Yellow Sun Academy

Chapter 16: Breakfast

Hothead:

"I am the greatest fighter ever," I yell, raising my sword high into the air. There, below the mountain of defeated animals is the whole village of Norwood. Everyone is there. Even Headmaster Strictcon.

They are all chanting my name over and over.

"Hothead! Hothead! Hothead!"

"Hothead," Headmaster Stricton yells, shooting his fist into the air. "You are indeed the greatest fighter ever!"

"Hothead," they chant. "Hothead! Hothe--Riinggg!"

"Ahh," I say, turning away from the sound. "What in the world? What was that sound?"

"Hothead! Hothead! Hot--Ringgg!"

"Ahh!"

This time, the strange noise is so loud I have to cover both my ears.

"Riingg! Riingg! Riingg!"

My eyes snap open. When they do, I don't see the mountain of defeated animals or the village of Norwood. Instead, I see the wooden bottom of the bed above me.

"Ringg!"

"Ahh," I moan when I hear the most annoying sound in the whole universe. Turning over, I see the clock on the holo-display we were all given last night.

"Riingg!"

"Shut up," I shout back. Not wanting to get out of bed or even take my blanket off, I turn back over. Poking one hand out, I start feeling around.

"Come on, come on. Where is that stupid button? Turn off, you stupid alarm."

Strangely, it seems like the clock turns itself off. The ringing stops without me having to touch the button. I don't hear it anymore."

"Awesome," I say, smiling as I grab my blanket and cuddle. However, I only get to cuddle for a few seconds before something else happens and my blanket flies off of me.

"What the--"

Turning around, I see Alodia standing before me, fully dressed in her armor.

"Sulien," Alodai starts with her arms crossed. "Do you know what time it is?"

"I would," I answer, "But I can't see my holo-display. Also, called me Hothead, not Sulien."

"I am not calling you by your ridiculous nickname," Alodia bluntly states. "As for you."

Doing the same with Renee, Alodia grabs and yanks his blanket right off of him. When Alodia does this, Renee shoots up. He screams and his arms swing wildly.

"What," he yells, "What! What! What's going on! What's the emergency!"

"The 'emergency' is that you and Sulien aren't dressed. And you're supposed to be our 'team leader'. Wonderful start."

Alodia rolls her eyes as she walks away. Biting my tongue, trying to keep everything I want to say do, I turn over and kick off my blanket.

"Happy," I ask, spreading out my arms.

Alodia turns around and sees me. When she does, her eyes go wide.

"You...wear your battle armor to sleep," Alodia asks. "And you. Is that Billy Beet? From the Dancing Veggies of the Round Table? Aren't you a little old for that?"

"What?"

I stick my head out and see Renee. He is wearing a Billy Beet t-shirt. Right in the center of his dark-blue shirt is a small red cartoon beet with sunglasses.