Ruby was sat on her bed, still reminiscent of her conversation with Earl, an hour ago, his words still rung in her head, and she was still contemplating on what to do next when Henry walked into the room,"Hey Ruby" Henry said with a cheery smile, "h-hey…" Ruby said as she hung her head low and locked her fingers together. "l-listen-", "You know I lost my next match" Henry said quickly interrupting her, Ruby was caught by suprise by his comment, "h-huh?" she said with a confused look on her face. "Yeah, it was against Jake, and that guys really something else" Henry said as took a seat next to Ruby, "compared to Crystal, I'd still say she's stronger, but losing twice in a row really sucks you know" he said as he hung his own head down. Ruby, on hearing this, raised her head and looked at him, "um… I-", "sorry Ruby" Henry said interrupting her once more, "h-huh?, for what?" she asked, "I over heard your conversation with Earl" he said as he looked up at her, "wha-, w

Earl and the others had all headed out of the Crystal cave, about an hour ago, and we're all now in class awaiting Mr Stevens. "Well the first meeting went well, but I wonder…" Earl muttered to himself as he laid his head down on his desk, "quit sulking Earl, we met Soki, and things went well, I think teachers in this school are really professional, so what are you worrying about?" asked Annie as she used her pencil to poke his cheek. "I don't know, I still feel real bad" Earl said as he kept sulking on his desk, "just apologize when he comes then" said the person sitting in front of Earl. Annie, Earl and Sidney were all confused and surprised as they heard what Austin had said, considering the bad blood between Earl and him, they had expected him to have hated Earl, but he spoke to them out of the blue, and his tone didn't seem like a hostile one. "What did you just say?" Earl asked as he sat up and looked at Austin, Austin then turned around looking at Earl with a

"okay, attention everyone" said Mr Stevens as he adjusted his glasses, the rowdy crowd of students then settled down to listen to their teacher, "tomorrow you first years will be going on a hunting trip, to the snowy taiga in the capital of Helbrand, Pike village, so pack your bags and-", "hol'up sir, did you just say we're going to the capital of Helbrand?!!!" asked an excited Austin. "like the Pike village?" asked another student who was equally beaming with enthusiasm, "and we leave tomorrow?!!!!" another sprung up with genuine enthusiasm. "never thought I'd see it before I'd die" said another, and soon the students Enthusiasm and Loudness grew as they began going on and on about the scheduled trip. "hey Earl, do you think?-", "yeah, I'm worried about it too" said Earl interrupting Annie, Annie then looked down at her desk sadly, "it must be hard" she said, "I know right?, scheduling a trip outta the blue?, plus it's to the snowy parts of Pike village, which real

Everyone watched in silence as the LCD screen displayed the number 1000,it was far higher than any of the other students, and by a landslide at that, even his nearest contender was behind by almost 400 points, and when this realisation struck, having their mouths agape, was one of many things that they did. "d-does that make him the fourth" asked a terrified student, "I knew he was something else" said Austin with a look of disbelief on his face, "Earl, seems like I still haven't caught up?!!!" said a bitter, yet surprised Jake, "Holy shit!" said Sidney. Annie, Ruby and Henry, couldn't find the right words to describe their level of disbelief, this was expected, as any attack weaker would most likely not be too serious for a teacher. but seeing as Earl's attack hospitalised Mr Stevens, it was only a given it would be tremendously powerful. and yet, despite the students and teachers expecting this, they were all still shocked speechless, leaving the only person m

Earl and Crystal both sat in silence, they were in a blue room, about four cubic metres in size, and opposite the dark oak door on the wall was a white velvet coach, it matched the theme with everything they had seen so far, but was oddly plain, unlike the many other white accented furniture in the hotel. on top this couch was where Earl and Crystal sat in silent, both annoyed at each other, and both in their pyjamas,behind them was a still boiling Miss Kayla, ever since entering the room, not a single word has been said, and even simple things such as hate stares or petty insults couldn't be thrown around. both Earl and Crystal knew that doing any sort of acts or thing that would piss of their teacher even more was not in their interest, and would only result in even more punishment, as a result, the two sat still awaiting whatever reason it was that made them sit in this room to arrive. and like as if hearing their thoughts, they could hear the voice of two peopl