Here's the second chapter to New High School, New Problems. Hopefully this chapter will be better than the first seeing as I'm not writing this at 2am. Enjoy! ~ louisethellama
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Ike asked each person who they were to be sparring with and called up each pair one-by-one. Link and Marth waited eagerly for their turn to show everyone their skills. To the others, it seemed that this match would be a long one due to them being seemingly equally skilled with the sword. However, to the two boys, they thought that the match would be over in mere seconds, each boy thinking they would reign victorious.
Each pair came up and had their fencing match whilst the two swordsmen waited for their turn. Eventually, Link and Marth's names were called. The two of them stood back to back and took ten paces, then turned around. When the signal was given, they began to fence. Immediately, both swordsmen aimed their foils at each other's chests, aiming to hit their target and win the match, yet they were instead met with a clashing of blades. Both of them were taken aback by how skilled their partner was until they realised that they would have to give it their all if they were to win this match.
Five minutes passed, then ten, then twenty until a full half an hour had passed and the pair were still dueling! Ike came upon the notion that this match could potentially have no end (until the two of them got exhausted, that is) so he told the two to cease dueling. Upon hearing this, the two stopped and stood their, looking extremely hot and bothered.
From that moment, the two became firm friends.
The two had been fencing for so long that it was the end of the lesson and they needed to go to their next class, which was the most boring lesson in the entire school - arts and crafts. Link and Marth looked at their timetables and sighed as they picked up their stuff, walked out of the door into the corridor and headed towards the art room, conversing as they went. They talked about their homes and how they got into practicing swordplay. Link and Marth both felt that they had inquired a fantastic, useful new adversary.
Once they reached the art room, they realised that they had been conversing for so long that they had become late for their lesson. They swung the door open to see the art teacher, Miss Toadstool, demonstrating how to draw a simple daisy. She hadn't noticed that the two teenage boys were late to the lesson so they quietly snuck in and sat on a free desk at the back of the classroom. They lifted up the top of the desk to find art supplies - paper, pastels, watercolour paints among others. Link and Marth looked at each other with a look that expressed that neither of them had any artistic talent whatsoever. They exchanged smirks and began their drawings. They concentrated to intensely that they managed to make the lesson go by quickly and produce semi-decent pieces of art. They had to present these drawings to the class and they discovered that they weren't the least talented people in the group.
Eventually, the lesson ended and Link and Marth finally had half an hour break from lessons to converse and introduce Link to Marth's group of friends: Roy, Toon Link, Fox, Falco, Lucario and Red (otherwise known as Pokemon Trainer). They spent the entirety of the break discussing many things and becoming firm friends.
Hopefully you enjoyed this chapter! If you left a review telling me what you thought or any new improvements that could be made I would be extremely grateful!
Until next time,
~louisethellama