Chapter twelve (Fear)

Oslo woke up with a start, a nightmare with a scary monster in it had woken him. He looked around to find himself in unfamiliar surroundings, scared, confused and upset Oslo began to cry.

Richard was in another room filling out some paperwork when he heard Oslo's crying. "Oslo!?" Richard said loudly as he rushed down the hall to Oslo's room. "Oslo! What's the matter? What's happened?" Richard asked franticly as he walked into Oslo's room. "Oslo are you okay? What happened?" Richard asked as he sat down next to Oslo and gave him a hug. "Monster." Oslo stated simply, he then buried his head in Richards robe. "It's okay Oslo it was just a nightmare, you're awake now everything is fine and there are no monsters." Richard replied comforting Oslo.

"No Monster?" Oslo asked looking up at Richard.

"No monster." Richard confirmed. Oslo looked at him trying to decide whether or not he should believe Richard. "You slept for three hours, it's six o'clock time for dinner." Richard said looking at down at Oslo, Oslo had a funny look cross his face before speaking. "Can I take cat?" he asked hopefully.

"Of course you can Oslo… are you ready?" Richard asked Oslo after he had grabbed his cat plushie.

"Yup!" Oslo exclaimed happily.

"Okay then let's go." Richard responded as he picked Oslo up.

Richard walked through the door of his and Oslo's dormitory into the grounds which were becoming dark as dusk arrived, Oslo looked back at the dormitory and saw that it looked like a small cottage. Oslo yawned before settling himself down in Richard's arms and hugging his cat plushie as Richard walked to the dinning hall.

They approached the dinning hall's doorway where the doors were open wide to allow many people to pass through them and into the hall, they were large wooden doors that were carved impressively with varnish to finish them off. Oslo looked around the large hall unable to count all the students, he turned his head this way and that an awed expression on his face. Richard saw a table next to a wall that still had some space left around it he walked over to it and placed Oslo down on a chair, the boys already sitting at the table gave Oslo dirty looks. Once Richard had left and was out of earshot a boy named Bruce began to taunt Oslo, the other boys followed his example. "Well well well if it isn't the baby from History class, did you have a good nappy poo?" Oslo looked at him puzzled as the other boys laughed, they then began to call him baby and Oslo began to cry silently. "Ohh does the poor widdle baby need his diaper changed?" Bruce said again taunting while the other boys roared with laughter, Oslo carefully slipped off his chair onto his knees and began to awkward crawl over to where Richard and the other teachers were eating. "Rick?" Oslo said very quietly while pulling on Richards robe, Richard looked down surprised at seeing Oslo there. "Rick we leave now?" Oslo asked as the other teachers stared at him curiously while some even exchanged comments with each other. "Leave? we just got here, you can't have possibly eaten yet Oslo." Richard answered still a little surprised and also a little puzzled. "We leave now? Please?" Oslo repeated adding please to the end of his request.

"Well even if you're not hungry Oslo I am, so I'm sorry but you'll have to wait." Richard responded firmly but not unkindly, Oslo looked at him an upset look on his face.

"Please?" Oslo asked in a squeaky voice.

"No Oslo, why don't you go back to your seat?" Richard responded, after Richards response Oslo's eyes went wide and he shook his head. "Well you can't sit there." Richard said before picking Oslo up, Oslo struggled for a little while before giving up and letting Richard carry him back to the table he had been before. Richard placed Oslo down on a chair and patted his head as Oslo gave him one last pleading look before he walked back to his own table. Bruce and the other boys exchanged amused looks as they waited for Richard to move out of ear shot. "Well what do you know the baby has returned, thought you could get away from us that easy did you?" Bruce said to Oslo who was looking around the table nervously, Oslo stayed silent and hugged his cat plushie as the other boys began to snigger. "All right you baby listen up and listen real good cause I'm only going to say this once, I don't like you so you better do as I say or else. Got it?" Bruce told Oslo threateningly, Oslo nodded before looking down at the ground he was too intimidated by the boy and his gang to speak or even to look at him. "Good." Bruce stated as he decided that Oslo was sufficiently intimidated. Oslo's stomach growled but he daren't look up or even try to take any of the food that was on the table, he just continued to look at the ground while hugging his cat plushie.


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