A/N

Chapter two. Hooray hooray. I know they're way short, and I'm sorry... Like I said, feel free to shout at me.

Disclaimer

I don't own any of these characters.

Chapter Two: HERO!

As the freshmen got off the bus, they were greeted by a flurry of activity. Two boys were frozen by a girl in a miniskirt. There were suave and sophisticated teens discussing just about everything. Will saw six extremely attractive African-American girls leading a cheer routine. As soon as they had finished, five of the girls disappeared into the sixth. The remaining girl winked and waved at the freshmen before walking off, presumably to her first class.

Will nearly fainted.

A girl with purple hair and clothing found herself next to a very punky boy wearing long black hair, leather, and ripped clothes. She couldn't help notice that he smelled like Chinese food and was also very, very cute. No, not cute, she thought, but very attractive.

A blur circled the freshmen, rounding them into a group. It slowed, revealing a large senior, who was quickly joined by a lanky senior with striped sleeves. The lanky one spoke.

"My name is Lash, and this is Speed. We're the student welcoming committee. Now, if you wouldn't mind handing over the fifteen dollar new student fee?"

A small nerdy-looking boy said, "There was nothing about a new student fee in the handbook!" This earned him stares, but he didn't care; the most beautiful girl in the world had walked up to the group. She swished her hair.

"Lash, Speed, cut it out." At this, the two boys left without question. "My name," she continued, "is Gwen Grayson. I'm the student body president. I know you'll all love Sky High, just like I did. It's such a great experience, I met so many new friends..."

To the boy, she seemed to be talking and smiling just at him. When he jolted out of his reverie, he heard her last words.

"Now, if you follow those simple rules, I promise you won't fall off the school." The nerdy boy gulped and walked to Orientation with the rest of his class.

After Principal Powers had finished her speech, the class was assaulted by a jolting voice behind them. They turned to see a man on a pedestal wearing a jogging suit. He blew his whistle and began to speak.

"My name is Coach Boomer! You may know me as Sonic Boom!" He shouted everything he said. "You are here for power placement! This will divide the heroes from the sidekicks!" He pronounced the word "sidekicks" as if it were a plague. "You will step onto this pedestal and show your power! Yes, you will do it in front of the entire class! And we will start with you, hippie chick!" He pointed at Layla. She immediately began a litany about prejudice and was promptly stuck in the sidekick section. "Next up is you, Punks R Us!" He pointed at the punky freshman with the long black hair. "Name?"

"Warren Peace." The crowd did a collective gasp; this was the child of a superheroine and a supervillain. Warren stepped up to the pedestal and nonchalantly ignited both his arms.

"Hero!" Boomer practically shouted. "Alternateen, get over here!" He pointed at the purple girl. "And what do you do?" She rolled her eyes.

"Name is Magenta. I shapeshift."

"Show me!"

Magenta stepped up to the pedestal, crouched, and turned into a purple guinea pig. There was laughter in the audience. Boomer frowned.

"That's it?"

"Yep," the guinea pig said, in a high-pitched voice.

"Nothing else?"

"No."

"Sidekick!" Boomer shrieked.

"Bite me," said the guinea pig, scurrying off the platform.

Next Boomer called up the nerdy kid. "What's your name?"

"Well, first, let me tell you, it's such an honor to meet you--" The boy was cut off by Boomer's snide remark. "My name is Ethan. I melt."

"Show me!"

Ethan nodded and promptly dropped into a puddle on the floor. Boomer nodded. "Pretty good... for a POPSICLE!"

Next up was Zach. He was clearly excited as Boomer went through the motions of chewing out and/or requesting power display. So, naturally, everybody was expecting something big. There was a motion in the crowd as Layla pushed forward to watch.

Zach rocked on his heels a bit and then clapped his hands together, waving them about a bit. Boomer rolled his eyes.

"Well?"

"I'm doin' it," Zach answered, clearly in the zone. This was odd, because there was absolutely nothing happening.

"Doing what, exactly?"

"Glowin', man, ain't I?" Zach looked around, a little startled. Boomer cleared his throat.

"SIDEKICK!"

Zach growled and mumbled and stalked off the platform. Boomer was about to open his mouth to summon a new student up when the bell for lunch rang.

"We will continue this after lunch. Starting with YOU." He pointed at Will, and Will gulped.

At lunch, the freshmen walked into the cafeteria, gleefully abusing Coach Boomer. All gleeful, that is, except for Zach. Zach was very sore about his placement.

"I mean it guys, he's gonna regret this. Some dark night, there'll be no moon, and he'll lose his car keys, and I won't glow to help him find 'em!"

Unnoticed to Zach, however, Boomer had been sitting at the table they had just passed. "You got a problem with me?" he asked, cracking his knuckles menacingly.

"Uh, no, Coach Boomer, sir!"

Boomer laughed, and began to change. Within seconds, the shapeshifter boy stood there. He punched Zach's shoulder. "Just foolin' with ya."

Zach rolled his eyes and started assuring his friends that no, he hadn't believed it was really Boomer.

As Zach, Layla, Magenta, and Ethan sat down at a table together and Will sat by himself, he looked over his shoulders to see a boy with long black hair in leather staring at him. Maj looked as well, and her heartbeat quickened, so she looked away again. Will, however, was not so easily deterred. He stood up, flexing his wrists, and walked over to the starer. Immediately whispers began circulating about the boy with a superhero mother and a supervillain father: Warren Peace. Son of Barron Battle. And then Will spoke.

"You got a problem with me, jackass?"

Warren blinked at him. "Yes, yes I do."

Will nodded, turned to walk back to his table, and then leapt into the air and flew around behind Warren. As Warren turned to stare, Will hefted his fist and sucker-punched him.

A collective gasp filled the cafeteria until the one-girl cheer squad started to chant. "Fight! Fight! Fight!" The chanting took over the echo-y room until the noise was deafening.

Warren stood, and Will flew even higher into the air. Then Warren's sleeves caught on fire.

Or so it seemed to those who didn't know his power. They soon realized that this wasn't the case, however, as Will was forced to dodge fireball after fireball. Will, however, played a mean offense and eventually Warren was the one dodging Will's swoops. Just as the battle was winding down (with Warren totally at Will's mercy), Principal Powers appeared.

In Principal Powers's office, the woman gave both boys a speech which made Warren look down and Will look defiant. As she dismissed them back to power placement, Warren attempted to make peace with Will, no pun intended. Will, however, was less than open to the idea. He ignored Warren as they walked back into the gym. He ignored Warren as he walked up to the pedestal.

"Name is Will Stronghold, son of the Commander and Jetstream." Will began to levitate off the ground.

He put on a very nice display of his flying skills, and five minutes later touched down again. Boomer clapped appreciatively.

"HERO!"

A/N: All righty then! This one's rather longer, I hope. Three pages plus an author's note. Heehee. Anyhow, guess what time it is: Review time!

Espantalho: Thanks for the review! I plan to continue through the entire movie, but it might not work out that way.

jnglkat: I sure hope so! Kick me if I bore you.

serenity's hell: Yesh, it wasn't scary as I watched it or immediately after, but then... ahem certain scenes kept coming back. I'm just hoping these "refreshing ideas" of mine don't get me tarred and feathered by the fanfic community...