The New Student

Ethan stopped in his tracks when he saw the woman in the hallway.

She is sitting at the end of their classroom while looking at him.

"She's our new classmate," Dexter whispered as he teased Ethan.

"Mr. Creed and Mr. Smith, you might want to come in so we can start our class." Prof. V said he was standing behind them. Dexter quickly pushed him into the classroom.

Their seat was in the front but he could still feel the stare coming from behind him. He hadn't sat down long when he felt the discomfort.

Ethan held onto his chest, he once again felt a strange heat that seemed to draw into his flesh.

He started sweating because the pain was not going away.

Last time it was only a moment and he could bear it, now he seems to faint from the pain.

Ethan did not realize that he had fallen into his seat and completely lost consciousness.

His classmates rushed to his aid and took him to the clinic for examination.

At the clinic where Ethan was taken and rested, a growl could be heard coming from him and sweat on his forehead was granular.

"Find your protectors, you need them because the Black Zodiac is coming to you." The voice is full of concern.

Ethan opened his eyes and quickly touched his chest. He was still shocked when he remembered the pain.

"Your power is awakening, on your 16th birthday you will finally receive your full power." Ethan was even surprised to hear a woman's voice.

The woman pulled back the curtain that covered between them, and Ethan saw his new classmate.

" I'm Neci and I'm one of your 12 guardians," she said. She stood up and approached him.

" What did you say?" frowned, he asked. He quickly put on his shoes and stood up.

" You don't have time, because the Black Zodiac is coming soon, if you want to survive you have to find your other guardian." Neri's serious explanation.

"Ms, are you a writer? If you're making a fiction novel, that looks promising. But please don't include me in your story." Ethan interrupted what else Neri had to say.

He stared at her seriously before leaving the clinic.

Neri's gaze just followed the man out the door. She knew Ethan would come to her for the answer because his power would soon come out.

Ethan quickly runs to the field where the tryout for the soccer team will take place.

"I thought you wouldn't make it for the trial! What happened, you just lost consciousness?" Dexter asked, passing him the clothes to wear for the tryout.

" I felt unwell earlier but I'm okay now," Ethan answered as he took off his clothes to change into tryout attire.

"Wow, stop! What's that?" Dexter stopped him from wearing his attire when he saw the engraving on his chest.

"What's wrong?" he asked and looked at what Dexter was looking at his body.

" Fuck!" he curses. That's why he feels like someone is carving his skin.

"I thought I was your best friend? Why didn't you tell me you were going to get a tattoo? " Dexter asked passionately.

"Are you blind? Is this a tattoo for you? It's like a scar symbol!" Ethan said.

He had already put on his clothes and walked over to most of the soccer team members.

"If it's not a tattoo, what is it?" Dexter asked afterward as he quickly chased after him.

"Remember our new classmate? She's in the clinic and she says weird things. She also knows I'm feeling pain in my chest," Ethan said.

" Is she your stalker? How did she know, even I don't know how you feel!" Dexter said. Their conversation was cut short when their coach started talking.

"The first thing I will ask you to do is the basics of how to kick the ball. Captain, demonstrate how to get the ball into the net at such a distance." the coach explained while he was giving the ball to Dylan, the Captain of the soccer team.

Dylan grinned before going to the center. "Watch how you kick right." Dylan's reminder before getting serious. He took a run before kicking the ball hard in the direction of the net.

The players shouted as the ball entered the middle part of the net.

"Thank you, Captain, So you see, whoever can get the ball into the net at this distance I will enter in the next game." the coach stated. The group of players was awakened by the announcement.

Although it was impossible to get the ball that far they did not despair. The participants started kicking the ball, but almost half of them tried and still couldn't get the ball into the net.

"Don't worry, the footwork of almost all of you is good, maybe in a few years of practice you can also enter the game." the coach's statement.

"Next Mr. Dexter Smit, please walk forward." command of the coach.

"Just focus and kick the ball hard!" Ethan's encouragement to his friend.

He also looked seriously at his friend's every move and prayed that the ball would blow by the air.

"M.r Smit, are you sure you're on the soccer team?" Dylan asked, those present immediately laughing.

Dexter ignored them and seriously prepared himself to kick the ball.

When he got ready he kicked the ball hard. But the witnesses laughed when the ball crossed almost not half the distance near the net, the ball rolled slower.

Dexter turned around and sadly walked back to Ethan's position.

"Dex it's still moving," Ethan sighed when he saw that the ball hadn't stopped.

The witnesses could not believe it because the ball landed in the net.

"Wahhh!!!!" Dexter shouted and quickly ran and hugged his friend Ethan.

" It looks like, you're lucky, I don't even know how the ball got to the net. Like I said before, you have a chance to play." reminder of their coach before calling the next.

" Next Mr. Ethan Creed," the coach shouted his name.