Riptide Academy

Comics?

"I'm sorry?" Amie stuttered.

"No." I repeat.

"I want to do it without any promotions or any help. I'm making sure that I know myself that I can acomplish something like that on my own. I promised that to myself after......nevermind."

"Mum, dad. It was nice meeting you but we have to get back to the academy." Charli pipes up.

"Can't you spend at least an hour with us Char?" Amie's tone was polite but I've heard the hidden malice in those words before.

"No. We really have to get back."

"Charli. You haven't seen us in almost a year." Now you could not mistake the edge in her voice.

"Sorry, Ronan, Amie. But we really have to get back. We have exams in," I fake check my phone. "Less than half an hour."

"O-oh. Okay. Good luck you guys." Amie stutered.

Howards came haistly stalking over to us as soon as she saw her sister leave.

"Hey, Rose. Can you help get everyone to the bus please. I'm juet going to talk to Alex about the ice hockey grandfinal."

"Sure. No problem." It almost sounded like she was sighing.

Howards gripped my arm tightly. "H-hey what. Why did?'t you call me Alexandra?"

She pulled me into a shaded area beside the canteen and toilet block. No one could see us talking but people could walk past.

"Alex, I don't have time to explain. Kyia's already gathered the other's but it's coming closer."

"Wha...Dammit! Charli isn't going to be happy that you distracted her. We can't leave, we have to get back to the academy!"

"I know, I know. And the buss won't leave without me. That's why I want you get on that bus and tell the driver that I'm staying to collect the trophy's. Quick, now, go!"

"But Dem-"

"Now!"

"Hey! I finally found you guys. Where did you go?"

"Oh, hey Jack. I'm kinda busy right now." Howards walked off to collect the trophy's I assuement.

"S-sorry. I was wondering if I could give this to you. Could you also, uhh...-show it Elijah. I want to know what he thinks of it." Jack nervously rubbed his hand over his neck.

"I wanted to know what he thought of it so maybe we could work on a story together."

"Don't worry. He'll love it. But if you really want to see him because you can't stop blushing your arse off when you mention him, just pop by. He can't stop talking about your comics he sees."

"Does he really think their good?"

"Jack, he can't put down his phone when he reads them." I chuckle.

"O-oh." He nervously chuckled.

"Look, I gotta go. But I'll tell him that you wanted him have a look at this the first time I see him. Bye!" I said as I held up the paper.

The bus dwafed the cars in the parking lot. It wasn't a big space but it was very long which helped make the white bus look longer and bigger. As soon as my foot hip the first obsidion black step a farmilar voice growled.

"Where the fuck have you been." Charli's arms latched onto me and dragged me towards the storage spaces underneath the bus where I had just put my golkeeper bag.

"And where is my Aunt."

"Collecting the trophies. As well as taking photos as our principal I guess. As for the others Kyia's already taken them to the fight. We need to get back to the acdemy otherwise someone will thing something is up."

"What about my Aunt? We can't leave without her. A-and what are you holding?" Charli's eyebrows rose as they knitted together once she saw Jacks peice of papper.

"I don't know, Jack gave it to me. He said he wanted Eli to see it."

"Hmm. Those two have been acting odd lately... More-"

"Gay?"

"Yes, that's it. Elijah can't stop pinning over Jacks work. And Jack can't help but be flustered around him."

"I ship them." I giggled.

"Now. Are we somehow getting back to this academy? Because I want to blow off some steam after seeing my parents." She huffed.

"Get on the buss. Pretend your doing the counting numbers thing. I'll explain to the driver."

Almost too the exact movements of her Aunt, Charli turned on her heel amd stalked towards the buss door.

"Hey.....uh- Princepal Howards said she had to stay back to collect the trophies. I guess she mentioned it to you before because she told me to tell you so we could start heading back to the academy." The bus driver with his grey moustchace seemed to by my partial fib.

Once I sat down next to Charli, the buss roared to life. Jaimie looked up from her phone amd double taked to the seat behind the driver.

"Where's Howdy?"

"Staying back to collect trophies. Aparently." Charli sighed.

"Uhh.....Charli. People have been warned to evactuate the hockey grounds just over a minute ago due to another atack warning. I got an alert on my phone and from Eli on my morpher." She whispered through the two seats.

"Alex. You said that Kyia had taken the others to the fight."

"Yeah. Kyia, Elijah and Ember should  already be there."

"That means most people will think Kyia likely picked them up and tries to take them back to the academy but got caught up with the attack."

"Yeah. Lets just hope we get back before th-" the buss lurched forward at an alarming rate and the brakes squealed like a thousand children as they worked overtime.

"Holy mother of Go- THAT'S THE NEW SUPERHERO!" someone on the buss screamed.

Right in front of us was Howards. Her silvery grey eyes broing holes into Charli. Assesing to make sure she was alright. Somehow she must of manipulated the air to keep the rabbid Fernrir looking shadowy monster from landing on the bus.

The snapping sound of phone cameras filled the air.

Of course. 'Collecting trophies' my arse. The only trophies she was collecting were newspapper front page pictures and another win against these shadowy monsters.

"I swear I've seen that face bef- Nevermind. Guys! We've got to get out of here and help!" Charli seemed to wake up from her frozen stupor after the staring match with her Aunt.