Hall Of Heroes

Chapter 2

"Welcome! Students of The School For Specially Gifted... I am very pleased to invite you all here, and welcome you to a new year. For some of you this is your last year here, and some of you this is your first year. For those of you who are spending their last year here, I wish you all the luck in your exams, and I give you some advice. Study hard, work hard, and don't get distracted. This is an important time for you, and fully developing your gifts is important. And to the new year; The School For Specially Gifted isn't a normal school. We're not like that. First off, we're a far better talented school in terms of teachers and students. Secondly, we're here to help you develop skills which will be life changing to you. Lastly, we're family. We're here to support each other in this exciting and ambitious time. So my advice to you; remember that your powers are special, but dangerous. Do not use them stupidly, but in lessons use your gifts to your best extent."

Harry sat for a minute, taking in the speech from Headmisstress Tarrant. Liam seemed like he was concentrating, Niall kept looking around everywhere, Zayn seemed to be lost in thought and Louis was smiling to himself, obviously thinking about something funny. Harry then realised he could listen into what was so funny... no, he couldn't. It would be rude. But somehow, his brain was urging him to do it, unable to resist listening into the cute boy's thoughts. Harry "tuned" in, and found himself in a bright, colourful mind. Everything was just so... so cool. Harry found what Louis was laughing about... 

"What if I levitated her up off the stage right now. Just let her float there as she got confused..." Harry chuckled, and then quickly looked up to Louis. He hadn't realised, so Harry decided stopped reading his thoughts and turned his attention back to Headmisstress Tarrant. He knew it wouldn't be long though until his brain wouldn't be able to stop listening into Louis' thoughts again.

"So now, if you go back to your dorm rooms, a senior student will be coming round with your timetables. Get settled, get to know your room mates, and I hope you enjoy your next two years here at The School For Specially Gifted." Headmisstress Tarrant smiled, and then ushered her hands as to let everyone go. There was a small rush for the door as students made their way out.

Harry got to dorm room 3 first and sat on his bed. Next in was Zayn who did the same. Niall and Louis came bouncing in, obviously having now had a chat on the way up. Liam came in a few minutes later and layed on his bed, seemingly in deep thought.

Louis jumped up on his bed, once again dangling his feet. They was so small and sweet for a fully grown boy. Harry shuffled across slightly as to avoid being kicked in the face. Louis then spoke.

"So, lads, seeing as we have this time to "get to know each other", I think we should start with one big question; what's your powers?" Each of the boys looked to one another, waiting for someone to answer. Harry's heart started to beat faster. He'd have to tell them, and then they might ignore him and not speak to him again. He didn't want to go through that again. He couldn't...

"Well you're a quiet bunch. Fine, let me start off by saying mine. I have levitation." Louis confirmed this by levitating his bag off the floor a few feet, before letting it drop back down. 

"Who's next? Niall? You?" Niall looked up, and shrugged.

"I guess I can heal stuff." Louis' eyes widened. Niall just shrugged again.

"Show us." Harry found himself saying.

"How?" Niall asked. Louis got up and went over to Niall.

"Can you heal this?" Louis said before pulling up his sleeve, revealing a small scratch. It was nothing much, but it would show what Niall could do. Niall put his hand over the scratch on Louis' arm and closed his eyes in thought. Soon enough, Louis' arm was without a scratch.

"Damn, this is bloody awesome." Louis said. Zayn looked up above him at the base of Niall's bunk, looking slightly impressed, before going back to scrolling through his phone. 

"Mine's strength." Liam said as he pulled himself up and sat on the edge of his bed. He saw Louis looking at him expectantly, so preceeded to stand up and with one hand raise his bunk bed. 

"Wowzers." Louis exclamed, and Harry chuckled. Liam sat back down on the bed, clenching and unclenching his hands.

"C'mon then Zayn, you're a bit quiet, what's yours?" Zayn looked up, not really seeming like he wanted to tell everyone. He sighed though, rolled his eyes before saying

"I manipulate things." Niall looked down at Zayn, confused.

"How?" Niall asked. Zayn looked around the room, and walked over to the window. Near the window was a tree growing, it's leaves now starting to turn brown and fall off. He opened the window, leaned out and took a leaf. He shut the window and proceeded to cup the leaf in his hand. Liam, Niall, Louis and Harry all watched in awe as he turned the dying, boring leaf into a living, bright flower.

"Jesus christ." Niall breathed, and everyone stared in shock. Zayn put the flower on the chest of drawers before laying back down again, ignoring everyone staring at him. Louis snapped out of the trance and looked down between his feet at Harry sat beneath him.

"So then Harold, it's just you left. What do you do?" Harry felt a little uneasy, not wanting to tell them all what he could do. As he went to speak, Niall shouted

"He reads minds!" This time Zayn looked up as well as the other boys and all stared at Harry.

"I didn't even know that was a gift." Liam said. Harry shrugged his shoulders, before saying

"I don't know, I guess it's rare." He held back how he could also at a push manipulate people's minds. He didn't want them all thinking he was control freak.

"What am I thinking." Harry stood up and looked at Louis.

"Huh?" Harry asked, confused.

"What. Am. I. Thinking." Louis said again, a sarcastic tone to his voice as if he didn't believe Harry could actually pribe into someone else's mind. Harry let himself into Louis' mind once again, and immediately found himself smiling. Louis' mind was such a fun place to be, Harry wished he had this view on life. There was something that Harry found floating in the back of Louis' mind, but Harry didn't seem to be able to read it. He searched for Louis' main thought and immediately found it.

"This guy's bluffing." Harry said out loud, and Louis couldn't help but let a small gasp escape his lips.

"Dude, that is so cool... and weird." Harry sat back down on his bed, feeling odd. He didn't know how the boys would take to him now, and it made him worry.

Suddenly there was a loud knock at the door, and a senior student came in.

"Hey guys, I've got your timetables here. Louis Tomlinson, Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Liam Payne and Zayn Malik?" All the boys nodded and handed the timetables out between each other. 

"Maths? Really? I thought we'd be doing cool stuff..." Louis moaned.

"Well you still have to get grades in decent subjects dumbass, I don't think a job would appreciate it if you apply with an A* in Levetation." Liam laughed to himself at Zayn's remark, and Louis' cheek flushed red. A strange feeling suddenly ovewhelmed Harry. It was weird, he felt... embarrassed. Why was he embarrassed? It then occured to him; he was picking up Louis' feelings. The strange feeling of embarrassment quickly subsided, just as a bell rang.

"Guess we're off to class." Liam said before walking out the door, followed by the rest of the lads. 

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