Chapter 3: First Half of the First School day,
Suzuran High
It was early morning in Suzuran, 5:30 A.M to be precise. I woke up from feeling something off… "Huh, something isn't right here, there's something under the same sheets that I am in…" I quietly said. I slowly removed the bed sheets to reveal what I didn't expect at all. "R-Ringo?!" I yelled in a hushed voice. What was Ringo doing in here now? She had her own room, there was no reason for her to come in my room. I thought about, then it hit me, did she sleepwalk herself in? At this moment, I don't know. Either way, it was time for us to get ready, so I shook her body a bit. She reacted to it and opened her eyes to see what was happening. They then widened immediately when I was right next to her. Oh, I could tell that she would get the wrong impression as she was about to raise her voice. I stop her just in time by putting my hand over her mouth, thank God. "Shh… stay quiet, everyone else is still snoozing. I would rather have this stay like that, as for your confusion, I'll explain right now. I found you laying under my bed sheets after I came to from my own dreams. As to why you are here, I believe it is because you had a sleepwalk at some point during the night. This also is proven by the fact that my door is open currently, and I can see your door opened as well." Ringo sat there, a little dumbfounded by my observations. "Well… don't I feel kinda stupid… hehehe." she lightly chuckles awkwardly. "Come on, we need to get ready." "You're right, and I'll need to help you out to in getting a uniform and schedule in time before your first class period." So we prepared ourselves, Ringo went her usual get-up, although I went into choosing the nicest looking clothes that I had since I didn't have the uniform yet. We did all of the other small nuances to fix up our aesthetics. One of these nuances was the fact that I now had a backpack as well. I guess Ms. Ando bought it along with all those clothes of mine. And so, after a quick and quiet breakfast, we left the storehouse for a walk to Suzuran High.
The time is now 6:50 A.M and the sun started to shine once again. Ringo had said to me on the way that school may indeed start at 7:30 and classes followed beginning with 7:40. However, students were able to enter the school as early as 7:00 in specific areas if they wished. With the time being such, Ringo directed me to the uniform provider for transfer students. She talked to the man before he took a look at me. "You must be Dave, the new transfer student starting today." "I am sir." I followed that with a nod, giving the man confirmation. "Here's two sets of your uniform, take care of them." I got to take a good look at it, looked fine enough. I put the uniforms into my backpack and grabbed hold of the strap. Ringo thanked the uniform provider and helped me out of the room. She guided me towards the cafeteria, saying that it's where most early students stay at for the time being. I was also told that there were bathrooms in there as well. For that reason, I would be able to change into my uniform and still have plenty of time to get and know some students. I went into the men's bathroom and changed into the uniform, putting my other clothes and leaving my spare uniform in the backpack. Before I knew it, I looked similar to all of the other male students. I walked out of the bathroom, and met back up with Ringo. "Hey, you look great!" I blushed a little inside from that. "So what now?" I asked. "Glad you should ask, now we are going to get your schedule that the school constructed for you." Of course, I won't know where to go if I don't have one down on printed paper. So I once again let Ringo lead me to where I was to get it, an office labeled "Transfer Student Scheduling" came into our view. "Here are go…" Ringo chimed to me. We both entered to see a woman currently doing some paperwork and she saw Ringo. The two talked for a minute, I didn't really hear what they said, but I saw the woman hand over a sheet of paper to Ringo. That must be it, the schedule that was for me. Ringo thanked the woman, and we both headed out and went back to the cafeteria, with the schedule in my hand, to wait for school to officially start today. While we waited we had met up with some students that Ringo already knew. "Hey Ringo! Nice to see ya!" The voice was that of a guy, with purple hair and held on to what looked to be a gavel. He wasn't alone either, he was with a… bear? Either way, the bear must have been a male student since he wore the uniform, but seriously, a bear?
"Oh Maguro!... and Risukuma too." These two specifically must be Ringo's friends, they all greeted each other with open arms. "Oh, who's the new guy?" Maguro asked. "I am quite curious too, Ringo." The bear talks…? Although I deemed it strange, I was not about to question things with him personally, so I kept my mouth shut regarding that. "Guys, allow me to introduce to you Dave, he's a bit quiet, but trust me when I say this, He. Is. Sweet." I hoped that she meant it in the awesome way and not the romantic way. "Wow, looks like you've hit the love jackpot Ringo." Maguro grinned and joked around with it. "Hehehe, I didn't mean to say it that way..." Ringo kind of blushed in embarrassment. "Oh, so he's just cool?" "Yep!" The two continued to talk back and forth, with the occasional jump into the conversation from Risukuma. While that was going on, I hear another voice, apparently waiting for me to answer. And then, I saw the source of the voice, another guy. He looked to be older than most of the other students currently here, had gray hair. "So, you must be the transfer half-student." I was a bit shocked that this dude knew that. "Who're you?" I asked. "Hahaha…" I heard the news from someone that you may know, by the name of Amitie." So, Amitie was telling this to her friends, the question now though is, how did SHE know? That question swirled around in my head for a little bit before I promptly shrugged it off. "You are a friend of Amitie's then?" The guy nodded yes almost immediately in response. "Since I already know your name Dave, allow me to tell you mine, it's Lemres." So, he was named Lemres, and he lived in Primp it seemed. We talked to each other for a some time, and Ringo noticed me with Lemres. "Oh hi Lemres, it's been a while!" "So you two know each other too…" They both looked at me and laughed. "Well of course we do, we've been in adventures together before." Ringo mentioned. "Adventures? Well alright, fair game I suppose..." The bell soon rang which indicated that school has now started. I looked at my schedule, "Biochemistry" was first, located in room 262, an upper floor class. I had ten minutes to get there, which was plenty time, even when trying to find it. I arrived with six minutes to spare and saw two familiar faces. It was Maguro and Risukuma, how lucky of me. The first class that I come to, and I don't feel completely awkward. "Hey dude, looks like you get to be with us." Maguro said. "I don't have any qualms with it, great to be with you two in here." I replied. Risukuma studied me closely. "So, can I ask you just a couple of questions, they'll be quick." He requested. "Sure." I responded. "How long how you been in Suzuran for?" "Since yesterday, let's just say a phenomenon happened that cause to come to this world out of my free will." I replied. Risukuma didn't understand what I was talking about, so I mentioned a portal. "O-oh, okay that makes sense. Now next question, where did you come from exactly?" He had asked the one question that I couldn't answer to anyone. "I'm sorry Risukuma, but that information is private for me and only me to know." Risukuma sighed in defeat, but soon acknowledged my privacy as something important to me.
The teacher for the class came in before the bell rang again, she saw me and then stumbled a bit. "Oh, you must be the new transfer student." Am I really being known by the staff of this school on the first day? "I'll introduce you to the class when it begins, but for now, sit down at that desk over there." She points to one of the desks in the back behind most others and I go ahead and sit down. Three minutes later, all of the other students for biochemistry show up, and the bell rings. "Alright class settle down in your seats, I have a transfer student to introduce to you guys, so please give him your undivided attention." I stood up and walked to the front of the room. Maguro and Risukuma watched me as I did so, I mustered up the courage to speak. "Hello fellow classmates, my name is Dave and I hope that we can get along for the time that I am are here." I had shown off a serious stance to these other students. Most of them smiled at how formal I was about introducing myself. "Very nice Dave, now you can go ahead and sit back down so that today's lesson can begin." I followed her words and did just that. "Okay class, today we are going to learn about the anatomy of a typical Puyo. So, take this green Puyo for example…" This simple lecture continued on for about forty minutes, and then the bell chimed in again. Class period one was officially done, so I hovered over my schedule for the next class. Period two was labeled "Calculus", I groaned at the sight of it. I hated anything that was related to mathematics, even if I have never experienced calculus before, I knew that I was going to hate it. "Hey Dave, you alright man? You seem to be upset judging by your face…" Maguro wondered. He and Risukuma took a glance at my period two class. "My God dude, I think you're gonna get a bunch of lucky breaks with us as your friends by your side. Y'see, that next class is where Ringo will be at, and she's a pro at anything math related, you'll be fine when she goes to help you. Trust me when I say this, there will be plenty of chances for her to do so." My eyes shot up. "Really guys?!" They both quickly nodded yes. I quickly grabbed my stuff and and thanked them. I needed to go there now, room 162, the room directly below biochemistry. The passing period wasn't as long as the one before the first period, I needed to haul ass over to calculus. I made it just in time, less than one minute remaining. Ringo saw me and was extremely delighted. "Hey Dave! What are chances of us being together in this class?" She's talking about probability, an aspect of math. I can tell that she really enjoys this stuff, unlike me. "Probably... not that high... at all…" I spoke whilst out of breath. At this point, things go like how they did in my first period. The teacher of the class has me introduce myself to the other classmates, and a lesson is taught in for the rest of the time. Only for this class specifically, we had to take notes, and it wasn't easy. Luckily though, the teacher assigned me to a seat that was next to Ringo's. So if I was ever confused with the topics of the class, which was all the time, Ringo would be there to lend me a hand. The lesson lasted for about the same as before and the bell relieved me of my torture. I scanned my schedule for what's next on this chopping block, obviously not in the best mood. However that quickly changed, belittling my own suffering and replacing it with joy. Next up was English 11 since I was a junior. I knew that this was a required class for me, but I was actually looking forward to it. Back in my own world, I was excellent when it came to English classes, so this ought to be a walk in the park. Remembering that I don't have much passing period time, I waved farewell to Ringo and headed off with no time to waste.
Room 185, English 11, it was going to be great. I saw that this room in particular was decorated, on the wall were posters representing different book genres and rules on how to write specific papers. This time, the student that I met already, Lemres was here. "Heyo Dave, how's it going?" "It's going along fine Lemres." I see this girl with him, she is quite shorter, and a bit younger than the rest of us here, seeing how this is a juniors only class and all that. The best way I could describe her goes like this, a gothic lolita, having purple hair and such. I didn't know what to make of it at first, so I asked Lemres. "So, who's the girl Lemres?" "Oh her? She's Feli. A cute little scapegoat she is, she's always nice to me too." Feli then hid a little bit behind Lemres, blushing. "Oh, so I see that you don't really have too much social experience Feli, don't worry, I'm in the same boat as you… My name is Dave by the way." She came out a little more and stood beside Lemres. "Anyone who is cool with Lemres, I don't mind being around, just don't get me angry from things I hate. Oh, I should mention this too, I'm fifteen years old. If you can't tell, I kinda skipped a couple of grades, heheh... so hi Dave..." Her attitude seemed a little cold, but I could understand why it might be. She held out her hand to me, still blushing, we shook hands for a second, then the bell comes in. At this point again, the same shit repeats itself, then follows in the lesson of the class, inside room 148. For this lesson, we were learning about how historical figures changed how stories were written to be. Basically, as the English language evolved, so did the writing. Now the writing part of it was old news to me. However, since I was in this world now, I got to learn about some history surrounding it. For this, I was a little more invested in, and rather enjoyed the lecture. I could tell that Lemres, and Feli in particular, sensed the passion in me. English 11 ended, then I looked at the schedule for fourth period. Lemres came by me to catch a glimpse himself. "Cool, you have the same fourth period as us." My head reared back to him and Feli, and I smiled hearing that. "That also means that we'll all have the same lunch period together." "Huh?" I questioned. "Uuuh, I'll explain once we get to lunch." So, us three headed off together to the next period which was "History". I was sure that it'll be different than the kind of history that I learned back in my world. Again, I thought this to be interesting and went in with good spirits. After the introductory stuff involving me is over, this class's lesson had a topic that I wasn't expecting, kind of brought my spirits down a peg. It was about a war, one that was known as "The Great Puyo War". This apparently happened thirty-five years ago, we learned of the hardships that came from the war itself. Poverty, governmental breakdowns, and of course, immeasurable suffering from the people living at the time. This world was barely able to push back an evil, magical powerhouse that threatened to destroy everyone and everything here. This world didn't have magic users to utilize at the time, so it had to rely on military strategy and perseverance. It was all rather grim, but that was all in the past. "...and now, Primp Town is the reason why we have been safe for these past thirty-five years. They saw us struggling to keep away the evil superpower, so they forged an alliance with us. We've been protected by residents of Primp Town ever since." The teacher finishes his lecture just before the bell rang. I guessed at this point, it was lunch for us as we all went to the cafeteria.
We got our food of the day, and sat down at a conveniently placed table. We all had discussed for a bit on the table, Lemres mentioned that he was held back the previous year. This went on until I had reminded Lemres of the lunch scheduling. "Oh yeah, sorry 'bout that. You see, your lunch period is dependent entirely on your fourth period teacher. So I guess you can say that the history teach is havin' lunch right now too, just in a different area of the school. And while we're on the subject of schedulin'... half-students, A.K.A us, don't have a fifth, sixth, seventh or eighth period in this school…" I checked my schedule again and I noticed that it indeed cuts off the Suzuran High classes after period four. "...instead, we are sent over to Primp Magic School by a special vehicle. We stay at Primp for either 2 or 3 classes, these periods themselves are longer to make up for there being less of them." I didn't get it at first, but it sounded cool. Sure, longer class periods suck, but that's only if the classes themselves either don't interest me, or I hate. Since this was a magic school that we are talking about though, neither of those seemed to be the case. "I see, that sounds like fun." I said. "Oh you won't believe how much of a party it feels like, pretty much the definition of "Hella fun". Lemres' eyes seemed to sparkle in awe as he said that. "I have to agree with you Lemres, it's fun being with you." Feli said. She had cuddled herself up around his arm. "Alright Feli, enough with the cuddlin', I think that it's almost time to go…" Lemres said. Sure enough, the bell rang a second or two later, we got up, and threw away any leftovers. The trays went onto this conveyor belt where they would get washed thoroughly. Lemres encouraged me to follow behind along with Feli. We ended up outside at a weird station, I supposed that this is where that "special vehicle" Lemres mentioned earlier, picks up half-students. I saw other half-students rolling in this area, all together, there must have been barely over twenty of us. I saw the vehicle come by… to put it bluntly, it was one that hovered off the ground. This is something that my world's people wished that they had, or at least as close to something like this. All of us entered in and the driver closed the door soon after everyone took their seats. The next thing I knew, a portal opened up and this vehicle started to drive through it.
Author's Notes: This chapter was originally planned to have both schools be covered. Since there was so much happening in the first half of the day though... I decided to put all of the events of the second half of the day involving Primp Magic School in Chapter 4.
