James and I had traveled four hours by horse to the city where our school was this was also one of the bigger and stronger cities. This was where our oldest brother lived so we where going to spend most of the school year with him. This was so we would not have to travel 8 hours every day to school and back. His house was close to the way we came. Most of the cities have soldiers guarding it 24/7 from the threats of the sky. We had ride to our eldest brothers house and tied the horse down. At this time James and I took of for the school house about 10 blocks away. James has been going to this school for about 2 years. This is one of the stronger schools. I had then realized that i had left my bag on Midnight. "James I need to head back for my bag i left it on midnight." I shouted as I took off.
"Ok just hurry back Rinshi you don't want to be late on the first day do you?!" He yelled teasing me.
I ran back to the horses and saw my older brother Gar. He has not written to mom much this past year but that is because he is to busy some times. "Big brother Gar how have you been." I said as i jump in to his arms.
"Hay what are you doin here speedy" He said laughing. Gar has an awesome attribute, he is able to become a werewolf. My family has some animal based attribute and then there is James who has an earth attribute. On the farm he can make the soil fertile and soft. but he also can make it dry and hard. He can make any thing grow faster and where he wants. "How are Mom and Dad doing Rinshi?" Gar asked.
"They are doing fine for the most part they miss hearing from you though,", I responded, "Oh and sorry for dropping the horses off on you. We will talk after school though. Bye Gar I love you." I said turning around and running.
As if he had not noticed the horses he did now because what I heard next was priceless.
"You are joking right." He said with defeat in every inch of his voice. I had to run fast to get back to the courtyard of the school before the gate closed. I turned the last block and saw the gates starting to close. I am a fast runner when I try but when i sprint I can get up to 29mph. I have always been pretty fast. I had just started sprinting to the gate when I head the first bell of the school day. The gates had just about closed when I got close, lucky for me I am a skinny skinny boy and was able to make it through the gap. In side of the courtyard was amazing. Maple trees and Chary trees blooming with little streams running in between. The trees and the school building look like a painting. There was a little bridge connecting them. I started to walk and I guess that the my grade has already gone in the building because I see James talking with his friends. one of them was looking at me as a target. I started to walk over and I said, "James where should I be right now."
For some reason he took me by the hand and started to walk away from his friends and when we where far enough from everyone he said, "Rinshi at this school the first years are hunted by the other people from the other grades. The first years get a ten minute head start but you came kinda late so now you have 3 minutes to go and those how are cought in the first 30 minutes are cut out of the school. So use your speed and go hide," Then he turned around but before he left he said, "Rinshi because you where late you will have most every one on you." The he took off. So I had made myself look like an easy target but that does not mean that I am, but right now I need to run far and fast. I ran in a pattern so it would be hard to fallow by smell and or footprints. I don't know what the attributes are of the uper class-men are. This made doing some stuff hard I had kept running till I saw another boy by the stream. I had snuck up close behind and asked, "Hay do you know more about this hunt." He wiped around and throw a punch too my face but i dodged it just in time.
"I am soo sorry I thought you where a hunter." He apologized, "Yes I do. Think of it as game of hide and seek but you can be rescued by the other people if they want to."