Chapter 4. The Test of Friendship

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As Layla got off the bus the next morning she immediately looked around to see if she could see Warren. It wasn't that hard though. He was behind some bushes cracking up at something. At first she didn't have the faintest idea. Then she saw what it was. A bird, she was guessing it was Chris, was dive-bombing a few un-suspecting seniors.

"I guess you two are getting along again." Layla said after Warren stopped laughing.

"Yep. Me and Christal are getting along fine." Warren said after he wiped his eyes.

"Well that's good...Christal?" Layla asked when she realized what Warren had said.

"Yeah. Don't tell her I told you this but...Christal is her real name. But I'm the only one who's aloud to call her that!" Warren said pointing a ignited finger at Layla.

"Don't worry. I won't tell anyone." Layla said backing away.

"Good." Warren said as he got up and walked inside.

Little did they know that Will was watching not to far away.

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"I brought you here to be an example! Now, if you cause one more disturbance, I'll be forced to ban you from this campus! Understand?" Coach Boomer shouted at Chris at the door of his office after he heard about the whole bird incident.

"Yes Coach." Chris said trying to contain a smile as she made her way over to where her brother and Layla were standing.

"Watch out for him. He has a bad temper." Layla warned as Chris joined them walking down the hall

"He don't scare me. Besides, I've handled worse." Chris said rustling Warren's hair.

"Trust me. NOTHING is worse than Coach when he's mad!" Warren said.

"Which reminds me, I've gotta go help teach Power Management 101!" Chris said looking at her watch and running off.

"And I've gotta get to P.E.. See ya Layla!" Warren said heading off in the direction of the gym.

"Bye!" Layla said waving to Warren and turning the opposite direction down the hall. Only to bump in to Will.

"Hey, Will." Layla said nervously as she tryed to move around him only to have him stop her with his arm.

"I see you've been getting a little chummy with Warren lately." Will said crossing his arms.

"So. What's it to you?" Layla said turning around and walking the other way. Then she felt Will strong hand on her shoulder stopping her. "Leave me alone!" Layla said trying to escape.

"I thought you were my girlfriend!" Will said through gritted teeth.

"One, you never treated me like one! Two, just because your father's the best hero in the world doesn't mean you can have everything your way! And three, to make it official, I'm dumping you!" Layla said finally breaking free.

"No you don't." Will said grabbing her shoulder again. Only this time he squeezed so hard it made her cry out in pain.

"Hey! She said leave her alone!" Warren shouted from down the hall.

"What are you gonna do about it?" Will said throwing Layla to the side.

That was the last straw for Warren. He ignited his whole body and charged at Will. But Will simply stepped out of the way leaving Warren to crash head first into some lockers. By this time everyone in the halls were watching with eager eyes. Waiting to see if the great Will could be defeated. After Warren recovered he jumped back up and Charged again at Will. This time he was able to catch him off guard while he was waving to everyone who had gathered. Warren knocked him to the ground. But Will quickly flipped him over and started choking Warren. Warren struggled until he blacked out. Then as Will got up and started to make him way over to Layla he noticed a new figure had entered the ring of people that had formed.

"If you mess with my friends or especially my brother, your messing with me." Chris said with clenched fists as she saw what had been done to her brother and Layla.

"I wish everyone would just face the facts that I'm the best. And I always will be!" Warren said walking up to Chris.

But as he looked up he couldn't see her. Then out of nowhere, a eagle swooped down and knocked him down.

"You can't take Will Stronghold down that easily!" Will shouted as he got up.

Then just as soon as he got up he saw a snorting stallion pawing the ground infront of him.

"Lets see just how brave you are." the stallion said as it to morphed into a lion.

"Amateur." Will said as he walked over to the lion.

"That's exactly what I was going to say about you." Chris said crouching down.

Then just as Will was just about over to her, she jumped on him with the reflexes of a cobra and held him down while he struggled to lift her. By then the nurse and the principal were there shooing away the kids that had gathered to watch.