Hamel Academy: Freshman Year

Main Characters:

Elsword: Rune Slayer

Aisha: Battle Magician

Rena: Trapping Ranger

Raven: Veteran Commander

Eve: Code Electra (She's a human)

Chung: Deadly Chaser

Ara: Little Xia

Chapter one: New Friends and a New Year

The alarm clock goes off, telling me it's time to get up. The noise is annoying in the morning, but I'm probably only going to use it this once. That is, because, today is the first of school and I don't want to be late. I crawl out of bed and begin my day. I take a quick shower to not only clean myself, but also make sure I'm fully awake. Next I go to brush my teeth. No one likes a dirty mouth, let alone stinky breath. Then I fix my hair. I like my usual look way more than my bed-head. Last I put on the uniform. It's navy blue and doesn't quite match my red hair, but oh well, can't complain really.

It's a short walk from the dorm to the school. Although there are few things here and there, I'm not really paying attention to it.

~In the locker room~

During orientation, the teachers gave us a card which had our classroom number, locker number, and dorm room number. I pull the card out of my pocket and look at the numbers.

'Let's see… locker 194' I think as I look around. When I spot the locker with the same number, I see a girl with long white hair. She closes her locker and walks away. 'It seems that's one of my locker neighbors.' I open the locker and put everything I'm going to need for the day on the little self in there and leave the rest in my bag. I then slide my iPod out as well and put it in my pocket. 'Sitting in homeroom and waiting is gonna be boring. Might as well do something.' I close my locker door and proceed to homeroom.

~In homeroom~

I was the first student to arrive in homeroom, just as I figured I would. The teacher was also in there, however she was on the phone and writing something down. She notices my presences and points to a piece of paper tapped to the board. It showed the names of the students at certain spots. My seat was the second to back window seat. I set my books down on the desk, slide into my chair and take out my iPod and headphones. I put the headphones in and began to scroll through my songs. In the end, I just pick shuffle and look out the window. About two minutes into the song, I fell a tap on my shoulder. A girl with purple hair was standing over me pouting. I take my headphones off and look at her in confusion.

"Can I help you?" I ask as she stands there, glaring down at me.

"I've been talking to you for the past minute" she replies with a huff. I lift up my hands, revealing the wire to the headphones and iPod.

"I had headphones in before you talked to me. It's not like I was trying to ignore you purposely." I pause the song, put away both the iPod and headphones, and then look back at her.

"Sorry, my mistake." She sat down in the seat next to me. "My name is Aisha; it's nice to meet you." She smiles at me as she holds out her hand. I take her hand and shake it.

"Same here, I'm Elsword." She lets go and looks toward the front of the room as more students begin filling in. One girl walks in seconds before the others. She has long black hair which is tied in different ways, brownish yellow eyes and was about my height. Maybe about two or three inches taller, but still close. She walks over and sits in front of Aisha, but doesn't say a word. Aisha decides to get her attention and spark up a conversation.

"Hi there, I'm Aisha" she greets her. The girl turns around with a shy expression.

"Um… H-hi there. I'm Ara…" she replies. I could tell just by her speech pattern that she's nervous. I decide to cut into the conversation to try and lighten her mood.

"No need to be nervous, it'll be fine" I add, trying to encourage her not to be afraid. It seems, however, to backfire on me as she looks down blushing. Yup, I embarrassed her alright.

"Yeah… you're not helping" Aisha says.

"My mistake. I'm Elsword by the way, nice to meet you Ara." She looks up and nods shyly. She must be nervous from the whole switching schools thing. I'm sure she'll get over it in a few days. "So what class are you gals?"

"I am a Battle Magician. Once I'm qualified, I can become a Dimension Witch."

"Little Xia. I want to become a Little Hsien. W-what about you?" Ara replies.

"Rune Slayer" I say. They both gasp at that. Was something wrong with this class? "Eh? Is… something wrong with that?"

"Rune Slayers… aren't most of them deceased?" Well it's true that there aren't many Rune Slayers in the world, but I don't think they're dead. Though it may be because of how hard it is to become a Rune Slayer. It isn't as easy as other classes. You have to be sure your body can handle making and maintaining runes. Once that's done, it's a matter of finding your element. Most Rune Slayers only have one element; however I've managed to gain two. Fire, which came from my days as a Magic Knight, and Ice, which came from me over extending my training, but with great results.

"It isn't that they're deceased, it's a matter of the process for them becoming one. Only those that can truly handle it can become a Rune Slayer. Those that can't either move to another class or keep trying." Ara nods, understanding the Rune Slayers. We all look up as we heard an "Ahem!" It was the teacher getting our attention. Guess we've been talking for too long.

"Hello class and welcome to Hamel Academy. I am your teacher; you may call me Ms. Lucy. I will now begin handing out your schedule for your school year" she says as she gets some papers and gives them to the assigned student. When I got mine, I look it over.

'Let's see… Algebra, English, Study Hall, Lunch, Global for Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Biology, Study Hall, Lunch and P.E for Tuesday and Thursday." I tap on both Aisha and Ara's shoulder. "Hey, what class do y'all have?"

"Let me see your schedule, it'll be easier that way." Aisha replies. I hand her my schedule as she examines it while Ara looks from above. "We don't have English and Biology together. What about you Ara?"

"Um… I have the same ones as you Elsword" she says. Aisha pouts.

"I wish I was with you two. Now I'll be in a class with people I don't know."

"Don't worry. I'm sure you'll meet some new friends. And plus, that's the only two classes we don't all have together, so no big deal. Now if it was ALL our classes, we'd have a problem" I add. They nod in agreement and we all look back at front of the class.

~Lunch~

I grab my things and head out of class with Ara and Aisha with me. It was now time for lunch, meaning we can go outside and get some fresh air since it's hot out. Lunch inside is only for when it's cold, raining, or snowing outside. "So, you two liking you classes?"

"They're alright, though Study Hall is boring. That teacher doesn't even want to hear the sound of breathing!" Aisha replies. Our Study Hall teacher, Ms. Stella, is very strict on us making any type of noise. It's kind of cruel actually.

"I-I agree. We should at least be able to whisper" Ara adds. Aisha nods at her and I just laugh silently as we reach the lunchroom.

It didn't take long for us to get to the lunchroom. That wasn't the problem though. The problem was where we're going to sit. There was nowhere to sit! Tables were filled all around with most girls surrounding one.

"Um… There's a free table over there" Aisha pointes out. We decide to sit there, though we need a table we're sure to stay at without scrambling to get one. However, we haven't the slightest clue as to where. Sure, there are plenty of tables around, but there are also a lot of students that have lunch at this time, which makes this harder. Sitting in a classroom and eating is fine, but who wants to do that…?

I clap my hands together. I finally know where we're going to sit. The girls look at me. "I think I know where we're going to sit at" I tell them. "How about the roof? I'm sure the teachers won't mind it there. I mean, it's only us three and we're only gonna being there during lunch, so why not? "

"You're right. it'll only be us three and that's during lunch. Besides, it's less public up there, so none of the other students will bother us" Aisha agrees. Ara nods showing she agrees and it was decided. Tomorrow, we'll go and ask the teachers if it was okay to be up there. We continue to eat our lunch while making small talk.

~After School~

I go to the locker assigned to me. Locker 194. Not much in here, though I guess that's how it is when you first start school. I put my things in my bag, sling it over my shoulder, lock my locker then leave the school. While walking back to the dorm, I begin to look at the sky. It causes me to, for some reason, think about the school day. Not bad honestly. I actually look forward to going there tomorrow.

End of Chapter one. More chapters shall come soon!