Kingdom of Earthos (Book 1 to 3 - remake).

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The rise of an Eagle Rider (Book 1).
Summary:

The earth was overpopulated and humanity found a new home in a moon called Aesop (the same size as earth). Overtime, humanity built a city called 'Earthos' in the West of Dragonia on a planet called Darwin.

Earthos is a high technological city where everything is available from shopping malls, beaches, and night clubs. Not far from the beach is the School of the Beast where 14 year old students are sent ever year. They would have to command three animals and learn to harness their inner chi. By 18, their animals will have to participate in a battle royale. The winner will merge with his surviving animals and be assign to the high class jobs. The losers will be assign as janitors.

In the heart of the Kingdom of Earthos, there lies a school for eagle riders called the School of Paradeisos. This school was founded by a man name Olaf after he obtained the blue diamond sword and obtained immense powers by vowing to stay single for life.

The blue diamond sword landed after the last male blue ice bear merged with the last blue star becoming one with it. The same male blue ice bear proceeded to destroy planet Diamond and its solar system.

In the School of Paradeisos, the Headmaster gives an egg with the trainees favorite colour. The eagle rider is responsible to look after the egg until it hatches.

This story will focus on a teenage boy named Eagle and how he grows from boy to man and becomes an eagle rider.

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A/N: My first story has a lot of spelling mistakes and misplaced names. Hopefully, this one turns up better.

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Chapter 1: A guy known as a loser.



The bell rings, the high school students from the School of the Beast, the largest and most prominent school in Earthos, entered the main hall. The hall was huge and thousands of students were there. They were excited and it was their big day as they were going to command three animal friends. The students which command the strongest animals are going to be placed in the red class while the ones with the weakest animals will be placed in the green class. Waiting for his turn in the hall, Eagle began to grow bored. This was possibly because of his ADD syndrome which made him unable to sit still for long. "If I could only fly like an eagle, “Eagle muttered. One of the guys behind him laughed. "Maybe after you can command one! “Eagle turned around to see who said this. By doing so he accidentally bumped into a girl shorter than him who was standing in front of him. "Watch where you are going,“ she said, not even looking at him.



"Oops, sorry". said Eagle who suddenly realised the most beautiful girl he had ever seen was standing right in front of him. She had long blonde hair and skin which looked like it had been baked by the sun and was wearing a white sleeveless dress which was several inches above her knees. Eagle in contrast is a fair skinned individual. "Hi, my name is Eagle", the short half Asian boy with brown hair and green eyes called out. The girl in front of Eagle refused to turn around to greet him. A tall guy with brown hair standing to the left of the blonde girl in front of Eagle turned around and looked at him, he immediately tap Eagle on the left arm and said, "Keep your eyes off my girlfriend mate and leave her alone".



"Says who?" Eagle retorted his green eyes staring into the brown eyes of the taller boy. Everybody around made way as they were expecting to see a fight. "These around me know who I am from since middle school. I don't think you have got a clue who I am. You have two choices. Firstly, you can apologise to me and my girlfriend or we can fight it out". Eagle turned to his left to take a look at the girl he had bumped into, she had the most beautiful hazel eyes he had ever seen and she was drop dead gorgeous. Now determined to win her heart, the five foot six brown haired boy retorted, "I will challenge you to a fight. This is a free country and she has every right to talk to whoever she pleases". The tall brown haired boy took off his shirt revealing his six packed ab muscles as well as his biceps and triceps which were already bulging. Despite being the same age as Eagle, he looks much older and more mature by contrast. "Go Jake! Go Jake!", the crowd cheered louder and louder.



"Hey Tomi. What is going on?" A shorter girl appeared out of nowhere and placed her hand on the blonde with hazel eyes's shoulder. She looked a little bit like Dora and was wearing an orange pants and strapless top as well as pink hair pins together with a cutesy demeanour. Unlike Tomi who had a prom queen image, Mads was a late bloomer and adorable. “You must be Dora, I guess", Eagle said cheekily. "My name is Mads and this is Tomi", the girl responded and pointed to the blonde with hazel eyes as she mentioned her name. "Lovely ocean blue eyes", Eagle complimented. "Not a good start. Firstly trying to hit on my friend despite knowing she has a boyfriend and now flirting with me in front of her. You need to brush up on your social skills", the petite brown haired displayed her cutesy pout not taking her eyes off Eagle.



"So, are you going to fight or waste time talking", Jake called out. "I thought you would be at least smart enough to say sorry but it looks like you are going to learn the hard way".



"Bring it on, Jake!" said Eagle. "Today, I am going to beat you with my eagle claws".



The two boys rushed at each other and the collission was over almost as soon as it started, Jake easily knocked Eagle down on his back. "Is this all you have got? I hope you have learned your lesson, eagle wannabe". The tall brown haired boy proceeded to turn his back and wait for his name to be called out. Eagle was not yet done, however, he took his bottle of water which was in his school bag and after opening the bottle cap with his bare hands, splashed orange juice all over Jake and some of the students nearby including Tomi and Mads. "You are so dead!" the tall muscular brown haired boy turned around and punched Eagle in the nose. "Go Jake! Go Jake!" some of the students among the crowd who had turn their attention to the fight screamed at the top of their lungs. Eagle fell down on his back once more. Instead of turning around and going back to waiting for his turn, Jake bent down and continued pounding Eagle in the nose, check, and chest. He even delivered a painful punch to Eagle's stomach.



"Stop in right there!" the teacher who was calling the students one by one by name called out through her microphone which was able to amplify her voice and make it loud enough for everyone in the hall to hear. "We are not done yet!" Jake said as let eagle go before getting up and turning around to wait for his turn. "You really are a loser aren't you", one of Jake's friends called out from among the crowd. Tomi who had turned her back on Jake turn round once more and looked at him with a frown showing Eagle she was disgusted with him. "Don't worry about him. We got to prepare to connect to whatever animal or cryptic we might encounter, he is irrelevant to us", said Mads giggling. This was Eagle's first day in high school and he was off to a bad start.

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Chapter 2: The choosing of three animal friends.



Eagles turn was getting closer every minute as time waits for no man. He could see the other students in front of him looking anxious. Deep down inside his heart, the boy named Eagle hopes that he will be place in the same class as Tomi, who is no other than his crush since middle school. "Jake Brown has managed to control a Steppe green bear, a green eyed polar bear, and a Nile crocodile. He will join the orange class", the same teacher who called out the student's names one by one spoke up. "Wow, how did Jake get to the front that quickly?" Eagle wandered.



"He is such a man!" Tomi commented. "Yeah, he is definitely the bad boy whom finishes first. He literally pushes others out of the way to get his way", laughed Mads. "I call your sarcasm. You are just jealous that I am dating such a handsome hunk. I am clearly his perfect match", the blonde with hazel eyes retorted. "Whatever", the petite brunette rolled her eyes but with a smile combined to her cutesy pout. "I can do much better than Jake", Eagle interjected knowing that Jake was out of the way. "Whatever mate", said the same boy who was behind Eagle before his fight with Jake. Tomi and Mads did not even bother to look at him. To them, he was just as annoying or worst still an attention seeker.



The students in front of Eagle continued decreasing one by one until it was only Tomi in front of him. "Tomi, it is your turn now", the teacher called out on the microphone just several metres away from the blonde forcing her to use her hands to cover her ears. Eagle watched as his middle school crush walked up a huge stage which was behind the fence. The teacher unlocked the gate and let Tomi in following her from behind. The two of them disappeared behind the curtains. Ten minutes later, the teacher came out from behind the curtains and announced. " Tomi manage to command a giant panda, a jaguar and a guinea pig. She will join the green class".



"I better join the green class then. By the way, my name is Eagle, may I know your name miss?" Eagle offered the teacher and handshake. "My name is Mona and I am pleased to meet you. It is now your turn and I wish you all the best". Eagle could not take his eyes off Mona. She was a pretty woman in her late twenties and just as tall as Mads but with long brown hair and brown eyes. She was wearing a black jacket and a white blouse underneath together with red high heels and a black skirt slightly above her knees. Eagle followed Mona up the stairs to the stage, and pass the curtains after she unlocked the gate which is there to keep the students out until their turn comes.



The scene behind the curtains surprised Eagle, he had to enter a huge arena where there are plenty of animals and cryptic in cages. "What do I have to do?" asked a confuse eagle. "You are to approach any animal or cryptic you desire and look it in the eyes. If it connects with you, it will become your friend for life", Mona calmly explained with a smile on her face. Eagle began to sweat, he was torn between the desire to be in the same class as Tomi and to surpass Jake but he knew he could not have the best of both worlds. "Making an animal or cryptic your friend involves more than just looking it in the eyes. It involves confidence and making it see you as it's 'alpha'. It is kind of like being the leader of the pack", the short brown haired teacher continued. "Wait, why is that man blond with green eyes turning into a polar bear?" Eagle asked. "We have merged all our polar bears with human bodies ever since the global warming in the north pole. I am sure you have seen it one news? This is done to prevent one of the most beautiful animals which turn green during summer from becoming extinct", Mona grinned while placing her right hand on a nervous Eagle's shoulder.



"Well I guess I need to get going", Eagle still trembling responded.



"All the best and remember, show them what you have got", Mona encouraged as she unlocked the gate which separated the arena from the back of the stage.



"Thank you. I will try my best", the relatively short half Asian boy tried to sound more confident than he really is as he walked into the arena.



Eagle entered the arena and tried to stare down the t rex but a growl from the huge female theropod sent Eagle literally running out of the arena and clinging to Mona. "Calm down, Eagle, there is nothing to fear. The animals are caged up. Besides you are suffocating me", the teacher literally tap on the Eagle (who was squeezing her tightly against him) on the small of his back to let go. Realising what he is doing to Mona, Eagle apologised and quickly let go of the female teacher who is much shorter and smaller than him.



The female teacher gave Eagle a gentle push from behind to encourage him to get back in the arena. This time, Mona locked the gate which separated the arena from the back of the stage. Eagle attempted to command a green eyed polar bear in human form. The green eyed human turned into its true form a growled at Eagle who tried to run out of the arena but to no avail as the gates were lock. He was literally peeing in his pants while screaming for help. "Calm down", Mona spoke gently, "Remember everything I told you. Try to act like an alpha male". It took ten minutes to actually get Eagle to calm down, Mona trying to hide her giggle seeing Eagle pee in fright. "Its alright, Eagle. I have seen this happen for the past few years". The petite female teacher was in a way please that she had locked the gate separating the stage from the arena.



Eagle finally managed to command a green eyed polar bear(much to everyone’s surprise), a small green darning dragonfly, and a drop bear and was placed in the green class. He had plan to start with the dragonfly only to realise, it responded to his eye contact. Wanting to control a stronger animal, he managed to connect to a drop bear, and finally a green and black sun bear. "You are done now", Mona unlocked the gates and walked in. "But I still want to command more", the boy protested. "You are only allowed three animal friends. You are now in Green Class", Mona smirked showing him the door to where Jake, Tomi, Mads, and all the other students who were gathered waiting to be sent to their classes.



The students lining up and holding flags which segregated them according to colour. Eagle who was given a green flag by Mona passed the red, orange (he made a face at Jake by sticking out his tongue at the taller boy, knowing that there are enough security guards to stop Jake should he decide to lash out), and yellow group before taking his place in the green box standing right behind Tomi, "We are in the same class. Hurray!" The blonde girl just ignored him but the look on her face showed she was clearly disgusted at the stinky smell which was coming from him because of what happened inside the arena.

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Chapter 3: To his accommodation.







Eagle was happy to head to his accommodation. The wait in the assembly line had been long and boring and this was not only because the teachers who were introducing themselves and the rules in the accommodation seem to be long winded but its because Eagle also quickly got bored. All he could think of inside his mind was, "I have already commanded my animals. Get over with it please". Call it ADD if you please but to the short boy with brown hair and green eyes, it was all just a waste of time especially when the headmaster of the school, Principal King. He was nick named 'King Kong' by the students because he had an extremely broad chest and huge biceps as well as the ability to lift up a heavy table by himself. This is something none of the boys could do by themselves.







"This generation is really weak and spoiled. You have life too easy and by the time you graduate, I doubt many of you will be able to enter the University of
Thánatos. I am not going to sell it to you easy, life is going to be tough and how successful you are depends on how hard you work. You are all sent to this boarding school by your parents to learn the value of growing up", Principal King spoke before showing his certificate. He had made three animal friends: a tyrannosaurus, a silver back gorilla, and a kodiak bear. "I might not have been a champion in the battle royale but my animal friends got me to where I am today and that is why I am Principal in this school which is a success in the eyes of society".







Eagle remembered the certificates he spotted on the notice boards why showed the success of the principal, 2nd runner up. "He is too long winded isn't he", the impatient boy whispered in Tomi's ear.







"Shut up and leave me alone. You are interrupting my concentration", the blonde haired girl replied. She was not really concentrating as she was busy chatting with her best friend Mads standing on her left and was also given the green flag by Mona.







The assembly finally came to a halt after Mona made her speech. She was the only one whom Eagle would fully pay attention to. Maybe it was because Mona has a good sense of humor and knows how to keep this exciting or he just found her attractive. Anyway, he was a bit disappointed when she ended her speech hoping it would take a little longer. "You animals will be kept in fields nearby your accommodations. They will not attack each other as your connection to them as their owner has made them become friends. They will not run away as there as fences strong enough to even stop a sauropod from breaking out. To get into the field, the keys will be placed on your beds in your rooms chosen for you. These keys are for your main door to your common area, individual rooms, and to unlock the gates of the fences around the field with your individual names written according to the colour of the accommodation and class you have been allocated in. All of you will have your individual rooms but you will have to share a common area with two other people. In other words, all of you will have your private space. The rest of everything will be a surprise. Have fun, that is what you are here for and if you have any questions, I am always a buzz away. You are all dismissed".







All the students with the suitcases prepared to leave to the accommodation, Mona called out once more, "I forgot to say this. We meet here everyday at nine am sharp. Nobody is too be late or it will have an effect on the animals under your care. My apologies. You are dismissed". Eagle noticed Mona blush red in embarrassment and he thought it was cute.







The students headed towards their accommodations which are divided according to colour and are only five hundred metres from where they had gathered. The green hostel is in the middle of all the other accommodations. The accommodations are in fact apartments with plenty of units with students ranging from age 14 to 18 years of age. Eagle had to use a card which is of the same but slightly darker than his flag to slip into a narrow slot in the door handle to enter the main door. He easily found his unit which was on the 2nd floor. There he opened he discovered he shared the common area with a boy slightly overweight and taller than him with black hair and brown eyes who looks like he cared about nothing around him and always looks sleepy and a slim Gothic girl who wears black lip stick and dyed her hair black. She was also wearing a black t shirt and shorts with piercings on her nose, ears, and lips.







Eagle was the first one to introduce himself, "Hi, my name is Eagle. It is nice to meet you both. May I know your names and which three animals you connected with". His enthusiasm was unfortunately met with sullenness and aloofness from his flat mates respectively.







The slightly overweight boy replied, "Bob. Cobra, Leopard, Brown rat" before heading into his room. "My name is Ann. The only animals I have managed to connect with are a blue iguana, red rooster, and a tall 6 ft chickcharney. How pathetic". She spoke just like Wednesday from Adam’s family and went into her room too locking the door behind her. Eagle took a moment to look at the common area. It was all painted green on the inside just like the rest of the building. It had a stove with an oven below it. A few inches away from the stove was a cupboard where the cups are kept in the top section, the microwave was placed in the middle section, and the plates, bowls, and an electric kettle are situated in the bottom section. The middle section was the only part of the cupboard which had no doors and its wire and power plug was already attached to an electric socket behind the cupboard. The same cupboard also had drawers at the top part of the bottom section where the kitchen utensils were kept.







The sofas,lounges, and television as well with a dining table with a few chairs around it were placed in a modest size living room. There was one fully functional toilet and bathroom which all three flatmates must share and everything needed was provided."Oh well, it looks like the only things that are not green are the kitchen utensils and the microwave. I guess the school wants to drum it in our heads that we are on the green team", Eagle mumbled to himself and his flatmates who have already settled down in their rooms doing their own thing and not paying attention to him.







Eagle entered his own room and discovered that it was also green in colour. Even the bed-sheets and blankets as well as the pillow cases were green. The whole room which was small yet big enough to fit him and all his stuff was green. This included the cupboard for his clothing and his study desk with drawers in it.

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Chapter 4: Eagle explores the school.







Eagle finally finished arranging his belongings and placing his clothes in the appropriate sections in in his room which were surprisingly tidy as he was a relatively neat person and organized person who hates disorder. Taking a second look at his work, he was in a way proud of his achievement. His parents thought he was a failure and different believed that Eagle would not last more than a week away from home but the boy was determined to prove them wrong. "I will make it regardless", he said to himself. Looking out the window and smelling the fresh air on his face and seeing the sun still shining as well as hearing the laughter of other students outside the apartment, Eagle decided to go out and explore the surroundings. "I might actually bump into Tomi and her best friend Mads".







Heading out of the unit and saying goodbye to his two flatmates who were still in their rooms, Eagle took a bottle of water which he placed in the refrigerator before heading outside carefully closing the main door of the unit behind him and making sure it was lock. He did not forget to lock his room door either as Eagle had always been thought to be careful not to leave anything unlock where his valuables are placed. As the lift takes a lot longer than expected to arrive and walking downstairs is much faster, he decided to use his feet instead before heading out of the apartment's main door. "Now to take a look at the fields and see how the animals are doing".







There were thousands of fields which measured 600 square metres each outside a hundred metres away from his apartment. Eagle spotted Tomi's animals and tried to greet them but they all ran away. He even spotted the animals which belonged to Bob and Ann. The tall 6ft Chickcharney was what amazed Eagle more than the others. "I wonder why I did not command one". He headed towards the field where his animals are. On the gate, not only was his name written in bright green but there were smaller words underneath which said, "Your animals will be fed everyday. Your only responsibility is to train your animals and teach them to obey your instructions". Eagle knew these writings belonged to Mona as he saw her write his name down before taking him to the arena to meet the animals and the cryptics hours ago. He unlocked the gate and entered his field locking the gate behind him.







The green eyed polar bear was in his 7ft human form sleeping. Its human form looks a bit like Alan Barnes, a fictional character in the story called Worm. The little green darning dragonfly was flying around catching whatever insect it could before resting on the drop bear which was also asleep. "I wished I had commanded an eagle. It would have silence these who hate my name". Deep down in his heart, he had another wish that was to impress Tomi. Approaching the sleeping polar bear, Eagle screamed into its ear, "Wake up!" The green eyed polar bear in its human body refused to budge. "What am I to do?" Remembering what Mona said when after he had a panic attack in the arena, "You have to do what is unusual sometimes", Eagle stroke the 7ft 'man's' head and whispered gently, "This is Eagle, your commander and friend". The green eyed man woke up before transforming into a giant 2200 pound green eyed polar bear which is its true form. He did the same to the drop bear which obeyed him. The dragonfly landed on his shoulder.







"I see you have gained control of your animals, haven't you?" a familiar voice called out. Eagle turned to the left and discovered the person who greeted him was no other than Mads whose field happen to be beside his. The only thing separating their field was the fence. "Fancy seeing you here. I see you managed to control your animals too".







"I have been in my field way before you entered yours silly and I don’t control only animals. One of them is a cryptic. My three friends are a giant panda, silverback gorilla, and a bigfoot", Mads hugged her giant panda combining her smirk with a cutesy pout. While, she was not the typical pretty popular girl on tv shows, the petite brown haired girl who looks like an ocean blue eyed version of Dora was adorable.







"These animals are too huge for a petite and adorable girl like you", Eagle blurted out without thinking about the consequences of his words.







"Says who? The Eagle wannabe?" Mads stuck out her tongue at him.



"Have you named your animals yet?"







"No not yet, may I know the name of your animals please?" the boy who loves eagles asked politely this time.







"You now sound like a SIMP. The name of my giant panda is Panda".







"Why did you call you panda that?"







"Firstly, have you watched the movie Takken. I named her after a fictional character who is a panda herself and best friends with a petite female Asian fighter named Ling Xiaoyu".







"I remember now".







"My silverback gorilla is called King Kong. An easy name to remember plus that is the nickname our Principal King has been given thanks to Jake and my big foot's name is Gian".







"You must watch a lot of Japanese animes".







"Indeed. So what are you going to name your animals? You better name them quickly before I help you do so".







"My polar bear, Maximus Gron, drop bear, Sunny, and green darner, Greenie", Eagle named them in a hurry.







"That was lame but well done".







"By the way how is Tomi doing?"







"She is with Jake at the moment probably making out or whatsoever. You should forget Tomi, she is already taken. Don't think I didn't notice the way you look at her. You will be better off going for somebody like Ann. She acts like Wednesday just as you act like an eagle. Both of you are two peas in a pot and wannabes".







"I might date you instead". Eagle smirked his green eyes looking into the petite girl's ocean blue eyes.







"Nah. There are many boys taller and better built than you after me", Mads stuck out her tongue once again before returning to training her animals.







Eagle proceeded to train his animals which came surprisingly easy but not without mumbling under his breathe. "No polite goodbye. Whatever?"







Time passed quickly and it went from afternoon to evening. Eagle noticed that Mads had already left and her animals and cryptic are now asleep. The boy with green eyes took one round and took note of every field and animal and cryptic in every field in the green section. "It is getting late. I will explore the rest of the fields outside the green area tomorrow". Eagle headed back to his unit running up the stairs rather than using the lift. He spotted Mads chatting with Jake and Tomi and realised that the petite brown haired girl's unit was not far from him. The three of them were too busy talking and did not notice Eagle (or so it seems to him) who did not bother to greet them not wanting any trouble with the tall brown haired boy who was his former best friend.

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Chapter 5: A dream.







That very same night, Eagle had a strange dream, he commanded a huge giant green eagle which aided him in a battle against a large black entity of darkness which controlled the four wizards which ruled the Kingdom of Earthos. The black entity retaliated by abosrbing the powers from the four wizards and killed the huge giant green eagle. The lost of his eagle devastated the boy with brown hair and green eyes. However, as Eagle was weeping over the lost of the giant green bird, it turn into green dust and its power entered the boy giving him some sort of new power. "What is this?" Eagle asked looking confused.







"It is the true power of an eagle rider. Power which you will inherit as you grow older", a Voice spoke out.







"It is unbelievable", Eagle called out before waking up from sleep as the alarm clock was ringing. He did not want to get out of his warm bed as it was winter yet Eagle's enthusiasm took over and he quikcly got out of bed upon remembering Mona advising the students regarding the importance of being puctual during the first assembly. He quickily got dressed and had breakfast before leaving his unit ahead of Bob and Ann.







Finding the assembly was not hard as all the students in the green apartment were heading the exact same direction, that was back in the same place where all the new students gathered together for the assembly. Mona who was waiting for them led them into the main school hall which was several times more crowded than yesterday due to the presence of the senior students. It was only fifteen minutes to nine o clock in the morning which is the time the assembly starts. All the students especially these from the Green Class were talking loudly.







"Good morning Tomi and Mads!" Eagle greeted the girls who were in front of him cheerfully.







"A very good morning to you, Eagle wannabe", Mads responded. "I saw you attempting to avoid Jake yesterday. You seem to have some sort of a beef with him. I am curious to know why".







"I will tell you sometime in the future".







"JUst ignore him, Mads", Tomi spoke up not even looking Eagle's way as usual.







"Good morning to you all. May I have you attention?" Mona called out from the stage. "Today we have fresh blood and we want to welcome them to the School of the Beast".







The seniors from the school clapped their hands especially these from the Green Class.







"The Green Class has always been known to be the most enthusiastic of all especially because the most special students are present. They not only have unusual behaviours but they can connect to both animals and cryptics". Mona called out once again. "Today, I will tell you the purpose of your animals".







Eagle drifted off into wonderland and did not pay attention to a word Mona said but instead played with his mobile phone just as many other students were doing.



He thought of the same dream he had before he woke up until his name was called out. "Its time to get going, Eagle", Mads who was standing beside Tomi with her back turned to him called out. All the other students have already left ahead of him.







"You must like Eagle, don't you?" Tomi who was wearing a beautiful green sparkling dress slightly above her knees spoke up.







"Why did it take so long for me to notice?!" Eagle cursed himself.







"I just kinda feel sorry for that poor boy", Mads giggled as she answered Tomi's question which was mixed with sarcasm. Today she was wearing a pink strapless top and a blue denim skirt. "Furthermore, I you are too caustic whenever you speak about him".







Eagle began to wonder what was spoken about him behind his back. Why would Tomi hate him despite not knowing him that well unless of course Jake had told her stuff about him which only he knew. "I will find out sooner or later". He finally reached the cafeteria for the morning tea break where his former best friend was waiting for him.







"What have we here?" Jake mocked as his friends surrounded Eagle. "A little bird told me that you have been harrassing my girlfriend since yesterday. It seems you haven't learn from our fight yesterday?"







"Who told you, what?"







"I will tell you who told me. He is a new friend of mine. Meet Bart", the tall muscular boy with brown hair pointed at a boy who was wearing blue and from the Cyan class. He had blond hair and blue eyes and was the same height as Eagle plus he looks like Greg Veder from Worm.







"So it is because of him, you abandoned our friendship right? You are such a traitor, Jake?"







"Coming from someone who is always obsessed with infantile super powers and dreams to be someone he cannot be. Why do you think I have ended our friendship? You are plain boring and different. Nobody with my social status will want to hang out with you".







"That is not an excuse to pick on me with you have done since yestarday".







"Don't forget you were the one who flirted with my girlfriend. Just because you are unable to win her heart and I am able to does not give you the right to flirt with her even though she was your crush since middle school. You were always have been a burden to me but I did not realise it until I had been enlighten".







"By who?"







"Why should I tell you?" Jake poured apple juice on Eagle's head. This earned him a punch in the guts and an uppercut on the chin.







"How does it feel now?" Eagle smirked. "I know your weaknesses just as you know mind?"







"Why you litte runt! Boys catch him!" Jake ordered as his friends caught hold of Eagle. "I looked out for you since primary and middle school. Now I am going to trash you to a pulp. You ungrateful brat!" The tall brown haired boy took hold of the green eyed boy's hair and was about to punched him square in the face when a short petite woman who was no other than Mona intervened.







"That is enough!" Mona grabbed Jake by the right hand. "Let Eagle go!"







"Says who?" Jake retorted trying to be smart.







"Says I", Mona responded before turning into a huge female green Titanoboa scaring off Jake and his friends. The rest of the students in the cafeteria were also shocked. "Come with me to my office Eagle", the petite female teacher who had returned to her human form took hold of Eagle's right wrist literally dragging him along with her.

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Chapter 6: Goodbye Mona.







"Please have a sit, Eagle", Mona spoke plesantly once she had drag him with her to his office. She was trying to calm down Eagle who was already shocked from the incident where Mona had turned into a Titanoboa. "Relax, you are not in trouble. Please have a sit and I will tell you how I did what I did".







Eagle gulped nervously as he took sat on the brown chair in front of Mona's desk. "So I am not in trouble am I?"He looked around the little but cosy office. It was painted orange and pink all around and there were photo's of Mona when she was 18 (that was about ten years ago) with her friends back in her high school days during her graduation. In one of these photos she was holding a golden trophy cup which seems to indicate she had been a champion and the among of friends crowding around her shows she had once been a popular girl. Mona in these pictures looked like a slightly older version of Mads.







"No you are not so please calm down". Mona told Eagle to close his eyes and take a deep breath before sitting on her very own pink chair which was on the opposite part of her desk. On top of the desk, a certificate was glued there and placed in a transparent plastic covering. Mona had essentially commanded a huge female Titanoboa, a female green polar bear, as well as a female 10 tonne tyrannosaurus rex. "You seem to realise that I can change into one of these three animals anytime I want to. Guess what, all these animals were once my friends and under my command".







"What do you mean?" Eagle asked wanting clarity but being an analytical person, he wanted to know everything for sure. In other words, he doesn't like to be left hanging in the middle of nowhere.







"By the end of your schooling, you will have to pit your animals in a battle royale. The winner of the competition will end up either going to University of Black Thanatos while the rest will have to look for jobs elsewhere. I managed to win the battle royale after my female tyrannosaurus rex defeated three badly injured dinosaurs. Not wanting to go to the University of Thanatos, I decided to attend a local college and ultimately become a teacher here".







"Why did you reject the opportunity to go to the Uiversity of Black Thanatos?"







Mona immediately cringed but she quickly put up a fake smile trying to look more confident than she really is. She took out a pink handkerchief and wiped off the sweat which was coming out of her forehead and fogging up her glasses. "Trust me Eagle, you will understand someday. There is just too much sacrifice involved there. In order to enter that University, one has to give up all humanity". Getting out of her chair, she moved towards Eagle and pinned him against the wall before wisphering in his ear, "Tomorrow, I am going to resign and go for a long holiday but remember, the sacrifice is not worth your humanity. The University of Thanatos consist of students from the red and orange classes. All students in the red classes are hardly seen in the cafeteria as you have noticed. They are generally.............sorry I am not authorized to tell you but take my advice enjoy your stay in school but do not get involved with the reds no matter what".







"Why is that? How do I get into the university?" Eagle became more confuse and more questions were popping up in his brain.







"You will have to befriend someone from the Red Class. This is something Principal King did but as I said, it is not worth it."Mona wisphered before pushing him out of her office.







Eagle left and returned to his unit wandering what Mona meant. He fell asleep again knowing that class does not start until tomorrow. Deep down inside his heart, Eagle was sad that Mona is leaving the school. He had hoped that she would be the one to teach him how to command his animals.







The next day, Principal King announced in the assembly. "Today, I am sad to announce that a teacher has decided to retire after ten years of service in the school. She had been a valuable asset during that period of time, however, she did one thing wrong. A student reported to me that Mona had misused her powers to threaten the life of a boy. Jake please come up here".







"I regret to say that as much as I like Mona, she breached the school conduct and is now being fired. I would not have said anything if Principal King had not taken me to his office for questioning". Jake tried to make it look like a solemn occassion but Eagle could see him smirking on and off especially before he got down from the stage".







"Anyone who wants to say goodbye to Mona please meet her at her office. I know it is not easy for these of you who have begun to like her but trust me its for the best. Mona is a pleasent personality and fun to be around, I myself will miss her company". The 40 year old Principal King spoke up.







The assembly was dismissed and Eagle ran to Mona's office and gave her a big hug. "I am sure going to miss you". He was weeping as he was hugging his petite teacher (who is technically no longer his teacher).







"Thank you for coming today. Do not reply on popularity as it can be given and taken from you just like that". Mona returned the hug. "You are the second person who came to say goodbye today. Mads was the first. I am surprise none of the seniors have come to say goodbye despite the years of teaching them and making class fun but two students who I have barely known for more than four days did so. I will always remember you Eagle".







"May I at least help you to pack up your stuff and walk to the parking lot?"







"I don't have much to pack but you are welcome to help me as I would value some company".







"I have not ask you a question yet?"







"What would it be?"







"Are you dating anyone?"







"I was engage once but I called it off. Trust me being single is much better", Mona laughed.







Eagle walked Mona to her car before waving goodbye to her after their last embrace. The former popular teacher drove away leaving Eagle alone in the car park but not before saying, "Do not be afraid to be yourself".

[OldGreenGrolar]

Chapter 7: The first day of class.



“It’s time to go to class now”, Mads tap the day dreaming Eagle on the shoulder as he was walking from field to field while pretending to be observing every animal outside the gates. Truth to be told, the real reason for walking from field to field was to find out where Tomi’s field is. Eagle had discovered that Mads lived the unit just left from his on the same day he discovered her field was next to his.



“I am coming”, Eagle responded not wanting to make his intentions obvious to the cheeky Mads.



In fact the petite brown haired and ocean blue eyes gave him the knowing look with a smirk on her face as if she knew something was up. Despite her cutesy demeanor, Mads possessed a level of intelligence which exceeds the average teenager. “I will always be looking out for you”, she winked.



“I guess it’s because you like me, don’t you? “Eagle grinned at Mads hoping to earn some points with her.



“Don’t flatter yourself. There is another boy asking me out and he is one of Jake’s friends. You are just someone I would let’s say the word pity”.





"You can say that again. You are always where I am. Have you been stalking me? Even your field is next to mine".



"Bleh!" Mads stuck out her tongue again. "Class is starting. We don't want to be late on our first day". She walked into class ahead of Eagle but not before turning around to say. "If you are looking for Tomi's field, it is just right next to mind - on the left. In other words, my field is between your fields and her room is in the same unit as mine but don't bother looking for her as you and I know who comes frequently to visit her".



Eagle followed Mads into class and noticed Tomi whom sitting by the window at the middle left roll. The blonde girl had chosen her seat. Noticing an empty seat next to her, Eagle attempted to sit next to his crush.



That hope was destroyed when she shouted out. "Mads come and sit by my side. I do not want this SIMP sitting next to me". Tomi pointed at Eagle while looking at Mads.



"Sorry Eagle", Mads looked into Eagle's green eyes with her ocean blue eyes with a cutesy pout giving him the look of pity.



Every other person refused to let Eagle sit with them either by saying, "Go away" or putting their belongings on the seat next to them or calling their friends over. The most polite rejection he ever got was, "Sorry seat taken".



Ann was sitting with her new gothic boyfriend whom she had met immediately after Mona left the school. Eagle met him in his unit after saying goodbye to his favourite teacher and that is how they met. The only person whom Eagle could sit next to was Bob who is also considered a 'leftover' like himself and was sitting at the back of the class sleeping on the far right of the class.



Eagle took his seat and took a look around the class, it was quite huge. There were a few hundred chairs and tables and one big blackboard. This brought back memories about Mona who was supposed to be coming in to teach them would not be entering as she was fired which made Eagle sad. Ten minutes passed and no teacher arrived.



"We are on our own!" Mads called out.



"Let’s have some fun", Tomi shouted along. The class began to grow louder and louder and friends moved their chairs closer to the leader of their groups to talk. Mads and Tomi were surrounded by a few guys from Jake's group and Bob remained asleep. Ann and her new boyfriend had ear phones on the right and left of their respective ears listening to some heavy metal music on her I pad.



Mads took a quite glance at Eagle who was looking their direction and flashed him a smile before turning back to the group.



"What should I do?" asked Eagle elbowing a sleeping Bob.



"Nothing. Just sleep", Bob woke up briefly and answered groggily before falling back to sleep.



Twenty minutes passed and no teacher arrived. The class kept growing louder. Suddenly, without warning, Principal King arrived and yelled, "BE QUITE! You are interrupting the other classes".



Wanting to play the hero, Eagle spoke up, "If you had not fired Mona none of this would happen!"



"Alright wise guy. If you want to be such as smart ass, I guess doing a hundred push ups shouldn't be a problem for you".



"We would not have been punished this way in other schools".



"This is not like other schools. We are top class and the reason all of you are on boarding school is because we take the place of your parents. Without discipline, you cannot control your animals. Give me a hundred push up on your knuckles".



"What if I don't?" Eagle continued trying to act smart. Mads was looking at him shaking her head while Tomi was giggling.



"How about twenty rounds around the block?"



Eagle did not want to do either but he knew that running pass the block will mean passing by Jake's class and he wanted to minimise as much contact with the tall boy with brown hair as possible as did not want to give his former best friend more room to humiliate him later on. Not that it matters anyway as Jake's friends and even Tomi would tell him later on.



He choose to do a hundred push ups. Taking off his shirt as a lame attempt to impress the girls, Eagle began to do his push ups. He started off well but began to tire after doing twenty.



"Keep going", Principal King continued sternly. "If you fail, you will be sent off to another school".



Not wanting to move back with his parents, Eagle persisted and even though his body was beginning to sweat he tried as hard as he could to continue.



"Alright. That’s enough. I will let you off this time but next time, it is all the way or nothing. Make sure you exercise a lot more. You look really weak. Put on your shirt, you are not impressing any girl today". Principal King took pity on him.



Eagle walked back to his seat with his tail between his leg looking like a whipped puppy.



"Your teacher will be coming in tomorrow. I will not tell you who he or she is as it will be a surprise but whoever that person is, he or she will be better than Mona. That I promise all of you. I apologise for Mona's misconduct". These were the words which put Principal King on Eagle's hate list.



Turning to Eagle, the principal spoke to him once more, "Stop calling yourself Eagle. You are Mike Green. Keep calling yourself that name and no one will take you seriously".



Some of the students especially these from Jake's clique burst out laughing.

[OldGreenGrolar]

Chapter 8: The first lesson and the second day of class.



Yesterday was a long day, Eagle had some run ins with Jake after the first day of class which caused him to retreat to his unit for the rest of the day.



"You can run but you can't hide. Wherever you go, I always have my friends watching you. I also heard you were acting as a show off in your class and got punished by Principal King Kong", Jake scoffed and spat at Eagle rudely while speaking.



"Oh please. Who told you all this? One of your lackeys? I am sure one of them has eyes on Tomi. If you are not careful you will lose her soon. You have all mouth but no brains".



"Watch that mouth. You have always been different from others. Why I was your best friend, I don't know. Maybe I was just as dumb as you are now. Every time I see you or even hear off you all I remember are the times you drag me into the stupid things we did. You liked to watch multiple cartoons rather than serious movies and I can't believe I let you give me a nick name".



"Nobody forced you to by my friend. You might look tough but you are such a mamma's boy".



Now red in the face, Jake retaliated by screaming out loud. "SO SAYS THE FOOL WHO IS OBSESSED WITH JUVENILE STUFF. I know all your secrets. You always were a screw up ever since I know you. Just take a look at social media, all your secrets are listed down there but none of mind ever will be. You know why because unlike you, I am a winner". Jake poked Eagle on the forehead before walking off. "See you sometime soon loser".



That was yesterday. Eagle wanted to retaliate. He really wanted to take Jake down as he knows his weaknesses just as much as he knows his but should he retaliate, he knows things will get worst. Jake has already become Principal King's favourite student.



The next day, Eagle entered class silently and took his place right beside Bob. Mads noticed this came up to Eagle saying, "Not so talkative as you are yesterday, aren't you? I bet you had a run in with Jake. I just want to say that I am already dating Bart. Therefore, I am taken but we can still talk, can't we?" She placed her hand on Eagle's (who did not bother to look at her) right shoulder. "See you later". Mads headed back to her seat.



A tall stern looking man in his early thirties walked in. He was dressed neatly and had red hair as well as blue eyes. He was slightly shorter than Jake and carrying a green file in his hands. "Good morning everybody. My name is Mr Buffalo", he spoke up. "Our first lesson today will be on the megalomaniacal king but before that I would all off you to introduce yourselves".



The first person to introduce himself was one of Jake's clique named Ling Wu, an Asian martial artist and one of the boys who helped Jake picked on Eagle. The introduction when all the way down to Tomi and Mads who revealed their full names Tomi Aquanetta August and Madison Jo Jones as requested by Mr Buffalo before politely telling him that he is free to call them what everybody calls them every day. The new teacher nodded and moved on.



Ann and her boyfriend were reprimanded by Mr Buffalo and made to do a hundred push ups as they were listening to heavy metal on the i pad once more instead of paying attention before they were told to stand in front of the whole class and introduce themselves. Eagle was getting bored as it seems to take forever considering Mr Buffalo would ask everyone their preferred name. "Just get over with it", he mumbled to himself.



Finally, it reached Eagle's turn. "You wearing green at the far left. Please introduce yourself", the teacher spoke pointing at him. Eagle pointed at himself for confirmation. Mr Buffalo nodded his head.



"Call me Eagle".



"No your real name".



"Everyone calls me, Eagle".



"That is your nick name. I am asking you for your real name. Please give me a sensible answer as I do not have all say".



"But your name is even more insensible, you are Mr Buffalo aren't you? Why do you want to know my real name when you are not telling us yours. Pot calling the kettle black". Hearing these words come out of Eagle's mouth actually made Mads giggle and others in the class laugh along. Even Tomi who hated his guts couldn't help laughing along. “My whatever name is Mike Green. Just call me Eagle and let me call you Cape Buffalo".



"Nobody makes fun of my family name and gets away with it. Get out of my class and you the sleepy one. You too get out. I don't need to know you as I have your name in the list in my folder. Both of you get out now".



"Alright. See you later. Hope to know your real name soon". These words from Eagle made Mr. Buffalo fume. He wanted to punch Eagle's lights out but he knew he would be fired and as a result he forced both Eagle and Bob to decide between running round the block and doing a hundred push ups on their knuckles. Both of them choose the option of to doing the letter.



While doing their push ups in front of everyone, Mr Buffalo began to teach the whole class about the a 'megalomaniacal' but powerful king from Parádeisos who burns brighter than the brightest blue star who uses male blue ice bears from a distant planet called Diamond to destroy everything. The blue ice bears are the reason for the disappearance of the blue stars. He warns everyone to avoid the School of Parádeisos at all cost and not to learn their ways. Eagle realised that all blue stars in the sky had disappeared.



Despite doing his push ups, Eagle was smart enough to conserve energy whenever Mr Buffalo's back was turn. Mads decided to have some fun and blew spit wards at both Eagle and Bob.



Eagle would turn to her looking annoyed but Mads would give him the cutesy pouty look as if to say, "Do you really think it is me. How could you think that?"



Bob quickly got out of breath after ten push ups and was made to do an extra ten for falling flat on the floor. "Both of you really need to do a bit of a workout", Mr Buffalo shake his head and sighed.

[OldGreenGrolar]

Chapter 9: A violent fight in the cafeteria.







Class was finally over. Eagle headed to the cafeteria once again to secure a spot to eat knowing that the place will not only be crowded by students from different classes which are his age but by seniors as well but he wanted to avoid Jake knowing that the orange class is the second furthest from the place. This means that the cafeteria will be crowded by the time Jake enters and Eagle can hide among the crowd and slip out as soon as he had finished eating. Little did he know he would be in for a shock. It took five minutes to get to the cafeteria which was a hundred metres away and it did not take long for Eagle to reach his destination.







He quickly secured his spot which was near the door after ordering his food. The boys who were Jake's friends were too busy talking to Mads and Tomi as well the girls who were part of their clique. Ten minutes later just as Eagle had finished eating his food, a loud argument took place a crowds of students were surrounding them. Being a short person, he had to stand on top of a huge table to watch the fight.







To Eagle's surprise, a huge 6 ft 5 inch boy with blue hair and bright blue eyes pushed down Jake and punched Bart in the face as he attempted to help his friend. Tomi and Mads were watching in horror and the other boys and girls seemed to be trembling with fear.







Eagle climbed down the table and tap Ann who was being carried on her boyfriend's shoulders on the left arm and asked, "Who is that boy in blue hair?"







"His name is Norman Lundgren and he is the tallest of the boys in the whole school. Jake was unwise to trash talk him and he is getting what he deserved. In other words, he has chosen the wrong opponent this time".







"What class is he from?"







"He is a student from the orange class - not the same class as Jake obviously as he is one year older than us".







"How did you know him?"







"By keeping your ears open. Get back up the table if you want to watch the fight".







Eagle climbed back up the table only to see Norman catch Jake who attempted to charge at him throwing him down. The blue haired boy squatted down and looked into the brown eyes of a frighten popular boy before punching him square in the right cheek. Before, Norman could lay another blow, the principal arrived and put a stop to it. The blue haired boy actually hit Principal King square on the nose before realising his mistake and apologise. Tomi and Mads helped up their respective boyfriends.







"Are you boys alright?" Principal King asked.







"We are", Jake and Bart trying to act as if nothing had happened answered in unison.







The nose of the principal healed in front of everyone making the students around him astonished. "Norman, you have been expelled. You have one day to pack your belongings and leave. Your animals will come under the command of Jake".







Norman calmly got up after releasing Jake whom he had pinned down on the floor with only his left hand before walking back to the orange apartment.







"I wonder how this fight started?" Eagle asked Ann.







"The whole fight started when the students from the orange classes were entering the cafeteria with some of them muscling their way through. It seems Norman had outmuscled Jake and that was when a confrontation started. The latter with the back-up of his sidekick Bart were the instigators".







"Poor Jake. He thinks everything should go his way and he always tries to push others to get his way both physically and verbally. He should be expelled instead. We were once best friends. Something changed before middle school ended a day after his thirteen birthday".







"I doubt that would change him anyway as Principal King has taken his side. Without Norman to keep him in line, it will not surprise me that Jake will now act as the official ruler in the school".







"What animals did Norman command?"







"A mapusaurus, a huge 2500 pound green bruin, and a white rhino. They will be an added collection to his bruin, green eyed polar bear, and Nile crocodile. This will only make Jake stronger now that these animals are going to be under his control. He stands the best chance to enter the University of Thanatos".







"And?"







"No one in the history of the School of the Beast has ever controlled six animals at once. It seems that Principal King really favours Jake".







"What did Jake do to get such favour?"







"I do not know but he has probably got to know someone in the Red Classes. I do not know any from that class but they do not join the others on a social level".







"No wonder nobody in red has come to join us in the cafeteria".







"Did it take you this long to notice? There is also a rumour than one has to be really ruthless to join them and if you get acquainted with one, they will help you become popular and successful in exchange for you humanity".







"That’s no wonder why Jake started mistreating me".







"I won't be so sure. You might have done something which Jake found unforgiving. I have been observing you. A friendly piece of advice. Keep your comments to yourself especially these weird ones. You might think it is normal but others don't. That is probably the reason why Jake finds it embarrassing to be your friend and you are finding it hard to get a girlfriend. Work on your social skills first of all. It will also be in your best interest to stop these cheesy pick-up lines and forget about Tomi as all she wants is Jake. Your obsession with her only makes things worst". Ann chided Jake while sitting on her boyfriend's lap on the same table (but opposite side) of Eagle.







"Can you teach me how to get popular?"







"I am not a Red Class student, I can't help you on this one. Just try to be normal. That is all I can say".







Eagle finished the remains of his lunch before heading to the library after excusing himself.

[OldGreenGrolar]

Chapter 10: The practical lesson.







Break time was finally over and all the students headed back to their respective classes. Eagle was happy that he did not have to deal with Jake today. He wished that Norman had not been expelled and became his friend. This is because Ann gave him more information on their way back to class. "Nobody messes with that blue haired boy. If he had not been expelled, it would be in your best interest to befriend him. He enjoys looking after the weak and honestly, Eagle, you fall into that category".







That comment felt like a piercing barb to the heart of Eagle but he knew that was just the way Ann talks, straight forward and pulls no punches. "I am in the same class with the two most popular girls yet neither one of them regards me as boyfriend material". Eagle mumbled.







"I can hear you clearly. If you stop mumbling to yourself, you might stand a chance with one of their cliques but that is very unlikely". Eagle had forgotten that Ann was still walking beside him.







In class, Mr Buffalo spoke out, "Today, we will be taking you to your respective fields for your practical lessons and once done you can all head back to your accomodation. Therefore, make sure you bring your bags and everything else with you".







"Mr Cape Buffalo is being good to us today", Eagle whispered into Ann's ears.







"It is only our first day under Mr. Buffalo's teaching. You really should stop talking out of point. Why do you think it is so hard for someone to like you to get a partner? Please get your timing right". Ann sounded irritated.







"Sorry", Eagle replied. The other students were walking ahead of him. Not wanting to be left behind, he ran after them. Eagle stayed at the back of the group and did not want to stand anywhere close to Mr Buffalo nor Jake's friends. He just made sure he was right behind Ann who was arm in arm with her boyfriend.







They finally reach their front of the fields. The students took their keys and open the door before entering.







"Now for the next lesson. All of you are to sit down and meditate the same way the shaolin monks do. This will train you all to get your inner peace and better communicate with your animals". Mr Buffalo's words sounded like a shaolin master or a martial arts sensei.







"I guess we will be practicing martial arts then". Eagle replied lamely trying to sound funny. Mads who noticed everything just shook her head before going into meditation. Bob fell asleep again. Mr Buffalo took one look at the sleeping boy and viewed him as a lost cost.







Pointing at the sleeping Bob, Mr Buffalo gave Eagle a hard look. "Mike Green, if you don't stop your lame attempts to act funny, you will be a lost cost just like your sleeping friend. Do you want to be like him, if not take your meditation seriously".







"I did it. I just activated my internal green energy", Mads spoke excitedly.







"Me too!", Tomi yelled out.







"Congratulations girls. Anyone else?" Mr Buffalo walked to the other fields to observe the other students.







"I did it", Ann spoke sullenly. "And so has my boyfriend".







"Well done. These of you who have succeeded in activating your inner green energy have the option to either go back to your respective units or continue practicing".







Tomi immediately left her field and headed back to her unit and room. Probably to wait for Jake who will be coming to visit anytime soon. Mads continued practicing a little longer before excusing herself and leaving too.







Eagle still had a hard time activating his internal energy.







"Having a hard time, aren't you?" Mr Buffalo had returned to check on Eagle. "You are really unfocused. It seems your mind is running wild like a restless stallion. You must be distracted by a lot of things. Look even Bob has managed to activate his internal energy".







Eagle closed his eyes before meditating on his past and failures as well as the many questions in his life which included but are not limited to: Why can't I have a girlfriend, why did Jake my former best friend turn on me, why do my family treat me as different, why can't I be as cool as Jake's friends, why can't I be as tall or strong as Norman? Many more questions came to mind.







"I am just a loser and probably will be for the rest of my life". That was when Eagle's internal powers were suddenly activated. His body was now glowing bright green just like the others.







"It seems you have finally come to turns with yourself". Mr Buffalo returned once more to check on Eagle and was surprise to see him glowing. "Do you want to go back to your unit or continue training?"







Eagle wanted to stay longer and train but he realised that both Jake and Bart will be coming to visit anytime soon and knowing that these two would not hesitate to pick on him if they saw him, he opt for the former. Just managing to run into his unit before both his tormentors who were waiting outside their girlfriends' unit saw him, Eagle managed to slip pass them unnoticed.







"That was a really close call. Jake and Bart actually got to our apartment just after my boyfriend when back to his unit". Ann was watching Adam's family on the television in the living room. "You really should plan your timing more carefully".







"Where is Bob?"







"He has gone into his room and is either sleeping or playing video games. He has placed the 'Do Not Disturb' sign on his door handle".







"May I watch Adam's family together with you".







"It is up to you but I am halfway through the show. I am not going to rewind it for you". Ann actually smirked.







"It is good to see you smile for one. I might call you the Smiling Wednesday", Eagle attempted to be funny once again.







"That was a smirk not a smile you idiot", Ann returned to her sullen demeanour as Eagle took his place on the opposite end of the middle lounge. The cartoon was finally over. "If you want to watch everything from scratch, feel free to rewind everything again. I am going to my room for a rest. I will see you when I see you". Ann got up slowly and headed towards her room opening the door and locking it behind her but not before placing a 'Do Not Disturb' sign on the outer door handle.







"Looks like I am alone once again". Eagle watched Adam's family from scratch all over again.







A/N: The next five chapters will be interludes on Jake, Norman, Mads, Tomi and Mona. Stay tuned. Plus, another twenty more chapters.

[OldGreenGrolar]

Chapter 10: The practical lesson.







Break time was finally over and all the students headed back to their respective classes. Eagle was happy that he did not have to deal with Jake today. He wished that Norman had not been expelled and became his friend. This is because Ann gave him more information on their way back to class. "Nobody messes with that blue haired boy. If he had not been expelled, it would be in your best interest to befriend him. He enjoys looking after the weak and honestly, Eagle, you fall into that category".







That comment felt like a piercing barb to the heart of Eagle but he knew that was just the way Ann talks, straight forward and pulls no punches. "I am in the same class with the two most popular girls yet neither one of them regards me as boyfriend material". Eagle mumbled.







"I can hear you clearly. If you stop mumbling to yourself, you might stand a chance with one of their cliques but that is very unlikely". Eagle had forgotten that Ann was still walking beside him.







In class, Mr Buffalo spoke out, "Today, we will be taking you to your respective fields for your practical lessons and once done you can all head back to your accomodation. Therefore, make sure you bring your bags and everything else with you".







"Mr Cape Buffalo is being good to us today", Eagle wisphered into Ann's ears.







"It is only our first day under Mr. Buffalo's teaching. You really should stop talking out of point. Why do you think it is so hard to get someone to like you. Please get your timing right". Ann sounded irritated.







"Sorry", Eagle replied. The other students were walking ahead of him. Not wanting to be left behind, he ran after them. Eagle stayed at the back of the group and did not want to stand anywhere close to Mr Buffalo nor Jake's friends. He just made sure he was right behind Ann who was arm in arm with her boyfriend.







They finally reach their front of the fields. The students took their keys and open the door before entering.







"Now for the next lesson. All of you are to sit down and meditate the same way the shaolin monks do. This will train you all to get your inner peace and better communicate with your animals". Mr Buffalo's words sounded like a shaolin master or a martial arts sensei.







"I guess we will be practicing martial arts then". Eagle replied lamely trying to sound funny. Mads who noticed everything just shoke her head before going into meditation. Bob fell asleep again. Mr Buffalo tooked one look at the sleeping boy and viewed him as a lost cost.







Pointing at the sleeping Bob, Mr Buffalo gave Eagle a hard look. "Mike Green, if you don't stop your lame attempts to act funny, you will be a lost cost just like your sleeping friend. Do you want to be like him, if not take your meditation seriously".







"I did it. I just activated my internal green energy", Mads spoke excitedly.







"Me too!", Tomi yelled out.







"Congratulations girls. Anyone else?" Mr Buffalo walked to the other fields to observe the other students.







"I did it", Ann spoke sullenly. "And so has my boyfriend".







"Well done. These of you who have suceeded in activating your inner green energy have the option to either go back to your respective units or continue practicing".







Tomi immediately left her field and headed back to her unit and room. Probably to wait for Jake who will be coming to visit anytime soon. Mads continued practicing a little longer before excusing herself and leaving too.







Eagle still had a hard time activating his internal energy.







"Having a hard time, aren't you?" Mr Buffalo had returned to check on Eagle. "You are really really unfocused. It seems your mind is running wild like a restless stalion. You must be distracted by a lot of things. Look even Bob has managed to activate his internal energy".







Eagle closed his eyes before meditating on his past and failures as well as the many questions in his life which included but are not limited to: Why can't I have a girlfriend, why did Jake my former best friend turn on me, why do my family treat me as different, why can't I be as cool as Jake's friends, why can't I be as tall or strong as Norman? Many more questions came to mind.







"I am just a loser and probably will be for the rest of my life". That was when Eagle's internal powers were suddenly activated. His body was now glowing bright green just like the others.







"It seems you have finally come to turns with yourself". Mr Buffalo returned once more to check on Eagle and was surprise to see him glowing. "Do you want to go back to your unit or continue training?"







Eagle wanted to stay longer and train but he realised that both Jake and Bart will be coming to visit anytime soon and knowing that these two would not hesitate to pick on him if they saw him, he opt for the former. Just managing to run into his unit before both his tormentors who were waiting outside their girlfriends' unit saw him, Eagle managed to slip pass them unnoticed.







"That was a really close call. Jake and Bart actually got to our apartment just after my boyfriend when back to his unit". Ann was watching Adam's family on the television in the living room. "You really should plan your timing more carefully".







"Where is Bob?"







"He has gone into his room and is either sleeping or playing video games. He has placed the 'Do Not Disturb' sign on his door handle".







"May I watch Adam's family together with you".







"It is up to you but I am halfway through the show. I am not going to rewind it for you". Ann actually smirked.







"It is good to see you smile for one. I might call you the Smiling Wednesday", Eagle attempted to be funny once again.







"That was a smirk not a smile you idiot", Ann returned to her sullen demeanor as Eagle took his place on the opposite end of the middle lounge. The cartoon was finally over. "If you want to watch everything from scratch, feel free to rewind everything again. I am going to my room for a rest. I will see you when I see you". Ann got up slowly and headed towards her room opening the door and locking it behind her but not before placing a 'Do Not Disturb' sign on the outer door handle.







"Looks like I am alone once again". Eagle watched Adam's family from scratch all over again.







A/N: The next five chapters will be interludes on Jake, Norman, Mads, Tomi and Mona. Stay tuned. Plus another twenty more chapters.

[OldGreenGrolar]

Interlude: Jake brown.







"Happy birthday, Jake. Thank you for being my best friend", Eagle spoke to Jake at his birthday party in his house who was now 13 years of age. Everybody else clapped their hands.







"Thank you, Eagle. I guess". Jake replied nicely, "May all your dreams come true and thank you for remembering every birthday of mine. I am sorry I forgot yours a few months ago".







"It is alright Jake. You always have plenty of girls liking you and have always been the popular one. I am happy for you regardless as I always consider you to be my best friend for life". Eagle offered a friendly fist bump.







"Yeah we always will be best mates for life". Jake offered with a friendly fist bump of his own. "You know what Eagle, I am going to go around and mingle with some of my visitors. Don't just sit down alone like a twat, go meet some new friends, I am sure they will like to meet you".







"I am sure they will be more please to meet you".







"If you do not want to talk to anyone at least say hi to your crush Tomi. If you are too shy to approach her, go up to Mads". Jake looked towards a beautiful blonde with hazel eyes who was standing beside a petite girl with shoulder length brown hair and ocean blue eyes. Mads who noticed both Eagle and Jake looking their direction responded with a smile and a wink. "You see Eagle. There is the green light now go on".







Eagle took one look at the two girls but was hesitant to go. There were a few guys surrounding these two girls. "I need to master my pick-up lines first of all".







"Don't take too long. I have to go now". Jake was almost immediately drag away by a blonde hair blue eyed boy who is about the same height as Eagle who introduced himself as Bart.







"Where are you taking me Bart?"







"Somewhere, it is going to be a surprise. It will make your life better".







"We should bring Eagle along, he has always wanted more confidence and fame".







"You should think of yourself first. He should learn to stand on his own two feet and approach the girls himself. Anyway, these guys do not like waiting too long we must hurry".







Bart dragged Jake to the back of his own house where two boys and girls were waiting for them. "Greetings Jake. We have been sent to you to help you have a better life. Tell us your dream". The leader was a large muscular boy with dark skin and his body burns bright with red energy. The second boy was a smaller and more on the 'pretty' boy side with black hair and grey blue eyes. The first girl was busty and the same height as Eagle and has red short hair and green eyes. The second girl was slim and has black braided hair and hazel eyes. All of them were wearing red t shirts. The boys were wearing blue jeans and while the girls were wearing black tight pants.







"I long to be famous and popular as well as successful in high school and in my adulthood". Jake replied looking at the four students confuse.







"You can have you wish come true. My name is Aiden Red and these are my friends Ryan, Mellissa, and Sonya" the leader spoke up.







"What do I have to do?"







"Forget your friendship with Eagle and sign a blood contract".







"But he is my best friend".







"But he drags you down doesn't he. Half the time, you get frustrated because he is unable to stand up for himself and too chicken to approach a girl he likes. You find it hard to leave his side as he has difficulty making friends and takes away much of your time. You are better off not having him around. Plus, due to always hanging around him, your confidence is honestly just as bad as his. Now let’s remove that poor confidence of yours, your popularity will sky rocket even more".







"Lets me go and get Eagle".







"Forget that loser. He is probably sitting there like a twat as you said".







"You heard?"







"We know". Aiden led Jake to the back kitchen window and the spotted Eagle through the door still standing alone like a twat looking at his watch. "I am right, am I not? Do you want that weakling to hold you back? He would not have the courage to do exactly what I am telling you".







"What would that be?"







"Cut your index finger with this pen knife and place your blood on this contract". Aiden handed out a paper called, 'I pledge my life to Black Thanatos' before taking a pen knife out of his pocket and handing it to Jake.







"Alright, I will give it a go. Not that I believe in this anyway?"







Eagle placed took the pen knife and cut his left index finger before placing it on the contract. A dark aura immediately came over Jake.







"Welcome to our clan. We are your seniors in the School of the Beast. The power you received comes from the four wizards and you have received a small fraction of what they have. Well done. From now on your confidence will sky rocket and you will have everything you desire. Join the School of the Beast and do not go to any other high school. Anything you need come and ask us, your seniors. We are all a year older than you".







Bart who was listening to Aiden nodded with glee. "How do you feel, Jake?"







"I feel great. Its like my confidence has sky rocketed. I also hear a voice which comes from a figure in black surrounded by pale green aura with white and red aura in his right and left hand respectively". Jake grinned in an evil way which frightened Bart who began to sweat.







"It seems you have paid a bigger price than I have", Bart gulped.







"Since you are one of us now. I will let you in our little secret. Most of the School and the world does not know the Black Thanatos exists. We are the ones to rule the school and decide who gets to become principal and teachers. To maintain our secret we do not associate with students from the other classes except these we deem worthy like both you and Bart. We will help you take down anyone who opposes you but betray us and our secret and it will cost you your life". Aiden smirked.







"Sounds like a conspiracy theory but anyway my lips are sealed. I have decided to end my old ways. From now on, you will be my new best friend. Let's get back in".







"We shall see how long you last. Many who have been made by us have been taken down as well for breaking our secret".







Thanking the boys and girls in red who were a year older than them, Jake and Bart returned to the party inside the house looking for Eagle. Unable to find him, Jake pulled one of his friends aside and asked, "Where is Eagle?"







"You mean the guy who was acting like a twat? He has been waiting for you for the past two hours before heading home".







"So Eagle thinks everything goes his way by acting the way he is. Wrong move. I will teach him tomorrow I know he will show up to apologize which he always do the next day whenever he leaves a party unannounced ever since we were ten.







As it was still summer and Jake had the house to himself till next weekend, he decided to chat up Tomi. It would pretty well and he managed to win her heart with his charm and charisma in just under ten minutes. "Congratulations, Tomi", Mads spoke up clapping her hands.







The next day, while Jake was at home doing his gym work out program, a knock on his door arrive. He went to answer the door and just as he had predicted, Eagle came at 2:00 pm which he usually does. "What do you want?" Jake look annoyed. "I didn't call you to come over. Don't you have any manners?"







"I just came to say sorry for leaving your party early. I came to say sorry and bought you a He Man today and a dvd. Let's watch He Man together. You can keep the DVD as a tokken of my apologies".







Jake took the toy and DVD from Eagle's hands gently before he abruptly threw them down on the ground. He proceeded to step on them breaking the DVD and the toy.







"What did you do that for. If you are angry with me please say so but you did not have to do that?"







"I am done playing your childish games and being there for you whenever you at all the parties and gatherings we go to. Your parents even treat you differently from the others. I have wasted time hanging around you for too long. Now get off my property and go home or whever your feet takes you, loser".







"But what about being best friends forever?"







"That was yesterday. Now get lost. If I see you again, it will not be good on your PART!"







Eagle left sobbing. "What have I done wrong?"







"I got rid of one problem. It is time to go on to phase two". Jake rang the phone. "Hi Tomi, this is Jake. You should come over and hang out, my parents are not in. It will be fun". He never met Eagle for the rest of the year until the first day in the School of the Beast, Jake who was now dating Tomi heard a familiar voice saying, "If I could only fly like an Eagle".







Jake turned around and to his surprised saw Eagle actually standing behind Tomi. He smirked but he decided to watch Eagle for a while.







His former best friend accidentally bumped into Tomi before lamely introducing himself. That was when Jake stepped in. "Look at this loser trying to crack on to my girlfriend. So you enrolled to this school too bet you want to prove to your parents you can look after yourself. Guess what, you will be out of here in no time and I will see that it happens".







Eagle's eyes were wide with disbelieve all over his facial expression. He did not expect his former best friend to treat him that way. It was a total contrast to the former Jake who used to look out for him. That was only the beginning of Jake making the half Asian boy's life hell.

[OldGreenGrolar]

Interlude 2: Mona.







Ten years ago......."Congratulations Mona! You have won the battle royale championship. Step close to your animals", Principal Brown called a petite girl with shoulder length brown hair and brown eyes out after a female T rex killed off a spinosaurus and a large bull mastodon.







"Thank you, Principal Brown".







"Call me Sarah. How many times have I told you to just address me by name. Enough with the formalities even in public". Sarah laughed.







Mona laughed along while her friends cheered on as she used her powers to command her animals to merge with her. She had always been a popular girl since she entered high school. Despite being a generally nice person, she had once been involved in bullying for a year when she first became a student in School of the Beast as she did not want her friends to turn on her. A year later her conscience got the better of her and she secretly reported the bullying to Principal Brown.







"Thank you for being honest with me. I will expel all who are involved in the bullying except you".







"Why? I am just as bad as they are?"







"Because you are a good person at heart but you are not getting off that easily. You will be made to do community service in the school and your assignment will be to befriend the girl you have helped the others picked on".







"Thank you, Principal Brown. I will do my best".







"Call me Sarah. From now on if you have any problems just come and see me. I will see to it that the rest are expelled. Don't you worry, I will not tell them anything. On your way".







Mona smiled and left the office and caught hold of the girl she had helped bully using her juvenile pranks. "I am sorry for what I have done for that one year. Will you forgive me?"







"Sure why not. I have hit you back many times now so we are pretty much event. Where are the rest?"







"Principal Brown is probably on her way expelling them. They will be gone from the school by tomorrow but you do not need to fear as from today as nobody will bully you anymore today. I am sorry I never asked you your name".







"Else Emmert but you can just call me Blue. I am from the cyan class ".







"My name is Mona Adams. Just call me Mona. I am from the orange class".







"You look like Dora".







"What a surprise, my mother's name is Dora and she is Spanish. Quick hide". Mona dragged Blue to hide behind the staircase as the people involved in the bullying were walking down the stairs with their things and out of the school grounds. Many of them are from the Violet and Cyan Class and one from the orange class were recognised by the t shirts they were wearing.







"Phew", they both said in unison.







"See you later suckers!" Blue called out just as the bullies reached the gate. They turn to glare at Blue but did nothing. "Don't worry, Mona. They didn't see you. We will compete fair and square but I know the animals I command will never beat yours. What will happen to the animals controlled by the bullies?"







"According to the school rules, you have the option to command them. If you leave them alone, they will become rogue. If you think that is too much feel free to request a battle royale".







"That is exactly what I will do". A battle royale was organised and Blue ended up moving to the orange class after she was able to control the Steppe green bear, spinosaurus, and Mastodon.







"Congratulations. We will now be classmates and best friends for life!" Mona exitedly screamed. Her popularity increased dramatically as Principal Brown called her out for doing the right thing by Blue but she did not tell the school that the former was involved in the gang although it was obvious. It is probably because Mona had a cutesy innocent looking persona which makes people forget her past once she did something good to redeem herself. Her popularity and friendship with Blue also made her best friend popular.







A week after, four students from the Red Class approached both Mona and Blue offering them a contract. "We consider you both worthwhile. So we are going to let you in on our secret.............................."







The popularity of Mona and Blue sky rocketed quickly, however, they refuse to become enemies as they valued each others friendship. Mona eventually dated a rugby player while Blue dated a boy who was expert in fixing computers.







Three years passed quickly and Mona became the champion while Blue became the second runner up. The petite brown haired and brown eyed girl broke up with her first boyfriend before the battle royale while Blue's boyfriend proposed to her. Mona shortly was accepted as a teacher in School of the Beast and she became the most popular teacher there. This was because of her qualifications as a champion in the battle royale and her mastery at communicating and directing her animals. She shortly dated a sports man her age for seven years before calling off the engagement after discovering he was not only cheating on her but he was also a student in the University of Thanatos. A while later she received saw news about the death of her best friend and her husband due to an accident on television and received a letter saying, "You refused to comply with us and now you will pay the price. Watch your back. We have discovered you are not ruthless enough".







Two years later, Principal Brown who had vouched for her to become a teacher in the school was fired and replaced by Pricipal King. Unlike the former, the latter was more ruthless and demanded everyone to call him by his title rather than by name. This situation caused Mona extreme stress which she managed to hide due to her cutesy personality.







This incident happened shortly before students like Eagle and Mads arrived in the school. Both of them were Mona's favourites mainly because Eagle reminded her of her former best friend during high school while Mads reminded Mona of her younger self. She was shortly fired after revealing her ability to turn into a Titanoboa to defend the former.







Mona decided to find a new job that involves travelling. For the past six years, she not only entered a string of relationships but also discovered that the Kingdom of Earthos was only a planet orbiting around a green sun and its citizens were originally from the overpopulated earth (with a similar pop culture) sent by the UN as a few million people mainly from the first world nations (USA, Canada, Mexico, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Scandinavia, Britain, Neatherlands, Estonia, Finland, Russia, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland etc) volunteered to be teleported to the planet now known as the Kingdom of Earthos.







On the 6th year of her discovery while reading a book handed out to her by a citizen from the School of Parádeisos, Mona was attacked by many dark entities sent by Black Thanatos and the students from the Red Class she had made a contract with while in her comfortable home. She thought her life was over until a neon blue eagle arrived and chased them off with its neon blue breathe.







A tall handsome muscular man with blue hair arrived and used his sword to cut these dark entities to pieces. He approached a shivering Mona, offering out his hand after putting away his neon blue sword in a sheath and asked, "Are you alright?"







All Mona could do was nod. Norman took her back to the School of Paradeisos on the back of his eagle after instructing her to cling to him tightly. The neon blue eagle took off rather easily and landed on a field where Blue and her husband were waiting for her much to Mona’s delight.

[OldGreenGrolar]

Chapter 11: Two years time skip.







Two years went b quickly, Eagle now 16 had settled for a life as a loser. No girl wanted to go out with him although half the class by that time already had partners. He had, however, gained better control over his internal energy and is able to take command of his three animal friends much better. Jake and Tomi seems to be inseparable and so do Bart and Mads. Ann and her boyfriend were still going strong in their relationship as well and have planned their wedding in two years’ time. In other words, they both tied the knot early in life. The only thing that had not change was Bob's bad sleeping habits. He would stay up in the wee hours of the night playing video games and sleep the whole morning missing the assembly and lessons.







How did Eagle know all this? He is Bob's flat mate that is basically how he knows it. From time to time, Eagle would wake up in the middle of the knight to drink a cup of water or to go to the toilet only to catch Bob on his video games on his X box which would most likely be a versus game like Takken or Street Fighter as his computer games will be played in his personal room. Eagle had only been in Bob's room once and saw him play World of Warcraft, he eventually got bored and left his flatmate to his own devices. "Would you like to join me for a game of Street Fighter?" This would be Bob's question everytime Eagle came out briefly to do his business. "No thanks, its too late now".







Eagle knew that Bob would play his video games at night because Ann usually took over the tv during the day. It is a wonder that Bob's video games did not wake up the two of them. This is probably because Eagle is a deep sleeper. Ann on the other hand listens to her heavy metal on her i pad which is much louder while wearing ear phones and that drowns out the sound of Bob's video games.







"Hi Eagle, how is it going?" Eagle was once again greeted by Mads as he was came out of his unit at 9;00 a.m. ahead of Ann who was still in her room and Bob who had fallen asleep on the lounge for playing video games the whole night. Today it is the weekend and he had planned to go to the beach nearby as it was a sunny day only to bump into Mads who was already in her pink beachware.







"I can't seem to get away from you. Have you been stalking me as usual?"







"I your dreams but since it is a good weather, would you like to come with me to the beach?"







"That is exactly where I am heading. Where is Tomi?"







"She stayed over at Jake's unit and never came back that night". Mads walked a few steps closer before grabbing Eagle's right wrist with her left hand. "Let's get going".







The beach of Earthos which is the largest beach in the Kingdom of Earthos was only a hundred metres away was crowded and full of people. Therefore, it did not take the teenagers long to reach there. Eagle took off his shirt before taking his green towel out of his bag and laying on the ground using his bag as a pillow.







"I forgot my towel. Can I share yours?" asked Mads.







"Is that a pick up line?" Eagle tried to be sacarstic.







"You are so lame as usual". Mads pushed Eagle aside to make room for herself to share his towel. They were both actually lying under the sun like a couple. Mads lying on Eagle's chest probably stroked his ego at that moment. Eagle placed his left arm around Mads. "No touchy feely, I am dating Bart remember".







"Yeah right", Eagle thought to himself, "I feel like this nice guy who finishes last".







A memory came back to mind. "Don't think that Mads likes you just because she is being good to you. She is just using you either to make Bart jealouse or she just pities you. Not like Bart even cares as he has a life of his own. There is no way a loser like you could steal his girlfriend from him anytime soon".







"If that is the case why do you get so stirred up everytime I attempt to get close to Tomi?" Eagle smirked.







These words were what made him earn a beating from Jake and his friends which gave him bruises for two weeks. This incident happened exactly one year ago. "I never thought I had such a photographic memory".







"Are you alright, Eagle?" Mads who had fallen asleep om Eagle’s bosom woke up.







"Did I wake you up?"







"You certainly did, honey" Mads was playing with his ears physically just as she has been playing with the strings of Eagle's heart emotionally which for the past two years. "The upcoming dance party is coming. Hope you are ready. We really need to find you a girlfriend". She was still laying down on his chest and snuggling up to him. "Anyway, let’s go to the sea, the waves are coming now. I forgot you don't know how to surf. It works out well for me. In that case you can just continue to enjoy the sun while looking after my stuff".







Mads took her surf board and ran ahead of Eagle to the waters. "What kind of guy am I?" he asked himself watching while his schoolmate was enjoying herself. "She is certainly fun and good company regardless". Eagle pulled Mads stuff closer to himself before falling asleep on with his head on his bag once more. That was when he had a dream once again. A huge neon blue eagle, the size of the legendary roc was flying above him fighting with some dark entities. That eagle was shining bright blue and riding the back of the eagle was a tall blue haired and blue eyed man with a neon blue sword which could cut through the toughest metal.







"Wake up, Eagle. You are a really deep sleeper aren't you. I have been pushing you for the past ten minutes". He woke up only to see Mads sitting by his side.







"It is like I have been put in a deep sleep before meeting Eve", Eagle joked.







"Yeah right! You moron! Ha ha ha!" Mads punched Eagle in the ribs.







"So what do you believe in?"







"Nothing. I am just a free thinking girl". She snuggled up to Eagle once more resting her head on his chest again.







Eagle and Mads spent the rest of the day in the beach under the sun was almost down before heading back to their units.







"I had a good time today, Eagle. Thank you for coming with me to the beach. We should do it more often. Bart will be coming over soon. We are going on a date tonight so I have got to change. See you later". Mads who smells of the salty sea water gave Eagle a hug and a kissed on the cheek before heading into her unit without giving Eagle a chance to respond but that’s probably the way she is.

[OldGreenGrolar]

Chapter 12: Preparation for the ballroom dance.







The ballroom dance was only two weeks away. After taking a shower, Eagle headed towards the clothing shop which was not far from the school and close by the Beach of Earthos, only to discover it is not very big but it had a lot of clothing with different colours.







As Eagle walk into the clothing shop, a woman, who happened to be the shop owner, slightly shorter than him in her forties and wearing glasses greeted him. “Good day, young man, you are early. The ballroom dance is still two weeks away".







"I need to prepare myself early". Eagle smiled genuinely before asking, "How did you know about the ball?"







"Students from the School of the Beast buy their clothing here every year before the ball. I have been working here for a long time, young man".







Eagle choose for himself a green formal t shirt, suit, and pants as well as a bow tie which he decided to buy. A question pop up in his mind on his way back to the school accommodation. Looking at himself in the mirror in the changing room, he was proud of his 'accomplishment' in a way. Who he was going to ask to the dance is the next step. His thoughts turned to Tomi but he knew she would say "No" because of Jake and that would lead him into a fight. Mads would be a great partner to go with as she is the only consistent female figure in his life in school. Besides, he feels comfortable around her despite the teasing and mind games she plays. Ann would not go because she would be most likely spending time in her room listening to heavy metal or hanging out with her boyfriend who has two left feet. These were his thoughts inside the changing room.







"You really make up your mind real fast. Many of my customers especially the girls take ages to choose their outfits".







"Thank you". Eagle handed over a few hundred dollars to the woman.







"Who is the lucky lady?"







"I am not to sure yet it is still two weeks away".







"I am sure there are many who would say yes to a young man like you".







If only she knew what Jake had done to his social life.







"Since you bought your clothes early, I will give you a 20% discount which is available in two weeks’ time. Thank you for coming by". She handed Eagle his change before saying goodbye to him. Before Eagle walked out of the door, the woman called out to him, "I know who that lucky girl is, she was the one lying down beside you on your towel in the beach today".







Eagle almost blushed hearing this.







"I bet she likes you so let me help you out a little, you should ask her".







"Did you see me today?"







"I literally live in this shop. My home is right behind the backdoor of this shop and I go to the beach regularly myself". She pointed at the brown door right behind her. "Alright off you go, young men".







"Thank you".







Eagle headed back to the school accommodation only to see Bart and Mads walk pass him without a 'hello'. Mads was definitely playing mind games with him alright. Entering his unit and placing his new clothes in his cupboard, he knocked on Bob's door to ask him if he wants to play some video games.







"In a couple of hours’ time. I am still on Minecraft".







"Ann is not home today, she has gone over to her boyfriend's house and the tv is all yours".







"I SAID I WILL BE READY IN A COUPLE OF HOURS. NOW LEAVE ME ALONE".







"Sorry". Eagle turned on the tv and he decided to watch a film on ballroom dancing. He tried to mimic the dance but he discovered he had two left feet just like Ann's boyfriend. "If only I had someone to practice with".







Bob whom had just come out for a drink of water said, "I can be your practice partner".







"Nah!"







"Enjoy yourself but I would say that you make a better gamer than a dancer?"







"What do you mean?"







"Your social status in school is just as bad as mine but unlike you, they leave me alone. I see Mads playing mind games with you all the time, you should show her who is boss".







"Whatever". Eagle lamely tried to copy the dance moves.







"You should watch 'Never Back Down' instead. Ha ha ha!" Bob laughed as he entered his room and closed the door locking it. "See you in a while if you are still here that is".







Ann opened the main door and entered with her boyfriend. She took one look at Eagle saying, "What a lame attempt".







"Aren't you both hanging out elsewhere?"







"I forgot my i pad. See you later". Ann entered her room with her boyfriend before closing the door and did not come out for the rest of the night.







"Everybody is acting strange tonight", Eagle mumbled out loud but nobody was paying attention of course.







Three hours later. "I am done with Minecraft. Let's have a game of Takken".







"Sure thing. I will pick Kuma and you will pick Panda".







"Why?"







"Kuma likes Panda but his love never gets reciprocate".







"Is that your thoughts towards Mads or Tomi?"







Eagle did not say a word.







"Alright, I will humor you just this once but the next round will be on my terms. Is that fair?"







"It certainly is thank you".







Eagle and Bob played Takken on the X Box the whole night. He discovered the letter was surprisingly an expert in the game and would easily defeat him for the first few rounds. Eagle, however, quickly caught on and soon began to give Bob a challenge despite finally losing the match.







"You have improved significantly in only a few hours. I believe you are the type who learns things as you do them. Good on you, Eagle". Bob and Eagle continued playing until the wee hours in the morning a fell asleep on either side of the lounge before Ann and her boyfriend woke up.

[OldGreenGrolar]

Chapter 13: The brutal reality of rejection.







Eagle almost never went to a social gathering or party after that knowing that he will not be accepted there especially with the presence of Jake and his lackeys. However, he still made the best effort he could to train his animals as well as prepare for the ballroom dance knowing that this could be his last chance to impress Tomi.







Bob said, "Don't you get it, Tomi has never liked you and she never will".







These very words brought Eagle back to a period of time when Mads officially invited Eagle for her birthday party which was one month before his. Thinking this was a way to boost his popularity, he accepted not realising that Mads only motive was to fill up an empty seat and everyone ignored him at the party. "What a way to treat you guest". Eagle couldn't help mumbling to himself.







"Show some respect, you are lucky to be even invited", Bart spoke up, slapping Eagle on the back. The rest of the night ended up with Eagle sitting alone.







"Things can always change. I am just an Eagle which has not learn to fly", Eagle spoke back to Bob.







"What confidence but if you really are an eagle, you are probably a late bloomer for one. Most eagles are capable of flying within 10 - 12 weeks. You are sixteen and still have not learned to fly".







Eagle ignored that comment as he considered it a Bob's comparison to be poor. While it is true his flatmate's got the obvious correct, he did not realise that he was referring to himself as the human eagle. Heading into his room and shutting the door behind him, he fell asleep. He will be turning sixteen in just a few days after the dance. Maybe just maybe if he could shine at the ballroom dance will he obtain enough popularity to organised a birthday party of the own.







One month ago, Mads invited him to her sixteen birthday party at a concert with some of the seniors which both her and Tomi did not turn up in much to his confusion. Once again, he felt isolated and was picked on by Jake and his lackeys. "How sad", Eagle thought as he attempted to perfect his dance.







The dance finally came and Eagle went spontaneously hoping to snag a lone girl to dance with. Failing to invite a dance partner the conventional way, it is time to be spontaneous. Besides, he knew he would not be the only one heading to the dance as a single. There are many like Bob and Ann who would not attend, however, there are plenty who would attend single handedly hoping to spontaneously find a dance partner which was at least what Eagle was thinking in that brain of his.







Dressed in his bright green formal outfit, Eagle headed to the school hall which has been turned into a ballroom. These were ball room lights in the ceiling which were shining with five colours (orange, yellow, green, cyan, violet). "Where are the red and purple lights?" Eagle wondered.







His train of thought was interrupted when Mads greeted him with a hug. She was wearing a pink dress above her kness which exposed her shoulders as well as glittering high heels. "Welcome, Eagle! You are the only one who is dress in a bright colour other than me. Never thought I would see you here. I will be the speaker for the night. Stay tunned". She ran back to Bart who was hanging around Jake and his lackey. Tomi was nowhere to be seen.







Eagle took an empthy seat among a group of students from the yellow class. He noticed that the only students from the Green Class present are Mads and himself apart from some of Jake's lackeys and some of the girls from Tomi's clique.







A lot of delicacies were served that very night which Eagle obviously enjoyed ignoring the others who were looking at him in a weird way. Ten minutes, later, Mads went up the stage and called out Tomi who appeared out of nowhere on the stage. She was wearing a cyan and purple glittering dress and she invited Jake to come up the stage to dance with her.







Other students began dancing along with the pairs. Bart came up and took Mads with him in his arms.







"Let's dance", Eagle stood up and held out his hand towards a girl with shoulder length red hair and green eyes who was sitting beside him.







"No way! Go @@@@@ yourself!"







"Whatever", Eagle sat back down coolly hoping while watching the dance. "This is my seat so I am going nowhere".







The dance when on and the students switched partners. Tomi with Bart and Mads with Jake.







"Perhaps, I can dance with Tomi after all", Eagle spoke to himself and he got up of his table and headed to where the students were dancing. He attempted to dance with Tomi just as she parted from Bart only to be rejected.







Jake tapped Eagle on the shoulder. "I thought I told you to leave Tomi alone".







"I don't see you stopping her from dancing with the others, you jealous @@@@@".







"Yeah but she clearly does not want to dance with you and Mads has told you several times to stop being a SIMP".







"You do your own thing and I will do mind. Tonight is a dance party and not a time to fight". Just as Eagle was about to turn away, Jake who was holding a glass cup with wine poured his drink on Eagle's head. Angered by that act, he retaliated by giving his bully and former best friend and upper cut in his chin knocking him to the ground. "You can dish out but you can't take it can you?" Eagle smirked.







"Wrong move loser!" Jake got up slowly and took a tissue paper in his pocket wiping the blood off his mouth. "Now you are really going to get it this time".







Jake punched Eagle who was being held still against his will by Bart and Edward which caused him to vomit out all he has eaten that night.







"Do you have enough loser?" Jake asked Eagle who now had his hands on his stomach and was squatting down after the other two popular boys released him. Not getting a response, he walked up to the boy wearing bright green and asked him the same question but didn't see what was coming.







Eagle retaliated by punching Jake between the legs before stepping on his stomach. "Now I have had enough", Eagle turned to walk away. Mads look at Eagle wide eyed and impressed while Tomi helped Jake up asking, "Are you alright honey?"







"Seize him!" Jake called out as Bart and the popular boys caught hold of him.







"That is enough! Let him go. Jake don't forget you started it. You actually got what you deserved tonight!" Mads intervened trying to get Bart and the other boys to release Eagle but to no avail.







"Step aside!" Bart pushed Mads down. Jake moved slowly to Eagle who was unable to run away before ordering his friends to remove Eagle's bright green suit. He spitted on the suit before stepping on it and pouring wine and tomato source on it. He proceeded to rip Eagle's white formal shirt apart before pouring a glass of wine which was handed to him by the red haired girl who was sitting beside Eagle moments ago.







After incurring multiple punches from Jake in the stomach, chest, and face, Jake's lackeys released him. Eagle ran back into his room in tears leaving his bright green suit and thorn t shirt in the ballroom. Thankfully, Bob was still in his room and Ann had gone out probably with her boyfriend elsewhere which she does every weekend. "I won't be coming out tonight to play video games, I have found a new online friend and will be playing Starcraft the whole night", his slightly overweight flatmate called out from his room.







Eagle took a shower and changed back into his normal clothes before falling asleep in his room.

[OldGreenGrolar]

Chapter 14: An unexpected visitation.







Eagle was sleeping soundly on the lounge when Ann woke him up. "Someone is here to see you".







It took a while for Eagle to open his eyes but by the time he did to his surprise Mads was standing beside Ann. "Mads?"







"Yes it is me". Mads who was still wearing that pink strapless glittery dress spoke softly. She left her high heels at the shoe rack near the main door.







"You don't sound yourself tonight. Is everything alright back at the ball?" Eagle looked into Mads' ocean blue eyes with his green eyes.







"I guess I will leave you both to it", Ann headed towards her room door. "My boyfriend is waiting for me inside. Can't keep him waiting long".







As soon as Ann entered her room and locked her door, Mads began to break down as she took a sit beside Eagle on the lounge and broke down. "I am sorry for everything I have done to you. All the teasing, mind games, and isolating you at my parties. Forgive me for not standing up for you earlier on at my parties and joined in with the laugh".







"Hey don't sweat it. This is not the first time I have been rejected".







"Jake certainly deserved what he got. I hope he goes to hospital", Mads broke out in a laugh.







"Why?"







"He did something despicable tonight. Remember the red head sitting beside you?"







"What's up with her?"







"She is now Jake's new girlfriend. He abruptly broke up with Tomi shortly after you left and kissed Veronica in front of her".







"So her name is Veronica".







"How is Tomi doing?"







"She is back in her room".







"Shall we see how she is?" Eagle expressed concern.







"No, she does not want anyone to bother her at the moment. Ask her tomorrow. Tonight, I will make it up to you. Let's dance". Mads turned on the television before switching the channel from the HBO to the MTV. "This song is perfect for a slow dance". She drag Eagle off the lounge before embracing him and leading the slow dance. "Now lets watch a movie".







Eagle took out the blanket from his room which Mads got under (after switching the television back to HBO channel) and snuggled up to and embraced him before falling asleep together on the lounge. "Thank you, Eagle for everything". She planted a kiss on his head in the middle of watching Abduction. "Do you know that some of these actors were originally from earth?"







"I have heard about that?"







"Our ancestors originally came from earth. That is what my mother told me before coming to this school. She said I have got her South American tanned skin and ocean blue eyes from my father".







"Your mother must be a genius", Eagle whispered into Mads ear while embracing her from behind.







"Yeah. She was the most intelligent student back in her days. Always scored top marks for history lesson".







"Have you ever thought of visiting earth?"







"Why? It is comfortable here unless you plan to fly there like a space eagle", Mads giggled and elbowed Eagle in the ribs. That hurt Eagle a bit but he pretended like nothing ever happened. "Are you alright?" She turned around and planted a kiss on his nose. "That is just playful me. I do it to Bart all the time and it hurts him bad but I guess he has found a new love".







"Really?"







"Yeah. He abruptly broke up with me after the ballroom dance telling me he is in love with a friend of Veronica's, a dark skinned girl slightly taller than her who was sitting at the left of her".







"I remember her. She was looking at me strange?"







"For what?"







"Having a big appetite". Eagle chuckled tickling Mads who laughed and elbowed him in the ribs once more.







"We have missed half the film. What shall we do?"







"Alien vs Predator is coming up lets wait for that film?"







"Good idea".







Both the teenagers ended up falling asleep on the lounge the moment the film ended. The next day, both teenagers woke up at the same time.







"Thank you for allowing me to spend the night. You are really a nice guy. I am sure some girl who be with you one day". Mads who was still in the arms of Eagle turned around giving him one last kiss on the forehead before getting up from under the blanket, heading towards the door, putting on her high heels and leaving for her unit leaving Eagle alone in the living room. He never bump into Mads again for the rest of the day even when he went to check on his animals. Somehow, he had hope to see her again. Eagle found it strange that Mads left in an unusual polite way not the abrupt way which she usually does.







Monday finally arrived and Mads was not in the class. Tomi seems down and out and the chair beside her was empty. Eagle wandered what happened to Mads. His answer came when Mr Buffalo walked in, "We have lost one student today. She has left us and her animals will go to a student named Sophia".







"When did she leave?" Eagle asked in shocked as he stood up.







"She left us this morning and she packed her bags before saying she will never come back. You might as well forget her as she is gone from the school. Now be a good boy and SIT DOWN".







Eagle complied and tried to pay attention to Mr. Buffalo who was giving the class a history lesson about Earthos but he found himself thinking of Mads every second of the way. All because of a Saturday night snuggled up on his lounge. Bob in the meantime was sleeping and snoring beside him.







Ann was listening to heavy metal with her boyfriend as usual. Mr Buffalo who had been their teacher for the past two years had already given up on them and labeled them to be failures and misfits. He payed more attention to the students he deemed to be successful and Eagle was definitely not one of them which was a relief for him.