Author's note: Hello everybody! Here I am with the second chapter. It shouldn't be as short as the first one. In this chapter Mello arrives at The Whammy's and he meets Matt. I hope you enjoy and please REVIEW!
The long drive from my birthplace to Winchester to The Whammy's House, was really boring for me. We at least drove two hours long, until we were at our destination. We got out of the car went to the huge maingate of iron.
It was snowing and everything was white. I always liked snow very much. It always calmed me down and it was just great to watch the snowflakes slowly gliding down to the ground.
I heard many squealing children. As we got closer I saw them, making a snowball fight. The gate opened and Roger and me went through it. Suddenly Roger got a snowball right on his forehead. He frightened and rubbed the snow from his face.
Then I noticed a boy slowly coming closer. He was a bit smaller than me and had red hair. And I mean red hair. Not orange-red. It was a bit brighter than wine-red. He wore a black and red striped, long-sleeved shirt and blue jeans with a pair of black winter boots on his feet.
He then said, "I'm sorry, Roger."
"It doesn't matter, Matt. Wait, now I'm surprised. You're in the house usually, aren't you. Why are you outside?" Roger said. "Linda told me to go out. Who's that?" The boy, who seemed to be Matt, said, pointing at me. "This is Mihael, your new roommate. Mihael, this is Matt. I thing you'll get along with eachother. Matt, would you please show Mihael your new room and explain him, how this all works here." Roger said, as he gave me my old suitcase. Matt took my hand and pulled me with him. Every now and then I noticed the views of other children, but ignored them.
After about five minutes we arrived in the relative small room. On each side was a bed, a shelf, a bedside table and a desk. "That's your side." Matt explained. Silently, I laid my suitcase on the bed, opened it and put my things in the shelf.
"How old are you?" Matt asked after a while, breaking the silence. "I'm three, and you?" I replied. "Me too!" Matt rejoiced. "I show you the house now." He said next. He came to me, took my hand and went in the directon of the common room. Slowly it annoyed me to be pulled around. "That's the playroom." Everywhere I looked I saw children playing together or building towers with toy blocks or painting. The room was very big. Suddenly my eyes stopped on a boy, who seemed to be younger than Matt and me. He sat on the floor and solved a puzzle, which usually is way too difficult for kids in his age. He was the only lonely boy in this room. All others did something at least to twos.
But what confused me the most was, that he was completely in white. From his white curled hair, over his white clothes, up to his white socks. Even his skin was almost white.
After a while Matt noticed I was staring at the odd boy the whole time and said, "That's Near. He does always the same and sits always at the same place." Near seemed to realise we were talking about him, because he slowly stood up and came over to us. " Hello. I'm Near," he said. "I'm Mihael," I answered. "I'm showing Mihael the house. We have to go," Matt said and pulled me further.
"This is the library. We have to be very silent here," Matt explained. We saw a lot of older children, sitting at the tables and doing their homework or studying.
As I have seen everything, we went to the next room.
It was the dining hall. "Here we eat. In the morning Roger comes in our rooms to wake us up. Everytime the food is ready, there is an announcement." The dining hall was very big as well. It smelled like delicious food and fresh baked tarts.
And then, before we went to the next room, Matt explained, "Now I show you the room, where we brush our teeth. There you can wash yourself and the toilets are there too."
It was afternoon. After the guide through the house Matt and I went back to our room. Matt took his Game Boy and turned it on. I went to my shelf, took a sheet of paper with a few crayons to paint. Every now and then Matt looked over his Game Boy to see what I was doing. I was painting Matt. Matt felt observed and tried to only concentrate on his game, but he couldn't. He laid his console to his side, stood up and sat next to me. He looked at the picture I was painting and was surprised, how good I could paint. "This is beautiful," Matt said amazed. "I was always alone in my room. I could almost only paint," I told. Matt quickly took the picture, went to his desk and took a piece tesa. He then glued the picture to his wall. "Hey! It's not finished," I shouted. Matt took his Game Boy again and continued playing. The only difference was, he was smiling this time.
In the evening, the following announcement came: "Hello kids. This is Roger. The dinner is ready." Matt immediately turned off his Game Boy and stood up. Then we went to the dining hall.
After a while, Roger came to us and asked me, "And Mihael? Did Matt show you all?"
"Yes. It's great here," I answered enthused. During the day I didn't do much, but I was glad to be in Whammy's. I wanted all but not back to my terrible father. Here all people were much nicer.
"Oh, before I forget it, Mihael. Here in The Wammy's everyone has a nickname, so that they don't show their real identities. So will you get a nickname. Do you have a wish?" Roger asked.
I thought about it. Then I shook my head and murmured,"Dunno." Though before Roger went, to consult with Whammy for a name, I shouted,"Ah! I know. Mello." Roger turned around. "Okay. From now on your name is Mello," he said. As Roger was away, Matt said, "You choose a great name."
"Thank you. What's your real name?" I asked Matt. "I'm Mail." He answered.
After the dinner we went back to our room. We took our toothbrushs and went to the big bathroom. In the late evening an announcement came that said everyone has to go to bed now. In my bed I snuggled in my warm blanket and fell asleep satisfied.