Chapter One: First Impressions
One by one, we all exit the bus, it shaking slightly as every person slinks off, and begin heading off to our already assigned dorms, which we received upon boarding the bus. I'm only on the sidewalk and I am already overwhelmed by the size of the campus. So many large buildings labeled with different things! I am certainly not looking forward to going through the maze of buildings when it comes time for me to start my classes, which by the way, begin on Monday of next week, giving us a week to move our things in and get acquainted with our roommates. I for one have no clue who's going to be my roommate, so I can only pray it's someone decent, or this year's going to be that much harder to get through.
Not knowing the campus well, I simply follow the majority of the line, assuming they are headed to the dormitory. Luckily, they are as I soon find myself walking into said building. I look at the piece of paper that was given to me upon boarding the bus: I'm in room 306. According to the guide, I'm going to have to go up to the second floor to my room, so I head over to the contraption known as an "elevator" and push the button like I've seen others do. After a bit, a ding sounds and the doors open. I step inside.
Just as the elevator doors begin to close, someone pushes them right back open, yelling.
"Wait, don't close!"
Great...someone's going to be riding with me... Not what I wanted, especially since I don't know how the heck I'm supposed to work this thing...
Upon closer examination, I breathe a sigh of relief as it's not a normal human who boards the elevator. It's Hoopa, and Arceus knows that he doesn't know how to use this thing either. He probably doesn't even have the slightest idea about it either.
"Heyyy, Rayyy!" he says in a sing-song voice. How this dude can always be happy, I have no idea at all. It's as if being human hasn't even phased him. Heck, he didn't even bat an eye when we all were sitting in Arceus' shrine, being yelled at. Part of me wishes I could remain happy all the time like him, but another part is grateful I am not so naive and blind.
"So whatcha think of this school thing, Ray?" Hoopa continues to blabber although my focus is on trying to work the elevator and not what he has to say at the moment. "It's a load of it, isn't it? At least we get to connect more with each other..."
I don't say anything, letting him practically talk to himself (he'll go on talking forever, even if no one is responding) as I examine the many flashing buttons on the elevator. Since 2 is the floor I need to go to, I hit said button, hoping we get sent to what floor we need to go to.
"...Oh, and push 3 for me, please." Hoopa says.
I push said button, and Hoopa resumes trying to talk.
"Anyway, what do you think of this, Ray?" he asks me.
"Eh - I'd rather be in my shrine for sure..." I sigh. "I don't want to be here at all."
"That's what everyone says - but I'm happy that we're gonna at least get to know each other better!" Hoopa says excitedly. "There's some of you that I haven't even met before back when we were Pokemon!"
"Hoopa, you probably won't understand since you're still new, but there are Legendary Pokemon in this world that are a waste of time trying to get to know." I tell him honestly, referring to idiots like Kyogre and Groudon.
"Hah!" Hoopa laughs, playing with his earrings. "I think you're joking!"
I sigh. Hoopa won't understand where I'm coming from. He's never had to deal with other Legendaries fighting in front of him every time he leaves his shrine. He never has had to play mediator. He's got life pretty good, being able to go around doing whatever he wants without a single care in the universe. However, because of that, it's likely that he will never understand where I come from about disliking the idea of connecting with other Legendaries.
At that moment, the elevator dings and the doors open at floor two.
"See ya Ray!" Hoopa waves as I exit, giving a light wave back as the doors close. Thank Arceus he's out of my hair...
I look at the guide and see that my room is towards the right. Shortly down the hall, I find room 306 open. I walk on in, seeing Zekrom there, throwing his things out onto the floor.
Of all people to shove me with, I was shoved with this nut?! Hoo boy...
"So you're the idiot who got shoved with me?" Zekrom practically snaps, obviously not in a good mood. Most of the Pokemon aren't in the best of moods about this whole situation, but Zekrom is amongst the worst. That, and from what I hear, he's a total jerk anyway. "This can't get any worse...especially since freaking Reshiram's in the room across from us with Cresselia."
"Look, I don't like it anymore than you do, so just suck it up and deal with it." I tell him. "Please move your bags so I can put mine down."
At least Zekrom has the decency to do that, as he scoots his bags over to his side of the room so that I can get over to my side and organize my belongings.
I toss my three bags of materials across the room. Most of it is clothes, along with some games, books and personal items, like my Mega Evolution stuff and whatnot. It's not much, but it's enough to get me through living on campus - hopefully.
Hours are spent simply placing belongings in their spots, Zekrom using the top half of the dresser and I the bottom half. There are several times that Zekrom practically slams drawers onto my head, and the only reason I don't end up knocked out is by quickly being able to move my head out of the way. Every time Zekrom is finished with a drawer, he slams it closed, causing the dresser to shake so much I swear it's going to tip over. Despite that, neither of us speak other than an 'excuse me' every now and again.
After putting all my clothes away, I place my green laptop on the desk on myside of the room, and plug it in, pressing the button on the side, assuming it to be the power button. Luckily, I'm right, as the computer begins to start up. I then place the black colored office chair in front of the desk. According to the humans, this laptop is going to be crucial to my success in my classes. I hear a bing from the other side of the room, so Zekrom must also be getting his computer set up.
The silence is suddenly broken when the phone on my side begins to ring. What? Who the heck could be calling?
I pick it up. "Hello?"
"Hey! It's me!"
For the love of Arceus...Hoopa figured out this room's number...
After spending an hour talking to Hoopa because he just would not hang up, I slam the phone down, in disbelief that Hoopa learned how to call this room in such a short time. Now I bet he's going to be constantly calling and bugging me anytime he's bores. At least he seems to like his roommate. He's roomed with Genesect, and they apparently are getting along great. Lucky him. Zekrom and I still haven't even interacted.
I look over to Zekrom once more, seeing that he's messing around on the computer. I walk over to him and tap him lightly.
"Well, since we are roomies...don't you think we should get acquainted?" I ask. "Afterall, we're from totally different regions, so we haven't even met in Pokemon form before..."
"You stay on your side, and I'll stay on mine." Zekrom snaps. "End of story. Now buzz off!"
He pushes me to the side, nearly causing me to fall backwards, which I'm shocked I didn't, given as how I'm not used to having human legs. Deciding that he must just need a day to get used to this change like everyone else, I walk back to my side and hop on the computer without a word spoken.
If things continue like this, this school year's going to last forever...
