A Strider's Curse

Chapter Five: The First Day

It was sunny and rainbows were in the air... literally. Natalie, me and Max were all in the back yard and Natalie was "blowing off some steam"... her words by the way. Me and Max have this training dummy set up and sometimes me and him like to time how it long it takes us to knock it's head off with our powers. Oh... and it's also made of titanium.

It seemed like Natalie was Doing pretty well; the head of the dummy was bending backwards with every colourful barrage she threw at it. Max had informed me that she knew two martial arts and they were Kung Fu and Karate. I could clearly see that; she did some round house kicks and other things and her rainbows shot off them to hit the dummy.

Eventually the head of the dummy came flying off and she struck a pose as she took the finishing uppercut. Then she walked over to me and Max and Max threw her a towel to wipe off the sweat seeping from her forehead.
"How'd I do?" She said, breathing heavily from exhaustion. She was also talking to Max... but he's not the "expert" or so he says.
"That's a question you need to ask him..." he said while turning his gaze towards me, and I took a sigh and decided to tell her.
"Your footwork could use a little more work and you need to put more power behind this punches and kicks... but other than that you did great. It took you about ten seconds." I said and she put her hand out for a high five... I guess?

Max gave her one and I was kind of great full that he did.
"So... what are you guys up to today?" She asked and I didn't exactly know what to say. So... Max told her for me.
"Dust... has to go learn a thing or two at the college. Isn't that right?" Max said and stared at me to make me feel uncomfortable. It worked and I stopped leaning on the wall and proceeded to walk to the front door and out the house.
"I'll see you guys later then!" I shouted to the back door and all I saw was a hand waving at me. I sighed and walked out the front door; I walked out of the neighbourhood and onto the main road heading towards the college.

Twenty-five minutes later and I finally made it to the college. I felt like taking a break from all the walking and looked for the nearest bench to take a pit stop. I eventually found one and took a load off, for awhile I was at peace... until I was greeted by a few those "irresponsible" teens. One of them was looking directly at me and the other two were just talking. Probably about a girl they like or if they watched the football game last night.

The one looking right at me was looking like a complete idiot with what he decided to wear last Halloween. A pink shirt no jacket, a bunch of bracelets on his left arm, green jeans and black sneakers. His hair had a blue-ish tint to it but overall it was black and his eyes were orange. He also looked like he was in his eighteens but that's just a guess because... WHO THE HELL WEARS SOMETHING LIKE THAT!?

The one in the right of him was slightly smaller. He was wearing a white shirt with a blazer over the top, black jeans and black and white converses. His hair was tied into a ponytail and it was black and his eyes were green. He looked at least seventeen but I can't tell how old someone looks; I need to work on that.

And finally, the one on the left was the tallest one and he was wearing a varsity jacket with a red hoodie underneath, grey jeans and all black converses. His hair was long and loose and I couldn't even see his eyes. He was definitely the oldest one, nineteen or twenty but he clearly wasn't the dominant one. No, that's definitely the guy in the middle of them.

Either way I tried to mind my own business and just relaxed on the bench for a couple minutes. Unfortunately one of those punks decided it would be funny to try and get on my nerves and something pinched my arm. I first looked at my arm and then at the three... who seemed to have stopped walking. I felt a pinch in my arm... but none of them are near me? Well, well... one of them is using some sort of telekinesis power.

I stopped looking over at the three and went back to relaxing... but the pinching persisted all the while. Luckily I'm a guy with a lot of patience... but one them was really asking for it.