Disclaimer: I own nothing with Sky High. Just Erika.

Chapter 1
Zach's Class Change

The bad thing about sophomore year, no more bus. So Will flew me and Layla to school, it was so cool! Yeah, I sound like a real loser right now don't I? Probably. So let me start over.

Hi, I'm Zach Braun. I'm in Hero Support at Sky High and I glow. So, now you know me. And back to my story.

Here we are, Will, Layla, and me were sitting outside the school when they abandoned me, so I was sitting on the steps outside the school, having nothing better to do. Time was ticking down and everyone began to enter the school. I hadn't noticed that much. Then the whole area was empty, and I got up and ran to class. Somehow I had gotten there within a minute.

Ethan looked at me with wide-eyes, "Zach… What did you just do?"

I thought, and then looked at the clock, "But that's… That can't be…"

"You have super-speed Zach!" Ethan exclaimed, squealing a little bit.

"Dude… And I thought glowing was cool."

"Zach… what if you get transferred?" Layla asked me, turning around.

"I never thought of that…"

One girl Erika's eyes grew wide, she sat next to me. She had the power to burn things, but, like Layla, had refused to show it at Power Placement and was happy with being a sidekick. "Zach… What if you do get transferred? This class would be so different…"

"And you'd be a year behind in the hero class!" Magenta said to me.

Ethan pushed up his glasses, "But Will would help him!" He said, excited at the idea of me being a hero.

I simply shook my head. "Dudes… We can't let Mr. Boy find out yet."

"But you'll be letting your powers go to waste!" Ethan exclaimed yet again, he seemed to be the only one happy about me gaining super speed.

I looked at him, "Are you trying to get rid of me, I said, holding my pen, and it cracked, causing ink to spill all over my desk." I sighed, "Damn it!"

Ethan tried cracking his pen, "Zach! You have super strength too!"

This one kid, Rachel, who had cleaning powers came and cleaned off my desk.

"Uh thanks?" I said, a bit confused.

"Anything for a future hero."

"I'm not going to be a hero!" I said, getting a bit annoyed.

Mr. Boy came in, "Oh yes you are Zach."

I raised my eyebrows, thinking to myself, 'He knows… Uh oh…' "May I ask this question, how?"

"All sidekicks are heroes. I mean, how are the true heroes going to get their sandwiches without a sidekick?" Mr. Boy started, "And you! If a villain turns out the power, you can glow and lead the way! That's being a hero all in itself."

Ethan spoke up, there was nothing I could do to stop him, because if I lunged for him, he would melt. "But Mr. Boy. Zach has super-speed, and super-strength!"

I slammed my head onto the desk, causing it to crack. "Damn." I cursed under my breath.

"Well Mr. Braun. Now that I've seen it for myself, you are going to have to get your class changed, off to Principal Powers."

I glared at Ethan, a bit mad. I know it is every kid's dream at Sky High to be in the Hero class. But I had grown close to all the sidekicks in Hero Support. So I slowly made my way to the Principal's office. I saw Lash and Speed standing in the hallway.

"Hey it's the Human Glow Worm!" Lash said, stretching his arm out to trip me.

I grabbed his arm and slammed him into a bunch of lockers, then Speed lunged for me, and I ran faster than him, bolting to Principal Powers' office.

Principal Powers opened her door. "Yes. Zach, I've been expecting you." She ushered me in. I sat down. "Now. From what I hear you have powers worthy of the hero class?"

"I guess…" I muttered.

"Well, let me see!" She exclaimed.

I thought, Layla and Erika were both worthy of hero class, but didn't bother showing their powers. So I decided my escape, "I don't feel right using my powers unless I have to."

"Zach, you aren't fooling me. Out with it."

I frowned and picked up one of her chairs, I cracked it without even straining. Then I ran out of the office and ran around the whole school, and reentered in less than a minute. "There." I said, sighing, I was leaving my friends, it was definite.

"Zach. Welcome to Hero Class." She gave me my new schedule and I moped down to Mr. Medulla's room.

I entered and slid in.

Mr. Medulla looked at me, "Take a seat with Mr. Stronghold please."

I walked over to Will and sat down. Will looked at me, "May I ask, what happened?"

"I have speed and strength."

"They transferred you in sophomore year?"

"Yeah. I didn't want to though."

We were building a heat ray. Will looked at me again, "At least we're together am I right?"

"Yeah… But if you're so happy that I'm here, thank Ethan. He busted me."

"You know Mr. Boy would've found out eventually."

"Yeah… But I thought that if it was far enough into the year it would be too far in to switch me, and then I'd be unable to be switched, because I had 2 years of hero support."

"Hmm… Interesting theory."

We finished our heat ray just as Mr. Medulla was coming back. He zapped an ice cube and it melted instantly, "You two did excellent, even if you were talking the whole time." He began to walk away and then walked back, "Neither of you are techno-paths are you? Remember what happened to the last techno-path?" He walked away laughing.

I was confused, I didn't know what he was talking about, I looked at Will, "Huh?"

"Gwen was a techno-path and she turned into Royal Pain. Err… she WAS Royal Pain. And now she's in jail."

"Oh… Well, I glow, I have super strength, and I have super speed. Yee and hah."

"It's good things to have. But I know what you mean, when I first transferred I missed everyone so much."

"I'm going to miss Magenta turning into a guinea pig every class… And Layla reviving Mr. Boy's plant. And Ethan… Well, I'm going to miss him melting into a giant puddle and causing me to fall on my ass." I said, snickering, "But most of all I'm going to miss Erika… Torching anyone who messed with me…"

"Someone likes Erika."

"Shut up. I do not!"

"Okay Zach. Whatever you say!"

I thought about it, maybe I did… But I didn't know for sure… And now I had no way to find out if I truly did or not. Because well, we weren't in any classes but gym together.