Boarding Life

By: Jake

thoughts of the parson who's POV it is

Sora's POV

"Don't worry it'll be fine baby." Ms. Tadakichi said, dodging a speeding 18-wheeler rolling toward town. "You know how much I love you but I just don't have enough to support you right now…" "But!" "SORA! Your making me feel terrible this isn't my fault! Your only gonna have to stay here a while until I get a steady job and can take care of you." Sora shrugged. It sounded like it was her fault to him. Always going out and getting drunk at the bar with her friends, and having to be dropped off by the bartender almost every night.

"But I don't know anyone"

"You'll make new friends!"

"How do you know!"

"I just do mom knows what's best"

sure she does

They pulled into a large U-style drive way. At the end was a huge castle. It was dingy and falling apart in some places. There were banners with the schools message on it "Year Round Quality Education" Typical smiley happy slogan, this is gonna be a total nightmare… All the castles colors were dark and gloomy, depressing even. There were towers twisting and writhing toward the totally cloud covered sky. No sun passed through, not even a tiny sliver of that golden sun that Sora was starting to miss already. They pulled up to the door, the schools name was chiseled into the stone arch around the door. "Hollow Bastion Boarding School for the Gifted" "I don't think a person would classify me as gifted." Sora said with a smug look at his mother. "Sure you are, B's and C's are fine, and compared to the rest of the society that is gifted." Sora stepped out of his mothers sleek black convertible. and y cant she support me if she can afford this? "BYE HONEY!" she called "Your not coming in with me!" "No you remember, your grandmothers in the hospital, I have to go stay with her." "but what do I say?" Sora said with a puppy dog face slapped on. "Just tell them who you are and ask them to tell you where to go." She said starting to pull away. "Now bye, I love you!" she said leaning out the window for a kiss. Sora acted like he didn't see. He leaned in and hugged her goodbye "Love" she said. "love" Sora said back half heartedly. She pulled out and drove out of sight into the sun far off down the road toward town. He breathed in deep and started inside. The main lobby was divine. It was wall to wall carpeted with the regal red color that the movie starts walk on. The walls were a pearly white and the chairs were the same colors to match. It was covered with plants, some so bizarre that the can hardly be described. They had teeth some of them, and others looked like they had eyes to stare at you, giving off an eerie feeling. He headed toward the info. booth where standing was a stout stately woman. She wore an extremely large red dress that froofed out to be at least 7 feet in diameter. She was a bluish color and her lips were large and fish like colored in ruby red lip stick. She had long almost white hair. "May I help you?" She said in a false sweet tone. "Um… yes I'm Sora Tadakichi, I'm a new student here" "OH we've been expecting you. Hold on I'll go get your file and your room key." She started to move away through a door. She walked as though she didn't even step, almost like she hovered or slithered along. He thought he saw a black something sweep out from under the dress but shook it off blaming it on the nerves. He looked around, terribly curious about the place. Its ceiling must have been about 40 feet high and it came down into walls in a dome like way. There was a glass mural at the top that spread over the entire place. It portrayed small black creatures with shining golden eyes over its shadowed face. They looked as though the writhed and jerked about attacking whatever was in their path. He couldn't shake the feeling that he had been there before. "OK" She said startling Sora. "Here is your key and your room number which is room 97 on floor 6. I'll call the bell boy to help you with your- well help you find your room" Sora looked down and saw that he had nothing. He had forgotten to get his things out of the trunk. He would have to wait for his moms first visit to get them. "Someone rang?" A man said stepping into the room from the wide elevator doors. He was also rather wide but he was tall at the same time. He wore a strange, giant, hat that sank down over his face. His neck looked like it was sewn together with string. He was wearing a suit with a regal black bowtie, and extra wide pants to fit his bulging hips. "So he needs help finding his room?" he said in a deep playful voice. "yes his room is # 97, would your please take him there?" She said more like a command than a request. "Gladly" he said with a glare at the info. lady. He gestured to Sora to follow him. This is the freakiest place ever The elevator doors shut. The man didn't even glance at him. He was giving off a sinister vibe but you cant go around judging people by their vibes or neck conditions. The floors passed by slowly. 2… 3… 4… 5… finally 6. The doors opened to reveal a hall way the same color as the main lobby. They continued through the halls. They were narrow and intimidating. There was nothing on them, no paintings or designs, just white. Doors lined the walls. They were all red with a single golden # on them. 94… 95… Sora was getting anxious. Then the thought hit him. He would have a room mate. They were about to meet, his room mate and him. Sora wondered who it was or what they would be like. They wouldn't put boys and girls in the same room would they? They came up to his door. The man took the key and pushed it into the slot. The door opened with a loud squeal. "There ya go" The man said and strode off to the elevator. Sora was so nervous, he felt sick. Im gonna hurl… He turned the corner. His room was different, it was a greenish color and it had posters up all over the walls of various rock bands and such. There was an old tattered couch and a few lamps lit in the corners. On the other side of the room was a bunk bed. There was a boy sitting on it. "Hi" he said with a smile "Hi" Sora said sounding shy and timid. He almost felt stupid. "I'm Riku" He said shaking Sora's hand. "Im Sora" he felt a little more confident for some reason. He felt like him and Riku had met before. This is a strange place

"Nice to meet cha" he said standing up. "Well I already have dibs on the top bunk but you can have it if you want." He said. "I'll take you up on that offer" Sora said right away. He always wanted to sleep in a top bunk but being an only child he had no one to share a bunk bed with. "OK" He said taking out a folded up piece of paper from his pocket. He unfolded it and read what was on it. "Welcome to Hollow Bastion blah blah blah" He said. "Since today is your first day you will be excused from classes and so will your roommate. YES!" He said with a wide smile. "Please follow all rules and regulatiblah blah blah… and that's it." O…K… "Well I just got back from gym so I'm dead, so I'm gonna take a nap. I talk to ya later. Feel free to help yourself to whatever is in that fridge." He pointed toward a mini refrigerator sitting by the couch. "We have a TV too, just press that red button on the wall and the remote is on that table." Sora walked off toward the couch and sat down making himself at home. Riku started to slide off his shirt. Sora glanced over and then turned quickly back to the TV. What the hell are you doing? He couldn't help it. He sat there staring at his strong chest and gentle abbs. whats going on here? He looked down to his pants. Quickly he grabbed a pillow to cover his erection. He blushed. Sora never felt like this before, at least not for a guy… No I'm not gay… but then why?- NO he kept telling himself. Soon it left his head and he got into the power puff girls on TV. Soon enough he had drifted off to sleep.

END OF CHAPTER

Wow this one is pretty good. I think I'm gonna keep going with this one. I hope to have more soon.

Jake