~Part 3~ | First Impressions

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** Unsaid Emily (Julie and the Phantoms)**
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"No time for goodbyes
Didn't get to apologise
Pieces of a clock that lies broken"

~Julie and the Phantoms

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Cole usually tried to be optimistic. But this was too much. All Cole could do was regard the giant building with a "huh." Before entering.

He wasn't the only kid arriving at that time. Another child strolled in. As Cole waited for the headmaster in the hall the other boy stood ramrod straight, staring blankly at the air. He was very different than Cole. While Cole had a very dark complexion he was pale as snow. His eyes were a startling blue and his hair stood straight up perfectly. While Cole had on a deep grey hoodie and sweat pants, the tall boy had on a crisp light blue collared shirt under a sweater vest.

Cole tried not to stare but there was something unsettlingly robotic about him that he couldn't help but look at him from the corner of his eye.

"Cole Brookstone, Zane Julien." The old headmaster entered. "Nice to finally meet you."

"Hi." Cole said awkwardly.

"And you are Master Wu." Zane said, even his voice held a formal style, the words were a statement.

"Indeed." Wu replied  with a smile. 

The man glanced at the empty room, completely aware of the lack of guardians beside them both but didn't say anything as he brought them inside.

Cole blinked. He knew why he didn't have a parent with him but Zane... did he have a off relationship with his father too?

"I'll let you two get settled in." Wu pointed to the hall where the dorms were.

Cole easily found his, it was the first door. "This is me."

Zane gave him a confused look. "That does not make sense, you are you. A door is an inanimate object."

Okay, what? This guy was a very logical person.

"Yes- I didn't... never mind." Cole dragged his palm over his face tiredly. "See you later."

Cole entered the room, finding two room keys on hooks by the door as he stepped inside. Along with a freckled faced  boy hanging upside down off of a bed.

What?

"Oh!" The boy tried to jerk upright when he caught sight of him but his upper body strength didn't appear to be very good so he just fell off the bed with a yelp. Cole snorted, covering his mouth with his hand as the boy stumbled to his feet. He wore a blue sweater and jeans, auburnish locks curly and wild. His blue eyes were bright though and he stuck out a hand.

"I'm Way Jalker!" He frowned and quickly back peddled. "I mean Jay Walker!"

Cole chuckled and shook the hand, eyes widening when his arm was then jerked up and down rapidly. This guy held a lot of nervous energy.

"Cole." He replied. "Nice to meet you."

"You too!" Jay let go of his hand and moved to a suitcase that lay open on the ground. He pulled out pictures and a large poster from Starfarer.

This guy was really cheerful for someone who was going to a school for kids with problems.

Cole set down his own stuff, starting to unpack by pulling out his clothes and tossing them hazardously into the drawers. Judging by the sock on the floor Jay also wasn't very neat either.

There was a large crackling noise and the sound of muttering that made them both jump. Cole located a speaker on the wall and squinted at it.

"Why is this...stupid technology....arghh....first spinjitzu master..." the speaker grumbled before there was a loud slam. "Hello students! You have all arrived and I'm excited to get to know each of you! Please come down to the dining room for dinner! Simply take the stairs down and go to your right! If you need any help just find a button with a microphone on it and message me. Do not press the megaphone button." Wu warned.

He muttered around for another moment as he tried to turn it off before finally finishing the announcement. 

"What did he say?" Jay piped.

Cole glanced at him. "He just said to go to the dining room."

"Oh. I was to busy focusing on how horrible the quality of the system was." Jay shrugged.

"Let's go eat, I'm starving." Cole groaned. As they exited Cole thought of the food from his old school. Their meals were terrible. Suddenly Cole wasn't looking forward to dinner as much.

Cole glanced around, confused when he noticed no one else was in the hall other than Jay. "Where's Zane?" Cole wondered aloud.

"Who's Zane?" Jay briefly stopped skipping for a moment.

"This dude I came in with. He was...different." Cole wasn't sure how to explain it.

"Different how?" Jay pressed. Cole shrugged but Jay dropped the subject when he found the banister and started sliding down. Cole hurried to catch up with the boy as he went quickly down the banister. Unfortunately, Jay hadn't planned it his landing and ended up just falling right off of it.

Cole smothered a laugh as the teen stood unsteadily, rubbing his head as he leaned against the wall. His hand accidentally came in contact with the exact button with a small megaphone symbol that he wasn't supposed to touch. There was a loud screech and Jay went stumbling back, colliding into Cole. Jay didn't have much mass to him so Cole barely moved, simply grunting at being smashed into.

"What did you do?" Cole hissed. His eyes widened when suddenly a loud, echoing version of his own voice went blasting through the speakers around the school.

"Oh crap." Jay jabbed at the button again. The words relaying like Cole's had with an "OH CRAP."

"Fix it!" Cole glanced around, expecting the angry senior citizen to come marching in with his staff as Jay began smashing any button on the metal pad in front of him.

"That's what I'm trying to do!" Jay snapped.

"THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO!" The speaker said in sync.

Jay cursed, only to mumble the words again when it went riveting into the school once more.

"Just-" Cole panicked. His hand found the control and suddenly he was smashing. Cole was a pretty strong dude. He worked out a lot and did mountain climbing as a hobby. But he was still shocked when the whole thing just fell off.

It worked, their words were no longer being yelled out for all to hear. And it was a good thing to because even worse words were spoken as Cole stared at the destroyed technology in his hands.

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Kai had already decided he hated this place. No one could convince him otherwise. He sat their brooding with his arms crossed at the table, awaiting the other students as the headmaster Santa Clause drank his stupid tea. Another kid sat across from him, sitting way to straight and eating politely without spilling anything. Who was this kid?

Kai's brow furrowed at the loud voices screeching in the PA system. Master Wu didn't seem bothered as he poured himself another a cup of tea. Was no one else concerned? Kai wondered to himself, glancing around. Nya had a pained look on her face and the boy that had been there before them was just staring blankly at the wall. Finally the yelling cut off abruptly and Kai assumed they fixed it. Two boys came running in, out of breath and flustered. His jaw dropped when his eyes landed on the destroyed  metal in a raven haired boy's hands.

"Uh...Master Wu?" The short one with ginger hair said in tiny voice.

Master Wu hummed as he let his tea bag steep.

"Your...uh....talking thing is broken." the broad shouldered kid finished for the former.

Master Wu raised his eyebrow at the ripped out wires and the bleeding hands. "I see..how unfortunate." He stood up and took the metal from the dark haired one before plopping it on the table. The old man then sat back in his chair.

"Come and eat with us, boys." Wu instructed them pleasantly.

"This is a trap." Ginger stage-whispered to Raven, who shoved him with a "SHH!"

Nya snickered a little and Kai looked at his sister in surprise. Did she seriously think they were funny? To him they were idiots. At her giggle Ginger looked up. Nya glanced at him at the same time and suddenly Ginger tripped, crashing down and knocking over some food at the edge of the table.

"Ow..." Ginger groaned. Nya snorted behind her hand again. Kai frowned and gave her a funny look but she glanced away, becoming interested in her meal.

"Jay!" Raven rolled his eyes and grabbed the boy under the arms and yanked him to his feet. At last they sat down and Master Wu set down his tea.

"I believe this is the first time we are all together." Master Wu said, looking around the room.

Oh great. They were going to talk about themselves over food. Kai sighed. This felt like kindergarten.

"I am Master Wu." Wu started. "To my right is Zane Julien."

The tall, pale boy dipped his head. "It is a pleasure to meet you all."

'It's a pleasure to meet you all' -what is this, a princess tea party?

"Next to Zane is Jay Walker." Wu introduced the red head who was trying to serve himself some wontons. Jay turned at the mention of his name, only to knock over a fork. Kai rolled his eyes. So he's the exact opposite of Mr. Perfect Julien and was a complete disaster.

"Beside Jay is Cole Brookstone." Broad shouldered, tall, dark and handsome he seemed like a smug, broody type but Cole gave a small smile as he practically inhaled his meal, clearing away his section of food.

Wu then turned to Kai and Nya. "And here are the Smith siblings, Kai and Nya."

Kai gave a two-finger salute, a scowl still turning the corners of his mouth down. Nya raised an eyebrow at the stares and simply picked at her noodles with her chopsticks.

"Nya...uh, that's a pretty name." Jay said nervously.

Kai slowly turned to stare at him as Nya stumbled for a reply. Jay shrank at Kai's glare as Nya brushed some of her dark hair back. "Um...thank you." She responded almost shyly.

Oh come on! Him? Kai narrowed his eyes and nudged Nya with his foot. She dropped the meek expression and glared at him, kicking him back

Cole and Jay simply watched as the siblings began to bicker, nudging a had shoving at each other as Zane gracefully finished his plate and began clearing the table. "I can do the dishes, Master Wu." The boy said politely.

"I'll come help..." Cole said slowly as he eyed the two and quickly followed Zane away.

"Aren't you going to do anything?" Jay whispered to Master Wu as the argument only seemed to grow more intense.

Master Wu raised an eyebrow. "About what?"