Chapter 4

Taniya stumbled into the teacher's lounge only to see Fonda Fontaine and Vellian Crowler staring at her. The amazonness had a rough first day at her teaching gig. She gave a weak smile to her now co-workers. Crowler remembered her from the other dimension and from when Taniya was a shadow rider. He knew he had to help the poor confused girl.

"Rough day?" asked Crowler looking up from his green tea. Taniya simply nodded and sat in a chair nearby the coffee maker. "Don't worry," the blonde thin man said, "The first day teaching usually is painful."

"I know," said Taniya, "but I do not know what the heck I am doing. The children are disobedient and don't seem to want to learn from me at all. I need to support myself." She added to the statement in her mind about having to watch over her younger sister.

Miss Fontaine looked at the young woman with sympathy remembering the anguish of her first years of teaching and how the kids figuring out that she was nervous and didn't know how to teach the children. "You poor thing," said Fonda looking at Vellian, "We should most definitely help her or at least give her some advice."

"Well," started of Vellian Crowler, "First, show the kids who is boss. Second, let no one slack off, and be fierce. They would have to obey you then. That's what I do." Fonda sighed wondering how only that tid-bit of advice could help. In her expert opinion, that would only frighten the students into doing what ever Taniya commanded.

Taniya could do that, and she, the great fighter, would have no problem installing fear into them, but she doubt that she could ever teach them that way. She looked over at Fonda Fontaine for her advice and in hopes that she would have an idea on how to get them inspired to learn.

"Well, what I do is make sure they are respectful and give them rules that they most certainly have to obey, but for learning, I am a gym teacher so I make them stay active. I teach them through example and then I let them try. I also get involved in the school. I am head of Obelisk Blue Girl's dorm and I am the nurse here," Miss Fontaine explained cheerfully and hopefully giving Taniya some hope. Taniya nodded. It was a shame that she didn't know more about Chancellor Sheppard.

"But I am teaching music," Taniya said with slight complaint hidden in her voice. Vellian nodded and looked at the gym-class heroine herself. Fonda thought about her elementary school teachers. How did they teach? She didn't take band in middle school or any music classes in college or high school years.

"Teach them how to read music, teach them about great composers and play some of their famous pieces of musical art, and make them sing," said Vellian taking the words out of Fonda's mouth. The gym teacher/ nurse/ head of the girl's dormitory nodded. Taniya soon had an idea.

"Do you think if they behave that I could take them on a field trip?" asked Taniya. The other two teachers nodded. That was a generally good idea. Fonda wondered where Taniya could possibly take the students.

"Of course," said Vellian, "as long as you get some more chaperones and if you get Chancellor Sheppard's permission then of course you can. The kids would love that." Taniya and Fonda looked at each other excitedly. This was a great plan and they didn't have an opportunity to take the students on field trips often so this was exciting for them.

"Thanks you two!" said Taniya standing up, "I must get going to work on lesson plans. I feel like I have been fed to the wolves, so I better go learn to fight." She quickly left the teacher's workroom. Vellian released a heavy sigh as he looked at the strong woman.

"Does she remind you of your ex-wife?" asked Fonda looking at Vellian who seemed highly distracted. He looked at the red-headed teacher that he had known since they hired by Seto Kaiba himself.

"She does," responded Crowler numbly, "My ex-wife took my only son and remarried some shmook." Fonda looked at him with commiseration in her eyes. Crowler rested his head in his hands. The divorce and losing his son had murdered his once warm heart. Fonda patted his back trying to cheer her co-worker up.

"Do I know your son?" asked Fonda cheerfully. Crowler merely nodded and left the room. Fonda's curiosity got the better of her, and it was time that she found out for herself who it was.

Meanwhile, Meg was busy doing some homework in her large empty Obelisk Blue dormitory. She looked out the window and wondered how she knew all of the information so well, but she had never truly had a traditional schooling. She changed schools twice a year.

Flashback

She was around seven. She looked up at her large powerfully built mother who was sending her off to a school in an actual city. It was near her clan for the movement, but even at the age of seven, Meg knew that as soon as the clan had to move for hunting, she would have to go to a different city to get an education as her mother wished.

"Momma," began the shirt petite girl, "Why do I have to go to a school in the people world? Aren't I amazonness too?" Her mother held her child's small white hand. She gave her smallest child a warm smile.

"Of course you are sweetie," her mother said picking up her child, "You just would do so much better of getting an education and if anything happens, you will be able to be smart enough to make it in this world. Besides, you look almost exactly like a human except for your little pointy ears." Meg let out a small giggle as they reached the building. Her mother faced your child once more and asked, "Would you like me to walk you into your school?" Meg shook her wild untamed head.

"No, I can do it, Mama," said Megara running into the school as her mom followed to fill out the paperwork.

End of Flashback

Meg sighed knowing she had to finish school just for her mother's sake. She was definitely smart enough for it, but she always felt as if she were so behind in her studies or so out of place, but she looked at her math homework knowing all of this stuff, but then again, she had bought at garage sales whenever she got some money. Meg smiled secretly to herself as she looked back at the old school books, maybe she did have a future in this world, and that would make her a first to free herself from the fierce life of a warrior woman. She was bound for a brighter future.

She continued her tedious math homework. It wasn't as hard as she assumed it would be. Maybe she thought I can do what an amazonness should be able to do and be a normal human. She thought of that boy she had recently met, Bastion Misawa. He seemed like a smart young man. Maybe he could love her and she could have a great future. She slapped her wrist. How could she think like that? That only happened in fairy tales and fairytales were merely childish fantasies. She sighed and said to herself it may be a fantasy, but if I am not allowed to be a dreamer, then where can I start on going after something I want? She slammed her head against the desk, she had to learn how not to sound like something that came out of a crappy Roger and Hammerstein's version of Cinderella.

Mew Kazurinu: Thanks for reading. Meg certainly does have some mood swings. It was fun doing a scene with the teachers just odd calling them by their first names, but maybe that's just me being weird.