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Disclaimer: Own Wolf's Rain, I do not.I live on a hill in a secure complex so, I should be away from the worst areas of Cape Town. Although, in my small room in my house, I heard the sounds of gunfire and, oddly enough, howling. The Western Province of South Africa, The Western Cape, has a wolf sanctuary but that's quite far from where the central parts of the city are. I got out of bed and looked at my clock. It read 01:36. I groaned, another couple of hours and I would have to go to school. School was...hectic. Being in the top class really takes up all your free time. I walked into the lounge and and got a chocolate muffin. Still half asleep and extremely tired from my Life Skills task I stumbled back to my bedroom, narrowly avoiding colliding into the staircase. My bedroom was on the ground floor so hitting the staircase would be very embarassing. My bedroom is at the end of a short, one metre long, corridor but there is a huge window that spans that corridor allowing me to view the Moon and the estate infront of me. I sleepily walked past and heard a close gunshot. I stepped back and looked out the window. I could of sworn at that moment that a white wolf, about a yard away, darted past my house...
Waking up at five in the morning. Has 'fun' written all over it. Note heavy sarcasm. Same old, same old. I chalked the 'White Wolf' that I saw to me just being tired. After the painfully slow and lingering drive to the school I was ready to face the day. Not really. This was the schedule for the day: Wednesday B Week
Period 1: English-Mrs Loughton 08:15-09:05
Period 2: History- Mrs Ayncient (I love History but we all call our teacher 'Mrs Ancient'.) 09:10-10:00
Break: What break? Debating meetings and Marimba Band meetings. 10:00-10:45
Period 3: Physics (Sigh)- Mr Stallinn (Not far from 'Actual Stalin' in behavior, Shouldn't he be teaching History? Or at least Dictatorship?) 10:50-11:40
Period 4: Assembly (Every Wednesday) - Principal Adolf (Irony is clearly present) 11:45-12:35
Break: No chance. Top learners meetings and tiny bit of time for eating and friends. (Fail) 12:35-12:55
Period 5: Maths- Mrs Mansfeld 13:00-13:50
Period 6: Afrikaans*- Mrs Van Der Venter (Don't ask) 13:55-14:45
After School: Marimba- 14:50-15:15, Peer Tutoring- 15:15-16:00, Debating and Debating Practice- 18:00-21:00, Social Life-21:00- 23:00, Homework-23:00-23:30, Sleep- 23:30-05:30.
And so begins the vivcious cycle that is Wednesday. The other days aren't as packed but they have different subjects. The last thing I need is something to fall apart because my brain will explode...
The bathroom mirror. I washed my face with water. I was streesed and bloody tired. I pushed my long black hair out of my emerald eyes and stalked out of the bathroom. My best friend Alice skipped up to me. "Heya! Are you okay?" She asked me very hyperactively. She was always hyper. All people see of her is a tall tan girl with velvety blood red hair and silvery eyes sprinting from place to place. I walked slowly to History. Mrs Ayncient stared at me with pity. She knew how full my day was and she says I am free to sleep in her class if I get too tired. Alice was very clever and she always aced her tests but she stuck to her creative side and has already solidified an Art career. She was very good. Many pictures of me are actually for sale in a gallery in the CBD (Central Business District) of Cape Town. She always said that I should put my body to good use and model for her. I did Waterpolo as a sport so I was actually very buff. Alice was slender, she had a body most girls would kill for.
"I'm okay. Can we just get through the day?" I sighed. She took my hand, squeezed it and led me into the class...
Everyone knows us. We are the most popular kids in school. At break, when I am free, peopel crowd around us and I actually made friends with all of them. I know everyone in the school and everyone knows me. The teachers are fond of me. All of the teachers, except Mr Stallinn, mainly because I run cirlces around him in Physics. I pass with 100% agrigate every term** so, he hates me.
"Evan Wolf!" Mr Stallinn roared from the front of the classroom.
"E=MC2!" I yelled out in suprise. I had fallen asleep in Physics.
"Lucky guess." He mumbled. It was actually the answer he was looking for. High Five to Dumb Luck***! I got smiles and laughs and from my classmates who thought it was hilarious that I out did him in his own subject. Alice nudged me with a small giggle. "You are smart aren't you, Mr Wolf." He spat at me.
"Da Comrade Stalin." I replied. The class went dead silent. They knew he hated being called 'Stailn' 'Josef Stailn' or 'Comrade'. It was really funny seeing as his first name actually was Joseph. High Five to The World!
"You just earned a two hour detention, Mr Wolf." Stallinn smiled evilly at me. He hande me a blue slip.
"Mr Stallinn! He does not need a DT**** on top of all his extra curricular activities." Principal Adolf boomed from the doorway. Adolf was actually a really good principal, he understands how people at our age are. "He is one 17-year-old young man. He cannot conquer the world in one day. Now leave him be!" Mr Stallinn was speechless and went into his storeroom. "Evan. We have some new students. Four of them are senoirs like you and the other one is in Eighth Grade." Adolf smiled at me.
"Poor guy." Alice breathed. I smiled at her.
"Please allocate them a seat and continue teaching Josef's lesson." He instructed then left. The four new students filed in. One was pale and slightly chubby with brown hair and brown eyes, Hige was his name. Strange name. I seated him next to Samantha at the back. The next was a girl, a very beautiful girl, with black hair and blue eyes, Blue. The girls uniform didn't suit her. It was a blue dress and a white shirt with a sleeveless navy blue sweater and black stockings with black shoes. I seated her next to Michael in the front. The next was tan guy with golden eyes that wore the boys uniform and made it look sexy. It was only grey long pants with a white short-sleeved shirt and the same sleeveless sweater that the girls wear. I seated Tsume next to Alice, who practically jumped up and down screaming put him next to me! The next guy walked in and my jaw almost hit the floor. Kiba...
Kiba had long, very long brown hair and brilliant sapphire eyes that you actually got lost in if you stared too long. It showed on his record that he was struggling with Physics. I seated him next to me on my left side as Alice was on my right. And so began the tiring lesson of Physics...
"One more piece of information before I dismiss you, School." Adolf said into the microphone. I took a sip of water from my bottle, a long sip. "The debating team will be having a mass-debate in the hall." I swallowed in shock and began coughing violently. "Everyone is welcome to join!" Adolf smiled and the laughter erupted from the School. The fact the Principal just told the entire school that we would be having a Mass-debate (Masturbate, if you sound it out) was bad. "The BJ Team will be there too!" Adolf thought they were laughing at the idea of sitting and arguing. BJ was the Bowling for Juniors but we left out the 'F' in the abbrieviation. I think I had my heart attack at this point...
Break. The meetings had been cancelled. We, Alice and I, sat on a bench with the entire school surrounding us. I saw the new kids in the circle that was closest to us. Bridgette, the school Bitch and head of the Hockey and Netball Teams stood up from where we sat. "Sorry, Losers at the back." She mocked them.
"Bitch, are you looking to start something?" Blue stepped forward and the crowd cheered.
"Are you looking for your virginity?" Bridgette dissed her.
"Are you looking for your Vagi-" Blue started but I stood up and then things went silent. My eyes locked on Bridgette.
"Bridgette, leave them alone. They have a right to be where they want and what if I want them to be my friends?" I asked her sharply.
"Oh, come on! Look a them. I rate they all commit suicide because their lives won't be worth anything!" Bridgette pleaded with me. I looked at her with a fire in my eyes.
"I rate you close your legs because I can smell Cape Town Harbour and speaking of virginity, didn't you lose yours to your dog? Oh wait, the dog isn't that stupid to have sex with you!" I dissed her. She stared at me in shock, muttered incoherent sentences and left crying. I watched her go. I went and stood next to Blue, a small tear was in her eye.
"Never mind her. Come, you guys have a spot on the bench." I offered them and they sat on the bench cautiously, Tsume next Alice. The crowd gasped and muttered excitedly.
"What's the big deal?" Kiba asked me, his voice smooth but almost untamed in a sense. Sexy.
"This is 'our' bench. Nobody sits here except us. It's how it's been for four years." Alice explained. "We are apparently the most popular kids in school." Alice giggled.
"So, why care about us?" Tsume grunted.
"Why not? You seem like good people and you look like great fun." I smiled at him and actually received a small smile back. I noticed the younger boy sitting quietly watching the people around us with a curiousity. I sat next to him. "If you look hard enough, you can see the world you don't notice everyday. For example, look at Samantha, she always puts her hair up before the bell rings but if you look really closely you can see that she puts it up because she has blonde streaks at the back of her red hair." I pointed out. He nodded. "I'm Evan." I held out my hand.
"Toboe." He shook my hand timidly. Alice stood up and whistled loudly.
"People! As with new students we must issue them nicknames!" She shouted and the crowd erupted into cheers...
"Nicknames?" Hige asked me, confused.
"We give everyone nicknames. We use it to talk to our friends. If you use a person's nickname it means they belong to your group. It helps structure the social society of Westlink High School." I explained them. I stood at the top of the raised brick platform that was behind us. I pulled out a long sword. The Westlink High School sword. Gifted to me by Adolf.
"As you all know, I am 'Da Vinci' because of I am head of the art department and Evan is 'Alpha' because he is well, like the Alpha of this school." Alice shouted to them. This caused many shouts of dirty nicknames for the new guys.
"Toboe is now 'Howling', Hige is now 'Whiskers', Tsume is now 'Claw', Blue is 'Purple' and Kiba is 'Fang'. I lifted the sword and knighted them like the Queen of England knights someone. I winked at them. This was a good day after all...
After the homework at about midnight I woke up again and went straight to the corridor window. I looked out of it and sure enough, there was a white wolf watching me. It's mouth opened in suprise and it looked undecided on what to do. I waved to it and smiled. It looked cautious but it walked forward and I realised it was going to the front door. I opened the front door and crouched infront of the doorway, slowly sticking out my hand to touch it. It was clearly male and its golden eyes watched me with an air of cautiousness but also with a look of respect and maybe...friendship. Maybe I'm paraphrasing. The wolf came up to me and nuzzled me with his furry muzzle. I hugged him and stroked his back. The wolf struggled free and looked at me and with a dramatic lick, he left me in the doorway...
Ok! Some things that may help! Please Review!
*-Afrikaans is South Africa's required second language, taught at all schools.
**-The year is divided into 4 terms each of about 9 weeks.
***-This never happens. Ever.
****-DT is short for detention.
Some things- South African schools aren't actually like this, although the dissing part was actually real (that does happen) as well as the uniforms (We have to wear them). Please Review! Love JenovaWolfen
