Simon stands before the gates of the Elemental University, as he remembers a flashback of his life.
(Flashback)
It all started that day.
Little Simon, 5 years old, is standing the same position at the gates. Many kids are playing and running inside the campus.
"So, this is school. Looks like a fun place for me."
"Hi there! You must be new to this community. My name's Lukequantum Evergreen Forester, but you can call me Luke. What's yours?" a friendly boy greeted him.
"Umm...I'm Simonnovis Edward Bjorgman, and yes, I'm new to this school. Can we be friends?"
"Wow, we have both pretty long names. But yes, we're already friends."
"Yeah, my dad used to tell me that a name like this will protect me from harm, but I really don't feel that. All I feel is that I'm carrying a very long name."
They both laughed.
"Hey Luke! Where are your manners? Can't you see that you're talking to a prince?" a girl suddenly joined in.
"Oh I forgot. So he must be the prince that the principal told us all about."
"Of course he is, dummy."
"Who is she?" Simon whispered.
"She's Mariana Jennifer Oceanna, one of my closest friends. So, can we see your powers?"
Simon acts surprised.
"How did you know?"
"Only kids with elemental powers can enroll in this school, so you must have one in order to be here."
"So you also have powers. Can I see yours first?"
"I still haven't mastered controlling it yet. Oh well, here goes!"
Luke put his hands on top of a plant on the ground and made it grow. It grew bigger and bigger until it became a large tree. Simon's eyes grew large as he glared at the tree. How beautiful it was! He suddenly felt relieved that everyone in the school is like him.
"Wow, that's great! I suppose it's my turn now right?"
"Go on, don't be shy."
Simon placed his hands together, and made a ball of concentrated ice. He gathered energy all around him to make it bigger and bigger. But unfortunately, he can't make it stop.
"Help! I can't make it stop."
"Oh no, Simon."
But suddenly, a big ball of flame was thrown upwards right toward the ice ball, making it melt and turn into water. The remaining water was absorbed by Marie.
"Now that's refreshing." Marie exclaimed.
"Smooth move there, Simon." a boy with dark brown hair insulted Simon.
"You." Simon frowned, as he remembers meeting him in the feast.
"I don't think you'll last here in this school."
As the boy started to walk away, Luke tried to comfort Simon.
"That's Kai Cendrillion Westerguard, the school's most talented and somewhat arrogant student. He can manipulate four elements at once, and that's why he likes to humiliate us all. His best element is fire, because it causes destruction. He's a brute alright, that's why you need to stay far away from him at all times. If you can't, just try ignoring him."
After that, the bell rang, and the scene faded inside the classroom. That's how I met Marie and Luke, my first friends at school.
The kids are already seated at their desks in the classroom, waiting for their teacher to arrive. Some of the are throwing snowballs, fireballs, waterballs, and rocks. And as the door opens slowly, the kids went back quickly in their seats and started to wonder. They were all nervous, because they still don't know who their teacher is.
"Who's gonna be our teacher this time?" Luke asked Marie
As the door swung open, there came a barefooted teenager with a hooded blue sweater. He is seen to be holding a staff instead of books.
"Mr. Jackson? You're our teacher?"
"Ah Simon, so you're the new student in the class. I felt kinda bored watching over the HQ so I decided that I will teach here."
"But can the other kids see you?"
"Yes. All people who have powers can see me. But aren't you the one who told me that fact before?"
"Oh yes, I can remember."
Simon went back into his chair and Jack started teaching new lessons. The scene faded out.
The first day of school really wasn't that bad, except Kai calling me names like "Jr. Jackson", "Little Frost", or other things like that, because it looks like I'm the only pure Ice elemental in our class. About my class standing, I kinda made it in the honors, having topped in Science (cause that's my favorite subject), and Math, specifically Geometry. My bond between Luke and Marie gets stronger day by day, until we began to call our team "Frosted Water Grass". Yes, I know, kinda lame, but it's quite something, because we're still first graders. I'm beginning to think that life was this easy, until one day, everything changed.
"Today class, you're all gonna learn magic." Jackson said, as the other kids looked at him, eager to continue the lesson.
My eyes lit up. I've really wanted to enhance my power, so I became so excited about this subject. But It didn't really worked out the way I wanted.
"Okay, it's time to do some spells."
Jack walked at the table and took out a magic gem.
"You can use this to teleport yourself to a near place. It doesn't have that much power, but it can be quite useful in some situations. Just chant this: Take me to my place in time, faster than flipping a dime. Teleport me there, and I can go anywhere. So, who wants to go first?"
"Me! Me!" most of the children shouted.
"Luke, do you wanna try?"
"Sure, thanks Mr. Frost."
Luke went at the front of the class and chanted.
"Take me to the back of this room in time, faster than flipping a dime. Teleport me there, and I can go anywhere."
Luke vanished out of thin air, and he can be found at the back of the room.
"Wow, it really worked! This rocks! Yeah! Rocks! Get it? Cuz you know, I'm a nature-"
"Yeah yeah, we get it." The kids replied to his corny sense of humor.
Many other kids tried it, as they got into ridiculous places. There was this one thing that made me rolling on the floor, laughing, when Kai teleported himself to the garbage can, and there was a centipede there that chased him across the room and made him faint. We all had to go to the school clinic to cure him. But as we got back, it was finally my turn. I held the gem up and began to chant. But, nothing happened.
"Wait, what?"
"Try chanting again."
And so I did. But I was still standing in front of class. Almost everyone laughed at me, except for some kids like Luke and Marie. After that day, my whole life changed. I always fail in magic class, and that caused my class standing to drop. Only my grades in the other subjects helped me to pass in my general average. But there was one person who understood.
Jack is now standing secretly beside Simon's room, as he watches the poor kid try everything to learn magic. Simon stayed at school that night, reading everything about magic. He is now still trying to cast a spell.
"One more, and-" he said, as he poured the liquid in his hands.
"Done! But, nothing's happening?" he said in frustration. That makes a hundred-and-thirty-seven failures, and still no success yet."
"What's wrong with this kid? He appears to be a pure elemental but he can't do magic. Doesn't he know how to give up?"
Jack finally decided to enter the room.
"Hi there Jack!" Simon greeted him cheerfully.
"Look kid, stop trying to waste your time to do magic. Just go back home and rest."
But to his surprise, there was a fluffy snow cloud gliding at the ceiling.
"Did you create this?"
"Yes. His name's fluffy. And besides, that's the only thing that I succeed in, creating things."
"Creating things, is a very rare power, only given to very special people. I might give him my lucky Ice gem if he gets to become the Ice Guardian." He thought.
"Hey kid, about that power of yours. Just do everything to improve it, kay? Because you might be chosen to be the next Ice Guardian. And if you do, I'll give you something that I've been waiting to give for a very long time. It will glow if you find your true happiness. Just, do your best in the special Guardian exam."
"Really?"
"And one more thing. I know someone like you who also has Ice powers. Very similar to you, indeed. If you get rejected because of the weakness of your magic, then she also gets rejected for the strength of hers. But unfortunately, she has to keep her powers from everyone. She needs someone to make her feel happy and accepted. Someone who has enough courage to change her life. And I believe that's you."
"Is she Princess Elizabeth Grace F. Swinter?"
"Exactly! That's my great grandniece. How come that you already know her?"
"I kinda saved her from the wolves that tried to attack her. She looks a little scared though."
Jack and I became buddies and we learned so much about each other. We had very happy times together indeed. He taught me all about my power, while I taught him to be more serious. In weekends, I would visit Arandelle along with Marie and Luke to visit Anna, Elsa, and Kristoff. Everything was going smoothly until one day, he suddenly disappeared. I wondered so much about his absence, and so I did not fully learn how to maximize my power. Good news is, that I became the Ice Guardian. But the bad news is, the same old mean thing happened again, everyday. Kai's rejection and bullying changed my life really bad that I had to finally decide to confront him. And so I did.
What will Simon do to end Kai's stupid humiliation to him? Can he still improve his magic now that his greatest mentor has disappeared? Find out in the next chapter: The Origin of Blizzardius, The Ice Knight
