"Holy crap…" Kevin whispered to himself. Reaching up, he wiped his eyes with his sleeve vigorously before looking back at the scene before him. "I must be high. It's the only explanation for this type of crazy shit."

Standing right around the corner of where Kevin had hid himself was the arrogant Bobby Drake. While Kevin had never particularly gotten along with him, even he wasn't crazy enough to believe that this was really happening. Because if he was to believe what he was seeing, it would mean that Bobby was somehow generating ice out of his hands.

His hands.

What the hell?!

Obviously, he was high. Seriously high. Either that, or he had somehow gotten a concussion in the last five minutes without remembering it. That was also an option.

Because this, this was not happening.

Kevin clutched at his chest, trying to calm down. Obviously there was something going on here that he wasn't privy to. He wasn't quite sure how he felt about that. On one hand, Kevin liked to think he was smart enough not to get into things that could potentially get him killed. On the other hand however, he did have a sort of unwavering curiosity.

(A quote about cats and curiosity suddenly came to mind.)

In the end, curiosity won him over.

Stepping around the corner, he cleared his throat.

Bobby whirled around, the ice his form had gained melting away at an instant once he realized someone had been watching him.

"Oh… crap." He whispered, paling considerably. "Look, I can explain this. Just don't let anyone else know about this okay? I'll do anything!" Feeling rather bad for his babbling classmate, Kevin decided to take pity on him. With a sudden idea inspired from the fantasy games he'd seen his older brother and friends playing, he could only hope Bobby decided to play along.

"Don't worry." Kevin whispered with a serious look. "I won't tell anyone that you're a mage."

"Oh, thank-" he paused for a moment, looking jarred "wait, what?"

"You're an Ice Mage." He said confidently, his hands on his hips as if he thought Bobby was stupid for forgetting. "But I'll keep your secret."

"Okay…" Bobby looked at him weirdly. "Thanks, I guess?"

"Your welcome!" Kevin uttered proudly. He gave Bobby a brilliant smile, holding out his hand for a fist bump. Bobby couldn't fight the small grin that lit up his face, only hesitating for a moment before returning the fist bump.

This seemed to be the start of a beautiful friendship.