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Part Twenty-Nine

The weekend came, and all the freshman students were up bright and early in the morning. The sun was not up yet, and it was slightly chilly outside.

With their luggage, the freshman lined up in multiple lines. There was a line for each different division, and the people in each line were filling up buses which would transport them.

Freya yawned as stretched her arms out.

“Why’d they have to make us get up so early? A beautiful woman such as I needs her beauty sleep.”

Matthew was standing behind her chuckled upon hearing what she said.

“What sort of beauty calls themselves a beauty?”

Freya turned around to look at him but did not react as she usually would.

“It’s too early for this Matthew, just wait until later when I've had my proper rest. Then I'll kick your ass, ok?”

“Get as much sleep as you need, we have a whole ten hours ahead of us before we make it to Mt. Hessian.”

Nick told her as he was seated on his large suitcase.

The lines were moving slowly as they had to take down everyone's name to make sure students were accounted for. He was not in a rush anyways, and they would be waiting for instructions once they reached the camp. Today was nothing but a hurry up and wait type of day.

“What kind of beast do you think we are going to run into?”

Matthew asked Nick for his opinion.

The beast had ranks, and these ranks were given to them by the government based on the threat level they pose. While each one is dangerous and able to kill ordinary humans off swiftly, to an EXO user some are not worth their time.

“Nothing too serious as this is just training. More than likely there will be some lower ranked species hanging around, but nothing we can’t handle.”

“That would suck bro; I don’t want to face any Omega’s. They are like the bottom of the food chain.”

“You’d be the first one running if anything higher ranked appeared.”

Freya replied in a somewhat lazy tone. She did not even have the energy for this.

“Whatever, I'd crush any Beta.”

“Yeah… yeah… yeah. Keep bragging, tell us more about how powerful our Arena Prince is.”

“Still jealous because you don’t have a title. If you want, you can have mines.”

This time Freya did not respond to Matthew. Instead, she looked forward and stayed silent.

“Whats her problem?”

“Probably got tired of dealing with you, she’ll be at it again in no time.”

Nick told him. The amount these two went at it he was surprised neither of them got tired of each other yet. They always found something to fight over.

“And who is that behind you?”

Nick turned and saw Darren standing behind him. His sunglasses on at this time of day didn’t give him a cool kid feeling.

“Darren, what do you need?”

“I was told to drop her off to you. Fred said that you must look after her with care since that is what he was told.”

Darren moved to the side revealing a beautiful young woman. Long straight purple hair that looked like it would never get tangled and gorgeous silver colored eyes. The school uniform stuck to her body like glue revealing her womanly features. She had a body many girls would die for.

“Anyways newbie take care of her.”

Darren vanished leaving no trace of his presence.

“Katherine I'm assuming?”

“And you must be Nick. Sorry to inform you, but you do not need to pay me any mind, and I don’t require any sort of protection.”

Her voice was angelic if she had wings on her back someone would mistake her for an angel.

“Alright then.”

Since the lady did not want his protection, that was less of a burden for him. He would pay her less attention, but he would still keep an eye on her to make sure she was safe. His sensei told him to take good care of her; he knew what that meant.

Katherine could fuss if she wanted to, but Nick would still do what he was told.

“Hold up Nick, how do you know such a lovely lady?”

Matthew made his appearance and slid in front of Nick.

“Katherine, that was your name, right? I’m Matthew, nice to meet you.”

He stuck out his hand, but she showed no signs of taking it. Instead, she took one glance at him then looked back at nick.

“A friend of yours I take it. Why is he trying to befriend me? His approach is weak, and his hair is a mess. He does not seem like someone you would hang around but then again who am I to judge when we barely met.”

Katherine barely looked at Matthew for five seconds, but she already had an opinion of him.

“Hear that Matthew, you don’t suit us.”

Freya couldn’t help but laugh when Katherine's words hit her ear. This was the best thing she heard so far; she already liked this new girl.

“I think he fits, and you should not be so quick to judge.”

Katherine shrugged at Nick’s response. Why was she exactly transferred to this school? Her mother would not tell her; the school was the safest place for her to be. Any school would have been fine, so why change?

From the corner of her eye, she looked at Nick. What was so special about him that she needed to be in eyesight of him?