After Returning

1 pm meeting

The next day(The gang has been well fed by Blake and Dawn last night)

It was 5 AM when Ash heard the door. He went out to see what it was about, and he saw Brook, with a few books. He also had his glasses on. How did I never notice how hot he was with glasses on? Ash thought.

Brook turned to him,"Oh hey, I thought you were asleep." Ash rubbed his eyes, "Why are you up so early?"

"Oh, well. I wanted to go to the ocean. Might as well read under the tree and hear the calming sound of the ocean." Brook said, tying his shoes. "Ah.." Ash said and knelt down to help Brook with tying his shoes.

"No- No you don't have to-" Brook sighed,"Okay fine, thanks."

"Why'd you want to study at 5 am? Get some rest. It's been rough for you the most." Ash said. "You're the only one who's been hurt left and right on our little journey."

"I got the rest I needed. I need a 4 hours nap max to get all my energy back." Brook said, and passed out on the couch. Ash looked down at his best friend and smirked, I knew this would happen. Might as well give me the reward for being the best best friend ever.

Ash was silent for a few seconds. Solike,doIputhimtobedorjustleavehim-noIcan'tdothat.Buthe'lldefinitelygetsaltyaboutbeingpickedupinhissleep-Wellonlyifheknows. Ash thought to himself real fast. He knelt down once again, and untied Brook's shoes.

He picked up his best friend(The amount of times I'm mentioning best friend, is just for laughs), took him to his room(Brook's room, don't get your hopes up). He took Brooks glasses off and left, slowly closing the door.

That was literally so unnecessary, waking up at 5 am just to pass out again. What a Disney princess he is. Ash said, rubbing his eyes and sleepiness again.

He sighed and went back to sleep. They planned on meeting again at Ash and Brook's dormroom at 10 am. But judging by how tired they all were, bet they wouldn't be up before 5 pm. Expect Brook with his waking up early and passing out.

Sidefact;
Phoenix demanded the principal that in the boys wing dorm the boys will stay(Brook, Ash and Blake) and in the girls wing dorm, the girls will stay(Phoenix, Misty, Dawn and Robin)

At around 1 pm, Dawn and Robin knocked on the door. Blake opened it. "Well? Where are Phoenix and Misty?" Robin just laughed, "Still Sleeping. They're way too tired. Even we woke up late. We planned on meeting at 10 am.. And here we are, waking up at 1."

Dawn chuckled a bit, "I'm guessing the same with Ash and Brook?"

"Yeah. Come in." Blake said. "It's quite a issue sneaking into the boys' wing everyday- We'll be in trouble if we got caught." Dawn explained.

Blake pulled the girls into the room and locked the door. "We have to use teleportation then." Dawn facepalmed,"You think we haven't thought of that before? But.. I thought it'd get awkward if..."

Blake shut her mouth with his hand,"Yeah.. You're right. Teleporting isn't an option. Unless we call and agree on that."

Robin sighed, "Only Brook can teleport."(?- Cuz we've only seen him teleport so far. Feel free to tell me who can fly and who can teleport)

"True.. I guess we gotta keep the sneaking up." Dawn said. Robin went to sit on the couch, when she tripped and fell over. "OW! MOTHERF-"

Dawn went to help her up. Blake kicked the shoes aside,"Looks like Brook left his shoes in rhe way." Robin turned to him, holding onto her shin,"I SWEAR WHEN I SEE HIM HE'S SO DEAD." She said in quick speed.

"Let's just let the others rest. Would be a dick move to wake a tired person up like that." Blake said. Dawn nodded in agreement.

"Let's watch The Nun. Or maybe, the entire Conjuring series!" Robin suggested, getting up. Just then Misty stormed in, "I got Phoenix! We're up- we're definitely up!"

Dawn and Blake turned to them. "Great! Now we can watch the Conjuring series together." Robin chimed.  "I'll let Brook and Ash sleep." Blake stated, just incase. And the 5 started watching the movies.

After 4 hrs(5 pm)

Brook came out of his room, walking a bit imbalanced. "Dammit, I probably passed out." Robin spit out her drink,"PASSED OUT!?"

"No, no, it's alright. Definitely due to tiredness." Brook reassured. "Well, I think you should go back to sleep then." Robin suggested, getting up. "And mr still decided to wake up at 5 the fuck am and go the ocean to STUDY." Everyone turned to Ash, leaning onto his room door.

"Study? Damn.. Is that even healthy? Are you okay?" Misty jokes.

"We literally missed 1 month of classes." Brook stated. "And we united The Element Protecters at that time. So I think that was a better task than one month of classes." Misty said.

"I guess you're right." Brook admitted. "I'll just go out for some fresh air. I'll just chill near the shore. I want alone time so don't follow me, except Ash, he can follow me." He said and went upto the maindoor, put his shoes on and left.

"VIP, huh?" Misty looked at Ash. "Of course. I have the best friend pass." Ash said, feeling special.(As you should king, u special)

"I won't go him, he deserves some peace after all that." Ash said, and sat down next to Dawn. "I'll make you something if you'd like." Dawn said. "And man, Brook left without eating anything."

"I'll go there after an hour, and take him to a restaurant." Ash putting his head on the couch handle. "Any of you can join if you'd want. Not joining would be better tho."

"Alright, jokes aside for a few minutes." Blake said, in a serious tone. Everyone turned to him, a bit tensed about what he'd say next. "What if the assholes notice your stronger powers? I think the element stones made you atleast a bit stronger."

The gang went silent. He was right. The Element stones made them stronger. And noticable, most of all.

"There's no choice.. we can't use our powers. If we want to fight back, we'd have to use fists." Robin said,"And.. risk getting hurt."

"So even after knowing who the REAL element protectors are, we still have to bare with Spiral, Oscar and Jack faking being the elements?" Ash said,"THAT is the saddest part."

Phoenix sighed,"Sadly. You all have to use fists to fight. Be careful, and don't use magic. I'll try to ask them to not bother you guys. Or stop them."

Blake nodded,"That'd be great."

NOW the part where they actually go to class and deal with people, so these entire 3 chapters was just prologue 💀
Tell me if something I mention about them is wrong or whatever

TBC