Excalibur Returns

Project Excalibur

 The next day after the sleepover, they all returned to their homes but apologized to Cyrus for judging his thoughts, it was a Saturday so Cyrus had nothing doing except reading his comics, he took the comic that he got at the store for free, he went straight to the garden at his backyard and sat on the bench and continued from where he stopped.

"Sword in the Stone huh?" Cyrus looked up to see his dad smiling at him.

"Dad, you're home," Cyrus said and ran into his dads arms.

"I missed you so much son" Smith said to his son.

They both sat on the bench, Smith took the comic Cyrus was reading and scanned through it.

"You know son, I was just like you when I was growing up, my imaginations were wild as a lion, my mum, your grandmother took me to see a psychiatrist 9 times, crazy right?" Smith asked his son softly.

"Yeah but did it change anything?" Cyrus asked with curiosity.

"Nope in fact, if it sounds any better, it only got worse, you can't force beliefs on people, just because I believe in something doesn't mean you should believe it too"

"80% of the world serve God but have never set eyes on him, we all judiciously read the bible without actually knowing if its real or a scam." Smith added.

"But dad, I could loose my friends if I continue like this" Cyrus mumbled sadly.

"If they live you, it means your friendship was never meant to be, cheer up son, your future is as bright as the stars at night, you are this light that can light up any dark room, you just don't see it, there is something special about you, very special, I am proud to be your dad." Smith said and hugged his son.

"I love you dad" Cyrus smiled whole heartedly.

"I love you too, some day son, you will find your own Excalibur, and defeat the evil of this world" Smith said with a heroic pose while Cyrus chuckled at his own silliness.

"The only evil we have now is school" Cyrus said.

"If you say so son, let me go wake mummy up, she came home exhausted yesterday after picking me from the airport, also, breakfast is in the fridge in case you hungry" Smith said and left his son with one question in his head.

"Are all this things I believe actually real?" Cyrus went back inside the house to his room with the question lingering in his mind.

Monday morning, Cyrus lazily dragged his self out of bed at the sound of the alarm to prepare for school, he got in the showers, brushed his teeth, had his bath, picked out the most random thing in his wardrobe to wear, grabbed his headphones, back pack and sword in the stone comic.

"Cyrus, you better get your butt down here or you are gonna be late" Carly yelled from downstairs.

"Coming mum" Cyrus sprinted down the stairs, his parents were at the dining having their breakfast.

"Hey nugget, you still have 30 minutes left, do you wanna have breakfast, it's toast and bacon" Smith wiggled his brows at his son.

"No dad, I'm cool actually, my friends are prolly waiting for me by now" Cyrus chuckled.

"Ok son, enjoy your day" Smith smiled.

"I sure will" Cyrus sarcastically said.

Cyrus hurriedly left the house, got his bike and rode to school as fast as he could, he sighted his friends at the entrance of the school while parking his bike.

He chuckled upon seeing Liam bickering about something while demonstrating with his hands to the other 5.

"What's up guys" Cyrus said approaching his friends.

"Liam here thinks that our gym teacher, Mr. Johnson is a CIA agent undercover here in our school" Demi sarcastically said and rolled her eyes at Liam.

"Well Liam can be right, for all we know, not everything we see is as it seems" Cyrus smiled.

"My point exactly" Liam said.

"Anyways I know I apologized but I am really sorry about Friday night" Demi said in a sad tone.

"It's alright, I was being more weird than usual" Cyrus assured her.

"We still love you for whatever you are" Alicia said.

"So can you tell us about this new comic you always carry around with you?" James asked.

"It is the best comic I have ever come across" Cyrus squeaked out with excitement.

"It sure is buddy, it sure is" James sighed and the others laughed as they walked together to their first class,  when they heard the sound of the bell, luckily for all of them, their schedules were all the same.

They walked into their first class which was math, the teacher had not yet arrived, they took their normal positions at the back, Cyrus with Demi and James sat at the 2nd to the last row, Lucas with Alicia and Liam at the last row at their back.

"Well! Well! Well! if it isn't the 6 musketeers" A guy walked up to their desks.

"What do you want Ryan?" James stood up to face him.

"Chillax, I came to ask for a favor, from Cyrus to be specific" He said with hands in the air.

"And what's that?" Cyrus asked with raised brows.

"I heard from my dudes that you are the best when it comes to comics and well I just started out with them, I need some serious recommendations, I got your number from the class group chat so I am just gonna text you when I get home so you can email me your recommendations" Ryan said.

"Oh uhm okay, sure thing" Cyrus replied him.

"Thank you so much" Ryan grinned happily and left.

"Well that was weird" James said as he returned to sit down.

"You can say that again" Liam said and then the math teacher walked into the class.

"Good morning everyone, nice to see you guys again, as we all know we are approaching the end of the term, so when coming next week Monday, you all should prepare for a test, it is 40% of your grade" the teacher announced.

The whole class groaned.

"If you have any reasonable excuse on not being present for the test, make sure you report early, and for today, turn your books to Chapter 45, study all the exercises on it, your test will be similar to those, I have a teacher's meeting to attend now, so I will see you guys on Monday, stay safe you all" the teacher said and exited the class.

"So guys, what are we gonna do for the next 1hr 30mins? The biology teacher won't be showing up either" Lucas stated.

"There is this new burger place across school, do you guys maybe wanna go there?" Demi asked.

"Please! I am starving" James rubbed his stomach.

"Alright, lets go then, I pray they have good burgers, I would totally munch on 5 right now, I am starving too"

The 6 left school but making sure to keep track of time just to make sure that they are back on time before the meeting ends.

"Oh my God, these burger is amazing" Cyrus said biting whole heartedly into the burger.

"I know right and then the smoothie makes my tongue feel in heaven" Alicia added.

"I am good with my choices of restaurants" Demi proudly said.

"You guys should hurry up so we won't be late to class" James said.

"Since when did James cared about the rules?" Liam asked.

"Hey, I care about the rules, I just don't implement it and plus I haven't broken any" James shrugged.

"I can write a whole book on the number of rules you have broken" Lucas chirmed in.

"You don't have to exaggerate you know" James said.

"Guys lets get going, we have literature next, Miss Lilac might be a hot teacher but she got serious attitude" Lucas stated.

"That I agree with, Lets go fellas" James said jumping down the stool he sat on.

The 6 friends arrived their next class 10 minutes early, took their sits and chatted until the teacher came in.

Minutes passed, everyone was drowned in the magic of literature, Miss Lilac made sure she delivered her teaching the very best way she could, she decided to test how imaginative her students are by giving them quite a crazy projects.

"So class this project I am about to give you, it determines your grade at the end of the term,  I want you to think, I want you to write, to imagine, use 50% of your brain if possible. I am sure 80% of you definitely had a normal childhood, think about any myth, any legend, fairytale, comic, pick your favorite, pick a character or one main topic from it, I want you to write about it, I am not giving any limits of words, I can read any amount of words as long as it captivates me. Pick anything from what I mentioned, write about it, let it be like your own myth, you will be given time to present your work, this project is due the last week of the term, we will meet up on a Saturday, I will email your parents. Also you can bring objects, and costumes to make your work more presentable, and with this, I end the class for today. Enjoy the rest of your day." The teacher said and exited the class.

Cyrus had a very big smile on his face for at that moment, he knew what he was going to write about, he knew what has been on his mind all along, he was going to bring his imaginations to life and Ace this course.

"Let me guess, Cyrus already has this crazy thing going inside his head that he is going to write about" Demi said.

Cyrus just smiled at her.

"So tell us bud, what is your topic gonna be?" 

Cyrus grinned

"Excalibur" he breathed out.