Nathaniel's academy classmates.

I had only a few friends in grade school, high school and college. At one point in my life, I am sure that I desired to have more. Maybe I wanted to be like the student who had several other students surrounding them...hanging on their every word. It is a weird, considering that I am naturally shy. As I grew older I realized that, it is not the quantity of friends. It is the quality. Good friends or priceless. But self-centered "friends" aren't really friends at all.

I will start with Nathaniel's first friend. The first friend he makes at the Union Academy. Her name is Angela Roberts. She too is an advanced human. She is special like Nathaniel, and like Nathaniel her mind and body over compensates for it. Nathaniel stutters. Angela falls asleep at the drop of a hat. But she doesn't let that slow her down. She enjoys horseback riding and cheerleading. She looks like your average valley school teenager, but she is far from it. She is as tough as they come. She adjust well to Union Academy and does what she can to help Nathaniel adjust. How does Nathaniel, a kid from Mississippi with an oddly shaped afro make friends with Angela, a girl from Montana? Sometimes, people have to be put into a common situation, before they realize how much they have in common.

Next time, I will talk about Kagome Wu, the first person Nathaniel meets from Union Academy.