5 Class Begins (1/2)
Ed woke up in his new dorm room. It was a single dorm that contained a small bedroom, kitchen, bathroom, and living room. He ate breakfast and headed outside. His dorm was on the 2nd floor of a large complex with many other dorms.
”Morning Ed!” A blue-haired, blue-eyed woman waved at Ed. She appeared to be around 17 years old.
”Morning Hailey.” Ed waved back. Hailey lived next door to Ed. The dorms weren't separated by sex since everyone got their own dorm and bathroom.
”Want to come to the training field with me?” She asked. ”There should still be a few more days until classes start. You'll be pretty bored until then.”
He nodded, ”Sure. Let's go.”
The duo walked for about twenty minutes before reaching a training field. This field was barren land with no obstacles. Lines were marked on the ground in a large grid. Each grid line had numbers marking them.
”I usually train my control here. I like to attack from a distance, so I use these grids to measure my accuracy. I'm going to aim for the 19th row and 13th column. Watch!” Hailey lifted an arm high into the air. A large chunk of ice began to form in front of her. It was 3 meters long and 1 meter wide. Swoosh! The ice flew up into the air. After traveling up several dozen meters, it began to fall rapidly. Boom! It slammed into the ground. ”Damn! So close! I was only off by one column!”
Ed's eyes widened in surprise as he saw how far she could attack. 'Come to think of it… I wonder if my power works on ice? It's a non-living solid right?' He looked towards Hailey, ”Hey, can you create a chunk of ice for me? I want to try something.”
”Sure.” She waved her hand and a fist sized chunk of ice appeared. She handed it to Ed. ”What are you going to do with it?”
”I just want to see if my power works on it.” He took the ice and began to send his mana towards it. It quickly melted into water and reformed into a square shape. ”Wow! Looks like it works on ice. I thought for sure it wouldn't.”
”Oh? What's your power anyways?” She questioned.
”Basically, the ability to melt and reform solid objects. He explained everything he had learned from when Ms. Willow tested his powers.
”Hmm.” Hailey rubbed her chin. ”So, your power works on any non-living solid. You melt, reshape, and fuse them together. It seems weird you can't control water. What happens if you leave the ice in a liquid state?”
”Eh? I hadn't thought of trying that.” Ed controlled his mana and manipulated the ice again. This time, he tried to keep it in a liquid state instead of transforming it. Several breaths later, sweat began to appear on his forehead. ”Ugh!” He lost control of the liquid and it immediately fell to the ground, solidifying back into ice.
”Looks like you can't make things stay as a liquid permanently.” Hailey commented. ”Your weakness will be anybody that uses liquids then. Still, it seems like a pretty useful power overall. I met an esper once whose only power was growing their fingernails.” She sighed. ”I always felt bad for him. It was such a useless power.”
The two continued to chat. Hailey would occasionally shoot ice into the air. Then she would wait to recover her mana and repeat the process. Several hours passed, when suddenly, a quadcopter could be seen flying overhead.
”Oh?” Hailey smiled, ”Another newbie. We always get a lot of new arrivals right after nightmare attacks. They're probably from the same place as you. Why not go take a look? It'll get boring just watching me train.”
”Guess I might as well.” Ed nodded. ”I'll see you later.” He walked towards the school at the center of the island. It took him nearly an hour to get there. Ms. Willow and a boy exited the building right as Ed arrived.
”Jake?!” Ed yelled in surprise. The boy in front of him was the bully that stole his scooter at school.
”Ed? What the hell happened to your arm?” Jake questioned.
Ed's fist trembled in anger. Bu-bump, Bu-bump, Bu-bump! His heart-rate sped up as adrenaline pushed through his veins. 'It was Jake's fault! I lost my arm because of him! He stole my scooter and locked me in the damn shed!' His eyes turned red from anger. The ground near him began to tremble as it rose into the air and melted into a mud-like substance. It quickly condensed together into a crude sword and landed in Ed's hand. Even though it was made of dirt, it was so condensed that it was as tough as stone. ”I'll kill you, bastard!” He yelled as sprinted towards Jake with the sword in his left hand.
”What the fuck!” Jake quickly took several steps back. Flames appeared on his hands, and he hurled them at Ed!
One fireball barely missed Ed while the other one slammed straight into his face. ”Aghhh!” He screamed in pain. The flames burned his left eye. However, he did not stop charging. He reached Jake and stabbed the sword straight through his shoulder!
”Gahh! Fuck! You bastard!” Jake screamed. He kicked Ed in the stomach and backed away with the sword still stuck in his shoulder. Flames began to appear all over his body. He prepared to hurl them at Ed.
”Okay. That's enough of that.” Ms. Willow clapped her hands. A white light shone over the area. The dirt sword broke apart and returned to the ground. The sword and burn wounds on the boys slowly reverted to before the injuries occurred. Ed's eye and Jake's shoulder were now completely fine. ”I don't know what happened between you two, but you'll have to suck it up. You'll be fellow students and hunters from now on. Work to get along, okay?”
Ed slowly calmed down. He glared at Jake before turning around and heading back towards his dorm. 'I'll cripple that bastard as soon as I get the chance! Before, I was weak. With these powers, I don't need to fear him anymore. So what if he awakened some shitty flame power. I'll make something he can't even scratch! Then I'll see how he begs for forgiveness!'