Ring! Ring! Ring!
Blaring into my ears, I heard an annoying series of noise, from how it sounded like, while slowly waking up, I realized it was my alarm, and because it was my alarm, I opened my eyes quickly as the bright glow of the morning sunrise hit my eyes, taking a moment for a deep breath, I realized what the day was.
"Oh crap!" I got up in a hurry realizing it was the day of my entrance exams, I went to take a shower then brushed my teeth, all in a hurry, knowing how late it can get until I actually get there, I worry as to what I can gather up for breakfast, immediately go downstairs but thankfully so my mother had already made breakfast, and there she was asleep on the couch, probably exhausted from working all day...
Not forgetting my situation, I ate however much I can in under 10 minutes, not realizing I had already finished the whole plate.
"I can't thank you enough, Mom." I muttered to myself as I put the dishes inside the sink.
Having my breakfast, I immediately got up, as I was about to leave, I turned back at my mom, go back and put a blanket over her, kissing her forehead, I say "Thank you!" In a low but a gentle voice, trying not to wake her up,
While I was almost through the door, I heard a voice saying "Good luck, Alan!" I realized it was my mom, I turned back to her with eyes barely open, forgetting how much of a light sleeper my mom was.
"Good morning, mother!" I said while I nervously smiled at her.
As I looked closely again, she had fallen asleep, I felt happy, because she really needed all the rest she could get.
I looked at the time and quickly head out, while I was sprinting to the station, I was greeted by the neighbors, "Good morning, Alan!" "Good luck!" By the old folks around, continued with "Don't forget us when you become a famous protector one day, Big Bro Alan!" I heard from the kids around the neighborhood, while I was on my way, I heard a series of greetings similar to those while I was running and running, as I was at the end of the neighborhood I turned back and start running backwards "Thank you, everyone!" I said with a genuine smile on my face, immediately after, I started to run normally again.
Eventually I arrived at the Train Station, through a big amount of crowd I rushed in to get into the train, because of the crowd, I was a bit late, and the train had already started moving, I tried to follow the train but I wasn't able to reach it until, a person reached their hand out from the train "HURRY, TAKE MY HAND!" They said as I was running, seeing the opportunity I stepped my gear up and started running as fast I could, eventually, I caught up to the person and took their hand and got inside the train.
"Thank you!" I said while I was panting out of exhaustion, "Don't worry about it- wait, are you going to attend the Solitaire Academy?" Curiously yet in an excited manner, the person asked me.
"Y-yes! Why do you ask?" I asked still panting but it was getting easier to breathe again so I looked up and I realized it was a guy wearing the same uniform as I, the guy said "That's cool man! I'm going there too! Let's be friends, Kay?" He looked excited, and had a huge grin on his face as he made the proposal, the guy looked nice so obviously I accepted it "S-sure!" I replied.
"Hey, What's your name by the w-" he was interrupted mid sentence, "Big Bro! Bi- so that's where you've been..." I heard a girl shouting so, I guess it might be his sister or something. "You got me worried, just what are you... Who's this?" The girl asked, as she had a confused expression on her face, "You idiot, that's what I was asking him before you interrupted me! Anyways he's my friend!" The kid told her, while scolding her. "Anyways, my name is Noah, and this big idiot her is my little sister, Arza. What's your name?" Immediately after the interesting introduction, "Who're you calling an idiot!?" His little sister replied to Noah's introduction. "You! Who else?" Said Noah with an evil grin on his face, as they were fighting... "I'm Alan! And you guys are funny!" I said while I was holding in my laugh, suddenly I couldn't handle it anymore and we all burst out laughing for some reason.
"Attention all passengers, we have arrived at our destination, please depart if you have business in this district" the train speaker stated.
"Oh shi- let's go before the train starts up again" said Noah, in a hurry we all quickly got off the train, and took the transporter from there to our supposed new school.
8:47 am:
We eventually got there after a journey that was short yet felt really long due to my clumsiness, shortly after we got of the vehicle and what we saw before our very eyes was a huge gate, above there was a banner with the following written on it "Solitaire Academy" I was dazzled by the sheer size of the place, possibly it was half the size of our neighborhood, suddenly I felt a sudden push that threw me off balance as I wasn't even ready to run yet "Let's go!" I realized it was Noah, he pushed me as he himself rate threw the gate "Oh, okay!" I said as I walked in a rather fast pace, I looked to my left and right, and I saw alot of kids around my age, however they had this mean look on their faces which made me feel sort of uneasy, I felt as I didn't belong here or something, I couldn't make up a reason so I had no choice but to ignore them since doing anything else would really be an unnecessary usage of time.
Just as I was about to forget about them, "You got any problem dumbass?!" I heard a shouting voice, soon as I turned back, I saw Noah, apparently he started a fight for some reason, and with a kid almost older than him no less, "I'll burn that trashy look off your face you noble scum!" Said Noah to the kid who had grabbed him by the collar.
"Oh? Ignis waste like you need to be put in their place, you damn ape!" The noble uttered those words with a freakingly disgusted expression on his face, it was almost frightening how only a look could bear so much hatred for someone, "Say that again, you bastard!" Noah's eyes were glowing red, looked as though it was burning in a high degree, he clenched his fists, fists also glowing but also with fire coming out of almost every muscle, the noble, still continuing the insults and slurs as he has this furious and disgusted expression on his face, the tension between them was like nothing I had seen before, looking at Noah, I muttered to myself "Is that the same kid I met at the train?"
Everyone were just watching as if a show was put on, but despite all the terrible things the noble did, no one had hostility towards him, the bad guy in their eyes were Noah, and us.
"Causing trouble on their very first arrival, you can't expect anything better than peasants, really."
People were gossiping and gossiping, with no intention of stopping either of the students, looked as though they were waiting for Noah to do something so they could get him expelled as soon as possible, I looked to my right and saw Arza, with a traumatized expression, I put my hand on her shoulder "Are you okay?" Just a single touch, shook her off completely "Uh- yeah" she replied in a rather sad voice, I felt it even though she was trying to act like it was okay.
I gazed my eyes back at those two who are itching to smash each other in the face, second by second, it only got worse, they both staring each other, dead in the eye, you would never think those are actual kids, even throughout all of this, the gossip didn't stop, except I'd say it increased, even the adults, you'd be surprised but apparently that's how everyone was here, you can't even trust the adults, you get treated well here if you're a noble, and like scum if you're anything below, still waiting for someone to stop this mess, I look around and around but I find no one willing to do so, "HEY! Cut it out already" I hear a voice shouting from between the crowd, everyone's eyes are laid upon the direction the sound came from, and the person pushing through all those people arrived at the scene, dark purple short wavy hair, gleaming eyes of the same color, with a tan skin color, taller than the students around, I would've assumed he would be a teacher but from his uniform, apparently not.
"Damn idiots, starting a fight like you couldn't have spent that time better learning in class or training, or is that all you're good for?" Said the guy in a tired voice, not like physically tired but mentally, looking at how the students are around here, I'm honestly not surprised by his reaction.
"Alright, enough with your nonsense, get lost, don't let me catch you starting fights again, you got it meatheads?" The noble kid clenched his teeth, even more furiously than before, being ordered not to do something must have pissed him off, but looking at his expression, I don't think he believes he can do anything to the guy ordering him, he stepped back helplessly "Tsch!"
"Alright then, you! New kid. You're coming with me, look at your arms, so careless..." He took Noah with him, as they were walking to, some clinic perhaps, one of the noble's lackeys threw a sharp object towards Noah as his back was turned while walking, I couldn't identify what the object was, it was some sort of conjuring ability perhaps, not having a clue about what's coming to him, Noah kept walking alongside the guy who stopped the fight, as the object was a few inches close to Noah's neck, a random object came flying towards it, and hit it accurately, causing it to fall on the ground.
Hearing the sound, the guy looked slightly behind his legs, without turning back completely, he realized it was an attack from the back, realizing it was no other than those guys who did it, "I told you to get lost, didn't I?" He said staring them dead in the eye, voice colder than ice, although he wasn't even looking at me, just the sight of him sent shivers down my spine, the noble was scared shitless, even though he wasn't the one who did it this time, he immediately kicked his lackey to the ground, his eyes turned completely white, he was knocked out cold, I realized the noble kid was no joke either. It took him just a kick to knock him out, I was glad Noah was stopped from fighting him, because otherwise things could've turned ugly.
"Please forgive us, and be on your way." The noble forcefully said, clenching his teeth, in a state of extreme anger, I can't tell if it was towards his lackey or the guy, but either way, looking at him, I felt uneasy, that amount of bloodlust from a kid no less was frightening.
He turned back and started walking again, "Hey! Elijah! You coming to the clinic? If you are then don't forget to bring my pen with you, my hand slipped and it dropped there." A man shouted from afar, looking at him, white short hair, along with blood red eyes, from his outfit, I couldn't tell if he came from a lab or the clinic, but remembering what he said, it was probably the clinic.
"Elijah... So that's his name..." I'll make sure to memorize his name, he might be the only sensible person here, suddenly Arza runs towards her injured brother "Noah, you dummy, I thought we made it clear that we wouldn't start any trouble here!" She said as quietly as she could, not knowing what to do, I followed them logically, I did not know a single person here so It'd be wise to accompany someone I know, well, a little anyway.
While I was running towards them, I happened to turn back and my gaze went upon the noble kid who just got insulted mentally, suddenly a teacher came behind them "so that's where you hellions ran off to, I thought you knew better Cloud! Alright go back to your classes." "Cloud, hm?" weird name for someone as short tempered as him, I turned back and started following them again, and we eventually arrived at the clinic.
There, we were greeted by the same person who probably saved Noah's life, the Pen's owner.