Chapter 2 - A Beginning

Thump.
"ow ow oww" sliding in through a barely open window and landing on his face, Vale bolted to his feet, his tattered clothes hanging off of him.

'..... Okay, she didn't hear me' thinking to himself in a panic he quickly started stripping, removing the torn clothes and throwing them under the bed, before going through his drawers for some PJ pants and throwing himself onto his bed.

'Ughh... I know I have to check this gray screen thingy out, but... It can totally wait till tomorrow right?' laying in his bed half asleep, he argued with himself on the importance of checking now versus in the morning, it was a short argument. 'yep it can wait, totalmente' °
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"Oh get up, you lazy ours!" he was startled awake by a loud voice, "Vale get up!" Marie said as she threw open his curtains.

"Ah!" shielding his eyes from the bright morning sun, Vic fell off the side of the bed with a loud thump.
"Jeez, love you too Marie" struggling to a sitting position Vale looked over at Marie.

Long auburn-red hair that was cut short on the sides and tied up in a loose knot at the back of her head, a soft face covered in freckles with eyes green like creeping vines and a wicked grin, she wore a pair of beige paint-covered overalls over a loose black short-sleeved shirt and some black socks with pictures of little pugs running around in circles.

"Hello!? Earth to Vale? Are you going to sit there and stare all day?" she said while waving her hand in front of his face.
"Did you have another one of those dreams?"
She asked with a look of worry on her face.

"What? Oh no no, I was just spacing for a sec." Vale said with a soft smile on his face.
Pulling himself to his feet, he cracked his back before proceeding to grab a towel from off the top of his radiator and swinging it over his shoulder, "I'll be down in 10 minutes Marie."

"You better be, or I'm not feeding you!" she said while cracking a grin.
"Oh and I made pancakes, so hurry or they'll get cold." she said as she walked out.

Throwing his boxers in the basket and his towel over the rack, Vale got in the shower turning on the hot water and letting it run over him for a moment.
'Now how do I look at that gray panel thingy?'
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Valentine Aedan Feilan
Alias: 'Vale'
Status: Relaxed, Inquisitive
Nature: Adaptive
Strength: 15
Mind: 3.2
Willpower: 4.0
Magical Affinity: 3.1
Bloodline: ??/?
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'Oha, so I just need to think about it...also it means I didn't hallucinate last night' going crazy would be a rather large problem, though a random gray-info panel telling him that he is half '??' and half '??' was possibly equally bad.

Stepping out of the shower and drying off, he stepped up to the mirror and gave himself a good lookover, he could swear that he was a little beefier, 'Did I gain muscle-mass?'.

Staring back from the mirror was a dark-haired boy, with dark-brown eyes like old timber.
His hair was faded short on the sides, a slightly wet and curly mop on the top of his head. He had a strong face and what Marie called a "Meaningful smile".
'I'm definitely more muscular...' looking into the mirror, he noticed his arms seemed to have gained a full 4cm of mass to his arms, in fact, it seemed as if all his muscles were more defined and felt...stronger.
'Weird...' he said as he started poking himself on his arms, 'am I...tougher?' His very skin felt harder, tougher than before...

"Vale! Get down here!" came a shout from downstairs, snapping him back to his senses and the realization that Marie might throw that pancakes at him instead of letting him eat them.
Throwing on a loose red hoodie and some blue jeans he ran downstairs, whilst thinking to himself that he definitely felt faster.

"Now hurry and eat!" Marie said with a grin on her face as she watched him rush towards the table, "You have to go in 15 minutes!"

Gobbling down some pancakes with way too much syrup, he looked up at Marie in between bites "Hey Marie?" he asked with his mouth half-full "when is your Gala again?" and immediately returned to his pancakes afterward.

"It's in two weeks, but it'll probably be another boring one, so don't worry about it," Marie giggled at his concentrated "pancake eating" expression before looking over at the kitchen clock, "now get moving, or you'll be late on your first day!"

"Yes Boss!" shoveling the rest of the pancakes into his mouth, he quickly got to his feet before throwing on his socks and shoes, grabbing his school bag and keys off a chair sitting by the door, "Bye! Love you lots!" he said whilst bolting over to his car, an old black 79 Z28, opening the door before throwing in his bag into the passenger seat and getting in.

"Have fun on your first day!" Marie said whilst leaning against the doorframe and smiling at his antics.

"I will!" he said whilst pulling out and driving off with what was probably a broken speeding law or Two.
'I really need to sit down and figure all this Screen stuff out, but I haven't been able to stop and think yet.'

Pulling into the school's parking lot, he stopped for a moment, 'Okay, so new school, new people, you can do this!' giving himself a mental peptalk whilst looking into the mirror above his seat, 'Worst case a fight or two right?'
Grabbing his bag and getting out of his car he walked briskly towards the office, after all, he still didn't actually know which class was his.

Luckily for him, the vice-principal turned out to be walking his way,
"Hey there Mr.Englishharden!" he had met the VP after Marie took him to learn more about his new school, she had said he should be 'extra prepared' which did make sense, especially after the last school.

"Well hello, there Mr. Feilan, all ready for your first day?" Mr. Englishharden smiled as he spoke to him, "Oh and Ms. Argent you're both right here, perfect."

"I'm ready enough Mr. E" he said in a slightly deadpan voice, before turning to look at the 'Ms. Argent' that the VP had mentioned.
She was a relatively tall girl, pale with curly dark brown hair and brown eyes.
"Hey there, I'm Feilan, Valetine Feilan." he said as he held out his hand, "But you can call me Vale, nice to meet you, Ms. Argent."

"Oh, Hi!" the girl said with a slightly startled smile, "You can call me Allison, nice to meet you too Vale."