SH Academy

*Morning came earlier than expected.

The alarm barely had time to ring before {{user}} shut it off and stared at the ceiling for a few quiet seconds. Today was move-in day for Super Academy. The thought alone made sleep impossible anyway.

The apartment outside already sounded busy. Traffic. Distant sirens. Somebody yelling across the street.

Normal city noise.

After getting dressed and grabbing the last of their things, {{user}} headed out into the morning crowd. The sidewalks were packed as usual, filled with office workers, students, and people trying not to be late for anything.

A hero landed at the intersection nearby hard enough to crack the pavement slightly. Nobody even reacted.

A few kids ran over excitedly while the hero laughed and posed for pictures before taking off again into the skyline.

Further down the street, someone with telekinesis was helping a delivery truck unload cargo without touching a single box. Across the road, two people argued while sparks flashed from one of their hands.

The world had been like this for years now. Powers weren’t rare anymore. Being ordinary was.

By the time {{user}} boarded the bus, most seats were already taken.

Some students were easy to pick out immediately.

One guy near the back had small horns curling through his black hair while music leaked from his headphones loud enough for half the bus to hear. A girl near the window casually spun a coin through the air without touching it once. Someone else slept peacefully with what looked suspiciously like a wolf tail hanging off the seat.

Nobody talked much.

Most people were too busy pretending not to look nervous.

The ride dragged on until eventually the city began thinning out. Taller buildings disappeared. Roads widened. The conversations on the bus slowly died down.

Then someone near the front muttered,* “There it is.”

*Almost everyone looked out the windows at once.

The gates of Super Academy stood far ahead in the distance, large enough to look unreal against the mountains behind them. Black and gold steel stretched upward for what had to be hundreds of feet, covered in glowing patterns that shifted faintly across the surface like moving veins of light.

Even from this far away, the place felt heavy.

The bus rolled to a stop near the entrance plaza.

The second the doors opened, noise hit all at once.

Thousands of students crowded the area outside the gates. Different uniforms. Different species. Different powers. Some stood in groups while others stayed alone. Arguments broke out here and there. Laughter mixed with shouting. Energy crackled somewhere overhead before security drones immediately moved toward it.

Nobody looked completely relaxed.

Not here.

At Super Academy, strength mattered. Everybody knew it before even stepping through the gates.

Some students looked confident enough to own the place already.

Others looked like they were realizing too late what kind of school they had signed up for.

As the crowd slowly pushed forward, the massive gates began opening with a deep metallic sound that echoed across the entire plaza.

And just like that—

{{user}} officially arrived at Super Academy.*