Bürunarkus had to get used to going to Phobos Military Academy all on his lonesome, now that Skarlazya was a virus warrior, and Bürunarkus wasn't really into that whole idea, since Skarlazya was his only defense against bullies. He wasn't very well-liked and often picked fights that he couldn't win, so Skarlazya would have to fight them for him, and now he was really out of luck. The poor boy would have to stop picking fights, which for him was really a challenge. I mean a REAL challenge. Have you seen him? He's practically a being of pure salt. Anywho, Bürunarkus woke up that morning, and got into the steamer. Due to the rarity of liquid water on Mars, all water was either ice, or turned into steam. The steam worked well enough to clean the Martians off, since their clothing tended to repel the red diets and sands of Mars, and wearing helmets or masks was very popular, especially in Olÿmpaal, the city where Bürunarkus lived. He washed himself off and especially washed his hair, making sure to condition his long dark red locks-hoping that someday soon his parents would finally say yes to him dyeing it black. He got out of the steamer and went to his closet, that was full of various black items-many of which he dyed himself from the colors they'd originally been. He settled on a Fall Out Martian shirt, dark red skinny jeans, a dark purple spiked belt, pitch black combat boots (that went up to his thighs), and fingerless gloves, and then he headed over to a sewing machine and pulled a cloak out of it. He'd made it himself, and slipped it over his skinny body.
He was feeling confident, until he went to the main hall of the palace and remembered he didn't have his body guard-I mean Skarlazya, to protect him. And then, in a rare case, he was timid and silent. His mother Queen Hælthyde was waiting for him near the door, and then walked him to the hangar of the palace, and they got into a red pod and took off for Phobos.
"What's wrong, son? You have been silent all morning."
"NOTHING MOM. I REQUIRE NO HELP."
In the motherly way, Queen Haelethyde knew Bürunarkus was full of shit. However, she didn't pry, since they'd arrived on the smaller, crumbling moon of Mars. She dropped him off at the door of the academy, and left back for the palace, back on the main planet.
Bürunarkus entered the school nervously, and noticed that all eyes were on him, and that people seemed to be whispering. Bürunarkus side eyed them. He knew they were either talking about how he was all alone, or how his sister was now a virus warrior. He heard someone exclaim jealously about how Skarlazya didn't have to go to school anymore. Bürunarkus eventually got to class, and sighed, shoving his face in his book. It was going to be a VERY long day.