Seasons: Howl

-HoverRacer Winter-

Summer was on her way to class when she saw a large crowd surrounding the notice boards near the school gate. She made her way there, and saw what the commotion was about.

The Annual HoverRacing Competition had arrived!

HoverRacing was a favourite sport in Armandia. People would buy HoverBoards, which was the equipment needed to HoverRace, and would stand on the board at the starting line. It was a little like skateboarding, only that HoverBoards could literally hover above the ground.

The special thing about HoverRacing was that the objective of the race was to reach the finishing line. It was pretty much similar to car-racing as well.

People could even knock others off their boards, which was why the sport was also considered dangerous. There would be an obstacle course on the race track, and racers had to pass the course in order to reach the finishing line.

The fastest racer would be crowned champion for a year, until the next race. Currently, the champion was Saturus Vilaan from Segovia Private School, the school where Winter and Glade were transferred from. Saturus had won the race for five years running, the longest hold on the champion title in Armandia's history.

Summer suddenly spotted Winter's tall, slim figure at the front of the crowd, his marine blue hair strikingly out-of-place. Girls were surrounding him, jostling him around. Beatriix was right beside him, with Latoya on his other side.

"Ooh! Look Winter! The annual HoverRace is here! Would you like to join it?" Beatriix purred, and grabbed his arm. Winter glanced at her, shock temporarily flashing across his face. Then he turned back to face the board, half-smiling.

"Perhaps," he said, turning around. The crowd parted and made way for him to walk, like he was some kind of holy god or something.

Winter spotted Summer and waved to her, gently shrugging Beatriix's hand, which was still holding on to his arm, off him. Beatriix gaped in astonishment.

"Hey Summer." Winter greeted, smiling. Summer peered past him and saw all the girls in the whole 3s cohort glaring at her. The males were far away from them, far away from the evil, murderous aura the girls were giving out.

"Uhm, Winter, you should probably look behind you..." Summer stammered, taking a small step back. Winter glanced behind him and smiled at the girls, waving. The girls' mood immediately changed to all flowers and love.

When Winter turned back, they changed back to 'evil, killer girls'. Summer smiled awkwardly and hurriedly headed for class. Winter looked back at the girls again, found them all smiling sweetly and blowing kisses at him, and wondered what was bothering Summer.

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"So who would like to register for the HoverRace?" Mdm Justifer questioned, looking around the class. No one raised their hand. She frowned and glanced at Winter expectantly.

Winter was in the midst of debating with Summer about whether he should join the race. Why other people didn't raise their hands was because the girls were busy trying to glare daggers at Summer from behind Winter's back, while the other boys were just simply trying not to get caught up in the heated glaring.

Summer flinched when she saw Beatriix do the 'I've got my eye on you' move, her magenta pink eyes narrowed murderously. Winter blinked and turned around, and all the girls just waved at him sweetly, sighing dreamily.

Winter smiled and turned back to continue his debate with Summer, and the girls resumed their glaring positions.

Summer gulped and just nodded her head each time Winter asked her a question. "But I've never tried HoverRacing before. Should I still try it out?" Winter was saying. Summer shrugged.