What's up everyone I'm here with a re-upload of the first chapter of my story Dawn of a Prodigy. This is what I would consider a very slow story. Not too much drama or action, it was a story inspired by other stories. One of those things were when you see someone else do it you instantly want to do it too.

Chapter One: New Acquaintances Leads To New Problems

"I'm just saying that they could at least make the tests a little easier." I was currently making my way to the cafeteria on the third floor with my friend Falco after 4th hour.

And just like every other test day Falco was complaining, "I don't understand how they expect me to understand this shit!"

I could only chuckle in response, "It's called listening, maybe if you tried it more often you would understand how easy these tests actually are."

He seemed unfazed by my response, "I think they should just get rid of all the tests, save everyone the trouble."

I gave a heavy sigh before continuing, "Falco, that's the same thing you say every time there's a test, and honestly, it's starting to get really annoying."

Falco, for once in his life, actually looked like he was thinking. Now, I've seen some weird things in my life, but this was like something straight out of the twilight zone. I don't mean any harm to Falco and his intellect, but he isn't the "thinking" type. And usually when we get into one of our insult arguments he never misses a beat. So seeing him actually think about a comeback, if that's what he's doing, then this is a first on multiple levels.

After what seemed like hours of us walking in silence, but was probably only ten minutes, Falco finally said something, "Annoying? You've called me quite a bit of names in the past like prick, dick, asshole, douche bag, and so on and so forth, but never ever have you called me annoying."

For once, I was ready to rock 'n' roll, "Yeah well, I've never actually seen you thinking before, so I guess there's a first for everything."

I thought we were just going to drop this and be done with it but I guess Falco just couldn't let it go, "So, how annoying was I exactly?"

I was already bored with our conversation, but this was just getting outrageous, "We do you care so much?"

Again, I was prepared for one of Falco's witty comebacks, but what I got instead was much more interesting, "I don't know."

I don't if it was the fact that I was truly starting to hate the way Falco was acting, or if I was just in a bad mood but my response was rather harsh, "Falco, what the fuck is wrong with you! I mean come on, all I did was call you annoying and apparently that's enough to completely fuck with your normal train of thought? What happened to you being the "King of Comebacks?" I mean really, is I don't know the best response you could come up with? I've heard of people being slow in some situations, but for fuck's sake you apparently really help, huh?"

Falco just stood there, with a look of complete shock painted all over his face, "Dude, calm down, I was just asking a question."

With whatever that's making me a dick still present in my attitude, I really let Falco have it, "Well do you honestly want me to answer to your question!"

All he did was nod his head as he directed his gaze downward, "Fine then, if you really want an answer then here it is! You're acting like a complete child! We're in high school and here you are complaining about a fucking test! Man up already Falco! How many people do you know that find something to complain about twenty four seven! Seriously, Slippy even acts more like an adult than you sometimes, and that is just sad!"

To anyone that was watching me yell at Falco it must have looked fairly odd considering he was at least three inches taller than me. And yet here I was making him stare at the floor from what was probably shame.

I have to admit, I was acting like a complete jackass but I couldn't help it. Falco was just really pissing me off, "Listen, I'm sorry for acting like this, but I'm just in a bad mood, and your complaining isn't helping."

Falco seemed to perk-up after hearing this and I could sense his normal self-rising back to the surface, "I understand, you were just venting some of you anger and frustration right?"

Now that I was back to my normal self as well, our conversation went back to a normal state, "Yeah, I just can't deal with all this shit right now, especially with what happened two weeks ago."

Having a friend like Falco was pretty beneficial to me. He was so carefree and laid back, and no matter how bad you chew him out and get in his face, he would never get angry enough to make the confrontation physical. Not only was he a decent friend, but he usually knew when enough was enough.

He also knew when not to pry into personnel matters, "I know, and I can't even imagine how you do it. But I worry about you dude, I mean, you show like no emotion sometimes. And that isn't always a good thing, especially with these circumstances."

My life wasn't exactly at one of its high points, and it definitely showed, but I try my hardest to hide it in public, "Yeah, but these are my problems, not yours. That and you're not really the first person I would want to talk to about how I'm feeling."

He just shrugged, which was good because I knew he was back to his old self, "What can I say? Emotions and all wussy shit were never really my thing. In fact, I'm more of an "in-the-now" kind of guy, ya know? Leave all those emotions for later."

I just shook my head. Sure Falco was a good friend, but he could be a lost cause sometimes, "Falco, what the hell do you plan on doing when we graduate?"

He again just shrugged, "I don't know. I'll probably get a job, meet a girl, buy a house, get married, have a child, retire, grow old, and then die...I don't know! I don't plan that far ahead Fox."

I gave him a heavy before continuing or conversation, "You really should dude. Hell we're seniors and graduation is only four months away!"

He seemed a little uneasy, probably because he's just now realizing he's running out of time, "Well yeah, and hopefully by then I'll have a plan. But as for now, I'll just worry about what is happening right now."

I couldn't help but grin as a funny thought entered my mind, and apparently Falco noticed this, "And what the hell is so damn amusing?"

'This is going to be great' was the only thought going through my mind as I responded, "Oh just the look that will be on your face when your mom kicks your ass out in four months,"

Falco actually looked worried for once, "You don't think she would actually do that do you?"

As fun as it would have been to get into one of our very numerous verbal fights, I decided to just be honest, "I don't think you have anything to worry about dude, your mom would never do anything like that."

Even though I was being completely honest he still seemed skeptical, "Are you being serious? Because now you have me worried."

I just chuckled, "Yeah I'm being honest with you, I'm sure your parents would never leave you out on your ass."

Again relief seemed to overtake the falcon as he realized his ass was safe. But he still had something else on his mind I guess, "So, as long were talking about it, what do you plan on doing after high school?"

The question caught me off-guard. Here I was, grilling one of my friends about his plans for after graduation, and yet I have no idea what I plan on doing. Just as I was about to say that I didn't have any plans, the perfect answer came to me, "Well, I don't have good enough grades or a good enough athletic background for any scholarships, I can honestly say I hate my job, and as of two weeks ago I don't have any parents. So I was thinking of doing something in the military, kind of like a new life or a fresh start."

Falco's only response was a nod as we finally entered the cafeteria. For some reason it seemed like the walk that normally takes ten minutes took an hour, but I just shook it off.

At first this looked like it was going to be just another boring lunch, but then something caught my eye, or rather someone. She was a fox, like myself, sitting alone at one the many tables strewn across the room. She was by far one of the most gorgeous vixens I've ever laid my eyes on. I couldn't tell a lot from where she was sitting, but what I could see was absolutely stunning. I could tell that she must work because she had a perfect figure. And she didn't have an outrageously skinny body like some of the ten cent sluts that were at this school. Since she was facing away from him he couldn't see her face, but from how the rest of her body looked, I could only hope the rest of her was the same. But what stuck out the most was her fur color. Now I've seen red vixens and orange vixens, but never have I seen a blue vixen. And not only that, but there was a 1 in 4 chance that she's the same age as me, how much better could it get!

I must have been staring for a while because Falco started waving his wing in front of my face, "Hello, Fox are you still with me?"

After what was probably his fifth time asking me I was finally broken from my day dream, "I think I'm in love."

I probably could have worded that a little better because now Falco's looking at me like I was about to start stalking somebody, "What?"

Again, I was in the right mind set so I was really thinking correctly, "I said, I think I'm in love."

Falco response was a facepalmed, or in his a case a facewing, "Not that part you moron, with who."

I really could have been a little more cautious as to how I pointed her out, but again not the right mine set. So what do I do, I point directly at her, "Her, right there, the blue vixen wearing the gray hoodie."

It didn't take Falco long to pick her out of the crowd, I mean, how many blue vixens are there? After he found her a huge grin spread across his beak, and I started to worry. After being Falco's friend for so long I know what that look means, and I was afraid this would happen, "The new chick, yeah she insanely hot, I was thinking about asking her out."

I could have handled the situation like an adult but instead I decided to yell, "WHAT!"

Have you ever yelled at the top of your lungs in a public place? Well if you haven't, then let me tell you that it draws everyone's attention, and that is never a good thing. Quickly after my outburst I turned and did a quick scan of the room, and as fate would have it, everybody's gaze was set on us, even the mystery vixen of my dreams was staring at us. And thank god I was right about her having a face to match the rest of her body. As to save or selves from any more embarrassment, and to give us some privacy, I quickly grabbed Falco by the collar of his jacket and pulled him out into the hallway.

As soon as the double doors shut Falco decided to see why I was acting so strange, "Dude, what the hell was that all about?"

I honestly couldn't believe what I was hearing, "Really Falco? You couldn't even take a wild guess as to why I just did that?"

He just stood there scratching the top of his head, "I have no idea."

Again I gave a heavy sigh, funny, I've been doing that a lot lately, "That new girl dude, I honestly have an attraction to her."

I wasn't expecting him to laugh right now but that's what he did, "Fox, any straight guy would have an attraction to her."

Now it was my turn to facepalm, or I guess it would be facepaw, "Falco listen, I want you to promise me that you won't go after this one."

For some reason Falco's arrogant side decided to come out, as if I didn't have enough problems, "Really and why should I do that? That is probably the hottest chick ever, and I'll be dammed if I don't get the chance to get in he-"

He never even got the chance to finish his sentence as I grabbed him but the front of his jacket and shoved him up against the wall, "Dammit Falco now is not the time for you to be a prick! Now I'm asking you, please don't go after this girl. I know it's a rather large favor, but dude I need this right now, you know I do."

I could tell he didn't want to do it but sure enough he finally saw reason, "Okay dude, she's all yours; it's the least I could do to lift your spirits."

Finally I released my grip on the avian as he straightened out his attire, "Good, I was afraid I'd have to kick your ass."

We got a good laugh out of that. No matter how much it looked like we wanted to kill each other, neither of us could throw the first blow, "Now let's go find Slippy, he's probably lonely as hell."

As we entered the cafeteria for a second time I went directly to the vending machine in the corner of the room and bought a soda, I wasn't really hunger. After getting my pop I set out to find Slippy, which wasn't really a task because as soon as he saw me he started waving and yelling out my name.

Weaving my way through the obnoxious crowd I finally got to the table along my friends. Even though there were only three of us, we could have cared less. We've been friends since grade school.

Slippy, being curious as all hell, wanted to know what was with us earlier, "Hey, why did you yell earlier? And why did you two go out into the hallway?"

Even though we are all good friends, Slippy was still too naive to understand, "It was nothing, I just overreacted is all."

My answer was enough to keep Slippy content, "Of well, as long as everything is okay now."

We sat in silence before Falco broke the silence with a statement that caught me completely off guard, "Hey, since you took your claim, I'm taking mine."

At first I didn't understand what he was referring to, but after thinking back to the conversation we just had I couldn't help but grin, "Really, who?"

It seemed as though neither of us seemed to care about the fact that we might get caught as he pointed straight behind me, "That pink feline over there, I've never seen her before."

Looking back over my shoulder I instantly picked the girl out of the crowd, I mean how many pink felines could there possibly be, "Oh her, she's new here too. She's in my second hour."

Falco's seemed extremely interested now, "Really? Well, what's her name?"

To be honest I couldn't remember what I had for breakfast, "I don't know, it's cat but that isn't how she spells it, it was with a k or something."

Falco just adopted a blank look on his face, "What is with people nowadays, your name is Fox, mines Falco, Slippy's last name is Toad. Then there's Wolf, and now Katt, are people just running out of names or something."

I was about to responded when the unexpected happened, Slippy actually joined our conversation, "Oh you're talking about girls, well I actually have someone that I have a crush on too."

Well to say I was surprised would be an understatement, but I went with it, "Yeah we are, and if you don't mind, who are you putting your claim on?"

This was one of times I wish I had a camera because Slippy turned from green to red really fast, "Oh...uh well, j-just a girl in my first hour."

I always knew Slippy was shy but he was just acting ridiculous right now, "Slippy what's wrong? You don't happen to be shy do you?"

Falco and I always picked on Slippy, but you would too if you could easily get away with it, but he was still our friend. Then I had an ingenious idea, "You know what, I have a proposal for you two."

I waited till I had their attention before continuing, "Since we all have a girl were crushing on, why don't we all make a move then. In the next two weeks we need to all have our girls and whoever doesn't needs to pay the other two 20 bucks, deal."

I knew Falco would go for it, but I was a little skeptical of Slippy, but happy when they both responded with a simultaneous alright, "Then it's settled, we'll all be hooked up within the next two weeks."

Chapter one, it really set the bar for the rest of the story. I really like the first person POV so I stuck with it. Got two more chapters and then I'll actually have to start writing again.