New School, Same Rules

New School, Same Rules is the first episode of Dino Charge: Omniverse. This episode takes place in the original Dino Super Charge timeframe, being December 12, 2016.
==Plot==
A mysterious, dark, gloomy classroom is present as the start of the opening first scene, with an eerie ambience; the doors were jammed shut, and the jagged trees' shadows stained the tables from the massive, luminous moon from outside. The classroom was, surprisingly, in great condition; the teacher's desk was untouched, and so were the desks for the students, but that was the scary part.
The night was cold, with the leaves snapping off the trees, exposing their naked appearance, as the wind picked up its pace, howling aggressively at its nearby surroundings. Strangely, a car was driven slowly to the nearby carpark, as the lights had just clicked on from keeping its identity a secret. A tall, lanky figure departed from the car, with cold facial features, and a dark, gloomy appearance.
The figure turned their car lights off as they walked into the main courtyard, ready to open the gate with their array of keys. They felt cold during the night, but they couldn't care less, they just wanted to get inside the school, so they could organise the schedule for the students who show up to learn. Fortunately for the teacher, they preferred to stay home, and drink a nice cup of hot cocoa.
As soon as they rushed into the classroom, they slammed their folders onto the teacher's desk accidentally, creating a loud echoing sound that filled the classroom, which felt like an empty void. The figure walked over towards the whiteboard after picking up a whiteboard pen from the pen pot, and wrote the date on the board, being December 12, 2016.
"Not long now until the Christmas break." the figure spoke. "Just less than two weeks, and this school will be closed."
The figure placed the whiteboard pen on the desk as they walked over towards the window. Surprisingly, the figure was revealed to be none other than Helena Xagliv, as she gazed up at the moon, leaving a warm smile. She enjoyed teaching the students, even when they drove her mad, but she never wanted to leave, she just wanted to stay, so she did. She checks her watch, which revealed the time to be 2:15am, as she opens the curtains, and hides herself behind them, ready to scare the newcomers who wanted to enter her class of Death and Dark Arts History.
Roughly five, long, boring hours had passed, with each passing second feeling almost like a minute. The trees stopped swaying elegantly as the wind eventually stopped howling hours prior. The benches nearby were in horrible condition, contrasting to the classrooms inside. The mahogany-like paint chipped off the benches, with each slab of wood being jagged, although, some had snapped. Students refused to sit on those benches, they complained and argued about them towards the staff, who would turn a blind eye and blame their excuses on their own problems. All except Xagliv would argue back at the students because of the benches, but the tables were far worse, almost impossible to describe.
Within the outside area, scuff marks, and dropped pieces of gum, along with bird waste, had desaturated the place with a saddened display. Most bird waste had blended in with the ground, almost looking see through, and translucent. Many people didn't take no notice, especially the janitors, and other members of staff; they spent most of their time at their desks in the office. One student, though, thought that being in this school was a complete mistake, she saw almost everything irrelevant to her, and the subjects she were taught were unrelated to her scheduled timeline; but today was different, she eventually fitted in with the rest.
She wasn't a resident from Bellwood, she was a resident from a small city near a beach, with the sky being more of a saturated blue, rather than a dull, bland grey. She thought that the sky changed because of everyone's dry and cold behaviour. She never smiled towards the teachers, all except Xagliv, who she believed, was an excellent, kind-hearted adult. The name of the small city was called Amber Beach, and two other people resided there: a tanned, dark brown headed teen, and a quite warm-skinned southerner, wearing nothing but black clothing. The guy wearing black loved skateboarding, and flirting with girls, whereas the tanned guy, already found the love of his life, being the girl who recently joined this school.
There was one other person in their friend group, one that thought he didn't fit in with the rest. He was a short, stocky, blonde headed boy with dark chocolate eyes, and wore a mixture of navy blue jeans, a green, tight shirt, and a baggy green cardigan. He was originally brought up in a farm with his mother and his older brother. He didn't fit in with the farm either, so he moved out into Amber Beach, to fit in.
Almost another hour had passed, and a colony of students dawdled towards the courtyard gates, who entered as if they were somehow chained together. They showed no true emotion other than complete boredom, and just utter sadness. The girl, revealed to be Shelby, enters minutes later, with her books in her arms, races in to catch up with a fellow classmate, Dante.
"Dante!" she shouted as she caught up with the fellow classmate. "I'm so glad I managed to catch up with you."
"Oh. Hey, Shelby." he responded, in a monotone-like voice. He didn't want to be in the premises of the college, but he had an education to get, and grades to achieve.
They both look up and find what appeared to be a crowd of students, admiring the presence of the three teenage boys, revealed from earlier. The tanned boy, wearing red looks over and waves at Shelby, to which she waves back, confused.
"You know those people?" Dante asked. "They seem a bit awkward to hang around."
Shelby laughed. "They can be awkward at times." she responded. "But it's their first time being in this college. I conned them, mainly Tyler, into joining this place."
"Which one's Tyler?" he asked again. Shelby points to the tanned teen, wearing a red shirt, and a red, checkered flannel.
"That's him, right there." she responded. "Me and Tyler have been together for quite a while, and we suspect that Riley likes Chase, but it's kinda hard to tell."
"Is Riley the one wearing black?"
Shelby shook her head. "That's Chase." she corrected. "Riley's the dude wearing green. I hang out with him a lot when Tyler's busy. We used to spend hours in the mall back when I lived in Amber Beach."
"Riley seems like a nice fellow." Dante lightly spoke.
"He can be at times, although, he can be easily underestimated since he's the youngest of our friend group." Shelby sighed. "Which sucks, since he's the smartest."
The bells began to chime the same, dull tone for about a dozen times before halting. Helena Xagliv, along with a fellow teacher, Professor Aniceto, from the Drama Department, walk out of one of the many buildings and stand outside the doors, waiting for the students to enter the faculty. Another teacher was Hex, but he doesn't always stand and wait for the students, the students wait for him.
"Alright." Xagliv started. "We've only got a few more weeks until the end of school for the holidays. Does anyone want to do any activities?"
Helena wasn't always like this. She'd usually snarl at some array of her students. But since it was almost Christmas, she thought she'd lighten up her mood to make the students feel slightly warm-toned with her. The students agreed about the activities, while Shelby was busy skimming through her books, making sure she's not missing any others. As they entered the facility, Helena escorts her array of students into her classroom while Professor Aniceto does the same. Riley was in Shelby's class, with Chase, it was just Tyler being alone in the room next door.
Inside the classroom, Xagliv had turned on the radiators in order to keep herself, and her students warm. She then plays some Christmas music on the speakers. Riley sat with Shelby, while Chase was sitting with a group of girls, giving Riley the opportunity to give Shelby "the talk".
Riley didn't want to talk about it, in case if he got humiliated, but he knew Shelby wasn't like that at all. With a heavy heart, Riley built up his confidence and started the conversation with a, "Shelby. Can we talk?"
Shelby cocks her head upwards and faces him. "What's wrong, Riley?"
He quickly looks down after his confidence plummeted. "I... uhh... wanted to talk to you about... it's a confession type of conversation."
Shelby knew what he was on about, but played dumb. She knew he liked Chase, but he was always shy and never had the confidence to actually tell him, so he wouldn't know if Chase would like him in that particular way as well. Chase thinks Riley is his closest friend after the Cavity incident, he'd solely protect him at all costs, and vice versa, since Riley would protect Chase also.
"Confession?" Shelby asked, already knowing the subject.
"I..." he added. A long pause then happened, with Riley trying to build up his confidence again. "Have a crush on Chase." he admitted. "Ever since the Cavity incident, I was wrong about him and the way he concentrates in battle. I shouldn't have been so nasty, I could've just been more calm and collective to him."
Shelby's eyebrow rose. "Didn't you apologise to him about it?"
"I did." he replied. "But he didn't listen. He was listening to his music so he couldn't hear what I was saying."
She rolled her eyes. "Sounds like the typical 'Chase Randall' behaviour for you." She then laughed.
He nervously laughed with her. "I guess so."
Shelby messaged Tyler that Riley has feelings for a special someone. Tyler promises not to tell, as a reply to her message. With Tyler knowing that Riley likes Chase, he wanders out of his classroom and enters Shelby's for a quick discussion with Riley, who was always lacking self confidence. Chase wanders into the group, thinking they were talking about something completely random.
"Hey guys." Chase spoke as soon as the three quickly switched topics. Riley quickly turned away and starts his activity.
"Oh, Chase." Tyler replied, trying to think of something to lead their conversation astray. "We were just talking about how to spend more time with each other during the Christmas holidays, now that Sledge isn't over our heads."
Chase wasn't worried about that, he was just concerned about Riley who had shut himself from the conversation since Chase chimed in. He didn't want to disturb Riley, so he left him to continue on his activity. Shelby didn't want to blurt out the topic, so she tries to come up with something else.
"How about we don't worry too much about the holidays and concentrate on our own work?" she quickly added. "We've only got an hour until the bell rings. We can discuss this later."
"Sounds like a plan, I'm in." Chase responded as he left the table. "Now if you excuse me, I'll be chatting to the ladies."
Shelby playfully rolled her eyes as she turns to face Riley who looked up at her. "There's gotta be a way for Riley to tell Chase that he likes him."
"How?" Tyler questioned. "Chase has an interest in women. We can't control what he likes and dislikes."
"But Chase is a charismatic character." Shelby thought.
The camera shifts to the hallway after an entire hour had passed. The bells began ringing with every student making their way out of each classroom. Tyler was walking with Shelby, while Riley was walking alone on the opposite side. Chase raced ahead to catch up to the three and waved. Again, Chase catches Riley looking like a sad sack.
"What's the matter, Riles?" Chase spoke, optimistically. "I didn't want to ask you during our activities in case if you were busy."
Riley smiled. "I'm good."
Chase puts his arm over Riley's shoulder. "Do you want to hang out sometime? Like the park, or even the beach?" he asked.
"It's best if I talk to you first." Riley replied. "I really need to talk to you."
"What's up, mate?" Chase asked, a bit worried.
"Meet me in the library after school, I'll tell you everything." he spoke, as he caught up with Tyler and Shelby. Chase was getting more confused by the second; Riley never was like this to him. Chase always thought Riley was secretive, but he knew something wasn't right. He watched as Riley walked off with the other two, leaving him alone.
"I need to speak to you too." he mumbled under his breath, ending the first scene.
The second scene opens to a mysterious area, almost pitch black, with only one small white speck, being a dimmed lightbulb. There were a colony of cats who rested there, but they all scurried when somebody entered, their hair casted a purple-pink light which tinted the area with a small, dim light. She was identified as Gwen Tennyson, Ben's cousin. She was still sad from Ben's tragic death, but she had something more important to do. The room she entered was revealed to be her base to keep herself, among other people, safe.
Gwen turned on the lights after exiting her Anodite form as Rook Blonko, former partner of Ben Tennyson, and Kevin Levin, Gwen's boyfriend, were revealed. She had the A.R.C. Project that Dr. Animo was trying to get his hands on.
"How did it go, Miss Tennyson?" Rook asked.
"It was a nightmare." she responded, completely wiped out. "Animo really wanted this... thing. He's been like this for weeks."
She placed it on the table while a humanoid porcupine scurried to view what he believed to be something far more interesting.
"Can it, Argit." Kevin spoke. "It's just a project Animo tried to get his filthy hands on."
"If Animo tried to get it then why does Gwen have it in front of us?" he snapped. "Animo could easily just waltz on in and take it like it's nothing."
"May I remind you that you're the one who's always scamming me for years." Kevin snapped back. "Why do you think we parted ways?"
==Noteworthy Events==
===Major Events===
*Since Amber Beach had been free from any hostile activity, Shelby started attending Friedkin University with Tyler, Chase and Riley.
===Minor Events===
*Riley reveals to Shelby and Tyler that he has a crush on Chase Randall.
==Characters==
*Tyler Navarro (first appearance)
*Shelby Watkins (first appearance)
*Chase Randall (first appearance)
*Riley Griffin (first appearance)
*Dante (first re-appearance)
*Helena Xagliv (first re-appearance)
*Professor Aniceto (first re-appearance)
*Gwen Tennyson (first re-appearance)
*Kevin Levin (first re-appearance)
*Rook Blonko (first re-appearance)
*Argit (first re-appearance)
==Continuity==
*Shelby recalled memories of Chase and Riley having flirtatious actions back in Dino Charge and Dino Super Charge. She believed that Riley liked Chase, though she thought that it was "kinda hard to tell".
*This episode takes place two days after the Dino Super Charge Christmas Special epilogue titled: Here Comes Heximas. In a chronological aspect, this makes sense since Koda and Ivan returned to their time periods, and Heckyl and Zenowing had to monitor the Dark Energem.
**This is also backed up since Helena Xagliv wrote the exact date on the whiteboard.
*Chase and Riley had kept their close friendship since towards the ending of The Tooth Hurts, which is the episode of the Cavity incident, and how Chase was struck by the villain.
*Kevin briefly mentions how he parted ways with Argit, which explains another piece of information that Argit always scammed him behind his back, either on accident or on purpose.
*Rook still calls Gwen "Miss Tennyson". This is because, despite being gone from Revonnah for a long period of time, he still retains his manners.
==Trivia==
*This episode marks the reveal that Riley had feelings for Chase Randall, who is more interested in the opposite sex.
**Despite their flirtatious actions towards one another in both Dino Charge and Dino Super Charge, both Chase and Riley did not develop a love relationship due to Chase getting himself a girlfriend mid season two.
***This was surprisingly confirmed by Shelby in this episode since she thought that Riley liked Chase, but thought that it was "kinda hard to tell".
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