Ryan put his bag on again and an asked,
"So we doing this?"
"Yeah," said Oliver. "We are,"
Ryan Kenway and Max Aiden, we're twin brothers but with different last names. They say that the reason is that, there was a time where their family was being slaughtered because of their abilities which were hated because of their strength. So then their family started changing their names, and Ryan and Max had their names changed by their parents once they were born.
Mid-Horizon's security was unquestionably not easy to get through but with the help of Max and Ryan's powers of super-speed combined with Gugs ability of Earth Manipulation. Gugs lifted the earth under Ryan's feet so Ryan can toss the bags into a dumpster on the other side of the security checkpoint. Then Max ran his fastest to zoom Oliver, Sami, and Gugs over the wall and to the other side.
"Act casual," said Oliver. "If they ask if we went through the security point say: Yes,"
Ryan grabbed his bag out of the trashcan and tried to immaculate his bag, "Having my bag fall in a trash can is a small price for smuggling in some fun," he said.
"Yeah," agreed Max. "At least now we can have fun in our dormitories,"
"Oh, that reminds me," said Gugs. "Once you guys show us your powers then we can make a team, for capture the flag, Arena Skirmishes, duals and more. And once we have a team, we get our own common room; the thing about our school is that it expands every time more people come,"
"Cool," said Oliver very plainly.
"What are your powers?" asked Ryan.
"They don't know yet," said Gugs answering his question
"Oh, that's why I didn't recognize you, you guys are first years and late bloomers, what grade are you guys in?"
"Freshmen," said Sami.
"No, are you guys in 9th grade?" asked Max.
"Oh- yes we are," said Sami.
"Of course you guys are," chorused both the twins.
"The good thing is, that means we'll be in the same learning classes, but for training classes, I'm not so sure. But remember it is important to practice controlling your abilities, at first you'll feel invincible," said Ryan, as we followed him up the grand staircase.
"Man!" exclaimed Sami. "How many steps to the castle doors?"
"A lot of steps, just stick next to us so you guys don't get lost. Wouldn't want to search the entire school for you now would we," said Max.
Once we got up the Stairs of a Million Steps, we walked in through the third entrance, there are 7 entrances to Mid-Horizon, and some secret passageways that no one knows how to use, but Oliver has a slight feeling that Ryan and Max knew how to access secret passages. Once we entered the castle we went to the Great Hall. Where plates with food and cups full of drinks floated and sat down in the tables, the forks and knives and spoons sat down in front of every meal. Then when you looked up you can see a sort of thrown looking place where King Chyrin Emryn Alderson sat waving at students and teachers, then there was a bunch of teachers around him Like an upside down "U".
Once the Great hall was filled with the rest of the students, Chyrin slapped his hand which let out a massive blast light and fireworks, "Welcome students, to another year in Mid-Horizon!" He said.
Everyone started cheering, a few people including Max and Ryan whistled.
Chyrin raised his hand to silence everyone. "Today, we start with a clean slate, teachers should not hold any grudges against students, and students must improve. We will hold our first Capture the flag event in 7 weeks, once all students have a team ready. And when all teams have signed the chart to join in, which is located in the main office on the floor above us. Now, this is another message I would like to make on behalf of the Ministry. No one is allowed to use their powers in the outside world nor use them to become some kind of superhero, the ministry has noticed a higher rise of superheroes and supervillains, and find it hard to keep this hidden from the outside world. So the Ministry is strengthening the laws against being a superhero.
Let me give you the first and last point: If you are a superhero and cause more havoc than protection, you will get jail time. But even being a superhero will give you jail time here, so the Ministry released a law that can sentence heroes to death." Everyone got quiet...
"Isn't that too much?!" exclaimed someone.
"Yes," said Chyrin. "In fact it is, I'm against this policy, but if we don't stop this madness, if we don't have consequences for being a vigilante; then the world will know of our existence and do something disastrous,"
"He has a point," whispered Sami.
"Enough rambling for now," said Chryin. "Start the feast!"
Everyone started happily conversing again, Sami grabbed the good food before anyone else could, and it was a great feast indeed! Oliver found it impossible to judge Sami's monstrous lust for cookies.
"So, what team are we making?" Oliver asked Ryan.
"I'm thinking, Gugs, Max, Me, You, Sami, Alyss, Fionna, maybe Chris."
"Wait," said Oliver. "You know Alyss?"
"Wait!" exclaimed Ryan. "You- know Alyss?!"
"Yeah, I met her on the bridge with the large waterfall next to it,"
"Oh, that's great, we won't need to introduce as much. Did you meet Fionna?"
"No I don't think so, is she the redhead?" askedOliver.
"Yup," said Ryan. "Then it won't be that hard getting along,"
"So we got a team!" said Sami joining in the conversation.
"Yup," said both Oliver and Ryan in unison..
"All that's left is to invite everyone and for you two to unlock your powers and practice," concluded Gugs.
"Cheers!" said Max cheerfully.
"Cheers!"
We finished our meal and Chryin waved his hand horizontally and all the food evaporated.
Sami got a nice clean bite of a metal fork, "No! that was my last piece of the chicken!"
Everyone around us laughed.
Even Chyrin heard that and chuckled.
"Now, I'm sure we're all tired, the dormitories are in the towers, you may have noticed but your luggage has already warped to rooms selected for you, that's all for today. If your confused just ask the walking Metal Armors, they know the way around,"
Chryin then turned around and vanished.
And Oliver knew that his school year was just beginning!!
"This way,"
"Do know where your going Gugs? We've been running for like 10 minutes," asked Sami whilst running in a normal pace
.
"We're close, I just took you guys the wrong way because the stairs and corridors changed directions, my bad,"
Gugs took a turn, Oliver and Sami followed.
Oliver almost fell once as he realized Gugs stopped running, "We're here," said Gugs.
"About time," said Oliver.
Gugs opened the Common Room door, and everyone was chilling around.
"Did you guys take a wrong turn?" asked Ryan walking up to us.
"Yeah," replied Sami. "You can thank Gugs for that,"
"Thank you Gugs," said Ryan sarcastically.
"Very funny," Gugs said while gesturing Sami and Oliver to follow. He looked at the room roster.
"- Joseph, Oliver & Parker, Sami; floor.. 737?!" exclaimed Gugs. "Jeez, all the way up the tower!"
"So that's a bad thing?" asked Oliver.
"Yes and No, it'll take longer coming down here by elevator, but the rooms at the top of the tower are -way- better than the ones at the bottom," said Gugs stressing the word 'Way'.
Sami chuckled and punched Oliver's arm playfully. "Looks like we're getting a suite!"
"You guys are so lucky!" exclaimed Gugs. "I'm so jealous! I'm on floor 473,"
"You're invited anytime," Said Sami whilst spamming the elevator call button.
Gugs looked at Sami.
"Dude, stop spamming the button,"
Once they reached the thirteenth to the highest floor. Oliver tried opening Room # 737 but it didn't budge. "You can't open this thing!" he declared.
Gugs pushed the handle down three times and a hologram appeared, "Place your hand here to gain ownership,"
Oliver placed his hand on the hologram.
"Welcome, Oliver J. Joseph,"
"Woah," said Oliver in admiration. "This is cool,"
Sami did the same exact thing and they opened the door to see a large room with a fireplace on the wall with chairs facing the entrance. The whole place was decorated from top to bottom. on the left side was a curved staircase to an upstairs room, and on the right side was the same.
"Holy Crap!" exclaimed Gugs. "This is luxurious!"
Oliver looked to the side and saw their luggage. "There's the luggage, hey Sami come grab your bag,"
But Sami was already running to the right upstairs bedroom. "Dibs on the right bedroom,"
Oliver set his luggage on the ground next to his bedroom door and closed the door behind,
"Be right back Gugs,"
The room was amazing the walls painted a blondish color, the bed was large and looked grand, a T.V in front of the bed, an amazing bathroom, but best of all... A grand balcony over 700 stories high, towering over the land.
Large buildings shining in the night sky in the distance. The breeze was amazing.
Oliver stepped back inside and closed the balcony door.
"I forgot to call Samuel," Oliver said to himself. He pulled out his phone. Oliver heard Sami and Gugs inviting friends in.
Suddenly the phone stopped ringing, "Hello, Ol, you there?" asked Samuel.
After a great deal of silence, Oliver spoke.
"Yeah, I'm here. You think you could have warned us before we went to an island a thousand miles of the coast?" asked Oliver.
"I didn't want to ruin the surprise,"
"Anyways," said Oliver. "What are we going to do in vacations?"
"Come back home, or just stay there. I can come to you," said Samuel over the phone.
"Ok then I'll stay here and you come to us, also can you... I don't know, somehow get my P.C here?"
"We can't mail anything to students, until one month," said Samuel.
"Great, I'll call you another time. Bye,"
Oliver sighed. This school was great, but there were some downsides. Oliver walked out of his bedroom. Only to see Ryan and Max partying.
"What is going on?" Oliver asked Ryan.
"We're having a party," replied Ryan. "We invited Chris, Alyss, Fionna, Ashley.. just about all the cool kids in the class,"
"You guys WHAT?" exclaimed Oliver.
"You invited random people.. to our room?"
"Well, technically you know Alyss-" started Max.
"Exactly! That's the point. I know her!"
Suddenly the doorbell rang, Gugs opened it.
"Sup guys!" Yelled someone.
"Wassup Chris!" shouted Max across the room.
"This place looks amazing, who owns this?" asked Alyss as two other girls came in. Possibly Ashley and Fionna. Alyss looked at Oliver. "Wait, I know you.."
Oliver tried not to run into overdrive.
"Your Oliver! I met you on the Bridge," acknowledged Alyss.
"Yup," said Oliver while grinning.
"Oh, you weren't lying Oliver, you did meet her," called Ryan.
For the next hour, Sami and Oliver got to know the rest of the gang. As far as Oliver knew Chris was fair-haired, and chill.
Alyss was...Alyss. Fionna was a redhead that got along with Sami, and Ashley got along with Chris.
Everyone must have been here the past year but Oliver and Sami. Ryan and Max sometimes confused Oliver, since they both look the same, and literally are the same height, and wear similar clothes. Ryan asked Oliver what was the most 'Savage' thing he ever did. (Teen talk for cool & crazy).
Oliver sat there and thought.
"There was a time where Oliver once was kicked out of our teachers class, and the teacher asked him where his assignment was, and he replied, "Up your ass!"
Ryan and Max burst out with laughter. Max fell off his chair which just caused everyone to die of more laughter. It was a great time, but Oliver called it quits and went to his bedroom.
Oliver changed into his Pajamas and lay on his bed thinking of all the fun it's going to be for the next few years with the gang. But before he knew it, he was in deep sleep.
Oliver's mind drifted from place to place, one second he was laughing with Sami about something, then he saw Alyss smiling and waving at him in the distance.
Then everything went white, slowly images started to appear, first just outlines of objects then they were given dimensions, then they were given colors. A large golden shimmering ground under Oliver's feet was conjured out of thin air. It appeared to be on a large bridge which was oddly familiar.
There were large shining pillars lined up majestically.
Oliver looked up and saw a mighty gate sixty feet give or take. This gate led into an enormous castle. And only one thought came into Oliver's mind. "The gate to the Castle of Horizon!"
Oliver then realized that something was wrong, under the long and wide bridge was a city, where there were flames shooting into the sky dangerously. Oliver then looked to his left and saw a dark mist creep up through the bridge as if it was walking. And Oliver looked to his right where man with light brown hair which was close to Oliver's hair color, and then the blue eyes, which were almost exactly identical to Oliver's. He seemed to not see Oliver there, he focused on one thing and one thing only. The dark mist in front of him.
"Even in the heart of your shining kingdomss, you mortalss can still feel fearr…"
Said a deep scary voice in the dark mist.
Oliver heard a orchestra in the background, the men slowly chorused as if they were music in the background of a video game.
In a flash a large dark figure appeared out of the mist. It's body was blood red, with hits of black. It's mouth was glowing with orange flames.
The man that looked like Oliver raised his hand into the air, it glowed a orangish white. And a spear of lightning crashed through the sky and into his hand.
"My old enemy…" said the man heroically. "You cannot win this fight against me, no matter what you try to do," he slowly raised his spear and aimed it at the demon.
"Let your pain begin now..."
A surge of lightning struck the demon, but all the demon did was raise his hands where a invisible force field appeared.
"Diablo…" said the hero confirming his sworn enemies identity. "ARGH!!" The lightning got stronger is it blasted an infuriating strike.
Diablo stomped his foot into the ground and a thick layer of black mist surrounded him. Then he appeared out of the mist but looking even eviller than ever.
Diablo growled.
"Ourr long warr ends todayy..Jack!" echoed Diablo's voice giving an instant fear in your bones.
Oliver heard the background music start to build up as a violin bow rapidly struck the strings. This might as well be a movie.
Diablo roared and Jack stood his ground his eyes were the only source of emotion, they narrowed showing his concentration and readiness.
The orchestra increased the tension and Diablo leaped across the air and slammed the ground where Jack stood.
But Jack disappeared and reappeared behind Diablo slashed him in the back. Diablo roared in pain, he turned around and grabbed Jack by the throat and threw him to the ground. Then Diablo used his demon tail which had spikes over it to smack Jack into a gate.
The orchestra in the background slowed down as if waiting for a certain motion to signal for them to start playing instruments like madmen.
Diablo inhaled a ton of air, the two demon heads on it's shoulders opened their mouths as well, and in a flash the orchestra let it all go and as Diablo screeched the wind itself blasted Jack into the Gate, and slowly the gate cracked until it cracked up to the top. The gate burst open and pieces of it slammed onto the ground as it fell defeated.
Diablo slowly walked over the rubble and slowly into the castle, suddenly a hand shot out of the destroyed structure and grabbed Diablo.
Jack said one word and one word only, "DIE!!"
A enormously loud thunder clapped above the two fighters. And a vigorous lightning bolt came crashing down hitting Diablo.
"Raaaaergh!!!"
Everything blacked out.
Oliver shot awake and raised his fists in the air expecting something to be there. "What the hell was that dream?"
"That heroic person looked like me! He had my eyes- my HAIR! Was he Jack… my father? "
Oliver turned on his lamp, got out of bed and washed his face in the bathroom. He walked out and opened his curtains, and there it was. A giant sun gleaming over the water to the side, and the City of Horizon thriving, birds chirping and flying around. Under all of this, all of the beauty. Was there a darker past?
"Um... A.I," said Oliver aloud.
-" Yes, Oliver." said the A.I. "Wow," thought Oliver. "It's always ready for me, it could come in handy throughout the future."
"What time is it? When is breakfast? And what is my class schedule?" asked Oliver.
"It is currently 6:37 AM, breakfast is in the Great Hall at 7:00- 8:30 AM and your schedule should be located in your drawer."
Yup this thing was useful alright. Oliver put his schedule to the side and notebooks in his bag. He walked in the bathroom and bathed. At least this time Sami can't annoy him or make the water freezing cold.
Oliver wore jeans and a casual shirt. He made sure he brushed his teeth properly and styled his hair well for today. Oliver looked at himself in the mirror after he was done, he finger gunned his reflection, "You go, man!"
Then Oliver woke up Sami and they went downstairs into the common room which was mildly empty, and then into the Great Hall.
Looks like Professor Alderson or King Alderson wasn't joining them this morning.
"What's for BAKFEST!?" shouted Oliver for fun.
"BAKFEST!" yelled Sami.
"What's for BAKFEST!?" shouted Oliver once more, but this time a lot more kids joined in.
"BAKFEST!!!"
They said it once more for fun, but then plates started flying in, a platter was placed in front of Sami's seat, which wasn't a good spot to place since Sami can eat for hours.
"I guess this is for BAKFEST," said Sami.
Sami and Oliver chowed down whilst discussing our schedule from top to bottom.
"Mr. Anderson for Social Studies Ms. Campbell for ELA, Mr. Smith for Math, then a bunch of other boring classes, but here, P.T 'Power Training' now that is a class I would wake up for," said Sami finishing his meal. "And-"
Oliver wasn't paying attention to Sami anymore. Alyss walked in laughing with her friends, she caught Oliver's eye as she walked by.
Suddenly Sami smacked Oliver's neck, "You listening?"
"Yeah," replied Oliver. "You were talking about how we have Mr Anderson for Social Studies, Ms. Campbell for ELA, and Mr. Smith for Math. Then you said that we have a bunch of other boring classes, after that you pointed at a subject and said that, Power Training was a class you would wake up for,"
Sami was puzzled for a second, Oliver was never the type to recall what had happened when he was daydreaming.
"Actually," Lied Sami. "I was talking about what our abilities could be,"
"Oh yeah," said Oliver sarcastically. "I definitely remember hearing you say that while I wasn't paying attention,"
Sami did a quick jab at Oliver's chest with his finger to tease him. Oliver did the same thing back then they both continuously had a boxing match with a finger. Then Sami raised his hands in surrender.
"I swear if people look at us while we're doing something like this, they're going to think that we're dumbass's," said Sami.
"Yeah, but I'm sure you'll look dumber," said Oliver.
We left the Great Hall at 8:20, the class starts at 9 And ends at 4-5. Sami and Oliver looked around for class #37.
As they walked around they laughed and joked. Then a kid walked in front of Oliver. Knocking him to the floor.
"Yo!" Shouted Sami. "You got a problem or something?"
"Step back punk," said another kid walking up behind him with a friend.
The kid who bumped into Oliver raised his hands and glowing light of power emerged, he then swung at Sami.
Sami saw the punch coming before it happened he ducked under the punch and hit the bully in the ribs. Oliver then got up and was dealing with two weaker kids. Suddenly the bully kicked Sami in the stomach and sent him flying into Oliver.
Sami spat blood into the floor.
"Didn't think a great school like this would have such a horrible person,"
"SHUT UP PUNK!" Shouted the bully slamming Sami's head on the floor.
Oliver's vision was blurred he didn't know what was going on, his hearing was dialed up by 20. He heard literally everything, but it hurt. His ears rang, he tried covering his ears to block the noise and to stop it but nothing worked. Everything blacked out. Sami seeing yelled in fury, he got up and dodged all the kids' attacks, then raised his fist where a fury of fire emerged from.
"Take this, BASTARDS!!"
A giant flame engulfed the bully, knocking Sami back a little bit, but the bully crashed into the wall.
Sami then knelt next to Oliver. "Don't worry I've got you,"
He grabbed Oliver by the arm and leg and held him whilst running around to find someone.
A man named Edward Carter stepped out of his office to see Sami holding Oliver.
"Hey, kid," said Edward. "Lemme see him!"
Edward said that he can take care of Oliver. Sami should head to class.
"No-but-" started Sami.
"I assure you, Sami, that I will take care of him," assured Edward.
"Ok," said Sami walking out the door taking one last look at the room and Oliver.
Edward then scanned Oliver using a holographic scanner.
"Interesting, his senses are dialed up by what, 20%?"
"But what triggered this sudden change... his adrenaline maybe spiked up crazily,"
Edward studied Oliver for a long time.
Edward concluded that Oliver's memory was different as well, not good nor bad. He wasn't sure if that meant his memory was better or getting worse.
Time moved rapidly as Edward continued…
Oliver's senses started returning back to normal. Oliver shot awake, and Edward put him back down and told him to calm down.
"What happened?" said Oliver.
"You got into a fight with Tyler and his goons, Dirk and Doolin," said Edward.
"Where's Sami?" asked Oliver.
"I told him to go to class. You need to stay here, and heal your wounds,"
Oliver looked around, "What wounds?"
"The wounds on your ar-" Edward looked at Oliver's arm. It was already healed.
"Regenerative powers, impressive," said Edward.
"What, you mean I can heal?" asked Oliver.
"Exactly that, and you have heightened senses, as far as I know,"
The reminded Oliver, he remembers seeing Sami blast fire into the bullies before he was completely out of it. Maybe he unlocked his powers.
"I'm going to go now," said Oliver.
Edward considered not letting him go for a second, but he reasoned that it was probably best to not piss off Oliver. "Ok," said Edward. "But take this note,"
Oliver walked down the hallway. suddenly a voice rang throughout his head. "Do you know what you are...Why I am inside of you? Come to me for your answers..."
The voice echoed until Oliver couldn't hear anything. "What the hell is going?"
Tyler stepped in the hallway grinning maliciously, about 30 feet away from Oliver.
"Oh shit! Leave me alone you idiot!" exclaimed Oliver.
"I'm looking for that revenge," said Tyler. "You don't have your friend to help you this time,"
He charged up his power whilst holding his fist up.
"No... this time, I know that I have power," thought Oliver.
A surge of electricity flowed through Oliver's body, his eyes glowing blue, then he formed a lightning bolt and held it behind his shoulder like the Greek god Zeus would with his master bolt.
Tyler looked surprised. Then Oliver released the bolt and the surge of energy that flowed through him went with the bolt. At the speed of light, Tyler had no chance of dodging it, he raised his hands for a block but the lightning bolt struck first. Tyler fell to the floor knocked out.
"That's twice in one day," said Oliver rolling up his sleeves to his elbows whilst walking away smiling.
"Bastard,"
yler fell to the floor knocked out.
"That's twice in one day," said Oliver fixing his sleeve whilst walking away smiling. "Bastard,"