Author's Note

Text wrapped in Italics mean someone is thinking

I already have 9 or so chapters of this written, so any criticism won't take effect until then... Sorry! -w-;;

I know, I know. It's boring. It's gonna be that way until quite a few chapters in. It eventually becomes more than conversations with sparsely placed descriptions.

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Bailey hit the snooze button on his alarm clock. It was 5:00 AM, and time to get ready for school. It was a new school year, full of new opportunities. Bailey is a male Flareon, age 14. With a stretch and a yawn, he sprung himself over to the stairs.

"Morning honey!" called his mother, a Leafeon by the name of Joy.

"Hey mom!" Bailey replied.

Bailey put on a fake smile. He hated the morning, but didn't intend to upset his mother. Joy padded over to Bailey and gave him a hug. He gladly returned it.

"I packed you a lunch and breakfast. Make sure to eat up nice and good at school!"chided his mother.

"Yes, mom." he deadpanned. With a roll of the eyes, for dramatic effect of course.

Bailey walked out the door, grabbing his lunch pail along the way. On his way to school, Bailey took a look around. It was almost pitch black, but he could see just fine in the dark. Those all night gaming sessions payed off! After all! He took in the musty smell of earth. He lived in a rural area, resulting in a longer walk to school.

After around two hours of walking, he finally made it.
"Ugh, I should really get mom to drive me from now on…" Bailey thought to himself.

He checked his schedule. First and second hour where math on Mondays and Wednesdays, Science on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and Fridays where 'See all classes' days.

Bailey's math teacher was a Raichu, named Mr McCheesey. The Flareon didn't catch much more of that, as he was busy catching Z's instead. But he had hardly gotten thirty seconds of rest, before whatever kid next to him started poking him. Bailey tried to ignore it, but the kid persisted.

"U-uhm-Excuse me… W-why are you sleeping?" came the a soft, concerned voice. Bailey turned his head out of his forearms, to stare at the face of a worried Sylveon.

"That's none of his business!" Bailey retorted with, "What's it to you?" he felt a pang of regret as the Sylveon flinched. "Maybe I was a bit too harsh on them." thinking again.

"S-sorry! I was just worried the teacher might get mad at you…" reasoned the Sylveon. With a sigh, the Flareon replied.

"No, no. Don't be sorry. I shouldn't have gotten mad at you for being concerned." the Sylveon smiled, but another voice cut in.

"And you shouldn't be sleeping in class either, Bailey." came the voice of Mr. McCheesey. Everyone in the room was staring at him. "I'm gonna let you off with a warning, alright? I don't wanna have to write you a referral." saying in a firm tone.

"Yes, sir!" called Bailey. He flushed at the snickers and chuckles of the other students in the class.

"Thanks for waking me up, dude. I'm Bailey, but you can just call me Hay. What's yours?

"Oh- I'm Candy! Nice to meet you." replied the Sylveon. Candy stuck his tongue out with a wink, while Bailey smirked at him.

"Oh, and uh… This is kinda embarrassing, but a-..."

"Yeah, I'm a guy." Candy interrupted.

"Bailey!" came the voice of Mr. Cheesey.

"Hhh- what?" Stammered Bailey, as he turned around quickly.

"I said, what is √(4 × 6 + (2^2 × 2) + 9) rounded to the nearest tenth?" replied the ever patient Mr Cheesey.

"Oh, uh… 6.4" came the voice of Bailey. 'I should really start paying attention…'