The Academy
By: Mira
Elizabeth
Author's
note: This one is probably going to take a while to finish, but I plan on
updating it as often as I can. I am
also working on updating "Spirits of the Past." Also, "Mira's Diary" and
"Time for Understanding" have been updated. Be on the lookout for Warp and Buzz, they will be making
appearances in this fic shortly. Enjoy!
Buzz
Lightyear of Star Command is the property of Disney/Pixar
The young woman looked out of the
window of the transport shuttle and her blue eyes widened as the swirling blue
and white of Capital Planet's atmosphere came into view. As the little transport neared the planet,
she could first make out continents and then cities. The girl smiled to herself.
She had finally made it to Star Command and was eager to take her place
in the academy. It was her ticket to
freedom and she embraced the opportunity to live her own life with sheer
excitement.
The girl glanced around the shuttle
at her fellow trainees. Some of them
looked as excited as she was and some looked incredibly nervous, almost
terrified. She wondered how many of
these faces she would see at graduation.
She was certain all of them had the same lofty goal she did and that was
to be the best the Academy had ever seen.
She clutched her flight bag closer
to her as the shuttle prepared to land on the Academy's launch deck and her
heart sped up a few beats with anticipation.
The shuttle docked with a slight jolt and all of the trainees remained
rooted to their seats, waiting to be given instructions. The doors opened and a tall, pale blue
humanoid alien in a Space Ranger uniform stepped onto the shuttle. He was holding a clipboard and glaring at
the newcomers.
"All right people, listen
up!" The alien yelled. "I am Ranger Braymen. I'll be one of your many instructors here at
Star Command Academy. When I call your name, stand up and disembark from the
shuttle. I want you to form a single
file line outside on the ramp and to wait for me to take you down to the
auditorium."
The alien began to read off the
names and each trainee called did as he or she had been instructed. The girl watched the assortment of aliens
and humans that was her academy class as they filed past her seat.
"Mira Nova!" The ranger called out and the girl
stood. She walked down the aisle and
past the blue alien, who nodded at her while making a mark by her name. Still clutching her flight bag, the young
woman took her place in the line and like the other trainees, waited patiently
to go to the auditorium.
Ranger Braymen finished his task of
lining up the new Academy class and led the group through the Academy grounds
to the auditorium. Mira looked around
at her surroundings, her senses drinking in every part of her new home. It was neat and orderly. Every building so far looked basically the
same and the landscaping was immaculately kept. Not a single leaf or blade of grass was out of place.
The Academy's main building loomed
before them and Mira looked up in awe at the structure as she climbed the wide
marble stairs up to the doorway.
Following the rest of her class into the building, a little shiver ran
down her spine. She was stepping
through the same doorway that some of Star Command's best and brightest had
gone through. Every trainee that had
come through the Academy, each as young and eager as she was, had followed the
same route from the shuttle to the main building. Each had passed through entrance and into a whole new way of
life, a grand new adventure. An
adventure that Mira herself was about ready to begin.
Commander Nebula rested his hands on
the podium in front of him and stared down at the newest Academy class from the
auditorium's stage. So many new faces
and each one differed not only in color, but also in facial features and where
they were placed. But there was one
thing that they all had in common: the same wide-eyed, eager-to-please look
that all recruits have the first day.
"Welcome to the Star Command
Academy. You are here because you are
the highest scorers on the Academy Entrance exam and if you thought that test
was tough, just wait." He paused
for a moment. "I'm Commander
Nebula. I am the highest-ranking
officer in Star Command and the guy that everyone reports to. After today, the next time you'll probably
see me is at the graduation ceremonies, providing you make it to
graduation. But I leave you in the very
capable hands of the some the best instructors that this academy has ever
had."
The Commander smiled to
himself. The instructors were required
to send him reports every week and vids of the training sessions. The new trainees wouldn't be seeing him, but
he would definitely be seeing them and keeping tabs on their progress.
"And now let me introduce you
to the head instructor of the academy, Captain Rick Lunar."
The trainees shifted their gazes
from the Commander to the human that was coming out on to the stage. Mira gulped a little as the dark-haired
human first saluted to the Commander before taking his place in front of the
podium. The man's face was hard, cold,
and completely devoid of any emotion and he regarded his newest Academy class
with an icy stare.
"I am Captain Lunar, head
instructor for this academy and I will be controlling every aspect of your
lives until the day you graduate. You
will not eat, sleep, or even breathe without my permission. If you can't handle this, then I suggest you
hop the next shuttle out of here and go home to your mommies and daddies,
because this will be no picnic. I
expect nothing but the best from all of you and in the twelve years I have been
running this academy, I have seen nothing but the best cross this stage at the
time of graduation."
He paused for a moment to let his
words sink in and watched as a few of the trainees' expressions of nervousness
turned into to sheer terror.
"Now, several of the
instructors are here to take you to the dormitories." He said, motioning to the group of humans
and aliens that made up some of the teaching staff. "Ranger Braymen, whom you've already met, will be calling
each of your names and assigning you to an instructor. I wish each of you luck here at the
academy."
Ranger Braymen stood in front of the
stage and began to call out names. Each
trainee went over to the instructor they had been assigned to. Mira stood in line with her group, noticing
that all of trainees with her were female and that the instructor she had been
assigned to was female as well.
"Okay, there are fifteen of
you. So it looks like I've got
everyone." The instructor said,
smiling at them. She was golden colored
alien with a mass of reddish feathers covering the top and sides of her
head. "I am Ranger Yanari and you
will not only be seeing me in the front of a classroom, but for advisement as
well. It is my job to make sure that
you graduate, so if you have any problems or concerns, don't hesitate to come
and talk to me."
The ranger glanced over at some of
the other groups.
"Now you may have noticed that
we've separated men and women. It's for
dormitory purposes and advisement only.
You'll see the boys in classes and everywhere else, ladies, so don't
worry" Yanari grinned. "Now,
why don't we go down the line and each of you tell your name, how old you are,
and where you're from. I want you to
get to know each other cause for the next several months you'll be living on
the same dorm floor and seeing each other in classes. And it'll help me learn your names. So lets start here..." She pointed to the pink haired alien
girl at the front of the line.
Mira listened to each girl, amazed
at how diverse her group was and how many of them had come from all over the
galaxy to be there. Then it was her
turn to speak.
"My name is Mira Nova. I'm nineteen and I'm from the planet
Tangea."
"Tangean, huh?" The instructor said, regarding the
blue-skinned girl with a slight touch of awe.
" We've never had a Tangean here before. Didn't your planet just recently join the Galactic
Alliance?"
"Yes, ma'am."
The instructor smiled and motioned
for the next girl to introduce herself.
