Ben slowly woke up to the alarm of his phone "oh man, school" Ben sleepily uttered out. Prowwl and Sturnn emerged from under his pillow "ah yes, education, I remember one of our former owners was a professor" Ben got up and asked "who was he?" Sturnn shrugged "Moriarty, huh, I guess it doesn't matter considering he's dead" Ben shrugged and got ready "you guys can hide in backpack, don't know when I'm gonna need to transform so it's better to bring you guys with me" the Kwamis flew into his backpack and Ben put another pack of beef jerky in it. Ben entered the kitchen area to see his parents having breakfast "did you sleep well?" His mother asked "fine enough" Ben responded, Ben sat down and his mom set down a plate of food in front of him.
Ben began eating, but his attention was grabbed by his dad watching the news where he saw himself fighting Skorpoxus. Ben nearly choked on his food when he saw himself getting tossed around, his mother looked at him "slow down Ben" she told him "sorry mom, just...excited for school" his mom smiled as did his dad "hurry and finish your breakfast, your school is only a couple of blocks away" Ben nodded and quickly finished and was out the door. Ben walked down the street with his phone in his hand "okay, just keep heading straight until I get to the corner, then turn right" Ben didn't notice someone stopped right in front of him when he bumped into them making him fall back but they barely moved.
Ben was a bit dazed but quickly recovered and checked on the person "I'm really sorry about that" Ben quickly realised they were female, he also noticed the impressive height of this person. Ben was 5'7 and this person was nearly a head taller than him, she had dark skin and dyed white hair that was in a ponytail, she was wearing a black halter top and jean shorts with visible spats underneath "I-I'm really sorry about that, I wasn't looking where I was going" the person laughed "It's okay, with my frame I'm surprised it doesn't happen sooner" Ben laughed with the girl "I haven't seen you around before" she commented with Ben responding "I just moved here, I'm Ben, Ben Williams" the girl responded in kine "Sophia, Sophia Briggar" Ben and Sophia smiled at each other "I'll show you the way to school" Ben nodded and walked beside her.
Ben began to notice the odd stares coming from people "man, it seems like people can't stop staring at me, am I that ugly or something?" Sophia began to laugh "no, it's because of me" Ben felt perplexed but let it go and kept walking "the school's nice, a bit cliquey though" Ben then questioned "cliquey? Elaborate" Sophia elaborated "since forever Greenville Academy's student body has been...divided, no one really interacts with anyone outside their 'designated' clique" Ben nodded "it's kinda like ant colonies in a way, if I see anyone carrying giant leaves I'm counting that as a red flag" Sophia laughed "who wouldn't?" Ben laughed aswell "me, apparently" Ben then thought "but WHY are they staring at ME?" Sophia elaborated further "sorry, I'm a part of a clique myself so socializing with those that are not of my own is...strange, it's shitty I know but, that's Greenville" Sophia suddenly stopped as did Ben "here we are, Greenville Academy" Ben looked to the right and saw the school, it was a series of large and small buildings spread about a large courtyard "wow, this place is big" Sophia responded "yup" she then pointed to a grey and black building "that's the office, you'll get your schedule there" Ben nodded and they parted ways.
Ben approached the door but saw the reflection of someone charging at him, Ben dove out of the way and the person rammed the door causing a dent. The brutish person rubbed his head, he had a Letterman jacket and was massive, easily weighing twice as much as Ben. Ben stood up as did the brute "man, you're just a walking stereotype aren't you?" Ben said without realising "note to self: stop thinking out loud" The large boy cracked his knuckles "you were talkin' to my girl" Ben felt his blood drop and thought "oh great, flirted with a Meathead's girl, way to go Benjamin" Suddenly another person came from behind the agressor and put his hand on his shoulder "Sophia isn't your girlfriend Harvey, she's rejected you more times than her team has won championships, four in counting" Harvey turned around "oh, Mason, I was just messing around with the new guy, y'know, showing him the Greenville Spirit" Mason made a face of doubt and then one of concern when he looked behind Harvey, Harvey looked behind him to see a man in a suit "Principal Delmore" Harvey said weakly "Detention, and a phone call home" Prinical Delmore stated with Harvey slumping over and walking away while giving Ben a dirty look. Mason walked over to Ben. Mason was tall and had a muscular physique "sorry about Harvey, he's protective of the Queen of Green" Ben looked confused "Queen of Green? Is that a slogan for a lawn service or something?" Mason explained "Sophia is the most admired girl in the school, captain of the volleyball team and their ace player, almost every single guy in the school has a picture of her in their 'secret drawer', Harvey is head over heels for her so seeing a new guy hit it off with her without even trying set him off" Ben nodded "well, thanks for the save, the last thing I want is to get flattened by a walking, talking bicep" Mason laughed "I like you, you're funny, anyway, I'll see you around" Mason ran off and Ben made his way into the office.
Ben started thinking to himself "this day has been pretty eventful, hopefully nothing else happens today" Ben got to the front desk and talked to the secretary "I'd like to get my schedule" the secretary responded "name please" Ben answered "Benjamin Williams" the secretary pulled out his schedule "Class 2-A, the building across from here on the second floor" Ben took his schedule and thanked her. Ben walked out and began making his way towards Building A, Ben began thinking out loud "wow, this school is big" a familiar voice sounded behind him "yup" Ben looked behind him to see Sophia "oh, hey, I'm just heading to my first class, 2-A" Sophia's face lit up a bit "oh! That's my class!" Ben smiled "well isn't that a coincidence" Ben and Sophia began climbing the stairs when Ben saw Mason near the top "oh, hey Mason!" Ben called out, Mason looked at Ben and waved "you guys have an A class?" Ben and Sophia nodded "we both got 2-A" Mason laughed "that's my class!" Ben felt like something was wrong while Sophia and Mason laughed.
The group entered the classroom and the teacher looked at them "Ms. Briggar, Mr. Dorris, take your seats" she then looked at Ben "ah, Mr. Williams, I presume, my name is Mrs. Moirah, since your grades were fairly high at your old school so you've been put into the advanced class, please take your seat in the second row next to Mr. Grayson" Ben looked at the lone kid at a desk and made his way over to him, Ben sat down and tried to conversate "hi, my name's Ben" Grayson responded rudely "I know, she already said it" Ben looked confused "a bit rude, but okay" Grayson looked at him and responded "you got a problem with me?" Ben responded "yeah, I think I do have a problem with you, it's your attitude, you get that kind of behavior from a store or is it custom made from a bad home?" That seemed to get a reaction out of Grayson as he stood up and began shouting "Don't claim to know my life, you're a nobody!" Ben and Grayson stood face to face as tension in the room began to rise "you should probably get out of my face" Ben said with Grayson responding "maybe you should leave town before you mess with the wrong person". Sophia suddenly spoke up "maybe you should be the one leaving, Timothy, you already have the lowest marks in the class it's a wonder you're still here" Timothy was about to say something when Mrs. Moirah interrupted "enough you two! But you do bring up a good point Sophia, Class Evaluations are approaching, if you can't get an 85 or higher you will be dropped into regular courses, I do hope all of you pass" Timothy sat back down and Mrs. Moirah sensed more trouble brewing "Benjamin, why don't you change seats, next to...Arnold" she gestured to another empty desk.
Ben made his way over to the desk and sat down, Arnold was a skinny kid, he wore a lime green baseball cap with a creature design on it, he wore a blue shirt with an orange sweater and simple blue jeans. Arnold was the first to engage "it was brave of you to stand up to Grayson, he is a very brash individual" Ben nodded "yeah, he's a bit of an ass" Arnold stuck out his hand and Ben shook it "I am Arnold, Arnold Schmidt" Ben responded "I'm Ben, but you already knew that didn't you?" Arnold smiled and Ben sat down, Ben saw a guidebook to a game "Caverns and Chimeras, I played that game back home sometimes" Arnold looked at Ben "wait, you play Caverns and Chimeras?" Ben answered "a bit, a couple of my friends played it back home" Arnold seemed excited "wow, there are very few of us that play here so I am surprised there are more out there" Ben reassured him "don't worry man, no matter where you go there are people like you, you're never alone" . Arnold smiled and went back to his book.
Ben became increasingly impatient with how class was coming along, each class was as if it was covering the entire subject in one period. Ben's sanity was saved when the bell rang, Ben was about to walk out the door when Arnold, Mason, and Sophia tried to interact with him "what are your plans for aftschool, Ben?" Sophia asked with Ben attempting to respond but Arnold interjected "a bunch of us are gonna play some CnC together afterschool, you could come with us" Ben stuttered a bit and Mason decided to step in aswell "a bunch of us are gonna hang out at the rec center if you wanna come" Ben grabbed his head and slightly raised his voice "Okay! So here's a crazy idea, why don't we all hang out together" the three were confused "all of us?" Sophia questioned "hang out?" Arnold continued "together?" Mason finished. Ben nodded "yeah, cliques are bull anyway, let's go out and get some pizza or something" the three began to think but came to a decision quickly "I'm in" Sophia said "as am I" Arnold added with a final confirming nod from Mason, Ben laughed "looks like we've got ourselves a new clique".
