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7/1/2008 8:13:54   
Crimzon5
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*Comments Thread: http://forums2.battleon.com/f/tm.asp?m=14103588
**Italics are used when Grey or any other charcter talks to him/her self. Since this is a first-person type of a story... Grey will often use italics which will result to a present tense. Also, this is one kind of story which contains A LOT of dialogues.

Grey's School Life



< Message edited by Crimzon5 -- 7/24/2008 20:42:03 >
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7/1/2008 8:15:05   
Crimzon5
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Chapter 1

“Class, I’m very disappointed with you all-“

…blah blah… Boring! We spend half the class discussing about our behavior. This is why I learn nothing during Alchemy Class. Heh, if Ms. Cherrybloom continues to talk like this, I could cut class and wait for the bell to ring. Too bad that that snitchy kid is 'guarding' the door. Seesh! Hall Patrol… hmm… maybe I should volunteer to be one and cut all my Alchemy Classes. Lucky, my teacher can’t hear these thoughts in my head. Man, when will this end?

“Grey,” my teacher called. I stood up and looked at her with a cold look of disappointment, boredom, and uh… even more boredom? But in reality, I was a bit surprised. My right hand’s knuckles supported me by pushing my desk as I stood lazily.

“Yeah, what?” I replied.

“Do you have anything to say?”

I thought for a while with my fingers rubbing my chin. “Well, Ms, yeah; I do.” I pretended to be well-mannered for once and started to speak. “In behalf of the class, I would like to apologize for… uh-“

“Food fight,” whispered Ashley. She’s my seatmate and a… childhood friend. She’s kinda pretty… and an A-student. And she's my height; we're both about five feet tall. Well, duh! That's because we are both fifteen. But heh, not my type. Besides, I’m kinda like a brown-hair person. Blonds should go for blondes and brown-hairs should go for brunettes.

“Thanks,” I whispered back. “I apologize for the food fight which I encourage earlier during lunch. Yet, I am proud of myself for not starting it this time.”

“Encouraged,” my… blonde seatmate whispered.

“Okay, that’s enough; sit down, Grey. Now class, please open your textbooks to page two hundred fifty-two.”

Heh, this is how class is most of the time. Pretty much useless. We live near a forgery and we’re gonna go there on a fieldtrip for our Blacksmith Class. Nothing new… And this school is so cheap! For Swordsman Class we use recycled wooden swords. How can I tell? Well, they have those white cloth-bandages on them. What? Those are Kendo Swords? Heh, how should I know? We don’t have History or Science...


< Message edited by Crimzon5 -- 7/24/2008 20:48:25 >
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7/1/2008 8:19:45   
Crimzon5
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Chapter 2

It’s about nine in the morning; just five more hours until I can walk back home and do whatever I want. Too bad it’s Alchemy Class right now. And what luck! A pop quiz! I think our teacher is doing this to make us suffer. I mean, wasting half the time of class and then giving us a quiz?! What a tyrant Ms. Cherrybloom is!

After I received three papers from the person in front of me, I took one and passed the remaining two to the person seated behind me. I’m seated in the third row, ‘ya know…

I slammed the paper on my wooden desk, took my pencil and started reading.

Question #1: What is Alchemy?

“What? This is too easy! It’s just the transformation of one thing to another… I think,” I said to myself in a small, quiet tone. I wrote my answer on a large space provided under the question.

Question #2: What are the ingredients of a sleep potion?

“Heh, piece of cake! A troll tooth, bitter grape juice, and two narra leaves.”

Question #3: Explain why an overdose of a strength potion is a no-no.

“Hmm... ah! It’s because it has liquor as an ingredient!” I thought excitedly.

I took my time answering the remaining seven questions with ease. I didn’t even have to think twice! I just dashed the pencil lead on my paper. I finished ten minutes early so I took a nap. I was then interrupted by my nemesis –my Alchemy teacher.

“Ah, Grey… finished so soon?” She spoked in an annoying tone; pretending to be surprised and caring and sweet and all.

“Yeah, Ms, all done! And tell you what; I didn’t study!” I bragged. The entire class stared at me. “Why don’t you check my paper early and let me have an early recess? If it’s an A, then give me an A again for the next test. If it’s not, then just give me an F on the next one.”

My classmates stopped answering writing and paid full attention to our conversation. Some even turned their chair around.

“Very well, then.” My teacher grabbed my paper from my desk and read it quietly. “Grey!” she shouted, “you got nothing right!”

“What?” I swiftly stood and scanned the paper in her hands.

“In Question #1, you gave the description of a metamorphosis. In Question #2, you forgot to specify the troll tooth being powdered. And in Question #3, you forgot the words ‘a lot’ before the word ‘liquor’. And, Grey, ‘heart’ is spelled with an ‘e’”. She slammed the paper on my desk and laughed. My classmates switched their end of their pencils, erased their answers and wrote the new ones which my teacher had exclaimed.

“Ah, so this was a trick! Grey, detention! Class, new quiz tomorrow.” After hearing those… harsh words, all I did was remain silent for a while she collected the papers.

“Hey, this isn’t fair!” I shouted. “For one thing, all my answers were very close. And second, it was YOU who read the answers OUT LOUD!”

“Y-yeah…” the person behind interrupted.

His name? Drake Mythyshire... Like Ashley, he’s a blond but he’s taller than the two of us; about 5’ 9”… that’s because he’s sixteen. Sure am lucky to have classes with a senior like him! But it feels kinda strange to have someone who acts “cold” most of the time help you out. I mean, usually, he talks without any seem of care or pity. And he doesn’t even look at you in the eye when he converses. Well, if he does, don’t look at his sapphire-blue eyes…

“Drake, consider this as a warning. Grey, detention; now!”

Great… detention. Here, detention isn’t a boring class-extension. They’ll make you fight a beast with the resources of the class you suck in the most. Great… I’m gonna fight with some ingredients!

< Message edited by Crimzon5 -- 7/24/2008 21:56:26 >
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7/1/2008 8:21:58   
Crimzon5
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Chapter3

Hmm… what could it be this time? A giant slime? Nah… those are for Pyromancer Class-idiots… I’m an “alchemy idiot”, well… that’s because Ms. Cherrybloom is very inconsiderate. Heh, according to my memory… Alchemy Class-idiots battle something random. If giant blade-armed bugs or beasts are for Swordsman Class, then this does seem reasonable. There are a variety of potion combinations. Most-likey they'll most-likely be scattered in the field… Dang!

The floor shook as I heard steps coming from the steel gates. I was in a Colosseum-like Arena. A large crowd was watching me; my peers were laughing, and some people whom I’ve never met cheered. For me? Or for the beast, or whatever it is? The faculty of Alchemy teachers sat on the first row, each holding a pen with one hand and a paper on their lap.

The floor was a solid compacted layer of soil and charred remains; just dust and ashes. Several plants and corpses were scattered in the arena. None of the bones seemed to have belonged to a human or any student from the school. This makes me wonder… what does happen if a student loses? This thing happens very seldom...

The steel gates across the arena rose. From my spot, I could see shadows coming from the beast’s legs. As soon as the fog from behind the gates cleared, the crowd grew wild. My opponent was a minotaur! It was ten feet tall and armed with two axes; one in each hand! Its weapons had damaged blades; they were full of rust and the handle had blade marks on it. No blood stained the axe though. Either they cleaned it off or this monster was harmless… Yeah right! Man, I should’ve pretended to suck at Swordsman Class instead!.

Before I could move, it broke free from its chains and gave me a quick tackle. Dust rose from the ground as I slid across the floor. The impact caused me to land on my back and legs. Scanning the area, I noticed a troll’s corpse. “Hmm… it still has its teeth… and they’re rotten! I could make a sleep potion and uh… kill it with a stone!”

The minotaur swung its axe. It missed me, crushing the bones into powdery bits. I bent my legs and leapt over it. Since trolls have forty teeth, there was enough powder for me to scoop up. Sure is a good thing that they have Gym here as well… we have to jump at least eight feet to pass. Really good training!

“Wait, the other ingredients aren’t here! There isn’t any grape juice here and I can’t tell if those leaves are Narra.” I analyzed the area. A small scarlet sparkle caught my attention. As I ran towards it, jumping and dodging blows from my foe’s axes, I noticed a small bottle of liquor. It was half full. Wait! Since I’m a negative kind of guy, it was half… empty.

I knelt and picked up the small red stone that I noticed earlier. Flames from torches emitted light, giving it a brilliant lustre. It was obviously a flameruby.

“Grey, duck!” Hearing a familiar voice call that out, the wisest thing to do was follow. The beast swung its axe horizontally, aiming for my neck. Whew! I could’ve been the first student to die here.

When I had the feeling of being unstoppable and invincible, the minotaur just had to ruin the mood by kicking me. The impact was so sudden that I dropped the stone. The minotaur crushed it with its sturdy, muscular feet and took a few steps forward. Good thing to know about these beasts: They’re not fast!

“Let’s see… what I’ve got is a flameruby which is powdered and behind the minotaur, a few of the powdered teeth, and powdered orange juice in my pocket. What can I do with those? Hmm… discard the tooth, mix some orange juice and liquor and add the ruby and… a strength potion! Now… how do I get past that minotaur?” Looking at my left hand which held some troll tooth powder tightly, I aimed for the minotaur’s eyes. With my amazing luck, it hit. That blinded him or her… or it for a while. Using the opportunity, I crept behind it and rushed to the bottle of liquor. Why not take the ruby? Well… it’s about two inches in diameter and now powdered. I can’t pick all of that up! I’ll have to bring the other ingredients to it…

Trying to embarrass my competitor, I slowly walked to the item, picked it up. I poured some orange juice power in the bottle, shook it well. I walked back behind the minotaur, poured the contents of the bottle onto the powdered ruby, and… licked the floor.

The minotaur, struggling in its blind condition, swung its axe wildly. One of its axes slipped off making it an easier target. I was near enough to get hit… Too bad for that big guy that I’m behind him…

I picked up rib from a corpse on the ground and threw it, aiming for its back. Trying to hit me back, the beast turned around –yeah, 180 degrees- and gave me a swift, solid punch. But with the magic of Alchemy, I caught his hand with my fist, locked it, and yanked it over me. The impact I made when I tossed it left it out cold... The crowd cheered for me. Like every other winner, I bragged by raising my arms up high.

My moment of glory was then ended when Ms. Cherrybloom raised her voice and said, “Grey, it was obvious that you used a strength potion. Question: How’d you get the liquor?” Before I could respond, she then accused me of bringing liquor to school.

Seesh! She must’ve been the one who placed it there. She knows that I know my alchemy and made the strength potion my only option. Oh well… Principle’s Office, here I come.


< Message edited by Crimzon5 -- 7/24/2008 22:37:01 >
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7/1/2008 8:23:47   
Crimzon5
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Chapter 4

“Now, Grey…” The principal’s voice seemed calm as if he was psychologizing me. Seesh, what am I? A retard or a criminal? I’m innocent! “I understand that you are in possession of drugs. You must be trying to forget something. Tell me what it is and I’ll try to do something about it.” As he was blabbering, I swung my legs back and forth, rested my elbow on the brown table that separated us and looked at the window. From my peripheral vision, I noticed a small family portrait. There were just two people in it, the fat pale-skinned principal and a young girl, about five years old. Did he adopt her? Heh, who’d marry this guy anyway?

“For the last time, I didn’t—Wait, what did you just say?” I asked as I slammed the table with irritation.

“Whatever your problem is, we’ll try to fix it,” he repeated.

“The problem is Miss Cher—” I shut my mouth and silently planned out my next words carefully. “I mean, yes, I do have a lot of problems. And guess what; they’re all about this school. A lot of changes need to be made. I mean, how many warriors do you know that use Alchemy? Maybe a few, but most warriors learn but never apply it. I think that we should select a certain number of classes and not do the remaining ones. Personally, I’d go for Swordsman Class, and Hunter Class,”

“Interesting ideas… students should choose and only attend classes that they’ll find useful,” he replied. I was annoyed by his accent though. Stop assessing me!

“Yeah, and we should have those spelling bees and proms but not only at the end of the school year,” I continued. I was hoping that would frustrated him… and I was right.

“WHAT!? We shouldn’t be wasting time on that. We need to train you for war!” He banged on the table causing the small framed picture of his family to fall and shatter to pieces across the floor. Shaking his fist, he continued, “Will that stop you from drinking?”

“It sure will. Think of all the brunettes in the prom! Let’s make the changes start tomorrow,” I suggested. “I’ll be going then, no need to continue this discussion; we’ve fixed the problem already anyway." I stood up from my wooden seat, turned the knob and left. I heard him call me back but I pretended had not and just ignored him.

When I came thorugh the door, I heard a young boy shout, “Grey’s alive!” A large crowd gathered in front of me asking what happened and other stuff, like if they could possibly get my autograph.

“Nothing bad… just expect changes,” I replied with a grin on my face. “Now, where did I put my backpack?” I asked out loud. The crowd left and returned quickly. I noticed two girls… and what luck! Brunettes! They were having a tug-of-war over it.

“Grey’s not your type anyway,” one shouted.

Heh, I guess this is popularity.

The next day came. Even though we have general assemblies on the first day of every month, my 'manipulated friend' called for an additional one. “Dear students of the Geohaven Academy, a bright student came to my office and suggested several changes to our school system.” Noise coming from students and teachers began to spread. “Ehem, starting now, each student will take up three classes only. And from time to time, we shall have these academic contests and activities like when I used to be young. Today, we shall have a spelling bee. Anyone can participate and I’m sure our Grey, the brilliant boy I just talked about will participate. That is all.” He left the stage, ignoring the complaints made by the teachers.

Then I was shocked by a light tap on my shoulder. “Grey,” Ashley, my blonde classmate, called. Seesh, I should tell her that I like brunettes only… but… she is a friend. What should I do? “What classes are you joining?” she asked.

Without thinking twice, I replied, “Swordsman Class, Archery and Hunter Class. Learning to fight is one thing, but the Hunter Class teaches you how to deal with specific enemies like the dwarves. They’re small but tough and really hard to hit. It’s a good thing that they’re obsessed with shiny things. So, how ‘bout you?”

“Welll, umm…” I noticed her cheeks blushing and her left leg scratching her right one. “I’ll go for Archery Class, too. Alchemy still seems okay for me and maybe I’ll accompany you in Hunter Class.”

“Then you better hurry if you’re that desperate to have the same classes as me because other girls will be asking for my class,” I bragged jokingly.

It all seemed okay, but then I heard the “splat” sound and felt a slap on my face. “If you think that I like you, the-then you’re wrong!” She stomped on my right foot.

That hurt, ‘ya know. No, I’m not emotionally hurt, my… uh, my face is red on one side and m-my toe hurts. Yeah, that’s it. Physical pain, not emotional pain…

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