SYSTEM -- STUDENT ACCOUNT.

LOADING.

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COMPLETE.

SYSTEM - LOCKED.

ACCESSING....

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STUDENT DATABASE LOADING

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COMPLETE. ACCESS GRANTED.

LOADING STUDENT PROFILES.

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COMPLETE.

STUDENT SUBJECT 003.
POINT, PIN.

STUDENT SUBJECT 005.
SAPLING, TREE.

STUDENT SUBJECT 009.
DESSERT, GELATIN.

STUDENT SUBJECT 011.
BAKERY, DONUT.

STUDENT SUBJECT 013.
STORMS, LIGHTNING.

STUDENT SUBJECT 014.
WOODS, BLOCKY.

STUDENT SUBJECT 018
STOMATA, LEAFY.

STUDENT SUBJECT 022.
PAGES, BOOK.

STUDENT SUBJECT 025.
FROST, SNOWBALL.

STUDENT SUBJECT 026.
SPARKS, MATCH.

STUDENT SUBJECT 028.
SPINDLE, FANNY.

STUDENT SUBJECT 032.
LOVE, TENNISBALL.

STUDENT SUBJECT 033.
R0B0T-Y.

STUDENT SUBJECT 036.
SWITCH, LIY.

STUDENT SUBJECT 037.
EMBERS, FIREY.

STUDENT SUBJECT 039.
CLUB, GOLFBALL.

STUDENT SUBJECT 045.
ROBOT FLOWER.

STUDENT SUBJECT 053
HOOPS, BASKETBALL.

STUDENT SUBJECT 060.
CHIME, BELL.

STUDENT SUBJECT 055

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I groggily open my eyes, greeted with the sight of my blurry room due to my vision being disturbed by my wave of tiredness, and distracted by the fact by eyes hadn't adjusted to the sudden surrondings. It took me a few tries of blinking, squeezing my eyes shut and opening them again so I could get used my room, them aching because of the blaring light to the left of me that caused my head to stir. The lights turned on in the morning as a make-do alarm so.. it must be around 8am. I consider attempting to turn around and bring the covers over my face to fall back asleep, but I know that I would get into trouble for not appearing for breakfast Well! Might as well get up now.. my thoughts have woken me up now anyways.

I push the thin blanket off my body, lifting my head from the two pillows that are placed together before sitting up, feeling dazed from my heavy slumber. My legs hung over the bed as I stared at the carpet, bringing a hand to my aching head, my eyelids uneven as I was still half asleep.

My name is Coiny Cents. Around 2 months ago I transferred to this building after my hometown was no longer safe to stay in, and I was allowed to be salvaged and entered into this so called school. Me and a number of students from my own highschool as well as other highschools were escorted into this place via a bus, as all of our towns were apparently unsafe. We were greeted to the others who were already here. About 5.. along with another 10 teachers, but as of now there are 19 of us , after some more arrivals after me. My code number is 055.. kind of big considering there's only 19 of us.

I guess I've been here for a while.. not the longest but a while. It takes a little getting used to, as in adjusting to the rules and the routine but eventually you get a hang of it. Do I miss my family, friends and old life? Of course but.. we all know this place is safer than out there. I miss my friends a lot but.. turns out one of them actually were already here! And.. one was with me on my arrival in the bus. I'm okay with this, we've grown closer now that we're all in this situation together.

In this place, we are taught to control and use our powers that we were born with. Some of us are SERIOUSLY strong, I'm..an eh. My power isn't too great to begin with but it's better than some that I've seen. I'm happy with it.. I guess. There isn't really much split amongst us 19 about our powers considering we don't LIKE comparing each other based on our gifts but.. you can tell some of us are definitely smug about their level of ability. It's whatever..

Guess I should get up. I reach across my unkempt bed and take my clothes into ny hands that lay over the side, straightening out my shirt by holding it by the shoulders and shaking it, before slipping into it and letting it drape over me before doing up the buttons, fiddling with them. They used to be harder to do.. well when I first got this lame uniform. I then grab my trousers and do the same thing, slipping them on and doing them up. I then put my socks and shoes on, half asleep so struggle to do the laces. I then put on my black leather gloves which lay across me on my bedside table, then put on my choker, which is my accessory of choosing.

I stand up and walk across the room over to where my sink was, the carpeted floor running out and becoming tiled at this part of the room. We all had our own bathroom section so.. at least that was a positive. I grab the sinks rim with both of my hands, staring at my tired face as my reflection looks back at me. Jeez.. I really need to sort out my hair.

Yeah.. not my best look. Its hard to see my reflection because of the broken glass but I manage to anyways. I then look down and turn the tap on, letting cold water gush out of it and splash my shirt a little. I go to cup some in my hands and splash my face, my gloves are leather so they don't soak through.. the sudden shock from the cold water against my face wakes me up as it trickles down my neck, me blinking a few times before reaching over for my toothbrush so I can brush my teeth.

Oh, yeah, that's right! I completely forgot but today we get more arrivals!! Five has been telling us for a while but.. they talk so much that's its hard to tell when we actually need to pay attention. We don't know who exactly will be joining us, but apparently we are getting 6 new arrivals. I wonder what kind of powers they'll all have.. it's always interesting to learn about everyone's new abilities. I'm pumped!

We've all been looking forward to this for a while.. new arrivals is usually an exciting thing, it just brings something new to us... which we don't get very often. Also, a LOT of us know friends from previous highschools we were attending so, I might see someone knew from my old school! I already know Pin, and Firey, but who knows.. I did have a few other friends.

This might also be a bad thing though..

I spit out my toothpaste and rinse off my toothbrush before placing it back by the sink, stretching and clicking my neck, before adjusting my wonky septum piercing by pinching it between my fingers.. time go get breakfast. Hopefully the new arrivals will be here pretty early, that's what usually happens.

I go to my door and open it up, wincing at the sudden and brighter light that I was greeted to, it stinging my eyes immediately. I could hear the low hum of the long light above me, shielding my eyes as I proceeded to close my door, before heading to where the stairs were located at the end of the room.

This room was at the very top floor of the building..it was a room that lead to doors of well, everyone else's rooms, duh. Our doors got automatically locked at night since we weren't allowed out at night, so we didn't need keys or anything. I tried peeking at the doors that lead to empty rooms to see if they had the names of any of the new students, but they didn't.

I walked to the end of the room and to the stairs, taking one at a time as I held the banister beside me. When I was taken to this place, we were escorted out our homes in the night because they didn't want to be seen in broad daylight.. which was why we got here so early. The windows in the bus get blacked out so we can't see where we are going, and the bus itself is pretty old.. I'm convinced this company doesn't even own it and they just found it or something.

Eventually I got to the end of the stairs and I proceeded to walk along peacefully to where the cafeteria was located. There are a lot of rooms in this place.. such as a library, the power training room which is used for when the teachers want us to practice our powers, a lounge, etcetera and a few locked ones. Although there isn't many exciting things to do, we can't go outside and technology is prohibited to us. We aren't allowed phones or computers so, that sucks. But a positive is that we don't have to do any school work! So that's pretty sweet. I was okay at school but English was the death of me.

The cacophony of voices and clinking cutlery from the cafeteria grew louder the closer I got to it.. I must've woken up after mostly everyone else, because it sounds super loud. Regardless I made my way inside, the doors were opened already and stuck there with two wooden door stoppers underneath. I take a gander to glance at my surroundings and check where my friends were sat.

Everyone has their own group.. or people they associate themselves with. We're all friends and know each other but, we sit at tables at the cafeteria in groups so it's still kind of like high school in a way. I catch a glimpse of Fireys neon orange hair, frowning to myself at how obvious it looks from a distance before making my way over.

"Hey guys!" I grin widely, waving enthusiastcally to both Pin and Firey. They chose a table that's pretty much in the middle of all the tables so there's no escaping any noise. Pin was the only one to react and looked up to me; I saw her face brighten at the sight of me as she smiled and adjusted the bow on her head, patting the seat next to her afterwards. "Hey Coiny! I uh, got some breakfast for you.. since it was all going to go before you got here.." she informed, sliding a small plate of toast to me once she finished adjusting her big red hair bow.

"Oh wow! Thanks Pin," I joyfully thank and lean down to give her a hug, leaning my head on her shoulder for a brief moment and enjoying her warmth before we parted. I then sat down, stretching out my arms as I looked over to Firey. "He's quiet, isn't he??" I joke playfully, leaning forward to rest my head on my hand as I prop it up with an elbow, my other hand resting to the side of the plate.

"Yeah, he's sleeping." Pin glared at him for a moment, as if she was offended by it. "I don't even know why.. it's not like anything can keep him up." She sighed dissapointedly at the lost cause, who's head lay in his arms so I couldn't see his face.

"Hey! Lazy ass, get the hell up." I suddenly hiss at him, not hesitating to kick his leg harshly with my shoe. He sits up and yelps louder than a normal person would, overreacting and taking a moment to understand what happened. Then he focused his attention on me and caught on that I was the culprit, growling and clenching his fists. I grin smugly at his annoyed face, keeping my head propped up my my elbow as my fist held up my cheek.

"Do that again and I'll upper cut you!! And hey, who the hell are you calling lazy?! You were late to breakfast, remember?! Or did you forget that?!" He barked, pointing at me as if I was far away.

I rolled my eyes. "Tch," I don't justify him with a reply and keep my smug smirk, using my powers to magnetise a butter knife to fly to my hand which lay by Firey, me catching it by its handle before sitting up and using it to cut my toast which Pin kindly got for me. He watched grumpily.

"Look at you, showing off with your stupid powers." Firey bitterly grumbled, sticking his tongue out in attempt to insult me. He's obviously salty about me waking him up.. but I didn't care. He then whines like a child and slumps along the table, splaying his arms out. It's clear he wants someone to ask him what's wrong.

"What's wrong, Firey?" I sarcastically ask, taking a bite of my toast as he sat up immediately to begin telling his story. "I'm so bored! 2 months in this stupid place and there's no sort of entertainment anywhere!!" He seethed, pouting afterwards and aggressively crossing his arms, leaning foward on the table on frustration.

Pin pondered this, I could see her tapping her chin. "Well.. there's a library. " she pointed out, shrugging at her suggestion. Firey took this personally for some reason? Scoffing and sitting up fast. "Uh, why the hell would I go to some lameo library?! To read?! I'm not a fucking nerd like you." He spat, hostile.

I raise an eyebrow, Pin uncaring for his insulting attitude. It amused me that she didn't..I smirked as she began to talk again, letting them chat while I ate my breakfast. "Well, that is what library's are for. I don't know... practise your powers or something." She bluntly suggested. She didn't care enough about what he did with his time to give a better suggestion.

"I'm not allowed to, because they're "too destructive," according to dumb Eight." Firey mimicked with his fingers, speaking in a lower voice that sounded absolutely nothing like Eight. "I gotta wait until I'm supervised until I'm allowed to practise them. I can still use them generally, though. As long as I'm careful. " he grinned proudly and clicked his fingers, smirking at the flame that perched on the tip of his finger. I watched for a moment, mildly mesmerised by the flickering light that stood tall on his fingertip.

I swallow my food before speaking. "Great! If someones birthday is coming up, you can light their candles for them!" I was unable to contain myself and burst into laughter, him slamming his hands down on the table and causing the liquid in his drink to shake, me clutching my chest and almost choking from laughing. "HEY!!! The only thing I'm gonna be setting alight is that STUPID library!!" He yelled defensively in my face, before calming down and slumping back into his seat.

"Whatever! What the fuck can you do with your powers anyways?! Yours are more useless than mine!" He insulted after, in a bad mood now that I've touched a nerve.. jeez. I shrug, catching my breath with a smile. "Well if you throw a knife at me ..I'll be able to stop it." I joked, taking another bite of my toast so that I didn't have to keep arguing with him.

Pin highfived me after, Firey glaring at me with piercing eyes. He was in a worse mood than usual.. I wonder why. Something must be bothering him.. maybe it was the new arrivals? "Why are you so tired, anyways?" I wonder, my mouth half full of food.

"Why are you so stupid?" He shot back hastily, completely dodging the question. I frown at his attitude, swallowing my toast again. "Damn, okay. Was just trying to be nice. Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed." I grinned as he looked like he would slap me any moment, "You haven't changed one bit since highschool." He sneered bitterly, being harsh but in a mocking way. Pin sighed, leaning her chin on her arms as she crossed them on the table in front of her. "Neither of you have.." she exhaled, closing her eyes.

I haven't been to highschool in around 3 months, because around 3 months ago was when the destruction around my area of town started to get really bad. There were a few high schools in our area and they all had to be shut down because how dangerous it was to keep them open. I was worried.. I never thought I would see any of my friends again. I'll never forget the last day of high school, nobody actually knew it would be the last day. I think that stung the most when I got home and my parents told me I was never going back.

I had Firey and Pins contact, as well as a few more of my friends and they were all just as shocked. I was worried for all of their well beings.. I knew that lots of people were moving away from town so it was likely we would all get separated, I got even more worried when Pin was no longer answering my messages.

I thought it was all over.. until almost a month after not going to high school my parents told me that I had scored a slot in this boarding school, one where they teach you about your powers and keep you safe. Originally I didn't like the idea, especially because my phone would be taken which meant I no longer would have contact with any of my friends, but I was forced to pack my stuff anyways. It wasn't a choice..unfortunately.

When the bus arrived I immediately didn't recognise anyone, which scared me a bit. There was only 4 on there, there was 1 last arrival after me. Now I know who was on the bus: Liy, who was someone else from my high school but I didn't talk to, and Basketball, Lightning and Tree, who I didn't know at the time - they must've been from the other high schools in the area. I sat on my own and since the windows were blackened out I had no idea where we were going.. oh the relief I felt when the very last arrival was Firey.

I genuinely thought I'd never see any of my friends again.. even if it was FIREY out of all of them, I was still really happy. And even if he didn't admit it now, at the time he was super happy too, because he had felt the same way. You can imagine how amazed I was when we arrived and Pin was one of the ones already here. Turns out she had been accepted a little before me so that's why she didn't message me back. Ever since then nobody else from our school has arrived.. maybe that's why I'm so excited for the new arrivals.

"Coiny, what are you thinking about?" Pin wondered with a curious smile, cutting me out from my own thoughts. I took a moment to process what she said I was still tangled in my own mind, looking down at her as she lay her head in her arms. "What?" I blurted.

She laughed quietly at me, amused at my dazed exterior. "I asked what you're thinking of.. you seemed out of it." She smiled warmly in her unique voice, her eyes lidded.

"Oh, yeah..uh." I rubbed the back of my head, looking up with my eyes in thought. "Just about high school and stuff.. mentioning it made me think about it.." I admitted. Firey rolled his eyes boredly, ruining the nostalgic mood with his bad attitude once again. "High school- more like hell! I hated that place, I was over the fucking moon when I got accepted for this place." He scoffed, taking a swig of his apple juice.

"You only hated it because you were shit at everything." I tease, taunting him for his bad grades. Firey always struggled at school.. with maths the most. He always had to ask me for help and often copied my answers. Actually, he used to do it without saying anything and didn't know I knew he did it.. I waited for weeks to see how long he thought he could get away with it. Eventually I confronted him, and offered help.. as much as I tried he still didn't get it.

He coughed on his drink, slamming it down angrily. "Hey!!! You fucking dick, don't bring that up!!" Firey scolded me, clearly kind of embarrassed about it. I faintly laughed, him growling at my inability to take this seriously. "Wipe that smirk off your face before I SLAP it off!!" He yelled, going to take a swing at me but I ducked just in time.

"Can you two calm down? We're being the loudest.." Pin tiredly requested, feeling bothered by the noise. I grin.. its nothing she's not used to. "Uh, correction, Fireys being the loudest." I hum, my mouth picking up an unintentional smile as I see Firey getting angrier and angrier.

"Were you always this full of yourself?!" Firey spat with less energy, huffing and looking off to the side. He seemed to be getting pretty annoyed.. I should probably stop before he throws a tantrum and storms off like a baby, plus Pin is getting a little weary of the situation. I don't reply to him, knowing that's the best thing for this situation.

My gaze trails elsewhere now I'm not focused on the other two, looking at the tables around us.. we're not that big of a group but.. bigger than some. I pick up on a fact a few of the students are sat alone, giving a sympathetic look as my smile fades upon looking at one of them in particular. "Hey..what's Leafy doing alone? She's really nice.. does she not have any friends?" I wonder aloud, looking back to the other two with confusion.

Pin perked up, intrigued. "Hm?" She looked behind herself as well, and then I began to get weary that Leafy would notice us all looking at her. Firey was facing her anyways from his position, furrowing his eyebrows "What, that chic with the beanie and green hairOW-" He gaspeddramatically as Pin kicked him under the table, moving his hands to what I presume to be his knee.

"Do you think we are in the 1930s???" She snapped in a surprisingly scary way, before looking back over at Leafy and losing her anger.. she seemed to feel bad for her. "Aw.. I don't want her to be alone... maybe we should invite her to sit with us?" Pin suggests after completely changing her mood, looking to me for affirmation. She seemed hopeful ..its clear she really wants Leafy to come over, I can see it in her eyes. I don't see why not!

"H-Hey! How come I don't get a say in this!" Firey splutters, rubbing his knee grudgingly. I raise my brow and glance over to him. "Uh..okay.. and...what do you say?" I offer to hear his opinion, tapping my finger against the table rythematically.

"Uh, NO? She creeps me the hell out! I don't know what it is about her, but I don't like it." He remonstrated, turning away from her like a child would turn their head from a vegetable. "I don't want her sitting with us, she's a freak. Not only that, but do you remember what her powers are?! Some sort of personality-swapping-..psycho-
.crazy-..person......thing!" He mustered up, flicking his wrist with his words as he tried to find them.

Both I and Pin stare at him like he had just died, unamused by his immature behaviour..and reasoning. "Well, 2 to 1. Go on Pin, go get her." I smile, turning to Pin simply. She nodded twice, clearly overjoyed at the idea of making a new friend. It'll be nice to have someone else at the table.. and plus it's not like Leafy had anyone else to sit with. Fireys jaw opens wide, him trying to reach across the table in a panic "Wait!!" He cried, falling flat as he fails to grab Pin before she leaves.

"Ughh.." he buries his head in his arms and slumps back to his seat, moaning and whining as he leaned back. I watch with disprovement over his behaviour, fiddling with my nose piercing since that was more entertaining at this moment in time. "What the hell is your issue with her anyways? She's done nothing to you." I criticise.

Firey snapped back into sitting straight, startling me a little bit because of how quickly he did it. "You don't GET it." Firey hissed at me, before instantly sitting back to normal and looking off, his face dead-panned as soon as the pair made their way over. Leafy sat opposite me next to Firey, since that was the space left. She seemed nervous, but had a weak smile on her face.

"Thank you guys for inviting me here! Aha.. you didn't have to.." she rubbed her hands against her legs as she spoke, as if this was a nervous reflex of hers. I wonder why she was so anxious... probably because we hadn't talked much before. "It's cool! You were alone.. it's the nicest thing that we could do.." Pin smiled sympathetically, taking a seat next to me again.

"Firey, Coiny and Pin, right?" Leafy pointed to each of us as she said our names, slowly so that she could recall them. I nodded after she said Pin, smiling at her before leaning forward. "Yeah, that's right. You know.. if you ever feel alone, you should just sit with us!" I suggested positively, welcoming her to our group. "I ..didn't know that you don't have many friends here.." I added after.

Her eyes widened in surprise..she clearly hadn't expected such an offer. "Ah, really? Wow.. that's..that's really nice of you! Thank you.. you don't have to.." she breathlessly laughed, kind of embarrassed as she put some hair behind her ear.

"Yeah Coiny, you don't have to." I hear Firey bitterly mutter. I glance at him for a split second to see he's still looking off into the distance, me not bothering to say anything back to him. "Nah, it's cool!" I grin, putting a hand on my chest. "We're happy to have you here.."

She fiddled with the sleeves at her wrist, smiling gratefully. She looked genuinely happy.. did she not make friends often? I know a lot of people here felt intimidated because of her powers.. she could switch to a serial killer any time she wanted.. like a personality change. She didn't do it often.. Pin told me about it because Leafy was with her when they were doing power tests. Basically when you come to this building, the teachers test your strength of ability.. she said Leafy was terrifying, since they had been on the same bus and therefore got tested at the same time.

"Hey, guys!" I hear someone call from across the cafeteria, my own as well as the rest of the groups attention being drawn immediately to it, turning our heads to the noise. It was Blocky, waving and standing on his tip-toes to grab everyone's attention. "Yo!! Come check this out, they've taken the photos for the new students and they're on the wall with ours!! Come on!" He signalled us to go into the hallway, pointing into the direction energetically.

"Wait, seriously, let's go!" Pin went to stand up immediately, helping me up as well. Firey took no hesitation in getting up, Leafy following suit shyly. I hear mumurs of excitement erupt from the cafeteria as everyone slowly started to head towards the door.. this was great! That means that they were here already! I'm so excited to meet them..

"What kinds of powers do you like, think they'll have?" I hear Match ask someone in front of me.. "I have no idea! Isn't this exciting though?? Ooo~ it'll be so fantastic to have some more of us!!" Bell squealed in front of me too, me wincing because of her high pitched voice.

"Keep your voices down." Donut hissed at her, which made her turn away with a "hmph!" sound. Gelatin elbowed him playfully, biting his lip and trying to cheer the other male up. "Smile wide Donut!! We got new arrivals!! Stop being such a plane-old-jane."

"That's not how you use that saying.." he seethed, adjusting his glasses and pushing Gelatins elbow off him using his telekinesis. Golfball shook her head. "Tch! All this fuss over nothing! There is no point in getting excited because we will most likely be disappointed anyways." She claimed confidently and ruined the mood, Tennisball fiddling with his tie and stroking it as he followed her.

"Are you sure? You said that last time and then got super excited when two robots walked through the door.." Tennisball reminded with an unsteady voice, earning a deathly glare from Golfball. "Whatever!" She crossed her arms and turned her head.

"Oh yeah, I remember that." Robot Flower grinned smugly, that alone clearly boosting her ego. She turned to Roboty, who had his hands in his pockets. "Imagine if another robot joined us. Wouldn't that be so cool?"

He shrugged passively, obviously not thinking so. "Hm, it would be whatever.. I guess. I like being special." He openly admitted, looking back at her and giving her a small grin before looking back ahead of himself.

Blocky pushed the doors open to where next hall was.

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Hello readers!! I posted this early because I got too excited and wanted to show you what I've been working on!! I'm really looking forward to writing this but updates may be slow due to my other books 😬. Please let me know what you think!! If you like it that much I might try and update it more frequently :)) mic drop

EDIT: IM SO SORRY I FORGOT TO MENTION this is also inspired by a rp conducted by me and Zapz, and I give them credit for helping me decide the powers of the following characters: Blocky, Basketball, Robot Flower, Match, Fanny, Book and another character mentioned in the next chapter.