The Five Souls - The Beginning

chapter 1 (jack) - Project Bust

Well um, am I doing this? I am. Hi, I'm jack barens, 17, from Jeffersonville Texas and I'm officially the strangest teen ever. Ya ya, I know. How can a guy that has read all the Percy Jackson books. including rick Riordan's the hero's of Olympus, Trials of Apollo, and Magnus chase be strange? Well, it's because I have these powers and back in the old days the souls... Wait hold up let me start from the beginning.

I was sitting in the school library working on my 3 months bio chem. project when "hey miss pansy where's your boyfriend?" yelled Dillon the biggest piece of crap the world has ever known and the rest of his dumb football friends.

"Hey Dillon, you know it takes one to know one or are you a stupid as your test scores prove?" I remark smugly getting to make fun of the bully every time I can.

"You little piece of ......" you can say what he says next. anyways I ducked as he went for a shot at me and he missed. he tried to stop his motion but before he could I came up and punched him right in the crotch then the nose and finally for the final blow. I elbowed him right in the back of the head. I guess its true, brains are better than bronze.

As the adrenaline rush went down I asked sarcastically with a little bit of an air laugh at the end "Well, you a little rusty?"

Then out of know where Bam. I was kicked in the gut and pulled up with my hands behind my back by one of Dillon's goons. As Dillon got to his feet his nose was a gushing geyser of blood and he looked like he was about to throw up. I guess I kinda felt bad for him except for the fact that he deserved it. anyways seeing him like that was the greatest pleasure I have ever had. but then he started asking the questions I dreaded and I went back into my hole where I always ran.

"Well did u get it?" demanded Dillon

"As if I would tell you," I remarked. he looks at me for what seemed like hours then maliciously jerks me by the neck

"actually you will or il destroy your stupid project and what little of a social life you have left"

Now, most of you would say don't let him boss you around over a stupid project. But it wasn't a stupid project. it was a project worth 70% of our grade. aka I'm a senior and if I don"t complete the project or have it even a migit below 90% it could look bad on my college application and I can't afford that even if it means giving up some of my social life. so that's why I said quietly and angrily, but somewhat in control

"Ok, ok its......."

you see if it wasn't for a superhero called miss Ann I would have done something really stupid.

"what's going on? Dillon get to the nurse and drop this or elts."

"But Miss Ann" Dillon starts

"GO TO THE NURSE!!!!" said Miss Ann in a warning kind of voice. But yet still calm, how does she do that so well?

"Ok ok and just so you know jack, I'll see you again when you don't have a librarian as a security guard," remarked Dillon still not accepting defeat. Dang, I'm in trouble. as he walks away miss ann turns to me and says.

"so what is this? Why are you letting him control you? All for what? A bag of weed? and don't act like you don't know how that got there. He was asking for drugs and I find them in your Nooksack. So answers now!" asked miss Ann in a concerned voice

I shrugged and the bell for next period rang  "you won't understand. I'm not feeling too well and I have class so I better get there" I said as I grabbed my book sack and turned to walk away

"Stop right there. I might not be your age. But I was once and I know about peer pressure. He was threatening your project and I know that that's important. but you cant ever stupe to their level. Now, you're not going to class if you're not feeling well. Nurses station go!" She said clearly annoyed

"Thank you, Miss Ann"

"your welcome. But just so you know I'm not happy about what happened on my carpet and what you were selling. But other than that I'm proud of you. now go, hurry along. The doc will be waiting for you"

Ten minutes later I'm in the school's nurse room. after about 20 minutes 2 people come out. the nurse and Dillon who acted like I wasn't even there. as I looked away from Dillon miss Benson waved me over to her office. Once I entered the office I sat in a chair and had a light placed right in front of my eyes which made me blink.

"stop blinking. Looks like your eyes are mutilated. Did u do drugs" asked miss Benson the school nurse

"WHAT NO, of course not" I protested

"OK sorry, Miss Ann told me about what happened in the library on your way over. plus you did the old bully up real bad."

But almost as if she read my mind she goes "I promise you principle Carson won't hear a thing, as long as it's just an onetime thing" says miss Benson

"I didn't do drugs. I was just up late last night studying and I lost track of time. But how do we make Dillon not say anything?" I asked

"let's just say I handled it."

ding ding ding

before I can ask her why she said that so weirdly she says "well looks like I'm done here. Hey, listen next time Dillon asks you to do something illegal don't listen to him, because now you're going home to an angry parent." and with that, I left realizing I had to go home and face him.