Hi, if you're reading this then you stuck with it and I'm really happy. Umm, you'll have to forgive me if this shows up really wierd, I'm still working on making the paragraphs indent correct and everything.
"Mmmm, Kade, did anybody ever tell you you're really sexy when you smile?" Kado smiled and ran his fingers through his hair, trying to look cool. Lynn Nakamura, the girl of his dreams had just been talking to him. Even though they were in the middle of Chemistry class, they were both for some reason dressed for the beach, and Lynn was holding a beach ball. Oh well, she looked good in a swimsuit, Kado couldn't complain. She had even called him Kade, only his friends called him Kade.
"You think I'm sexy?" he asked in a suave voice. Though they were speaking English, neither of them had an accent.
She giggled. "You couldn't charm a dragon."
Kado was confused. "What?"
"No, you'd definately have to fight it, but you could win."
"Uhh, thanks."
"Just as long as you remember which part you're fighting."
Okay, the beach clothes in the middle of Chem class, Lynne Nakamura, who usually snubbed him, actually coming onto him, none of this struck him as odd, but this conversation was definately wierd.
"What are you talking about?"
She laughed out loud, "Catch." And she threw him the beach ball, except when he caught it it was not longer a bech ball. but rather a glowing red orb. When he looked closer at it, he saw that within the orb was a...chicken? He shook his head, and then realized that it was not a chicken, some other sort of bird, red, with a long neck and long tail feathers. Kado didn't recognize the species. The bird opened its beak in a silent cry, and then broke free from the orb that held it with a great burst of red light and flew upwards towards the ceiling.
Except it was no longer a lecture hall ceiling, it had been transformed into the night sky. At least a peice of it, and in it were fourteen constellations, seven outlined in red, seven outlined in blue. One of the red ones shown brighter than the rest.
From above the bird stopped and peered down at him. Everything else had disappeared but the bird and the constellations. It opened its beak as if it might speak and explain this all to Kado. But the only voice that came out, with the dull monotone of Proffessor Delani.
"And so you see class, because of the supple strength of the Hydrogen in it's bond to Oxygen we have this thing called water. And it is because of the bizzare properties this H2O, this Dihydrogen Oxide, this...water that life can exsist on our planet. But that, is a lecture for another day."
Slowly the image of the bird began to fade away like a broken reflection on so much Dihydrogen Oxide, and when it was gone Kado opened his eyes to find himself still sitting in Chemistry class, Proffesor Delani was telling the class what would be that nights homework. Lynne was sitting two chairs down, not paying any attention to him, and certainly not in a swimsuit. It had all been a dream, but a strange one at that. It was only the beginning.
* * *
Kado's best friend Austin caught up with him just before lunch. "Hey man, saw you snorin' in Delani's class. Late night last night?" Austin was an American, born and raised in Seattle, the son of a fisherman and a basketweaver. He was a real genious in math and science, though no one would guess it by his punkish style, and he was enjoying a full scholorship to Cal Tech. He had Kado had met two years ago freshman year when Austin had decided to try out some of his highschool Japanese classes on him. Kado, who at the time was struggling with English, was amused to hear an American struggling speaking something that was so natural to him.
He briefly though of his mother's phone call. "Sorta. Mostly just figured I wouldn't be missing much."
Austin shook his head. "Nothin' really. I wrote down most of it, if you want to borrow my notes." Austin reached into his pants poket and handed him a peice of paper with a few scribbled formulas on it. "Uh, thanks."
"No prob."
"You want to go grab a bite to eat before class?" Kado offered.
"Nah, can't. I gotta go talk to the cheerleading coach. I think I almost got him on the sexism issue." Kado laughed, it was Austin's grand scheme to join the cheerleading squad, because he'd rather throw and catch girls than a ball any day. Kado couldn't argue with his logic, only problem was the cheerleading coach didn't want a guy. But Austin was fighting it. "Sorry. Maybe we can get something after class."
"Yeah sure. I have to run back to my apartment for a bit anyway. See you later."
They went their separate ways. Kado went to his bike and road the mile and a half to his apartment. He went in, expecting to see a semi messy college boys apartment. What met his eyes was a wreck, papers strewn everywhere. Drawers opened, some pulled out entirely. It looked like the FBI had ransacked his place. And the crowning of it all, was sitting on his bed. A raven haired girl, crosslegged, calmly reading one of his notebooks. "Welcome home, Kado," she said without taking her eyes from the notebook.
"Mmmm, Kade, did anybody ever tell you you're really sexy when you smile?" Kado smiled and ran his fingers through his hair, trying to look cool. Lynn Nakamura, the girl of his dreams had just been talking to him. Even though they were in the middle of Chemistry class, they were both for some reason dressed for the beach, and Lynn was holding a beach ball. Oh well, she looked good in a swimsuit, Kado couldn't complain. She had even called him Kade, only his friends called him Kade.
"You think I'm sexy?" he asked in a suave voice. Though they were speaking English, neither of them had an accent.
She giggled. "You couldn't charm a dragon."
Kado was confused. "What?"
"No, you'd definately have to fight it, but you could win."
"Uhh, thanks."
"Just as long as you remember which part you're fighting."
Okay, the beach clothes in the middle of Chem class, Lynne Nakamura, who usually snubbed him, actually coming onto him, none of this struck him as odd, but this conversation was definately wierd.
"What are you talking about?"
She laughed out loud, "Catch." And she threw him the beach ball, except when he caught it it was not longer a bech ball. but rather a glowing red orb. When he looked closer at it, he saw that within the orb was a...chicken? He shook his head, and then realized that it was not a chicken, some other sort of bird, red, with a long neck and long tail feathers. Kado didn't recognize the species. The bird opened its beak in a silent cry, and then broke free from the orb that held it with a great burst of red light and flew upwards towards the ceiling.
Except it was no longer a lecture hall ceiling, it had been transformed into the night sky. At least a peice of it, and in it were fourteen constellations, seven outlined in red, seven outlined in blue. One of the red ones shown brighter than the rest.
From above the bird stopped and peered down at him. Everything else had disappeared but the bird and the constellations. It opened its beak as if it might speak and explain this all to Kado. But the only voice that came out, with the dull monotone of Proffessor Delani.
"And so you see class, because of the supple strength of the Hydrogen in it's bond to Oxygen we have this thing called water. And it is because of the bizzare properties this H2O, this Dihydrogen Oxide, this...water that life can exsist on our planet. But that, is a lecture for another day."
Slowly the image of the bird began to fade away like a broken reflection on so much Dihydrogen Oxide, and when it was gone Kado opened his eyes to find himself still sitting in Chemistry class, Proffesor Delani was telling the class what would be that nights homework. Lynne was sitting two chairs down, not paying any attention to him, and certainly not in a swimsuit. It had all been a dream, but a strange one at that. It was only the beginning.
* * *
Kado's best friend Austin caught up with him just before lunch. "Hey man, saw you snorin' in Delani's class. Late night last night?" Austin was an American, born and raised in Seattle, the son of a fisherman and a basketweaver. He was a real genious in math and science, though no one would guess it by his punkish style, and he was enjoying a full scholorship to Cal Tech. He had Kado had met two years ago freshman year when Austin had decided to try out some of his highschool Japanese classes on him. Kado, who at the time was struggling with English, was amused to hear an American struggling speaking something that was so natural to him.
He briefly though of his mother's phone call. "Sorta. Mostly just figured I wouldn't be missing much."
Austin shook his head. "Nothin' really. I wrote down most of it, if you want to borrow my notes." Austin reached into his pants poket and handed him a peice of paper with a few scribbled formulas on it. "Uh, thanks."
"No prob."
"You want to go grab a bite to eat before class?" Kado offered.
"Nah, can't. I gotta go talk to the cheerleading coach. I think I almost got him on the sexism issue." Kado laughed, it was Austin's grand scheme to join the cheerleading squad, because he'd rather throw and catch girls than a ball any day. Kado couldn't argue with his logic, only problem was the cheerleading coach didn't want a guy. But Austin was fighting it. "Sorry. Maybe we can get something after class."
"Yeah sure. I have to run back to my apartment for a bit anyway. See you later."
They went their separate ways. Kado went to his bike and road the mile and a half to his apartment. He went in, expecting to see a semi messy college boys apartment. What met his eyes was a wreck, papers strewn everywhere. Drawers opened, some pulled out entirely. It looked like the FBI had ransacked his place. And the crowning of it all, was sitting on his bed. A raven haired girl, crosslegged, calmly reading one of his notebooks. "Welcome home, Kado," she said without taking her eyes from the notebook.