AUTHORS NOTE:

I want to thank you all who are following this story and to all who reviewed. This is my first fan fiction so I'll take any advice you have. HUGE shout out to Glory of Lorien! They have great stories and are a wicked writer. R/R please!

Johns POV:
I can't believe my dad's back. He pulls back and I can see tears in his eyes. Then I notice I have tears in my eyes too. This is unreal! I didn't think my dad was going to be back before graduation, but now he's standing in my living room. My dad and I are real close. Most people don't real spend time with their parents until they have kids of their own, but my dad always stayed in touch and come over a lot. I am thrilled he's home, but I'm confused about why he's here. He was a going to be in space for five more months.
"You're probably wondering why I'm here." He says.
"Yeah, sort of." I don't want to seem unhappy that he's here, but I'm itching to know why he's home so early.
"The government needs a few young men and women to be sent to earth. Since Loric High has the highest over all grades for the senior class, they sent me here. Isn't that great! I already signed your name up for the evaluation!"
"That's great dad!" I can't believe this! This is what I've been wanting for years!
We talk for hours after that. It's so great to have him here and I'm ecstatic about the earth program, that we lose track of time. It's around midnight when he leaves and I head to bed.

The next morning I head to school early. I'm meeting Stanley and Cole there to work before class. We go into the legacies training room. It's the only place in the school that you can use your powers. We start warming up when Rich walks in.
"What's the hobbit doing here?" Stanley says.
"I told you, I'm training him." I respond. I'm not thrilled about it either, but I promised Mr. James I'd help.
"That's what Cepans are for, right?"
"His is sick are something."
"Does he still need to come to my party tomorrow?" Cole asks.
"Yes. Yes he does."

We start playing ultimate capture the flag with a few other people in the gym (which is capture the flag with legacies) and 10 minutes in, Rich is covered in bruises and exhausted. I call timeout and heal him. He says that he's done and goes over to the bench and pulls out a candy bar. We start again and I get really into it. By the end of the game I've burned just about everything that can be burned, and a few things that shouldn't burn.

We hit the showers before class. I try to remove the smell of smoke from my skin, and fail. As always. We're late for class so we run to home room. As Cole, Stanley, and myself walk in an announcement is being given about the earth program. Rich shows up in homeroom just as the bell is ringing. Man he's slow.

Stanley's POV:
It new guy is so out of shape! We were playing a quick game of capture the flag, and after 10 minutes, 10 MINUETS, he needed John to heal him then he quit! Just like that! His legacies haven't ever developed yet! It must suck to be his Cepen. How do you get stuck with a loser like this? The announcement about the earth thing is cool. John, Cole, and I are so getting in. And hopefully Bryce won't. I hate that guy. When he and his idiot followers beat up John, I was ready to rip his head off. Johnny and I are pretty close. It's like we're brothers. John begged me to leave him alone. I know he is trying to protected Leia and all, but he needs to protect himself. I try to tell him that but he won't listen to me. Yesterday when Leia asked me about John, I really wanted to tell her about her psycho ex boyfriend. I told her I didn't want to be late for class but I could tell she didn't buy it. Maybe I can get John to talk to Marina. She'll know what to do.

Rich's POV:
I hate this place. I hate the teachers. And I hate the students. I liked my old school, with my old friends. Sure, I was never super popular, but I had friends that I could eat lunch with and hang out with on the weekends. Now I have no one. Well, I have Ray, my Cepan, but he's not doing to good. He has a bad cough and spends a lot of time in bed. It hasn't been all bad though, because this means he isn't up to making me train and work out. But now this super popular jock was assigned to help me out here. Like, train with me and let me hang out with him outside of school. I had to work out with his friends this morning and I was awful. They were so aggressive with each other. They all use their legacies like it's nothing. Mine haven't even developed yet. Then they'd laugh when someone got hurt. And the hurt person would laugh too! They're all crazy. Like they enjoy pain and blood or something. I could tell that they were judging me, all of them. After working out we all took showers then they sprinted down the hall like animals! The bell rung just as I was walking into homeroom, this place is so big! I'm the bathroom avoiding my math class. That Stanley guy is there and I know he is laughing at me. I just want to go back home. I hear someone walk into the bathroom.

"It must stink to have that weird new guy follow you around all the time," the voice said. I knew it! People are laughing about me. John probably is going to say something stupid about me. Like that I couldn't get though more than ten minutes of training. It's true, but he shouldn't be telling people that. I feel like going out there and punching the guy who's talking about me. That would show him not to laugh at me. I decide to keep listening though. I tell myself it's because I want to know what John says about me, but it's really because I doubt that I could take on two guys. Especially ones built like John.

"Shut up," John growls, "you have no idea what you're talking about. You don't know Rich or what he's been through. I don't either. So why don't we learn before we start talking about him. Ok?"
Wow. He just stood up for me. And he doesn't even know me. Maybe he isn't so bad after all…