Faith

Seven Years Ago:

"I want ice cream!" Faith frowned.

Faith and her older brother Aaron were currently walking around the block, searching for an activity to do.

"We had ice cream yesterday." Aaron groaned.

Faith rolled her eyes, sometimes her brother was little to by the book for her taste. She couldn't even believe they were related.

"Do you want to get a slice of a pizza?" He asked.

"I wanted ice cream!" Faith complained.

The siblings kept walking until they saw a dead end. Faith raised an eyebrow there was a large group of boys that looked around her age. They seemed huddled over something they kept kicking. A body.

"What's going on over there?" Aaron asked.

Faith growled and held out her fists her bones emerging from her fist. She recently discovered her quirk and was eager to test it out. Just as she was about to charge into action, the figure screamed. As he did the power lines above them exploded, sparks raining down everywhere.

"Faith look out!" Aaron yelled.

He held out his arms above the two of them, the bones in his arm shooting out of his skin to form a shield above them.

Aaron Ritter

Quirk: Bone Shield- Aaron can extend the bones in his body to form a shield.

"What the hell is going on? Faith asked.

"Language!" Aaron barked.

Faith rolled her eyes and looked at the scene. All of the boys that were attacking the boy were now lying on the ground unconscious. How the hell did that tiny kid take them all out? What was his quirk? He looked up at Faith, tears streaming down his face. He was cute...as cute as a boy could be. He probably had cooties.

"Are you okay?" Faith asked.

She walked over to the boy and reached her hand out to him. He looked at her palm like it was radioactive. Lex blushed slowly took her hand.

"I'm sorry." He gulped,

"Don't be sorry," Aaron said.

He sighed and looked at the boys. "I didn't mean to hurt them."

"They probably deserved it." Faith snickered. "I'm Faith."

The boy blushed. "My name's Alexander."

"Alexander!" Faith gasped. "That's such a long name! How about we give you a nickname. Alex? Xander? Al? Lex?" Faith wondered.

Alexander smiled. "I like the name, Lex."

Faith grinned. "Well, it's nice to meet you, Lex."

Now:

"How much sulfur are we supposed to add?" Kevin asked.

The two were currently in Mr. Ross's class conducting an experiment. Faith was too busy thinking of last night to focus on what her science teacher was saying.

"I honestly don't know Kevin." She sighed.

Her eyes went to the table right next to hers: Sarah and Kaleb.

"God damnit Kaleb, stop eating the strawberries they're for the lab!" Sarah yelled.

Kaleb blushed bashfully, before chuckling. "I'm sorry, Sarah. Do you want one?"

"Kill me now." Sarah groaned.

Her comment earned a laugh from Lex, who was in the front row. Faith rolled her eyes. Of course, he was paying attention to her. Soon the bell rung causing Faith to sigh in relief.

"All right class, put your lab equipment away. I expect you to have your conclusions done by next class." Mr. Ross said.

Faith groaned; core classes were her least favorite part of hero training. The hero course was practically a full-time job with all the outlandish assignments they were given. Between brawling in the arena, fighting villains in the Black Church, and a battle royale esque rescue mission, Faith wondered what was next. Stopping terrorists?

As she made her way out of the room, Lex chased behind her. Faith tried to stop the butterflies flowing in her stomach as he stood right next to her. She bit the inside of her lip just to stop herself from blushing. She didn't want him to have the satisfaction knowing that she had feelings for him. As if she hadn't made it painfully clear already.

"Hey, what are you thinking of doing tonight?" Lex asked.

Faith stopped. Did he seriously just ask her that? Was he not going to talk about what happened at the art gallery?

"That's it?" Faith asked.

"Uh yeah?" Lex asked.

Faith rolled her eyes. "Are you freaking kidding me?"

"I have no idea what's going on right now," Lex said.

"You never do Alexander Dayton." She hissed.

She spun around and marched over to the girls dorm. She ignored the protests of the boy behind her. As soon as she made it to her room she slammed the door behind her. Aerolynn and Jake were already in her room, the two sat cross-legged on her bed. Faith rolled her eyes, Jake spent so much time in her room she was tempted to ask Ms. Morningstar for a third bed.

"Faith do you mind, Aerolynn and I have to talk about something important," Jake grunted.

"This is my room." Faith said.

I'm really sorry Faith, but I have the feeling you wouldn't want to hear this story anyway. I'll promise to make it up to you.

Great now even her roommate was pushing her away. Lex and Fouzia were already leaving her for Sarah, and now Aerolynn made it clear that she much rather be with Jake.

"Whatever." Faith sighed.

She grabbed her bag and walked out of her room, and made sure to slam the door. She sighed, she had nowhere else to go. Her phone buzzed causing her to smile. She pulled it out and was glad to see it was a text from Edward. At least there was someone in the world who still wanted to spend time with her. She was glad she snuck out last night, otherwise, she would probably be completely friendless right now.

Last Night:

Faith was careful to make sure she wasn't caught. After the fiasco at the art gallery, she decided all she needed was a donut. Of course, the Morning Star Academy didn't have any donuts. This made Faith realize she had to go on a stealth mission. Her sanity depended on it. She quietly tiptoed along the hall, making sure that she didn't make a sound.

If she was caught, Ms. Mornginstar would probably slit her throat. Faith gulped and kept walking until she reached the window by the edge. She reached under the seal and yanked it upward. Faith smiled and hopped out of the window. She was grateful for her cat-like reflexes. As soon as hit ground she took off in a sprint. She couldn't be gone for long, the gas station was just a couple miles from school.

If she kept running at this pace she could reach there in no time. Give or a take twenty minutes later she reached Larry's Gas Station. She smiled in relief. Cheap donuts here she comes. She opened the door to the establishment and was greeted with the smell of cigarettes and stale hot dogs.

"It smells heavenly in here," Faith said in relief.

She walked over to the other end of the room where a rack of cheap pastries sat. She smiled, just what she needed. Her brain was still spinning over the events that happened over the night. Had she really agreed to Matt's idea to break Sarah and Lex apart? It seemed like such a good idea at the time. She would have done anything to get her best friend back.

"Are you okay?" A voice asked.

Faith jumped, other than the clerk she expected the gas station to be empty. After all who in their right mind would go to a gas station at 3 in the morning? Well besides her. The boy seemed to be a year or two older than her. He had a slim figure, navy blue hair, and bright red eyes.

"I'm just looking for the perfect donut." Faith chuckled.

The boy smirked and pointed to the section of glazed donuts. "The perfect donut is right there."

She laughed and grabbed the glazed donut. "You can never go wrong with the original. Why are you at a gas station in the middle of the night? Are you a serial killer?"Faith smirked.

"I could ask you the same thing." He laughed.

Faith chuckled. "Fair enough. So what's your name?"

"Edward." He said.

She laughed. "Twilight much?"

"Hey, I didn't pick it. What about you?" Edward asked.

"Well Mr. Psycho, my name is Faith." Faith smiled.

Edward chuckled. "Religious nutjob much."

"Haha very funny." Faith said with a roll of her eyes.

"So what's your story?" He asked.

The two made their way to the cashier with their items in their hand. "I beg your pardon?"

"Well, I assume you had a reason to come out here in the middle of the night for your quest of donuts," Edward smirked.

Faith sighed. "Stupid teenage drama, you would be bored."

Edward rolled his eyes. "I'm only like a year older than you. I can take it."

Faith frowned, she wasn't really one to bare her soul to a stranger, but perhaps maybe he could give her some advice. An outside perspective could be nice. So she told him everything. He listened patiently, it seemed like he was actually paying attention.

"From what I can gather, you're not scared of losing your best friend. You're scared of feeling useless." Edward said.

Faith's face fell. What was he talking about?

"That's not true." She said.

"No? Your entire friendship Lex's been the outcast and you've been the protector, but at your new school he's popular and people like him and now you're worried he won't need you anymore." He said.

Faith gulped. That was exactly how she felt. She felt too selfish to admit it to anyone but herself. Ever since they were kids Lex was always the quiet kid at the back of the classroom. The only person he talked to was Faith, now he had a plethora of friends and was spending a lot of time with a girl much prettier than her. Lex was probably getting everything he had ever wanted, and she would be left behind.

"My advice is to tell him how you're feeling. If he's really as great as you say, he'll understand." Edward said.

Faith smiled weakly. "You're right."

Edward grinned. "Of course I am. I should probably go, my aunt is going to kill me when she finds out I've been out all night. It was nice talking to you Faith."

He grabbed a napkin from the counter and pulled a pen out from his pocket. He quickly scribbled something on the napkin and handed it to her. It was a phone number. His phone number.

"Just so you know, no matter was this Lex guy thinks, I don't think you're useless or a burden." He chuckled.

With that, he left Faith alone, with nothing but a half-eaten donut, the napkin, and a smile.


Aerolynn

So what's the big emergency? Aerolynn asked.

Jake gulped. He seemed almost embarrassed. What could possibly happen to make Jake Hyde embarrassed?

"You have to promise not to tell anyone," Jake said.

Aerolynn shrugged. Okay.

"Well first, I feel like I deserve a fist bump." Jake grinned.

Aerolynn raised an eyebrow. Jake was strange indeed. She held out her fist and he chuckled as his knuckles connected with hers.

"Second, I just want to make sure you haven't had anything to eat recently because what I'm about to tell you might make you puke," Jake said.

Then why would I want to know? Aerolynn asked.

"I have to tell somebody," Jake whined.

He took a deep breath and sighed. "Last night I had sex."

Aerolynn chuckled. With a human?

"Yes with a human!" Jake snapped.

He took a deep breath and sighed. "It was with Victoria."

Aerolynn was mute so she couldn't technically gasp, so she tried her best to give off a throaty cry in shock.

Are you sure you weren't high?

"Nope. I definitely wasn't. We fell asleep in the gym together, and we both woke up at the same time. We didn't really say anything to each other." Jake mumbled.

In the gym! What's wrong with you two! The gym is a public area! Now every time I want to have a workout, I'm going to be thinking of the unspeakable act you guys did. That's nasty. Horrifying. I'm going to need therapy to get over this. Aerolynn said.

"Well, technically it's acts. Plural. We did it twice." Jake blushed.

Aerolynn gagged. Ew.

She wouldn't be able to look at the gym or Victoria without wanting to vomit. How was she going to do any of their hero assignments when looking at those blue mats made her stomach want to exit her body.

So are you here to brag? Aerolynn asked.

"No. Well kind of, I was pretty proud of myself. But the problem is…" Jake looked like he was searching for the words to say.

Just spit it out! Aerolynn said.

"I think I liked it," Jake mumbled quietly.

Aerolynn covered her mouth to stop herself from barfing. She wasn't religious but she felt like she needed to go to a Catholic priest and confess what she just heard.

Well, you're a guy. It makes sense for you to enjoy yourself…doing that…horrifying act, that we shall never speak of again.

Jake frowned. "It's not just that. I think I liked it because….it was with her."

It was at that moment Aerolynn threw up.


Hunter

"Hey, Kaleb and I are stopping to the cafeteria for a snack, want to come?" Alexander asked.

Hunter shook his head at his roommate. He needed the boy to be gone so he could call Cyrus.

"I already ate," Hunter grumbled.

Alexander paused and looked at the boy. It was almost as if he was studying him. Hunter felt a shiver down his spine, it was like the boy was looking into the depths of his soul.

"Are you feeling okay? You've been acting strange ever since the rescue assignment." Alexander asked.

Hunter forced a smile. "Of course. Actually, do you think you can get me a bagel?"

Alexander shrugged. "Sure."

He walked out of the room, leaving Hunter alone. Hunter sighed and reached under his pillow to grab his phone. He flipped his phone open and started to dial Cyrus's number. When he was finished he pressed the call button.

"Hey kiddo, how's school going," Cyrus said over the phone.

Judging by his tone, Hunter could tell he was smiling.

"I don't want to do this anymore." Hunter sighed.

"Do what?" Cyrus asked.

"I'm done doing your dirty work," Hunter said.

Hunter wasn't sure how Cyrus convinced him to go down this road. Originally Hunter volunteered to sign up for Morningstar Academy because he heard Victoria would be attending. He couldn't pass up an opportunity to get closer to the girl.

As soon as Hunter expressed his interest, Cyrus jumped on the idea. Of course, Hunter got in with little difficulty. Periodically Hunter would tell Cyrus everything he learned. Secrets about his classmates, their quirks. Cyrus lapped up the information like an eager puppy.

He was the one that told him that the losers of the arena would be at the Black Church.

However, his fight with Orion changed things for him. Hunter hated Jarret for running away. He thought it cowardly, to betray your friends like that. Then suddenly Hunter realized that he was just like Jarret. Betraying the people that he cared about. Ever since then he couldn't look at himself in the mirror without wanting to scream. He hated what he turned into.

It was also why he couldn't stand to see Jarret. He reminded Hunter of the worst parts of himself.

"Don't be like that Hunter, all of this was your idea," Cyrus said.

Hunter growled. "Well, I'm done."

Cyrus laughed. "I think you forgot how this works. I'm the one that pulls the strings, while you're the puppet. I'll make you a deal. Do just one more job and I'll set you free. Your debt will be forgiven."

"You're lying," Hunter said.

It was too good to be true.

"I pinky promise. Do this one more job and I'll clean your slate. Hell, I'll even get you a plane ticket to go back to Japan." Cyrus chuckled.

The deal was too good to pass up. If he gave up now, he would probably be killed. Just one more job and he could be free. He could be his own man.

"What's the job?" Hunter asked.

"First I want you to tell me everything you know about Sarah Smith." Cyrus chuckled.


Sara Zambiea

"Mrs. Zambiea where are we going?" Kevin asked.

Sara growled and kept running. During lunch, Kevin came up to her and asked when Jarret would be coming back. Sara was surprised at the question, she noticed Jarret wasn't in class that day but she just assumed the boy was sick. Kevin was telling her a very different story. Amanda took him. Who knew what she was doing to that boy?

She had to admit, even she was a little disappointed when she heard Jarret abandoned the others when Orion attacked, however, she knew Amanda. She knew she probably doing inhumane things to that boy.

"We're going to save Jarret." She said authoritatively.

The two ran to Ms. Morningstar's office, desperate to save the boy from whatever hell she was putting him threw. The two stopped when they reached her office.

"Should we knock?" Kevin asked.

Sara shook her head. "Knowing her, she's probably expecting us."

Sara opened the door and just like she expected, Amanda was sitting on her desk with a smirk on her face. A boiling hot cup of tea sat in her hands, steam rising slowly. Amanda smirked.

"Sara, to what do I owe the pleasure?" Amanda asked.

Sara couldn't believe that once upon a time she was best friends with the girl.

"Where is he?" Sara demanded.

She wasn't in the mood for mind games.

"I have no idea what you are referring to," Amanda said nonchalantly.

"I'm not stupid! Where is Jarret!" Sara yelled.

Kevin gulped as he looked between the two women. "Should I wait outside?"

"There is no need to, Kevin." Amanda chuckled.

Sara growled and slammed her fists into her desk. "You're going to want him to be outside for this one. Unless you want me to tell him and everyone else what I found."

Amanda's face fell. The playful smirk that was once on her face was replaced with a look of worry.

"Kevin leave now," Amanda demanded.

Kevin nodded before quickly leaving the room, leaving the two women alone.

Sara had been thinking about the errand Amanda asked her to run. What she found shocked her. She didn't put much past, Amanda, however this time even she was surprised by the woman's actions.

"You weren't supposed to read it." Amanda hissed.

"I didn't trust you, especially not after what I found. What were you thinking?" Sara asked.

Amanda crossed her arms. "You can't judge me,"

After what she learned Sara was judging Amanda more than she ever had before.

"Did you kill her?" Sara demanded.

Amanda growled. "How could you say that!"

"We both know that you are capable of anything." Sara hissed.

Sara walked over to Amanda and growled. "Let Jarret go, or I'll tell everyone."

"No one will believe you," Amanda said in denial.

"I have proof," Sara said.

Amanda gritted her teeth. "Fine."

Amanda walked over to her desk and pressed a black button right next to a speaker.

"You may release Jarret Han." She said through gritted teeth.

Sara sighed in relief. She could only imagine what that poor boy had been through.

"Let's try to not have this conversation again, Amanda." Sara hissed.

With that, she exited the room and slammed the door behind her. She turned and saw two guards carrying Jarret. Although his eyes were open the boy didn't seem conscious. His clothes were torn and his skin was painted with bruises. There was a slight cut on his cheek that looked like it was infected.

Kevin gasped. "Jarret." He said in horror.

The guards dropped Jarret at their feet, the boy making a loud thump as he hit the floor.

"Careful!" Sara yelled.

She and Kevin reached down to pick Jarret up. The groaned, his head finding it's place on Sara's shoulder.

"We need to get him to the nurse," Sara said.

"What did Ms. Morningstar do to him?" Kevin asked.

She gulped. She wished she knew.


Maryanne

"Hello, class!" Maryanne cheered.

The majority of her class simply groaned as they looked at her.

"Is there a reason you called us here?" Jake said.

"I have a very important reason….homecoming!" She grinned.

She jumped up in the air and clapped her hands eagerly. She expected the rest of her class to cheer with her except they all just looked at her. Maryanne crossed her arms.

"Where is your school spirit?" Maryanne frowned.

"After everything that's happened these last couple of weeks, I doubt any of us are in a partying mood." Lex sighed.

Alice shrugged. "I don't like most of you, so I'm not that excited to party with you."

"Fair enough." Victoria shrugged.

"School dances suck," Jake grumbled.

Maryanne looked at Sarah, she had a partying streak, surely she wanted to go to homecoming.

"Sarah?" She said hopefully.

"School dances aren't my scene. I like parties with cheap alcohol and half-naked boys." Sarah shrugged.

Kaleb leaped up from his spot, a bright grin on his face.

"I for one am excited for a chance to show off my dancing skills." He laughed.

"Jesus Christ." Alice groaned.

Kaleb crossed his arms, all six of them. "After everything that's happened these last couple of weeks we need to party. We need a night where we can just be kids and enjoy our youth!"

"I prefer to enjoy my youth with a blunt." Hunter chuckled.

"No drugs!" Maryanne snapped.

She took a deep breath to regain her composure and forced a smile. "I already have today planned out. The girls can go shopping at this lovely boutique to find cute dresses, and I figured the boys wouldn't want to spend all day shopping, so I found a local sports bar for you guys to hang out at. I already talked to the owner and he said you guys can go there you just won't be served any alcohol."

She looked at the others hopefully. She needed a stress free week after finding out that he was back. She had planned to go dress shopping alone, but after receiving that polaroid she was scared to go anywhere alone.

"Fine, I'll go." Faith groaned.

Lex raised an eyebrow. "You will?"

"I guess I'll go too, sounds fun..ish," Hunter smirked.

Sarah twirled a strand of blond as she put on a puzzled face. "I guess getting a new dress is cute."

Soon the whole class agreed, and Maryanne grinned. "Yay! This is going to be so much fun."


Kaleb

"This sucks." Jake groaned.

The six boys sat around the table, not a single one of them was saying a word. They arrived at the sports bar thirty minutes ago, and they only they had done was get drinks. From Kaleb could gather half the boys hated each other. Matt seemed to be upset with Lex and Jake, and the feeling seemed to be mutual. Hunter kept glaring at Matt, who seemed oblivious to the stares. He and Alexander seemed to be the only ones that were enjoying themselves.

"So where are Kevin and Jarret?" Lex asked.

Kaleb shrugged. "Kevin said Jarret's not feeling well, so he's taking care of him."

"Sarah always said they were secretly a couple," Jake smirked.

Matt's face darkened when he heard Sarah's name. Was Sarah the reason for all of this drama? God, he really needed to pay more attention to the class gossip.

"Speaking of Sarah, how is the friendzone treating you?" Matt asked.

"How's having a tiny dick treating you?" Jake shot back.

The air grew tense as the two boys stared each other down. Kaleb coughed, desperate to change the subject.

"So, does anyone know who they're bringing to the dance?" Kaleb asked.

"I'm going with Maryanne." Alexander offered.

"I don't have a date yet, so I'll probably go with Aerolynn." Jake shrugged.

"Same as Jake, I'm going to go with friends. Sarah, Fouzia, Faith, and I will probably go as a group." Lex said.

Alexander choked on his drink when he heard Fouzia's name. He blushed and looked up at Lex.

"So you and Fouzia are going together?" Alexander asked.

"Was that really all you heard?" Lex smirked.

"I'm focused on the Sarah part," Matt grumbled.

Kaleb's eyes went to Matt. The love hexagon in his class was confusing to the boy. From what he gathered Matt liked Sarah but he was dating Victoria who seemed like to Hunter, who liked her back. However Sarah seemed to have feelings for Lex, and they seemed to be mutual which made Faith upset.

"Sarah and I are just friends, not that's any of your business." Lex snapped.

"What the hell is that supposed to mean?" Matt growled.

Lex got up angrily from the table. "You embarrassed her publicly. How do you think she felt finding out that you went on a date with Victoria."

Hunter rolled his eyes. "Like he cares, all this rich asshole does is use people."

Matt growled and turned to face the Japanese boy. "I barely know you, why are you mad at me?"

Hunter got up angrily and snarled. "I don't like people who mess with people I care about!"

"Victoria is just as guilty in this fake relationship as I am!" Matt yelled.

Kaleb gasped. "The relationship is fake?"

What a plot twist, he thought to himself.

"Of course, it, I'm dating Sarah," Matt said.

Jake burst out into laughter. "You're not dating Sarah."

"We never officially broke up." Matt snarled.

"Did her kicking your ass not deliver the message?" Hunter chuckled.

"Say one more thing Hunter, and I'll set your ass on fire!" Matt yelled.

"Hello, welcome to Pat's Pub!" The waitress interrupted.

The blond woman walked over to the table and widened her eyes at the four boys angrily glaring at each other. She cleared her throat.

"Are you guys ready to order?" She asked timidly.

She seemed like she didn't want to get caught in World War Three.

"We're going to need a couple of minutes." Kaleb sighed.


Sarah

"I hate shopping." Faith groaned.

The girls were searching the racks for the perfect dress for the evening. Well, Sarah, Fouzia, and Maryanne were searching. Victoria and Faith were looking at the frilly dresses in disgust, and Aerolynn was eating the complimentary mints.

"Where's Cleo?" Fouzia sked.

"She's already trying her dress on. Every color looks good on her." Maryanne said with envy.

Sarah frowned, she was still hesitant about going to Homecoming. With her father's return and the constant drama of Matt, she hadn't had time to focus on much else. Fouzia grinned and grabbed a black dress.

"What about this?" She asked.

"Sweetie, are you going to a funeral?" Sarah asked.

"Yeah, yours." Fouzia chuckled.

Sarah rolled her eyes and kept browsing the racks. Maybe if she looked good, she would feel good. She stopped when she came upon a strapless red dress. She smirked and pulled it off the rack, it looked cute. Granted it wouldn't look good on her body. Sarah's eyes went to Faith, who was currently playing a game on her phone.

"Can we get a pizza now?" Faith groaned.

"Come on Faith, you should participate, shopping is so much fun." Fouzia grinned.

Faith shrugged. "Fashion isn't really my scene."

"I have to agree with Goldilocks, I don't really do dress up. I don't even know what I like, my mother always bought my clothes for me." Victoria shrugged.

Sarah sighed, her mother was the same. Unlike Victoria's mom, however, her mother made sure the skirts were as short as possible.

"Come on guys, this is our chance to wear something other than our hero costume or our school uniforms!" Maryanne pouted.

The girl had a point. Sarah looked at the red dress and offered it to Faith.

"You should get this," Sarah said.

Faith looked at Sarah with the slightest bit of distrust. Sarah didn't blame her, she wouldn't trust her either.

"Does the dress have poison ivy in it or something?" Faith asked.

"Don't be ridiculous, I don't even know where to find poison ivy." Sarah chuckled.

Faith rolled her eyes. "You don't have to pretend to like me."

"See that's where your wrong, I don't pretend to like anyone, I have everyone equally," Sarah smirked.

Sarah shrugged. "The dress is hot and you would look hot in it. Aren't you looking for something that will get Lex's attention?"

Faith blushed. Sarah chuckled; it was cute how she acted like a little school girl whenever Lex's name was brought up.

"I don't like Lex." Faith muttered.

"Achoo!" Fouzia sneezed.

Maryanne smiled. "Bless you."

"Thanks, I'm allergic to bullshit," Fouzia said.

This earned a laugh from all of the girls.

Faith looked up at her classmates with embarrassment. "Is it that obvious?"

"To anyone with eyes," Victoria said.

"So to answer your question, everyone knows but Lex," Sarah smirked.

She found it amazing how someone so smart, couldn't notice what was going on right in front of him.

Faith shook her head. "I don't have a chance with him anyway."

Victoria raised an eyebrow. "What makes you think that?"

Faith gulped and looked around at the girls. She was scared of saying the wrong thing. Almost as if she said it aloud that it would be true.

"I think he likes someone else." Faith said.

Who else could it be? It can't be me or Cleo, Victoria is a robot (no offense), Maryanne's with Alexander, Fouzia is well…Fouzia, Alice would snap his neck for simply looking at her, and Sarah is in like what five different love triangles? Aerolynn chuckled.

Sarah rolled her eyes. "Funny Aero."

"Why does everyone keep calling me a robot? I have feelings…I think." Victoria stammered.

Fouzia swallowed a lump in her throat and turned to look at Maryanne. Sarah sighed, she had forgotten her roommate had a crush on Alexander. Well technically Fouzia hadn't told her, but drama and dysfunction were Sarah's second language. It was obvious Fouzia liked Alexander.

Perhaps boys named Alexander were just clueless.

"I guess there is no harm in trying to dress on." Faith chuckled.

"Thata girl, Lex is going to devour you when he sees you in that dress." Sarah grinned.

Faith gagged. "It sounds weird when you say it like that."

She made her way to the dressing room, leaving the rest of the girls. Maryanne grinned and pulled out a powder blue dress. "I want this one."

"What a surprise, you chose blue," Victoria said with a roll of her eyes.

Maryanne ignored her comment and ran to the dressing room. Aerolynn and Fouzia decided to go to the other side of the store to look for a dress, leaving Sarah and Victoria alone. Sarah gulped, things were weird with Victoria and her.

Victoria was fake dating her ex-boyfriend or current boyfriend. She still wasn't completely sure if they broke up. He didn't seem to think so.

"Sarah I have to ask you a question," Victoria said.

Sarah groaned. "Shoot."

"So you're the only person I can ask about this. I know we don't really like each other, but I don't have any friends." Victoria said solemnly.

"Believe me, sweetheart, I'm not in the position to be turning down friends." Sarah sighed.

Victoria took a deep breath. "I had sex yesterday."

"Ew. With a human?" Sarah gagged.

"Yes with a human!" Victoria said.

Sarah's stomach dropped at the thought of it being with Matt. She was over him, right? What if she wasn't? Was she ready to see him being with someone else for real? She felt devasted at the thought of him in a fake relationship, how would she cope with knowing he slept with someone else.

"Don't worry it wasn't with Matt." Victoria gagged.

Sarah sighed in relief. There must have been one reason she was coming to her.

"Oh god are you pregnant?" Sarah yelped.

"No!" Victoria blurted out.

If she was white, her cheeks would probably have been the same shade as a strawberry. The girl sighed.

"I was a product of teenage pregnancy, I know better to not repeat my mother's mistakes." Victoria sighed.

Sarah smirked and sat back. Apparently, Victoria wasn't the prissy princess she had pegged her for.

"I always thought you would be a nun, but this is an interesting development." Sarah chuckled.

"Please don't make a big deal about this." Victoria blushed.

Sarah grinned. "Now that we're both whores, we can go shopping together! This is such a great bonding experience. We're the only girls in our class having sex it's like we're in a secret club! We should get matching fur coats."

Victoria gagged. "I rather go to my family reunion, since you've met my mother I'm sure you know how painful that is."

Sarah sighed. She had a point.

"Who was it with? Was it Hunter?" Sarah gasped.

The two always had the cliché good girl, bad boy vibe. It was predictable yet fascinating to watch. Victoria cleared her throat.

"That's a secret," Victoria muttered.

Sarah pouted. "Come on you know who've I've slept with."

"Well, Sarah you are really open about your sex life. Plus the walls between the girls' dorms are very thin and sometimes you can be very loud-"

"I get it." Sarah blushed, cutting her off. "Anyway, what's the problem?"

Victoria frowned. "The problem was I liked it."

Sarah raised an eyebrow. "You had sex and expected not to like it?"

God girls were weird.

"It's just I have no romantic feelings for the person I did it with. I know this for a fact because I like someone else. But for someone reason, I just keep thinking of that night, and I just think of how I want to do it over and over and over and over-"

Sarah gagged. "Okay, now you're starting to scar me."

Sarah was surprised, Victoria was perhaps a bigger freak than she was. Who knew?

"Well the only advice I can give, one whore to another, I say just enjoy yourself. You're just a teenager trying to fun, you're not looking for your fiancée. Just do what feels right and what makes you comfortable." Sarah shrugged.

Victoria blushed. "That's actually not awful advice."

"I know I'm quite wise," Sarah smirked.

She held out her palm for a high five. "Come on my fellow thot."

"Please don't call me that." Victoria cringed.

"You're not taking this bonding moment away from me Victoria Crown!" Sarah barked.


Alexander

The tension between the boys was so thick Alexander could have cut it with a knife. Kaleb was happily chewing on his French fries, an act that seemed to be annoying Matt. Other than Kaleb the only other person who was eating was Jake who was on his eighth slice of pizza. Lex and Matt kept shooting daggers at each other, and Hunter was twirling butter knife in his hands.

No one said a word.

Alexander cleared his throat. "I'm going to go ask for a refill."

"Hope you trip." Jake muttered.

Alexander sighed and got up from the table. He wasn't sure why he let Maryanne convince him to do this. Well he knew why, because he liked her and when she told him about her idea he was too focused on how blue her eyes were.

Alexander was so lost in his thoughts he didn't even realize someone was right in front of him. He bumped into the man, his head slamming against his chest. Alexander groaned, and pulled his face back. His jaw was hurting like a motherfucker, what was this man-made of steel?

"What the hell?" The man demanded.

Alexander looked up at the man and yelped. He was huge. Gigantification quirks were one of the most common quirk types, so with Alexander's luck, it was no surprise the man in front of him was eight feet tall. Despite his skin being bright blue and his eyes being pink, he was quite intimidating.

"I'm so sorry," Alexander said.

The man growled. "You made me spill my beer."

Alexander gulped. Crap.

"Sir I can buy you a new one. Well I'm a minor, so I personally can't but I can give you the money." Alexander offered.

The man growled. "No, I think I'll settle for kicking your ass."

"Sir I wouldn't want to hurt you. Why don't we just stay rational about this." Alexander said.

"You think your scrawny ass could hurt me?" The man roared.

Alexander saw about a dozen different pressure points to hit that would knock him out and about four more that could kill. Judging by the way he held his body he was left-handed, so Alexander could expect a punch from the left and a block from the right. He had all his weight placed on his right foot, so if Alexander kicked his left foot his balance would be thrown off. A quick throat punch could also take him out.

"We can deal with this in a more civilized manner," Alexander explained.

"Hey, asshat!" A voice called.

Alexander turned and saw Jake walking towards them. Double crap.

"Is there a problem?" Jake asked.

"This little fucker spilled my drink!" He yelled.

Jake turned to look at Alexander and smirked. "Believe me, I know how annoying he is, however, I don't know if fighting him in a bar will make you feel any better."

The man growled. "What the hell do you know?"

Jake shrugged and began to roll up his sleeves. He looked up at the man with a wild grin.

"I'm just saying since you want to fight so bad, why don't you fight me?" Jake said.

Right after this, he slammed his fist into the man's jaw, his head flying backward and his body stumbling.

A table of men right next to him rose up angrily. Judging by their matching black leather jackets, Alexander guessed they were his friends.

"Chauncey!" One of them yelled.

Jake burst out into laughter. "Your name is Chauncey! What a bitch name."

One of his friends got up and charged towards Jake, Jake got in a fighting stance prepared to take him on when a powerful gust of wind slammed into the man. His body soared through the air like he was lighter than a feather.

Alexander and Jake turned to see Matt glaring at them.

"If anyone is going to kick my roommate's ass it's going to be me," Matt growled.

Hunter eagerly leaped up from the table and began to clap his hands.

"Did someone say fight!" Hunter cheered.

"Jesus Christ," Lex muttered.

Kaleb also got up and clapped his hands. "This is such a great bonding experience for us."

Chauncey and his friends got up, just as the rest of Alexander's classmates ran to his side. Alexander was surprised by how eager the boys were to defend him. Or perhaps they just really wanted a fight. It was probably the latter.

"We really don't have to do this," Alexander said to Chauncey.

He felt bad, this poor man had no idea what he was getting himself into.

"We really do." Hunter chuckled.

His roommate was already flattening his hands and had a mischievous glint in his eyes.

"Well, there's thirteen of us and six of you kids." Chauncey grinned.

Jake chuckled at the comment. Lex stepped forward and sighed. "You should have brought more people."

Then all hell broke loose. Kaleb had one man in a chokehold while using two of his other arms to exchange punches with a man who had knives for hands. To his left, Matt was throwing small boulders at three of the men.

Alexander heard a loud whoosh and ducked on instinct. He looked up and chuckled at what he saw: Hunter was flying. Well, he was in his paper state, so riding the wind was a more accurate term. He soared down to two of the men and slashed their arms with amazing speed.

"What the hell!" One hissed.

Blood ran down his arm, causing Hunter to smirk. "That's going to leave a mark!"

Alexander looked and saw Lex sitting at the table nonchalantly, four unconscious men were at his feet. Alexander raised an eyebrow, and the boy shrugged.

"Poor guys never even got a hit on me." Lex sighed.

Lex's quirk never ceased to amaze him.

"Die jackass!" Jake yelled.

Alexander turned and was surprised to see Jake was fighting someone who seemed to have an electricity quirk. The man held out his hands and shot a magenta-colored bolt of lightning towards the boy. Jake unhinged his jaw and vomited up a blast of energy. The two blasts collided in the middle creating a powerful explosion that threw both boys back.

"You think I forgot about you?" Chauncey growled.

Alexander sighed. "I was really hoping you did."

He pulled his fist back and punched Chauncey in the throat. The man gasped before, falling on the ground gasping for air.

"Sorry about that." Alexander blushed.

The owner ran over to the scene and growled. "You six get the hell out of my bar!"


Cleo

"Thanks for taking us for a night out, Maryanne. I totally needed this." Cleo smiled.

"She's right, hanging out was fun, even though I hate shopping." Victoria chuckled.

Maryanne's face lit up at the compliments. "Thank you, guys!"

The girls currently sat in the common room devouring ice cream they had gotten from a Koren place.

"Where's Alice? I kind of miss that psychotic bitch." Sarah chuckled.

"Her father is a fashion designer, so he made her one himself. She's going to pick it up right now." Cleo explained.

Of course, he was, Cleo thought bitterly.

"What do you guys think the boys are doing?" Faith asked.

Fouzia rolled her eyes. "God, I don't even want to know."

Their question was answered by loud laughter heard from outside the common room. Cleo raised an eyebrow and was surprised to see the six boys running into the common room, laughing giddily like they just heard the world's greatest joke.

Cleo raised an eyebrow when noticed some of them had bruises, yet judging by how hard they were laughing they either didn't notice or didn't care.

"I'm guessing you guys had a fun night," Sarah said with a smirk.

"What happened to you guys?" Cleo asked.

Hutner laughed. "It was amazing, we went to that trashy bar that Maryanne recommended but it was so boring."

"Then we got in a fight!" Matt chuckled.

Lex cackled. "They threw us out so we were just wandering around the streets, and we had so much fun."

"We went to a taco trunk!" Jake cheered.

"And we got slushies!" Alexander grinned.

Matt wrapped his arms around Lex and Hunter and pulled them in for a bear hug.

"I fucking love you guys! I want you to be the best men at my wedding!" Matt giggled.

"Bro I would be honored." Lex chuckled.

Sarah raised an eyebrow. "Oh my fucking god. You guys are high."

Cleo burst out into laughter, no wonder the boys were acting so friendly. They were higher than a kite.

"There's no way, Lex doesn't do drugs." Faith said.

Victoria got up and walked towards the boys. "Where exactly did you get these slushies from?"

"From Tony." Kaleb chuckled.

"Who the hell is Tony?" Fouzia asked.

"He's the nice man, with a dragon tattoo! I didn't want to take drinks from a stranger, but then Hutner said I was a little bitch so I just had to do it!" Alexander laughed.

"Oh honey." Maryanne sighed.

I didn't even know you could put weed in drinks. Aerolynn said.

Sarah burst out into laughter. "Honey you can put weed in anything. I'm pretty sure my mom used to put some in my sippy cup to help me fall asleep at night."

Cleo cleared her throat. There were so many things wrong with that statement.

"You guys are so cute when you're high." Cleo chuckled.

"Hey, we're not cute we're men!" Jake yelled, his voice cracking as he did so.

Sarah laughed. "We should probably take these boys back to their rooms so they can sleep it off."

"I'll take Jake and Mat." Sarah sighed.

Cleo smirked, she probably knew their room better than any of the others did.

"I got Lex, but Kaleb has too many arms for me to control." Faith said.

"I'll help," Fouzia smirked.

"I can handle Alexander and Hutner," Maryanne said.

"It's nap time!" Lex giggled.

Cleo chuckled and turned to face Aerolynn. They were the only two left. Cleo cleared her throat.

"I should probably go," Cleo said.

You don't have to. Aerolynn blushed.

Cleo gulped and sat back down. She and Aerolynn hadn't really talked since their kiss at the party. Granted it was during a game of spin the bottle, but the kiss felt electrifying. It seemed like such a big deal to Cleo, that she wanted to see if they could pursue a relationship. Apparently Aerolynn didn't feel the same way.

Your dress looks pretty. Aerolynn said.

Cleo blushed and nodded. "Thanks."

Aerolynn gulped. Was she nervous? She was probably searching for the words to say. What else could she have to say to Cleo?

So I was wondering, would you want to be my date to homecoming? Aerolynn asked.

Cleo's face fell. Was she serious? Anger bubbled in her chest. This girl made no sense! She had been avoding her for weeks and suddenly she wanted to go to homecoming together? Did she want to embarrass Cleo?

"So now I'm good enough?" Cleo asked.

Aerolynn frowned. What do you mean?

"I've been trying to talk to you for weeks, but you've been avoiding me. Do you know humiliating it is to chase after someone who obviously doesn't like you?" Cleo asked.

I do like you. Aerolynn said.

"Then why didn't you talk to me? Instead, you treated me like I was some pest that was always bothering you." Cleo sighed.

It's complicated. Aerolynn said.

Cleo frowned. "Well when you figure it out, why don't you tell me."

Cleo grabbed her purse and got up angrily. She turned to look at Aerolynn and frowned.

"I'm nobody's fool." She hissed.

She growled and marched off to her dorm room. She was no longer looking forward to Homecoming.

Kevin

"Do you want some water?" Kevin asked.

He watched Jarret's limp body lying in his bed. He barely said anything all day, he spent most of the afternoon sleeping. However he wasn't sleeping peacefully, the boy wasn't often screaming or sobbing, his body thrashing around as he experienced horrific nightmares.

Jarret mumbled something in response, causing Kevin to raise an eyebrow. "Mmmmmm."

"What?" Kevin asked.

"M-m-o-n-n-s-t-er." Jarret stuttered.

Kevin raised an eyebrow. Monster. What was Jarret talking about?

"She has a monster," Jarret whispered.

After that he passed out, leaving Kevin confused and worried.


Ms. Morningstar Files

Name: Faith Ritter

Quirk: Bone Blades

Parents/Legal Guardians: Jonah Ritter (father), Laura Ritter (mother)

Medical conditions: N/A

Notes: For someone that tries to be a badass 24/7, Faith is surprisingly emotional. She doesn't make decisions with her brain, she does so with her heart, she's a liability. Granted her combat skills make up for her intense sensitivity. She is probably one of the best fighters in the class, in terms of hand to hand combat. If her classmates didn't have quirks that would enhance their performance in battle she could wipe the floor with them. The problem is that she knows this, giving her an inflated ego which doesn't pair well with her sensitivity. Faith is a warrior with an armor of glass and is just one wrong day from shattering. Her connection to Lex could be exploited, she shows blind devotion to him. As of now she is not a good candidate for the advanced course.

Danger Level: Orange

Further Notes: Her body seemed to be adapting to host her quirk. Could be a genetic breakthrough in quirk studies.


Don't worry the villains or coming soon! But all this drama is necessary for plot purposes, you'll see why later,