"And as for him being beat up, he was the one to start it. It happened during class, and I don't see why this is a problem. He accepted a challenge and failed to defeat his opponent. It is part of the course. Now, if you both excuse me, I have somewhere to be." They stood shocked for a second. Me talking back to them was not a normal occurrence. For Smith's sake, I stayed quiet and never talked back to them, but now that I had nothing holding me back, I could answer them just like I wanted for years. "You ungrateful piece of trash, now that the Smith's dropped you, there is no one to protect you. I will make sure that the school board knows about this. This academy is not a place for charity cases like you." Well, it was only a question of time until someone used this card. Now that the

