Rat face

As the students moved about, one of them bumped into someone.

"Watch where you're going." The red haired boy, a roommate of the twins, said to the one who hit him and walked away.

"What the--? Did you see that?"

"Not only is his hair off, his eyes are as well."

"Is it some sort of disease or a curse?"

"I have to wash myself from that before I catch his disease."

"You might need to see the healer to cleanse you from any curses."

They kept talking and mocking him loud enough for him to hear. Others around were thinking around the same thing. Hair so red it looked like blood had leaked from his skull and condensed. Then his right eye was also red, matching his hair in intensity.

He looked different, he looked strange, he was walking away, he looked weak. The scums of earth decided to have a little bit of fun.

"I really feel bad for the woman that had him." Another student said.

"Actually, his whole family might just be cursed."

"Family? Ha! Hey rat face, do you hear what they are saying?" A boy who was a few inches shorter than Red hair walked up to him. "They think you have a family. How sweet."

"Long time, no see Howarth." Red hair smiled at him. "You're smaller than I remember."

"I told you to hide your face, and you come to the academy? It seems your understanding is also very low." Howarth stared into the eyes of 'rat face' as he had called him.

"Are you a fool?" Howarth wanted to say but felt his knees buckle and he fell to the floor.

"Wh-what the--?" He tried to push himself back up but he saw his legs bent in ways they shouldn't be bending.

"When did he? How did he?"

"I told you I would break your legs if you show your face to me again, didn't I? It seems your understanding is very low." 'Rat face' proceeded to stomp on the already broken legs of Howarth.

"AARGH! Wallace you son of a-- AhAaarghh!!" Howarth screamed.

Wallace… I prefer 'rat face', bent backwards avoiding a kick to the temple.

"I see, the dog pack is here." He laughed and grabbed the person's ankle while he rose to his feet. "You don't have to get violent, I was only fulfilling a promise. I would never have done anything if he hadn't walked up to me." 'Rat face' smiled and twisted the ankle in his hold.

"AAARGHH!" The injured screamed.

"You know, you should just die." Another friend of Howarth moved from behind to land a hit on Wallace.

'Rat face' stepped to the side and kicked him in the torso. He felt his insides about to spill out of his mouth as his body was flung far into the observing students.

The smile on 'Rat face's' face grew as eight more students went at him.

"We haven't even left yet." One of the wizards said watching the fight. He rubbed on his temples trying to calm his nerves. "To be fair, I didn't state any rules about fighting."

"This is the earliest a fight has ever broken out since I started working here." Another wizard said.

"Deal with that bastard!" Howarth yelled from the ground. Being profound with magic enough, he was trying to heal his legs while glaring at 'Rat face' who stood confidently in the midst of the eight.

They ran towards him at once.

One of them went for a kick. 'Rat face' moved avoiding it but the kid changed the direction of his leg and went to land a kick on 'Rat face's' head. 'Rat face, seeing this coming, spun his body and avoided.

He caught the punch coming from behind, kicked the one in front of him and dragged the other forward and broke his arm before delivering two face deforming punches to the lad.

Two more rushed him, he turned on one startling him and slamming him on the floor. Another kicked 'Rat face' on the face. At least he wanted to. Wallace moved back and avoided it. A spinning kick knocked that one out.

Effortlessly, 'Rat face' beat them all without getting hit once.

"This is fun." One of the wizards said.

"Why are we just watching?" His colleague asked. Then they looked at each other and one of them stepped forward.

"We could leave." Another suggested.

"Since we're still here, I think we're supposed to do something."

"How annoying."

"Howarth, this was fun." Wallace said and looked back at the one who was still on the floor. Not just him but the ten that wanted to help.

"Now you've done this, I have to break your legs again." He said and moved closer.

Wallace's legs were suddenly tied by the grasses that grew around. They grew up to his thigh.

Howarth was on his feet and leaped to punch Wallace. His fist was inches away but collided with the palm of someone's hand.

"Enough." The wizard that guided them on the tour said looking between both boys.

"The twelve of you have put yourselves at the top of the watchlist." Another wizard said.

All twenty of the wizards now stood close.

"If you and you're ten lackeys do not do better than this in less than a month, then I'm afraid you will be leaving this school."

"And you..." They looked at 'rat face'. "Save your energy for the lessons ahead."

The grass freed Wallace and he walked out. Howarth and his friends were taken to the infirmary.

"What just happened?" Lecter wondered.

"Seems like the losers in a fight are the ones likely to get punished." Jarett said.

"Wallace is scary." Damien whispered after catching his name from Howarth.

"Rat face, how interesting he is." Raten said, catching only 'rat face' as his name.

"That was barely a fight, he was toying with them." Jarett said.

"Perhaps I should give you a better one." Someone said from behind.

Jarett lifted his hand and caught the kick that headed his way.

"What are you doing?" He asked as he let go of the boy's ankle. It was his fourth roommate. Cross.

He had golden yellow hair tied back in a messy bun. His eyes were of a golden colour, matching his hair in intensity.

"You. You made me miss the tour!" Cross shouted. "I told you to wake me up when everyone's going out, you didn't." He pulled on Jarett's ear. Well he tried to but his arm couldn't reach so he just pinched Jarett's arm.

"And now I even missed a fight. How can you be so evil?!"

"What do you mean? I woke you up you said 'No, I'm not getting up'." Jarett defended himself.

The twins just moved away from that pointless bickering when they caught sight of someone they actually had interest in.

The blindfolded girl from the entrance test.

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