I felt like I was floating outside my body. I could hear voices, but I didn't know where they were coming from. Murmurs floated around me like clouds in a sky. Suddenly, I white light appeared in my line of vision. I slowly walked toward it, afraid at first, but slowly I got accustomed and I stepped through. I woke with a panic and shot straight up. A sharp pain reverberated around my head as I became incredibly dizzy. I gently lowered myself back into the comfortable cushion. My eyesight was finally returning back to its normal self, instead of the blurry mess it just was.
As my eyes slowly adjusted to the right florescent lights, I realized where I was, in a hospital-like setting. Lights hung from the ceiling, blaring down on me like I was some sort of test subject. Curtains separated my bed from the one next to me. I could hear people having a conversation somewhere close by; however, I couldn't see them which lead me to believe that they were behind the curtain. I tried to make out what they were saying, but they where speaking so quietly , that it was hard to make out. Then, the curtain was thrown back to show...Sid.
"Ah, Amber, you're awake!" He exclaims, walking over to my bedside," How do you feel?"
"Uh, well I'm a little dizzy but other than that, I'm good." I said.
"That's great, now if you don't mind, one of the staff is going to take a better look at you." Then, from behind Sid, a man walks out," Amber, I'd like to introduce you to Dr. Franken Stein."
The man was definitely weird looking, but compared to Sid, he wasn't so bad. He had on a lab coat which made sense since he was a doctor. He was wearing glasses, grey eyes lay behind them, with a small glint hidden within them. The weirdest part about him, however, was his head. Standard grey hair suck to it with... a screw coming from on end and out the other...
"Hello, I'm Dr. Stein."
He holds out his hand. I stare at it for a moment before freeing my hand from the blankets and taking it:
"Hello, , I'm Amber." I say as he shakes it.
"You know, I am very surprised that you didn't sustain more damage to your brain, you hit your head pretty hard. I was going to do a little surgery to make sure that there wasn't any real damage, but Sid reminded me that you haven't officially joined the school. If something were to go wrong, we might have gotten sued. But you do look like you would making a very interesting test subject..."
"Uhhh, Sid, is he always like this?" I look from him to Stein, not wanting to take my eyes off this weirdo.
"If you mean, boaring, then yes. Anyway, I have to go, Stein I trust you got things here?"
"Oh yes, don't you worry about that." Stein answers as Sid began to walk away.
"Great, see you at initiation, Amber!" Then, Sid left, closing the door, locking me in here with this weirdo.
"Good, now that he's gone, I can start to work on your predicament..."
"NO PLEASE SID,COME BACK!" I yell as Stein slowly inches toward me, a creepy smile on his face.
"Just hold still..."
"HELP ME!" I shout, fearing what was coming next.
Then he just places his hand on my head," How do you feel right now, do you have a head-ache?"
"Uh, no, I feel fine..." I stare as he removes his hand.
"Oh, well that's good." He smiles at me and roles over on his chair to a nearby table," I'm kind of surprised that you didn't sustain anymore damage, you hit your head pretty hard from what I can remember."
"Did I?" I try to think back to that moment," All I remember is that I kicked Michael in the crotch, him screaming like a little girl, and then his buddy coming over. That's about it..."
"Hm, you might have sustained some amnesia about how you hit your head, but you seem to be fine to me." He begins to mess with some of the medicines on the table."
"What you doin'?" I ask, trying to look and see.
"I am assembling some medicine for you." He replies," You're probably going to have a head-ache for awhile, but this will lessen the affects."
He roles over to me and hands me the bag; I look inside. It contains three large yellow pills, five small white pills, and one tiny blue tablet.
"What do all of these do?" I look up from the bag.
"Well, the yellow one is only for major head-aches, don't take it unless it's dire, then the white pills help with just regular head-aches, and lastly, the blue tablet is for the day of the initiation, it'll make sure you don't have your head-ache so you can be at your best for the big day."
"Oh, isn't that like cheating or something?"
"Hmph, if you think that, don't take it, it's only there to help you." He answers and stands up from his chair," Now I must go, since it's late, you're free to say here till the morning. Then, you can go and check out the girl's dormitory, get all settle in there."
"Oh, alight, good-night." I wave as he walks to the door and shuts of the light.
"Good-night." He closes the door.
I smile, Dr. Stein isn't as scary as he seems. Maybe he's a little crazy, but not scary. I just shook my head, causing it to ache. I look at the bag of pills. Sighing, not liking to rely on medicine, I take out a white one and place it on my tongue. I then grab the water off my bedside table and take a sip. The pill goes down slowly and I felt it as it went all the way to my stomach. Then a yawn escapes me, I guess I should get to bed. I yawn once more and snuggle into the blankets, falling asleep almost instantly.
When I woke up, I still had a splitting head-ache, but it wasn't as bad as yesterday. I no longer felt dizzy or nauseous, so that was a plus. I look around the room, it looked about the same as yesterday. I sigh and try to get out of bed. My legs were wobbly since I hadn't used them in so long, but I was able to stand. I felt a little dizzy, but I shook it off and walk. I really need to use the restroom to clean up and go pee. I shuffle over to the bathroom, not yet having control over my legs, but I got there nonetheless.
When I was done, I walk out to find Dr. Stein had entered.
"On, good morning, Dr. Stein." I say as I walk back over to my bed, more and more confident about my legs.
"Hello, Amber, good morning." He stares at me," I see you don't have trouble walking, though I would have preferred that you would have done it with supervision first."
"So...sorry," I stammer," I really need to use the restroom."
Stein just sigh and began to write down on a piece of paper, then he tears it off the pad and hands it to me," This is so you can get out of here and get to the dorm, since you seem in pretty good control of your legs, you can finally go."
I take the paper from him," Thank you!"
I slowly stand up and walk toward the door," Thanks for everything Dr. Stein."
"You're welcome, and please, call me Stein." He smiles at me and waves as I walk out.
Finally, I think, I can finally get on with my life!
I walk on, trying to remember the way to the front of the building.
Great, now I'm lost...
I look around, trying to gather my bearings. I don't usually get lost, I have a pretty good sense of direction, but this place is like a maze. I sigh and decide to continue walking, hoping to find something that looks familiar. Then, I see someone walking toward me.
Thank god!
I walk up to the person, and am surprised to see who it was.
"Maka?" I ask.
She turns around and smiles,"Hey there, Amber. What are you doing here?"
"Oh well, I just came from the nurses office and...I got lost." I explain, a little embarrassed.
"Oh no, I hope you're not hurt..." She glances over me, checking for any injuries.
"I'm fine, hey do you think you can lead me to the entrance. I'm sorry to bother you but-"
Maka laughs, cutting me off," Of course I can. You know, I feel kinda bad for what happened last time with Soul and everything, I wanna make up for it."
"You don't have to feel bad, I didn't mind, but thank you anyway." I smile as she begins to lead me through the halls. I make sure that I pay more attention to the way we go so that this doesn't happen again.
"So, when did you get here?" She turns and asks.
"I got here just yesterday." I answer, trying to keep up with her brisk pace.
"Really? And you already got in a fight?" She asks surprised.
I blush and look down," I didn't start it, this guy was a first-class asshole and not only that, but he made fun of not only me but also my cat. No one messes with my kitty..."
Maka laughs, startling me," I understand, trust me. I know some assholes, but we're friends. You know, maybe you should get to know the guy, it might answer you're questions that you have about him."
"I don't know, this guy is kind of unapproachable..." I sigh," I'll try to at least get on better terms with him, but he's still a prick."
"You don't know how much I understand what you're going through, trust me."
I glance at her. She smiles at me and continues to walk on. I smile back and follow her. In no time at all, we are standing at the front of the academy.
"Thank you so much, I tried to pay more attention to what directions we went so that I don't get lost again."
"That's good, so where are you headed now?"
"Oh, well first I need to get my luggage, then I'm headed to the girl's dormitory." I answer.
"Cool, do you know where the dormitory is?" Maka looks at me expectantly.
I was about to answer 'yes' until I remember that I actually didn't. So, instead, I just close my mouth and shake my head no.
Maka laughs," Lucky of you, I used to live there, and the directions are pretty easy to follow."
"I usually don't get lost like that, that was a one time thing!" I defend as Maka gives me a 'yeah right' look.
"Mmmhmm, any way," She giggles as I glare at her,"All you need to do is go all the way down the stairs. Then, you keep going through the market. Then, when you get past the market, take the first right and keep going. You'll bump right into it."
"Alright, those are simple enough, thank you" I say as I begin to walk to where the luggage was being stored.
"I tried to make them easy for you," she says, making me give her another death stare." And if you can't get that guy to at least forgive you, tell me and I'll teach him a lesson."
"Th-thank you." I feel heat creep into my cheeks," That's the nicest thing someone has said to me ever since I got here..."
"Don't mention it, you're my friend, right?" Maka laughs and begins to walk down the stairs until she disappears from my sight.
I continue to stare in the direction she went for another minute. Then I shake my head and begin the trek down to where the luggage was being stored, hopefully it's still there. When I get there, I see Sid sitting at the table like always.
"Hello, Sid." I greet as I walk up to the table.
"Amber!' He grins at me," It's nice to see that you're alright."
"Of course! I'm tough, I can take a hit." I grin back as I pat my skinny arms,
He laughs," Sure, sure, anyway, what can I do for you?"
"I came to collect my luggage, again." I explain.
"Sure, it's in the same room as yesterday," he said, pointing at the room.
"Thanks, I'll make sure to watch where I am going from now on." I grin and begin to walk toward the room.
I walk inside with no incidence. Once inside, I begin to search for my luggage. I find it buried with all the other luggage and grab it. It's only one bag, I don't have many cloths. I turn to leave when I feel something at my feet. I look down and smile as I see Smokey staring up at me.
"Hey bud, you wanna ride to our new place?" I offer my hand to him.
He takes the cue and crawls up my arm, resting on my shoulders. I walk out and wave back at Sid who looks at me, confused about my new add-on. I walk to the front and begin my decent down the stairs. After about ten minutes, I am at the bottom.That wasn't nearly as long as going up the stairs, accept... I look back up the stairs, my heart sinking.
I decide to ignore it and begin to walk down the street, toward the market that Maka had told me about. When I got there, it was like walking into another world. People were trading and setting up shop all along the street. I stopped at local shop and bought Smoke some fish to eat. He took it in his mouth and eats it while I look around.
"Come on Smoke." I begin to walk further down the street.
Smoke flicks his tails, but grabs the fish and follows me. We reach the street that we are supposed to go down.
"You ready to see our new home, bud?" Smoke just begins to walk down the street.
I just shake my head and follow. When I see the building, I can't believe my eyes. The building was beautiful. It looked like a palace, fit for a princess. I gulp as I begin to walk up to the door. A beautiful garden surrounded the dorm. Smoke walked right up to the door and waltzed right in.
"Smoke! Hey!" I follow, a little unsure.
I walk inside to see that girls had gathered around Smoke, and were goggling over him.
"Uh, hello." I say as I walk into the foyer.
A lady looks up at me and smiles," Is this your cat?"
I walk over to him and Smoke climbs up on my shoulders, a little scared from all the attention he was getting," Yes, sorry, I just got here and-"
"Oh, you must need a room." The lady smiled," Sid told me you were coming. Alright follow me and I'll show you to your room"
I walk beside her as she leads me through the halls," I'm Amber by the way."
The lady smiles at me," My name is Michelle, I'm the supervisor for the dorm."
"Thank you for showing me to my room," I say as she stops next to a door.
"Of course, once you get settled, there is food in the kitchen, help yourself." She waves to me then walks away.
That was fast. I shrug and open the door.
The room was simple, it had the essentials: a bed, dresser, and a desk so I have a place to do my work. I walk over to the dresser as Smoke jumps off my shoulder and onto the window sill, checking out the new view. I laugh as he begins to stalk a bird, not being able to actually get it since the window is in the way. I put away my cloths and put a picture of my parents, me, and Smoke onto the dresser.
I'll have to get more decorations in here, it's a little boring at the moment. I think as I look around the room. I sit on the bed, it was very comfortable. I take out the quilt my mother made for me and put it on there.
Sighing, I decide to get something to eat before I go and look around some more. I guess once I get comfortable and once my head stops hurting, that I should begin to prepare for initiation. With that thought in my mind, I open the window for Smoke. Then, I walk out of my room in search of food.
Super long chapter. Sorry it's a little boring. Trust me, from here on out, the story will be action-packed. R&R please :3