The Lost Blade

2. Daily Challenges

Ben was swinging his filthy sock over my face... and it smelled like a sewer!

"BEN! Go find something better to do with your life. I'm sleeping, and I'd like to keep it that way!" I said . "if you think that I'm gonna let you rest. Your crazy" Ben replied while pulling off my bed sheets making the temperature drop 20 degrees.

I got up and limped over to the bathroom.  Ben is my foster brother. He is a fat blonde kid with a bad attitude. He is home schooled. So I don't have to deal with him at school. Yea... I have bigger problems to face at school.

I packed my bag and walked over to the bus stop.  Then waited. When the bus came. I hopped on. The driver didn't even wait for me to take my seat. Nope...Not at all. He charged ahead, making me face plant. 

So what? A few snickers here and there. It doesn't really matter. What matters is the people I see when I get to school.

Let's skip to conclusions. His name is Tom Barker. He is the kind of person who is liked for his money. He is good at everything, and apparently, people think that he is good looking. Oh... one more thing... HE IS AS TALL AS A BEANSTALK! I mean. So tall you look up a whole 160 degrees to see his face! Anyway, he picks on people like me. And that really pisses me off... I mean really.

I got off the bus to see a happy face standing in front of me. My friend, his name is Ash, short for Ashraf. He is Egyptian. My only friend in this school.

"I've been waiting this whole time dude, there is something you have to see" Ash said.

 I followed Ash to the basketball court. He pointed to the commotion. I saw what he meant. Tom Barker was being beaten up by a girl much shorter than him.

Tom attempted to pull a smart move. He ripped off his belt and slashed with it like a whip. But the girl just kicked Tom in the shins, and snatched the belt from him. And swung.

She was like a wirlwind. I couldn't even make out anything but her size from how fast she was.She whipped Tom with his belt. It wrapped around his neck, then she pulled back bringing Tom's head to the floor. Then rested her foot on Tom's back and leaned close to him.

"DONT EVER CALL ME A SWEET LITTLE THING AGAIN" she threatened.

A couple guys from the audience started to whistle and do the "call me" symbol. Until she shot them a dangerous look and the stopped immediately.

I then realized how pretty she was. She had wavey brown hair flowing down her right side. She had blue eyes, and she wore a blue top and jeans.

"She's pretty, isn't she" Ash said. I didn't realize Ash was still standing next to me. I'm thankful that he snapped me out of that trance. Or else I would have just stood there all day blank-eyed.

I later found out that the girl's name was Jade. She just came to this school. It was her first day... and man... she made quite the impression.

Tom told everyone that he didn't want to hit her in the first place. He said that she was into him. Because being beat up is totally the chick-magnet.

I sat next to Jade in chemistry. She looked at me once then looked away. And ever since she has been avoiding me. Am I that ugly?

I saw her after school with a man with a neat shave wearing a suit. That man was too old to be her brother, and too young to be her father. Plus, they looked nothing alike. They both walked around the parking lot. I know I shouldn't have, but I followed. I only had a few minutes till my bus left.

"I'm telling you, I saw him" Jade explained to the man.
"Jade, maybe you were mistaken. It's almost impossible for you to know who it is in one day. If we choose the wrong person we will perish" the man replied. "Whatever. Just don't say I didn't tell you" Jade concluded

The two of them walked to the nearest tree and the man placed his hand on the rough bark. Jade did the same. The tree glowed with blue and gold light. Then the light subsided into the ground. And just like that. Jade and the man were gone. I shook my head in confusion. What just happened?

"What do you thing you're doing?" Said a voice from behind me. I turned around to be face to face with Tom Barker. "You wanna piece of me?" He snapped.

"This is OUR hangout, you invade our territory, we kill you" he siad. As if on queue, his whole gang arrived. I was out of options...and the next thing I knew. Tom and his gang were nailed with tranquilizer darts. I watched as each of them dropped to the floor. I felt unsafe, I yanked the dart from Tom's neck and ran away. I just about got on my bus, sat in my seat, breathing heavily... what just happened...