CHAPTER ONE

System Activation

" No! No way!!. Am I seeing this right?" Leonardo jumped up with excitement as he had just got admitted into King High School. " I can't believe this!" he shouted at the top of his voice. Leo had written many admission letter to them and had equally taken many examinations but he wasn't picked. He was about losing hope but he decided to take the exam the last time. His door open slightly and Roseline walked in. "Are you alright, Leo? I heard your voice or should I say noise." She said looking at him

Roseline had been Leo's only female friend. He was comfortable talking to her and sharing personal things with her. " I just got admitted." Leo said with a smile

"Admitted? into the hospital or what?" Rose said teasingly

" Into King's High School."

" You must be kidding me!. Are you serious?" Roseline shouted with happiness, looking at Leo

" So you think I would joke with something like that?" Leo replied looking back at her.

" Do you need me to remind you that you play a prank of April fool with me the last time you made a shout like this?" Roseline folded her hands and looked at his face. Leo smiled " Well, you have a point but that was then. Here," he said with a smile and passed her his phone

Roseline went through the message on the screen and screamed. She quickly ran over to Leo and hugged him. " We finally made it!" she said with a smile on her face. Leo looked at her " Looks like you are more happy than me." He said looking into her blue eyes

" Why?" Roseline asked still holding unto Leo tightly

Leo looked at her and back at him " Are you going to release me now."

"Oh!." Roseline laughed releasing her hold gently

" So, when are you going to start admission processes?" Roseline asked

" Right away! I need to get a few things and also get the school uniform." Leonardo said with a smile on his face. " I can't believe I am finally do this." Leo smiled

" Well, I guess you are doing that now." Roseline replied

Leonardo immediately went to the little safe box he had made his life savings and broke it. He packed the little money he was able to save and walked out of his room. " Are you going now? like right now? " Rose asked seeing how eager Leo was.

" Yes! are you coming? " Leo asked locking his door.

" No, I have to get some things are the grocery." Roseline replied

" We can work together. can't we?" Leo asked looking at her

Roseline smiled " Let me get my bag." She said running into her room. Leo kept staring at his phone each time to confirm if he had seen the right message." You should stop staring at that by now. " Roseline, walked out with her hand back and looked at Leo

" I can't just believe I am finally getting in. "

They both walk out into the busy street and waved down a cab. Roseline was about to get down at the grocery store when Leo pulled her back. " Please follow me. I want you to be there when I buy the things I am needing."

Roseline looked at him and smiled " Are you telling me you can't get what you need all by yourself?"

" I just want you with me." Leo added and they heard the driver shouted angrily at them " Are you getting off or you are staying? " the man covered in tattoo asked looking through the mirror

" Okay." Roseline said with a smile entering the vehicle back. The got to the entrance of King High Boutique and they bought walked in. " Welcome to Kings High. How can I be of service?" A slender female attendance said with a smile. " I want to get the school uniform." Leo replied. " A school uniform?"

" He meant Kings High School uniform." Roseline immediately corrected him.

"Ah! I can help with that. Follow me please." She said while Rose and Leo followed behind her

" Here, you can pick any of your choice." The attendance said and looked at Leo

[ GASP ]

" $3,000,000 what?! jeez! What the hell!" Leo shouted making Roseline to run to his side. She equally covered her mouth and looked at the grim before then. Leo looked at his hand and back at the cloth he was seeing. He really wanted to get it but the money he was having wasn't enough to afford it. " Don't you have any cheaper materials or something that looks exactly like what I need?" Leo asked with a sorry face.

" There is but you might not want to take it." The attendance replied

" Why not? I clearly can't afford this. " Leo said looking at the expensive cloth before him. The cloth was carefully hang inside a glass mirror and it showed it wasn't made by just any tailor.

" Come with me please. " The attendance said again leading them to the other room where the second hand clothes are kept.

As they entered the room, Leo looked round to see what his choice would be. He looked at Rose and then back at the attendance. " Are you telling me this rags are what you call clothes?" Leo asked with anger and looked back at her

" You just said you can't afford the expensive one? It looks like you are one of the students on Scholarship right? " she said mockingly

" It looks like you lack manner in here. " Leo shouted in anger at the slender girl before him. Roseline pulled him back " Control yourself Leo. Are you going to hurt her or what?" She asked looking at his face

Leo calm himself down and looked at her " What if I am on a scholarship? is there anything wrong with that!" He shouted again

The girl was about to talk when she heard a voice behind them " Oh! Miss Cassandra. Are you here to get a new uniform? " She asked leaving Leo and Roseline standing

Leo looked at Cassandra and he fell in love at first sight." You are drooling over a girl you are just seeing. " Roseline said drawing Leo's attention back to her

" What is happening? Who is buying among them?" Cassandra asked looking at Emily

" The boy. " She replied pointing at Leo

" Give him the expensive one. " Cassandra replied waking to pick her uniform

" You are in luck pauper. She just said you should be given the new one." Emily said with disgust " Come and pick it up." Emily shouted to Loe and asked one of her friends to wrap the uniform for him.

" Can you help me pick it up while I say thank you to the lady? " Leo said hastily running after Cassandra.

" Hello! Hello!!. " Leo shouted as the car door open for Cassandra. She looked back and saw Leo running towards her.

He got to the car side panting while Cassandra looked at him " Thank you. " Leo said out of breath but to his surprise Cassandra said nothing but drove off.

Leo looked at the smoke of the vehicle and was surprised to see how rude Cassandra was.

Roseline noticed he was just standing all by himself and wondered what happened. " Did you say thank you to her already?" she asked walking closer to him. " Leo! Leo!!. " she shouted at him

" Oh! yes, I did. She promised to tour me round Kings High when we meet. " Leo said with a weak smile

" She did?" Roseline looked at him

Leo moved past the topic and they went back home. Leo couldn't wait for the following day. He kept dreaming about his first day at school and each time look at the school uniform he hanged on the wall. His mind went back to Cassandra and wondered why she behaved rudely to him when she had paid for his uniform. He stand up and walked to his bed and slept off setting his alarm to 5:30am

The alarm woke Leo up as he ran to the bathroom to have a warm shower. Leo dressed and looked at the mirror infl front of him with satisfaction. " I am off to school." he shouted hoping Roseline would hear him.

Leo rode his bike as he tried to get to the school on time. He looked at the description on his phone and each time ask some people on how he could get to the school. The view of Kings High was breathtaking. Leo was mesmerized at what he was seeing. He looked round and saw many rich kids coming off from their various cars.

Some of them were brought over with fancy cars and they were having their security.

Leo rode past them on his bike while some of the students look at him and laughed. " I can't believe we allowed this pauper into our school. Don't the school scrutinize people anymore?" One of the student asked looking at his fellow student.

" I am sure he won't last a semester here with us. " The other added

Leo looked back as he rode his bike and didn't see the car in front of him. He ran into the car and was knocked off his bike. Leo hit his head on the floor and zone out. " Are you alright?" A feminine voice asked and Leo looked up. " Hello Miss...." he stammered standing up

He held is head and looked at her face " Thank you for the clothes." Leo replied dusting his body and getting his bike. Cassandra removed her complimentary card and gave Leo "Let's be friend."

" Friend?" Leo said looking at her face

The two began to date after Leo was named the most Intelligent and well mannered boy in Kings Highschool. Many of the ladies wanted Leo for themselves but Cassandra was always there by his side. " I love you." She said looking at Leo as they sat down at the cafeteria. Leo held his chest as he looked at her " Do you really love me? or you are just saying this because..." Cassandra place her fingers on his lips and kissed him

The school went wide as many of the boys on campus were surprised and wondered what Cassandra saw in a pauper. The two were the talk in Kings High. After sometimes Cassandra stopped picking Leo's call. All she ever does was send him her assignment to be done through email or fax it to him. One day, he received an anonymous text on his phone. " Your girlfriend is dating, Fred."

Leo looked at his phone and called Cassandra but she wasn't picking up. " I am sure you have called her. is she picking up?" The message came in again

Leo looked at the message and was shocked. He was in his room, so there was no way he could be spied on. " The school field, go there now!" the message came again

Leo immediately wore his Snickers and raced towards the school field. He was surprised to see the football team crowding in the field. He managed to push through and saw Cassandra lip lockin with Frederick.

" Cassandra!. It cant be." Leo said gently walking closer to her and Fred. " You sad you loved me. I even believed you." He said with a shaky voice. " Then you must be dumb! I wondered why you couldn't see that I just needed you for your brain. There is nothing you can give to me. I even have to pay for your school uniform!" Cassandra shouted at him.

[OOPS]

The football team laughed mocking Leo. " She doesn't want you pauper! Stay away from my girl!" Fred shouted back pushing Leo. " Your girl? since when? She is mine!" Leo shouted back at him

" Guys! Teach him a lesson of his life." Fred instructed the football players to beat him up. Cassandra laughed as they ganged up and beat the hell out of Leo.

Leo crawled trying to hold onto Fred's leg but he felt a sharp pain to the back of his head. He felt dizzy and as his eyes were about to close, he saw a cryptic message before him.

[Install all system devices to connect with the user. Yes/No]

He was slightly surprised when a voice came from nowhere, but Leo believed it was from the transparent screen in front of him.

"Is this some kind of game to trick me?" Leo asked, then reached out and touched the screen. [Ting!]

He was surprised when there was a reaction to his touch. He could actually touch the screen.

[Installation in progress. Estimated time: 30 seconds]

"What?"

[Ting!]

[Installation completed]

[Welcome to the Pyramid Wealth System]