Chapter 21, Researching Robin.
The winter holidays had come to an end, boats docked at the pier bringing back all of the students that had left for the holidays, many students who had stayed on the island waited to greet their friends who was just getting off the boats.
Chumley left the boat and was greeted by Jaden and Syrus, "Yo Chum, how was your holiday" said Jaden with a big grin on his face, "It was nice, I got to spend some time with my dad" said Chumley.
"Does your dad still want you to work in his sake factory" asked Syrus, "Well kind of, he told me that he wishers me the best of luck and he hopes I can make my own way in the world, but if things don't work out there's always a place for me at the factory" said Chumley.
"Don't worry Chum, by the time you leave the academy I'm sure you'll be a great duellist" said Jaden, Chumley smiled although he was unsure if Jaden was right about him, the three left the dock and returned to the Slifer dorm to catch up on what had happened during the holidays.
"Wait your kidding me, Jaden really tried to take on Zane" said Chumley in shock, "Of course I did, I'm not afraid of any opponent" said Jaden with pried, "So who won" asked Chumley, at this point Jaden fell silent, "Zane won, in one turn" said Syrus.
Chumley had to hold in a laugh, "Hey, it's not funny" said Jaden, "Well looking back on it now, it was a little funny" said Syrus with a chuckle, Jaden was about to protest but instead broke out in laughter "I guess I did aim a little too high that time" he said.
After the three stopped laughing they continued to talk about everything they did during the holidays.
Alexis was happy to see Mindy and Jasmine again but a small part of her wished the holidays would last longer, "Hey Alexis" said Jasmine as she ran up and hugged her, "It's nice to see you too" said Alexis.
The three walked back to their dorm talking along the way "Alexis you'll never guess what" said Mindy as she moved some of her hair back to show she was wearing earrings "I got my ears pierced".
Alexis smiled, Mindy had wanted to get her ears pierced for years but her parents would always tell her no, "How did you convince your parents" asked Alexis, Mindy gave a sly smile "Well I didn't, they don't know I got them pierced yet" she said.
After arriving at their dorm the three decided to continue talking in Mindy's room, Mindy's room was like the other girls rooms except she had decorated her walls with posters of her favourite boy bands, and resting on her pillow was a teddy bear that she always slept with.
Mindy and Jasmine had both explained everything they had done during the holidays and was now asking Alexis what she did, "So Alexis, was it boring while we were gone" asked Mindy.
"Not really, I spent most of the time with Robin" said Alexis, as soon as she said Robin's name Jasmine's eyes widened, "WHAT, YOU SPENT THE HOLIDAYS WITH A BOY" she shouted, "What's wrong with that" asked Alexis, "But Alexis, he's a boy" said Jasmine.
Alexis sighed, she was beginning to wish that she hadn't told Jasmine anything, "Jasmine, I know you don't like boys, but Robin's really nice" she said, "Oh please, what do we even know about him" said Jasmine, "We'll know everything in a minuet" said Mindy.
Alexis and Jasmine turned to see that while they was talking Mindy had logged on to her computer, Alexis looked over Mindy's shoulder and saw that she was typing Robin's name into the search engine.
A page about Robin came up and Mindy started to read it, "Name Robin Thorn, father Julian Thorn, mother Maria Thorn, older sister Raven Thorn" she said, Alexis remembered what Robin said about his parents but he never mentioned their names or that he had a sister.
"Wow, it says here that when he was twelve he came 3rd in the junior national duelling championship" continued Mindy, as she read the next part Mindy's eyes widened, "Oh my god" she said in shock, "What is it" asked Alexis and Jasmine at the same time.
"It says that when he returned home the same day of the championship, he found his mother, father and sister all dead in the house" said Mindy, "Strangely the doctors couldn't find out what the course of death was, it was as if all three just dropped dead".
Both Alexis and Jasmine was shocked at what they heard, "Does it say anything else" asked Jasmine, Mindy continued to read "It says that he didn't have any immediate family so he was sent to an orphanage, but then one month later he disappeared along with all of his possessions" she said.
"The police searched for him but found nothing, then he reappeared three years later and applied to enter duel academy, and that's everything it says about him" said Mindy as she read the bottom of the page.
After Mindy finished reading Alexis couldn't help but feel guilty, she felt like she had invaded Robin's privacy, even Jasmine was wishing that they hadn't researched Robin's past, despite how badly she felt Alexis was still curious "I wonder what he did during those three years he was missing" she thought.
After leaving the boat Bastion headed straight to the Ra yellow dorm, he had spent a lot of his holiday time working on new strategies to defeat some of the best duellists in his year.
After arriving at his dorm Bastion was meet by Amy a Ra yellow girl who spent most of her time practising her cooking, she was half a foot shorter then Bastion and had long blonde hair and blue eyes.
"Bastion your back, do you want to come to the dining room we're having a welcome back party, and I made some cookies" said Amy very nervously and with a blush forming on her face, "Sorry but I have to do some work first, but I'll join the party later" said Bastion not noticing the disappointed look on Amy's face.
Bastion entered his room and started to put the finishing touches on two decks he had been working on, after half an hour Bastion finished both of his new decks, "There, I have one deck to counter Jaden, and one to counter Robin" he thought.
After his work was done Bastion left his room and decided to join the other yellow students for their party.
