7:35AM, Ryder House-Ally's POV
"Alliane Ryder if you don't get your butt up now we're all going to miss the bus!" Ally moaned tiredly in the general direction of her window and glanced at the clock. 7:36AM. She had plenty of time. The bus didn't come until 7:45AM. Wait...7:45AM? Oh crap! Ally dove out of her bed and, after grabbing a random shirt and pair of jeans, dashed into the shower. She was out of the shower by 7:42AM and waiting with her still damp hair in a ponytail at the bus stop one minute before the bus came.
"Thanks for waking me," Ally told Layla once they were seated on the bus.
"No problem," Layla replied with an easy grin.
"What happened?" Maj asked, turning around in her seat to glance at Layla and Ally.
"I missed my alarm and woke up with Layla shouting at me from the apple tree by my window at almost 7:40 in the morning," Ally explained with an almost bashful smile. "Most I've slept in forever though."
"And you made the bus on time?" Zach asked, his voice well colored with disbelief.
"Yup," Ally, Layla, and Will all said at the same time before laughing. Maj grinned while Ethan and Zach exchanged mystified looks as they struggled to identify the source of our amusement. The bus landed safely at Sky High again and the day began with a series of crazy classes that made up a totally normal routine. Lunch was the only thing Ally was truly looking forward too. She was still standing in line when Will began making his way across the cafeteria. Then, for no go reason whatsoever, he tripped. Will Stronghold may have never been very coordinated but he was at least graceful enough not to trip on the cafeteria floor and spill his lunch all over the one boy who had good reason to hate him; Warren Peace.
"Oh crap," Ally muttered as she watched Warren's head lift up, his dark eyes seeming to turn into bottomless wells of shadow. This wasn't going to be good.
12:10PM, Sky High Cafeteria- Warren's POV
It was Stronghold. Of course it was Warren kidding? Fate hated him. The one boy who made him want to kill someone had just nearly fallen on him and spilled his lunch everywhere. The boy who had no powers and still a flock of chattering friends and admirers anyway all because of who his father was. The cafeteria had gone dead silent. Horrified eyes were all focused on him and the boy he now pulled up off the floor. "Uh...sorry," Stronghold managed to get out looking nervously around.
"You will be." The words came out sharp and hot. Warren meant every one of them too.
"Okay," Will said slowly. "Let's not do this."
"You think you can just do whatever you want 'cause you're name's Stronghold?"
"I'm sorry that my dad put your dad in jail but-" Wrong thing to say. Warren felt his temper light up like the flames inside him were dying to do.
"Nobody talks about my father," he snarled, shoving Will back and igniting his arms. Will's eyes went wide with panic as he scrambled back.
"Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!" The crowd chanted. Someone shouted for a teacher to do something. Someone ran for Principal Powers. All Warren cared about was annihilating the boy in front of him who had just dove under one of the cafeteria tables. Warren climbed on top of the table, tossing fireball after fireball down.
"Where's you're sidekick, sidekick?" he taunted.
"Right here," a voice called and he saw Stronghold's friends standing at the edge of the crowd.
"Wait! Don't do this," one voice yelled and a slim girl pushed her way through just as Warren reignited his flames.
"Leave them alone." Suddenly the table was lifting up in the air, higher and higher.
"He's strong," the flower power girl said with a grin.
"I'm strong?" Will said, making it sound like a shocked question rather than an affirmative.
"Super strong," Gwen, senior class president, added in an almost thoughtful tone. That was when Stronghold threw the table.
Warren crashed into the outside wall of the cafeteria and the crowd cheered. He stumbled to his feet slowly, anger still flaming in his chest, and the crowd scrambled aside. "Stronghold," he yelled and Will turned and lashed out at him, sending him flying back. Warren forced himself to his feet again, reigniting.
"Stop it!" The same girl who had told them to quit before scrambled in between he and Stronghold. "You guys are being so stupid." Will shoved her aside, always acting the gallant hero just like his no good father, as Warren advanced. That was when someone doused him with the fire extinguisher. When the spray finally cleared the girl was glaring at both of them. "I told you to stop," she hissed and Warren felt a wave of annoyance wash over him. As if he was going to do what she told him.
"Mr. Peace, Mr. Stronghold," Principal Powers suddenly called, stalking over in her heels. "Miss Ryder, my office, now."
To frozenangel1988 my apologies if I kept you up playing Minesweeper because of that part in the story... Unfortunately it is addicting. Thanks for the review!