《Saber》 The Savior

SABER

Prologue

Throughout history, different cultures and religions have worshiped gods and deities, offering sacrifices in exchange for good fortune. In this world, the gods returned the favor, bestowing certain humans with a fraction of their power, marking them with a symbol to display this gift. But humans sometimes misuse these gifts for nefarious purposes. That¡¯s what kicks off this unordinary story. Meet Isaiah! He is a young man who has incredible potential, but doesn¡¯t know it yet. He was born in America and has Asian roots. He¡¯s 15 years old, so this is only the start of his story. Enjoy!

Ch.1 The Savior

The sounds of students discussing the equation the teacher had jotted down on the board filled the room. ¡°Man, I hate this class,¡± I thought. ¡°Even then, I need to pass this next test or mom¡¯s gonna beat my a**!¡± Hello, my name is Isaiah Blade. I¡¯m a Brand user, but I can¡¯t really use my powers. I am almost 15 and in 8th grade right now. Even though I didn''t know it yet, this day would completely change the rest of my life, And set me down a path of adventure and danger. ¡°MR. BLADE PAY ATTENTION!¡± Shouted out my math teacher. ¡°What is the answer to this equation?¡± He said aggressively. ¡°Um well you see¡­¡± I responded. Right when a¡­ *KABOOM* The loud sound of an explosion was heard. Screams started coming out from everywhere. Immediately the alarms started an announcement, telling us an unknown person is attacking the school and to not panic. Of course, this didn''t calm any one''s nerves, including mine. Even though I was one of the rare people with a Brand, I was barely able to lift 1 pound of metal. An earthquake started, all of my classmates started screaming even louder. Pebbles were coming from the roof. A big and sharp one hit my head. My eyes started going dark. Help support creative writers by finding and reading their stories on the original site. I think a few minutes passed when I finally came to my senses, but my head was bleeding with blood. Everyone else was already gone. So I ran as fast as I could out of the classroom, however luck was not on my side and I ran right into the intruder. He was about eight feet tall and was jacked. He had a small mark that looked like a fist mark underneath his left eye which must have been a Brand. ¡°HEY KID WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE, GET OUT OF MY WAY!¡± The giant guy said, he then noticed my mark under my left eye. ¡°WAIT, YOU HAVE A BRAND, HUH? IT¡¯S MY LUCKY DAY! BOSS WILL BE VERY HAPPY!¡± Shouted the towering figure as he swatted me into one of the classrooms. It felt like I was hit by a pro boxer from the light tap he gave me and sent me flying into one of the classrooms. That would have killed any normal person but because of my Brand my body was more durable, but it still hurt just as much as everybody else would feel. But my misfortune didn''t end there as he started running at me knocking the tables in different directions. I had no time to prepare and I thought I was a goner until¡­ *BANG* The sound of a gunshot was heard coming from behind the intruder''s back. It drew the titans attention towards the source. I slowly pulled myself up and saw who my savior was. It was some strange person. He was wearing a camo jacket over a black shirt and light grey pants, alongside an intricately designed black mask, it had two lenses for each eye with the one on the left a sniper scope and two white parallel white lines that seemed to wrap around the back of the mask. He had a gun in his right hand and a spear on his back. ¡°Hey Big Guy!¡± He shouted in a mocking tone. ¡°Didn¡¯t anyone tell you to pick on someone your own size?¡± Asked my savior. ¡°WHO THE HELL ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO BE, HUH?¡± Responded the ginormous man. ¡°You can call me the Hunter, now come at me big man!¡± Said the mysterious Hunter. The oaf charged at him and swung but Hunter expertly dodged out of the way. ¡°OL¨¦!¡± He shouted, which just seemed to aggravate the enemy even more. He tried to punch Hunter in the back. But Hunter ducked under and countered with a gut punch. But the man didn¡¯t even move an inch. ¡°Oh sh-¡±, said Hunter before he got sent flying by a punch to the face. As the man went to follow up, I wanted to leave but something told me I needed to help the man. I started throwing stones that I could find at him. One of the rocks hit his head, but the rock didn¡¯t do any visible damage on him. He stopped and slowly turned his head towards me, and shouted, ¡°You will PAY FOR THAT! Right then He started running towards me. The Titan stopped when he was right in front of me. I said, ¡°Please don¡¯t beat me.¡± He grabbed my head with his giant arm and lifted me up. He then said, ¡°Oh yes I will, but don¡¯t worry you won¡¯t die. My boss needs you alive.¡± He immediately sent me flying to the ground and started beating me. I started to slowly lose consciousness, but another shot was heard again. The man stopped beating me, right then I lost consciousness completely. Ch.2 The Hospital

Ch.2 The Hospital

I woke up in heaven¡­or was it? Yeah no it wasn''t, I was in a hospital and in incredible pain. Both my legs broke, my right arm was broken too. On top of that I had 6 broken ribs, and a major concussion. The doctors said I¡¯m lucky to even walk again. My parents were sitting near me, and trying to talk with me, but I couldn¡¯t even understand one word they said. I guess a concussion does its job. About a month into my hospital stay when I was finally starting to feel better, the man who saved me came in. ¡°Hey kid! How do you feel now? You were pretty brave out there and I noticed you have a Brand.¡± He said. ¡°Ummm thank you I feel better now, but who the heck even are you?¡± I responded. ¡°Well I¡¯m Hunter, and I am a Brand user of the Hunter Brand.¡± He said, while taking off his mask revealing a man in his late 20s with a brown not short, not too long haircut. The most weird part was that his Brand mark was around his eye. It was a red crosshair. ¡°Well I¡¯m Isaiah Blade.¡± I replied. ¡°Nice to meet you!¡± He said, ¡°Do you have any idea why that man was after you?¡±, ¡°Umm, I don¡¯t really know why he was in the school. But when he saw my mark he said something about how his boss was going to be happy. He started running towards me and you know the rest.¡± I answered. ¡°Hmm. . . Interesting. Any other details?¡±, ¡°Well he said that he won¡¯t kill me because his boss needs me alive, before starting to beat the sh*t out of me. Do you know what he was talking about?¡± I asked. ¡°Recently there was a huge growth of cases with kids between ages 11-14 with Brands being kidnapped. We are still figuring out the reason for all this. But the boss you told me about is very interesting, because now I know that they do all this for their boss. You are lucky that I arrived there in time.¡± Answered Hunter. ¡°Yeah, thanks again for saving my useless ass.¡± I replied. ¡°Hey why are you talking about yourself like that?¡± Asked Hunter, ¡°Well because I¡¯m weak.¡± I said looking at my broken arm. ¡° You know what, recently a school program opened for kids with Brands to help them protect themselves and help others. We need more brave people like you. It would be nice if you wanted to join us.¡± He finished. ¡°How can I? I can¡¯t even use my powers.¡± I replied. ¡°Don¡¯t worry about that, I''ll train you!¡±, ¡°Wait really?¡± I asked. ¡°Yep¡± answered Hunter. ¡°I¡¯m not sure about all this, what will my family say?¡±, ¡°I already talked to your parents, they are not against it.¡±, ¡°And what if I don¡¯t want to?¡±, ¡°Your loss. If you choose to join, I''ll see you at the beach after one month at 10 am sharp." He said getting ready to leave. I thought for a second and said, "Wait what exact date?¡±, but he was already gone.This story originates from Royal Road. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there. The month has passed and I found myself at the beach, all of my injuries have almost fully healed. The Hunter approached me. ¡°Thank goodness, I didn¡¯t mess up with the date.¡± I said almost out loud. He was wearing basketball shorts and a t-shirt that read ¡°Eat, game, sleep, repeat!¡± and a big backpack with a bunch of pockets. ¡°Alright glad to see you here,¡± he said as he poured out the contents of the bag. There were a bunch of metal pieces and a few rocks. ¡°I did some reading up on the Forge Brand,¡± he started. ¡°What''s that?¡± I interrupted. ¡°The name of your Brand¡±, he replied. ¡°After a Brand user dies, their Brand most of the time goes back into the circulation and get¡¯s given to a newborn right at the moment the previous user died. Forge Brand is more common, so there are a bunch of records of previous Forge Brand users. They have almost a whole instruction to help you.¡±, ¡°Wait, how did I not know that?¡± I asked. ¡°Oh right, this is actually confidential information that only the Brand association has. Since I¡¯m part of the organization I can take this freely.¡± Replied Hunter. ¡°Oh ok, I got it.¡±, ¡°Okay so, Forge Brand is riiiight here, yeah found it. So it says mostly your abilities are creating weapons and controlling metal. For the most part this ties to practice but also to your physical strength. you have probably noticed that you are significantly faster, stronger and more durable than the average person¡±, he said. ¡°Yeah, maybe. I am the best in my P.E. class.¡± I replied, ¡°That''s because most of the Brands basically remove your upper limit for how fast, strong or durable you can get as long as you put effort into your training,¡± He said. ¡°Ok I think I understand what you mean. How should we start this?¡± I asked. ¡°Start by trying to lift one of these metal pieces.¡± Said Hunter. ¡°Alright, here I go,¡± I said nervously. I struggled a lot to just lift it a meter up, the metal piece was shaking and was almost about to fall. But Hunter was believing in me, so I focused as hard as I could and eventually brought the metal piece to my hand. ¡°So now what?¡± I said catching my breath. ¡°Try forming it into a weapon, something simple like a sword.¡± Replied Hunter incredibly focused. ¡°Just envision it being forged by a master swordsmith, that should work.¡±, ¡°I shut my eyes and imagined a man smashing the molten steel with a hammer until he finished his masterpiece. I opened my eyes to see a jumbled up metal mess. ¡°HAHAHA! Damn you were really focused huh, well at least you tried.¡± Said Hunter still laughing. ¡°How am I supposed to get into this school now?" I asked defeatedly. ¡°Don''t worry kid! You have the rest of the school year until the school is finished being built and the first group is admitted to the school. So let''s get to Work!¡± Ch.3 The Inferno & The Swordsmen

Ch.3 The Inferno & The Swordsmen

I trained and studied harder than I ever had. I learned how to use a sword and became strong enough to punch through concrete and lift cars with my metal abilities, and in no time it was finally time for the entrance exam. ¡°GOOD LUCK KID!¡± shouted the hunter as I entered the building. There were probably about 60 other kids around me about my age. They all looked really serious, and to be honest they were kind of intimidating. The building had a very tall roof. We all were just standing in the center of the big room, until an older looking man in a silver cape walked out on the stage at the end of the building. He was probably somewhere around late 60''s, he had white long beard, but almost no hair. He also was wearing strange goggles. ¡°Welcome to the Brand school entry exam! This will be a free for all entry exam. When 10 people remain they will be allowed into the school.¡± He said ¡°Everyone follow me to the bus that will take you to the battle grounds. May the strongest of you pass!¡± The bus ride was near silent as I looked around. I took note of the competition. There was a kid with the music note mark under his left eye. A girl with a Caduceus under her left eye, a kid with no noticeable Brand, and even weirder a kid made entirely of fire. The others didn''t really stick out to me all that much. I could feel that everyone was nervous, and the tension grew even more as we came closer to our destination. When the bus stopped we overlooked a huge circle plot with moat surrounding it as well as a massive glass dome covering it. The land mass must have stretched for miles; it also had three biomes: a forest, desert, and polar region. ¡®How do they even have this?¡¯ I thought as me and the other kids made our way down the only ramp entrance. The old man''s voice came over the live speaker, ¡°HELLO CONTESTANTS.¡± Boomed the loudspeaker. <> I reached to my back and noticed that a small red cloth was attached to my back with magnets. <> A sharp whistling noise played across the whole stadium. <> yelled the old man. So everyone was off. I thought it would be useful to know where each person was headed, but a few kids didn¡¯t even move, and I could feel they were strong. One of them without a visible Brand under his eye had something off about him. He was staring right at me. I immediately ran into the woods and to the snowy biome. All that I was hoping was that I wouldn¡¯t bump into him just like I did in the school, into that moron. I made my way to the winter section. I posted myself up on a snowy mountain behind a huge rock. Right then that sharp whistling tone played again and the old man said in the announcer voice, <> The chaos began. The sounds of fighting could be heard and the few who could fly were seen easily, but one looked like a huge fireball. I think he saw me, because the kid was making his way towards me. He stopped right above me. It was the kid that was completely on fire, I thought he wanted to fight but he just glared at me. ¡°So are you just gonna stare at me or are we gonna fight!¡± I said to the burning kid. But he just continued to stare, then he started using sign language. From my limited knowledge it seemed like he said ¡°your move¡±. Was he trying to mock me? I took that as an opportunity to attack. Luckily there was some steel that I found while I made my way up the mountain. If you ask me how I found steel in a freaking winter forest. I say that my training wasn¡¯t for nothing. Hunter taught me that some types of stones might have a few grams of steel or iron in them. I turned all the steel I extracted from the rocks into a sword and charged the sword right at him. Just before the sword hit him, I brought myself to the sword and grabbed it like I was a magnet. He still dodged all my swings and trips then went for my flag. It would have been over for me, but I threw my sword back into the boulder then pulled myself to it. He didn''t give me any room to breathe and immediately threw a fire blast at me which hurt like hell. ¡°AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!¡± I screamed, ¡°WHAT THE HELL?!¡± I continued while he charged up his next attack. Fireboy started to fire a constant beam of heat. So I had to sprint away to not get burnt to a crisp. I could tell he had me way outclassed in strength and didn''t quite feel like talking, so if I was gonna do anything to him I had to outsmart him. I needed a strategy fast!This story has been unlawfully obtained without the author''s consent. Report any appearances on Amazon. When I got around the opposite side of the boulder I threw my sword over his head which got him distracted for a split second. Now I had my chance. I pulled myself to the sword and before grabbing the sword I kicked him as hard as I could in mid-air, which sent him flying a few meters down. He was confused, but not for long. Right before I tried to hit him the second time I got nicked by his fire beam. But my plan worked. He got super close to the boulder and right when he was close enough I turned the sword into a chain and wrapped it around the boulder, which also caught him, binding the kids arms to the side. ¡°I-I got you, I actually did it!¡± I said while catching my breath, I then walked up to him to take his flag. I could see he struggled, he tried to melt down my chains, but couldn¡¯t. He then looked down in defeat thinking he lost. But¡­ for some reason I stopped. He was clearly very talented and must have put in a ton of hard work or at least more than me to get this strong. So I dropped the chains. He looked at me confused and I sat down and beckoned him to do the same. Kid sat in front of me and started a fire with some branches from a nearby tree. ¡°Nice, let''s talk.¡± I said and He nodded. And I told him the series of events that led up to this point. ¡°Now tell me a little bit about you. I don''t know much but I should understand enough if you go slow." The kid nodded and signed ¡°ok¡± but then suddenly the guy with the music Brand jumped down and yelled ¡°I found y¡¯all, get ready for my attack!¡± Luckily I still had the steel on my hand so I turned it into a metal boomerang. Hunter taught me how to use that too. I focused and hit him right into his stomach, which then sent him down the mountain. ¡°You think he''s ok?¡± signed the fire guy. ¡°Probably.¡± I replied to get back to the conversation ¡°Well my name is Blaze, as you can probably tell I was born mute. But I was also born like this. I cannot turn this fire off. I''m stuck. And because of that my parents abandoned me when I was young.¡± He continued. ¡°I was found on the street by hunter on the verge of starvation about 3 years ago and he trained me.¡± ¡°Wow.¡± I say in response, ¡°that''s a lot for a kid to go through. Tell you what, how about we work together to win this thing, Hunter was also my mentor." "That sounds nice,¡± my new friend replied. I stood up but my burns from the fight still didn¡¯t heal, usually Brand users have not only upgraded speed, power and durability, but their healing factor also is increased. But my burns still hurt. Blaze immediately saw that and tried to make me rest and signed, ¡°I¡¯m sorry for your injuries, I¡¯ll do the rest, while you try not to move.¡±, to which I replied, ¡°Nah, It¡¯s ok. I¡¯m fine.¡± He said, ¡°Are you sure?" "Yeah,¡± I replied. Ch.4 My New Class

Ch.4 My New Class

About 30 minutes after that conversation and 5 total eliminations we did together (not counting that music guy because we couldn''t find him), the same sharp whistling noise played and the old man announced, <> By the time me and Blaze had made it there all of the other kids were there, as well as the old man. ¡°Nice of you two to finally make it.¡± said the old man. ¡°Even Anthony beat you and he was stuck on the cliff you knocked him on to.¡± ¡°Yeah well at least we made it.¡± I replied a bit flustered by all of the eliminated contestants staring at me, because we just stole all their flags. I can tell you how it went really briefly. So we went after that music note guy that got sent flying down the mountain, but he was already gone, and all the rocks that were on him were broken but not from the outside. It was like they shattered in pieces very carefully, that¡¯s probably his power me and Blaze thought. I picked up the boomerang that I threw towards him, and we headed into the woods. We then found a small group of three kids. Me and Blaze were so coordinated that those kids didn¡¯t even have time to use their powers, when we hit them with everything we had and took their flags. I guess that is because we had the same mentor, who¡¯s name was literally ¡°Hunter¡± with a hunter Brand. Our next two opponents were brothers who had similar or even powers that completed each other, they were like yin and yang or something. One of them had a shield and one a sword under their left eye¡¯s. Then they simultaneously both said, ¡°Hey, we are the brothers that are going to kick your butts. I have powers to create shields from particles of light, and he has power to create swords from the darkness itself.¡± They were both fourteen by the looks of them, that¡¯s why they felt too confident that they even told us their powers, which was actually a huge deal, because now we knew that we should split them from each other. Me and Blaze turned to each other and I burst out laughing, Blaze only smiled at me. I replied to them, ¡°You guys just told us your powers, you dummies, HAHAHAHAHAHA!¡± They both looked at themselves and said, ¡°Oh, Sh*t.¡± Right after me and Blaze sprinted towards them. I attacked the one with the sword mark with my small blade, because I couldn¡¯t find enough steel for a sword, but I think this will be enough to take him. Blaze took the one with the shield Brand. The shield guy immediately created a shield to block Blaze¡¯s fire punch. Me and the other kid clashed our blades and our sword fight began. I dominated the kid in our fight, but he wasn¡¯t bad either. While Blaze flew up not too high so that the tall trees could hide him and started blasting the shield guy with heat blasts. We cornered these kids, but things got serious when the shield guy created a second shield and gave it to his brother with a sword, the other guy did the same but with his dark sword. So they both now had a shield and a sword. Me and Blaze immediately stopped playing around and got serious. The boy¡¯s attacked me, they knew that they had more chance of winning by teaming up, I blocked both their attacks with my blade and jumped back, but they kept on attacking. Sparkles from the blades clashing were so bright that I became blind for a second. One of the teens used this opportunity and attacked me with his shield, right into my left shoulder. I flew a few feet and hit a tree with my back. The second boy continued the combo and tried to slash me with his sword, but Blaze interrupted them with a huge fireball, and a massive explosion happened. I rubbed my eyes and went to check the boys. They were both ok, but unconscious. Me and Blaze felt bad for them, but we thought that it was too dangerous for them to be in this school yet, they were only fourteen, well me and Blaze were only fifteen, but in the teenage world it¡¯s a huge difference. So me and Blaze took their flags and woke them up. When we were convinced that they were fine, we immediately went deeper into the woods leaving the kids there, because that explosion definitely could have drawn someone¡¯s attention, and we didn¡¯t need that kind of problem after almost getting beaten up by kids. Basically that¡¯s how it went. All the other kids were already up on the stage near the entrance. ¡°Now let me announce the 10 kids to everyone so we can all get home.¡± ¡°Oh yeah of course.¡± I replied after what me and Blaze climbed up on stage. ¡°The 10 Brand users who passed the exam will be joining as the first students emitted to ¡°Brand Tech¡± are: Sage Lopez, Ashley Lee, Blaze Stoll, Anthony Smith, Joshua Ledger, Isaiah Blade, Robert Gray, Blossom Levine, Shade Wixx, and Kane Finch.¡± Now you kids head home and I will see the 10 of you on the 21st of august. "The bus ride home was just as quiet as the one there, and the summer was a blur so before I knew it was august. I got Blaze¡¯s number, so we texted a lot over the summer, we became pretty good friends, and I finally turned 15. I made my way to the school. The campus was absolutely massive, it had a huge middle courtyard area which would be used for sparing/P.E there were at least 10 big buildings and even a larger one in the back. Mostly the color scheme of the school was bright blue and orange. When I made it to the place where everyone was. This school only had 10 students and like 5 teachers not counting the principal as far as I know, I sat down next to blaze and we exchanged waves over summer break. I had pretty much mastered sign language so I could now understand him nearly perfectly. ¡°The old mans gonna introduce us to our teachers and show us around campus.¡± he signed. ¡°Ok.¡± I replied. The old man started ¡°Hello you 10 I don''t think I have properly introduced myself I am Jonathan Adler and I am the principal at this high school¡± ¡°I founded this school because I remember when I was a child, as a Brand user I had no one to guide me how to use my gifts for good. That¡¯s why I created this new school, so that the new generation won¡¯t have the same problems I once did, and eventually I can guarantee each one of you will find your purpose in this world, either that is a regular job or you guys becoming heroes that use their powers for serving good. But enough about me.¡± he said ¡°You should meet the teachers." Hunter, a shorter woman with icicles under her left eye and a bulky man with a stone symbol under his left eye walked onto stage. ¡°These are the teachers,¡± said Jonathan. ¡°Now they will introduce themselves.¡± Jonathan then handed the mic to Hunter. ¡°HELLO MY WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL STUDENTS!¡± shouted the hunter. ¡°You already probably know me, but to the people who don''t know me, my name is Hunter and my code name is also Hunter,¡± he said. ¡°I will be the main person teaching the Brand usage course and teaching how to better utilize your Brand in creative and efficient ways.¡± ¡°SO LET''S HAVE A GREAT YEAR.¡± he concluded. Stolen from its rightful place, this narrative is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. Hunter handed the mic to the short woman, ¡°My name is Anya Snow, and my code name is Winter warrior.¡± said Anya ¡°I will be in charge of your academics. Math, sciences, history, the basics.¡± ¡°So I wish you all to have a great year too!¡± She said pumping her fist up as she passed the mic to the bulky dude. ¡°Hello, my name is Cole Becket and my code name is golem.¡± said the man. ¡° I will be in charge of your combat training and physical education.¡± he concluded and then passed the mic to Jonathan again. ¡°That should be all the introductions because the school nurse and mechanic could not make it today so you all should head to the dorm rooms and get settled.¡± Jonathan said. As the kids walked to the dorms me and Blaze started talking. ¡°Do you know anything about these other kids?¡± I said to Blaze. ¡°Not really,¡± he signed back, ¡°but I know they''re strong. I think they''re gonna announce the dorm roommates now.¡± ¡°OK EVERYONE!¡± said Cole. ¡°The pairings for the dorms will be Kane Finch and Joshua Ledger, Sage Lopez and Blossom Levine, Blaze Stoll and Isaiah Blade, Robert Gray and Shade Wixx and finally, Ashley Lee and Anthony Smith.¡± ¡°Nice.¡± I signed to Blaze and he looked back at me happily. ¡°WAIT A MINUTE I''M WITH A GIRL!?¡± Said a squeaky male voice in the background. Everyone turned around to look at the person and it was a latino kid with a music note under his left eye (Anthony). ¡°YEAH, YOU GOT A PROBLEM WITH ME!?¡± Yelled back a shorter asian girl with short black hair and a small jester hat symbol under her left eye (Ashley). ¡°No it¡¯s not with you, it''s just that,¡± said Anthony. ¡°It''s just what, huh?¡± Interrupted Ashley sassily. ¡°We¡¯re roommates now and you''re gonna like it OK?¡±, ¡°Ok.¡± replied Anthony defeatedly. ¡°Well now that that''s settled you guys will have until about 3 o''clock to socialize with your roommate and check the campus. See you at 3 in the main combat facility¡± said Cole who left right after. Me and Blaze unpacked my pc and our clothes and got our beds set up. From there we talked for about an hour on how great we were on the exam. Soon it was 3 o¡¯clock. The 10 of us piled before the entrance to the combat facility. The combat facility was not that big, probably half the size of our campus. Hunter, Anya and Cole were standing at the front of the building. ¡°Ok,¡± he started, ¡°This is the main combat facility and this is where I teach you my stuff.¡± We all entered the facility, ¡°As you can see there are a ton of weapons, armors and training dummies that you can use to improve your combat ability. A big gym with a pool and a back entrance to a huge training field. But the main part of this facility is this elevator!¡± We all entered the huge silver elevator the size of a big truck all confused. We all went down for like 10 floors and then the elevator doors were finally open. All our jaws dropped to the floor. We saw a huge white arena that had some strange floating black and white cubes around all edges of the square platform approximately half the size of the whole school . In the center here is where all of the main fighting will happen while in the combat facility. The best part about all this is the 3D arena. Here we have the most advanced 3d virtual reality technologies. Our special arena can create any biome, place or even a planet to battle and the best part is that it¡¯s almost as real as a real¡­um, almost as real as real life, yeah. You just have to wear these gloves and stick these things to your shoes.¡± ¡°Up in the stands behind the blue glass full height window I''m sure most of you can see Jonathan.¡± whispered Hunter ¡°Well he''s up there talking with investors who are a big deal in the Brand association. They are curious about the combat capabilities of the new generation we are trying to bring up. So we are going to hold a sort of team exhibition match between 2 teams of 3. Try to put on a good show of your abilities ok?¡± Said Hunter with a little smile on his face. ¡°ALRIGHT EVERYONE I SEE WE HAVE QUITE AN AUDIENCE HERE!¡± Shouted hunter grabbing the attention from the higher ups. ¡°SO HOW ABOUT WE PUT ON A SHOW FOR THEM WITH 3V3 TEAM MATCHES! OK, FOR TEAM ONE WERE GONNA HAVE BLOSSOM LEVINE, BLAZE STOLL, AND ISAIAH BLADE! FOR TEAM TWO HOW ABOUT um¡­¡± Hunter slowly looks around the remaining kids, while Anya looks at him with a ¡°WTF¡± face. ¡°How about ANTHONY SMITH, KANE FINCH, AND ASHLEY LEE." Me and Blaze headed to the stand with that blossom girl behind us. Neither of us had any idea what she could do but it was sure to be interesting. Hunter handed us a small bracket showing us who would fight who and he also handed me a metal pole. And blossom a backpack with a small cherry sapling ¡°Good luck kids, oh and take these gloves and these stickers for your shoes, remember the arena is special.¡± Said Hunter who then left. Ch. 5 Exhibition Matches

Ch. 5 Exhibition Matches

¡°The matches should start in about 5 minutes.¡± Said Blossom, ¡°Or at least that''s what is written here. Oh, I¡¯m sorry, where are my manners? I¡¯m Blossom Levine. My Brand has the ability to control plants and make them grow,¡± she said, extending her hand. I shook it and said ¡°Cool, nice to meet you. My name is Isaiah Blade and this is my friend Blaze Stoll. He¡¯s mute. I can control metal and make weapons, he can manipulate fire.¡± ¡°That''s really cool,¡± she said excitedly. ¡°With those abilities we are basically guaranteed to win these matches. It says here I''m fighting Ashley and-¡± Hunter came over the loudspeaker in an announcer voice interrupting our conversation. <> ¡°Well looks like I¡¯m off,¡± said Blossom, ¡°wish me luck.¡± She threw on the back pack Hunter gave her and got ready to fight. Ashley walked out with a small blade and looked a bit annoyed. <> asked Hunter in the same terrible announcer voice. ¡°YES!¡± they both replied. <> Suddenly the whole area turned into blue 1s and 0s. Immediately after that they turned into parts of plants, until the arena grew with tropical trees. Blossom took the bag out and placed it on the floor. She then grabbed the sapling and placed it carefully on the floor. The sapling started growing crazy fast. Ashley had jumped on one of the trees and ran towards her opponent on the trees like a ninja. The Blossom¡¯s tree was about the size of a fully grown adult tree already, the tree''s roots went deep into the ground. Ashley saw Blossom and jumped towards her, getting momentum for her swing with her weapon. But Blossom raised her hand upwards. Ashley was confused. Right when she was about to hit her a huge root pillar hit Ashley from below. ¡°WHAT THE F**K¡± shouted Ashley ¡°HOW ARE THERE EVEN ROOTS HERE¡±. Ashley flew a few feet up, Blossom then continued her attack, a new connection of roots grew from the ground. Ashley dodged the 1st attempt to grab her by Blossom by spinning mid-air. But the second time Blossom didn¡¯t miss. She then proceeded to spin Ashley around like a toy. Ashley was screaming LOUD. Blossom then threw Ashley right back to where she started. I would never expect something like that to be done by a girl named Blossom. Ashley didn¡¯t give up and hid in the deep tropical forest behind the plants. while Blossom backed up against the cherry blossom tree. I couldn¡¯t find where she was until she sprinted at Blossom with all her speed from the shadow of a tree. Ashley tried for a barrage again. But Blossom created a wall of roots. Ashley didn¡¯t even slow down a bit, she charged her blade with momentum and hit! She sliced right through Blossoms roots like it was nothing. With the wall Ashley also hit her opponent in the arm, even though Blossom tried to dodge. ¡°YES FINALLY GOD DAM!¡± Shouted out Ashley. ¡°What you nicked me? Good job,¡± said Blossom sarcastically. ¡°Yeah, and now my toxin does its job¡± replied Ashley. ¡°You''re what?!¡±Said Blossom. ¡°My toxin, you idiot. That¡¯s my Brand ability, I can create very poisonous toxins that will make you hallucinate and paralyze, about¡­now!¡± Right when Ashley said that, Blossom started hallucinating. Everything started to blur, and she was seeing copies of Ashley as she fell to the ground. Ashley quickly jumped towards her opponent, and started beating her up badly. Everyone was already thinking that Ashley won, but suddenly, all of Blossom''s roots turned into flowers that started spraying some kind of gas around the arena. Ashley stopped, because the whole arena was filled with pink mist. Then Blossom just disappeared from Ashleys sight. Suddenly Blossom said, still not being seen,¡°My second ability is automatic, it uses flowers to heal myself, it¡¯s still a little slow because I don¡¯t have enough experience, but at least I got rid of all the side effects your poison had.¡± ¡°OH WELL THAT''S JUST BULLS***! WHAT THE HE-"Ashley didn''t get to finish before Blossom attacked her with her roots again, she created 3 huge roots that rose from the floor, and pointed at Ashley, causing the roots to start targeting her. Ashley was a pro in swordsmanship, I could tell. She got her blade ready and parried all the attacks of the roots. She sliced one of the roots in half, dodged the second one, and jumped right over third. She did a sideflip to dodge all the attacks that the roots did again after retracting back to Blossom. Ashley finally had enough and counterattacked, she sprinted at Blossom as fast as she could, she hit a barrage of swings with her poisonous blade successfully right at Blossom. Blossom knew she probably couldn¡¯t heal this amount of poison, so she immediately grabbed Ashleys leg with her smallest root that she still had energy to control, and launched her straight up, almost hitting the fake sky that the virtual reality generated that was the roof of the building. After which she pulled her down as strong as she could which knocked out Ashley and her right after. After that the Arena turned back to normal, the jungle disappeared. Cole rushed down to the battlefield and grabbed the two girls ¡°We Have to Put them to the nurse room!¡± shouted Cole, <> announced hunter over the loudspeaker. <> "I guess I don¡¯t have any other choice," said Cole. After that he put them next to the girl who seemed to be Sage. She started to shoot a small beam of pulsing light, without any unnecessary words. <> announced hunter <> Blaze and Kane walked out onto the battlefield Kane smiled and waved at Blaze. <> <> Kane just continued to stand there, while the arena turned into a hot Sahara desert. Blaze used his fire jets to launch himself towards the opponent. He got ready for a kick right before he approached Kane. Blaze kicked so hard that a huge sandy mist was found all over the place. The center of the mist became hot red soon after. After a few seconds I saw the students silhouettes. Kane had blocked Blaze¡¯s kick, and tanked his fireballs straight into his face. Kane didn¡¯t even have a scratch on him. Blaze started a flurry of punches on Kane but he still didn''t flinch. Finally Blaze flipped back and charged up a massive heat beam and let it go. This time Kane did move and before anyone could see he was behind Blaze. ¡°I''m so sorry to say this but you are done.¡± Kane said with a guilty tone in his voice. ¡°It just doesn''t seem like you can really hurt me and I want to give the other students a chance to fight.¡± Blaze spun around and tried to kick the opponent in the head, but Kane just caught it and said, ¡°I guess I don¡¯t have any other choice. sorry¡± In a blink of an eye Kane punched Blaze in the face, sending him flying right into a sandy hill and knocking him out. Kane then picked him up and took him up to the stands. ¡°Who is this kid!?¡± I thought, even if he did train his power to this level, his durability and speed is higher than the Brand user I met at the start of this whole thing in the school, also he could fly, and the strangest thing was when he floated up to the stands I could finally see his left eye that had no visible Brand under it. <> ¡°Guess it''s my time now,¡± I said to myself walking out onto the battlefield. ¡°Well, well, well. Look who we have here. If it isn''t my rival,¡± said Anthony pointing at me. ¡°Me?¡± I responded incredibly confused. ¡°YES WHO ELSE?! YOU PUNCHED ME OFF A FRICKING CLIFF!¡± ¡°Oh yeah, that¡¯s right, I remember you.¡± I said, which made him even more frustrated.¡°Well let''s get to the fight then my ¡®Rival,¡¯¡± I said while taking a fighting stance. ¡°HELL YEAH,¡± he responded while creating an electrical looking energy guitar. I think that¡¯s his Brand ability, so I should be careful with that guitar, I thought. <> The arena turned into a big stormy winter region. Snow was everywhere, for a second I thought it became cold. But that was just my brain thinking that way, because of the sudden change of the scene that tricked my eyes. Anthony started playing on his guitar some strange melody, and then suddenly when he finished, I couldn¡¯t hear anything, nor see anything. I was disoriented by his melody?! I couldn¡¯t do anything, but I sensed that Anthony was running towards me with his sharp purple energy guitar. He punched me straight into my face. From that hit, I came back to my senses. I saw a spit of my own blood coming out from my mouth. That piece of crap just uppercutted me with his big a** guitar! I turned my steel pipe into a not too sharp sword, so I won¡¯t hurt him much, even though I wanted to. I was 1 foot in the air, I switched to the defense stance, because he already jumped to attack again. I blocked his attack in mid-air. When we both landed on the floor I jumped back to analyze my opponent. Unauthorized duplication: this narrative has been taken without consent. Report sightings. So Anthony Smith, a music note Brand user, I¡¯m not sure what his Brand is called. But I know that he creates a special guitar that has certain powers. But to use those powers he needs to play the melody first. That¡¯s right! If I won¡¯t let him finish his melody on the guitar, he can¡¯t use his powers. Right after I analyzed my opponent, his guitar turned into a dark blue still sharp electro guitar. He got his hands ready to play the melody. I suspected that the guitar''s power was different now, because the color of the guitar has changed. I immediately blitzed towards him. I approached even before he could play one note on the guitar. I thought that it was over for him, but oh I was wrong. He just barely touched his guitar strings, but a little noise was heard. Immediately after, his guitar sent a big shockwave towards me, I couldn¡¯t react. I got hit with a big soundwave that surrounded me. Everything I could see at that moment was a blurry silhouette of Anthony, that was because the soundwave was so strong I could literally see it. After a millisecond, I heard a burst of sound so loud, that I felt like my ears popped. I tried to scream, but the soundwave was so loud, I couldn¡¯t even hear my thoughts. A few seconds later the soundwave got stronger, because Anthony played again. It got so strong that I got sent back into a pile of snow. I think Anthony said something, but I just could not hear it. I looked at the snow near my ears and it became red, blood red. My ears actually got injured, it hurt. I wanted to give up badly, I wanted the pain to go away, I wanted to go home! But I just couldn¡¯t, not after what happened to my friends. Blossom fought against Ashley, even while poisoned, and Blaze tried his best against that kid. They both got beaten up badly, they both got SERIOUSLY HURT! I CAN¡¯T GIVE UP! I got serious, I got mad, I got ANGRY! So I stood up. Blood droplets were still coming out from my ears. I can¡¯t stop now! I wanted to win, WIN NO MATTER WHAT! I could see Anthony''s face filled with horror, when he saw my face. My eyebrows came closer to each other, I bit my lip to forget about the pain, and my eyes lit with anger. I pulled my sword back to me. I split the sword in half. I turned one half of the sword into a boomerang, and the rest into a medium size blade. I could tell that my rival was not happy with the boomerang I made. He was ready to attack me with his soundwave again, but I threw the boomerang to his right shoulder which disrupted his attempt to play on the guitar, even though he dodged the attack by ducking to the left. I ran towards him, with almost no energy left to fight. While I almost approached him he tried to play on his guitar again, but by that time my boomerang had circled through the whole arena, and was going straight at Anthony¡¯s back. But I still had to dodge the soundwave that Anthony did before the boomerang hit him, I wouldn¡¯t be able to withstand another attack from him. So I threw my blade to the side and it hit right into the ice floor in the arena, which made a crack in there. I pulled myself towards the blade, which saved me. I probably would have been damaged by the noise that was coming from his guitar again, if my ears were still responding, even though I still heard a pisk near my ears. At that point the boomerang reached Anthony, and he collapsed from the hit to the ground dropping his guitar while screaming so loud that even I heard him with my injured ears ¡°Not Fu**ing SECOND time!¡± This was my chance, I can¡¯t miss this one. I pulled myself to the boomerang that was still behind Anthony. Right before I was near him I magnetted the blade to my hand and hit my opponent in the head with the handle of my blade. Which finally knocked him out. But I did not stop. I threw my weapons away and kept beating him with my bare hands. I kept on beating him until my hands were all in his blood, I stopped, I was stunned. Was this me? Why did I keep punching him? Why are my hands in his blood? I then felt a hit from the back and lost consciousness. I don¡¯t remember what happened next. I woke up in the Nurse room, Hunter was sleeping on a chair beside me. Something reminded me of this. But I didn¡¯t want to wake him up, because I was an embarrassment. I beat up a classmate like he was my enemy, not my opponent, in front of the whole school. My ears were in bandages, I still barely heard anything. I could tell that I was here for more than a few hours. I was in a room filled with a soft orange light from the oval window in my room. I sat like this for a few minutes. Then I tried to stand up, but Hunter said, ¡°I wouldn¡¯t do that if I were you. You haven¡¯t healed fully yet.¡± I did not answer anything and continued to slowly stand up from my bed. ¡°Hey what¡¯s the matter?¡± Asked Hunter with a worried tone behind my back. I couldn¡¯t ignore him. I wanted to cry, ¡°I beat up a kid in front of everyone¡±, said I with my eyes in tears still with my back towards him. ¡°Hey It¡¯s okay, don¡¯t worry about that. It was my fault, I should have stopped the match earlier.¡±, ¡°So it was you who knocked me out?¡± I asked, ¡°Yes.¡± replied Hunter, ¡°Thank you for stopping me.¡± ¡°I didn¡¯t stop you, you stopped yourself when you were angry. That¡¯s the most important thing, I¡¯m proud.¡±Said Hunter, ¡°You are proud of me?¡± I said finally turning around. ¡°Of course, I am. You were angry, because you didn¡¯t want your teammates to fight for nothing, I respect that. Just promise me that this won¡¯t happen again, you have to control your emotions alright?","Alright " I said calmly, looking at the floor. Hunter then helped me to stand up. After showing me the way to the Cafe he left for some business he had to take care of. I entered the cafeteria. All of the students were already sitting in the cafeteria for dinner. While I just looked around. The cafeteria was illuminated by countless bright lights, with rows of highly reinforced and anti-magic warded tables neatly placed around the room. I walked over to the menu, ¡°Welcome to ¡®Culinary Heaven¡¯, where we serve mouthwatering meals in record-breaking time! Enjoy our classic spaghetti carbonara, or our Spicy Garlic Shrimp Tacos!¡± I chose the Spicy Garlic Shrimp Tacos, and went to sit. I saw Blaze in the corner, with a broken arm and a thing that supports your neck when it¡¯s broken. He still was pissed about losing to Kane, he refused to interact with anyone. I decided to go and sit with blossom and the 4 other kids I hadn''t met yet and talk to him back in the dorm. When I sat at their table all the kids stopped talking and quietly continued to eat their food, but I didn¡¯t care. I was very hungry. The Spicy Garlic Shrimp Tacos featured succulent fried shrimp tossed in a zesty garlic marinade, nestled in crispy and crunchy corn tortillas and topped with creamy, ripe, and organic avocados. There was also fresh cilantro, finished with a drizzle of zesty lime crema. I hadn¡¯t even taken a bite to know that this stuff was gonna be good. As soon as I took a bite, the myriad of delicious flavors flooded into my mouth, nearly overwhelming my taste buds. The spiciness of the garlic marinade and lime crema helped reduce the fishy smell from the shrimp, and the corn tortillas made the texture absolutely immaculate. I finished my meal in a few bites and drank a full glass of crystal clear mineral water. Blossom then said, ¡°Pretty hungry aren¡¯t you?¡± I looked at her when she just smiled at me with her face full of little scars. ¡°Yeah.¡± I replied. After I calmed down my appetite, I looked around. I couldn¡¯t see Kane, Ashley and . . . Anthony around in the cafeteria. I guess they all are already finished with their dinners. I then looked at Blossom again and said, ¡°What happened after I got knocked out? Is Anthony okay?¡± with a worried look. ¡°Yeah he is fine, don¡¯t worry about him right now. Well, what happened after you got knocked out . . . Umm, so Hunter announced over the speaker that the match is over, you won. But you didn¡¯t stop, you ignored him. Hunter immediately rushed to the arena. My bet is that you didn¡¯t ignore him, you couldn¡¯t hear him. Your ears were still red. Then I saw you stop for a second and look at your hands in . . . blood. Right after that Hunter knocked you out with a light tap in the neck. At that moment the Nurse finally arrived, so she and Sage started helping everyone with their injuries. When Blaze woke up, he saw you. He pointed at you, so that we started helping you, after which he fell asleep again.¡± Finished Blossom. After hearing all that, I turned to the girl who helped us, ¡°Are you Sage? Did you help us?¡±, ¡°yes¡± she said so quietly that I could barely hear it. ¡°Thank you! Thank you for everything.¡± I said in a thankful voice. ¡°It''s okay, I wouldn''t have done that much without the nurse.¡± She said while blushing, ¡°I will be sure to thank the nurse too when I see her. Thank you again.¡± She just slowly smiled and looked at me with her gentle green eyes. We finished our dinners and I finally got the chance to meet the other 4 students. First about Robert, he''s a skinny white kid with blond hair and gray eye¡¯s and he has the lightning Brand. His mark under his left eye was a yellow lightning symbol. Essentially he has the ability to shoot lightning and use super speed that is faster than any normal Brand user is likely to obtain. Next is Shade. I can¡¯t say anything about his facial characteristics because he always wears a dark jacket with a big hood over his head which covers his whole face in a shadow, which also covers his Brand mark. He has beautiful dark toned golden eyes which peek out from his shadow face. Robert, his roommate, told me that he doesn¡¯t like to talk a lot, so Robert explained to everyone Shade¡¯s abilities with Shade¡¯s approval of course. Shade¡¯s Brand allows him to teleport in between shadows, no matter the size. He can also hide items in his own shadow basically giving him infinite storage. Then it was Joshua, he is also a white kid with brown hair and had a pair of glasses on, he is a bit of a know it all type of kid, he also talks a LOT. He has the light Brand, which allows him to shoot concentrated light beams from his eyes and his hands. He can also change how light reflects off his body, which makes it so basically if he concentrates allows him to be invisible or become a flash bang. And last is Sage. You already know her but she is a black girl with long curly white hair and green eyes. Her Brand is the healing Brand and it can heal people and fix broken objects to a perfect state but currently she is not great at fixing objects and can hardly heal people. We all started to leave the Cafeteria after saying thank you to the chef who cooked this wonderful meal for us. Outside near the dorm there was a little park with a fountain and flowers in the center. I told my classmates that I will catch up later. I sat on one of the benches and stared at the fountain, I didn¡¯t notice how it started to get dark outside. The fountain was so chill and quiet that I forgot about all the problems in my head for a few hours. Later in the dorm, I tried to talk to Blaze, but he ignored me. I wanted to try again, but something just told me not to, it would be better for him to be a bit alone right now. I understood what he felt, I felt the same way when I couldn¡¯t do anything to help Hunter against that guy in the school, except getting beaten up. Ch. 6 First Day

Ch. 6 First Day

I couldn¡¯t sleep until like 3 a.m. in the morning. Blaze had the same problem like me for about an hour, but eventually he fell asleep, while I still couldn¡¯t. I just couldn¡¯t think of anything else, other than my fight. Eventually I finally fell asleep. I woke up in a strange place. It looked like some city ruins in the middle of a desert. I stood up and saw that I was in some strange clothes. Then I froze, I saw my hands all in someone¡¯s blood and organs. I looked around all terrified, and saw that all my classmates were, they were all dead. I saw Anthony, Blaze and Hunter lying before me with open wounds and bruises from a sword. I started crying and screaming. My sword was on the floor near my legs in a puddle of scarlet blood snapped in half. Suddenly a dark silhouette appeared. His face was dark, almost like it never existed. The silhouette said in a low echoing voice, ¡°You did all this. You killed them all, Isaiah Blade.¡± He grabbed the sharp end of the sword and stabbed me right through the heart. I woke up in a cold sweat. Blaze was near me all worried. He signed ¡°Are you okay dude? You were screaming.¡±, I said nothing and hugged him hard. I was whispering into his ears, ¡°Please be real. Please be real.¡± After a minute I finally let go of him. ¡°Did you have a nightmare?¡± He signed, I slowly nodded while looking around, I was in our room. ¡°Was it about Anthony?¡±, ¡°Yes, I think so.¡±I replied. ¡°Was it like a memory where you beat him up?¡± Signed Blaze. I wanted to tell him the truth about what I saw, but could I? How could I tell him that I killed everyone? Instead I nodded again, I lied. ¡°Don¡¯t worry. I¡¯m always near if you want to talk about it.¡±, ¡°Thank you.¡± I said with my liar''s mouth, I didn¡¯t use sign language. ¡°Alright we should probably get going to our first class.¡±Me and Blaze got ready, and wore our most flexible clothes just in case. Before exiting Blaze removed his bandage from his arm, but kept the neck one. All the students gathered in the center of the campus and waited for the instructions about our first normal school day. I saw Anthony with a headband that covered his hair and a face with bruises, he didn¡¯t look my way. I wanted to talk to him, apologize in front of the whole class. But the stares at me from my classmates when I took the first step towards him stopped me. I realized that it was going to make things only worse. Soon Jonathan came and instructed us how the rest of this first week would go down. We would learn the basics of all our classes, but for the most part this first week would be free. We were instructed that we all have to go to our first class with Miss. Anya to building number three. We all went outside and searched for building no. 3, after we found it we went that way. We entered a huge one floored building and after that we saw a long hallway with lots of doors. We entered the first door closest to the entrance. The door to the class was heavy and black, the door had many white flower patterns around the edges. There was a big rectangular golden sign that said, ¡°Room 301¡±. We all entered Anya¡¯s class. She was sitting at her desk going through some paperwork while rubbing her forehead with another hand. When she noticed us she greeted us with, ¡°Hello students, this is your new basic studies class. Please come in.¡± She tried not to show us but she looked really tired and a bit hung over. The classroom was very nice. The floors were marble white and shiny enough to the point where I could see my reflection off it like a mirror. The windows were regular school-like with no memorable details. Because the building was only 1 floor, it did not have the best view of the center square of the school. But even though it had only 1 floor, the roof was very high up. There are posters for every subject, especially history, on the opposite side wall from the windows. The desks for students were deep black and were facing towards the front of the room towards the huge see-through board and Miss. Anya¡¯s desk, each with 2 chairs for every table. At the back of the classroom there was a little lounge zone in the corner of the classroom, with a strange patterned long black and white carpet with some comfortable ottoman and a couple of beautiful white drawers that fit perfectly into the room''s design. Me and blaze sat next to each other almost on the last table at the back of the classroom. Miss. Anya started in a tired voice with one of her hands in her pocket and another holding a clipboard, ¡°Hey class again! I hope you like your seats because they will be permanent. I''m gonna be your general studies teacher, because even though learning how to use your Brands is important, you need to know these classes for any job you choose.¡± She concluded by putting the paper down on her desk. ¡°Basically I''m going to give you the proper education that you all would receive if you were in a boring normal school. My first day''s class for today will end in 10 minutes, so we only have time for some questions that you guys might have. Feel free to ask anything you want related to this class.¡± After her words a hand shot up from Joshua. Anya said, ¡°Yes Joshua, what question do you have?¡±, ¡±Do you have proper teaching credentials?¡± asked Joshua. ¡°What do you mean by that?¡±responded Anya. ¡±Like are you a state sanctioned teacher? Like did you go to college?¡±, said Joshua. "No I mean, why are you asking?¡± Said Miss. Snow, a little bit confused. ¡°Because I want to be sure I''m getting 100% proper education!¡± said Joshua eagerly. ¡°Well um you see..¡±, Right before she could finish her sentence a loud *DZING* was heard across the whole classroom. ¡°Well as much as I want to answer it looks like it''s time for you guys to find your next teacher, He is in this building next door.¡± Said Miss. Anya while we were leaving the classroom.Unauthorized content usage: if you discover this narrative on Amazon, report the violation. Hunter¡¯s classroom didn¡¯t really have a big difference from the previous class we just came from except this time it said, ¡°Room 302¡± on the golden sign. Hunter in contrast to Miss. Snow was ready for us when we entered, he announced, ¡°HELLO MY WONDERFUL STUDENTS! WELCOME IN!¡± Me and Blaze this time sat in front of the classroom right before Hunter. He then proceeded to continue his speech, ¡°This class will teach you how to use your Brand abilities with all 100%! Also you will learn the origin of all your Brands and hidden secrets they have. I will do my best to help you learn how to use your powers with maximum creativity and effectiveness. At the end of the school year you will all receive a ranking that, me, Miss. Anya and Mr. Cole will give you together! But these rankings will only be approved during summer break! I don¡¯t want to spoil everything so you guys will have to wait to find out what I mean by that. Does anyone have any questions?¡± This time I raised my hand, ¡°Yes Isaiah what question do you have?¡± Said Mr. Stoll, ¡°What do you mean exactly by ranking?¡± I said. ¡°Oh well basically you will be given a certain rank according to these categories: Strength, Usage, Achievements and Grades in school. During this year you all will be graded by these categories separately, when the school year ends there will be a complex procedure that will sum up all your scores from each category into one score. I don¡¯t want to go into details right now because I¡¯m afraid we don¡¯t have much time left before the class ends. So after you will be given a rating, the students will be¡­ Oh I almost forgot I don¡¯t want to spoil everything for you kids, there won¡¯t be any fun otherwise. Back to the point, the ratings are very simple: S(excellent), A(Good), B(Not bad), C(Bad), F(Kicked out of school or organization). Don¡¯t worry you can get an F only if you do basically nothing or something not good. As long as you try your best you will all get at least a B. Your rating will be determined by the end of each year while you are here. Each year you will get a new not connected to the previous ones ranking. After 4 years, when you finish high school, you will all get an average of all the rankings you had. There are only a few hundred S¡¯s around the world and there is a secret ranking that only S¡¯s have between themselves, but I probably won¡¯t really talk about that this year.¡± Hunter finally has finished and right then a loud *DZING* was heard around the classroom again. As we all left Hunter shouted, ¡°Oh I almost forgot your next class is in the combat facility!¡± Finally we made it to our final class with Mr. Cole in the combat facility. We didn¡¯t go down to the arena and just stood in the gym, while Cole looked at something on his clipboard, he then finally said, ¡°Ok class, You all are here so we can start. You probably don¡¯t need any explanation on what this class is for, but I¡¯ll still explain. This is P.E. but for Brand users, so this P.E. will be 10 times harder than your previous P.E. classes in regular schools. It''s pretty straight forward. You will all improve your skills like strength, power, speed, flexibility, agility and combat. Any questions?¡± This time no one raised their hands. ¡°Well since this is your last period for today you can play basketball if you want for like 30 minutes.¡± He then pressed one button on a remote and 2 basketball hoops appeared simultaneously on opposite sides of the gym. We didn¡¯t play all together, each of us just grabbed a basketball and threw it into the hoop, while talking about stuff with each other. After 30 minutes we were all instructed by Cole to head out to the center square again, Principle Jonathan was waiting for you all there. Mr. Jonathan was once again standing up on the podium. ¡°Alright students, you might have realized that this school day only lasted an hour. That is because there is a new assignment for this class! I''m sure all of you are familiar with the game "capture the flag.¡± This is what we¡¯ll be doing for the rest of the week, 3 days exactly. We will make teams of you and your roommates. This is optional! But whatever team has the most flags will win a prize. If one dorm mate won¡¯t participate the second student won¡¯t either. If you don¡¯t want to participate, step up now!¡± No one left. Jonathan then continued, ¡°Good. There are only 2 rules during this game. No fighting and no leaving the school territory! All of your flags are waiting in your rooms, the game starts today at 11:59 pm!" Everyone immediately looked at Robert and Shade¡¯s team knowing that they were gonna be an absolute pain in the a** to deal with because of Roberts speed and Shades teleportation. ¡°Have fun students, and Good Luck! You are all free to go, I suggest all teams have a great lunch and dinner before the games!¡± After that the Principal has left. We all just stood there thinking about all this.