Chapter 27 Let the Games Begin (1/2)

People milled out of the Hall, to go to their respective classes, all quiet and subdued. Some whispered and pointed at the Elite Five, but all did not dare to take pictures or make a commotion anymore.

Kyle ignored all of that as he looked at his schedule and class position. The five of them were all split up, probably due to Principal Dobbins actions. Each class was actually based on the performance from their previous school and by logic, all five of them should have been in the same class. Yet, not only were they split up, Kyle was placed in 1E, traditionally the 'bottom' class, so to speak and none of them were in the 'elite' class, 1A.

The excuse given was that this year, all first year students would not be divided by their final test performance of their previous school as the standards of the various schools were not uniform. Hence, it would not be fair. Instead, students were divided randomly and would only be streamed in their second year.

Kyle knew it was all a load of bull. Just from the list of students in each class, he could tell that generally, other than them - the results of the students were the same. He had already done his research into everyone that would be their schoolmates in the first year, so he had a pretty good idea of their performance.

The other Elite Five weren't happy, obviously, but Kyle just smiled at them. He put his arms around Xing Han and Sam, the two who were the most vocal of all, ”Relax guys. This is just the first battle. She thinks she has us allllll figured out. So let's play with her for a while, why don't we?”

Sam smirked, asking, ”So what are you thinking?”

”Here, only the final examination results determines the streaming for the following year,” Kyle hinted.

Xing Han snorted, ”Easy peasy.”

”But what about your mum, Kyle?” asked Ali, ”Didn't she set that #1 rule thing?”

Kyle laughed, and took his arms off their shoulders, ”She said #1 in the school every year, not in every exam.”

Kyle then turned to Sarah, saying, ”Sorry, Sarah. Looks like Principal Dobbins has against us. You should probably not hang out with us in case you get labeled just by association.”

Sarah shook her head vehemently, ”No. I wouldn't do that! It's okay. I can handle it. You're all so nice!”

”She gives a bad name to the elf kind!” Xing Han suddenly declared.

”What on EARTH are you talking about?!” asked Sam in exasperation.

”You know, Dobbins. Dobby. Doesn't she sound like she's a descendant of Dobby? Dobby is such a cute little house elf though, while she ...”

Xing Han didn't finish the sentence after Sam smacked the back of his head while Sarah giggled.

”Just remember, guys. Don't fail. Below average or barely passing is just fine,” Kyle said, ”Your choice. Just make sure the finals will be a big bang.”

Everyone nodded, and then separated and headed to their respective classes.

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Sam found 1B quite easily. He figured he was placed here since he was the youngest amongst the Elite Five so he supposedly must be the brightest one among the lot. Luckily, he didn't look like he was a year younger than everyone else and was already taller than most of them. His height was thanks to his 6'8” tall grandfather, while his slim physique was due to his mum. Unfortunately, with both together, at 6 feet, he looked like a pole.

Not that he really minded. After all, it just added to the 'nerd' look that he had going. Or were nerds generally short? Well, he was already a hot nerd, so being a tall hot nerd was okay as well. He already attracted quite a number of girls that seem to gravitate towards him as he sat down. He sighed inwardly but put on a warm smile as he greeted his new classmates.

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Sarah walked in 1C together with Xing Han, and promptly sat down right next to him. When he saw this, he looked at her and asked, ”Are you sure about this?”

She blinked, tilted her head and asked genuinely, ”Sure about what?”

”Sitting next to me,” he said, and giving the class a quick look before he leaned forward to say softly, ”Not only would you be targeted by jealous girls who are awed by my awesomeness, but the teachers may think you're one of us.”

Sarah shrugged, taking out the pencil box from her bag and placed it on her desk. She took out a pen and ruler, arranging it just the way she liked it. ”First, I you are my friend. Second, we're in secondary school now. No one is that petty to think badly of me just by sitting next to you. Third, I'm sure even the Principal will have second thoughts once she gets to know you.”