Where did I last leave off? Oh yeah...
To be honest... and obvious... I was very quiet the whole walk... it was a sad silence... not just me being quiet as usual.
I found little comfort, even from my friends... or... friend... I wasn't sure about this shy, talkative, and eccentric electric dragon just yet. He seemed nice, of course... but I wasn't one to entrust people as easily as the next guy.
Now of course me and Seere never made eye contact the whole walk... it wasn't that we truthfully hated each other... I hope... but it was more like an awkward thing for the both of us. And whenever I tried to, he'd turn his head toward me with a bleak expression, and a lowly raised brow... this discouraged me very much... and I think he knew that... which is why he'd try to correct himself whenever he looked at me like that.
And now... back to the distress of losing my favorite mentor.
And as I said previously, this made me a wreck on the inside... I couldn't believe it... I knew he was being replaced, but I felt like he was leaving willingly. I tried to denounce this quickly, but it just kept coming up. When I looked up ahead, I could see his room coming up very quickly, even if we were moving so slowly.
What else could make it worse... was the fact of the person I sat next to in class... I knew Ember would just try to make it all one big miserable period for me. I despised her... but what could I do? I can't attack her... it just proves to EVERYONE that I'm not to be trusted all the more.
I looked to my older friend as we walked in through the door... mostly because we both stopped at the sight of the classroom's condition...
Seere craned his head back and forth at the disorderliness of just about everyone but a few of the others near the back of the room. People were chatting so loudly, others were just screwing off, some were even sleeping.
I could not help but roll my eyes at the mob before me...
I also unwillingly hasted after my friend when he walked in toward his seat... at first I thought he was just going to turn around when he stared down at a sleeping Fire dragon... who'd stolen the desk for his own nap. I cringed when Seere wrapped his tail around the leg's of the table and tipped it, sending the dragon with a waking yelp to the ground... and with a few complaints as he landed smack into a group of other people.
But Seere just dismissed them and sat down. He also looked down the aisle toward his usual desk partner... who was a stocky earth dragon... and he was currently speaking lively to a group of others. I knew Seere didn't like him in the first place... which is why it made sense to me when the male turned to me and then gestured his claws to the spot next to him.
I couldn't resist...
Of all the chances of getting away from sitting beside HER for a day... it was now... and I seldom disagreed with Seere anyway. Though... I may have sounded a bit selfish when I sat next to him...
"Thank you.", … yes... I said that with a grateful, but also low feeling... it sounded so selfish. But he merely raised his eyes for a moment and shrugged one of his shoulders.
"Don't mention it... I suppose.", he put calmly.
It then struck my mind... and I looked behind me with little surprise...
I mean it was good that I found Gnat I suppose... but the expectant was... he was reading quietly. Though I kind of prefer that over the lively and obnoxious people around me.
But now the problem at hand was... where was the new teacher? I hated that question of course, but really... I would enjoy the silence. And to tell you the truth, I didn't really expect what we received...
This whole time I anticipated another broad, and cruel tutor for another class as usual... but... no. instead... when he walked through the door... I got a different impression... even my friend couldn't help but raise a very high brow.
Most of the classroom silenced when he walked in as well... followed by Volteer, who had an eager smile on his face. We could tell they'd been chatting... like most electric dragons do. And don't get me wrong when I say this new teacher was a sight to see... heh.
Volteer walked in beside a shorter, but still large compared to people my age... but bipedal male dragon. He had a strange brow yellow scaling, while his wing tips ended with an olive green color. We found it strange that he wore a long belt over his left wing, they were filled with satchels and vials of strangely colored liquids of all sort... I kind of eyed them due to their vibrant hues.
He was also a bit ridiculous looking, he wasn't too old... maybe older than Volteer. It was a bit amusing that he had a long goatee at the end of his chine, it was a weird white and light brown in color. His forearms kind of hung from his body, though they were useful to him still, he raised them to make very intricate gestures to Volteer whenever he would make a joke... we could barely here them, they were actually kind of quiet, but they laughed... we could Hear that.
Oh but you should have seen the angered look on his face when someone snickered too loudly at the goatee... and damn did it shut the humor right up.
I kind of like his horn set, it was a bit weird when you were so used to them being curved or curled... when he had them straight and tipped upward... I found it also added to the amusing look of him.
He and Volteer exchanged a few more words shortly after I'd finished my summary of him, and then he turned to us and approached the podium in front of the class, making us all cringe at a very loud, and very ear raking grinding of metal against the stone floor...
He pulled a ballaster, attached to the very end of his tail, it was very heavy from the look's of it... and it also contain three metal poled that had been lowered to stand only a few feet off the device... they could be extended from what I could tell.
We didn't know why until someone peeped up.
"What's that thing for?", it was such a poorly worded question.
The dragon turned to us and smiled strangely, "This... thing... is to keep me weighed down so I do not fall forward when I walk.", it was weird... he sounded almost like Volteer, just a bit deeper and a bit more goofy accent. And before any more questions were asked, he spread his wings to silence us... it caught everyone's eyes that they were a bit torn and decorated with many strange, and not so much as crudely, but more menacing, and occult markings.
"Good evening, students...", he put quickly, "I am Archerine Meago... and your new science instructor."
Volteer spoke up then, "He specializes in alchemy, and metal working, as well as basic science and such.", he added.
"Thank you, Volteer.", he put quickly afterward, he did not say it like the guardians when Volteer annoyed them, he was rather friendly about it, he cleared his throat, "As stated beforehand, yes, I was selected for the position, as I qualified in greater fields of science- no fear, Volteer will be reimbursed as a new Linguistics class by the end of the week, those who wish to still partake in his class, are fully welcome to sign up in main office.", he smiled lightly to all of us.
This perked me up quickly, I didn't consider Volteer would still be available for another position even if he had lost his science tutelage. I silenced my thought when he continued.
"By tomorrow, I do not care where you seat yourselves, does not concern me... but if you do so much as disturb my class on a daily basis... I will apply punishment.", he put this sternly, which made me think. He went on...
"I've divided the remainder of the year into several classes, I pray you follow along with me...", he cleared his throat again and looked to the board, his wing belt jingled as the potions lined up and down knocked into one another from the movement, "We'll majorly be doing many parts in basic Alchemy... no natural science here... save for electricity.", he chuckled, "Metalwork will be included during the year as-", his voice kind of faded in my mind when I overheard Ember and her friends talking from all around us... I was sitting beside Seere... but her an her friends took seats on each side of our table...
I couldn't help but cover my mouth and laugh on the inside with what some random... or... not so much as random, it was the same dragon Seere had dealt with not ten minutes ago...
I was proning the room when I noticed him resting his head back... and when it tilted far back limply... I knew he'd... fallen asleep... I just watched him for a moment, when I realized Archerine was still speaking...
"-If you are reluctant I may get around to basic potionry maybe mid-year in consulation to- That is NOT how you behave in class!", he had gotten so strict it made me jump when he raised a fore-claw.
An arch of lightning shot into the air, and down, raking against the desk with a few loud snapping and burning noises, causing many people to scream for the hell of it... this woke him right up.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!", he repeated over and over again, nearly falling backward in his seat. I liked how he permitted everyone to laugh at this, he even chuckled as well.
I looked up at Seere, which wasn't something I did often... I was smiling a bit from the amusement. And when he looked at me, he raised a brow, and smiled very faintly in return.
"Enjoying yourself?", he asked, his expression drooping to a plain look. Even if that wasn't very a generally friendly question... I couldn't help but look down and nod a bit.
"Yes, Seere, yes I am.", it didn't occur to me til now that... we did not talk much.
Though my smile fell when I was poked lightly on the shoulder, I wheeled around expecting to see HER looking at me with a victorious smile, but it instead was
Gnat, trying to keep me smiling.
"I like him.", I'm sure he felt a little bad when all I did was stare at him awkwardly for a moment... his frown and his return to reading made me feel a bit bad about myself...
I hate to make the moment feel out of place, but everyone else seemed happy... well... almost everyone, I don't think Seere has ever laughed in a few years from the looks of it. He was just so difficult...
"Class Dismissed!", Archerine and Volteer said somehow at the same time, which was strange, they even exchanged glances. They seemed to be the only ones excluding me, Seere, Gnat, and maybe one other dragon who were to slow to get out the room in the first ten seconds.
And I must say it was a bit awkward when we actually stood...
I was near out the door when a ragged wing blocked my path. When I looked up I actually smiled a bit at the sight of my mentor, Volteer.
"I am sorry youngling, I will no longer be your tutor.", he said with a bit of a frown, it was meant to eb a quick exchange of words, he walked out after that before I could say anything.. but to be honest I didn't mind that.
And then I looked up at the eyes of an odd looking teacher, who crossed his fore arms and gestured out the door, "Well... be gone.", he put simply.
Seere looked down at me, catching my eye, and even he gestured with his head to get moving. And as I walked out...
"Young Cynder, things won't be as bad as they seem forever.", I looked back down the hall to Archerine, he had his left paw raised and waved me off... I couldn't believe he said that...
I REALLY couldn't believe someone else said that to me...
Ah but just before we rounded the corner, I stopped, and looked back to see Gnat scamper out after us... its a strange thing to say, but I was kind of getting used to him already.
Well... been a while hasn't it. Sorry if this chapter seems a little dull, I didn't bother reading back on it just yet to make sure it was good or not... so it's all you guys for the vote, okay? Lol.
Um, Much credit to Serenity(aka: Swissigar) for the story idea, and just go on with it from here then...