Groups of young students, all differing in one way or another whether it be race, skin, sex, etc., all littered the large campus. Some were running and tossing frisbees, letting them smoothly sail in the air before just barely catching it. Others were glued to their phones and walking carelessly as they bumped into others, their eyes and thumbs never leaving the small digital screen for a moment. Others just sat in the grass eating or reading or just talking to their friends. The picture-perfect high school. Not a single ounce of fear was evident.

Except, however, on a young blonde super-powered teens face. His electric blue eyes were wide and dilated already and his body was visibly shaking in barely contained terror. He held onto the straps of his backpack tightly as his eyes darted around quickly as they followed the movements of the roaming teenages.

"I-I d-don't know a-about th-this…" Boomer stuttered heavily. Bubbles giggled," don't worry Boomer! You have us, remember? You'll be fine!" She said as she latched herself onto his arm, effectively scaring the poor boy even more.

Buttercup rolled her eyes," listen kid, just don't cause any trouble. Also, if some stupid jerk-face here decides to give you crap, come tell me," she said. Boomer only gulped.

Brick's eyes twitched in annoyance on his otherwise emotionless face," come on, let's just go. We won't get anywhere if we just sit here." As he was saying this, Butch stood behind him doing mouth motions while he held up his hand and open and closed it in a mocking gesture. In the end, the noirette rolled his eyes and trudged over to his blonde brother.

"Hey Booms, come on!" Butch forced a grin as he grabbed his young brother by the arm and tugged him. Boomer flinched heavily before he immediately launched himself to the golden gate they were standing by and held onto it for dear life.

"Boomer!" Butch growled as him and Bubbled both tried to pull the boy by the legs and pry him from the gate, all to no avail.

"P-please! I-I c-can't do th-this!" Boomer cried out as he held on tighter against the pulling.

Blossom sighed at their antics as she walked over to Boomer and slightly crouched to his level." Boomer," she said," you have to. I know it's scary, but it's the only way we can keep an eye on you."

He shook his head rapidly as he bit his lip to keep it from trembling.

"Come on," Butch groaned," you've lived with the most disturbing and creepiest devil-tranny in the world, and yet high school is worse?"

Buttercup shrugged," seems legit."

Boomer tensed up but only breathed and nodded in understanding."W-Will, I still s-see y-you?" He asked.

Blossom smiled," absolutely. Remember, we have this all worked out with the school and the mayor so we can go to classes together."

Boomer nodded, loosening his arms from the gate and stood straight. His shoulders were tense as he only stared blankly at the ground. "O-Ok…" Blossom smiled at him.

"Alright then, let's go," she said as she put a hand on the blonde's shoulder and guided him back up to the group. Boomer slightly lifted his head and gulped again as he saw the campus. He lightly gripped Blossom's pink sweater, lips once again gnawing on chapped pink flesh.

They started walking and the reaction was almost immediate. Students caught a glimpse of Boomer and they all ran up to the group of superpowered teens. Boomer flinched back as several people crowded around him and Blossom, all asking questions or throwing suspicious glances.

"Hey!" Brick growled as he tried shoving back some of the rambunctious teens only to be ignored. He looked at his counterpart and quickly grabbed her hand and pulled her forward. The ginger practically dragged the two and pushed their way through the crowd shouting at them to get lost.

"Dudes, seriously? Come on, get outta here!" Butch cried out as he sent several death glares at the students.

"They're teenagers, what do you expect?" Buttercup muttered as she dragged Butch roughly by the arm. They passed by Bubbles who was already nearly in tears again.

"Please, leave us alone!" Bubbles cried, but was ignored. More questions, more shoving, more everything. Bubbles looked to Boomer who was paling considerably with wide eyes as he looked every which way at the surrounding kids. He looked just as eager as the red-heads to escape.

She balled her fists and shook her head at the look and glared. She took a deep breath, puffed out her chest, and screamed.

"Go away!" She screamed as she activated her sonic scream. Everyone instantly clutched their ears and kneeled with eyes shut. The scream pierced through the air and practically made the ground shake. People who heard it in the city ran, others had their shop windows cracking, others had dogs barking and cats screeching.

Eventually, after a moment, the high pitched shriek finally started to die down. After a moment, it finally disappeared completely as quickly as it had come. Bubbles was breathing heavily with tightly balled fists with her eyes slowly opened her sky blue eyes and looked around with confusion. After a moment, realization dawned on her and she blushed heavily.

"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry!" She said and waved her arms frantically and looked all around her with wide eyes. She already had tears in the corner of her eyes as she apologized over and over again.

All the students stood wearily, shot a look between the flustered girl and Boomer who carried a poker face, and walked away silently.

Eventually, only the small group of six remained in in front of the school's doors.

Blossom breathed and looked wearily at the others.

"Well, I guess that solved it."

Everyone mumbled as slowly started to walk forward as Boomer looked confused at the others. Bubbles ran up to them and tightly clung to Boomer's other arm and look at him with big watery eyes.

"Boomer, I'm so sorry! I hope that didn't scare you too!" She said and sniffled. Boomer blinked and tilted his head.

"W-what? You're s-scream? It wasn't really th-that loud, so w-why did everyone g-get s-scared like that?"

Bubbles blinked at him with curiosity and surprise." What? It's wasn't loud or high pitched?"

He shrugged," n-not really…. Th-though it d-did scare me a l-little…"

Bubbles opened her mouth to speak, but was cut off by the large high school doors being thrown open by a fuming Brick and glaring Butch. The blonde raised a brow at them but then sighed and shook her head.

They all walked through the doors and Blossom smiled slightly at the familiar smell of polished floors and febreeze.

"Well, time to get to class! Boomer, you have class with me first, alright? We have Geometry," she said. Boomer only nodded.

"Well, I'll see you guys later. Brick, Butch, don't kill each other," she said with a strict frown on her face, pink eyes just daring them to argue.

Brick looked away and Butch pouted." Yeah, yeah Blossy, we get it," Butch said. With that, the two left.

Bubbles smiled and waved goodbye and walked away and finally Buttercup did as well after she ruffled the blonde's hair saying, "good luck, kid."

He barely managed a small smile to the girl and waved goodbye. He then looked to Blossom who smiled.

"Alright Boomer, let's get to class. We don't want to be late!" She said and started walking down the hall, failing to notice Boomer's flinch. He shuddered but then walked with her, eyes trained on the floor.

He was still surprised how the Mayor had been so calm and happy to see the boy.

"Well, well! Boomer, it sure is good to see you again! I thought you had gotten kidnapped, or mauled by bears, or robbed, or-" the Mayor spoke excitedly, but was cut off.

"Actually," Blossom coughed," he kind of was taken against his will. Right, Boomer?" She asked.

Boomer jumped slightly as he had been more focused on the large, clean room he was in. Velvet red curtains, large windows that lit up the whole room from the sun shining in that afternoon, and stainless and perfect new red carpeting, and the much too large desk that the current, and bald, mayor sat at.

He gulped," u-um…" That was all he got out. Nice job, Boomer.

Bubbles giggled," don't worry, Boomie. The Mayor is nice!" She reassured, but only made Boomer sink lower into the expensive white chair he was in with a bright red blush on his cheeks.

"R-right… Sorry…" he mumbled.

"Well," Brick started," we want to know if we can bring Boomer to school," he said. The Mayor raised a brow before he grinned.

"Well, of course! Everyone deserves an education!" He said and laughed. The teens all smiled.

"Mr. Mayor, you may want to think about this," Ms. Bellum said as she laid a delicate hand on the elderly man's shoulder.

"What? What do you mean, Ms. Bellum?" He asked.

"Not to seem rude or anything, it's just that we need to make sure Boomer is, well, ok," she said. He looked confused.

She sighed." Boomer has been gone for a very long time, don't you think we need to test and make sure his mental capacity is enough? Or that maybe he won't be…. manipulated into doing anything? He only just returned," she explained. Butch growled.

"So, what? Are you saying Boomer's crazy?" He accused.

Ms. Bellum raised her hands in defense." No, not at all! I care about Boomer just as much as you, but I also care about the town. Boomer may not know how to really behave in a school environment."

Boomer frowned but understood."I-I understand M-Ms… I'm s-sorry for c-causing trouble…" he muttered and stood up to leave. You never question authority when you hear it.

"Wait, Boomer," Ms. Bellum spoke. She gestured for the boy to come closer. Without hesitation, he walked forward with his eyes on the ground. He was surprised when she laid her hands on his shoulders.

"I trust you Boomer, but not everyone else will. Will you promise that if something ever happens regarding any of the villains or your health that you'll tell us immediately?" She asked seriously, and even when the blonde couldn't see her eyes, he knew she was looking dead at him.

Slowly, he nodded.

Her thick lipstick coated lips spread into a trusting smile. He hated that.

"Good. We'll let you go to school after we do a quick check on you and make you a citizen here," she said and stood up straight.

Boomer barely nodded, his eyes already losing focus as he was lost in thought.

Boomer sighed slightly as Blossom led him through the polished halls with banners and event posters hung up all over the walls.

He really hated it when the Ms. Bellum lady said she trusted him. The thought made him frown. Suddenly, he was then face first in Blossom's back and he grunted in confusion when he saw that the other girl had stopped. His heart sunk a little in fear when she stopped, but it was quickly replaced when she turned around and smiled warmly at him.

"We're here! Time for Geometry!"

He smiled and nodded at her, but he could barely hold himself from flying away at that very moment.

He already knew that school terrified him.