Suspension 1

Early the next day, Casper got ready for school. 

After greeting his mom, he made his way to the mana train station where he would meet up with Cassie and the rest.

Getting to the mana train station, he saw that the crew were already there waiting for him, and as usually Cassie had a bored look on her face, she looked as if she was being forced to go to school.

"Yo!, Casper," they greeted, as they did their secret hand shakes, a series of fist bumps and over exaggerated hand movements.

The mana training station was brightly lit and noisy as people boarded their train to their various destinations.

Looking at the mana train departure board, they saw that they still had about ten more minutes before the train left.

Taking a seat, they discussed as they waited for the time to pass away.

"Sigh, another day of torture, another day where I'm forced to sit my ass down and listen to boring lectures," Cassie said with a bored tone.

"Why do you love complaining?, you sound as if school is a slaughter house or something," Henry said as he adjusted his bag.

"That's because to me it is," she said.

"I can't Wait to awaken, and become an awakened," she said excitedly as she beamed up.

Henry sighed as he shook his head, they have had this same conversation for over a thousand times already.

"You do know that life as an awakened is all roses and flowers right, they have the highest mortality rates in the world," Henry said.

"Statistically, over 40% of awakened die every year," he said, as he was worried that Cassie doesn't have any motives of being an awakened, except from having cool powers.

"I know that, but I will still take the chance of being an awakened over not being one," it was Casper who responded, his tone was dark as he spoke.

The crew remained silent as they heard what Casper said, they knew about his struggles, they knew about his nightmares, his guilt and pain, and they knew about the vengeance that was building up within him.

An awkward and uncomfortable air hung around them after what Casper said.

" Ehmn ehmn ehmn!" Joe cleared his voice to get his friends attention.

"I got snacks with me," he said as he displayed some snacks to the rest.

Clearly he was trying to clear the awkward and uncomfortable air around them by changing the topic.

Casper was happy that Joe changed the topic, he was sort of feeling guilty by nearly spoiling the mode for everyone.

"Yay, snacks," Cassie said as she immediately snatched a gummy bear pack from him.

As she ate, she made happy sounds, they'll knew that her second best snacks were gummy bears.

As for her first best snacks it was ....

Joe pulled out a set of chocolate from his bag, immediately, Cassie saw them, her eyes widened as she dropped the gummies bears.

She reached out her hands intending to take the chocolate from Joe's bag, when a hand faster than hers snatched it.

She blinked for a second in confusion and then followed the trajectory of the hands only to see Casper happily munching at the chocolate with a satisfied expression.

She grumbled as she went to take the second chocolate, only for it to be taken from her before she could take it again.

Looking over, she saw that this time it was Henry who took the chocolate.

"Henry, i won't ask you again, hand over the chocolate now," she said as she looked at him with a squinted eyes.

"Nah ah, you already got your gummies bears," Henry said as he took another bite out of the chocolate.

She turned to Casper, as she also told him to hand over the chocolate , which he responded with a "No."

Turning to Joe, she also saw that he was eating a bar of chocolate, are eyes widen.

"This is a set up right?, you guys planned all this?" Cassie asked with a suspicious look on her face as she scanned their faces.

"No one told you to be in a haste and take the gummies bears first," Joe said as he munched on the chocolate bar.

"That was because I didn't know that you had chocolates," she said.

"Well, that sounds like a you problem," Casper said.

Cassie gritted her teeth, as she cursed and mumbled something to herself.

"I ....," she was about to say something when Henry voice interrupted her.

"Alright time up, time to board the mana train," Henry said as he made way to the mana train, they rest soon followed after.

Cassie had a sore look on her face as she boarded the mana train.

"Um, Cassie, can I have some gummies bears?" Casper asked.

"Fuck off, ass whole," she said as she tightly held her gummies bears.

The crew laughed, which drew in the attention of the other passengers.

Getting to school, they immediately went to class.

Immediately, they entered the hall, all eyes turned on them as they whispered.

"Is that not the guy that was nearly beaten to death by Derek Dickson?, what was his name again," someone asked their friends.

"I think it's jasper?" Her friend responded with an uncertain tone.

"No, it's Casper," another one said.

"Well, well well if it isn't the losers," a feminine voice said.

Looking up, they saw a tall blonde hair girl with nice curves, her every moves made her huge chest giggle, as lots of guys looked at her with a dreamy look on their face. 

She had a smooth face that looked as if it was carved out of jade, her big round eyes looked mesmerizing and her every walk had an air of superiority.

This was Amara Nelson, the Bella of Avaddon Academy, and she was also the cheer leader. She was also the self proclaimed queen of Avaddon Academy.

The look of Cassie's face immediately twisted as she saw Amara Nelson.

"I'm not in the mood today, Amara, it's best for you to avoid me today," Cassie responded with a frown.