"Hi Pleiades." The class responded with feigned enthusiasm. Pleiades moved to a seat in the back of the classroom without speaking and took his seat. When Mrs. Melon began teaching, Kythe leaned over to tell Pleiades they were having a race after school. Pleiades perked up at the invitation and agreed to meet them after school.
After school dismissed, Kythe, Zyler, Queth, Corona, Kimberly, and Chelsea all headed to the course. Fortunately, Pleiades saw them before they were out of sight, and hurried to meet them. When he arrived at the course, Corona was explaining the rules, naturally, and then proceeded to ask who the racers would be. She saw the new student arrive and asked if he wanted to go on the first run. Pleiades was shy, but quite eager to race. It'd be a good way to get to know some of his new classmates.
Kythe of course wanted to race with the new kid, and Kimberly and Chelsea took the other two spots.
Corona counted down the timer, then the racers shot out from the starting line. Kythe took a quick lead and snatched the first available drop. He opened a pack of three snowballs; those would come in handy if anyone overtook him, so for now he focused on his snowboarding.
Kimberly and Chelsea fell in line behind Kythe, while Pleiades acquainted himself with the course.
The first three battled back and forth for first place, leaving Pleiades well behind. On the last stretch of the course Kythe was once again in the lead. He spared a glance behind and saw Pleiades gaining quickly. A moment later he watched Chelsea fly up into the air in a burst of flames. Immediately after, a bolt of lightning struck Kimberly, similarly launching her up in an explosion.
Kythe was so amazed at what he had seen that he let all defenses down and soon found himself once again frozen in a block of ice. Pleiades rushed by, spinning Kythe in his block as he did. The three veterans came sliding into the finish line and Pleiades was unclipping his boots.
"That was amazing!" Kythe exclaimed.
"Where did you come from?" Chelsea asked.
"How did you do that?" Kimberly likewise asked.
Pleiades gave a quick smile, then got in line for the lift. After the other three joined him, he replied "it's just something I can do. I'm glad you allow weapons on the course, it's nice to have an outlet for it!"
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