Here Comes Metal Boy

A car pulled up to the entrance of the school and allowed Connor to jump out. He gave his hand a small wave thanking the driver, and he picked up his suitcase. 'New school, huh? Wonder what it'll be like' Connor mused as he started to walk briskly to the doors. The marvelous building provided shade for most of the walkway, which Connor appreciated. He did not pay much attention to the fountain or the other students, his main focus was to get to the front office. He pulled on the door handle and entered his new school. Connor gasped, 'The inside is just as beautiful' He picked up his suitcase and headed for the nearest person. "Uh, hello. My name is Connor. I'm new here. Is this the front office?'

Blue eyes looked up from his book about plants, which he was studying for the camping trip. Different shades of blue met each other. His eyes traveled down to the boy's suitcase. 'A new student...' Brightening, Griffin looked back up at the boy, a smile on his face. "You are in the right place! Just talk to that lady over there, and she'll give you your schedule and dorm assignment." The light blond explained, gesturing to the lady behind the counter. Glancing down at his book, the Summer placed a book mark in his book, then stood up, ready to direct the newest student to the dorms. As most get lost on the way there.

Connor held his new schedule and turned around noticing the boy was still standing there. "Oh, thanks for waiting for me. Do you think you could help me out with something else?" Connor asked hesitantly not wanting to waste the boys time. "I have to get to the dorms and I don't know where they are exactly."

The nice thing about signing up for the camping trip, meant that her class schedules had been cut in half in order to prepare. She still hadn't gotten to know anyone she was assigned with, between hiding out in her dorm and classes, socializing just wasn't a big thing for her. Well, at least to day that had changed to a slight degree. Taking notice to the two young gentleman who had been talking, the girl walked over and smiled sweetly. "If you wouldn't mind, I could take you over to the dorms? I'm on my way over there." She had overheard about half of what the new student had said, and so it wouldn't be too hard to be able to take him over to the dorms.

Griffin was about to nod in agreement to take him to the dorms, before a pink haired student appeared. She looked familiar. Familiar as a popular student could get, that is. One he got a good look at her face, the pale blond recognized her as Keirsta. Apparently, she won some sort of Easter competition, and got out on the first round of the tournament. How ever that was all he knew about her. Glancing over at Connor, he added, "I guess we both can walk you there. You'll be in the Initiate's dorm for now, until you do your placement test."

"Placement Test?" Connor asked in confusion. "I'll do those later I'm guessing. Lets go to the dorms first." He looked the new girl up and down, pink hair laid against her shoulders. "What an exotic color of hair." Connor thought to himself. "I should probably ask their names since they are showing me around..."He readjusted his backpack on his shoulder and started to head to the doors. Then turned around again, "I don't know where I am going." Connor said with a slight smile.

Keirsta nodded firmly at Connor's assumption on the placement tests. "Yes, you'll take that after you've been at Beata for a week. Don't worry, they'll let you know when its time." The kind smile never did fade from her face, and she brushed a stray lock from her hair. Holding her laptop firmly and clutching it close to her chest with one arm, she motioned towards Griffin. "I suppose, if you'd like to lead the way Griffin... You could?" It didn't take rocket science for the girl to figure out the names of students. Especially those who had been at Beata for a good amount of time.

Griffin gave the girl a blink before turning towards the door, beckoning the two to follow him. Keirsta already knew where she was going, but it seemed she was going to follow anyways. Once he arrived at the door, the blond held open the door behind him for whoever came out after. Once they all made it outside into the summer heat, the trio began their walk toward the dorms. Which were all the way across campus. While there was a bit of wind, it still had the sun beating down on them. As if it had heated during his time inside the offices. Adjusting his book in his arms, the summer turned to look at the newest student as they walked. "So, what power do you have?" He normally doesn't ask this question as what normally follows is the same one back. It never was a question that he enjoyed answering. However, Griffin hadn't had anyone abuse this power yet. Which was a great relief to the teen.

Connor watched as Griffin pushed the door open which caused a gust of hot air to come into the cold building. Connor walked beside the new girl, she held her computer tightly as if it was the only thing she had. Connor looked back up at Griffin, "My power?" He has never been asked to explain his power before. "Uh, I guess you can call it, uh, Metal Manipulation. So basically, I can bend any kind of metal with my mind." Connor pushed off his backpack and pulled out a small steel ball and started to bend it to show Griffin and Pink Haired Girl. Connor guestured torward Griffin, "I'm pretty sure your name is Griffin. What are your powers?"

Griffin leaned toward Connor to watch him transform the ball, eyes widening as he was able to shape it with his hands. "That looks awesome!" In a sudden movement, Griffin took a step back, his enthusiastic nature disappeared within a fraction of a second. "Uh...wish granting" His voice was small, and uncertain. Damn it. He hated telling people about his power. Why did that question have to be so popular?

Connor got excited when he noticed Griffin taking interest in his power. "Want to see something I have been working on recently?" Once again he took off his backpack and pulled out another metal ball, this time copper. "It's pretty hard but I'm trying to mix the two metals together." Connor placed both metals in one hand, and concentrated hard. After a few seconds the balls only seemed to squish up against each other. "Hmph. Disappointing." He said annoyed with his own skills. Connor could barely hear Griffin when he was telling his power. "Wish granting? That's a cool power! How does it work?" He noticed that Griffin didn't enjoy telling people, so he decided it would be best if he kept the talk small.

Griffin's eyes stayed on the two balls which held the appearance of mush. The Summer student frowned as they walked. "Like a genie," His voice trailed off, and he added more quietly. "but different at the same time." Griffin didn't feel like going through exactly what his power did. The blond never felt comfortable about talking about it. However, he had reasoned to himself that if people didn't know the effects it had on him, how would they know not to make wishes?

"...Like a genie?" He frowned, "That's interesting" Connor, intrigued by the power, wanted to ask Griffin more questions, but it seemed that he didn't want to say much about it. After a few more paces the two finally approached the dorm building, and they stood outside the big front doors. "Thanks Griffin for showing me to the dorms, I really appreciate it. See you around campus? Hopefully you can help me out in the future too."