jason Grace
I put the note back down and sat down in the chair at the small table. We played Go-Fish until Haylee got a text from Percy.
Review! The dates will be in the next chapter!(:
XOXO
Anily and Emily
