Frank Maynard left The Reverse Edge early today. Despite the fact that he was early, he decided to skate to school that day. Along the way, he passed Ellen and Ryan. Ellen had her rollerblades, but wasn't skating today. She saw Frank, and immediately gave the Persona User a wave as she shifted her pack. Ryan also caught sight of his friend and waved enthusiastically.

The Persona User popped up and did a kickflip. As he landed, he waved back to his friends and continued to skate on toward the school. Despite having a loaded backpack, he was able to pick up speed and trick out.

As he was skating, he noticed a group of four girls ahead of him. Since Frank was on a skateboard, and coming up behind the group quickly, he had to make a quick decision. The Persona User recognized Chelsea from something that had happened in the gym a couple of months ago. He also recognized the Wolf girl from the last dance. However, he hadn't seen either the Windian or the human before, except briefly at lunch.

"Chelsea!!! Look out!!!" Frank yelled ahead as he jumped up to a nearby fence. Immediately, the entire group turned, and saw Frank go into a special grind. The Persona User had one foot on the tail end of his board while he gripped the nose with his right hand. He also extended his left foot off the board and stretched his left arm out. He continued to slide across the fence, doing his trick (The Big Hitter II) while keeping an eye ahead. Eventually, the Persona User got back onto his board, slid down the fence, and landed back on the sidewalk in a wheelie. He did a few pivots before dropping back to four wheels and began to skate again.

"Whoa!!! Did you see that???" The Windian said as she shrugged her wings. Currently, she was staring wide eyed down the road at where Frank went.

"I did, Amber... Ladon! How did he do that?" The human replied as she pushed a strand of red hair out of her face. She too was staring at the direction that the Persona User had gone.

"That's what I'd like to know, Sabs... That was amazing!!!" The Windian said as she turned to her friend.

"Hrmph..." The wolf girl said as her ears batted lightly. "I'm not that impressed. It would have been cool if he fell and broke his head open! All the blood and his brains oozing all over the place!" The wolf girl let out a small howl as her tail began to wave in delight.

"Cheezus Tym!" Sabs said as she turned around to look at the Forest clanswoman. "That's gross! Why would you want to see something like that?"

"Because it's cool!" Tym said as she let out a low howl. "Just imagine it..."

"Eww!!! I don't want to imagine anything like that! That's totally disgusting!" Sabs replied as she stuck her tongue out in disgust.

"Guys..." Chelsea said as she stepped between her friends. "Not now, we've gotta get to school..."

"Whoa! Chelsea actually wants to get to school! That's weird!" Sabs replied as she chuckled lightly.

Chelsea let out a loud, braying laugh that was similar to the ones Balio and Sunder used to use. "There's a lot to me that you don't know..."

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Frank continued to make his way over to Windia High. The Persona User saw a white furred woren ahead of him, chuckling as her tail waved in delight. Once more, the Persona User hopped onto the fence and did yet another special grind. This time, he held his right foot on the nose of the board as he stretched his limbs out. Frank continued his trick (The Fandangle), as he slid past one Alyson Van Horne. He slid down the fence and landed, and kicked a couple of times to gain more speed.

"Whoa..." Alyson said as she blinked a couple of times. "That was cool! Wait... where have I seen him before..."

The woren shrugged as she continued to walk toward school, thinking about the mystery guy that she had seen in the park last weekend.

Frank continued to skate toward the school, doing various tricks and such. After coming down from a 360 Shove It, He saw Kate further down the road. A smile slowly formed on his face as he kicked and accelerated toward his girlfriend.

"Hey Kate!!!" Frank yelled as he zipped past her. He reached out, and grabbed her as he was skating by. The Persona User was now holding a thoroughly surprised Woren in his arms.

"Myah!" Kate said in surprise as she saw how fast Frank was going. "You're kind of in a hurry, aren't you?" Kate wrapped her tail around Frank's waist to reassure herself that he wasn't going to fall, and take her with him.

"What? Can't I even pick my girlfriend up and take her to school?" Frank said with a chuckle.

Kate smiled back at the Persona User. "I'm glad you're feeling better Frank... I really missed you yesterday..."

Frank continued to skate on with a purring woren in his arms. Eventually, the two finally made it to the front gates of Windia High school. The Persona User skidded to a stop and let Kate down gently. He then unstrapped his helmet and kicked up his board, which he hooked into the straps of his pack. Frank then placed an arm around Kate, and she in turned leaned against her boyfriend. The two finally walked into Windia High School and met up with their friends that were already there.

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