Well it's a merry December to all of you, because you finally get the chapter you've been waiting for! FIRST DAY OF SKY HIGH! I know all of you are excited, and I purposefully decided to have Shelby miss the first few days as well so you'd be able to see a first day as a hero and Skylar's first day as a sidekick! You get to experience it all! :D! Now, onto the reviews!
Jaleftwich02: I'm glad you like the story! Most likely I won't continue that story, at least, not for a long time. I'll check it out when I have time. Thanks for the review!
LabRatsWhore: Well, I'm glad it was interesting, I was worried it wouldn't be. I know, none of us are happy about the ending. :(! Sadly, these things happen sometimes. Thanks for the review!
Purpledolpin05: Yeah, I get it, I have lots of things to do for school, too. XD! We'll have to see how Skylar feels. That's good advice from Tracy. XD! I'm glad I captured the essence of Jones so right. XD! Chase totally belongs on planet dork. Yeah, the references were fun to make, even though they were difficult to find. Thanks for the review!
The Dreamer With A Passion: I'm glad you enjoyed! Yeah, I love action and fluff. XD! No one can tone down Boomer, he's too crazy. Yeah, it was fun having Cyd and Shelby learn everything. XD! I just typed 'planet' into the MM wiki and listed whatever came up for Mighty Med. This story should theoretically be more than 100 chapters. I'll probably be writing this for 4 to 6 years, but I don't mind. Thanks for the review!
TheUnknownBlock: XD! Yeah, that's a reference to the Best Friends Whenever episode, 'Working Nine to Fudge'. Yes, all the OCs are showing up next chapter! The classes are also in this chapter, so I assume you're happy. I'm glad you like the story, thanks for the review!
Leana: I'm glad you liked the chapter! Yeah, your version is really good. Okay, I hope you enjoy my other stories! Thanks for the review!
Writer207: Woo-hoo! I'm glad it was awesome! Yeah, Skylar might need some time. You're right, classes start this chapter! I tried to give Cyd and Shelby all the information they might need about the superhero world. Thanks for the review, sorry it took me a long time to update! XD!
PurpleNicole531: Wow! I didn't expect you to enjoy it THAT much! XD! Yeah, I love sister moments, and don't worry, the humor isn't ending there. :). Yeah, but I also have the Mighty Med wiki to help me out with anything I forget. But yes, I want this story to be very accurate and by the way it's going so far, there's plenty of accuracy. The library scene was one of my favorites to write! I loved coming up with questions for Cyd and Shelby, and searching around for answers. It makes the superhero world sound all scholarly. XD! Well, Cyd certainly knew more about heroes than Shelby. Yeah, luckily Ambrose isn't a creeper. Eddy is WAY worse. XD! Thanks for the review!
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Wow guys! That's a lot of nice reviews, thank you! Sorry this chapter is REALLY long and a little bit rushed at some parts, I hope you all enjoy anyways!
"Skylar! Skylar! SKYLAR!"
"What, Bree?!" Skylar snapped, sitting up in bed. "What time is it?!"
"6:45!" yelled Bree. "We overslept! School starts in fifteen minutes!"
"Oh." Skylar laid back down with a 'harrumph'.
"Skylar! You promised me you'd try!" chastised Bree. "C'mon, school might not be so bad! Now get dressed, I'll make us some breakfast."
Skylar rolled her eyes, but had to smile at Bree's odd mix of enthusiasm and anxiety. Bree raced down the stairs, probably using superspeed, as Skylar stood up and walked to their closet. She looked through her clothes, admittedly a bit nervous about what to wear to school on her first day (even though she was pretty sure it was technically the fourth day). At first, Skylar thought about wearing a dress like Bree did, but then wondered 'what's the point?' She considered wearing what she wore when she and Kaz dug up the spaceship the Arcturion was in, but then saw a giant mud-stain on the top. And don't even get her started on what she wore for the Normo-lympics. Eventually, Skylar just grabbed the outfit she was wearing when Bree first called her 'my sister'. The outfit had significant importance to Skylar, and she decided that's what she wanted to wear to make an impression.
Once Skylar got dressed, she raced downstairs to see Bree, who had placed what appeared to be a bowl of coal on the table in front of Skylar. "Is this some sort of joke?" asked Skylar.
"No…" said Bree. "You see, I tried to make oatmeal but there was…a problem." Skylar didn't even need to look at the microwave to know it was covered in burnt oatmeal. "I really need to get Douglas to teach me to cook…"
Skylar sighed, so Bree added. "You know what? I'll eat the oatmeal, you have this orange juice."
Skylar inspected the cup of "orange juice". "I was not aware you were able to burn orange juice," Skylar deadpanned.
"Oh come on!" groaned Bree. "I've never cooked before!"
Skylar rolled her eyes. "It's fine, I'll just get an apple." She reached into the pantry and grabbed an apple Bree was almost sure Lilly grew this morning.
"I'm going to try to heat up some bacon," said Bree. "You know, if the microwave still works."
"Sounds good," said Skylar. "As long as they aren't bacon bits, those are gross."
"How is bacon any different from bacon bits – you know what, never mind, I get it, you Calderans are weird," Bree said.
"Have you joined any clubs yet?" asked Skylar, changing the topic and trying to hide her annoyance.
Bree shrugged. "I was too worried about you to think of clubs, but I'm thinking of joining the track team and student council government."
Skylar smiled. "Sounds great. I'm thinking about joining band, I had a lot of fun with that in Logan high school."
Bree groaned. "You're a band geek?! Come on, Skylar, I was hoping you were cool!" Skylar rolled her eyes as Bree playfully shoved her.
Bree suddenly paused, as though she forgot something. "Oh my god, how could I forget?! It's almost time for school!"
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"Razzle?"
"Here!"
"Johnny?"
"Here!"
"Breana?"
"Here!"
"Skylar?"
When Mr. Boy got no response, he paused and repeated himself. "Skylar?"
"Present!" shouted Skylar, slamming the door to the classroom open. Everyone jolted in their seat, looking at Skylar, who was breathing heavily from running all the way to the school, in shock.
"Oh, hello Skylar," said Mr. Boy. "It's nice to finally meet you, I'm Mr. Boy. I see you're joining us in Hero Support?"
Not because I want to. "It's nice to meet you, too, Mr. Boy," said Skylar, plastering on a smile.
Skylar turned to the crowd of freshmen sidekicks, and wanted to face-palm herself. So much for not embarrassing myself on the first day!
Skylar awkwardly walked down the rows of desks, feeling everyone's eyes on her. As quick as she could, she sat down at the first empty desk she could find and busied herself setting up her stuff.
Beside her were two girls, she remembered they were named 'Tracy' and 'Lilly'. Behind her was Friggit, Dominic, and Daisy. In front of her was Nathan, Violet and…oh no.
"Hello, pretty mama," flirted Slick. "Looks like it was destiny, huh?"
Skylar groaned and placed her head on her hands. Would someone just knock me out with a brick or something?!
"Well, looks like we have a new student with us. Would you like to introduce yourself?" asked Mr. Boy.
Skylar stood up and said, "I'm Skylar", even though everyone already knew her name. Way to play the 'new girl' card, teach.
"Okay then," said Mr. Boy. "Well, since Skylar wasn't here on day one, I'll quickly relay the rules and schedule of this class. This year, it's my privilege to help you all become the best hero support that you can be, and step one is knowing what I expect of you. Without hero support, there wouldn't be any heroes…alright, there probably would be heroes, but they'd be very lonely. Lonely heroes, indeed. So we need to do whatever it takes to support our heroes. Get it? 'Support our heroes' and 'hero support'?" Everyone groaned at his bad joke. Mr. Boy cleared his throat, then eyed Slick. "This includes homework and respecting the female sidekicks."
"Hey! I respect ladies! I have a wonderful mother!" shouted Slick.
"You must report to this room at 7:00 every day unless instructed otherwise," continued Mr. Boy, ignoring Slick. "We'll remain here for hero support and power training class until 9:00, which is Mad Science. After Mad Science, you have a choice class at 10:00. You can either take sports or music. Then you go to gym-"
"Wait, so we have to take gym anyway? Dang it!" mumbled Friggit.
"Dude you were gonna take music?" asked Slick. Some of the guys snickered.
"Quiet down, boys!" demanded Mr. Boy. "As I was saying, gym at 11:00. After gym is lunch at 12:00, then competition at 1:00, then History at 2:00-"
"Wait, what's competition?" asked Skylar, finally feeling eager about something.
"Is it a dance competition?!" squealed Razzle.
Mr. Boy grinned. "I thought you'd like that. It's a secret for now, you won't be starting competition for a week. Don't worry, you'll know everything soon enough." Mr. Boy cleared his throat. "Now where was I? Right, Free Period at 3:00, you can go anywhere for that. Finally, English at 4:00."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait," said Friggit. "Are you telling us we're at Sky High and we have to take English and History?!"
Mr. Boy rolled his eyes. "Yes, but English is mostly comic books and History is the history of heroes. Before any of you ask, no, you cannot do a History report on 'The Incredibles'. Now, moving on to rules-"
"Yeah, when do we pick our names and costumes?" interrupted Slick. "Because I call dibs on 'The Bubble Master'."
Mr. Boy sighed. "Well, you don't get to pick. On graduation day, you'll be assigned to your hero and then he or she will, uh, decide what you will be called and what you will wear. I think this is mostly done in an attempt to avoid clashing colors. That's why when I was paired with-" Mr. Boy paused to pull up a picture of 'The Commander' on the SmartBoard, "The Commander, red, white, and blue it was. Which for me is a very good thing because as you can see, blue really makes my eyes pop. Very dramatic…"
"Huh," mumbled Slick, looking disappointed.
"Wait, heroes get to choose everything for the sidekicks?! That's so not-" began Skylar.
"The rules? You were saying…" Periwinkle cut in, before a riot could start.
"The rules! Right! Thanks for reminding me, Per," said Mr. Boy. "I try to keep things fun around here, so bear with me, okay? I don't have many rules. Rule one, don't touch anything I tell you not to touch. Believe me, we've had many children lose a finger that way…"
"You mean like that bucket of plutonium?" asked Slick. "Because I touched that about ten minutes ago and my thumb's starting to swell up."
"I wish your tongue had swelled up," snapped Violet.
Mr. Boy sighed. "Don't worry, Slick, that's only…super radioactive. You know what, maybe we should call the nurse."
"Can you just tell us the rest of the rules?" asked Periwinkle, her head in her hands.
"…Good idea. Slick, if your thump turns purple and starts feeling splintery, make sure to tell me. Okay! Rule two, no playing with any chemicals, especially the ones in Dr. Medulla's lab. That man loves to expose children to toxic vapor." Mr. Boy rolled his eyes, as though this was a petty pest. "Rule three, don't go in any rooms I tell you not to go into, or that you don't have permission to go into. Rule four, don't mess with any equipment I bring into the class. And rule five, no gum." Everyone gave him confused looks. "What? A guy can't appreciate a pristine desk? No gum!"
"Whatever you say, teach," said Tracy, casually.
"Anyway, just so you remember all that," Mr. Boy turned to Skylar and said. "Here's your schedule. Now, you're officially a Sky High student!"
Class Schedule for Hero Support:
7:00 –Hero Support with Mr. Boy
8:00 –Power Controlling with Mr. Boy
9:00 –Mad Science with Professor Medulla
10:00 –Choice Class (Sports or music) with Mrs. Melody or Coach Boomer/Professor Elast
11:00 –Gym with Coach Boomer and Professor Elast
12:00 –Lunch
1:00 –Competition with Coach Boomer and Professor Elast
2:00 –History with Mr. Boy
3:00 –Free Period
4:00 –English with Ms. Burgess
"Alrighty then," said Mr. Boy. "Let's start training the hero support of tomorrow!"
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Shelby slowly peeked her head through the door of the hero class, looking around nervously. It looked like any regular classroom, besides the superhero posters and 'fly safe' poster on the wall. Still, Shelby almost ducked out of the class, but Cyd waved to her before she could.
Shelby tentatively stepped into the classroom, quickly taking a seat beside Cyd. Her friends had elaborately arranged the seats to make her feel comfortable in the classroom, and Shelby was thankful for that. Cyd was on Shelby's left, and Logan was behind her. On Cyd's left was Kaz, and on Kaz's left was Oliver. On Logan's right side was Leo, who in turn was sitting next to Taylor, and Kate sat on the left side of Logan.
"Hi guys," Shelby said. "So…what happens in hero school?"
"Lots of limb ripping," said a girl, Shelby was pretty sure she was named Elizabeth. "Ax grinding, you know, usual hero stuff."
A horrified look spread across Shelby's face, and Cyd shot Elizabeth an angry glare. "She's just kidding, Shelbs. Seriously, we haven't even had many school days. We haven't really done anything yet."
"Okay kids, take your seats!" shouted an overly-exuberant man, jumping out from behind the blackboard.
"AHH!" Shelby yelped, grabbing Cyd's arm.
"Well, if it isn't Shelby Marcus!" the man said, continuing with his ridiculously jolly voice. "I'm Mr. Jameson, your hero school teacher!"
"H-Hi Mr. Jameson," said Shelby.
"Well, it's nice to meet you," said Mr. Jameson, still in his oddly exuberant voice. "Here's your schedule, I look forward to working with you!" Mr. Jameson pulled out a piece of paper and handed it to Shelby. On it, it read:
Class Schedule for Heroes:
7:00 –Hero Training with Mr. Jameson
8:00 –Gym with Coach Boomer and Professor Elast
9:00 –Free period
10:00 –General Weaponry with Mr. Jameson
11:00 –Choice Class (Sports or music) with Mrs. Melody or Coach Boomer/Professor Elast
12:00 –Lunch
1:00 –Competition with Coach Boomer and Professor Elast
2:00 –Mad Science with Professor Medulla
3:00 –English with Ms. Burgess
4:00 –History with Mr. Jameson
"General Weaponry?!" whimpered Shelby.
"Cool!" yelled Cyd. "I call the biggest sword!"
"Mr. Jameson, this isn't going to work," said Shelby. "I have a keep-Cyd-ten-feet-away-from-all-sharp-objects policy!"
"Hon, don't you want to be a real hero?" Mr. Jameson asked, his voice sounding a bit patronizing. "Well, real heroes use real weapons! How do you expect to fight villains like Megahertz and Rodissius one day if you don't know how to use weapons?"
"I-I don't!" gasped Shelby. "I n-never thought of fighting a super villain."
"Well, did you not fight Janet Smythe?"
Shelby turned to the door, upon hearing the new voice. A man stood there, casually leaning against the door like this was no big deal. "Who are you?"
"Answer the question Ms. Marcus," said the man.
"I, I mean, we did," Shelby said, quietly.
"And did she not have time traveling abilities?" asked the man.
"Well…I mean, for a short time, yes," Shelby stuttered.
"So, would you call her a supervillain?" asked the man, again.
"I-I suppose so," Shelby nodded.
"And you defeated her. However, you exposed yourself to a school full of normos," said the man, his face hardening with disapproval.
"Hey! When the time rift mended itself, no one remembered what happened!" snapped Cyd.
"But you didn't know this," said the man. "You were willing to give up a portion of the superhero world, which is unacceptable. If you were to attend even a day of this class," he turned to Shelby, "you'd know this."
Shelby gulped. "H-how do you know all that?"
"We heroes have eyes everywhere," hissed the man.
"Mr. Vacance, thank you for your visit, but we have work to do," said Mr. Jameson, sounding serious for once.
"The pleasure is all mine," said Mr. Vacance. He then turned to Shelby again. "I hope you enjoy hero school, and Sky High, Ms. Marcus."
Shelby nodded. "I hope so too…"
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8:00 – Heroes - Gym
"You all came back," said Coach Boomer, as though he couldn't believe it.
All the hero school children stood on the ground in front of Coach Boomer and a thin, dirty-blonde haired lady. The lady and Coach Boomer were standing on the raised platform from Power Placement.
"Well, I suppose that's good news," said Coach Boomer, feigning annoyance. They could all tell he was excited to start their training, despite his horrible acting. "Before we begin, I would like to introduce you to Professor Elast. She's my assistant."
"Oh please, I'm your partner!" said Professor Elast. "Don't expect me to believe you can handle them by yourself. What with your anger issues and all."
Coach Boomer smirked. "Are you saying you have a problem with my personality?"
"No, I'm just saying you might need a woman to keep you in check," Professor Elast taunted back.
Chase scrunched his face up in disgust. Were they flirting?!
As though he knew what Chase was thinking, Coach Boomer quickly put on a straight face and cleared his throat. "Anyway-"
"Are you a powerful female hero?!" Shelby asked, with excitement.
"That's right, I am!" announced Professor Elast.
"Why didn't we see you at Power Placement?! Were you fighting a bad guy?!" asked Shelby.
"Of course not," said Professor Elast, humorously. "Are you kidding me? It was the early morning, I was sleeping. I fight all my bad guys after lunch."
Shelby looked awestruck, and Coach Boomer just rolled his eyes and playfully shoved Professor Elast. "Okay, that's enough you glory-hog. Let's get to training these teenagers!"
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The rest of the period was spent sparring. For the most part, Bree, Oliver, Kaz, Spark, Cyd, Shelby, Leo, Chase, Logan, Kate, Adam, and Taylor stuck to their own group. So far, Shelby, Kate, and Leo were losing every round.
Shelby tried to throw a left-hook at Taylor, but not knowing how to left-hook, she ended up with Taylor grabbing her arm and flipping her.
"AHH!" Shelby screamed, as Taylor tossed her over her shoulder. "How do you even know where I am?!"
"I can just sense it," said Taylor, with a smirk.
Meanwhile, Cyd was sparring with Kaz. She punched him in the jaw, and Kaz fell to the ground. "See!" Cyd shouted to Shelby. "We're punching each other with our fists and our hearts!"
"That's what she says!" shouted Kaz. "She's dodged all my punches!"
Oliver and Bree just chuckled from the mat where they were sparring. For them, sparring was more like a hand game because they were more intent on talking than training.
"Has Skylar texted you anything about her first day?" asked Oliver, anxiously.
Bree sighed. "Not a word."
"I'm really worried about her," said Oliver, softly.
"Skylar's a tough girl," Bree soothed. "What's the worst that could happen?"
"Mad science lab. Chemicals. Make her own pow-"
"Okay, okay, I get it," said Bree. "I'll text Skylar after gym and tell her-"
"Okay, ladies!" they were suddenly interrupted by Coach Boomer's face in theirs. "Is this a sparring match or a tea party?! Oliver, I want you to go up against Jack."
Oliver gulped. When he saw the mysterious, 5'9", superstrength boy, he almost fainted.
"Bree, I'm pairing you with one of the sophomores!" announced Coach Boomer.
"That's not fair! Sophomores don't even train with freshmen!" whined Bree. She couldn't help but think this was a punishment for undermining Coach Boomer during Power Placement.
"Well, a sophomore just visited to give me a note," said Coach Boomer. "So you're sparring her! Unless, of course, you aren't up for the challenge." He gave her a challenging glare, and Bree narrowed her eyes.
"I've fought off the worst of villains. Bring this sophomore in," she snapped.
Coach Boomer laughed at her first statement. "Yeah, I sincerely doubt that. Alright, DARIA! Get over here!"
Daria entered, and Bree's mouth almost dropped. She was wearing a camouflage undershirt and a red leather jacket with black jeans, and had the largest muscles Bree had ever seen on a girl. Daria turned a sharp eye on Bree, and smiled a bit. "She'll do," Daria said to Coach.
In three seconds flat Bree was face-down on the mat.
"Great job, Daria," said Coach Boomer. "You never cease to amaze me."
"H-How?!" Bree barely choked out, sitting up from the mat.
"This is Daria's second year at Sky High," said Coach Boomer. "Do you see how much you can learn in freshman year? You should follow Daria's example." Bree rolled her eyes, did this have to be one of the few times Coach Boomer gave good advice?!
"Okay everyone, water-break!" announced Professor Elast.
Bree, Chase, Adam, Oliver, Kaz, Shelby, Cyd, Leo, Logan, Taylor, Spark, and Kate all gathered around a cooler. Shelby gulped down cups of water. "I've never trained so hard in my life!"
"You're doing great," said Logan, grinning goofily.
"Logan's right," said Cyd. "You're trying your best. I mean, I had to punch at least three guys before I mastered my left-hook."
Shelby sighed. "I would've felt better if you didn't tell me that."
Cyd shrugged, as all the boys took a few steps away from her. Except Kaz, of course.
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9:00 – Hero Support – Mad Science
The Hero Support settled into the Mad Science classroom, waiting for their teacher to show up. Skylar sat beside Lilly, with Slick in front of her, flirting with both of them. Skylar and Lilly took Violet's advice and blatantly ignored him.
Suddenly, there was a puff of smoke at the front of the room, which caused Slick to fall out of his chair in shock. Violet took a picture of the smoke, then one of Slick.
"Well, hello there!" said a nasally voice. "I'm Professor Medulla! Welcome to Mad Science. Before we begin, I must ask that you wear your gloves and safety masks at all time, so no toxic gasses can infect – you know what, maybe I should just stop talking."
"Hey, are you from the planet Baaaaah?" asked Skylar. "You look like you could be Phillip's uncle! Just, with a bigger head, you know?"
"That is right! I am from the planet Baaaaah and I came to Sky High to be a teacher!" explained Professor Medulla. "You see, kids, no one has to be a superhero. Everyone has a choice, you can be a doctor, or teacher, or anything as long as you don't expose the superhero secret."
"Wait, is that why aliens from planet Baaaaah have such big heads?" asked Violet. "Their brains?"
"Well…not everyone's head is big because of a big brain," said Professor Medulla. "You have met Phillip, right?"
Violet shook her head, and Professor Medulla sighed. "You know what? Never mind, let's just start the lesson. Everyone use your tweezers to extract a crystal from the beaker in front of you."
Skylar did as he said, and inspected the crystal. It looked very familiar…
"These crystals are from the planet Kreln," said Professor Medulla. "They aren't nearly as powerful as the Crystal of Kreln, but they still have a fair amount of energy within them. What we're going to do today is extract the energy from the depths of the crystal in a safe and controlled-"
"I can do it!" shouted Slick, immediately grabbing the crystal and hurling it against the floor.
"No Slick!" screamed Professor Medulla, but it was too late.
A bright purple smoke seeped from the fractured crystal, quickly filling the room. "Pretty smoke!" squealed Razzle.
"I…feel…dizzy…" groaned Lilly, pressing a hand to her head.
"Same…here," said Skylar, her vision blurring.
"Why didn't…any of you…wear your safety masks?!" choked out Professor Medulla.
"Slick…distracted…us." groaned Johnny.
"Blame me…why don't cha…" Slick snapped, sarcastically.
Suddenly, they heard a 'smack', and weakly turned their heads. Behind them, Violet's head had hit the desk, and she was unconscious.
Skylar vaguely heard Mr. Medulla shout. "Kids! Get out…if you…can!" but even he sounded like he was fading fast.
Mr. Medulla shook his head, and with his last bit of energy, hit a red button that had 'emergency' painted on it. That was the last thing Skylar, or the rest of the class, saw before they fell into a smoke-induced slumber…
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10:00 – Heroes – General Weaponry
Bree ran over to Oliver frantically. Bree had been standing in the hallway outside one of the all-purpose rooms that was being used for General Weaponry, trying to get good reception. "She isn't answering my texts! I asked if I could visit her, but Mr. Jameson said there was an emergency with the sidekicks! Oliver, what do we do?!"
Oliver raised a hand to shush Bree. "Bree, we shouldn't let anyone know we're worried. We'd be causing problems for Skylar. In just two hours we have lunch with the sidekicks, so I'm sure Skylar will explain everything by then. Besides, who says the emergency has anything to do with her?"
"Well, you're awfully calm," said Bree, almost defensively.
"Well, I have to be, or else I think I might run out of the room screaming," Oliver teased.
"Sounds more like Chase…" murmured Bree.
"Okay class!" announced Mr. Jameson. "All eyes on me! It's time for your General Weaponry class."
Shelby looked like she was going to panic, so Logan grabbed her hand. "It's okay, Shelby," he whispered. "You'll do great. Just partner up with Cyd."
"Cyd will kill me!" said Shelby.
"She's your best friend!"
"Yeah, but she makes mistakes!"
Logan sighed. "Well, do you want to partner with me, then?"
Shelby blushed. "Well, if you insist…"
Logan chuckled. "Sure."
"Kids!" shouted Mr. Jameson, and Shelby and Logan quickly returned their attention to him. "We're foregoing the choice class today to get more acquainted with the weaponry. Today, the weapons we've been given access to are swords, throwing stars, and arrows." He looked at Shelby. "Let's go over the rules one more time for our new student." Mr. Jameson cleared his throat. "One, wear safety gear at all times. This includes padding, facemasks, and shin-guards."
"No problem there," said Shelby.
"Two, guns and hand grenades are absolutely off-limits. Only advance level weaponry students have permission to use those, and only in a controlled environment. Anyone seen in possession of any advance level weaponry will be sent to the principal's office, with cause for expulsion. If the weapons are seen in a harmful way, it may even be cause to be sent to Mighty Max."
"Hero jail," Kaz whispered to Shelby and Cyd.
"Furthermore, if you see anyone armed with dangerous weapons, report them to me immediately," continued Mr. Jameson. "Third, don't take off your safety gear until directed to do so. And finally, if anyone yells 'stop', stop what you're doing immediately. We don't want anyone to get seriously injured."
"Will there be nunchakus?!" shouted Cyd.
Mr. Jameson sighed. "How many times do I have to tell you, there will be nunchakus, just not today!?"
"Fine…" groaned Cyd.
Mr. Jameson put his classic, cheesy smile back on his face and shouted. "Partner up, and let's start sparring!"
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Shelby paired up with Logan. They decided to throw throwing stars at a target across the room, since Shelby thought that was the least-dangerous activity. So far, Shelby was surprisingly good at hitting the center of the target.
"Bullseye!" Logan shouted for about the thirtieth time. "How are you so good at this?!"
Shelby shrugged. "Cyd likes to randomly throw things in hopes she hits someone. I compensate for her."
"Wow, I bet those craft fairs must get wild, then," joked Logan.
"Oh, they do," Shelby said, seriously.
"Look out!" Cyd suddenly screamed, as a sword flew through the air.
Logan and Shelby dropped to the ground, the former shielding the latter. Cyd and her sparring partner, Jones, could only stare on in horror as the sword stuck into the wall, and Mr. Jameson turned to them. "I'm so sorry Mr. Jameson!" gasped Cyd.
"No, it's my fault," said Jones. "I was feeling stabby, and lost control."
Mr. Jameson rubbed the bridge of his nose. "I was not aware 'stabby' was a feeling."
"It is for me!" announced Jones.
"Just try to be more careful," Mr. Jameson sighed.
"Seriously, someone could've lost an eye!" snapped Yoona.
"Oh please, eyeballs grow back," Cyd said, rolling her eyes.
"Actually, they don't," whispered Shelby.
"On Caldera they do," said Kaz.
"See?! I'm right! I love this place!" shouted Cyd, high-fiving Kaz.
"Awesome!" shouted Kaz. "Now let's go use the bow and arrows near Oliver. When you draw back the arrow and he sees your elbow, he's going to freak!" Cyd and Kaz both got an excited look before running off.
Shelby and Logan stood up, and Shelby blushed awkwardly. "Well, I better go with them. Cyd plus arrows equals disaster." Shelby turned to leave, but then looked over her shoulder. "Thanks for shielding me, Logan."
Logan blushed. "Anytime!"
Shelby blushed even redder and ran off. Logan then stumbled over to Leo. "Leo, I think I've been hit with Cupid's arrow!"
"Nope, Nina just lost control of her arrow, and now it's stuck in your butt," said Leo.
"Oh, is that why I feel faint?" asked Logan, before falling over on top of Leo.
"Help me! I'm stuck!" screamed Leo.
"You have superstrength!" squeaked Kate.
"Oh yeah, right," said Leo, shoving Logan off. "I love being bionic!"
Xxx
12:00 – Lunch – Heroes and Hero Support
Skylar walked into the lunchroom, rubbing her head. Immediately, Bree ran over to her and pelted her with questions. "Where have you been?! What have you been doing?! Why haven't you been answering my texts?!"
"Geez, Bree," groaned Skylar, keeping her hand over her head. "There was a chemical explosion in the science lab, and it sent all the sidekicks into a deep sleep for a few hours. But we're good now, really."
Bree sighed. "Good." Then she thought to herself, Since when did I consider a chemical explosion 'good'?
As if reading her thoughts, Skylar put her hands on her hips. "As opposed to what?!"
"Well, your head could've exploded," said Bree, gesturing to Skylar's hand over her head. Skylar scowled, so Bree gave Skylar a half smile. Bree then added, "Before passing out, you should've texted me. I could've brought Oliver to the Mad Science lab so he could kiss you and break the sleeping spell."
"What?!"
Bree smirked. "Come on, let's go eat."
Bree led Skylar over to an open table where all the freshmen were seated. Shelby and Logan were flirting; Cyd was enthusiastically discussing training with Kaz, sometimes punching him in the arm; Kate was talking quietly to Taylor; and Spark was giving Kaz the evil-eye. Skylar smiled, it was good to see her friends.
"Hey, Cyd, can I eat your yogurt?" asked Shelby.
"Wait, Shelbs, that's-" began Cyd, as Shelby started to eat from the small bowl of 'yogurt'.
Immediately, Shelby's face went green. "Never mind, that's ranch dressing." Shelby gagged, "And it's expired."
"Hey, pretty mamas!" Slick hooted to Bree and Skylar.
"Oh, go shove your straw up your nose," groaned Bree, gesturing at Slick's milk carton.
"Well, look what we have here." a voice said. At first, Bree and Skylar didn't turn around, figuring it was another dork like Slick. Eventually, though, they realized the deep voice didn't belong to any freshman. They turned around, and saw with horror that Whiplash and Diamond were standing before them. "If it isn't Ms. Speed Feet and her little sidekick?"
"What do you want, Whiplash?" snapped Bree.
"Oh, I'm not here for you," said Whiplash. He rudely shoved Bree aside and headed straight for Skylar. "I'm here for Ms. Normo over here." A wicked smile spread across his face and he held his arm out, preventing Skylar from moving away. "So how 'bout it, Normo girl? Why don't you show us all your moves? Unless, of course, you have none."
"I don't want any trouble, Whiplash," growled Skylar.
"Of course you don't. But maybe I do," hissed Whiplash, pressing Skylar against the wall with one hand.
"Hey! Leave her alone!" yelled Oliver. Skylar made a cutting motion with her hand, worried for Oliver's life.
"Whatcha gonna do about it?" taunted Diamond.
"Uh…" Oliver stalled.
"This!" snapped a new voice. Oliver turned, relieved to see Scorch. Scorch held out his hand and a fireball appeared. "Don't make me throw it."
Whiplash paused, as though in thought. Then, with one quick motion, he threw Skylar to the ground and turned away. "Whatever. You're not worth the fight."
Oliver immediately ran to help Skylar up. "'A' for effort, Oliver," said Skylar.
Oliver sighed. "Yeah, I didn't really think past 'leave her alone'," said Oliver.
"At least you tried," said Scorch, rolling his eyes.
"What happened?" asked Cyra, running over to them at once. "I didn't really see."
"Just some trouble with Diamond and Whiplash," said Scorch. "Nothing I couldn't handle."
"I…I have a question," Kate said, in her usual nervous tone.
"Yes?" asked Cyra.
"Diamond and Whiplash are juniors, right? Why hasn't Sky High made them good?" she asked.
"Huh…" said Cyra. "I guess some people are just too evil to be helped."
"That can't be true," said Bree.
Cyra shrugged. "I don't know why they're so determined to stay evil. Honestly, I don't think I'll ever know." After a long silence, Cyra smiled awkwardly at them. "Maybe I should introduce you to everyone."
"You mean, the other sophomores?" asked Chase.
"Well, I know some of the juniors too," said Cyra.
"Start with the villainous ones," said Scorch, clenching his fists. "Those are the ones they need to know about."
Cyra shrugged. "Sure bro." She pointed at a girl with platinum blonde hair. "That's Electrina. She's really good at getting the dirt on people, so avoid her if you want to protect your reputation." Cyra gestured towards two girls chatting. "Those girls are Vetnia and Kaya. Vetnia's manipulative, but I think she influences Kaya. Kaya isn't so bad on her own." Cyra then gestured towards two boys. "There's also Ash and Richard. Ash's siblings are good people, so…I don't know what happened with him. As for Richard-"
"What are you talking about?!" interrupted Scorch. "Richard's a great guy!"
Cyra rolled her eyes. "How many times do I have to tell you, I have a bad feeling about that guy!"
"Well, I'm his friend," said Scorch. "If you'd talk to him just one-"
Cyra held up a hand to stop him. "Never, I've told you. Never."
"Who's he?" asked Lacey, breaking up the bickering, gesturing to a guy with dark clothes and hair.
Cyra looked in her direction, and gasped. "Don't look at him!" She shoved Lacey aside, panic in her eyes.
"What is it?!" asked Skylar.
"T-That's Reackdof," whispered Cyra. "I forgot to tell you about him earlier! He has very dangerous powers, he can steal your soul! And he's crazy, if you push him, he'll ignore Sky High's rules and use his powers against you." Cyra gulped. "H-he's on Whiplash's side. They practically rule this school together."
"I'm not afraid of them," said Scorch, but anyone could tell Scorch was lying for his sister's sake.
"Why don't you move on to the good people?" Bree urged, soothingly.
Cyra nodded, taking a deep breath. "Okay, luckily the good guys outnumber the bad guys."
Cyra gestured to a boy who literally had a gourd for a head. "That's Gordon, son of Dr. O' Lantern…"
"Let me guess, his father's name is 'Jack'?" asked Cyd.
"His name is Roy," said Cyra. "Why would you think his name was Jack?"
"Cyd's racist to pumpkins!" gasped Adam. "She's pumpkincist!"
"I thought…because…you know…never mind," said Cyd, giving up the point.
As Cyra continued to talk about good people who weren't present in the lunchroom, Skylar began to tune her out. She had so many things on her mind, being off Earth, starting school, being a sidekick, she didn't even hear a person come up behind her. This was why the tap on her shoulder surprised her so much.
Skylar jumped up in surprise, but then averted her eyes in embarrassment. "Sorry, you startled-"
"Skylar," said the person. The voice was surprisingly familiar.
Skylar looked up into the eyes of…herself. The other Skylar smiled and waved, and Skylar could do nothing but scream. As a Calderan, she could tell the difference between herself and other Calderans, and this girl was most definitely herself. "How…who are…OLIVER! KAZ!"
The two boys turned, and both gave her a confused look. "New Calderan?" asked Kaz.
Skylar shook her head slowly, but then noticed something strange. The other Skylar's features were slowly shifting. The changes were so tiny they were hard to notice, but the more changes occurred the more the girl before Skylar looked unlike a Calderan. In fact, as the pink streak turned magenta, then purple, then dark blue, then brown, and the girl's eyes widened and crinkled into a wide grin, the girl almost looked like…a boy. "W-who are you?" whispered Skylar.
At that moment, Cyra whipped around. The moment she saw the shock on Skylar's face and the strange person standing before her, Cyra knew what was going on. "Hunter!" screamed Cyra. "We've talked about this! You can't scare the freshmen!"
"Aww, but it's so fun," whined Hunter, in a gender-neutral voice.
"Sorry for the scare, Skylar," said Cyra. "This is Hunter. They're a shape-shifter."
"They?" asked Skylar.
Cyra gave Hunter a withering scowl, but Skylar could tell they were teasing each other. "They won't tell us what gender they are, nor can they control their shapeshifting. They're in a constant state of change, which is why Hunter started changing into a boy after turning into you."
"I can control it!" protested Hunter. "I just like to mess with you. Besides, I prefer to be both genders."
"Oh really?" asked Cyra. "Is that why you slept in my dorm and just happened to turn into a boy overnight and get dragged to detention by Principle Powers? Do you know how long it took me to explain why there was a boy in my room?!"
Hunter shrugged. "Trouble's my middle name."
"I expected nothing less," taunted Cyra.
"Listen, I know everything about the people of this school," said Hunter. "Not to mention I'm Cyra's roommate when I'm a girl. So, if you want to know what's in Cyra's diary-"
"Hunter!" shrieked Cyra.
"Just kidding," said Hunter. "If I just told them what was in there, I wouldn't make any money!"
Cyra groaned. "You're literally the worst."
"Anyway, I'll tell you who the other good guys are," said Hunter. "The good sophomores who are heroes are Kinsey, Jace, Erica, Gabriel, Carter, and Jonathan. Erica and Carter are Ash's siblings, and they get sensitive on the whole 'evil brother' topic, so don't bring it up."
"What about Landon?" asked Cyra.
"Are you kidding me?!" asked Hunter. "He's friends with Snow Queen! She's creepy, and he is too! Rumor has it, he has a crush on her. Who in their right mind would like that girl?!"
Cyra crossed her arms. "He has a troubled past. They relate to each other. I think Landon's just misunderstood."
"Whatever," said Hunter. "There's also Hendrix, but he's a shifty junior. Sometimes he's good, sometimes he's on the bad side. He works for money." Skylar rolled her eyes. She hated those types of heroes, those who worked for money. "As for sidekicks, the sophomores are Justin, Tara, Kylie, Jerry, and Barry. Jerry and Barry are brothers. Barry's also blind, so keep that in mind when you're around him."
"That's a lot of names to remember," groaned Bree.
"Well, there's only two more, the juniors," said Hunter. "Those would be Samuel and Fredrick. Watch out for Samuel, he's a prankster."
"Well, thanks for informing us," said Skylar.
"I'm not going to remember any of their names," Kaz said. "So long, Hammy!"
"My name's 'Hunter'!" yelled Hunter.
"Whatever, Harley," said Cyd, digging into a ham sandwich.
"Ignore them," said Bree. "They aren't the sharpest tools in the shed, if you know what I mean."
"Yeah, I get it," said Hunter. "Besides, I've got to eat lunch. Come on, Cyra!"
Cyra left with her roommate, and Bree and Skylar also sat down to eat. However, shortly after they started eating, another person sat before them.
"Not you!" screamed Bree, scrambling back.
"What?" asked Skylar, then to the new girl. "Who are you?"
"It's that she-demon, Daria!" yelped Bree. "She almost killed me!"
Daria started to laugh. "Sorry, I didn't know your arms were so fragile."
"What do you want?" asked Bree, suspiciously.
"I just wanted to introduce myself," said Daria. "And maybe throw you around some more." Bree froze, and Daria laughed. "Just kidding!" She turned to Skylar. "I'm Daria, daughter of Silver Shield and Princess Planet."
"Hey, I knew Silver Shield!" said Skylar. "How is he?"
"I…don't know," said Daria, quietly. "He and my mom were in Mighty Med when the hospital was destroyed. They're…gone."
"Oh," gasped Skylar. "I-I'm so sorry for your loss."
"Yeah," said Daria, trying not to show her emotions. "It's a lot worse for my little sister, Nancy. She's been having…issues, with the loss."
Skylar nodded, and took a moment of silence to think of the fallen heroes. "Where's Nancy?"
"She's living on the bionic island with the other underage heroes," said Daria. "She wanted to come here with me, but she's too young. I think she's happy now, though."
"Oh yeah, what's been going on with that?" asked Bree. "I heard Mr. Davenport was keeping the heroes at the bionic island but…I didn't get many details."
Daria shrugged. "Well, from what I know, any hero who is injured and not, well, dead is on the island. All adults who can help are over there too, acting as nurses or whatever. Tasha is there, but I hear she's giving birth soon. Sadly, that means Tasha can't watch over the underage heroes. Mr. Davenport's been contacting everyone he can. He was able to find an older normo named Madame Tsuki who knows about the superhero secret, and a friend of hers named Mary Margaret who doesn't use her powers for saving the world. From what I know, they've been taking care of the kids."
"Well…that's good," Skylar said, slowly. "I mean, the kids are safe and-"
"Yeah, it's not good," Daria deadpanned. "Madame Tsuki is climbing up in age, and Mary Margaret has to act as a nurse and caregiver. She has a life of her own, you know, even if she's not married. There also isn't enough heroes on hand to save the world, so I hear they're trying to get the Sky High seniors to start graduating early. Too many people don't want to 'get involved'. Most heroes are staying on their own planets, because a lot of them are at war with Caldera. Seriously, the galaxy has gone almost as insane as the U.S."
Daria leaned back in her seat, and Bree could only blink in shock at how casual Daria seemed, as though she knew about this for a long time.
"Wait, at war with Caldera?!" shouted Skylar. "What?!"
"You didn't hear?" asked Daria. "Caldera is being ruled by dictators. They started with isolationist policies, but now they're trying to take over the universe."
Skylar's face was frozen in shock, and for a second Bree thought Skylar might pass out. Bree gently rubbed Skylar's arm in a soothing manner. "W-W-Who…are…the dictators," Skylar barely choked out.
However, before Daria could answer, the bell rang. "Sorry, I've gotta go. We'll talk later."
Xxx
1:00 – Hero Support – Training
Skylar walked back to her Hero Support classroom as though in a trance. Caldera couldn't be taken over by dictators. It wasn't possible. Daria must've misspoke…yeah, that was it…
"Why can't we do Competition instead?" whined Violet, taking a seat before Mr. Boy. "I really wanted to throw Slick around!"
"You're just disappointed you don't get to put your hands all over me," flirted Slick.
"Yup, and then I could beat you to the ground," said Violet, flatly.
"Well, Competition is a very dangerous class," said Mr. Boy. "We don't want to risk anyone's safety for at least a week after school starts. So instead we're training today."
At least a week after school starts? Thought Skylar. If I've been out for three or four days, then it won't be that long until Competition…right?
"Bring it on!" shouted Slick. "'Danger' is my middle name!"
Violet snickered. "Your middle name is Susan."
"How did you-"
"Who would like to try Combat with Dinnerware?" interrupted Mr. Boy.
"Combat with what now?" asked Samuel.
"Dinnerware," said Mr. Boy. "In other words, we're fighting with common household objects."
"That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard!" snapped Violet.
Mr. Boy sighed. "This is always a hard conversation…" To her surprise, Mr. Boy turned to Skylar. "Skylar, you've battled many villains in your time, right?"
"Um…yes?" muttered Skylar, wondering how that was relevant.
"Where do they attack you?"
"What?"
"When you're battling a villain," clarified Mr. Boy. "What is the setting like?"
"Well," said Skylar. "Usually I come to the villain. Like, if someone is robbing a bank, I would fly over there."
"Has a villain ever attacked you directly?" asked Mr. Boy.
"Um…" Skylar blushed. "Actually, yes. Once, after fighting Nightstrike, I went to a frozen yogurt place-" She received many strange looks for this comment, so Skylar added. "What? Everyone loves froyo, and I changed into normo clothes to be safe. Anyway, while I was there, the Ambusher came out of nowhere and attacked me. I defeated him, of course." After that, Skylar flipped her hair and leaned back in her seat. Periwinkle high-fived her.
"You see?!" Mr. Boy asked, loudly, causing everyone to jump. "When a villain attacks, they don't attack when you expect it. Skylar, has a villain ever attacked you when you were standing in, say, an arsenal?"
"No…"
"That's why you need to learn Combat with Dinnerware," Mr. Boy addressed the class. "A villain won't attack you if you're standing with a knife, a loaded gun, and full-strength super powers. A villain will attack while you're on a picnic or getting lunch or something. Skylar, wouldn't it have been better if you knew how to gouge the villain's eye out with your yogurt spoon?"
"Well, I didn't really have any trouble-"
"Exactly," interrupted Mr. Boy. "Combat with Dinnerware will teach you to work with what you've got, no matter how useless or minimal. Now, who's ready?"
Everyone responded with "I am", even though Skylar was pretty sure no one totally understood. How were they supposed to fight with dinnerware? A knife and power tools, maybe. Possibly even a fork. But none of the household objects Mr. Boy was pulling out appeared to be dangerous…
"Okay, we have many objects here. Fun fact, I once gouged a villain's eye out with just a soup spoon!" Mr. Boy enthused. "Well, I mean, I tried. I got close though, I left a tiny scar on the villain's cheek!"
Skylar sighed. Mr. Boy tried to sound tough, but everyone knew he was a big nerd.
"Everyone take one," continued Mr. Boy. "We've got spoons, batteries, handkerchiefs, glasses…"
Skylar walked up to the table presenting the household objects, and grabbed a high heel. According to Bree, high heels could be used as a weapon. Bree had used them once on Black Friday to get a cheap purse. Skylar figured she could use the heel or toe of the shoe to cause some damage. She was surprised, though, when she saw Violet grab a handkerchief.
Mr. Boy arranged some mannequins at the back of the classroom. "Remember everyone, attack the dummies! In the future, telekinetic superheroes will be brought in to make the dummies move, but we're going to start with immobile targets for now," explained Mr. Boy.
Skylar drew her arm back and threw the heel in her hand. To her surprise, the heel left a small gash in the dummies' chest, but otherwise nothing happened.
"Good hit, Skylar. I suggest you aim for the vulnerable parts," said Mr. Boy. "You know, eyes, mouth, nose…"
"Quick question," said Tracy. "What gender is the dumm-"
"Not important, Tracy," Mr. Boy said, quickly. "Wait…Violet! What're you doing?!"
Everyone turned to see Violet shoving her handkerchief into Slick's mouth, and holding it there until his face turned purple. "What?" asked Violet. "You told us to attack the dummies!"
"Not Slick," groaned Mr. Boy. "Come on, I think Slick needs to go to the nurse…again."
Skylar sighed and rolled her eyes. With an out of control bunch like this, how was she supposed to learn how to be promoted to hero status?
"You look angry," whispered a voice beside her. Skylar turned to see that Daisy was talking to her. "Use it."
Skylar took a deep breath, narrowed her eyes, and threw the heel at an arch, like a boomerang, towards the dummy's neck.
With a 'thunk', the dummy's head toppled to the floor.
Xxx
2:00 – Hero Support – History
"Okay class!" announced Mr. Boy, holding up a large book. "Today we'll be learning about Sky High's history. Since it's only day four, I figured you'd want to learn something interesting for history class. So, I decided to teach you about the founding of Sky High."
Everyone listened intently. For all their searching, Skylar and her friends hadn't been able to find information on the building of Sky High.
"Sky High was built long ago, much longer than I've been alive," said Mr. Boy.
"Whoa! Sky High must be ancient!" gasped Slick.
"Thanks for the comment, Slick," Mr. Boy said, sarcastically. "Anyway, heroes have always been more advanced than normos. After all, heroes have the whole universe at their fingertips, while normos are only able to explore the small realm of their solar system. No normo has even made it to Mars. So it should come as no shock that in the 1600's, heroes were as advanced as today's normos."
"Really?! The 1600's?!" gasped Skylar. She wasn't even aware that heroes were around back then!
"Yes," said Mr. Boy. "Back then, all young heroes wanted to live on Earth. They wanted to get away from their parents and make lives for themselves, and what better place to do that then America? There were no dictators, and most of the world was unknown territory that man could claim. With their special abilities, heroes were better equipped to tame the land than normos. That's why the first, and best, hero hospital was in Philadelphia, one of America's early colonies. Mighty Med, or the idea of a superhero hospital, is much older than you know."
"Wait, if there were heroes back in the 1600's, why haven't we heard about them?" asked Tracy.
"Good question, Tracy," said Mr. Boy. "And that's where Sky High comes into play. With heroes owning land and starting families, there were plenty of hero/normo hybrids, or children of heroes who didn't inherit powers. It quickly became apparent to the heroes that those children who didn't inherit powers had much better lives than children that did. You see, back then heroes weren't called heroes…back then, heroes were called witches. Philadelphia was founded in 1682, and as a result of the heroes flocking towards the hospital and general area, the Salem Witch Trials started in 1692 not too far away. The trials consisted of women, but many men were also killed if normo men suspected someone had an advantage over average men. Hero-women suspected of being witches were dunked in water, and often drowned. Breana, do you know why they kept on dunking potential witches?"
Breana sighed. "Once, they dunked a hero with the ability to breathe underwater. The normos immediately assumed their witch trial was a success and burned her at the stake."
"Absolutely right," said Mr. Boy. "The witch trials were less of a way to find witches, and more of a way to eliminate people who had a greater advantage than men, since any hero who was dunked drowned, even if normos suspected that drowning meant 'not a witch' and there was no way to rescue the innocent heroes. It was a faulty system, indeed. The only survivors were heroes who could breathe underwater, and wouldn't you know it, they got burned at the steak because not drowning meant 'witch'. Man has never entertained the idea of a more powerful species, which is why they immediately reject the ideas of 'magic' and 'heroes'. Why else would heroes still be in hiding to this day?" Mr. Boy paused, and everyone knew he was wrapping up the lesson.
"So, you didn't tell us how Sky High fits into all of this," said Skylar.
"Oh, right," said Mr. Boy. "As you know, Sky High trains young heroes to master their powers to save the world. However, it wasn't always like this."
"What do you mean?" asked Lacey.
"Well like I said, back in the 1600's it was better to be born without powers. You weren't suspected of being a 'witch', then, and could live out a happy and normal life. With their supreme knowledge of the world, heroes were able to build Sky High, the school for young heroes in the clouds. However, back then, Sky High was a place to teach hero children how to control their powers so they could suppress them, and have an appearance as being normal."
"But how did that work?" asked Barbie. "Why didn't everyone just pretend to be normal? Why did they need a school?"
"That's just it," said Mr. Boy. "You'd think a grown hero could stop using their powers all together, right? Well, that's wrong. The power beckons the hero, since heroes and powers are meant to go together. Skylar, that's why your friend Cyd could sense the Sky High bus. A hero's first instinct is to use powers to solve problems. Without their powers, a hero isn't a normo. It's more like a hero is a…shell."
Skylar gulped, and tried not to meet anyone's stares.
"Anyway, that instinct can't be taken away," said Mr. Boy. "So, to get the children to act like normos, some people believe early Sky High teachers used some…unsavory methods to make children normal. Some even point to…dark magic."
"Yeah, some people even believe that to this day, some teachers still practice the dark arts," hissed Slick.
"Slick! Those are all ghost stories!" snapped Mr. Boy. "Don't scare your classmates!"
"It's what I do best," said Slick, casually.
Mr. Boy sighed. "Well, now all of you know why Sky High was founded. One day I'll tell you when Sky High started training heroes and not suppressing powers, but that's a whole other lesson plan. Now get out of here and go to Free Period."
Xxx
3:00 – Heroes – English
The heroes filed into one of the few rooms they had class in that wasn't homeroom or an all-purpose room. This English class was decorated with poster-size depictions of comic book covers and floor-to-ceiling bookshelves full of comic books.
"Oliver!" whisper-shouted Kaz. "I think I've died and gone to heaven!" Cyd wrapped an arm around Kaz, and Kaz added. "You see what I mean!"
"Welcome class!" a new woman at the front of the room stated. According to her name tag, her name was Ms. Burgess. "I'm your English teacher, Ms. Burgess, but you can call me Harper if you want. I believe we have much to learn about justice and bravery through comic books!"
"WOO-HOO!" Kaz whooped, jumping up from his seat and immediately falling over, knocking Yuki over on the way down. Ms. Burgess chuckled.
"Glad to see such enthusiastic students!" she cheered. "Now, I'm teaching you this!" Ms. Burgess held up a copy of 'The Dark Knight Returns'. "Has anyone read this comic book?"
"Me!" screamed Kaz and Cyd, jumping up. "I also got Oliver to read it!" Kaz added.
"Kaz!" shouted Oliver, a bit embarrassed that everyone knew about their comic book infatuation now.
"Then can you tell me what it's about?" asked Ms. Burgess.
"Well, Superman is on the side of an evil government so Batman fights him!" shouted Cyd.
"Very good!" said Ms. Burgess.
"I can't believe it," said Shelby. "For the first time ever, Cyd's the smartest kid in class!"
"Hey, me too!" shouted Kaz.
"Even more unbelievable!" added Oliver.
"Okay then," said Ms. Burgess. "What can we learn from The Dark Knight Returns?"
"You can sell anything as long as Batman and Superman are on the cover!" said Cyd.
"I meant about the book," said Ms. Burgess. "Though, you're not wrong."
"Oh!" said Kaz. "Well, two good guys are fighting each other…it's kind of depressing. Way to ruin my mood!"
Ms. Burgess laughed. "Why is it depressing?"
"Because we don't know who to root for," whispered Kate in her usual timid voice. "We want good to win, but…who's good?"
"Great question, Kate," said Ms. Burgess. "The answer is, your own opinion. What do you believe is right? And does good always win, or does good – and evil – come in different forms?" Ms. Burgess held up the comic book and grinned knowingly. "Read this comic book. Tomorrow, we'll discuss what really defines good and evil."
Sorry I couldn't list much about the other OCs! If I explained a lot about the new characters, this chapter would be WAY too long! But don't worry, the OC list will be out soon! Also, sorry I skipped a few classes/hours! If I took you through the whole day, this chapter would be WAY too long. Hopefully, you'll get to see the other classes soon! I'd also like to note, once again, that this story takes place early on in Lab Rats: Elite Force, and before Best Friends Whenever season2 (though, I'm not too strict about the BFW timeline). Anyway, on to some info on my mentioned OCs. Mary Margaret watches the young OCs and characters who will show up in a few episodes of Sky High. Mary Margaret won't make many appearances, since she has to work at the Bionic Island with Madame Tsuki (purpledolpin05's OC, because if anyone would help, I know it'd be Madame Tsuki). Yes, she is 100 percent based on Mary Margaret from Once Upon a Time. XD! It's basically Snow White with superpowers because I LOVE HER. Nancy Planet-Shield is named after Nancy from Stranger Things, and OC Nancy's powers will mimic some aspects of Stranger Things. Daria Planet-Shield is based on Tris Prior from Divergent, for no apparent reason, though I'm debating between whether or not to make Daria a lesbian. Finally, Ms. Burgess is a guest star from Girl Meets World! Come on, Ms. Burgess taught superhero comic books to her class! Add a few powers, and she belongs at Sky High! Now, there's one other note I'd like to make, about a character who isn't technically an OC. Professor Elast is a deleted character from Sky High, and according to the wiki she was full of spunk with a crush on Coach Boomer (though god knows why). I figured, "eh, why not add her in?" There'll be drama involving her in the future. ;)! Now, about the History class, believe it or not I found out that Philadelphia was founded ten years before the Salem Witch Trials began. I figured that was too perfect not to use. Sorry it took me so long to update! This chapter was long, and the holidays were busy! Anyway, at least the update will feel sooner! Bye!