I am updating! I got this finished a few days after starting, it's only one day again and about the same length. I try to get it done as fast as possible. Because of that I usually get 3 hours of sleep, sometimes 2 or 4. I actually had to pinch myself to stay awake at school, luckily I have an extremely high tolerance for pain caused from pinching. I decided to test out my theory of not being able to react to it and was correct. I got this one person at school to pinch me as hard as they can, I almost did react but quickly adjusted myself to the feeling of how painful it was and had no problem. It was a few days ago but I still have a bruise from it.. that's how hard he can pinch. Anyway! Sorry if the dialogue doesn't fit them very well.. I try. I rambled again and I hope you like it!
Not Strange, Just Different
Chapter 2 Let the Resonance Begin
When Stein woke up, he was under his comforter laying in a position that was straight and flat, much unlike when he fell asleep. When did that happen? Whatever the answer might be, it didn't matter to Stein. This was because when he saw what time it was, he saw that class was starting in five minutes.
"Damn it!" Stein grumbled to himself as he ran out the door after grabbing his bag. Luckily he always slept in his clothes because there was no way he would have time to change. He had to get going. Looks like he was going to get a chance to start training now. He would have to run there as fast as his little legs would allow him, so this will be some good conditioning to help him build up his endurance.
As soon as he got out the door, he began sprinting down his driveway and onto the road. He thought this was probably the fastest he has had to run in a long time, really, he usually didn't have to run at all. He was in such a hurry, he didn't even notice an oncoming car and almost got ran over. Looks like he was faster than he thought he was.
He was actually making some good time, as he was just over half way there in five minutes, which is half the time he took when he walked. Maybe this is something he could keep in mind.
He was approaching the academy and class had started ten minutes ago. At least he really hadn't missed that much. When he saw how close he was, he picked up his speed and was at his "speed limit" as he was going up the stairs. He was really surprised, he had no clue he could run this fast. He was actually impressing himself a bit.
He ran through the entrance, and started down the hallway to his room. One of the staff members yelled at him to slow down, but he just ignored them as if they weren't even there. He could see the door to his room, he was almost there.
Just before he reached his door, he slowed down so he didn't look like he was running. But this was going to be pretty hard to hide considering how heavily he was panting. Running a few miles at full speed will really take your breath away.
When he got in, his professor, the one in the white suit, was just beginning to ask if anyone had picked out there partner yet. Now of course, they would have to test and see if their wavelengths were compatible or not, but these were the people they would be testing it with first.
It appeared he had just asked Spirit if he had found his partner because as soon as Stein entered the room, he pointed his finger at him and said "Him. He's going to be my partner." The professor looked him up and down looking irritated and said "Ahh, the late one. Hurry, take a seat next to Spirit." He then pointed towards Spirit's general direction. It had also appeared that they were almost done picking partners, as there was only a few people left.
Stein quickly got to his seat and sat next to Spirit, still catching his breath.
"Why were you late?" Spirit whispered to silver-haired boy, making sure to still look at the professor as he talked.
"I woke up later than I had expected to. Which is actually really weird considering I went to bed much earlier than usual. Hmm.. I wonder why this could have-" Stein was suddenly interrupted in the middle of rambling half to himself.
"I suggest you be quiet and listen, this is very important for resonating with your partner," The professor said, staring at Stein a for a little bit before continuing his lecutre any further. He just stayed quiet and listened, he didn't feel like getting in trouble for anything else right now.
"Now that we have gone over that, we are going to go out into the woods and pratice trying to resonate. I know this might be a little difficult at first, but if you remember everything I said, you should be fine. Just make sure you stay with the group, you cannot be running off," As he said that last sentence he glared at Stein, almost as if he was expecting him to do what he had just advised them against.
They all began to get up from there seats and go out into the hallway. It took them a little bit to get outside, because like mentioned before, the hallways were pretty long. The whole way there, the professor kept glancing back at Stein's direction for some odd reason. It's not like could even get into to trouble then, I mean they were in a hallway, what could he really do?
Once they finally got outside they all walked out to the woods, going into them just enough that they could still slightly see the academy. They picked a good spot, one without many trees. They had probably used that spot before for the same purpose.
"Okay, now that we're all here we can begin. I want the weapons to transform. This will be one of the major tests, seeing if the meister can even pick up the weapon. If you succeed at this, your chances of resonating are much greater." Everyone began telling their meister what type of weapon they were, so Spirit decided to ask Stein if he would like to know.
"I am guessing you want to know what type of weapon I am before we begin?" He said this with a tone that sounded like he was stating an obvious fact, but he was slightly shocked at Stein's response to what he had said.
"No, I want it to be a surprise. Come on, you ready?" Spirit kind of smiled after his shock faded away. He was almost certain he would want to know.
"Yep, I'm ready whenever you are." Spirit seemed to be getting pumped as he said this. When Stein replied, he still had the same emotionless tone in his voice, but it also sounded determined. Spirit could tell he wanted to get started.
"Good, let's go!" With that said, Spirit began to transform. Both Stein and the professor watched as a glow of yellow light washed over Spirit, just before his body began to morph. As the staff of the scythe began to be visble, still shrowded in yellow, Stein started to move his hands out towards it. The shape was then fully formed and glowng yellow when Stein grabbed onto him. As soon as his fingers gripped around the staff, the yellow lights broke, shattering almost like glass, showing it's real appearance.
He was actually quite large. His staff was steel, the blade of the weapon being dark black. It was very shiny too, the sunlight bouncing off the blade and into the professor's eyes slightly.
Stein held him easily, it was very natural feeling to him. It looked kind of weird and funny to see him holding a scythe that was basically as big as him, but it also looked kind of cool, making Stein appear to be a little tougher than he did without it.
He began to swing him around effortlessly, getting accustomed to the feeling of it all. There wavelengths were obviously somewhat compatible, overwise it wouldn't be this easy for him.
He wanted to strike at something, but obviously he wasn't going to be able to quite yet. His professor was actually kind of impressed at how fast he had gotten it figured out, even if he didn't want to admit it. Most people were either just not able to pick up the weapon or were getting injuries from the other person's soul wavelength, and there were even a couple weapons that were having trouble transforming. No one had completely gotten in. Except for Stein.
In a couple minutes, all at the same time everyone looked up to see Stein swinging Spirit around again, almost as if he was as light a feather. Their jaws instantly dropped, and they all began discussing how "amazing" it was and "cool" it looked. They were actually kind of jealous of him. So they all began trying again, but harder this time, trying to get the same results as Stein and Spirit had.
Spirit's reflection swept aross the blade, allowing his meister to see him as he spoke. "This is actually pretty cool, I didn't expect it to go this well," Stein just replied, sounding slightly amazed as well "Yeah, it is. I want to try resonating as soon as possible, the other teams are being too slow." He seemed to be impatient, but he would have to just wait anyway.
Because of the amount of time it was taking for the other teams to complete their goals, the professor went around and gave them all tips and made any necessary switches. After about 20 minutes of this, everyone was basically able to hold their weapons. One pair, however, was still having some trouble. It would burn her a little bit when she would try to hold onto the gun, but it was tolerable enough that she could still hold on.
"That took longer than expected, but I think we have it all figured out now. We shouldn't have too many issues with you being able to hold your weapon from this point. Now it's time for the tricky part. Resonating. This will probably take a couple days for you guys to get down. There will definitely be teams that are faster or slower than others, but this doesn't matter. Don't worry about what the other teams are doing, you need to stay focused. Just concentrate on what your doing," As he began to explain how to start resonating, he turned to look at Stein. This was probably the nicest look he had given him all day.
"To start off, I need you guys to focus. Try to feel your partners soul wavelengths, see if you can get them to connect. This will probably be easier for the meisters, as most things that have to deal with souls are. Now you may begin," As he said this, Stein turned to the side and began to focus on feeling his soul wavelength, then he would try to feel Spirit's.
Spirit was basically clueless, he basically had no idea what he was doing.
"Hey Stein, do you know how to do this? I have no clue what I'm supposed to be doing here." Stein quickly quieted him down.
"Be quiet, Spirit. I am beginning to feel mine. Once I do this, I should be able to feel your's. After I can feel your's I should be able to create a connection between our soul wavelengths. You just need to try to figure something out." He seemed to know what he was talking about, so Spirit just let him be and began trying to pick up something.
As Spirit was trying to focus, Stein's voice broke through his thoughts.
"I think I have it. I am going to try to get our wavelengths to resonate now, are you ready?" He sounded serious, which kind of pleased Spirit.
"Yep, let's do this!" Spirit sounded really determined even though he really wasn't doing anything to help.
Stein began to feel his wavelength extend out to Spirit, it was such a new, invigorating feeling to him. As his wavelength went out to Spirit, he could actually start to feel it a bit.
"Hey, I think I can feel it a bit!"
"Good," Stein said this with a smirk, obviously pleased that he was doing something right, both him and Spirit.
Their souls were beginning to resonate, they could both feel it pretty strongly, especially Stein. Before long they were starting to magnify the wavelengths, making them stronger than before. Their professor walked towards them to observe what they were doing.
"Good job. You guys really seem to be resonating well, especially for it being the first time." After he said this, he walked over to the other teams to help them out. They weren't quite as fortunate as they had been. Some people were beginning to feel their own soul wavelengths, one pair was beginning to be able to extend their wavelength outward, but the resonance would break the second they would touch. One group couldn't feel anything, so this is who he helped first.
Stein could feel the wavelengths passing back and forth, so he decided he would experiment with that a little. He started to see if he could get them to go faster, or if he could control the speed to make them go slower. Spirit would feel it a little bit every time Stein would shift it.
"What's going on? It feels like our wavelength is getting slower and faster over and over again," Stein quickly replied, trying to eliminate any confusion he might have.
"That's because it is. I am controlling how fast or slow it goes," He said this as if it were just totally normal, like he had done this many times before. But that's what happens when you don't show much emotion. Spirit didn't seem to get that about him quite yet, so it confused him a bit.
He noticed that he was a little quiet, laid back, and different, but he just hadn't realized it was due to a lack of emotion. Which since Stein had been noticing the other kids react differently than he does to things, he thought he could experiment with it a little bit. That's all the kid does, it's like he is obsessed! But really, it's just because he is curious.
"Let's see our limits, how much we can handle," Stein said this suddenly, his curiosity at a new high for the day. Spirit seemed to be on board with this idea. "Yeah, we can do this." Spirit actually seemed to be determined as well, as it showed in his enthusiastic voice.
They began pushing their soul wavelengths to their limits, making the connection the strongest it's been yet. This was thrilling Stein, you could tell by the glint in his eyes. The professor walked over to supervise them more upclose in case something were to happen. Which lucky for them, nothing ever did go wrong.
"What do I do now, professor?" Stein was sort of getting impatient since they accomplished what they needed to very quickly, leaving them with basically nothing to do. The professor seemed to be contemplating what they should do, because he honestly hadn't planned that far. He really didn't expect any team to get done this fast.
"There really isn't much you can do here, so you can either continue practicing resonating or you can take a break and just talk or something. It's up to you," As he finished saying this he walked over to help a team, leaving them to decide what they would do.
"Let's pratice for a little more, I want to make sure I am used to all of this," Stein said this, basially making the decision for the two of them. Spirit didn't have any objections, as he just responded in agreement. "Okay, doesn't sound like a bad idea. It couldn't hurt to get a little more practice," As he said this, Stein began shifting the wavelengths again, obviously enjoying it.
It was all so new, different, unique. Stein absolutely loved discovering and learning new things, that is what he thrives off of. But in all of his time experimenting and experiencing things, he has never felt something quite like this. He was definitely going to need to experiment with this a little bit, see what exactly they will be able to do.
After some time they decided they had practiced enough, so Stein brought the resonance very low, then to nothing. Spirit transformed back into a human, still taking in everything that had happened. Stein was a little upset, however, because he could no longer feel them resonating.
"That was awesome, we will definitely have to do some extra practicing. It seems like we are going to do really well," Spirit said this trying to make conversation.
"Yes, we will definitely have to do that. There is still a lot that we have to learn, so it is going to take some time and effort. I think we will be able to do really well on missions based off of today." Stein really wanted to learn more, but he was just going to have to wait. The worst part about being a lot faster than everyone is that they will have to do a lot of waiting.
Speaking of the other teams, things were starting to go better. A couple more teams were able to resonate, not strongly but it was a start. Every team was able to feel their own wavelength and extend them out, almost resonating. It appeared they were just going to need to practice a bit more before they get it.
"I think we have done enough work for today. Overall I have to say it went very well, I did not expect things to be moving along this quickly. Some teams will need more work before learning anything else, but a couple teams are ready to move onto learning techniques and different battle strategies. And as for Stein and Spirit, I would like to talk to you after class, okay?" After he said this they both nodded at him, wondering what it is they were going to talk to him about.
"Let's go. We need to be heading back to the academy now. Follow me." With that being said all of the teams started walking back to the academy, ready for their lunch break. They had actually been out there a while, so they were pretty tired. The walk wasn't very long, so they reached the building pretty quickly, all of the teams going to the cafeteria while Stein and Spirit walked to the professor's room with him.
"Now, it's obvious that you guys resonate very well. You didn't appear to have any kind of problem, which is very good news. I believe you guys are going to be able to progress at a much faster rate than the rest of the class. It might actually be best for you guys to learn seperately from the rest of the class unless the lesson requires multiple teams, that way you can move at your own pace. I do not want to hold you back any, you have great potential. With some training you will become excellent fighters, there is no doubt about that. I think it would be good for you guys to have slightly different schedules and basically private training. I will look into this and see what I can do. You should have your new schedule by the end of the week if everything works out. Are you guys okay with all of this?" As he asked this the two boys began trying to come up with an answer.
They were too shocked to really say much. Like he had said, this was very good news. This is exactly what Stein needed, his own pace. He could go as fast as possible, which he intended on doing. They had eventually gotten their thoughts together, and said something. Actually, Stein was the one who said something while Spirit still sat there, looking as if he had just seen pigs fly.
"Yes, that should work out very well. I want to be able to develop my abilities as much as possible, and this should be good for doing so," Stein said this in his usual bland tone, looking at Spirit towards the end, who appeard to be more calm and composed looking now.
"Good. I am assuming you feel the same way, Spirit." After he said this, Spirit said "Yes, I do." to confirm his assumption.
"I am glad to hear that. I will let you guys know when your new schedule is made. That is all," As he said this the two boys told him to have a good day and walked to the cafeteria to talk for the rest of their break.
"I am very glad we will be getting special lessons, it will really allow us to learn as much as possible. This is what we need, we should be able to develop the techniques fairly easily," Stein said this as they sat down. Yet again they were as far away from people as possible. This was mainly due to Stein though, not Spirit.
"Yeah! This is going to be so awesome, I can't wait to go on some missions. That's going to be the coolest part, the part with the most action. Like he had mentioned before, we will also need strategy. This should also help us with that a lot." They both seemed pretty excited, I mean who wouldn't be?
The entire time Spirit was talking, Stein was trying, and succeeding, to feel his soul. He still heard what he said, but he just wasn't a concentrated on it.
"Yes, it should. We will need to meet up outside of school to practice, I want to get as good as possible. Of course I think we should wait a little bit until we have some actual techniques to practice. We seem to have resonating down well enough," As Stein finished saying this Spirit nodded in agreement along with adding in his opinion again.
"Yeah, we'll have to. Where do you want to meet? I am cool with going anywhere."
"I don't really know. We can decide on that later when the time comes. And we might actually have to practice resonating a little bit more, we will want to do this as soon as possible. We need to get you to be able to feel the wavelengths a little better. I think once we improve that area, we should be able to resonate at least somewhat stronger." Spirit remembered how he was having a little trouble feeling the wavelengths, only picking them up slightly.
"That is definitely something that needs to improve. I rarely pick up anything, and when I do it's really weak. We will need to figure out some way to fix this. Maybe you could do some experiments or something."
At this point, Stein's experiments were not bad. They didn't involve any dissections, yet of course. Spirit offering him to set up some stuff to help them resonate might have contributed to Stein's later work on him. This might have led him to think he would be sort of okay with it. If he would remember saying that to him, he would probably regret it a lot. As over time, Stein's little experiments won't be as innocent as they used to be.
Spirit's suggestion of doing experiments to help them resonate actually managed to excite him. That was the thing he liked to do the most. He did a pretty good job at hiding it, though. He simply said something back in his usual tone.
"Yes! I will definitely do that. I will be able to do more as we learn more, so there should be quite a lot for me to do." His excitement showed a little. But to Spirit this just appeared as a normal emotion for once.
Throughout their entire conversation Stein had been focusing on his soul, he had also been coming up with some experiments as well. Towards the end of the conversation, he noticed something weird. It was almost as if he could feel everyone else's souls. Not connect to, but feel. He also saw them a little bit too. He figured he would learn about it later.
"Good. I am glad my meister is into it this much, you're extra research will definitely pay off later."
"Yes, it will. Hopefully by a lot," As he said this, the bell to go to class had rung. So they started to get up and go down the hall. The classrooms always seemed like they took forever to get to. They finally reached their classroom. This was the nice teacher with the "hot" body as Spirit would say.
They walked in to see her going around the room collecting the paper they had been doing yesterday. She was so nice, everyone really seemed to like her. And no, not because of her body. Spirit is actually the only one that noticed it at all except for a few boys that shared the same common interest in girls as he did.
When Stein got down to his seat and she was getting closer to them, he remembered something. He had forgotten to finish the last question on the worksheet. It didn't really concern him too much, but he did want the points still. So in his neat handwriting he quickly wrote "I do not feel love, thus meaning there is nothing that I love the most." His grammar also seemed to be better than most of the people that were his age. He finished writing it just as she came up to where he was sitting, taking the paper from him and adding it onto a large stack of ones she had previously collected.
She then gave them yet another worksheet, but this time it was on the basic knowledge of soul wavelengths. It was basically just one of those baseline tests teachers use to see how much the students all ready know. Almost everyone was having major issues filling it out, they didn't even know some of the wavelengths even existed until seeing them on that paper.
As Stein was working on his paper, he heard his professor speaking to him.
"Franken, can I speak with you after class?"
Stein thought, "Again? How many teachers am I going to talk to in one day? And why did she call me Franken? No one ever calls me by my first name." He then realized he still had yet to answer her.
"Yes," He said this in his usual tone, pondering what she could possibly want to talk to him about. He knew it couldn't be his work, he had actually wrote decent sized sentences. He just continued working on the new assignment until the end of the class period, only having about 1/3 of it done. She still collected it though, just as she did with everyone else's partially completed paper.
After she finished collecting the worksheets there was still a few minutes until class ended, so everyone began talking to each other. Spirit, of course, was the first one to speak.
"Hey, what do you think she wants to talk to you about?" Spirit asked this, seeming very curious and slighty concerned like most kids would. Even if you haven't done one thing wrong within the past 5 years, for some reason you get nervous when a teacher or adult wants to talk to you all of the sudden. It makes you start to think of everything that has happened lately, and makes you try to think of what they could possbily be accusing you of.
"Honestly, I have no clue. I don't know what it could be, it's not like I've done anything that could get me in trouble. All I know is I can't wait to get it over with." Stein sounded a little irritated at the fact that he just couldn't think of any logical reason that would lead to this. As they both started to try to think of something the bell rang and everyone started to get up and leave the classroom.
"Do you want me to wait outside the door for you?"
"You can if you want to." Stein didn't really care either way, so he was going to let Spirit decide.
"Okay, I will be waiting by the lockers for you. Good luck with your talk, I wanna know what it was about when you come out."
"I will make sure I tell you," As he said this Spirit began to walk out the door, shutting it behind him as he left. Stein walked down from his seat and sat in a plastic yellow chair she had set in front of her desk for him.
As he approached her desk she made a gesture pointing to the chair as she said "Have a seat, Franken." Stein thought to himself "She did it again.."
"I have a question for you, it's about the homework assignment you handed into me earlier today." So this was about his work, but what was wrong with it? Stein thought back, remembering how at the last minute he had written down 'I do not feel love, thus meaning there is nothing that I love the most.'
"Yes, what about it?" Stein said, the only tone in his voice being confusion.
"Well, for the one question you wrote down 'I do not feel love, thus meaning there is nothing that I love the most.'" Stein interrupted her quickly.
"Yes." He could tell his teacher was searching for the right words to say, and appeared to be struggling a little bit.
"It's just, you said that you don't feel love. I don't understand, how can you not feel love? You're a kid, all kids feel it." Stein was just as confused as she was.
"I don't."
"Well, have you ever felt all warm inside? Has something ever made you so happy that you wished you would never lose it, and made you want to cling onto it forever? Nothing like that?"
"No, not really. I don't get any of those, I already told you I don't feel love. I honestly don't understand a thing about it." She seemed almost petrified just thinking about this, it was abnormal for a kid.
"Hmm, I don't get this. Do your parents show you compassion? Do they show this kind of thing to or around you?"
"No." Something else was confusing her, it was how little emotion he showed. He seemed to have little knowledge on that kind of thing.. it was odd.
"They don't?" As she said this, Stein thought to himself "Why is she asking all of these questions? I honestly don't see a point in this.."
"No, they really don't. It probably helps that I don't see them very often. My dad is a scientist, and is usually in his office studying something, so I don't see him often. My mom is a nurse and works really long hours, so she isn't home often. Even when I am around them, they don't pay much attention to me. My mom does, she shows love. But it kind of annoys me, I prefer my dad."
This whole thing was really shocking, she couldn't comprehend any of it. A person that is so full of emotion and kindness like her isn't really able to see that point of view, no love.
"Oh, okay..." She seemed kind of upset about this. She hated that he didn't get to experience it, she actually felt bad.
"Is that all you needed?" Stein quickly tried to dismiss the topic as soon as he saw an opening to do so. Her eyes widened very slightly as he said this.
"Yes, that's all I needed from you," She said this trying to cover up any dispair in her voice, she really didn't want to sound upset. Stein got up from his chair and began to walk out, saying goodbye.
"Goodbye, Miss Parson."
"Goodbye, Franken. Have a nice day!" She said this with a bright smile on her face as she waved to him. He just continued to walk out, kind of surprised when he looked out the door. Spirit was still standing there, just like he had said he would be. He figured he would have just went to class, the bell was about to ring again, meaning they would be late. Stein at least had a reason to be late, Spirit really didn't.
As he walked to him when they both started walking down to their classroom, he began to be pounded with questions.
"What did she say? Did she need to you do something? What was it about? Is something wrong?" It was like he had just drank a bunch of energy drinks he was going so fast. I guess he just really wanted to know.
"Calm down, Spirit. I won't be able to answer any of your questions if you don't stop talking long enough for me to."
"Yeah, I guess that is true.." He calmed down after that.
"It wasn't even that big a deal anyway. She just asked me about my answer to one of my homework questions, the one about what you love the most. She seemed very confused about how I don't feel love. It really seemed to make her upset, but I really don't get why."
"Yeah really, how do you not feel love?"
"Like I said to her, I don't really get it from my parents, so I have never really had the chance. I really don't understand the concept of compassion."
"They don't show you love? What kind of parent are they?"
"You and Miss. Parson must be like each other, you both had the exact same questions. And I really don't think it's them being bad parents, they might not know what it feels like themselves. Another thing that I said to Miss. Parson is that my dad is always in his office studying something and my mom is a nurse so she is never home. So there aren't many opportunities for that kind of thing to begin with."
"It still seems kind of odd. You would figure they would at least make some time to be with you, that's what they are supposed to do."
"My mom does show me love when she is around, but I am around my dad a lot more often and he does not show it at all. So I am more used to his side of things, and she usually annoys me when she tried to be compassionate."
"We may resonate well, but I still don't get you."
As Spirit said this they walked into their classroom, the one of the weird professor. He was walking over to his computer to show his students yet another pointless video, wearing his khaki pants rolled up to expose his knee high, brightly colored socks, his long brown hair trying to get in the way of his eyes to keep them from seeing. That man really needed a hair cut, but he just wouldn't be the same with it short.
He turned to see the two late kids walk in together, then questioned them, "Why are you guys late?" Even if the guy was a goofball, he could still be serious when he needed to. Spirit quickly came up with an answer to cover the both of them "We had to talk to Miss. Parson about an assignment, Mr. Reignhardt."
"Okay, just don't let this become a regular thing."
He then began to play his video of unbelievebly high pitched trumpets trying out play each other, completely ruining the concert. It was actually pretty funny, that's how trumpet players generally are. Not making fun of them, I am just saying. He let them off easy because he really liked it when people addressed him by his name for some odd reason.
They got through the rest of the class, of course being annoyed by it. When you have a loud teacher that does not control the volume of his students combined with unusually loud students, it's hard to come out of that room without a headache.
As they walked out just like they had yesterday, Spirit began to talk again.
"I wonder what we are going to do tomorrow. I am especially excited for Mr. Treway's class, it is so cool." Spirit was really excited about training, Stein was too.
"I know, I really hope we get to practice some new stuff. There is still a lot to be learned."
"Yeah, there is. We still need to get our new schedule, which we should have in a couple of days. This will be great, we should be able to get a lot more practice in that way."
"It will definitely help a lot. I really don't want to be held up by a bunch of kids that are too stupid to figure it out, we need to go at our own pace. That is going to be the best way for us to learn."
"That is definitely true, it sure is a good thing that he offered that to us. We seem to pick up stuff pretty fast, especially compared to everyone else."
"Yes, we do. What I am wondering is how long it's going to be before we are ready for a mission, I want to fight."
"Yeah, I do too. It seems like it would be really fun. I have to go now. Cya tomorrow!"
"Yeah, see you tomorrow," He said this as Spirit turned onto his road and he kept on going. He and Spirit seemed like they were going to be a good team, and they seemed like they would also be good friends over time.
Before Stein knew it, he was already home. He started walking up his driveway, then onto his porch. He decided that before he went in he would sit outside and read a little bit. He wasn't outside very often, but he decided to make an exception, he was feeling a little crowded.
Everytime he would get this weird feeling like he was crowded for no reason, he would go outside. That was the main reason for the small percentage of times he would go outside. He would usually observe nature or do small experiments, simple stuff. It would usually help him clear his mind. He would sometimes just go sit under a tree and read, when it was raining he would sit on his porch.
His porch was made of smooth concrete, with a gray porch swing on it, two plants hanging from the ceiling that was above it. There was a black wicker table with a potted jade plant in it, along with a plain white coaster sitting on it. It was all so plain, it was peaceful.
Today wasn't raining, but he didn't feel like going to the tree, he was content where he was. He started reading the book he was reading the previous day, he was actually getting kind of close to finishing it. When he was reading, he started to hear people come down the road, so he looked up to see who it was.
When he looked up he saw two kids from his class racing down the road on their bikes, obviously not wearing helmets. None of them seemed to notice the silver-haired boy, so he just watched them go by, wondering what it is that makes people like each other so much.
What is so great about them? What gives one the craving to be around others? What about it all interests them so much? People are too much a like, no originality at all. It really irriated him. If they are all going to act and try to look the same, they might as well be the same person. The world is made for things to be unique, not boring. Changing, not static. That's why he liked science so much, things are constantly changing and being discovered. You need to be creative and smart to learn and explore new things.
After he had read for a while, he decided to go back inside again. He planned on working on some of his experiments, he didn't work on them at all yesterday, and he was kind of mad about that. He got inside and began working, doing what he enjoyed. It was almost like love, but he didn't realize that.
As he continued working for hours straight, he heard a knocking on his door. It was firm but not too loud. It was his dad. He got up from his desk, leaving his notebook behind, and walked over to his now locked door to unlock it. As soon as he opened it, his dad was standing directly in front of it, and he said something.
"You know, I wish you wouldn't have that thing locked all of the time."
"If I didn't, you guys would come in without my permission. Especially mom when she is home."
"That's what you say to me every time I protest against it."
"That's because it's true."
Both of them replied back and forth to each other so fast, it was like they had rehearsed what they had just said over and over again. After Stein said that, there was a brief silence before anything was said.
"Anyway, I have a question for you."
"What is your question?"
"Did you pick a partner?"
"Yes, actually I did," He said this almost in an arrogant way. His dad was actually interested in something about him for once. That was kind of surprising, it didn't happen very often.
"What's it's name? What kind of weapon is it?" His dad just refered to him as 'it', not sure of what gender he would have gotten. He pretty much assumed it would have been a boy, but who knows.
"His name is Spirit and he is a scythe," Stein said this seeming bored of the conversation. All he really wanted to do was continue his experiments or read or something.
"A scythe, huh? Did you guys resonate with each other well?"
"Yeah, we really did. We finished a lot quicker than everyone else, they were having a lot more trouble than we did. Our teacher actually seemed impressed, he even offered to have our schedule changed so we could get some private training and move at our own pace."
"That is very good, I can see that things are going well. Excellent," He said that, walking away after he finished. That was the little amount of care that man showed toward his son. The main reason why he even cared at all is because it had to deal with the academy.
When Stein was sitting in his room ealier that night, he began to feel something. Like the wavelengths he felt ealier during the day, just a little bit weaker. There was three he could pick up, his own, his father's, and his mother's. At least now he could tell if she was home or not without leaving his room.
His soul perception abilities never even showed up until he resonated with Spirit. Maybe that activated his ability, he would definitely have to research that later, he was very curious about it.
He went through the rest of the night in his room reading, only leaving to bring his dinner into his room and to bring the basically empty plate and silverware out. He just kept reading, and it was starting to get pretty late.
It was about 2:45 when he was experimenting again. He couldn't get the formula right, it just wasn't working. He had no clue why, he went through it multiple times, remade it over and over again, nothing went wrong any of the times during the process of making it. It just didn't make sense, why wouldn't it work?!
He got really mad and went to tip his chair over, but instead of just pushing it, something else happened too.
As he grabbed onto it, this green light began to glow around his hand. It looked like electricity, almost like a long lightning bolt wrapping around his hand. He didn't try to make it happen, it just did. He went to push the chair, the electricty formed, and the chair smashed into the wall, denting it in while making a really loud banging noise.
The part of the chair where the seat rested, connecting it to the part with wheels, was a metal pipe, it was now bent. It didn't do very much damage since it was just his first time using soul force, he didn't practice it enough for it to have any real strength to it.
He looked away from the chair and down to his hand. He held it out in front of his face, examining it as if it were an alien.
"What the hell was that?"
Haha, I seriously think the way Mr. Tredway talks is like Stein, just saying. He honestly sounds more like Stein than my character of Stein himself.. Dang it! And also, Mr. Reignhardt is not completely original. I took my band teacher and gave him a different name, I just thought he would be a really funny character to have. And the whole high pitched trumpet video thing, my teacher actually did the EXACT same thing, and he looks the same. Like I said, it's the same person. I am sorry if the end seemed a little rushed and like there wasn't enough detail! Haha, the other day write before working on this one I was studying the human digestive system and I wanted feel where my liver was. I got this HUGE sudden urge to see what it looked like, and when I realized that I can't and probably never will get to, I almost cried. I had to try really hard not to, my eyes were watering. Also I was watching The Walking Dead today and they started to chop this guys limbs off and take out his guts.. Well I started to laugh, but then realized that if I kept doing that my mom would question me. She would then come and look at what I was laughing at, see it, and be weirded out. So I started to stop myself, and my eyes started to water again but this time because of how much I wanted to laugh. It happened multiple times, that's why I hate watching it around them! I think Stein is starting to rub off on me. XD Sorry for rambling... I will be hopefully updating very soon. I have a bunch of ideas for later on in the story, so things should go pretty quick!