Rising Beyond the Stars

The Anomalous Child

Alpha grew up to school going age. Together with his sister, Alpha went to a nearby school. This was not a norm in the city as many children had enrolled to distance - learning. Mr Singh was a conservative so he decided his children to be going to school instead of distance learning.

Located far away from the C.B.D. was the Welt School of Special Talent. This was the only school that children who had special abilities that were beyond normal were taken. Alpha was one of them so was his sister.

The School was well planned. The Principal's office was located at the Administration Block which was at the centre of the school near the Parade Square. Tue school of Juniors was near this office whereas the school of seniors was located at the far point of the school. All the buildings were painted with cream and dark colors which gave it an attractive view. The fibreglass walls of the Admin Block shone colorfully during each sunup and sundown.

The teachers here had received special training to deal with different types of students with special abilities. They were mostly university lecturers, Technicians and Grandmasters. The principal himself was a martial arts grandmaster. Everyone who was taken to his office for indiscipline issues never again went that way. It was worse than the prison.

That day Alpha, though small, went to confront the principal. He had one mission to tell him to stop the participants of the school from ridiculing him on his appearance. He knew the principal was a good man and would stop them as soon as he informed him..

Alpha knocked at the door. The principal wondered who has the courage to come to his office at that time when lessons were going on. He told him to enter. He was amazed by the shaggy student who entered.

Alpha's appearance was not that of a student. His hair was uncombed. His clothes though ironed they were unfit. This made him to look like a scarecrow. His mother bought him this clothes hoping one day her son would grow fatter. He was not in school shoes. He was wearing sandals.

"What do you want young man?"Mr Principal asked angrily.

Alpha did not hesitate. He knew that if he told the principal it would take only a few hair for him to stop them. He was right. The principal was the most fierce master in the school. Everyone who was taken to his office for indiscipline issues never again repeated it. It was worse than a prison.

" I would like that you tell the participants of this school to stop ridiculing my appearance. "

"Young man are you sure with what you want? Look at how you look like. You have uncombed hair, together with baggy clothes. You are not even wearing school shoes. Jokes on someone appearance has been our culture in this school. I found it neither will I end it. This school has been there for about 150 years. So it is you yourself to find out how to help yourself. Next time don't come to my office like that. Especially with uncombed hair. Don't you know that you have curly hair?" He said with his authoritarian voice. This irritated Alpha so much.

"I cannot comb my hair," Alpha began to explain due to the looks of Mr Principal, "Every time I try I end up getting an electric shock."

Mr Principal could not believe this. He wanted to try it by himself. He took a comb from his desk and asked him tenderly to come where he was. He began to comb his hair.

As soon as he started to comb him. He felt an electric shock. He had to withstand it. Hardly had he finished combing his hair when it had returned to it's original state. The curly shaggy hair. He could not believe it. It was an ability so special that it was never recorded in his father's book. The book of special powers and abilities. He had to agree to help him so as to find out what he truly was.

Alpha was tired of this humiliation. Alpha was so angry with those who bullied him both physically and emotionally. He told his sister that he could not withstand it anymore. His sister urged him not to do what he was thinking. She knew that it would cause more trouble than the good it will bring.

Alpha did not listen to his sister. His motto was "I have no second thought." He went on with his mission. His sisters words had fallen on deaf ears. He asked the coach of the fighting club to arrange a fight for him with an elite. He was confident of winning.

The day of the match came. The coach had seen Alpha's move as a suicidal mission. He did not arrange a match with an elite but with a rookie. The match began. Alpha hit him once. It was a strong upper cut. The player fell down on the floor. He had to be rushed to the hospital before he could pass on.

The coach could not let Alpha who was not a member to gain fame like that. He ordered the champion to come and punish him. To hurt him the way he had done to a new member of the club.

The champion was hard to beat. He hit him until he almost fell on the ground. Alpha remembered the Martial Arts he had learned as he was a child. He saw them useless. The only way to defeat the man was to boost his fist.

He added his extraordinary strength to one of his palms as he remembered that his status depended on this. If he hit his face then he could break his neck. He chose to slap him. When many people were still wondering how he could withstand those blows, he hit him. The champion laid down flat. He had won.

The medics came to find out if there was any use of special powers. The results were nope. Then Alpha became famous for a few days.

Few days died away. He was called to see the principal at his office. What he thought was that the principal wanted to discuss his fame. The moment he entered he realized that the principal was not in a good mood.

He was not allowed to sit. Mr Principal gave him a letter that read.

Dear Mr Singh,

Your son is hereby expelled from the school as a result of his errant behavior. He has made this school look like his own and has been scaring away others. He is a threat to the school.

Yours Faithfully,

Mr Principal.

He could not believe his eyes. He took the letter to Lacey.

"I told you bro," she cried.

Alpha picked up his things ready to leave for home for good.