January, 2012
Collin sat like a statue in English css as Ms. Wrangler expined figurative nguage. Hyperbole, simile, metaphor, idiom, alliteration, personification, and onomatopoeia was written on the dry-erase board. Under each word was a definition. He gnced up from his notes and saw that his teacher wasn't in her human form.
From time to time Collin would catch glimpses of very strange things and then it would fade. But ever since he leveled-up his TrueSight has been consistent. No more camoufge. Last night he got a text from Helena about a mission, but he told her he wasn't going. This was the third time Collin said no to a mission and skipped combat practice. Captain Irving might be mad or worried. How long could he stay away?
"Okay!" Ms. Wrangler said as she pced handouts on everybody's desk. "Your project for the next 7 days will be a slide show presentation about a famous dead poet."
2 hours ter, Collin ate lunch with his friends. The song he was listening to was Mirror by Lil Wayne ft. Bruno Mars. Even though he got food he didn't eat it as he thought about his English project. There were a few poets Collin had in mind, but he decided on Edgar Allen Poe. Rafhael said he was gonna research Sylvia Pth and Hero said he was gonna choose Maya Angelou.
Anyway, should he not visit Xenovia this month? That's probably a good idea. Next month is February and Collin can't miss his girlfriend's birthday. He could find Helena a gift here, but he already did that. Since this is a birthday gift it has to be really special. Maybe, there's a pop-up shop Collin could visit? At least he isn't clueless this time.
When school was over, Collin and his friends rode along a dirt road. Lucan was driving while Grace was riding shotgun. He sat in the backseat with Grace's art duffle bag, today he didn't take his motorcycle to school. Music pyed from the radio as they followed Grace's directions.
A few minutes ter, they stopped near an abandoned train station and got outta the car. Collin and Lucan pulled out metal baseball bats from the trunk as Grace grabbed her duffle bag and walked on the train tracks. Up ahead was an abandoned locomotive covered in vines and rust.
He gnced around as Grace unzipped her duffle bag and pulled out several spray cans and stencils. Those were the spray cans that Collin got Grace for Christmas and he also got Lucan several Funko-Pops.
"What are you gonna make?" Collin asked. He had on jeans, a striped long-sleeve shirt, and Nike sneakers.
"Nothing too difficult," Grace answered with a grin.
They watched Grace pull out stencil letters along with blue, purple, red, white, and bck spray paint. But the first thing she did was spray the outside white. Grace picked up a cutout of the letter S and sprayed the stencil blue. The next letter was P and it was sprayed red as Collin gazed up at the clear blue sky. If he hadn't gone to Connecticut what would've happened to his family? Would his brother and sister be dead right now because of Casper? All these intrusive thoughts made Collin feel numb as rage and sadness blossomed in his heart.
30 minutes ter, the mural was complete as Grace took pictures with her cellphone. The design was simple and well-known. SPROG WUZ HERE was written in colorful letters with flowers, chaos emeralds, and golden power rings.
"Not gonna lie," Lucan whistled happily. "That looks killer."
30 minutes ter, they got McDonald's and met up at Lucan's house which was a bungalow. After hanging out with his best friends he felt a little better and a little hungry. They sat in beanbag chairs infront of the Tv and the show they were watching was named Wipeout.
Suddenly, a pop-up window appeared and Collin thought this was a mistake.
[ Objective: To quench your bloodlust kill the King Of The Xenovia Kingdom to earn 10 training points ]
[ Punishment: A broken leg ]
[ Deadline: February 9th at midnight ]
What kind of quest was this? Aren't knights suppose to be good? He was never given a punishment before and why was it on THAT day? This has to be some kind of sick joke.
