Oakworm gripped the silk bridge tighter. His bag shifted on his back, the added weight of the box throwng off his balance ever so slightly. Normally, he wouldn't be this nervous, but if he fell, the containers in the box would explode and the plan would be ruined. A yellow silkwing came running down the bridge, their shoulder ramming into Oak as they hurried down. "Hey!" He protested, quickly regaining his balance. They either didn't hear, or didn't care. Oak watched as they clamored to the floor and sped off, pushing through several other dragons. Oakworm shook his head and continued on his way down the woven bridge. When his claws touched soild ground, he felt relieved, the bridge kept jarring his arms. He walked towards the left side of the hive, past the plether of posters warning dragons of an extinct threat. Oak slowed to a stop, joining the line of silkwing students waiting to get approved. He glanced at the guards, a burly yellow hivewing was showing a young orange hivewing how to properly check the wristbands.'This is going to take forever' Oak thought, holding back an impatient sigh. If he was late for class, he better not get in trouble. Of course, Mothball would probably say he should have left earlier, and to plan for unexpected disasters. After what felt like ages, it was finally his turn.
"Name?" The young hivewing asked. Her claws tapped against the floor making a small beat.
"Oakworm." He replied lifting up his right wrist to show her. Carved at the top, was an O for his name, below that, a smaller A and B stood side by side. She nodded and flipped through her papers, before eventually spotting his name.
"Okay, um-you can pass." She said, gustering towards the tunnel. Oak walked past her, and entered the tunnel to the school. Oak glanced around at the walls, the school had decided to hang posters made by the students this year, so new posters were always going up.Safety is in the Hives.Read one, with stick figure dragons standing in a yellow cone. He read a few more of the newer entries. Leaves can kill, Queen Wasp is the chosen one, and finally, his own poster, Obedience above all. Oak passed it with a slight grin. He had only written that to get out of class, it was only for the five minutes it took to come out here and hang it up, but it was five minutes he wasn't stuck in class. Oak walked along the last stretch of the tunnel, before entering the start of the school. Oakworm passed the groups of students chatting and exchanging answers for homework. Naturally, most of them huddled in the spots where the sun fell through the hive walls. Nostalgia twisted inside of him as he remembered his younger days, where he and his friends met early just so they could get the biggest sunspot. Unfortunately for Oak, most of his friends weren't keen chatting out in the open anymore, so goodbye before school hangouts. He stopped and started to rub his wrists, they protested painfully and he quickly stopped. Oakworm sighed, and headed into the school house, where the pale yellow walls were as bland as ever. "Hey!" A voice said behind him. Oak turned his head to see Centipead, one of his friends, running towards him. " Did you bring 'the assignment'." He said, using the code word that Buckeye had thought up.
"Yep." Oak responded. Like he would forget the thing that they have been planning weeks on.
"Great, see you-"Centipead was cut off by the sound of the bell. "Welp, got to go." He said, scurrying away. Oak smiled and started heading in the direction of his own class.
/ I honestly had no idea what happened to the original chapter 2. Hopefully this fixed it./