A/N: Hey! I'm back with the third chapter of Peace! ^_^ thank you so much to all that favourited and put this story on alert! I didn't know it was going to be this popular! =3 so thank you everyone! Also this is the chapter in which both Sam and Rachel get placed, hope you like it!


Peace

Chapter 3

We walked into the gym and gathered around the podium again. Coach Boomer stepped back up and called up Sam. Sam grinned at me before sauntering onto the podium.

"So what's yer name kid?" coach Boomer asked.

"Sam, Sam Omber."

"Okay, what's you power?"

"Shadow manipulation." He said grinning.

"Power up then."

"I am." He told Boomer.

That's when I noticed that Coach Boomer wasn't moving, and then he moved in a sudden jerking movement. Then all of a sudden, he was doing the wave. Next, he was doing the robot.

"What's going on? What are you doing?" Boomer asked angrily, practically yelling.

"Manipulating the shadows you're connected to and in turn manipulating you." He said with a devious grin on his face, as he released his control of Boomer.

"Hero." Coach Boomer said before practically shoving Sam off the podium.

So, it continued for a while. He yelled a lot. I rolled my eyes at the overdramatic man. I also got pissed off when he started with some of the 'weaker' looking kids. This guy was just an overgrown bully. He was pathetic. Sighing loudly, I yawned dramatically. "Boring" I muttered to myself.

"Okay, next up…You!" Boomer pointed at me.

I sighed, here goes nothing.

"Okay, what's your name?" he asked.

"Rachel." I answered, not giving my last name.

"Haven't you been watching?"

I shrugged.

"I said… WHAT'S YOUR NAME!" he boomed, getting in my face and starting to get pissed.

"It's Rachel, Rachel Peace, to be exact."

The moment I said my last name, the rest of the freshman burst into whispers. I knew there would be rumors about me in no time. I sighed.

"Can I power up, and just get this over with?" I asked impatiently.

Coach Boomer took a deep breath. "QUIET!" he yelled to my peers.

Great, now everyone is going to watch me like a hawk.

I took a deep breath before powering up.

I extended my left hand in front of me, palm facing out, and exhaled. As I exhaled I let out a stream of water from my hand. I moved my hand so my palm was facing the ceiling, as I did so, the water from my hand moved up, snaking towards to roof. I willed the water to shape itself into a circle, it complied. I took a deep breath, bringing the circle of water towards my face, and let it out. I watched in satisfaction as the circle of water froze. I grabbed the frozen ring. Once I held it, I willed it to crack and straighten into a staff. I threw it in the air, bringing my right hand above my head; I willed it the crack and explode into tiny pieces, which of course, it did.

I had done most of this quickly, and by the time the tiny, shattered pieces of ice touched the floor, it had only been about a minute.

"Hero." Said Coach Boomer, impressed.

I gave a small smirk as I walked off the podium and back to Sam.

"So, how'd I do?"

"Wow… that was really something… you made it all pretty, instead of just showing off everything…"

I smirked again. "Thanks"

I was in the hero track, and so was Sam. The sorting was done for the two of us, so we sat back and watched with mild interest, as the last few students squirmed and waited for their placement.

About 10 minutes and 5 more awkward attempts to impress Coach Boomer, we were finally done with placement. Just in time for the bell to ring, signalling the end of the day.

As we all filled out of the gym ready to head home, we heard him yelling at our retreating backs, "Don't forget to be here at 9:00am sharp tomorrow so you can be assigned a locker!" but we barely registered it as we entered the hallway swarming with teens meeting up with their friends and getting ready to go home.

Once in the hallway I looked around for Warren, I needed to find him, since we were going to work at the Paper Lantern after school.

"Who're you looking for?" Sam asked as he saw me looking around as he followed me as I wandered around.

"Huh? Oh yeah, I'm looking for Warren… 'Cause we have to go to work…" I told him mumbling the part.

"Because what? I didn't hear you?" he teased, but clearly he hadn't heard me.

"It's nothing" I told him as I finally saw someone that could help me find Warren.

"Zach!" I yelled down the hall to the platinum blond wearing a neon yellow shirt. I jogged up to him, leaving Sam behind me. I looked up at him.

"Hey! You're Warrens younger sister right? Rachel, right?"

"Yup" I said grinning, happy that he remembered my name. "Do you know where I can find my brother? Or at least where his locker is?"

"Uh, I don't know where he is, but I can show you his locker"

Just as Zach was going to lead me to Warren's locker I heard "RACHEL!" I looked back to see I had totally left Sam in the dust and he couldn't seem to get through the crowd.

"Sorry, Sam." I said sheepishly once he had caught up.

"S'okay" he said "Hey, I was wondering; you wanna come crash this start-of-the-year party I heard about?"

"Sorry, I wish I could but I'm busy after school"

"Okay" he sounded slightly dejected, so I tried to lift his spirits.

"Hey it's okay, maybe we can go to home coming, or another party, together?"

That seemed to lift his spirits. "Okay!" he said happily.

"Okay… you two finished?" asked Zach who was standing there awkwardly waiting for us to finish.

"Yeah, thanks for waiting. Could you please show me where Warren's locker is now?"

"Sure, right this way." he said, leading me through the hordes of teens trying to get out of the school.

I looked back at Sam, "Bye, see you tomorrow!" I called to him.

"Yeah… see you tomorrow…" he called back, as he started to walk off towards to exit.


A/N: hope you enjoyed it! Reviews would be greatly appreciated. Also I'm thinking of adding some OCs for the hero track, so if you have any ideas for characters, just give a brief description in a review ^_^ thank you!