That’s it. John was getting that Triple Chocolate Cake even if it killed him. Sure the cake was only served once a month and sure he failed(multiple times) to get there before everyone else, but today he had a good feeling. His eyes twinkled as he spotted the fabled cake on the counter. 

That good feeling weakened when Remi screamed “Step away from the last slice! I call dibs!” 

However, she was too slow as Arlo grabbed the cake and Remi wasn’t exactly 

The blond scoffed as he said, "What? You "called it"? You should know how it works by now Remi. It's first come first served. If you want a piece you've got to be faster than that!" 

Remi pouted as a tick mark appeared on her head. 

“Better luck next time shrimp.” Arlo finished.

A shadow appeared over Remi’s face as she said, “No way. I’ve waited an entire month for that cake. I won’t back down!”

Her eyes glowed a fierce amber as the pinkette’s figure was covered with electricity. 

“Hand it over jerk!" she demanded. 

Arlo just smirked as he loosened his tie.

"Oh, so that's how you want to play? Bring it on little shrimp!" Arlo declared as his eye glowed azure.

The students who were watching the ensuing fight just sighed. 

“Oh god those two are at it again?” one complained. 

“Really? Ugh here we go again.” their friend replied. 

"Hey! I bet twenty bucks that Remi will win this round!", another exclaimed.

Arlo and Remi clashed as Remi attacked with her electrified body while Arlo summoned an invisible barrier.

Anime tears trailed down John’s face as he felt as his disappointment was immeasurable and his day was ruined. 

‘I missed it again?! Damn it this is eight-time!’ He gloomily thought. He then tried to think about anything else. ‘Guess I’ll go to the rooftop. Sera and Saplar are probably up there. Besides, Saplar looked so sad this morning for some reason.’ He thought. 

Seraphina had to admit her day was fairly decent. No one would dare mess with her, considering it was a death wish. The not so fun part was having to give Saplar a piggyback ride up to the rooftop. She had only “offered” because when Saplar had shown up to class earlier she looked discontented. While her brown skin had the same healthy glow as always, her one visible mint green eye(which Seraphina never understood why she covered up) didn’t have the same shine she always noticed, and her hair was in disorder. Everyone had first assumed she got run over by a truck. After assuring the teacher she was fine, they just went back to the lecture as Saplar took her seat next to Seraphina. Now that Seraphina got a closer look, Saplar seemed like she had been crying?

‘She looks awful. Did she even get any sleep last night?’ She wondered. 

The time freezer had gotten her answer as Saplar began taking a nap at her desk. Seraphina quickly shook her awake before the teacher noticed. Despite her helpfulness, Saplar wasn’t gratified as she stuck her tongue out before dozing off again. 

Seraphina’s eyes narrowed as she bitterly thought ‘Well, if you’re going to be a brat about it, then have fun getting in trouble.’ Nonetheless, Seraphina hadn’t meant it; she understood that Saplar sometimes became irritable when she lacked sleep, but that still didn’t give her a pass to act like that. 

“Did the cripple just stick her tongue out at Seraphina?” a student asked. 

“Yeah, and she didn’t even do anything! ˢᵘᶜᵏˢ ᵃˢˢ ᵗᵒᵒ ᴵ ʳᵉᵃˡˡʸ ʷᵃⁿᵗᵉᵈ ᵗᵒ ˢᵉᵉ ᵗʰᵃᵗ ᶜʳᶦᵖᵖˡᵉ ᵍᵉᵗ ʷʳᵉᶜᵏᵉᵈ. ᴰᵘᵐᵇ ᵇᶦᵗᶜʰ ᵗʳᶦᵖᵖᵉᵈ ᵐᵉ ᵈᵒʷⁿ ᵗʰᵉ ˢᵗᵃᶦʳˢ.” another whispered. 

“Well, no duh! She’s friends with the moron and-! EEK!” the student panicked when she saw Seraphina’s ice-cold glare directed at her.

The student profusely apologized and had to do it again when the teacher was annoyed with her disturbance. Snicker filled the classroom as the student looked down in embarrassment. 

After class ended, Seraphina waited for Saplar next to the door, the latter still looked exhausted. 

“Hey, Saplar. Did you have a nightmare last night?” Seraphina asked.

Saplar rubbed her tired eye as she thought ‘Yeah, let's just go with that.’ “Yeah, and it sucked but don’t worry I’ll be fine. I just need to get towards the rooftop,” she answered. 

*YAWN*

“You’ll fall asleep before you're out the door.” Seraphina quipped.  Saplar blankly stared at Seraphina as the latter stared back with a slightly puzzled look. “What?” she asked. 

“Thank you for offering to carry me to the rooftop out of the kindness in that cold heart of yours “Big Sis,” she replied. 

Before Seraphina could retort, Saplar was falling towards the ground at an alarming rate. Luckily Seraphina had quick reflexes, so she caught her just in time. She felt Saplar’s chest slowly rising and falling. 

‘Oh, so she’s actually asleep and not faking it like the last time. Guess I better bring her to the roof, or she’ll never wake up.’ Seraphina thought. 

She adjusted Saplar, so she was on her shoulders and somehow Saplar wrapped her arms near her neck. The girl rolled her blue eyes before activating her ability and zipping towards the rooftop.

John opened the door to the rooftop to see Seraphina and Saplar there. Saplar was just leaning on Seraphina's shoulder who didn’t seem that bothered as she played her game. 

“Hey, Sera!” John chirped. He then turned to glance at Saplar who was in a deep sleep. Her skin almost seemed to glow, but he just ignored that. “Isn’t this the third time this week? Plus it seems worse today. What is she doing keeping her up so late?” John asked.

“We could always just ask her,” Seraphina responded.

As if on cue, Saplar woke up as she let a small yawn. Her light emerald gaze fell on John as she suddenly perked up.

“Hey, Johnny~! Did you get that fabled chocolate cake?” she asked. 

John dejectedly replied with “No. I was too late. Again.” 

Saplar gave a gentle smile as she said “Don’t worry John your “little sister” has your back!” 

She reached into her bag and pulled out a chocolate bar and a squarish shaped object wrapped in aluminum foil. John took both from her hand as he gave the girl a thank you. Saplar gave him another kind smile as he unwrapped the foil to reveal a vanilla cake. His favorite! The raven-haired boy’s eyes sparkled as he looked at Saplar with a wide smile.

“Saplar its official you're now my best friend forever!” he praised.

*AHEM!*

Seraphina had cleared her throat. 

“So you just forgot about me huh?” she joked. John however thought she was serious. 

John sweat dropped as he panically said, “Don’t worry Sera, you'll always be my number one!”

The rooftop became so quiet you could hear a pin drop. 

“I was joking, John,” Seraphina said cooly. 

“Oh uh. Sorry?” John replied. 

“It's fine,” Seraphina replied. She then turned to Saplar as she said, “Hey Saplar I have a question.” she said. 

“Shoot,” Saplar replied. 

“What-!” Seraphina was cut off by the bell ringing. 

“Oh crap! Come on John, we have to get to class!” Saplar said as she took off. 

“Well see ya Sera!” John chimed before leaving. 

Seraphina gained a peeved expression on her face as she grumbled “Damn bell.”

Meanwhile, in Trigonometry John was pretending to read while the teacher went on with the lecture. While Remi was smiling as she snacked on her newfound victory cake. To John, the words of his teacher were just becoming an indecipherable muddle. 

‘IS THIS GUY EVEN SPEAKING F*CKING ENGLISH?! THAT’S IT I’M GETTING OUT OF HERE!’ John thought.

He raised his hand as the teacher took notice of him.

“Yes, John?” he asked. 

“Can I use the bathroom?” he replied. 

The teacher gave him a glare before he said, “Go ahead.”

John quickly got up from his seat and speed-walked towards the door.

‘Long blocks are so exhausting!’ John complained as he strolled down the hall. A rumbling noise caught his attention. Just then Blyke’s body rammed through the wall and into another one, leaving a huge crater. John’s heart began racing at 100mph as he held a hand to his chest. ‘HOLY SHIT! I could've died just now! My heart's pounding!’ John worriedly thought. He snapped out of his terrifying state to check on Blyke. "Um. Hey. Are you okay?” John asked. The redhead ignored John’s question and looked and slowly got up, revealing luminous amber eyes. On the other side of the wall was Isen looking furiously at Blyke while holding a pen.

“Damn you Isen!” Blyke bellowed.

"You idiot! I lend you my pen for one class period and you go and break it!" Isen refuted. 

‘They’re fighting over a pen?!’ John thought.

“Yeah but you didn’t have to hit me so hard!” Blyke exclaimed. Red energy began to charge up in his hands and the energy ball became bigger in his palms. 

“THAT FREAKING HURT!” Blyke yelled as he released the massive beam of energy.

John had already ran away at this point and looked for an alternate route to the bathroom. 

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Afterwards John had made it to the other hallway. He then stumbled upon a depressing scene. A gray haired mid-tier, Gavin was bullying an ash blond low-tier Terrence. Now John could’ve ignored it and continued on his way, but he wasn’t that kind of person. 

‘You’ve got to me kidding me.’ John angrily thought.

“Come on do that thing again.” Gavin commanded. 

Terrence hesitated but gathered up the courage to say “No! L-leave me alone!”

Gavin wasn’t happy about that in the slightest and punched Terrence across the face. He then grabbed Terrence by his shirt and forced the boy to face him.

“Look here. DO NOT TALK BACK TO ME! Now… Do as I say. Or I'll beat the crap out of you!” he shouted as he went to punch his victim, who could only brace for impact. 

By the point John had enough and slugged Gavin across the face, sending him back a few feet. Terrence looked up at John, who rolled up his right sleeve. 

He sent Gavin a glare before saying “Keep your hands to yourself.” 

Gavin looked at with skepticism before he grinned. He slowly got up while keeping his eyes on John. 

"Heh. I know who you are. You're John the school cripple. Trying to play the hero huh? You’re pretty ballsy. But you should know your place!” Gavin roared as he threw a punch. 

John immediately reflected Gavin’s fist before countering with his own punch.

The ravenette narrowed his eyes as he snarled “Back off.” His eyes then widened as a violet fog that occupied the hallway. Gavin’s skin slowly turned gray as John mentally cursed. 

‘Shit! What the hell do I do against that?!’ John thought as he racked his brain for a solution. 

“Haven’t you learned? The world doesn't have sympathy for weaklings like you. Lie low and mind your business. Or keep getting in other’s way and get killed.” Gavin warned. During this Terrence had used his ability to turn invisible and ran away. 

‘Is this supposed to be this guy’s version of a threat?!’ John thought. 

John blocked Gavin’s attempt to elbow him in the face, but it cost him his arm. Gavin left some distance between them as he clutched his broken arm in discomfort. As John contemplated how to get out of this situation that when he realized, Gavin's ability was just a form of self-enhancement. Gavin had mentioned something about begging, but John’s attention was on the window next to him.

“Pfft!” John laughed.

“The hell are you laughing about?” Gavin asked. 

“You of course. Beg? That’s a pretty big demand. Usually when someone talks like that, they can back it up.” John retorted with a smirk. 

This was it. His opening. If Gavin called his bluff, it would be all over!

John crossed his arms as he said, "Let me give you some examples. So we have Remi who could burn me to a crisp. Blyke and Isen who are currently blowing up Wallik Hall. And obviously, Seraphina who is pretty much a God. Okay! Your turn! What can you do? Move a little faster? Hit a little harder?" he asked in a mocking tone. "Doesn't seem too threatening. In fact.... I bet I could beat you even without an ability." he said. 

This seems to do the trick as Gavin immediately flew into a blind rage. 

“SHUT THE FUCK UP!” Gavin screamed. 

The mid-tier charged forward towards John in a frenzy, not noticing the trap he was falling into. He swung his arm forward at John, who ducked as he grabbed Gavin by the arm and let out a cry as his eye faintly glowed, and he chucked Gavin out the window at full force. After being sure Gavin wasn't getting back up, John felt a wave of relief pour over him.

'Holy shit! That worked?!' he thought. John proceeded to focus his attention on his broken arm. 'My arm though. It's broken again.' he thought. An image of the school nurse Doc popped into his head. With his short blue hair and angry golden eyes.  'I'm so dead.’ He thought as he slowly made his way towards the school infirmary.

Seraphina just relaxed on the roof while playing games on her phone, only to receive a message from John.

Seraphina just relaxed on the roof while playing games on her phone, only to receive a message from John.

John: Please hwelp!! Save me!!

Saplar: Did you get your butt into trouble again?

John: Noooo…. 👀

Seraphina: Where are you?

John: In the Infirmary.

Seraphina: I'll be there.

Saplar: I'll make an excuse so see ya there!

Doc filled out forms for students on his desk only for his attention to turn towards the door as Saplar and Seraphina entered.

 'Ugh, not those two." Doc thought.

Seraphina was about to call John's name when Saplar shushed her. She whispered something into her ear as Seraphina smiled at her. Saplar slowly crept up on the unsuspecting John, who was still focused on his game. 

"HEY JOHN!" Saplar yelled. 

John nearly fell off the bed as he bellowed. 

"Oi! This is the infirmary, keep your voice down or I'll keep it down for you!" Doc stressed. 

"Whoopsie daisy! Sorry, Doc!" Saplar said with a snicker.

"Sorry, my ass. Damn kids can't keep their voices down." Doc grumbled.

"Jeez! Saplar are you trying to give me a heart attack?!" John asked.

“Nah~! I just like messing with you~!” she cackled. 

John began to slowly speculate that Saplar was secretly a servant of the devil himself. He then turned towards Seraphina with a slight scowl on his face. The time freezer was put off by the look he was giving her. 

“What?” she inquired. 

“You just let her do that?” John asked. 

“I thought it would be funny.” Seraphina countered. 

“You two are cruel.” John replied. 

“Anyway! What was that text message you sent us about?” Saplar inquired. 

“Oh, it's boring in here.” John replied. 

A silence quickly followed afterwards until it was broken by Seraphina. 

“I’m going back to class.” Seraphina replied as she turned towards the exit. 

John did a double take before grabbing Seraphina by the arm. 

“Pfft! Class?! That’s bullshit and you know it!” John retorted. 

Seraphina smiled a bit before saying "Alright. You called my bluff. I'll stay." 

John then turned to Saplar, who was still standing there. 

“Aren’t you going to go to your next class?” he asked. 

“Nah! I can’t stand the History teacher.” Saplar answered. She then whipped out her phone as she said “Let’s play Slappy Pig!” 

In the middle of their match John suddenly yelled “YEAH!” Both girls turned in his direction to see a creepy look plastered on his face as he snickered. 

“Relax Satan. What’s gotten you so riled up?” Saplar asked. 

“I’m glad you asked!” he replied. In one swift motion he brought the phone to their faces as he said “Check. This. OUT!” His phone screen showed he had a high score of 187. With a wide grin he proclaimed, “Looks like we have a new champ in town!”

“Oh really~!” Saplar chirped. She showed her screen to reveal her high score of 190. She grinned as she said, “You were saying?”

Seraphina wordlessly revealed her score of 212, which had both raven haired teens flabbergasted. 

“What the-! Sera that’s cheating!” Saplar hissed.

“Because I used my ability? Look, it's not my fault you can’t use-!” Seraphina quickly backpedaled when she noticed Saplar’s sad look. “I mean still learning how to use it.” she corrected. Saplar seemed content with her response as she smiled. 

“YOU!” Doc screamed out of nowhere. All the trio heard was Doc incoherent, yelling as he angrily stormed towards the door. As his hand touched the handle, his eyes glowed gold as he sent a glare in John’s direction. “JOHN! YOU WILL STAY HERE UNTIL I’M BACK! IS THAT CLEAR?!” he asked. 

The raven haired boy just smiled in response as he said, “Don’t worry Doc! I have Sera and Saplar to keep me company!”

‘That’s what I’m afraid of.’ Doc thought as he exited the infirmary.

“Hey Sera. Saplar. Let’s get out of here.” John said with a heartwarming smile. 

“Hell yeah!” Saplar cheered. 

“So we’re going to Wobba, Boba?” Seraphina asked. 

“Yeah.” John replied. 

“Cool I’m inviting Markus!” Saplar chirped. 

Outside, a certain gray haired mid-tier stumbled out of the bushes as rage clouded his mind. 

‘THAT NO GOOD CRIPPLE! I’LL DESTROY HIM THE NEXT TIME I SEE HIM!’ Gavin thought. 

A familiar raven-head exited the school as he let out a sigh of relief. 

“Phew! Freedom!” he cooed.

Gavin seized the opportunity to grab the ravenette’s shirt. Saplar jumped a little, considering she had no idea he was there.

“GOT YOU, YOU LITTLE BITCH! I HAVE A BONE TO PICK WITH YOU!” Gavin roared. 

John just calmly replied with “Hey is this about earlier? I thought we were over this already? Come on, let's forget about it and make up okay?”

“YOU THREW ME OUT A WINDOW!” Gavin screeched. 

“Yeah and you broke my arm… So let’s call it even.” John answered , nonchalantly. 

This just enraged Gavin and for the second time he reared back his fist as he screamed “SHUT YOUR FILTHY MOUTH!” 

Without missing a beat, Saplar grabbed John and pulled him back as Gavin’s fist hit nothing but air. He immediately turned his glare towards the smaller teen. 

“YOU LITTLE BITCH! HOW DARE YOU GET IN MY WAY?! I’LL JUST KICK YOUR ASS FIRST THEN!” Gavin roared. 

Gavin didn’t even get to go through with his threat as an invisible force just hit him on his side. John turned towards Seraphina, who just silently shook her head. 

“Jeez. I came here to meet up with my girlfriend and my friends. Not to see some rando threaten to kick both their asses.", a male voice said.

Saplar’s eye sparkled when she recognized the familiar chestnut-haired boy. She tackled him into a hug, which he responded by hugging back. 

“Hey, Saplar. Wow, John and Seraphina, no greeting to your friend? That's cold.” Markus replied. 

John, Seraphina, and Saplar all pointed behind him as he turned to face an irate Gavin. 

Markus feigned a look of surprise as he sarcastically said, “Gracious, I nearly overlooked you.” 

“YOU CONDENSING LITTLE FUCK! DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?!” Gavin exclaimed. 

“Yeah, a complete jackass.” Markus retorted. 

And for the final time Gavin became enraged as he tried to punch Markus, who didn’t move as he looked at the mid-tier with glowing orange eyes. Gavin’s fist collided with an invisible force, but he didn’t get much time to do anything since he was knocked into the wall and fell unconscious. 

“Heh. What an annoying guy right guys?” Markus asked. 

An awkward silence followed after. 

“What’s wrong guys?” Markus asked. 

John quickly changed the subject by saying “It's nothing. Come on, let's go get some Boba!” 

While Saplar and Markus were drinking their boba tea, John was recounting his experience with Gavin to the group. When he got to the part about the window, Seraphina giggled to herself but that was enough for John to get upset. 

“HEY! THAT’S NOT FUNNY! I COULD’VE DIED!” John screamed. 

Seraphina countered with “You always say that. But here you are again. Still, in one piece.” 

“You're missing the point.” John retorted. 

“Come on its gotta be a little exciting! Living on the edge sounds like fun!” Seraphina replied. 

“Not at all. I just want a moment of peace. Right now every little conflict turns into a full brawl. I can't do anything without fearing for my life! Why does the world have to be so violent? What's wrong with talking things over with one another?” John asked. 

“BeCauSE IT's a WAste Of tImE!” Markus replied. 

John turned towards the brunette with a shocked expression.

“I’m not trying to mock you John. In fact I agree with you. It's just the stupid answer you get if you try asking.” Markus bitterly replied. 

“Yeah and it sucks ass! Instead of fighting each other, we should be using our powers to spread peace. Instead of using them selfishly as we do now.” John added. 

Seraphina was quick to take offense to that. 

“What are you implying?” Seraphina asked. 

“Ah. I didn't mean you two just high-tiers in general.” John added. 

As Seraphina ignored John, all the boy could think about was how she couldn’t understand what he was going through. 

Suddenly the TV changed from the TV drama it was playing to a newscast.

“BREAKING NEWS! TWO DEAD BODIES WERE FOUND IN LOUVUN! ONE OF THE SUPERHERO X-STATIC AND THE OTHER OF A WOMAN NAMED VOLCAN A WOMAN WHO'S BEEN REVEALED TO BE WORKING FOR EMBER!” 

UnOrdinary Chapter 0 End