A.N: Here I am, back again with the second chapter to my fourth story! I hope you guys like it!

Chapter Two

The next day, I found myself sitting at the back of a dull grey classroom, staring at the large whiteboard at the front of the room and trying my best not to fall asleep.

"History, students, is one of the toughest courses in this Academy. Count yourselves lucky to have gotten this far. From now on, welcome to hell. This isn't a classroom that tolerates lateness or lack of effort. If either of these are noted, you're out. Understood?" Barked the teacher at the front of the class.

A half-hearted chorus of "yes, sir" was heard throughout the room.

"I said 'understood?'" the teacher repeated, the amplitude of his voice increasing even more.

"Yes, sir!" everyone yelled, the joint volume of all the students in the room not even adding up to the loudness of our teacher.

"That's better. Now, open your textbooks to page 104 and read through it. Don't slack off, I'll be testing you!"

Well, I thought to myself. This was going to be one long lesson...

I looked down at the words on the page and they all started to dance around, making me feel extremely dizzy. There was no way I was going to be able to read all this! I really needed to get my eyes checked out.

Surprising me a little, a small scrap of paper landed on my desk. I looked in the direction from which it was thrown, but saw nothing out of the ordinary.

'Getting confused over there? Look under your desk, you'll find some glasses. They'll help you read the book.'

Doing as the note said, I ducked my head under the desk and saw a pair of silver-rimmed glasses lying at my feet with another note.

'Keep these with you. You'll need them.'

I picked the glasses up before trying them on. To my surprise, the words in my textbook suddenly became clear and legible.

'Wow.' I thought 'These actually work.'

The rest of the lesson, thankfully, passed by rather quickly and our teacher didn't even get the chance to test us before the bell rang to signal the end of lessons.

I walked out of the classroom, tucking my newly acquired glasses into my bag, before I was stopped by a hand on my shoulder.

Turning around, I was faced by one of the silver haired teens from the principal's office.

"So, how'd you like my gift? Handy, isn't it?"

"Wait. That was you?" I asked, a little taken aback.

"Well, it was my idea, but my brothers placed it and the notes there for you." the silverette confirmed.

"Wow, um, th-thanks." I stuttered, not able to say much more.

"You're welcome. You know, those guys you're hanging around with aren't the right crowd for you. You'd be better off somewhere else. Just consider it." The teen turned to walk off, but I called after him.

"Wait!"

"What do you want?"

"I-I never quite caught your name. I'm Kira."

"The name's Kadaj. Now, I must leave." Before I knew it, the teen was out of sight and I was left slightly speechless.

"Hey, you okay, yo?" Reno asked, walking up behind me seemingly out of nowhere.

"Yeah. I'm fine..." I muttered, turning my thoughts away from the mysteries behind Kadaj's words and towards my redheaded friend.

"You sure? You don't look it."

"I'm sure, Reno. I'm fine." I snapped, making my companion flinch a little "I'm sorry, I can't control my temper sometimes."

"Well, I definitely know something's up now, yo. Just tell me, Kira."

"It's that silver haired guy, Kadaj. I don't understand him."

"I don't think anyone does." Zack interjected, choosing then to join us with Aeris and Tifa.

"Hey, where are the others?" I asked, a little confused.

"They'll be here soon, their class is on the other side of the campus." Aeris explained, her voice unnaturally calm as always.

"Oh, okay." I mumbled, pulling my notepad out of my bag before beginning to proofread what I had written in it so far.

"Seriously, Kira? How do you concentrate on walking?" Zack asked, completely shocked.

"Practice." I stated bluntly, not taking my eyes away from my notebook. My English lesson was next and my teacher wanted to read my story so far as a basis for how well I wrote. I didn't want to take any chances on poor grammar or careless spelling mistakes.

"Ah, this is my stop. I'll see you guys later!" I waved back at my friends before walking into the classroom, just so happening to notice Kadaj watching me from across the corridor.

'What in the name of Gaia am I getting myself into at this school?' I wondered, taking a deep breath in as I placed my textbook, study journal and pencil case on my desk.

Sitting down, I realised I was one of the first few students in the room. In fact, I was the only student in the room.

The teacher sat at the front behind a small, wooden desk. She looked bored and as if she didn't want to be there. Hopefully, the lesson itself would be a little more interesting.

I was absent-mindedly fiddling around with a ballpoint pen when more students started to file into the classroom- including one of Kadaj's two brothers, who decided to sit at the desk directly next to me.

Thankfully, Cloud was also one of the students in the class and he sat to the other side of me.

"Hey, are you okay? You don't look too good, Kira." Cloud pointed out and I sighed.

"I'm fine." I stated, feeling a curious sense of deja vu.

"Well, if you insist."

"Students! Attention!" the teacher shouted suddenly, silencing the ruckus in the classroom "Today, as you should know, each and every one of you should have brought a sample of your written work in for me to assess your writing skills."

Everyone pulled out random notebooks from their bags, including myself, before placing them on the table for our teacher to collect.

"Writing," the teacher continued "is an art. An art that, if properly mastered, can be astounding. Each and every one of you here today must be astounding to be here. If you are not astounding, or do not wish to be, I advise you leave now." A few odd students hurriedly gathered their equipment before rushing out of the room at that.

"Good. Now that we have everyone here that wants to learn-" The teacher was cut off abruptly by one of the students raising their hand. "Yes?"

"I need to use the bathroom, miss." The student, a brunette with dip-dyed blonde hair, said.

"And? What problem is that to me?" The teacher asked, scarily calm.

"Can I please be excused to use the bathroom, miss?" The teen asked.

"No you cannot! No-one leaves this class until the bell rings!" The brunette shrunk back in her seat as our teacher began talking once more. "As I was saying, before I was so rudely interrupted, writing is an art. So is the English language. We must learn to embrace the language if we want even the slightest chance of mastering the writing."

"Embrace the language? We're fluent English speakers, miss! We have nothing more to embrace!" another student piped up from the back of the room.

"Don't talk without raising your hand!"

"Sorry, miss..."

The rest of the lesson passed by somewhat calmly and, as the bell rang to signal the end of the lesson, I released a breath I didn't realise I had been holding.

I made my way out of the classroom, only to be pinned up against a wall. Looking at my attacker, I saw none other than the mysterious Kadaj.

"You have three days to make up your mind. Choose wisely."

Wait... What? What did he mean? Before my mind could decipher anything, Kadaj was nowhere to be seen and I was left slumping back against the wall. I was so confused...

"Hey, Kira. Still here?" Cloud asked, walking out of the English room.

"Yeah, I guess so. Why were you held back?" I asked.

"Oh, I really don't know. Something about not giving a sufficient amount of work in for Miss to see." Cloud explained, speaking more in those two sentences than I had heard from him overall since yesterday.

"Oh. Okay, then." I smiled, starting to walk with Cloud to where our group of friends hung out on the playing fields.

Ah, the joys of Advent Academy. Only two lessons per day... Pure bliss.

Quickly arriving at our usual hang-out spot, I dropped to the floor and laid down on the soft grass.

"You okay there, Kira? You seem awfully calm. Your mood really has changed in the past two hours, yo." Reno noted.

"I'm just fine. Now I have loads of time for thinking and I don't have to worry about coursework." I lied. In fact, I was only trying to look calm because my entire insides were panicking.

I

was panicking and the scary thing was that I knew exactly why... Kadaj.

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