3 – Year 2
"Alpha!"
The old mech turned as his name was called by that familiar voice. He smiled as Magnus came running up to him with a datapad in his hands.
"My school results have come in Alpha!" Magnus said excitedly. "I passed every subject!"
"Very well done, Magnus." Alpha said gave Magnus a pat on the head. He then read the datapad:
Dear Alpha Trion,
Here is a composed list of Magnus's results from Year 1:
Mathematics – A
Language – A
Sports – A
Medics – A
Science – A
Technology – A
History - A
We are pleased to inform you that he has passed to level 2.
Yours sincerely,
Sorius
Polyhex Academy
"Top marks!" Magnus said happily, jumping on the balls of his feat.
"You wouldn't have passed Medics if it weren't for me." Said a new voice.
Optimus walked into view and also handed Alpha his datapad.
"That's not true!" Magnus said, shocked. "Well … maybe a little …" He added sheepishly.
Optimus chuckled.
These two young mechs had barely begun their life and already they were tops. Alpha thought. They will be great someday …
***
The second year began with the usual hot sunshine. The Cybertron year went for 150 days in Earthen years, but the days were longer by several hours. The 30-hour days consisted of six classes each; they were tough to get though if you didn't know what you were doing. There were eight months in the Cybertronian year, and each brought new weather. Orioe was very hot; Twedly was warm and a little humid; Tredos was dry and moderate; Forin was bitterly cold; Fendis was stormy; Secolinis was everyone's favourite season as it had tropical weather – warm and pleasant; Sivas was the wet month and everyone's least favourite and Eronas was warm and could have light rain. There were 19 days in each month, but Orioe and Eronas had 20. The school year began at the end of Orioe, so the mechs could all enjoy the hot months without the hassle of schoolwork. As Magnus and Optimus prepared to enter their second year, they found an extra subject had been added which made them both excited: Study of Warrior Arts.
It wasn't anything practical like what they would do in years to come, but it was still something to look forward to never-the-less. As they both drove to school in vehicle mode, Optimus looked up and saw Jetfire and Skyblast zoom overhead.
"Can't resist showing off can he?" Optimus chuckled as the powerful jet soared overhead.
"I heard that Oppie!" It was the unmistakable voice of the white jet over the comlink.
Magnus merely drove on.
***
The second year proceeded much like the first. The bots all did well in the classes, but they had spawned a new liking for games. Optimus and Magnus's favourite by far was Forest Hide-and-Seek; which was much like the Earth game Hide and Seek, except this one was played in the forest. Seeing as the transformers had many ways of finding and seeking one another. And the flyboys had an advantage also …
Other than the mischief they got up to on these occasions, all of them were excited to start Study of Warrior Arts. The first thing they did was meditation, which Magnus found incredibly stupid.
"What's the point of it?" He asked Lavaburst, their teacher. "You just sit and do nothing."
"It is a learning exercise and nothing more." He replied soberly. "It trains your ability to focus on your strengths and weaknesses and many other things. It is a focusing task, and you must do it in order to fight to your full potential.
Magnus raised no more objections after that.
During the second year, they learnt the basics of their entire subjects. Last year was merely writing down a lot of notes and they were graded on their performance in them. Maths was composed of mostly just that – Maths. It was a bothersome subject, as their friend Electro said (the yellow bot), but a highly useful one. It would help in their combat abilities as well.
Language was easily one of the more boring subjects. It was the study of literature really, and they learnt to read and write in these classes.
Sports was a great subject. This year, they got to play the sports they had studied such as Heavy Metal War, Energon Seeker and card games. They were all fun, but most thought that Heavy War Ball was the favourite. Optimus was a natural at it, but Magnus preferred Energon Seeker.
Medics was the most boring subject. Things didn't improve interest wise for them in Magnus's opinion, but somehow they still managed to do very well.
Technology was fun. They got to do a lot of hands on stuff now that they had mastered the basics.
Science was very interesting. They learnt about the different types of metals that made up the planet and what the rain could do to you if you were hit. It was in this class that Magnus met his first problem …
While working on composing a chemical compound for Titanium, Optimus suddenly sensed his brother tense up as someone walked though the door.
"What's up?" He whispered, seeing Magnus's expression suddenly turn cold.
"That guy …" Magnus hissed, motioning towards the black and navy blue bot that had just entered and started talking with a group that looked like his gang. "He isn't very nice … I think he wants something with me …"
It turned out that this guy didn't want no such thing in Year 2, but Ultrasound (who was younger than them by a few years) had overheard him and his group plotting something sinister …
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YAY! Back from renovating a house for my mum so now I've got a fair bit of time to write.
Ohhh what's up with the new guy? You'll find out!
BTW, as you prolly noticed, I'm doing this by year. Each year will start in a new spot in the year to make it interesting. I know this chapter is short and just like another intro chapter, but getting all the info bits out of the way is important.
Oh and thanx for permission to use HMW Vega!
Anyway Cheerio!
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