It was the first day for Essel in 4th Standard and all he could think about was the Dreams of he having such great super powers that even the greatest of all superheroes would come and ask him for help, it was overwhelming. But all this was just his dream, a mere fantasy in which he was living in.

Essel - I need those super-powers at any cost. Oh God, please give them to me & i promise i would do no harm to anyone, except those bad guys. I would tell them what i am made of .......

Deep into his thoughts, Essel went on, straight into the school Corridors. He had no clue where he had to go and was not at all concerned about the same. Suddenly a teacher approached him.

Teacher - What are u doing Essel ? Your class is about to start.

Now Essel was out of his fantasy.

Essel -     Oh yes Ma'am, but i don't know where my class is?
Teacher - Is that so, Well your room is the last room in the left of this corridor. By the way i am Ms Sophie your new class teacher.
Essel -     Oh Good Morning ma'am, i am sorry for being late.
Teacher - No problem, now come with me, i'll take you to the room myself.
Essel -     Thank you Ma'am.

Essel follows her to the class room, nervous about what was going to happen next. He sat beside his Old Friend Jim, he was his friend since he was in kindergarten.

Jim -   Hey Essel how are you? How were your holidays? You must have studied a lot these days too.
Essel - I am fine Jim, n of course i haven't studied these days. Why would I ? I mean these were the holidays after exam there's nothing to study.
Jim -   Actually I thought that Mr Topper would start studying for the new session before the session begins.
Essel (smiles) - You are too much Buddy.

Essel had scored good marks in his finals once again, he is good at studies, although not the best. But yeah best among his friends. But on the other side, he was just average in sports n stuff. That gave him an image of a studious child.

There was an old game, a tradition that was continuing in his class since Essel had joined the school. His class was divided into two major groups, One group was of Essel's friends and the other of his other class-mates. There was always a clash between the two groups. The Recess was always wasted in fights between the two groups. This had to be done this year too.
The Recess began, The other group went to the play-ground, what other groups had to do was to catch them n beat them. Essel and his friend Jim went together. Everything was going fine but then the two friends saw two students of other group, it was time to catch n beat them. Essel had to reach from behind to catch them and Jim would attack from front. They both caught the two and Jim started to fight with them, but what Essel observed was the innocence on the faces of the other two students. He then started to defend the two  and started to try and stop Jim from doing more harm.
Essel pushed Jim really hard that he fell to the ground & at that moment the two got a chance and ran away.

Jim -   What are you doing? It was our great chance.
Essel - But why are we doing this. They are our class-mates. And by the way what would we get by beating them up. We are grown ups and we should act accordingly.
Jim -    We are grown ups that's why we do that silly. If we beat them we would be superior to them and they would respect us and obey our orders and ......
Essel - That's enough Jim, I wont do it any more.
Jim -    Think again Essel, as this would do harm to our friendship.
Essel - Why don't you understand Jim, It's very bad to Beat someone, so that he respects us and obey our orders. I wont do it that's final. And I don't want a friend who is so Bad.
Jim -    Then there's only one thing we can do, you go your way and i'll go mine. But if you come into my way, i would thrash you like anything.

And saying this Jim leaves. Essel had lost his best friend. That made him change his group of friends, but he was not ready to join any of the groups. So, his new friends were the studious group.
The two friends were now apart.