Tony arrived at his high school a week after the death of his father. He seemed different, even more mature than his friends had ever seen. It was eerie. They had known that he was a serious kid, but now.... Now they didn't know what to think.
As he walked into his first class, even the teacher grew silent. Everybody was already sitting down as the depressed looking Anthony moped in and plopped down into his desk. From behind him, his friend Michael tapped him on the shoulder. "Man, are you okay?"
"I'm fine Mike, I'm tired is all. How did the test go?" The week before Tony had left, he had taken a large math test, and he was anxious about it.
"Fine, fine."
"Thats good, how did I do on it?"
"Good, actually. 96, good job buddy."
"Thank god. Look, Mike, I'm gonna need a favor. Tell Joey to find me at lunch, come with him,"
Later that day at luch, Joey ran up to Tony, out of breath. He looked winded, and was very red i the face. "Where did you come from? PE Class?" Tony asked, taking another bite out of his apple.
"No, I escaped from Algebra. I'm gonna be in some deep stuff though Tone. Wassup?"
"I need you and Mike both, you and Mike, to go and gather up the most trustworthy people that you know. Then I need you to deliver this message to Paul." Tony handed him a rolled up piece of binder opaper, and Joey took it without hesitation.
"What is it?"
"None of your buissness." With those last words Joey took off again. He bolted away from Tony with lightning speed, as always. This was going to be his death more than likely.
The Marretti Family meeting about what they were going to do about Enzo's death was that night. The large dining room was set up for Anthony and Aurelia's uncles and cousins. Exccept ony was going to reveal his plans tonight. As the croud of relatives flooded through the front door, Tony though about what he was going to say to justify his actions. Once he did this, he was never going back. Tony had become an adult in a teenagre's body. He had matured in a week."Well, welcome everyone. This may be the last meeting of the Marretti Family if we dont find a succesor." claimed Vincent Mareretti. He was very disurbed by this whold incident deciding that if these people were after the family, then he was next.
"This cannot be the end." replied Don De Luca. "We have always worked through troubled times, why should we do any different."
"Because someone killed. My. FATHER!" Tony bellowed from a dark corner of the room. He had been standing there the whole time. " De Luca, all you want is my father's buissnesses. Yu sick----" cursed Tony. " Don Romano, you have always been a great ally to my father. Help me now."
"Fine then young Marretti, you do have a certain level of power here. Please use it." replied the Don.
"All of my life I have known that you all existed, all of you worked in peace. Why nort now. To find the man that gave the order. Give me the power. I will bring them to justice. As Don Romano said, I have just as much right as you to attempt this feat. Give me the chance. I swear on my father's grave that powers or not, I will bring him down. If I have your support, I can do it better, less slopily. Help me, please." Tony spoke clearly, and it was silent for many minutes after his speech.
"Tony, I right now have all the power of the Marretti family, and I give it to you. Find an advisor by Wednesday, and you are the new Don." De Luca stated at Vincent in astonishment, for Vincent had made a grave error in his opinion.