《Richard Anderson and Grand Survival Games》 Chapter 1 : Brother?? him??? how could that be? "Hello my name is Richard Anderson, 13 years old and currently studying under a very strict older brother, yup I attend a school where my own brother is teaching and its really annoying really when he always pops out of no where and reminds you in public to do this do that blah blah blah." "Well sorry Edgar I am going to be a fresh men this year and I am not gonna have you run around treating me like a baby. " "Oy! Richard come back here you little brat!" I heard my older brother''s voice, he was running down the hall with my enrollment sheets which I was supposed to fetch on my own later noon. "Edgar I told you I was going to collect it myself" I whined a bit, oh yeah Edgar Anderson, age 21 and teaching at St. Lucy academy middle school division, it is a school for the children who were blessed by the elemental spirits and natural order of the world. Each child has their own unique magic to conjure making each individual powerful in their own way, we rarely see students with the same power so when one does come around things tend to get a little over board with the students here. "Non of that, this is your last day here and I want to make the most of it, you are attending the high school division now you know, you would be assigned a room of your own." ?Yes being born to a rich family has its perks like getting your own room when enrolling, my family specializes in weapons since you can''t really survive by just magic alone now can you? I groaned when I saw the forms has already been filled out, why am babied so much? I was born with the same dark hair as my mother disregarding the fact why I was born with red eyes my appearance has to quality of cuteness or a factor to be baby sat all the time. "Now now you should be happy that I took care of you all this time" Edgar gives me a hug from behind "You wouldn''t have survived without your big brother now would you?" I huff and wiggled away from him "Anyway, mom said someone is going to pick me up tomorrow why can''t I just head to the academy right now?" this made him pale, he cleared his throat before running off to another hall way waving my form around, I sighed and walked outside to enjoy the view. Older students were hanging out and playing with their magic, I saw one flying over a red headed girl and placed slime dungs on her ribbons making her scream since it began to multiply so much causing her hair to look green. I don''t have much friends here, they thought it was weird to be born with blood red eyes since my brother and little sister has crystal blue ones like my mother, they sometimes call me a nuisance or a dysfunctional child, yeah even the teachers says those things behind my back that''s why my brother applied here in the first place. "Mister Anderson" one of those teachers who always make you carry their things back to the faculty or to another class appeared I was usually the errand boy for them making miss some of the important notes in my next class pretty cruel if you ask me. "Yes sir?" I forgot his name, was it uh?? Sir Gin or..... "Sir William...W-I-L-L-I-A-M" he spoke like he was facing a 4 year old and some of the girl giggled when they passed us, I sighed and glared up at him, since the graduation ceremony was later 3 he can''t really do anything to make me fail anymore since I got the top spot in every class. "Now now don''t treat me like I am your enemy just when you are about to leave Anderson" yup he totally hates me Why you might ask well long story short he saw me being hugged by his younger brother and I think I made him mad at some point when he caught us.. meh like I care. "Really? I always thought you were my enemy the moment I entered your class" I told him pointedly making him fake a hurt expression, I laughed at that and slipped passed him. "Come back here you little brat!!" I laughed some more and ran down the stairs towards the entrance towards the grand hall where the graduation would be held, both my grandparents and mother was already there along with my little sister playing with her doll. I ran towards her and picked her up little Lucy (yeah she was named after the school weird huh) giggled and gave me a sloppy kiss on the cheek. "Ewww Lucy don''t do that" I laughed and gave her a sloppy kiss as well making her squeal when I gave her tickles. "Now now Richard, let Lucy down and get ready you are about to be called soon" grandma Jenna said taking Lucy from my arms and letting her loose. I sighed and nodded my head and headed for the dressing rooms when I felt a pair of hands cover my eyes and forced me inside the changing rooms. "The heck? let go of me you jerk who ever you are" I pushed him away and turned to see my best friend Julius Sanders, his family specializes in earth magic and summoning books so he is pretty much a big deal when he transferred from the Roman Campus. "Don''t scare me like or I might punch you lights out". "I should say the same for you I am way bigger than you" he said ruffling my hair making me pout, he laughed and put his arms around mu shoulder guiding me in the changing room for guys, some were already wearing their annual uniforms for graduation I hurriedly changed into my uniform and looked around for my hat. It was a tradition to wear something of your family to show the status you have during your time in the middle school division. Stolen from its rightful place, this narrative is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings."Just because your growth hormones are way faster than mine doesn''t mean I can''t beat you one day!" I threw back at him, he made a hmm sound and got close to my face and cupped them with both his hands "I''d like to see you try that small fry, let the wind take you to your destination" he chanted with a smile and me with a scowl on my face. "Yeah well just you wait I am gonna be so strong you will have to bow down to me and I might just grow a bit taller as well" I huff making role on the floor and laugh. "Come on guys the program is about to start" the female attendant reminded us causing all the boys to panic since some of them were not dressed yet and they began scrambling around the room making me laugh and earning a stink eye from her, I gulped and dived behind Julius. "And here I thought you were going to be strong and you can''t even handle my sister?" he said shaking himself as he gripped the lockers for support "Your one to talk, your shaking like me!!"I countered a little too loudly, Juno heard us and glared stepping inside the room "Now Julius what did I tell you about being on time since you are also graduating" she yelled as she chased Julius around the room, I took that chance to get out of the room and into the backstage just when the principal finished giving off his speech. Yeah I am not a fan of the whole ceremony thing so lets get to the part where I almost got myself killed when I got back home. Yeah you heard me but remember nearly killed. It started out like this, we were ridding mom''s 5th limo...yeah don''t ask she likes collecting limos for the love of gods knows what, she usually gives me those punishment where you can''t use gadgets for a month if you ever messed with her limos. Okay back to the point, we took a left turn and a right turn then another right, right, left , front wait was it the front of the right meh whatever, anyways after that last turn four men wearing black biker jackets and scary looking boots with spikes with hidden bombs (okay over did it with the bombs but the spikes were real) they looked at us like we were the victims of the year. We took a sharp turn again to the right and stopped the car when we saw a boulder up ahead "Everyone don''t get out of the car alright?" mom said as she looked around for the gang that came after us , I got a little worried a chill was running up my spine every time my mom turned her head towards a direction. "Mom whats wrong can''t we just-" someone interrupted from behind the car and we turned only to see the leader of the gang, they must have separated up to look for us. I shuddered when he licked his lips. "Mom get back in the car right now" she was not moving she was just staring off into space in front of the guy, I told the others to stay inside the car as I got out, "Mom get back in the car right now..." her eyes were blood red, and she seemed to be stiff from head to toe. "Oh so your the future heir to the Anderson household" he looked me up and down, I felt a tug on my neck and in a matter of seconds my own mother had me in a head lock. "Oh so your mother was really a female fighter before, good I can still use her for later" he said walking towards us "But for an Anderson you don''t have the same aura as your mother, guess you got it from your father then?" he looked at me in the eye and I spat as his face. "Why you little brat" he punched me in the stomach making me cough up blood...wait blood? I look down at my clothe and wondered why I was... "I can''t use someone like you if your body itself is weak, Madame please dispose of this brat" my mother nodded and drags me on the edge of a cliff then I heard my little sister scream along with my grandparents. "Oh so your little Lucy, to think you would be the one to obtain such an aura for a small child like you" he grabbed Lucy by the cuff of her dress causing her to cry. "Let go of her you jerk what do you think you are doing hurting her!" I got angry but my mother still had me in her death grip tightening by the minute. "The Anderson family has been rising up the charts due to your oh so special weapons, well seeing as you are not completely the heir to the wealth of the household I can still finish of your sister. What is he talking about "I know that voice, Tybalt is that you?!" I heard grandpa yell coming out of the car now making me panic. "Oh been a long time old man, and I am no longer Tybalt I am known as Mercucio the little boy you raised before is already dead" Tybalt where did I hear that name before, the grip on my neck got a little to tight "Mom I am sorry for this" I step a little to the front and gave her abdomen a nice punch blacking her out. I threw stones towards him only for him to use earth Magic to shield himself and thank the gods above also Lucy. "What do you want? money?" I asked getting a little closer this time to look for an opening. "Hmm. what do I want" he looked at me with a smirk "I want everything the Anderson household has taken from me" he said simply, I was still confused I never even seen him in any of the family three even dating back to the 12th century. "Din''t you know dear Richard, I am your brother...well adopted older brother" he said simply, but my mind was in too much shock. Chapter 2; Great another one To say I was shock was an understatement what would you do when someone controls your mother and has your younger sister in a death grip and he just claims to be your long lost brother or something, well sorry pal I can''t handle one brother what more if you come into the picture. "Sorry as far as I can tell I have only one brother" I stated the fact pointedly, he just laughs it off and strokes Lucy''s hair "Oh you din''t know dear little brother?" he said looking at me with an amuse glint in those eyes of his. "I guess mother" he looked at mom who was now lying on the ground with grandpa and grandma by her side with a disgusted look. "Never told you the truth, and never showed you the real family tree then?" he shrugged and gave Lucy a hug to tight making tears run down her face "I''ve had so many siblings I don''t care whether one of you dies right here and now" I still don''t follow what he is saying but the part about having more siblings kind of gave me the heeby jeebys I can''t even handle Edgar alone. "I''d like to give you a short synopsis about our family history" did you really have to emphasize the our part? "Mother here had relationships with all the spirits of the ancient times resulting us her children, after I found out about this I couldn''t really stand well with a lot of competition so I has set out my heart to kill all the others" he shrugged "Lucy here is the daughter of the same human mother but her father is different from ours, Kaze was is it? the Wind spirit" Lucy cried and whined for me to fetch her, I was already shaking. "That is so messed up man, I thought spirits can only bless those who are worthy or something not help freaking conceive them" I tried to think of a plan to get to Lucy. "Our mother broke that rule and as the result of all her mistakes all the children she had bared either ran off to another dimension after high school or was chosen by the fathers to join them in combat, in my case Daku is my father, your well I can really tell yet since you haven''t been showing signs of energy but the fact that you are of Anderson blood makes my blood boil even more" I still don''t get it all though. "If all the other children dies it means the balance would return to its natural state and only one member of the family can inherit the Anderson wealth, since I am the eldest of us 8 I think I am fitting enough to succeed without you brats running around causing the spirits to stir." "Won''t it still be the same if you are alive since you are a child of the Dark spirit?" "Yes it might become a problem, but no one really likes the dark now do they?" "what are you getting at" all I have to do is kill father dearest or seal him away to take his place as my own, since I was born with a little human blood inside me whether he vanished or not will not affect me at all" "You get a chance to see your dad and you plan to destroy him just like that? Lucy and I never really met our dads!" I protested, this bastard was crazy. Well even me since I am taking this too lightly well since I have been seeing to much magical stuff at the middle school division this is nothing really but dark magic I think I just made the enemy of the century. "Like I care about you" he shrugged, I glared at him "Richard help mee please" Lucy pleaded Tybalt cut the Lucy''s left cheek blood dripping to the ground only to dissolve into grass and lilies, I stood their looking to where the blood should have been, even though it was a pretty sight Lucy cried like it was the only thing that can actually hurt her, adrenaline pulsed through my body and ran to the side and used the boulder to increase my momentum and gave his head a side kick...lol ahaha get it? neh never mind so anyway. "You little punk" he rubs the side of his head as Lucy ran to my side being guarded by string beans and eggplants and well you know what? lets skip the veges "Get down Richard!" I heard a females voice from behind me, I turned around to see a blond girl wearing a denim green skirt and xxxl red shirt, I blinked and looked her up and down "Um alright?" I ran to the side and covered Lucy who was crying under the pile of grapes that was shielding her. "Richard who is she?" she asked looking at me her cheek had been cleaned and covered with a band aid. "Did that scary lady give this to you Lucy?" I asked "Yeah, she said to call her Amanda" she said all excited well hello big scary gang leader outside!! "You can come out now" the same lady called to us and we came out and looked around "Where did Tybalt go?" "chased him off for now" Amanda said turning to look at us "My have you grown little brother, and you also little Lucy" I just stared at her with a blank face. What just because some strange girl claiming to be my sister as well with long beautiful blond hair appeared doesn''t mean I have to act all excited, I just found out I had a brother and finding out I also had a sister ehh...I don''t think so. "And here I thought you were going yo be happy finding out you have another hot sister like me" she stated, but I just continued to look at her like she was an alien "So whose kid you are Amanda?" "I am a child of Mizu or also known as water" she smiles sweetly, too sweet for my taste (man do I hate girls right now) "I see mom has not changed her ways " she was looking at Lucy like she was an abomination "Another child of the spirits huh, she won''t last a week without you anymore seeing as you are attending the high school division" I got a little angry. My powers are not coming out yet so I don''t know who my dad is yet, mom won''t even tell me. "Well I can''t really stay here long, take that road behind the boulder and take a left turn from their there would be a station where students from the middle school division would be taken to the high school division" she said and walked towards mom with a blue staff in her hands, I thought she was going to hurt her but only to see mom being lifted from the ground and carried through the forest "I know a short cut back to the house you can go ahead but leave Lucy with me" I took a moment to think and looked at Lucy, she was nodding her head ok, since when did she get so mature. This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road. If you spot it on Amazon, please report it. "Take care of her Amanda or I won''t forgive you" she nods her head and I ran straight for the boulder passing through it and was met with more trees, this time the trees were colored white with a small hint of blue dew water. "I just realize something I cam to early here I can''t believe I listened to that woman" I began mumbling to myself causing the other higher up students to look and start the gossip of the week. "Are you alright there little boy, are you lost?" someone said from behind me, I turned to see Julius there standing with his luggage beside him "J-Julius??" I stepped back a little shocked that he was already here "Sorry, I was asked to come here a little early to choose my suite with my room mate" "Suite??" I looked at him weirdly just as I remembered that he was from a filthy rich family, I was to get my own suite as well but I wanted a normal room. "But first we need to prepare everything for later at the party" Party ?? "Every year the high school division would host a party showing the people the blessed gift the freshmen received from the spirits" I nodded my head not really listening the last time I attended something like that I was so humiliated because my powers did not show. "I think I am going to pass on this one" Yup Julius got his powers the moment he waved his freaking arms the earth began shaking that night and the animals living under ground had to run out for their lives. "Who knows maybe your powers might show this year" he said patting my head. I grunted and ran ahead of him I can hear him laugh from a distance. "Mister Anderson no running down the hall please, you haven''t even moved your things in your room yet and here you are making a fuss" a middle aged woman who was wearing those weird looking blazers at work and a blue denim skirt that reaches up to her knees. Her eyes were beady and she has wrinkles covered by her white and black strands of hair. She was tapping her feet like she was waiting for me to say something. "Um I just got here ma''am and I um...." I don''t know what to say right now since she was really giving me a death glare "Sorry Madame Mary, but my room mate here really just got here and I was supposed to help him today but I kind of forgot" I turned around to see a girl about my age with dark blue hair and emerald green eyes, she was with a boy that looks like her but only with short hair that had clips shoving his hair to the side. "Carlos and Carla Johnson, its nice of you to show up for the freshmen''s welcoming party" I looked at them back and forth but they just continued to have their little battle "Well we thought maybe that its time for us to see who is coming to the academy this year, we heard that it was going to be fun this year so why not?" the Carla said with a innocent smile on her face. "why not come help out last year, we received a lot of Daku''s blessed students and also of Kaze''s why come now when Mister Anderson here" she said looking at me with those weird eyes. "Is not even showing any signs of power" "Well sorry for being a late bloomer-" I was cut by someone hugging me from behind and covering my eyes, I knew that fuzzy chest anywhere "Sorry ma''am but we need to go and prepare for the party now Madame Mary" it was Julius and I heard the siblings laugh a bit before I heard their feet walking away. "I will see you tomorrow in class Mister Anderson, you too as well Julius" I heard her walk away and Julius was still not letting me go. "You can let go of me now Julius" I tried shoving him off but thanks to my small body I was weak against him so I just heaved a sigh and lean my body onto him "So the twins?" "Yeah, they are some of your room mates" he shrugged tightened his grip on me a bit "The rules here says that you can only have 5 members in a room since the rooms here are like condos or suites even you and the two brats makes three, I am also one of your room mates so that makes 4" he lets go of me but grabs my hand leading me to the spiral looking stairs that lead to the male dorms. "Who is our fifth member?" I ask curious "I bet its a girl since we are already 3 boys in total" "No I heard it would be a boy as well" I just stare at him "But wouldn''t Carla be uncomfortable with all us guys there?" "Not with the interior of the room" he laughs a bit "Just wait and see" I just let him drag me towards our room, I was a little curious who our fifth member is. Before we can even get to the hall the intercom announced that we need to proceed to the gym since it almost time for the welcoming party for the freshmen. Julius lets go of my hand and told me to stay in one spot so he can get some drinks, I just leaned on the door frame of the bathroom waiting for Julius to come back with the drinks when someone steps on my foot. "Oi watch where your going!" I yelled making the guy in front face me, he was wearing a leather jacket with black combat boots, he had a v neck inside his jackets and those scary pants where you can put in weapons, his hair was messy like bed hair and he was staring at me with those scary eyes of his (ok maybe his eyes aren''t that scary since they were crystal blue like...Lucy and mom''s. oh gods please don''t tell me. "sorry little boy, but shouldn''t you be with your mommy or something?" he says with a smirk on his face, then I recognized that hand knitted sweater anywhere I had one like that back on my luggage. "Hey Richard I''m back" I head Julius''s voice "Richard?" he thought for a moment I went and turned away from him only to feel his hands on my shoulder and I was pushed on the wall with him near me "Richard Horus Anderson right?" yup I found another one, someone should give me a prize right now. Chapter 3; boss meet your familiar He leaned to get a better look at me from head to toe, damn this guy was so tall it makes me feel like a little kid. Hes hair had red streaks and he was wearing those scary looking earrings on his left ear. He was pulled away from me and tossed to the ground by Julius who was fuming "What do you think you are doing to Richard?" he was scary, I gulped and placed my hand on his shoulder to calm him, hes shoulder tensed a bit then relaxed he turned to look at me with an apologetic smile. "Sorry big brother instincts just kicked it" I scowl at him a bit before playfully punching his shoulder and looked down at the guy who was staring daggers at Julius. "Sorry about that he was just worried" I explained, he stood up and stood in front of me "I can''t believe I was assigned to baby sit a little brat, and here I thought I was going to get someone useful, you don''t even know your powers yet" he complained, I huff . "So what?" I stare at him but those eyes were just too familiar. Please don''t tell him hes one of my long lost siblings as well? The room began feeling cold Julius began to shiver and sneeze "Dang whats up with this room?" I turned to look around and saw everyone was frozen and when I mean frozen the ice are color black, I gulped and backed Julius pushes me behind him. Hes skin was starting to turn ice cold. "Stop it what are you doing to everyone?" I shouted at him, Julius fell to the side heaving so much. "I am just having a bit of fun that''s all" the guy said with a sadistic smirk on his face I scowled at him and went to land a punch at him, he moves his finger and my feet began sinking into the ice, I glared at him but his face was filled with confusion. "Why aren''t you shivering like the others?" he walked closer to me and checked my entire body "Not even a single frost bites" he muttered a little angry and looked at me with those eyes, I can''t stand to look at them. "Let everybody go you bastard!" I shouted breaking the ice and sending him backwards, he was too shocked to move and I used that time to check on Julius, the skin was already turning a shade of blue and Julius was not breathing much anymore. I turned to look at the guy "Let them go right now!" I was already seeing red, my anger can no longer be contained I walked towards him each step I felt something growing behind me but I did not take the time to look at it I was just to angry. "What are you?" he looked at me with great surprise he was just standing there. My my to think Mercucio was the one I heard a voice inside my head, it was a woman''s voice she sounded like she was having fun. My head began to hurt so much and I was having trouble breathing I fell to the ground and tried to get in some air. No use fighting me child, I am a part of you now What are you talking about? You haven''t figured it out yet Richard? What do you mean? just get to the point already! That man in front of you Edward is your guardian or how do the old ones say it your familiar Hes my what? I felt someone push my lungs a bit and then again I felt numb I can''t even talk right now it was supposed to be cold but it feels like I was walking on air. "Richard can you hear me?" Julius...I can hear Julius''s voice hes fine? "Come on man knock it off already you can''t die right now you finally got your powers you can''t just die like this" hes voice was overly dramatic for my taste. "S-shut up Julius can''t you see I am enjoying a nice sleep right now?" I muttered "you think? you are the only one who can actually sleep in this kind of temperature" he mumbled and helped me sit up, I looked around and everything was back to normal the teachers were enjoying their punches and the students were dancing around. Where the scary guy should have been standing was replaced with dancing students, he was no where to be seen and it was kind of freaking me out right now. Julius stood beside me and heave a sigh of relief "First day and this happens man you always attract the dangerous ones" he muttered as I punched him in the gut making him laugh a bit. "Not funny man" I could really use a cheeseburger right now but the buffet was serving only healthy stuff like carrot cakes, banana pound cakes, scones, Cesar salad and blah blah blah I can''t eat this stuff its going to destroy me for sure. I turned to leave only to face a crippled old lady that looked like she came from the walking dead my heard pounded so fast and I grabbed the nearest thing that should serve as a weapon. Yeah you guessed it a carrot. "Don''t worry Richard I''m sure she is not from the walking dead series or came back from the dead at all" I gulped and looked at him in panic "If shes not then maybe she came from Tutankhamen''s thomb !" the old lady snorted and swatted the carrot away from me and placed it back on the table "Don''t play with food young man" her voice made me run out of the gymnasium in a flash "gahhhhh" Stolen from its rightful author, this tale is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings."Richard come back here!" I heard Julius''s voice but it was muffled now because of the crowd, I stopped in front of the school''s statue of their founder 300 years ago, I breathe in and out trying to catch my breath "Gosh a scary weird biker guy and a zombie what kind of place did I enroll in?" I looked around the court yard and it was empty I walked around and checked out all the flowers that were growing some of them I did not recognize. I should really get back and apologize to that zombie lady. Before I could even get back I heard a kitten''s purr beside me I looked down and saw it was a white one with hetero chromatic eyes the left blue and the other green. I bent down to pick up the kitten it licked my hand and cuddled me I laughed a bit and placed him on my lap, it curled into a small ball and fell asleep I really wanted to take him with me but then again someone might look for him his owner maybe so I placed him beside the flower beds and went back inside the hall for the party. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The party was exhausting really both me and Julius along with the (weird) twins went back to our rooms, someone had already brought my things up there so I don''t really need to worry about anything, I managed to smuggle out some cheeseburger from the senior section and some high class looking desserts, the twins helped with the escape so we brought a lot with us without getting caught. I entered the room first, we were on the 14th floor room 324, I entered the room first and what I saw made me jump out of my sockets the room was huge complete with a flat screen tv, gaming consoles, one side full of updated games and out own mini bar on one side right before you enter the kitchen. The balcony was great it was big enough for all of us to go out together and the coffee table was made of bronze and silver with one credenza filled with expensive looking teacups. I entered the bathroom and it was what every kid would want, a Jacuzzi right in the middle of the room, 3 separate shower cubicles and a full body length mirror complete with weird buttons that might be interesting to press later. I heard Julius whistle when he entered a door made of iron I ran to his side and also whistled at what I saw, the hall was wide enough unlike most hotels and each side had 2 doors each with their own design where the twins were standing their door was decorated with old looking vine designs with animals from the zodiac sign were embedded to their left the door was plain white meaning no one occupied that room yet, on the other side one door was made entirely of metal and barb wire it had those cool sensors that will only let you in when you place you thumb on them then on the next door it was decorated with plants and earthy animals that must be Julius''s room. I heard scary banging from the scary looking door like those from a war zone then I think I heard someone shooting a riffle around the room I taught that it was from a game but the sounds seemed real to me. I ignored the sounds and went inside my room, sitting on my pillow was the kitten from before he was breathing evenly in his sleep I walked closer to the cat and poked it with my finger it purred making back up a bit. "Hey Richard wanna play battle...strike?" Julius saw the cat and walked closer carrying it my the fur on its neck making it whine, I caught the cat and placed it back on the pillow "Dude seriously its a cat be gentle with him!" I huff and ruffled the cat''s fur. It purred and licked my fingers with a meow. Julius''s left brow twitched and tries to catch the cat but it jumped off the bed before Julius can catch him I just stared at them playing cat and mouse the irony though....."Come back here you little feline!" he pounced on the cat but ended up sinking behind the bed rest the cat walked and sat on my lap and began to snore lightly. "You cat!!!" he yelled but he could not get out making me laugh a bit. "That cat has been following you around hasn''t it Richard?" Carla said eating a cookie while Carlos was drinking his milk with a straw. I look down at the cat and poked its ear hearing it purr and snuggle close to me normally my mom would not let me keep pets inside the house much less my room but now the cat seems to take a liking to me. "you know you can keep him as your own familiar you know" the twins said at the same time creeping me out a bit. The cat mews and pounces at their feet leaving ice paws behind I blink and pick up the cat. It whined a bit before jumping on my shoulder, I hear Julius creep up behind me probably to catch the cat I turn only to see the cat swinging its tail back and forth creating a weird shield around me but the room began feeling cold. The cat mews happily and runs out to the kitchen making Julius growl and runs outside as well trying to catch the cat. I laughed along with the twins because the cat was like playing with him I wanted to help my friend but watching them is way more fun than trying to stop them. "So this familiar thing, how does this work exactly?" I asked the twins as we sat on one of the leather sofas facing the tv playing geographic channel. We drank tea and heard banging inside Julius''s room and things crashing to the floor guess they really get along well. "Simple really you make a contract with the cat and when he feels like your up to the challenge of this harsh institute its going to let you order it around till you die of course, just when I stood I felt something breathing down my neck I slowly turned around and saw a very huge cat with those same hetero chromatic eyes staring at me intently I gulp and back away a bit but the cat just walks closer to me forcing me to sit down but it just kept staring at me. "nice kitty?" Chapter 4; Let us put you to the test kitten I don''t mind the cat being near but with its eyes constantly staring at me even during the start of classes it just creeps me out when I look at the other students their familiars were way bigger than mine like the girl beside me has a bull dog for a familiar..she was alright I guess pretty face but her attitude does matches the dogs so no questions here, and the boy beside me had a viper now why did I get myself a kitten I have no idea. "Mister Anderson please listen when I am discussing this lesson might save your life one day when put in combat" the teacher said training her eyes towards me like a hawk like her freaking familiar, why am I the only one with this kind of pet around. I nodded my head went back to my doodles when the teacher finally ignored me. The kitten purred at my feet I looked down and saw it nibbling on my slacks I sighed and picked him up...I named the kitten Jack.....I guess does fit the kitten. "Listen up class next week April 17 we are going to be visiting the college division where the strongest of graduates are required to attend after this institution, I want you all to bring snacks and a pen and paper you are to take notes during out little trip and we will spend one night there no need to pack sleeping bags I doubt you''d need it there" the teacher Mrs. May gave a scary smirk to all of us I sunk back in my chair when she gave me a scary look in particular Julius who was two sits behind me whistled a tune to get my attention I whistled back a little to tell him I was alright. After the explanation we learned that in every school activities our Familiars were allowed to accompany us except in written exams. I sighed yet again and walked down the hall for out next class gym seriously gym in the morning? "no need to fret about it dude, there are different gym classes in this school" Julius said from behind me making me and the cat jump so high making some of the students to laugh at us, I glared at Julius who only returned an innocent smile. "What do you mean there are two classes for Gym?" "Well the on we''re heading to is to practice out magic and incantations the other is those normal Physical classes to train our bodies" I made an "o" shape, that''s why there were two different uniforms. Julius had to drag my body to the gym since I fainted when I learned that the second gym was located way inside the forest and it was way to far when we finally got to the gym everyone was already changing for today''s class, a man dressed like an alchemist was standing in the middle with a sparrow on his shoulder it chirped happily when some of the girls fed it seeds. "Is that supposed to be our teacher?" I''m not being a racist or anything but so far all the teachers I''ve seen where wearing the school''s prescribed uniforms and this dude was well....you get the point. "Listen up you maggots" the alchemist yelled catching some of our attention which kind of pissed him off he snapped his fingers and the wind picks up like a tornado sending us all in the air hanging, some of the girls screamed and the guys let out a very very manly scream indeed. I looked at some of the students who were just on the ground not even budging and the teacher gave a sly smile. "Carolina come here will you dear?" the teacher said gesturing for a girl who has been standing within the forest and was just watching, she came forward with a sword in hand and a tiger beside her must be her familiar. "Kids this is my daughter Carolina" "Dad just get to the point why you excused me from my class" if I remembered correctly she was one of those students who accelerated to second year instead of going through the freshmen year, she had her bluish hair in a pony tail and she was wearing combat boots, a navy vest with the school''s gym shirt inside, she wore a pink (of all the colors) denim skirt with the sheath of the sword on her left...guess she must be right handed? "yes yes where was I?" he thought "Right today I will have my daughter train with you to test whether you maggots can actually past my class, not to worry since this will be a trial for all of you but the second match will determine where I would place you when its time for the all time groupings meaning even if you are not of the same class or year if you have the same group number then you guys are a group no questions asked" the students began mumbling among themselves and some even began to pale because they did not want to end up at the very worst group. If their panicking like that what more could I do? Jack nuzzles my leg calming me a little I ruffle his fury hair and pick him up placing him on my shoulder earning a purr form him. "Instead of individual examination we will have all of you attack at once towards Carolina with the intent to kill if you can do that then you might have a chance to survive, you have one minute to choose your weapon" he snaps his fingers and three cabinets with every kind of weapon you could think of were stashed in, I walked up close and examined the area for knives then swords, shields, guns then those heavy axes you see in movies with double blades. Some of the other students chose those with quality and the ones that were lighter, I wanted something that would keep me balance during the fight, Jack meows and walks back towards the swords and poked a good looking one, it was black with a silver hilt and a very reliable handle, it was equipped with a sheath unlike the other swords and when I held it it felt like all the energy of the world came to me, the sensation was amazing like I was floating Jack mews happily and climbs on my shoulder means he likes this one. This story has been unlawfully obtained without the author''s consent. Report any appearances on Amazon."30 seconds maggots if your not here then you fail my class!" I ran back to the center with the other kids literally dragging their chosen weapon to the center, Carolina shakes her head and mutters something like this was too easy to be a battle, I grunted and prepared my temporary sword, Sir Dad went to the side and held a bronze bell, he rang it and everyone rush to the middle where his daughter was yawning and the tiger licking its paw she is openly showing how weak we were....some senior she is if I had my way I would skin her alive and feed her to the dogs. I did moved through the other students just going with the flow since I can''t fight with all of them were crowding in way to fast, Jack fell from my shoulder and we got separated. Out of 34 students 6 remained in the field, a boy around my age with a bronze knife in both his hands was standing beside me huffing and sweat fell down his cheek, Carolina chuckles and disappeared and appeared behind him slicing him from behind, hes scream was so irritating I covered my ears earning a disapproving shake from the girl behind me. "Your out Dan" she kicked him out of the center of the training ground leaving us 5, she licked her lips and dashed towards us I prepared my sword and swing where I predicted she would appear only to hit the girl from before with the hilt of my sword and giving a boy in front of my a hair cut, I gave him a sorry punch making him grunt and step away from me same with the girl. Carolina was still dashing around something appearing in her hands and traveling towards her sword, it was lightning...that explains why she is so fast...but what can stop her? The girl from before dissolves into water she left her shield behind and made the ground wet with her powers when I think about it I then realize that she was water and then our enemy was lightning. I look at the wet cement looking for her, she was in the middle where it had more water like a puddle with Carolina still running around with her speed. "Get out of that puddle now!" I yelled at her, she looks up to me confused and I made a run for it towards her "Get out shes blessed with lightning ability Raitoningu!" realization hit her and she tried to get out of the puddle I was 10 feet away from her and Carolina was already dashing towards her with her sword she jumped and stabbed her sword on Jenny''s puddle electrocuting her, I stepped back from them since she was already writhing and shaking from the shock, I dropped my sword and felt something in the pit of mu stomach, I held up my arms and the water began turning to ice but it was too slow, then I felt Jack on my shoulder then he clawed me in the neck sinking his fangs afterwards, instead of pain I felt a lot of energy coming inside me the ice began spreading so fast even the air began to turn humid and cold. Some of the other students began feeling cold and shivered falling to the ground only the teacher''s blow torch (I don''t know where he got it) was keeping them warm, Carolina was shock that Jenny stopped shaking and was huffing from the coldness she darted her eyes around until it landed on me since I was the only one who was not shivering I gulped and backed away a bit Jack''s fangs still in my neck. "Well now we''ve got ourselves an ice magic user" she steps closer to me with a wicked smile on her face electricity running down her entire body, I stayed where I was standing to show that I was not scared even though I was already scared like a cat in the inside. Jack nudges me to move but I couldn''t I was frozen in place as the girl came closer towards me, then Jack turned into a huge wolf pushing me down to my knees my entire body going numb for some reason, then I saw a leash on Jack connecting to my neck he was using my power all I could do was watch with a blank expression as Jack pounced on Carolina her tiger about to claw Jack from behind but the remaining kid inside the circle kept him distracted with his pet alligator.....din''t they have a show for that? The more Jack slashed the more my body became cold but it did not bother me I felt like I was rejuvenating after a good 5 minutes of slashing from Jack and dodging from Carolina she finally snapped. "Enough of this lets end this now!" she sent an electric shock towards the guy stopping her tiger from behind I stood up and blocked the assault with the sword it shined as it battle with my ice, I did a little modification with the sword without me knowing it wow I am so awesome. "This is impossible I am from A rank I can''t be beaten by a rookie!" she was too full of herself I told my self and dash towards her with lightning still radiating from her body and plus with that temper...yeah I know crazy right? I swing my sword simultaneously from left to right and from top to bottom she did not have time to dodge the last one and fell to the floor heaving a sigh. I pointed my sword towards her the tip on her neck, I glared down at her while Jack was walking around us the tiger already pinned down to the ground "Now surrender or I''ll slash you" she just spit to the side and glared back at me "Oh yeah what if I don''t want to surrender you little-" she did not get to finish cause I sliced through her abdomen causing everyone to gasp at what I did,she collapses to the ground bleeding her father dropped the bell staring at the sight, Jack gave a satisfied howl and sits beside my feet. "I win this match" I sheathed my sword and then hearing the students scream and yelling for me, they ran towards us with a happy expression but an angry looking teacher behind, I did not have time to find out because my vision blurred and I blacked out after that. Chapter 5; I get to ride a winged Lamborghini I woke with a startled face in front of me...wait that can''t be right let me start over ok, I woke up with someone''s startled face in front of me it was Julius he was covered in sweat and he seemed to be wearing the same gym shirt when we went to class...wait did he? "Holy cow Julius please tell me you din''t perform CPR on me" I panic sitting up from the bed, wish I din''t do that because the moment I sat right up my entire body became rigid and I felt nauseous, I placed both my hands on my face and felt something on my forehead, then 5 tubes were connected to my chest plus a weird looking needle right next to my neck and a dextrose on my left wrist. I touched the needle on my neck and winced when I touched it Julius stood up and forced me to lay down back to the bed "Don''t move so much Richard and no I did not perform CPR I came running back here when the nurse said that your heart began beating again" okay that scared me to the pits of hell my heart stopped are you kidding me and the only response I could think of "uh...alright?" Julius stood up abruptly with anger washing over his face I looked at him in shock "I''ve been waiting here for you to come back to life for a week Richard and you aren''t even worried about your own health I mean how stupid can you get letting your familiar perform the sealing contract while in battle that could have killed you and every one else if I hadn''t placed the protective circle on the center I knew that cat can''t be trusted much worse it turned into its original form." he said in one breathe "Um a kitten?" "No!" he yelled banging the nightstand beside me "You could have been killed and expelled out there Richard, what would I do if I lost a friend during a stupid practice duel." he muttered and I just lay there looking at him sympathetically he cared for me too much. Just then Carolina comes in the door with bandages around her forehead and a metal rod on her leg I gulped when I saw her she was ready to kill me after beating her like that in front of everybody in class. "Um hi there Carolina?" it came out more like a question than a statement. "Don''t get the wrong idea I only came here to deliver your slip, the principal wants to talk to you later after you recover you''ve been playing sleeping beauty for a week its time to get up" she through me the paper and saw the excuse slip from the principal, I gulped and stood up from the bed Carolina left after glaring at me for 2 minutes leaving Julius to scowl "I really hate that girl" I removed the all the things attached to my body except the needle on my neck, it hurts when I touch it Julius took a look at it and shook his head "This one can''t come off not unless the one who placed it in you removes it" "Then lets call the doctor then chop chop pork chop" "For your information my body is lean and the doctor was not that one who placed that on you" he muttered with hate "It was the stupid feline" I looked at him wondering why he hated Jack so much, maybe hes allergic? "So the only one who could remove this is Jack?" "You named the third most powerful familiar in the world Jack?" I heard a deep voice from the door, it was the doctor he was handsome alright, with a perfectly trimmed beard and skin so white like ivory and his body was well built for someone around his 30s. "I''m doctor Johnson nice to meet you" Johnson...that name sure sounds familiar "I''d like to thank you for saving my daughter back there, Jenny Johnson ring any bells?" I made an "oh" sound and nodded, Julius snorted and sat on the sofa inside the room. I drank the water the doctor gave me and all the weird looking medicine he wanted me to bring along he did not bother to place back the needles on me except the one stuck on my neck. "You better hurry up the principal is waiting outside the school, better change into something more comfortable your going for a long ride" I stared at the clothes already on the bed and shooed the nurse, Julius and the doctor who just laughed and closed the door behind them. We went down the corridor on the west wing because there were girls waiting on the east some of them holding out there cameras, it seems I have made myself quite popular not my cup of tea but neh. "Who knew beating Carolina would be a big deal guess you made yourself known my friend and on your very first duel" I sighed and ran down the spiral stairs when I saw Carolina walking down the hall with a scowl on her face (not like her face changes expression always) twirling a knife "Hey wait up!" she ran after me Julius standing there looking stunned not really knowing what to do "I''ll see ya later for lunch Richard" I gave him a thumbs up and ran towards the exit only to be tackled down from my freedom "Get of me you over sized piglet!" I yelled trying to kick Carolina off of me "For the love of ! Carolina get of me will you!" she had her arms snaked around my waist and she was putting her full weight on me "First of all only my parents are allowed to call me Carolina you call me Lina you got that?!" she snapped when I kept calling out to her name like that. "Okay what do you want Lina?" I said her named in a mocking way earning a punch in the gut from her. "I want you on my team during survival exams in the next 3 weeks." I looked at her weirdly, I''m new here so I don''t really know what she was talking about "After your meeting with the principal I want you to meet me tonight on the observatory to the west around 10 pm alright? don''r want those prefects catching you and giving you kitchen duty" she said like she just experienced it not to long ago. This book is hosted on another platform. Read the official version and support the author''s work."What if I don''t come along with you?" I deadpanned, her nose flared and was ready to punch me again when someone cleared their throat we looked up and principal Emory was there standing with a smile with his hand behind him. "um....we were just doing one of those friendly wrestling matches sir" "Since when did wrestling become friendly?" I muttered earning a pinch from Lina. "May I borrow Richard for now miss Carolina?" she nodded and got of me running of towards the direction of the archery field I stood up in front of Principal Emory looking down at the floor like something was interesting down there. "Come now Richard we are going to visit your new team head quarters" as he walked away with me following right behind him I can''t help but wonder what he was talking about even though Lina had explained it to me a bit but I still can''t get it a bit since she was talking like a lunatic. "This school runs like a battle field Richard so it is only natural that there will be different and dangerous groups around here, and each student must join one or apply to one if they want to survive every year towards college" "So what group am I in sir?" I went straight to the point "Well if you don''t mind me asking" "Well each group has its own rules even if you did pass with a certain class I can''t guarantee that you can enter this one" hes eyes darted towards the school''s garage it was huge like a stadium with all the models you could think of I saw a Cherry and a Lamborghini with three different models parked beside it some of the students were cleaning there motors and waving at some girls passing by wearing too short skirts. On the left there was a snack bar with a woman in a dress wearing a weird looking kabuki mask serving them double cheeseburgers and some cola''s, we went to the battered looking beetle parked at the back near the repair shop a guy around 18 was repairing it from below so Principal Emory had to kick his side to get his attention...I din''t know students could work in this area. "Come on Frederick you how it annoys me when you kick me during working hours" the guy said, now that I got a good look at him he was wearing only his sweat pants and goggles on his head and a mask mask to shield himself form the flying bolts on the car. "Well if you din''t pay so much attention on that beat up old car I wouldn''t have to do it then" Emory muttered and sat on one of the chairs "um....sir isn''t kicking students like illegal here?" I asked not really sure how to put it but he just laughs along with that Fredrick guy "See I told you I still look young even after a hundred years. I blinked with my jaw slacked looking at the guy who was 4 inches taller than me "Your that old???!!" he snorted and waved me off "I don''t look it but I am 408 years old and still growing" he smiled but I just stared at him "So your immortal?" she shook hes head and went to get himself a soda can "Nah I just age slower than you humans" wait what? "So your not human then?"man din''t he make it obvious already stupid me "No I am human just not aging normally, my mother fed me something weird when I was only 8 years old and ever since then I can''t seem to age normally, Solarium was it called I can''t remember anymore" he shrugged and tossed me a juice box and I drank it without the straw. "so whats your business with me young man?" he asked looking at me I cowered from his hundred year old eyes, he looked young but his eyes were old and filled with so much power and also wisdom? "We need a ride to the A rank HQ Fredrick think you can lend me a car or so?" Emory stood cracking his knuckles Fredrick thought for a minute "No..the last car you took is being used by some of the students for a field trip the mines can''t really lend you the beetle yet so...." he looked around and walked towards a car covered my a huge blue blanket." Old daisy" he patted the Lamborghini on the head, well it was a Lamborghini but the hood was off and it looked dangerous to drive, and it was missing a door on the shut gun sit only the drivers sit had a door but no seat belt for both sides. The paint job was alright I guess the spiked left from the broken hood was pointy so I avoided that part when I got on, I clicked on the radio and it was working perfectly, the wind shields were creaking a bit but otherwise not broken. Emory climbed beside me on the front and got the key from the ash tray. "Ready to go?" he asked starting up the engine "Wait you mean this thing actually still runs?" "Of course Fredrick here has been some minor modifications on the car but not completely" he shrugged like it was a normal everyday routine to drive a dysfunctional metal car. "You can''t possibly drive this out there with the mortal police around!" I tried to object but Fredrick was blocking all possible exits for me to run out to. "Who said about driving" he clicked something and the car revealed its metal gold wings, I gulped and sank down the chair. "I think I''m gonna die earlier than I thought"