Author's Note: OMFG NEW CHARACTER!
YES!
The young boy felt the hay through his fingers. He had grown to love this spot. He did not know why, or how, but he just loved it here.
He was known as Alec.
He got this name from the bishop. She always told him that he was a smart aleck, always trying to say witty things to get out of trouble. Eventually, she just named him "Alec" for short.
He treated the bishop as if she was his own mother. The bishop had told him that he was adopted many years ago. Somehow, that news didn't really affect him at all. He was still just a regular 11 year old boy. What the bishop didn't explain was what happened to his mother and father. Whenever he asked that question, he was bombarded with a long list of chores to be done and to not talk of the subject again. He didn't really think this was anything, but he was just curious.
He also asked a few questions about his eye. It was completely blood red and it looked as if he couldn't see. In reality, he couldn't see from the eye. It was just a dark nothingness he saw in that eye. But sometimes, it would flash and he felt dizzy, his heart burning. The bishop often times came running and created bubbles of Heal and it floated to Alec and he felt much better, the burning in his heart would recede and he would feel back to life again. He wondered why it would happen...
"Flash Fist! Somersault Kick!"
He was shook out of his thoughts and found a young blond boy, much taller than he, and about a little older, letting loose a bunch of punches and kicks. Alec was amazed by the ferocity of these attacks. After he was done, the blond boy nimbly jumped down from the ledge to the bottom floor. He was just about to transport through the portal when he felt a hand tapping his shoulder. The blond boy looked behind him and found a dark-haired kid looking at him with amazement.
"When you were up there, you were amazing!" Alec exclaimed
"Thanks. I saw you down there, looking at me." The blond boy replied.
Alec blushed with embarrassment. It WAS pretty awkward to stare at a stranger, and this stranger was way more powerful.
"So, who did you ask to train you and become a…" Alec suddenly stopped.
He didn't know the name of his class.
"Brawler."
"Right. Brawler. Who did you go to train with?" Alec was impatient, for he also wanted to learn these moves.
"Go to the Nautilus," he said, "and look for a captain named Kyrin."
"Okay, thanks! What's your name?"
"Joseph Challen. Look for me when you advance, okay?"
Alec was very touched by the brawler's kindness. He instantly took back those feeling when Joseph said the next few words.
"You're going to have to pay me for this info." Joseph said, chuckling, as he left. Alec, blinking, thought that he didn't hear right.