Guardian High
Disclaimer: I do not own anything except my characters.
DoodleMistress: I intend on adding Pitch in the story later on, but thank for the idea as a bully.
Chapter 1-
Jack's POV
My first day continues. Apparently, teachers like to embarrass new students by making them introduce themselves.
So not fun! Also, I haven't talked to anyone and no one has bothered to talk to me, which actually makes me pretty happy. I like to keep to myself. So, I am officially the lonely new kid.
"Students, in a week you will be put in groups and work on a project. I will be picking the groups, so don't get to excited. You will do a report on a country, continent, or city, that the whole group has agreed on. Now, you can continue working on homework." said the senior homeroom teacher, Mrs. Draug.
Oh, great. First, I'm happy because no one has attempted to befriend me. And now I'm forced to work in a group. "Fantastic," I thought and rolled my eyes.
My thoughts were interrupted by some kid saying, "Mrs. Draug, I can't work in a group. I work better alone."
Dang, that was one heck of an Australian accent.
"Well," she looked at her papers to identify the kid that spoke. "Ezekiel, you may not like it, but you have to work in a group." At his name people started laughing.
"My name-" he was starting to say, when a colorful girl stood up. She said, "How would you like it if someone laughed at your name! Stop being so immature!" and then sat down.
Wow, she seemed either really nice or she really hated bullies. Either way, that was nice.
-A week later-
Nick's POV
Today was the day the seniors got put into their groups for the report for Mrs. Draug. She said a five names, none of which were mine. She said five more, once again not mine. Finally, she said, "In the next group there is Nick, Jack, Tatiana, Anderson, and Aster(which Mrs. Draug finally learned to call Ezekiel)."
Wow! We must me the most unlikely group in the whole senior class. Oh well, I walked over to who I assumed was Jack.
"Hey, are you Jack?" I asked.
For a minute he looked shocked ( it was probably the accent.) then he said, "Yeah, I'm Jack. Who are you?"
"I'm Nick. And I'm guessing that the people walking over here are Tatiana, Aster, and Anderson."
Three seniors walked over. They each looked so different. The girl, Tatiana, had purple, blue, green, pink, and yellow streaks, and big blue eyes. The taller boy, who was almost as tall as me, had black hair that was almost blue and green eyes. The shorter boy, who was even shorter than Tatiana, had dirty blonde hair and hazel eyes.
We looked like one awkward group.
"G'day mate." said the taller boy, with a thick Australian accent. "I'm Aster."
"Hi! I'm Tatiana, but you can call me Tati!" said the girl with speed and excitement.
"Hey, I'm Nick." I said.
"Hi, I'm Jack." he said quietly.
We all looked at the short boy waiting for an introduction. When he saw us staring he grabbed his notebook and wrote, "I'm Anderson, call me Andy. Also, I'm mute, I can't speak."
We all said, "Ohhhhh." in unison.
So far it didn't seem like we would be likely friends.
Tati said, well not said- exclaimed, "We should all meet up to work on the project! Make sure you all bring notebooks! And we can meet up at my house!" She handed us all strips of paper with a phone number on it. "Just give me a call!"
"Hey, girly, calm down." said Aster.
"Sorry, I'm just really excited! I'm new this year and no one has tried to be my friend and I was hoping we could be friends!"
"I don't really like being in groups." said Jack. "Or with people."
"Oh. Whatever. Anyway give me a call when you wanna meet up!" said Tati.
-After school-
Jack's POV
"Mom! Dad! I'm home!" yelled Jack.
At this my sister came zooming down the stairs. She wrapped her arms around me and said, "Yeah! You're home! I got really lonely today."
"Hey, Laviana, burning arms." I wheezed.
She instantly released her hold and said her apologies. My sister has never been to Guardian High, and she was younger than me, but some how she got powers. Her powers revolved around heat, and she was constantly burning me or my things. We had to fireproof her room.
"Jack? Is that you?" Mom asked.
"Yeah Mom!" I yelled back. "Can I talk to you alone?"
"Yes, Jack, just come in here." and I walked into her office, and shut the door.
"Mom, I think I may have made friends today." I said.
" That's great." she said absentmindedly. "Wait, what?"
"I have friends in the making! And the only reason we met is because we have to work on a project together."
"Jack, you know the rule about friends."
"You meant the rule where I can't have friends because of Laviana! Yeah, well, that rule isn't fair!" I yelled then ran to my room.
Jeez, it just wasn't fair. Ever since Laviana got her powers I have never been allowed to have friends. My parents think that one my friends will see burn marks from her and think that they abuse me.
I was so sick of that rule. And I didn't care anymore.
I grabbed my phone and called Tati.
"Hey Tati." I said.
"JACK! You called!"
"Yep."
"Did you need something?"
"Yeah, I wanted to know when you and the others wanted to meet up for the report."
"Oh, I don't know. Do you have an IM?"
"Yeah," I answered.
"Ok, get logged on and I will call the others."
"Ok,"
I ran to my desk which had my laptop on it. I waited for it to turn on and as soon as it did I got logged on. I had a message from tatitooth417, and was pretty sure it was Tati.
tatitooth417: hey jack
jacklava88: hey tati
(and yes I do use my sister's nickname in my IM username)
tatitooth417: the others should b on in a minute
easteraustralia570: hey its aster
sanderson33: hey its andy
nickolas11: its nick
tatitooth417: great we r all here
easteraustralia570: wht did u need tati?
tatitooth417: jack wanted to kno when we should meet up for the report
nickolas11: wht do u think jack? wht time is good for u?
I was about to respond when I heard a knock at the door and Lava walked in.
"What do you want, Laviana?" I asked.
"I heard you and Mom talking." she said.
"Of course, you did."
"How is it my fault you can't have friends?"
"Because Mom thinks that my friends will see burn marks from you, think that my parents abuse me, and then Mom and Dad will get taken away!" I yelled.
By the time I finished saying this I had already heard several dings coming from my laptop.
"Who are you talking too?" she asked.
"My friends from school."
"What are their names?"
"There's Anderson, Aster, Nick, and Tatiana."
"What are they like?"
"Anderson, he's nice, short, and he can't speak. Aster, he's Australian, tall, and really annoying. Nick is even taller than Aster, he has a thick Russian accent, and he's nice and athletic. Tatiana is very bubbly and kinda crazy. She has a bunch of crazy colors in her hair, and she talks really fast and loud."
"You guys seem like quite the bunch."
"Yeah, but I can't talk I gotta talk to my friends about our report for school."
When I looked back at my laptop I had several messages.
nickolas11: jack? hello?
tatitooth417: jack where did u go?
easteraustralia570: i knew he would b like this
sanderson33: like wht?
easteraustralia570: rude, ignorant
jacklava88: wow aster and i thought tht we were friends
easteraustralia570: now u answer
tatitooth417: where were u?
jacklava88: talking to my sister
tatitooth417: u have a sister? whts her name?
jacklava88: Laviana i call her lava
nickolas11: can we get back to the report?
sanderson33: we should meet up 2morro
easteraustralia570: thts fine with me
nickolas11: me too
tatitooth417: same
jacklava88: ok c u guys 2morro
With that we ended the conversation.
I turned back to Lava.
"I'm sorry I blamed you for not having friends. I know it's my fault." I said.
"Jack, you don't have to apologize."
"Thanks, Lava."
We hugged it out. "Lava, burning arms again."
"Sorry." she smiled.
-The next day-
Jack's POV
The first part of the day passed in a blur. I tried to hide how excited I was about later, let's just say I didn't do a very good job.
Finally, I started walking to Tatiana's house. When I got there everyone else was already there. I walked in the room, probably the dining room, where they were sitting. They all had notebooks and maps.
I sat down and said, "Hey guys, what's up?"
"We still trying to think of a country to do." said Nick.
"Andy wants to do Africa, Aster wants Australia, Nick wants Russia, and I can't decide. What do you think, Jack?"
I took off my jacket, and Tatiana gasped. Shoot, I forgot all about Laviana's burns.
"Oh my colors, Jack! What happened?!"
"Nothing. I'm ok."
"Jack, I'm serious. What happened?" she demanded.
I put my jacket back on and said, "Nothing. Can we just eork on the project?"
Each one of my friends had a worried look in their eyes, everyone except Aster.
After 2 hours of arguing we finally agreed to do our report on South America. Because it was across the globe from all of the suggestions.
I got a call from my mom saying I had to go home. So I ran home and logged on to my IM. Luckily, I added their IM addresses to my contacts so their stupid usernames didn't show up.
Jack: sorry tht I had to leave
Tati: its ok Jack
Nick: at least u helped pick a continent
Andy: thank u for ur help Jack
Jack: ur welcome
Jack: i gotta go bye
Tati: bye Jack
Then I logged off. My mom ran into my room shouting, "Jack, where have you been?"
"I was working on a report for school at a friend's house." I said.
"Why?"
"Because it's a group project. Now, can you stop asking questions, please?"
"Ok." she said.
Then she walked out of my room.
-The next day-
Aster's POV
Today, was the first day of power-training. In this class, we have to figure out what our powers are and learn to control them. The teacher says that we just have to relax and then let the power come to you.
By the time the class was over, Andy had a pile of sand, Tati had a tooth, Nick had 2 snow globes, I had 4 eggs (amazing power, right?), and Jack had... nothing.
"Jack, why didn't you get anything?" asked Tati.
"I don't know. I'm probably just tired." he responded.
"Jack, are you sure? This isn't about those burn marks, yesterday?" she said, and no one else may have noticed it, but Jack tensed up when Tati said that.
"Yes, Tati, I'm fine." he snapped.
And we all left class.
The rest of the day was fine for me, but I could tell that everyone else was worried about Jack. After class he ran off and started avoiding us. Which I didn't have a problem with, but I could tell that the others were upset. I decided I would sneak off and try to find Jack because I can run really fast, and it would make the others feel better.
After running around most of the school, I found Jack sitting in an empty classroom. I walked in and said, "Tati's really worried about you, mate."
"I don't blame her." he whispered.
"Jack, are you ok?"
"Yeah, I'm fine."
"Are you sure?"
"No," he said.
"What happened?" I asked.
"My sister, she burned my arms."
"Your sister!?"
"Yes, she... she has powers, but she has never been to Guardian High and she's younger than me. Sadly, her powers revolve around heat and she burns me a lot. My parents don't let me have friends because they think that my friends will see the burns and think that my parents abuse me." he replied.
"Wow, mate. Is this what you didn't want to tell Tatiana?"
"Yes,"
"Come on, Jack. We are gonna be late for class." I said.
Please comment and review. I worked really hard on this and for those people who wantted to hear the story, I'm sorry I didn't finish sooner.
-Night
previously known as pianoplayer1017