Chapter 3 is here! This one's a little more interesting than last chapter. Just wait for chapter 4! evil grin Please review, and I don't own anything Metroid. So don't ask.
Prejudice
"Samus?" The teacher beckoned, "Samus!"
"Oh," Samus said, breaking from her daydream, "Sorry teacher."
"You've got to learn to stay focused, miss Aran. If you ever wish to compete on the superior level of your peers, you'll have to keep on track." The sting of the teacher's comment hurt. Most cycles, Samus' teachers accepted her as she was, but Teacher Yurh was unwilling to treat Samus the same as he treated her chozo peers.
Teacher Yurh went on, continuing to lecture about how important nature is and that we respect it. Many times Samus thought that Teacher Yurh should have left on the ship to Tallon IV with the other tree-hugger chozo.
Almost fifteen cycles ago, there was a sort of peaceful revolution within the Chozo Empire. About one fourth of the chozo living on Zebes thought that they were poisoning Zebes' natural beauty through their technology. While the chozo are much more environmentally savvy than most other sentient species inhabiting the galaxy, this small sect seemed to think that the chozo's efforts to preserve the planet were not enough. This group decided to leave behind Zebes and head to a newly discovered planet, called Tallon IV.
The chozo on Zebes had since lost contact with the chozo on Tallon IV out of a lack of interest. Each knew that the other existed, but neither really cared enough to keep in touch. So, the chozo each went their separate ways, carrying out their lives as they wanted to.
Teacher Yurh brought his metal staff down on Samus' desk, startling her back to reality again. "Samus!" He said, his voice dripping with malice, "You will now spend the rest of the day learning your lessons from the floor!"
Samus sighed and slid her books to the floor, then dropping herself off of her chair.
"Perhaps you will learn," Teacher Yurh snarled, "how you are to act as a student."
Samus frowned, trying her best not to show that she was seething inside. She did not want to give him any pleasure in knowing that he affected her. She did her best to pay attention, but she could not let go of her fury.
She noticed a chozo girl in the second row doodling on her sketchpad. She saw Teacher Yurh look down at the pad, then look up and continue teaching. That was all it took to break Samus. She could take it no longer. She stood up, picked up her books, and stormed out of the classroom.
As she stalked out, Teacher Yurh remarked to the class, grinning, "Look at that. The human can't control her feelings."
"She left? Just like that, she walked out?" Toré frowned at the video phone. Master Shek nodded. Master Shek ran the school and made sure that everything went smoothly. He was informed by Teacher Yurh immediately when Samus walked out.
"Do you have any idea where she went?" Toré asked, worried about his daughter.
"Not really. Teacher Yurh said that she just walked out. I thought she might be there with you." Master Shek explained.
"No, she's not. I have to find her… Well, thank you." Toré muttered, trying to think of where Samus might be.
"When you do find her, tell me."
"I will." Toré pressed the button to sever the line, and immediately went for his coat. He had to find his daughter.
Samus fired the laser pistol again, and destroyed another target. The machine slowed to a stop, and the targets stopped moving. Samus sighed, and read the readout. "46 of 50 targets hit – 53 shots fired – 90 accuracy"
Samus dug in her pocket for another coin, but realized that she had no money left, so she hung the pistol back in its slot on the wall. She unlatched the gate and exited the room. She walked along the rows of shooting rooms, noticing their emptiness. They wouldn't be this empty once school left out.
The one thing that established Samus from her peers was her amazing marksmanship. She could hit a target over one-hundred units away with a single shot: a feat that her peers could only accomplish once in a long while.
She wandered off to the one place that she knew for sure that she'd be left alone: The Cliffs of Chozodia. The Cliffs of Chozodia were desolate and visited very rarely by the chozo as they marked the end of the chozo's control and the wild regions beyond. Outside of the borders of Chozodia, safety from the native creatures of Zebes could not be ensured. The danger of the place, as well as its loneliness often enticed Samus: It was the one place that she could truly be alone with her thoughts.
Samus had been to The Cliffs of Chozodia many times before, but this time, she would find something that she never expected.