"…and that is you lot done. Go on, get! Your families are waiting for you to get back home!"

I sighed and packed up my laptop after making sure that it saved the recording of the class in my folder for it. I stood up and started walking out the door when I heard an argument down the corridor from my classroom. None of my classmates seemed to hear it, most likely having to due to them heading in the opposite direction.

"...mean? I am expelled from here? What is wrong with getting a few bad grades!? I have only had two classes here!"

"Yes, but you failed them both. You never even got past a forty percent or higher in the entire time you have been here. That leads me to conclude that all of your "efforts" are lies and that you do not belong at our school."

"Do you know with whom you are dealing? No? Well, you shouldn't be expecting this!"

I rushed around the corner and saw two people on either side of a desk, one standing up with a pistol in his hand, while the other had his hands up in surrender. I noticed that the person with their hands up was the Counselor that I had. I then did something very stupid but brave. "Can I help you with something?" I said sarcastically.

The one with the gun whipped towards me and I saw my Counselor reach out and the next thing I knew I was watching from a third person perspective. The man shot and the bullet went right between my eyebrows. My Counselor was only one second too late to stop the man from shooting me, though he did get knocked out. Everything dimmed out and I felt a tugging on my sleeve.

A fox, hawk, falcon, and dog were right beside me as if they saw the whole scene as well. I was surprised to see them though it was only until they looked right at me that I realized that I was dead, they shouldn't be able to see me. They circled around until they were at four points, like a compass, with me as the center. I heard them cry out in their native languages and felt pulled towards them. It was as if I was deciding between games that I have always wanted and I could pick only one.

I don't remember how long I stood there until they stopped making noises. I looked at the fox and saw it nod its head then proceeded to turn into dust and float around the other three. This was replayed with each of the other three until the falcon was the only one left. It turned its head and looked like it was appraising my soul, looking me up and down slowly.

'We were your animal selves, your totem pole, different aspects of your soul. You have passed this test, thousands have failed and been returned to view life differently. We vouch for your soul. You have the Cunning of a Fox, Loyalty of a Husky, Bravery of a hawk, and the Quick-Wit of a Peregrine.'

The falcon also burst into dust, mixed with the other three clouds of dust, and launched at me like a sandstorm in full force. The pain made me black out before I could even have time to close my eyes.