Chapter 20: To The Rescue

I walked down the crowded hallway of the school with Dolly and Dylan. Today was going pretty well in terms of schoolwork. I don't get weird looks from other students anymore.

I guess they've just gotten accustomed to my presence being the only human in an all anthro school.

Something strange I've noticed today was everyone talking about auditions. I just didn't know what for though. Everyone seemed to be reading these small pamplets.

"What's up with everybody today?", Dolly asked.

"Yeah.", I said. "Everyone keeps talking about auditions, but for what though?"

"Oh you two didn't hear?", Dylan questioned me and Dolly giving him our attention. "There's gonna be auditions for a talent show in a week."

A talent show huh? It didn't seem so bad until I saw Dolly giving me that "I have an idea" face. "Aaron you should totally sign up!", Dolly suggested.

"Nope! I can't even give a class representation without getting stage fright. I'll pass out on stage infront of everyone.", I argued. This was indeed the truth I'm not quite that fond of speaking infront of an audience of people. "Besides if I were to sign up, What would I do anyway?"

"Aaron you can sing.", Dolly answered.

I shook my head in cringe, "Oh no! I am not singing infront of people."

"Dolly's right, by what we've heard from you you're chances of winning are pretty high.", Dylan added. I know these two are trying to boost my confidence, but something inside me won't let me agree to do this.

Dolly put a hand on my shoulder giving me a comforting smile. "Dude we'll be there by you're side supporting you all way you don't have to be afraid.", She said. "But if you really don't wanna do it, we won't pressure you about it."

Dolly is right about this. It's not like people I know won't be there to support me all the way. "You know what?, I'll do it. Sign me up!", I spoke with determination.

"Whoa! You sure?", Dolly asked noticing my sudden change of heart.

"Yeah, I can't let my emotions get the best of me.", I said. "So let's do this!"

Dylan decided to show us where the sign up booth is. While we made our way there I couldn't help, but wonder how Anna is doing on her first day of school. Hopefully it's going well.

-Addison Elementary-

Anna sat in the freshly cut grass underneath a tree. She watched all the other children playing all sorts of games with each other and socializing. As far as she could tell there weren't any other human students besides her.

Aaron tried to warn her that she may be the only human attending this school, but she still had hope she wouldn't be the only one. Unfortunately she was the only one.

Her teachers were kind and understanding in nature so that was only thing she liked so far. She spotted a swing nearby that brought up her energy just a bit. She loved being on swings.

Getting to her feet she dusted off any dirt and grass from her pink dress and walked over to the swing set. Suddenly she felt something or someone forcefully push her to the ground from behind.

She turned onto her back to see what caused her to fall. Standing above her was a young male pitbull. He wore a collar with spikes, a black t-shirt with a skull in the center, ripped jeans, and dirty tennis shoes.

"What is a sly skimpy little human like you doing in my school?", He asked Anna in a voice that made chills run up her spine.

"I-um...Well I-", She couldn't get a single word out due to how intimidated she was by this kid. Anna just couldn't understand what she did to warrant this kind of treatment from someone she didn't even know.

She began to notice other students watching the scene intently. Why wouldn't anyone do anything? Where were the teachers that watched over the kids during recess?

"I'm not gonna ask you again you little bitch!", He barked in anger grabbing her by the collar of her dress. "What are doing here you little monkey?!!!"

"Hey Man! Leave her alone Jason!", A voice yelled. Everyone turned to see a young male dalmatian standing there with his arms crossed.

He was about five feet tall, white fur with black spots, Both his ears were black with a single white spot near the tip that had a resemblance to speakers, he also had two black spots on his forehead. He wore a black hoodie with a crimson t-shirt underneath, black and red beat headphones around his neck, light blue jeans, and red and black tennis shoes with white shoelaces.

"What is she your girlfriend or something?", Jason teased.

"I'm not gonna tell you again, Let. Her. Go!", the dalmatian demanded. "Or do you wanna get your ass walloped by me again?" The dalmatian gave a sly grin after the last sentence.

The infuriated pitbull let Anna go pushing her onto the ground. Jason got face to face with the dalmatian who didn't seem intimidated by his approach in the slightest. "You wanna repeat that you mutt? You wanna fight?", Jason asked.

"Pfft! Fighting me is like asking for a trip to the hospital.", The dalmatian joked which made Jason snort in anger. Jason reeled back his fist, the dalmatian casually moved out of the way.

The dalmatian countered with a kick to the side of Jason's face. Everyone watching the fight started cheering out of the blue. Anna couldn't believe what she was seeing. This kid was unfazed by Jason's aggressive nature.

Jason roared throwing punch after punch at the his opponent. His attacks were too predictable and slow that they were easy enough to dodge.

"How many times do I have to tell ya dude, Just throwing punches don't worry me.", The dalmatian said before taking his right foot and thrusting it into Jason's stomach.

This sent Jason back a foot or two. Jason on the inside didn't want to give up. He wanted to beat this dalmatian to a bloody pulp, but his body told him to give up before he ends up in the ER.

Jason clutched his stomach and got to his knees. He gagged a brown chunky liquid shot from his muzzle landing onto the dirt below. The pitbull's energy was no longer there and he couldn't find the strength to get back up.

In a matter of seconds Jason feel face first in his own pool of vomit and bile. Cheers erupted from all the other students who had just witnessed what had just unfolded.

Anna was frankly surprised after watching someone with such good fighting skills. The dalmatian walked over to Anna and held out a hand to her. She could see the kindness in security in his eyes. She was starting to wonder if he was possibly related to Dolly in any way.

She gratefully took his hand into her own and got to her feet dusting her dress off. "Thank you.", Anna shyly muttered. "Um...Who are you?"

"DJ."

"That was amazing. Where did you learn to do that?, She asked.

"I didn't learn it anywhere. I just hate it when that jerk picks on innocent people.", DJ spat in disgust. He then glared back at Anna inspecting her closely. "You look familiar, Do I know you?"

"Well no, but maybe you know my brother. His name's Aaron.", Anna brought up.

DJ's tails begun wagging behind him upon the mentioning of Aaron. "You're Aaron's sister? I didn't know he had a sister. That's cool now that I know.", He rambled. "Are you free after school?"

"Uh...No?", Anna answered trying to hide a blush.

"Great it's a date. We can just chill in the attic of my house and hang. I'll see ya until then. Peace!", He said putting up the peace sign. He put his handphones on over his eyes and left the school grounds.

There was a lot of stuff she didn't get to ask him. Like, Why did Jason try to attack her? or Does he attend this school?

Guess she'd have to find out on their "Date". She then looked back at Jason's un