Phenominal

Chapter 1

                                                                                CHAPTER 1

What I'm about to tell you will seem weird and a little unfair. I live in a very unusual society only I think it's perfectly normal because it's all I've ever known. I'm in my final year at Soldian Academy meaning I'm going to take my tests soon, next week to be precise. Today is my last day at school. Tomorrow is the end of year dance then we have four days to rest before the tests begin.  

I can hear my dad making breakfeast  downstairs and realize I've slept in. CRAP! If I try to shower dad will be mad at me for taking so long. I jump up out of bed and run over to my bathroom so I can wet my hair and brush my teeth. I quickly dress then run down the stairs skiping the last two steps and then bolt into the kitchen.

"Finally awake are we," dad says in a humorous way. "Sorry dad was just thinking about the tests and lost track of time." Dad made me my favourite, eggs and bacon. "You better finish I expect the bus will be here soon." I wolf down my breakfeast and then quickly grab my school work user ID card. Incase you were wondering my school user ID is so that I can use my holo desk, a holographic screen which I can do my work on.

I hug my dad goodbye as I hear the bus arriving. As I step outside I can smell the pine trees and I can feel the grass under me it's as if for an instance I can feel everything around me. Stepping onto the bus everyone goes quite. Everyone shoots me dirty looks before starting to talk with each other once again about anything thats anything. I sit in the first empty seat I find next to a window and begin to think about the tests again. 

I practicly jerk out of my seat in shock as someone taps my shoulder, "Morning." It's Alice Kinelie one of the most popular girls in school. We met in prepatory school and we've been best friends ever since. It's kind of weird us being friends since she's popular and I'm a social outcast. It all started in my first year in primary school. Me and Alice weren't in the same class but we were still closer than close. At first I was a bit popular by "at first" I mean the first three weeks. Then the first tests' results came out and every body but me had scraped through getting no higher than 68% I was aghast when I got 100% after that everybody hated me. It got worse when a kid brought up the fact that he was a green belt in karate during a class discussion. The teacher seemed impressed and asked if anyone else dd karate.

I was the only person to put my hand up and then she asked me where I took lessons. I told her  that my dad had taught me since I was three. The kid who had brought it up asked me which belt I had. I was silent for a long time. I didn't want the class or the teacher to think I was bragging but I also didn't want to lie either. "A Brown belt," I had answered. I was so stupid I should have lied. 

The kid who had brought up karate and I grew to know as max started to laugh. I thought there was something wrong with him but then he suddenly stopped and looked at me. "You were kidding right about having a Brown belt,"he had asked. I shook my head and the smile on his face was replaced by a frown.

I was hated even more after that and for the rest of that year and the year after that still now on graduation day people hate me. Only Alice even though she is  popular has always remained friends with me. Actually she hangs out with me more than any of her other friends.

" Can I ask you something Jane." She isn't looking at me, she's looking out of the window as she normally does. I nod and look at her with my head resting resting on the glass window. "Do you want to go to the dance with me." She is looking at me now almost daring me. I don't know what to say I mean she is my friend and I don't want to ruin that with a realationship. Though she isn't asking me to be her boyfriend she is asking me to go with her to the dance.

"Sure but if I may ask why me if you could have any other boy," when I ask this she laughs a little. "Well think about it, I've known you since prepatory school and I like hanging out with you so instead of feeling akward for half the night and not really having the best time ever with some one I don't even know. I can have a great time and it won't be akward." I've always thought of Alice as just a friend now here she is asking me to the dance and saying she'd have a better time with me than anyone else. For the first time I realize how beautiful she is, her blue grey eyes are just like mine and her red hair is incredible. Her pale skin dotted with freckles yet she could still beat anybody in our school in a fight. She started taking karate lessons with me when we met in prepatory school. She is now a third degree black belt just like me.

"Your sure about this because going with me to the dance could seriously damage your rep you know." "It's the last day of school who cares." "You stink a little by the way," she says screwing up her face. "Sorry. I over slept and I didn't have time to shower."

She smiles and laces her fingers with mine. When we arrive at school she still dosen't realease my hand and I don't release hers. There's no class today so basically all we do is have interclass competions. Things like strategic warafare which is played like this:

Rules:

1.You must have a captian which cordinates all attacks 

2. A group for each war catergorie (Ground,Ground Machineary etc.)

3. Each team has a base

4 To win destroy enemy team or have them surrender

As we walk to class a couple of people stare others wolf whistle and some start to whisper to each other. Knews like this spreads fast and by the time we got to class it seemed like everybody knew. I sit at my usual desk and Alice sits on my and lap. I put my arms around her waist and we stay like that untill Mr.Wazinzki comes in tells us to all take our seats.

"As all of you must know this is the last day of school," several whoops and feet stomping. "You are all excited I know. So as most of you will expect we will be having interclass competions," this time some people groan others cheer. "Today we will be choosing a captian depending on who has never been or rarely been a captian. I've already found out who has been captian the least amount of times so please be nice to Jane as he is going to be your captian today." The entire room falls silent.