Ender is now on the Shuttle that will take him to the battle school.  He goes on to the plane knowing that he is different from the other boys, because they laugh and joke about things that aren’t even funny, and he is fearful going up to the space station that houses the school.  He is feeling very adolescent emotions (even though he’s only 6) such as fear of being accepted, the fear of leaving family, etc.

            As he is entering the shuttle, he sees things such as a ladder along what they now saw as the floor, carpeted walls and ceilings, etc.  He realizes that even though they see the floor as something now, once they are in null gravity, it changes everything.  Ender sees Graff (a source of comfort in a strange world), and laughs once they get into space, because he is able to reorient himself in null gravity and see Graff however he wanted.  Graff uses this as an opportunity to single out Ender and make everyone hate him for being the best.  Ender feels as though he has lost the one friend he had in battle school.  Some of the other boys in the seat behind them start to hit Ender on top of the head, so Ender grabs the boy’s arm and pulls down as hard as he can.  The force sends the boy flying without the presence of gravity.  The boy’s arm breaks, and Graff once again singles out Ender by commending him.

            Once they arrive at the school, Ender goes to Graff and asks him why he was being so mean to him, that he had thought Graff was hi friend.  Graff said that he wonders why Ender ever thought that he was his friend, that it was not his job to baby children, he was the principal of the school.  As Ender walks away, Graff tells another officer that Ender was wrong; Graff is his friend.