Roden continued to stare down Blueblood, the overprivileged teen shaking in fear. "Do you want to explain yourself and apologise to these nice people or are you going to be difficult and make some smug remark?" Roden questioned his cousin sternly. "Because I'm pretty sure a good amount of people reading really want to see you get punched in your pretty little face."

Treble just looked at Roden wide eyed. "Oh my God...another fourth wall breaker!" He exclaimed while Roden turned to him.

"Oh, so you are aware of the readers too?"

"Yep! Both me and my little sister."

Roden gave a small smile. "Well, I'll have to have a talk with you sometime...now, for the matter at hand." He said before turning back to Blueblood. "Now, what's your answer Maurice? If you choose wrong, well, I'm not one to condone violence..." He looked to Shard who was giving Blueblood a death glare. "...but I feel like this gentleman behind is."

Blueblood looked around, frantically looking for a way out of the current situation but came up short. He made eye contact with Roden one last time before sighing in defeat and lowering his head slightly. "I'm...sorry...for what I said." He spoke quietly.

"That's probably the best we're going to get out of him."

"Good, now run along and stop bothering these people with your nonsense." Roden intructed. Blueblood walked past the group while muttering to himself before exiting the school. "I am terribly sorry about Maurice's behaviour." Roden apologised as he turned to the group who were looking at him in complete shock. "What?"

"You...you got Blueballs to stop..." Shard began.

"...without attacking him." Treble finished.

"BLUEBALLS?!?! AHAHAHAHAHAHA, THAT'S THE BEST THING I'VE HEARD IN YEARS!!!"

Roden groaned begore facepalming. "I take it he's caused you a fair amount of trouble?"

"That's putting it lightly..." Ditzy answered.

Roden shock his head in disapproval. "That won't do, looks like I'll have to start keeping a close eye on him while I'm here."

Shard just raised a brow. "Wait, how do you know Blueblood anyway?"

"Oh, he and I are cousins." Roden stated simply. The group just looked at him slack jawed.

"WHAT?!?!" They all exclaimed in disbelief.

"What? Is it so hard to believe that Maurice has other family members other than Aunt Celestia and Aunt Luna?" Roden asked with his head tilted slightly.

Mise cleared his throat before continuing. "No no. It's just, we didn't expect Blueballs to be related to anyone that wasn't a complete douchebag...no offence to you or your family."

"No offence taken, I completely understand. His mother is...well, let's just say she's always been the type to spoil children of her family. His father is a wealthy businessman who keeps telling him that he's above everyone else, that the 'commoners' are nothing but dirt."

"That explains, so much." Treble said quietly.

"Anyway, enough dwelling on my poor excuse for a cousin, why don't we get introduced. My name is Roden Godswell, pleasure to make your acquaintance." He greeted while shaking their hands.

"I'm Shard Storm." Shard began. "This is Ditzy Doo, Treble Mix and Mise en Place. So, you a new guy or something?"

"Well it's very nice to meet you all. I will be joining the school yes, just for the final months of the year before going off to college. So if Maurice gives you any more trouble, just come find me ok?" Roden offered with a smile.

"Making friends already, this should allow us to integrate into a social group here." Zanny stated.

"We will, hopefully with you around he won't cause as much trouble." Shard said with a smile while holding Ditzy's hand. "Now come on, we've still got something to do here people. See you later Roden." With that the group walked past Roden, save for Treble who stayed behind for a second.

"So, how'd you become aware?" Treble asked with a frown.

"I'd rather not answer that, you know what has to happen for someone to become aware of the readers, so I don't think you want to share your story either." Roden replied in a low voice.

"Heh, yeah, I haven't even told my closest friends about it."

"I think it's best of you don't." Roden stated, causing Treble to simply nod. "Just continue being whatever whacky character your author wants you to be."

"Yeah, that's probably for the best." Treble looked around for a second before smiling. "Uh...you wanna go drink some Pepsi's on the roof? Hang out for a bit while they all look for god knows what?"

Roden just smiled back. "I don't see why not, it's not everyday I meet another person like myself."

A few minutes later

Treble and Roden sat with their legs dangling off the edges of the roof with Pepsi cans in their hands. Having an...interesting, conversation.

"Ok, so who would you rather do? Jennifer Lawrence but she's the controlling one, or Megan Fox but you have to share with Shia LaBeouf?" Treble asked Roden who weighed his options.

"Don't want to have to deal with Shia screaming at me, telling me to do it while I do it, so I'll give with option one." Roden replied in a calm voice, unfazed by the vulgar question. "My turn. Would you rather play Sonic 06 all the way through and can't stop until you finish it, or have to play Sonic Boom to one hundred percent while and you have to be blasting Justin Beiber music the entire way through but are allowed breaks?"

"Damn, that's a tough one." Treble took a sip of his drink before answering. "Sonic 06, at least it's somewhat playable." After crushing his now empty can and tossing it forward where it landed in a trash can a good few dozen feet away, he turned to Roden and looked at him with curiosity. "Hey, I've been meaning to ask you something."

"What's on your mind?"

"Well, from the guys I've seen show up here at CHS that have dark pasts, nearly all of 'em are either really aggressive or just reclusive. But with you, you seem really open and friendly. What's with that?" Treble asked with curiosity and interest, finding Rodens temperament and behaviour so far confusing.

Roden blinked before looking to his can, twirling it slowly. "I guess I just learned to accept that the past is the past, there's no point in allowing a few bad experiences to define who I am, so I didn't let those incidents change me. I really don't know how to give you a straight answer about this though, what I just told you is just a theory."

"Huh. Interesting." Treble just looked up at the sky, thinking about what Roden had told him.

Author's Notes:

Looks like Roden made some new friends.

And of it wasn't already obvious, yes Roden is a fourth wall breaker, one that isn't crazy or hyperactive, he is just aware of the readers is all and will occasionally point some things out, nothing major or anything I assure you.