The Rigid School System

After such an unbelievable experience, Rohan could not think of anything else. His mind was empty. He rode his bike and began to move towards his home. He was completely emotionless this whole time, only thinking about what happened to him. Upon his return, he saw two angry faces staring at him and his little sister standing along with them at the front gate of his house. They looked like devils at that time to him. "ROHANNNN!!!" both of them shouted in an angry tone. However, it had somehow helped him to come back to his senses from his emotionless behaviour.

"What is the time now?! Did you forget that I told you to not be late? "his mother shouted.

"MOM.. sorry..." Rohan was filled with fear from top to bottom of that voice.

His father scolded him too, "Do you know how tense we were for you? We were going to the police station to register your missing report!!! We called your friends, Robin and Simon, but they said that they didn't know about you after you had separated from them. "

"Sorry, dad..."

"What sorry?" with a loud voice again.

His little sister said, "Dad, mom... Let's leave this matter. At least my brother has come back home. " Hearing these words, his parents seemed to be somewhat convinced that the ad had cooled down their rage to a great extent. Rohan's mother said, "OK... This time we will pardon you, but next time you will be punished surely." Rohan's father turned to Rohan's father. "OK honey," he said with a little smile. His father replied, "OK." He added, with a smile on his face, "Now come inside, your mother has cooked your favourite dinner tonight. Get yourself cleaned up and then finish your dinner. " Rohan was looking down this whole time, but his parents' permission had enabled him to raise his head. Rohan apologized again to both of them before entering the premises, "Sorry, mom... sorry dad, I will not do it again." and then went towards the garage without any more words to keep his cycle.

He opened the garage door and went inside, near the hanging shelf mounted on the right side of their green car, on the wall. He removed his gloves and helmet and kept them on. Then he took his cycle inside and kept it in his cycle stand and began to walk outside. But during this whole time, he couldn't understand what happened to him at the back of the mountain. His memories were clouded. After closing the garage door, he went straight to the main building, opened the door, entered, removed his shoes, kept them on the shoe shelf, closed the door and went to the bathroom. After some time, he came out of it with a clean self. His clothes were already kept ready inside the bathroom by his mother. He had worn them and went outside towards the kitchen. His food was ready on the dinner table and the others were sitting at the table, except for his mother, who was cleaning up the dishes in the basin. Upon entering the kitchen, he apologized to all of them again. His parents, including his elder sister, said, "It's alright..." Then he had his dinner and everyone went to their respective rooms. Rohan's and his sister's rooms were on the second floor, while his parents were on the first. Before entering the room, his sister said, "Please do not go outside for a long time. I really got very tense... " Rohan replied, "OK..." Then they entered their own rooms and got to their beds. His sister easily slept that night, but it wasn't the case with her brother. Rohan's mind was full of questions about what happened there and why the black suit mattered. Due to this, he slept a deep, sound sleep for a long time.

In the meantime, searching for the black suit user, Red, White and Yellow descended on the Earth, on the back of the mountain of Mascana. They had felt the strong presence of the suit on this planet, but the essence of the power had progressively faded away before their reach. Red said, "I think the suit has been acquired by any one of these creatures of this blue planet. So what should we do now? "asked Yellow.

White suggested, "We have nothing to do except to watch over these creatures and to find out who has stolen them... So to do that, we need to turn into them. "

"I know that it might happen, so I have collected information about these beings. There are many things these creatures do that are useless and... "

"Quick! Do not waste any more time and share it with us. "

"Hey, look there!" pointing towards the nearby city. "I think these are the settlements in which these creatures live."

"So one of them might be the thief. Let us go and find it out... "

The next morning, Rohan's mother got up on time and began to do all the household chores after getting herself fresh. As said earlier, today was Rohan's and Sumina's first day at the high school of the Magical Academy. So Rohan's mother was somewhat in a hurry today. She went upstairs and knocked on both doors. When she knocked on Sumina's door, she asked her softly to get up and get herself ready for school. While in the case of Rohan, she said roughly, "Rohan! Get up, otherwise you will be late on the first day of high school. " It was her usual dialogue with Rohan regularly. She did so because she knew that he was so lazy that sometimes she had to knock on his room door continuously several times to make him leave the bed. Eventually, due to this habit, he used to get late for primary school and many times he got punished as well. Still, he could not leave this habit.

As today was their first day of high school, Sumina was filled with excitement, but Rohan had not given any single sign of excitement. He knew that, as his grades were low, his same classmates would again taunt him and everyone would again leave him behind. He was filled with despair. He got up and left his bed. Both of them prepared themselves and went downstairs towards the kitchen. Upon entering, both of them wished their parents, "Good morning dad and mom..." Their parents wished both of them as well--"Good morning..."

Rohan's mom was cooking two omelettes for them and his father was watching television in their kitchen. Rohan's father was watching the news channel and he was accompanied by his two children as well. A news reporter said, "Last night a mysterious object was captured by a state-light and this is the picture of it. According to the space centre, it was predicted to hit the back of the mountains of Magica. To capture this mysterious object, the Magscana government sent soldiers on the spot to identify it, but they could not find any signs of its landing. However, the only thing that the soldiers noticed was a black spot on the ground. Nevertheless, many people claimed that the mysterious object had hit the back of the mountains. Now we move towards our today's weather report. "

Rohan's father seemed puzzled and said, "What astonishing news?!?" and gave his paper in his hands. But Rohan was in deep water. The news matched exactly with the last night's incident that happened to him. He was thinking the last night's incident was a dream. All at once, their mother turned back and severed them the omelette. She asked them politely to finish their breakfast quickly and to get ready for school. Their father wished them, "All the best for the first day of your school." and asked them, "Do not forget to enjoy yourselves fully to your hearts' content, OK?"

"Yeah..." both of them said.

They quickly finished their breakfast and got ready for school. Both of them wore their uniforms and respective shoes, opened the door and went outside after biding their parents, "Mom, Dad, we are going to school..."

"OK," two voices replied.

The sky was bright blue and the sun was shining. The weather seemed to be clear and there was no chaos in the neighbourhood. Everything seemed to be peaceful as usual.

Sumina said while walking, "Hey Brother, do you know any info about our new school?" His brother replied, "Nothing special, but I have heard that these high schools are good at producing high-quality magicians and the entrance examination at that school is quite tough." His sister replied, "Hmm, I see."

After some walking towards the school, she suddenly saw her friend Sumana was going the same way to the school. She was Sumina's best friend forever and also knew her top secret. They were of the same age and class, plus they went to the same high school. Sumina called her name, "Sumanaaa!!" Sumana suddenly stopped and turned back after hearing it. When she turned back, she saw that her best friend was waving her hand. She said, "Hi, Sumina... Good morning... " Sumina suddenly ran towards her brother, pulling him along by holding his hand. When she reached her, she was a little exhausted. Upon reaching, she asked her, "How are you Sumana? Ah! I forgot to wish you Good Morning... ". Sumana replied, "I am good. Are you ready for the first day? "Sumina replied, "Yeah, I am very excited about the first day." All of a sudden, Sumana went near her friend's ear and asked, "Hey! Is there any development between you and your brother? " Sumina immediately responded to the harassment by closing her mouth with her hands, "Sumana, please keep quiet. Do not tell him in front of him, "she whispered slowly to herself. Rohan was completely puzzled at that time, thinking about what happened to his sister and what they were talking about.

After that, Sumana looked at her watch and said, "We should hurry, otherwise we will not be able to reach the school on time. We had only fifteen minutes left and I did not want to be late on the first day. " After hearing the time, the other two were shocked as well, "Uhh! We must run! "and all of them began to hurry towards the school. After a minute, two were at the front and one was at the back on the run to school. Rohan was bad at running and had always come last in marathons since primary school. Sumina said, "Hurry up brother, otherwise we will be late."

"I am trying my very best to catch up with you. Both of you do not wait for me..." and he thought about, "Ahh! If I could be a little faster... " And suddenly, his shoes were covered in black and he felt like he was getting stronger and stronger. "Aah! How am I feeling so strong all of a sudden? " Due to this sudden feeling, he tried to run a little faster now and SURPRISE! He began to run as fast as a bullet train and was cutting through the air at a very high speed. He left his sister and her friend behind and was far ahead of them. The other two were surprised when he crossed them at a high speed all at once. Both of them asked him, "How could you run so fast?! " But as he went so far away from them, their voices could not reach his ears.

Sumina asked her friend, "Sumana, how can we reach him?" She thought for a while on the run and said, "Hey, let's activate our speed spell. I think that with our magic capability we could catch him. " Then she opened her eyes and suddenly a white circular light passed through them from the top to the bottom of their bodies and a grey-white box with a flower petal began to appear on the ground in whichever spot any of them had kept their feet. At the same time, their speed began to increase by leaps and bounds, and they were running much faster than marathon runners. Like Rohan, they began to run at the speed of a bullet train too. After some time, they saw Rohan running in front of them at the same high speed towards the school. Both of them asked him to "Stop!!!!" but Rohan could not hear. It seemed that he had lost control of his legs.

Suddenly, the school became visible to him. He was now very much worried about, "How will I stop myself?". He crossed all the students who were walking to the school. But suddenly, his legs came to a halt and he began to fly near the ground as an after effect and crash-landed in front of the school gate with his face facing the pavement. Everyone near him seemed to be puzzled, though they kept on moving. His sister, along with her friend, reached him after some time after the crash landing.

Sumina asked by bending towards him, "Are you OK brother?" Rohan replied, after raising his head from the ground and sitting down on it with his legs folded, "Yeah somewhat! ... Ouch! " Sumana interrupted, "Hmm I see but... what happened to you? How could you run so fast? " Rohan seemed to be baffled by the question. There was his friend Simona and Robin present as well, who watched the entire incident. Both of them ran towards him after his landing. Simon asked, "What happened and why are you in so much of a hurry?" Rohan replied, "I was not... But I don't know how I could run so fast. " All of them were in deep water. However, the crowd didn't seem to stop moving, rather they continued to move. It could be observed that some girls and boys were laughing at Rohan while walking into the school premises.

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The school bell rang and the time on the big watch was 8 o'clock. Rohan stood up on the spot and all of their eyes looked in the same direction, i.e. towards the school building. It was their first high-magical academy. The academy is comprised of three buildings combined to form one main building. It looked like a skyscraper and a big clock was fitted on the building at the centre near the top. The school had a big campus and contained three different classes--from class I to class V. The class number was based on the school's system. The school also had a separate hall and a big playground. The hall was at the front of the school, near the school entrance gate, while the playground was at the back of the building. The gate outside the school bore the name--First High Magical Academy.

At the ring of the bell, all the students began to assemble in the hall. According to the notice, a welcome ceremony will be held in the hall. So, everybody began to gather around it. The hall was quite big and high inside, and it seemed that it could house the entire school at a meet. In the hall, there was a permanent stage at the front and a desk with a chair was kept on it. The desk had two mics kept on it. The seats were already arranged in the hall, so everyone took their chairs and waited for the welcome ceremony to commence. Rohan, his best friend, his sister as well as her friend sat together in the same row.

At 8:15, the entrance doors closed suddenly. There was complete darkness in the room.

"What happened? How did the door get closed? "asked one of the students. All at once, the lights in the hall turned on and all the teachers came into the hall from the spare gate near the stage. Upon entering, they formed a line in front of the stage. At the same time, a person came up on the stage. He seemed to be highly serious, which became clear from his face. He wore spectacles, a formal suit and boots. He sat down on the chair provided on the stage, held the microphone and began to deliver the speech.

"Let me introduce myself to you all. I am Michel Histon, school principal of the First Senior High Magical Academy. Welcome you all. I hope that you all have a good term ahead. " said with a smile. However, suddenly, he began to say in a serious mood, "I will not prolong the time anymore and get to the main point. I know that you all do not know about the rules and regulations of the magical high schools in our country. So I will tell them at once and only once. You all should be attentive while hearing it and should not miss any points.

"Rule No. 1: You should not break rules and must not use your MCs outside the school premises." While saying the first rule, he looked towards Rohan's sister. He seemed to know somehow that she had used her MC outside the school premises. She seemed to be guilty after hearing the first rule. The principal continued, "

You all must be disciplined during the lectures and must attentively hear and obey all your teacher's words. All your activities on your school campus will be monitored by the teachers.

School activities, exam results, strengths, physical fitness, social qualities, judgement, control of your magical power, use of your MCs, and the points that you will score in this term.

And Rule no. 4: The students who will have low marks after the end of the term exam. They will be demoted to the lower sections. There are only four sections in each class at our school--A, B, C, and D. If any student from section D gets less than the limiting marks assigned by us, he/she will be immediately removed from the school. There are a limited number of seats in each class.

The school only needs capable magicians who will be able to protect their country. There is no place for weak ones here. "He said the last line with a very scary face. Because of this, all students began to fear the system and their principal. The teachers also seemed to be quite serious about the system. However, their faces were normal and didn't show any opposition to the system. After that, the principal added two more lines and left the stage. He said, "After this, you will all have an exam that will speak about your section for the first term. So be ready and good luck... " Everyone was filled with fear and Rohan thought that he was going to have a tougher time than the rest of his friends. He began to fear the rigid system of the school.

The school system could not be really scolded as the magicians needed to be highly capable of bearing all responsibilities and defending their country. It seemed to Rohan and his gang as if they were going to have a long and tough term ahead of them this year.