Trials of Love and War

"Up we go, hero"

|**A start to a new beginning**|

"Class we have a new student," the teacher said before she introduced a brown-haired girl. The girl was tall for a twelve-year old, one of the tallest in the class. It was hard to tell, but she still had some baby chub and was slightly overweight. Looking carefully at her eyes, a curious gleam was present. "Her name's Eve, or, what she prefers to be called, Eva. She has the highest GPA here at Yancy and has decided to transfer here to tutor you." The girl waved politely, but the class just glared at here, especially a red-haired girl, which a quick peek at the seating chart showed her name to be Nancy Bobofit.

"Nice to meet you guys!" Eva's soft, but deep, voice travelled through the room. As she spoke, her eyes scanned over the students. Someone caught her eye, accidentally or not, and she couldn't help but take note of the person. The boy had black hair that seemed messy no matter how hard he tried to tame it. His eyes were as green as the sea. Looking around at the rest of the class, it was painfully obvious that he was excluded from the rest of the students, except for one person, who Eva assumed was his friend. That caught her attention.

"You may have a seat," the teacher said, causing her nod. She walked towards where the boy was sitting. There was empty all over, but she chose to sit next to him.

After she sat down, she introduced herself.

"Hi, my names Eva. Nice to meet you" she said, but the male didn't respond, and his friend just eyed her. She persisted, "I hope we can get along." The boy continued to ignore her. For the rest of the class, Eva tried to get this kid to talk to her. She asked questions about him, told him the answers to the questions, and tried to make small talk, but nothing worked.

The bell rang to go to class. The two boys dashed out of the room, leaving Eva in the dust. Slowly, she packed her things away and left to go to her new class. She never has Latin before, but Eva was excited to learn something new.

Walking in, it was obvious who the teacher was. He was middle aged and in a motorized wheelchair. His hair was thinning and there was a scruffy beard that went with his frayed tweed jacket. He was at the front of the class, behind his desk.

"Hello..." Eva trailed off, quickly glancing at her schedule for the name of the teacher. "Mr. Brunner! I'm your new student Eva," she introduced herself to him, receiving a hint of a smile that managed to show off his deep laugh lines.

"So you are," Mr. Brunner said as reached the front of his desk. "Please, sit anywhere you like."

Noting that the boy was in this class, Eva hesitated. Making up her mind, she asked Mr. Brunner who he was. It was his turn to hesitate. He looked at her sceptically, as if looking for an alternative motive.

 "That's Percy..." he started, but before he could finish his thought, Eva rushed towards Percy and his friend.

Getting closer to the duo, she overheard some of their conversations.

"Come on man, she's probably a lot like Nancy, and I've had enough of Nancy!" Percy sighed.

"Hey, Percy's a really nice name." She said as she, again, decided to sit next to him. Turning to Percy's friend, she asked, "What's your name?" He said it was Grover.

"Nice to meet you Grover!" Eva said, smiling widely at him, causing the two to become a little flustered. No one had been nice to them, except her. Grover, excited to have a new friend, started talking to her. Percy was still doubtful, so he continued to avoid talking to her.