Bravery comes in the strangest moments

Writers: Angela J, Daria G, Irina B

Illustrators: Oana Maria C., Iulia A

Team 9

Most people thought that Noah is just a 16 year old and , actually, he is ... just that! He loves helping people, he is a very kind guy.

Some time ago there was a group of friends. All of them extremely close to one-another, however there were two friends who were closer to each other than the rest. Noah and Isaac were their names. Noah, the short, introverted guy who cared deeply for all of his friends, and Isaac, the tall, sort of grumpy but sweet guy, somehow became best friends. Their personalities were somewhat opposites but they still got along incredibly well.

3 years later Isaac had to move away to a new town because of his father`s work. With watery eyes and tears running down their faces they promised each other to forever stay friends no matter what happens.

Fast forward a few more years the two boys are now both 16. 
On a seemingly normal school day a tall boy dressed in black entered Noahs classroom. The shadows in the classroom somewhat hid his identity so the short boy couldn’t really tell who it was, he just assumed it was a new student. Until the tall male came into the light where Noah could see the mans face clearly. 

It was Isaac.

Loading...

Noah couldn’t believe it. His eyes widened as he scanned Isaac. It’s only been 3 years! How could the grumpy but bright little boy turn into a dark almost, sad looking man?

Loading...

The dark aura around Isaac put Noah off a bit but he was determined to rekindle the relationship between him and Isaac. A small smile spread on his face as he stared at the male. The thought of them being friends again overjoyed him.

Loading...

However whenever the boy tried to approach Isaac and talk to him, Isaac would just turn away and ignore Noah. 

Loading...

That upset the short boy, of course, but he didn’t give up. He did his best even if it annoyed Isaac a lot.

After a week or two Noah witnessed Isaac bullying a few kids. His heart sped up, anxiety filling his body as he watched his ex-bestfriend bully an innocent person. The bullying soon escalated and the two started fighting. Noah’s body wouldn’t budge as he watched but eventually he managed to close his eyes, steadying his breaths once the fight stopped. 
He didn’t want to believe Isaac would or even could do that.

Another week passes. The school hasn’t been the same since Isaac returned. Everyone seemed to be more anxious now that he’s around. There were even rumours saying that Isaac would… burn down the school?!
Outrageous. He’d never do such a thing.

Little did Noah know that that was exactly what Isaac was planning to do. 

End of the school day rolled around. As Noah was walking out of the school, ready to take a rest from the unsuccessful friend making with Isaac, he spotted the tall male almost angrily storming off to the back of the school. Noah watched the male disappear behind the school. “Curiosity killed the cat”, the shorter boy repeated in his head as he walked away from the school, thankfully his house was nearby so he didn’t have to walk for too long.

He sighed opening the door and walking in, taking his shoes off and putting them on the shoe rack. As he was about to close and lock the door he heard a loud “BOOM” coming from the school. Panic struck Noah. He froze up for a bit, legs shaking, sweat rolling down his forehead as he watched the fire consume the school. Then he remembered. “oh no…” 

Noah sprang into action, running as fast as he humanly, possibly could, tears welling in his eyes as he stared at his destination desperately.
Once he got there he was out of breath, eyes frantically looking around to find Isaac. When he couldn’t see the tall male he decided to run inside and search the building. Looking in every spot he could find until.. 

there in the middle of a burning classroom stood Isaac. Tears streaming down his face.