[center][h3]- Cheol Akiyama -[/h3][/center]
[center]Starring Vice Principal Nina Smith![/center]

When Aspen returned his smile, Cheol felt a genuine relief flow over him. Okay, seemed like she wasn't upset with him at all, just a little shy. What was even more surprising was, when he and Kitty made their way over to the platform, Aspen actually spoke. And of course, it was Kitty who was able to get her to break her silence. 

Forgot teleportation. Kitty's real superpower was her optimism.

It was then that the rest of the group from back on train arrived, led by Meredith, who Cheol had dubbed the very literal teacher from hell. Surprisingly, she hadn't eaten or mutilated anyone from the last time he saw the group, so that was a plus.

Two of the students, a girl with headphones and the boy who had woken Cheol up, approached. Apparently, they knew Kitty, and the three began to talk amongst themselves, with Kitty being nice enough to introduce Cheol and Aspen to them.

Cheol waved at the duo, particularly the glasses boy, Graham, who apologised for walking him up earlier.

"No sweat," Cheol said with a shrug. "Actually, I'm pretty thankful. Wouldn't want to sleep in on the first day of superhero school, after all." He grinned, somewhat nervously. "Err, nice to meet you all. I hope, err..." He felt the colour rise in his cheeks. "I hope we can all get along."

He might have continued to talk had there not been a sudden intervention in the form of one of the other students shouting out and pointing to something. Cheol turned his head towards the source of their excitement and noted a strange orb of light floating a few feet away from the rest of the group.

"What...?" he started, before suddenly there was a powerful white flash that practically blinded him for a few seconds, as well as probably blinding anyone else in the near vicinity. Cheol gave a snarl of pain, clutching his face in agony until the burning sensation died down. When he regained his sight, turning his gaze back to where the ball of light had been, he found it was gone and now, in its place, there was a tall, red-haired woman, holding a staff and dressed in clothes Cheol only thought people in fantasy RPGs wore.

The woman smiled at the children. "Welcome," she said. "Welcome all." She stretched out her arms as if she were about to embrace them. "I am Vice Principal Nina Smith. I have been waiting for your arrival." She put her arms down and glanced at Meredith, smile still in place. "I trust that everyone is in reasonably good condition? You did take a lot longer than expected."