*Creek*

I opened the door to the centurion House. It was around 7:30 PM and the house itself was just preparing for dinner. The smell of steamed chicken and boiled veggies filled the room as my mouth watered. I hadn't eaten anything since this morning and was clenching for a meal.

"Hello, Miss Tenoushi." A person approached me. Of was the chancellor of the house, Tokiko Cantrell. I hadn't seen her since the orientation and now her she was.
"Oh, Chancellor Cantrell!" I said.
"You can just call me, Miss Cantrell. No need for formalities" she replied.
"Ok. Miss Cantrell."
"Are you enjoying your stay here? How has it been?" She asked."It's- It Certainly has been interesting. To be honest though I'm a bit homesick." I responded to say the least.
"You know, When I was a first year student here; I felt exactly the same way." The chancellor eyes looked past me as she seemed to go deep into her own memories.

"I felt so homesick. I missed my mama, My papa and my brother and sisters." She sighed.
"I almost considered dropping out and going back home…" She continued on to say.
"What stopped you?" I asked.
"My mother." She simply responded.
"I had written home to my mother telling her my intention of dropping out. She was not pleased to say the least." The chancellor began to smile.
"What did she say?" I asked, wanting to know more about my chancellor.
"She told me that I shouldn't give up on my dreams because of them! -And that if I needed something to remind of home, She would make it for me." Tokiko smiled.

"-And so, My mother drew that painting over there." I turned around and saw what miss cantrell was looking at. It was a beautiful painting of a house on a hill. The house was a small brown one with a smoking chimney and wooden logs on the side.
"That painting… gave me the power to continue with university and eventually graduate." The chancellor had a sincere look on her face as she relayed that story to me. I could feel the warmth of her story pierce my heart and the confines of my soul.
"So, What you are trying to say is that I need something to remind me of home?"
"Exactly." She affirmed.

I wish I still had a mother…. Someone who could encourage and nurture me, even when I doubt myself.

"Thank you. Miss tokiko." I said with glistening eyes.
"No, Thank you skye. I Always wanted to relive that old memory." She smiled.

I thought that chancellor Cantrell was kind of uptight when I first met her but after this conversation I realised that she was kind of cool. This short exchange certainly did enlighten me to the way human perception can change.

After eating dinner I upstairs back to my room. My door was already opened so I didn't need my key.

As I walked in The night sky glistened through my window. The true beauty of the night came through the stars which could also be seen from my room. Each star in my mind represented a virtue from humanity. Polaris represented hubris, Alpha centauri represented kindness,Sirius represented Courage And the sun represented faith.

It's a bit cliche, I know but it was something that I believe in.

*Snore*

Kerry was resting beautifully in her sleeping bag on the floor. She was in a curled up position which almost made her seem like a dog. It was kind of cute.

I climbed into bed and pulled the blanket over my entire body. The blanket wrapped itself around me like how a mother would hug her child, it was almost surreal how good it felt to be in bed again.
"Well…. Today certainly was interesting. I got to duel celica and go to the town square. What an experience." I said to myself.
"-But now, Alas. I must go to sleep." I laughed as I sounded almost Shakespearean when I uttered that line.

*Meow*

"Oh,Ruby!" Ruby climbed up onto the bed and rested herself in front of my feet.
"I'm sorry, girl. I said I'd be back in a few hours and I managed to be gone the whole day! Geez! You must have felt so claustrophobic being here by yourself." I talked to the cat. *Meow* She casually meowed back to me, it seemed like she didn't care at all.

" Welp. Goodnight." I said and pulled the covers over my body.

I certainly didn't know If I could get a wink of sleep, especially knowing that my friends were still out there somewhere, But I would nonetheless have to try.