[Soka Tame](http://i.imgur.com/PsZopXj.jpg) was a new student. AcadeMMO's opening ceremony for the new semester had been pretty much what he expected.

An introduction to the school and their main goals. Soka sat amongst the many students during the welcoming ceremony, listening to the various speeches, before being dismissed into the hallways.

_Alright, well I'm finally here._ 

Although Soka was 15 years old (and would be 16 in a couple weeks), this was his first year at the academy.

Looking around, he saw many students smiling and laughing with their friends, while there were others that were new like himself, looking around at the vast academy.

Soka noticed two males walking near one another. Soon a girl approached them, and the next thing he knew they were off walking in a direction with a lot of speed and determination. Seemed like something important was going on.

Soka watched them walk off and decided it was none of his business. Turning the other direction, he made his way through the sea of students and eventually found a staircase.

Five minutes later, he found himself on one of the school's rooftops. Stepping out of the building's doorway, he set foot onto the roof. A strong gust of wind picked up, the breeze sending his hair and attire swaying wildly in the wind. After the breeze slowed down, Soka looked around the rooftop to see who was there. Eventually he walked toward the edge of the roof and looked down at the area below.

An aircraft was taking off somewhere not too far away and the sky above was a grand blue. Soka put a foot on the edge of the rooftop as he looked up at the sky, the aircraft taking off in the background behind him, while Soka looked skyward