Disclaimer: NiGHTS, Reala, Jackle and Wizeman belong to SEGA. Hannie and Reese belong to Eternal Fluffy. Tuikempy belongs to ArtisanKloa

A/N: For those who didn't know, this story was on hiatus. The reason being is 1) To finish Back to Earth and 2) To get my life back in order. I have done both, so NiC is back on track.

NiGHTS into College

Chapter 7

First day of classes came to be a few days later, Tuikempy sat at his Intro to Bio class. The Intro to Bio was very interesting; Tui was excited about the upcoming class. Although when he stood up to leave the classroom, he overheard some senior girls talking.

"Oh, my God, this class looks way too difficult, I think I'm going to drop it," were some of the words of the senior, "I know that I have to take a science course to graduate, but maybe chemistry will be easier."

Professor Kraft, to biology professor, overheard the conversation of the two seniors, although he did not approach them at all. Tui was kind of offended that his professor didn't convince the girls to stay.

Tuikempy related to these girls, he liked his class, but he had found himself someone who would give up without even trying. Tui had probably given up on something difficult many times before in his life.

As Tui walked out of the Gillman Science Building, Tui looked at his watch, this was his last class of the day, and he was awfully hungry. So Tui ran over to the Caf in order to fill his hunger. Perhaps he would meet someone he knows at the Caf.

**

Tui grabbed some, "paprika chicken," and some mashed potatoes. Next step was the difficult part; finding a seat. Reala was nowhere in sight and the Caf was filled with upperclassmen who were in groups. That was when he saw a red headed boy, sitting alone. Tui decided to sit with him. "Hey, what's your name?" When Tui took a closer look, he realized that this was the freshman who asked about personal hygiene at the Q and A session. There was a strange feeling fro Tui that he might have been related to Reala.

Jackle looked up from his cheeseburger then grinned, "Jackle's the name, tarot cards are my game!"

Tui sat down with Jackle, he found Jackle's name to be a bit strange, so he had to ask, "Jackle, huh, do you mean like the Egyptian dog?" Tui soon realized that Reala's name was kind of strange too, and that Jackle was no stranger than Reala.

Jackle shook his head, "nope, it's spelled with an l-e." He took a drink of his red Moutain Dew then asked, "And I suppose you have a name?"

Tui looked at his Paprika chicken, according to the book Dracula, this stuff was very spicy, "Tuikempy," he said, and then he took a bite of his chicken. It was too bad that it wasn't as spicy as Tui imagined, he imaged himself breathing fire.

"Well, that's a strange name," Jackle was obvious about his opinion, "for someone of your ilk at least."

"I don't know what you mean by, 'my ilk,'" Tui looked at Jackle confused.

Jackle knew that he couldn't just say that Tuikempy's name was strange for a human, since the boy thought that Jackle was a human himself. So Jackle just said, "It's a long name for a little guy like you."

The subject of Tui's height was not a delightful one to the little fellow. Since Tui suffered from Dwarfism, people often made fun of him about this height. No one had mentioned Tui's height ever since he came to the Wize Campus. At least until Jackle mentioned his shortness. Tui changed to subject, "are you related to Reala Wize at all? You guys seem kind of similar."

Jackle knew that the horns, lack of nose and lack of wrist were a big giveaway, but he wanted to toy with the child, "Why would you assume such a thing?"

"Well," Tui took a sip out from his water, "I was at the Q and A session, and when that one professor was asking for a, 'Mr. Wize,' you stood up and tried to ask your question when Reala interrupted you. I only assume that you're related because of the same last name."

Jackle did not expect that at all, he was expecting an answer like, "you both have horns." If Tuikempy had answered in the manner that was assumed, then Jackle would have had a lot of fun with Tuikempy's assumption. Jackle just sighed and said, "Yeah, I'm Reala's older brother."

Tui nodded his head in confirmation, the smiled, "That's awesome; I bet you love being Reala's brother." Tui had a little bit of jealousy, that Jackle was actually brothers with Reala, Reala must had been the greatest brother for Jackle.

Jackle took a strange look at Tuikempy, Jackle didn't hate Reala at all, but he didn't find Reala that awesome either. "Want to trade families?" Jackle asked, "rich father, Reala as a brother, hot sister?"

"Hot sister?" Tui asked, and then he remembered that night at the Cold Stone, "you mean NiGHTS? Why would you refer to your own sister as hot?"

"Because she is," Jackle said as he put his feet up onto the table, "so are you going to take my offer or not?"

Tui looked down, "I don't know, I don't think anyone would want to have my family…"

"Why's that?" Jackle asked.

Another subject that Tuikempy didn't like to talk about was his family, since his father left him with his deaf and mute mother at a young age. It was a very touchy subject to him, even touchier than his height, "I'll think about your offer," Tui chuckled, "I better get to know your intentions of wanting to join another family first."

"Okay, if you're so worried about your family," Jackle said, willing to make substitutions, "then how about you just join mine? No strings attached!"

"So you are just going to adopt me into your family?" Tui chuckled, he considered this to be a joking conversation, and it wasn't any huge commitment. It was like s senior adopting a freshman when he was in High School. "Sure, why not?"

Jackle for one took that conversation completely seriously. He knew that Tui would permanently become part of the family. It may take a little more work than the others, but there is hope to re-gathering this child's Ideya, because Tuikempy had the Ideya of Courage.

**

"So, there's a comedian tonight?" NiGHTS had asked Pomona.

Pomona gave NiGHTS a flyer with the comedian's face on it, "yeah, he's on tour, going from campus to campus, telling jokes."

NiGHTS looked at the flyer, "looks funny," she told Pomona, "I would like to come and hear his jokes."

"Good," Pomona told NiGHTS, "I bet you would love Waking World humor, let me get my headdress on!" As usual Pomona was in a petty coated skirt with red and pink hearts on it, with a fancy top.

Pomona grabbed a flat headdress with laced hears on the top, she flipped her head over and tied the back to her head. "Okay, ready to go!"

NiGHTS walked out of the door when she bumped into someone. "Sorry," NiGHTS said, then looked up to see who it was, in which it was Jackle, "Oh, it's you," NiGHTS looked down and expressed in an unexcited way.

"That is no way to greet your big brother," said Jackle.

"Since when were you my, 'big brother?'" NiGHTS asked. Of course NiGHTS and Reala referred to themselves as siblings, but she was never in a sibling basis with Jackle.

"Ever since I was born first," was Jackle's answer simple and true. Jackle was around before NiGHTS and Reala, so it only made sense that Jackle was the older one of the family, "and speaking of brothers, we have a new one."

The last sentence that Jackle had recited had worried NiGHTS. How could Jackle convinced a Visitor to submit to Wizeman so quickly? NiGHTS had also thought that the current two potentials were female, Claris and Gwendolyn. Who was this kid that was so easily convinced? "And this new brother would be?"

"Tuikempy Wize," Jackle explained to NiGHTS, "well, it was Johannason, but we changed it."

NiGHTS was still in awe, Jackle was such a diplomat, he did everything so quickly NiGHTS couldn't do anything to stop it. "Pomona, you go to the comedian yourself, I need to talk to my brother."

"NiGHTS, it's just a joke," Pomona told her roommate, "If you really want to talk to Jackle, then he can come with us."

"Oh!" Jackle began to mock Pomona and her general style of wear, "Are we going to a Mad Tea Party?"

As much as Pomona liked Alice and Wonderland, she didn't like to be mocked about her style of dress being Alice in Wonderland like, "No, we're going to a comedian."

"Oh, a comedian, is he funny?" Jackle asked.

Silence fell.

"No," Pomona said in a sarcastic tone, "he is actually dead serious, even the Joker from Batman wouldn't laugh at him."

"Great, I love serious people," Jackle laughed, "so let's go!"

**

Claris was walking around the campus; it was a beautiful sight, still summer in a September day. She took a deep breath, she was enjoying her classes very much. She closed her eyes and began to sing, at least until she bumped into someone, "Oh, I'm sorry." It ended up being Reala to be the person she bumped into, "wow, I'm very sorry."

Reala just gave Claris a glare, then a smile, "well, you should have watched your way." Reala needed to be as friendly to this Visitor as he could. Despite of how foolish they could be toward Nightmaren.

"Well, let me be on my way!" said Claris, as she continued to close her eyes and sang.

"Well, Claris?" Reala began to ask; a bit amazed that he would say the actual name of a Visitor.

"Yes?" Claris responded, she wondered what Reala was going to ask. Claris didn't know Reala too well, so it could have been anything.

"Would you like to get some coffee with me?" was Reala question. His intention was for the girl to know him better and also for him to know her. It was a good trade, hopefully she accepted his offer.

"Aren't you dating my sister?" Claris asked, "Because you really shouldn't date one girl, then date her sister, besides, I have a boyfriend, Elliot, you know him!"

Reala had forgotten about this, 'dating' thing that humans had when they were attracted to each other. Dating Claris was not Reala's intention at the least. Reala may admit that he liked Claris, but he didn't like her in the way most dreamers would use the word. In a sense, he didn't have any type of love for Claris. "This isn't a date, it's a friendly outing."

"Well, if you put it that way," Claris smiled, "then sure!"

**

To Jackle's disappointment, the comedian was actually funny. Jackle was laughing so hard that his stomach began to hurt.

"So what is with the Z, at Wize College?" the comedian presented to the audience, "shouldn't the students be wise enough to spell their own college right?"

Then a random student yelled out, "it's named after a major sponsor of ours."

"Oh, so he's the wise guy who spelled his own name wrong," the comedian began to laugh, "you guys are great, you know, you will be Wise College, with an S, in my heart."

Jackle loved a comedian that would make fun of his own Master. He looked at NiGHTS and Pomona who were also laughing.

"Oh, man what a great audience, you laugh your asses off!" College of Ciano doesn't laugh half as much as you do.

"Yeah!" cried out another student, "Go Wize Men!"

NiGHTS looked a bit confused about the joke, she looked at Pomona for an explanation.

"Our rival team," Pomona explained.

**

Claris and Reala had found a local coffee shop, where Claris sat down outside of blowing on her hot chocolate to make it cooler, Reala came outside with an iced latte, "why didn't you get this iced?" Reala asked the girl.

"Because," Claris began her logical answer, "it wouldn't be hot chocolate if it was cold." She continued to blow into her cup until she took a sip.

Reala drank his iced coffee, "so, I've heard you like to sing."

Claris put her cup down, and nodded her head; she had forgotten that Nightmaren could tell a Visitor's dream, "yes, and I still want to sing on stage. I have been taking voice lessons; they're helping my voice a lot." Claris had taken another sip of hot chocolate.

Immediately, Reala asked a rude question "isn't chocolate bad for your voice?"

Spit came out of Claris' mouth, the brown hot chocolate came onto the sidewalk. Reala was expecting that as a reaction to his comment. Yet Claris followed up, "that Hot Chocolate was bloody hot!" Then she took another sip, then gulped down the hot chocolate that she sipped. Claris then remembered Reala's question, "oh, yeah, chocolate is bad for my voice before I sing, but I'm not singing now."

A nod came to Reala's head, "good point…"

Claris felt a little done with talking about herself, "so how about you, how have you been?"

"Well," Reala began, and then took a long pause. It was probably better to not talk about himself and his nightmarish job in public.

Hannie and Reese then came out of the Café, when they spotted Reala and Claris. They walked over to the Visitor and the Nightmaren, Hannie asked, "you guys are First Years at Wize College, yes?"

"First years?" Reala asked, "This is our first year at the Wize, but we are usually referred to as freshmen."

"Aw, are you really that sexist?" Hannie joked; she sat down with her scone and iced tea, "you shouldn't act that way with your girlfriend."

Immediately, Claris corrected Hannie, "Reala and I are just friends; I have a boyfriend back home in Twin Seeds."

"Oh, that's what all First Years say," Hannie continued to tease, "then they dump their mates back home and go with someone on campus."

Reese also sat down with the three, "Well, if she has a boyfriend, she has a boyfriend. We aren't going to change her mind right here and now."

Claris looked down, she was with Elliot for three years, and felt like being the two Perfect Dreamers, that they were spiritually connected. She would never dump Elliot for someone on campus, especially not for a Nightmaren like Reala. "Elliot is a very sweet guy; I would never dump him for anyone."

Then Reala did something she would never expect him to do, stand up for her, "you shouldn't assume that freshmen with a boyfriend or girlfriend will eventually dump them just because they're far away."

"Wow," Hannie put her hands up in defense, "sorry that this subject is so touchy for you guys."

"Well, we shouldn't assume that Elliot and she will break up," Reese came to conclusion, "we would be the ones wrong if they end up married."

"Thank you," said Claris.

Reese came to notice a familiarity of Reala, Reese had seen this kid recently, "Hey, weren't you harassing her a few days ago?"

"Um….no?" Reala blatantly lied to the two upperclassmen.

"Oh…okay," Reese gave Reala a slight glance of disbelief. "Let's get back to campus."

"Sure," Hannie said.

Reala took another sip out of his latte, "well, that was interesting."

"Yep," Claris nodded her head, "I better tell Elliot about it."

**

So Pomona and NiGHTS went back to their rooms, when they both heard the Skype ringing sound. "Shit, I've left my Skype on," Pomona complained, at least she complained until she saw that it was her own stepbrother, "hey, NiGHTS, Will is on!"

NiGHTS pushed Pomona over to the ground, "really?" she asked, "I want to talk to Will!" Then NiGHTS clicked, "answer," on her fallen roommate's Skype. "Hi Will!" NiGHTS cried out on the top of her lungs.

Will had fallen silent, "who are you?" Will had asked, "And what did you do with my sister?"

"It's me, NiGHTS!" the Nightmaren had called out, "I'm going to college with your sister!"

Will was still silent, "what?"

Pomona had gotten up and came to the computer screen, "long story, let's just say, NiGHTS is in this world, and gaining knowledge here at the Wize."

"Wait a second, wait a second," Will was still very confused, "why is NiGHTS in this world?"

"You don't want to know," Pomona said, "seriously."

Just then, Helen came into the computer screen, "how's your sister doing in college?"

"I don't know," Will said, still stunned from the amazement, "all I know is that NiGHTS had joined her."

"Really? NiGHTS? You're not dead?" Helen went as frantic as NiGHTS, "how are you not dead?"

"She's not dead yet," Pomona exclaimed, "and she's getting better!"

"Actually, I come back every two years, along with Wizeman and the other Nightmaren," NiGHTS had explained.

Will and Helen looked at each other, and then back at their computer, "so our efforts were for nothing?"

"Well…no," NiGHTS furthered her explanation, "no one had any nightmares for two years."

"True," Will nodded his head, "I hadn't had a single nightmare in two years, plus, I've learned how to cope with my father's business trips."

"So how are you guys?" NiGHTS changed the subject, she knew how Claris was, and she wanted to know about her other Dreamers.

"Well," Helen had began, "Will and I are dating!"

"Oh, good for you!" Pomona exclaimed, "I knew there was some sort of connection between the two of you.

"I saw it first," NiGHTS mumbled, then laughed, "I'm glad that you two are together, just like my last two Perfect Dreamers!"

Pomona laughed also, "So glad to see everyone happy."

"Yeah….happy," NiGHTS told herself, at last she wanted to be happy.

**

NiGHTS wanted to sulk in her dream, but she had to keep her respect for Wizeman as she came to him in her sleep. She wanted to have a good time in her sentence, but no, she had to turn Dreamers into Nightmaren.

"Well, guess what NiGHTS?" Reala had asked his twin sister, "Claris and I have bonded!"

"Yeah, yeah, the Wize brothers are friends with the almighty Perfect Dreamer," NiGHTS sulked.

"NiGHTS, stop sulking and keep your eye on the job," Wizeman scolded his minion, "this girl would make a good asset to our team, with all five of her Ideya."

"By the way, what was up with the boy Jackle was saying was our, 'new brother?'" NiGHTS had asked, "His name is Tuikempy."

"Tui?" Reala asked, "He's all right, pretty cute and optimistic," Reala had described the fellow, "How many Ideya does he have?"

"One," Wizeman had explained to the two Nightmaren.

"Wait a second," NiGHTS exclaimed, "one? Isn't that a bit weak for your expectations?"

"Yes," Wizeman confirmed, "but it's the Ideya of Courage."

"Seriously?" Reala asked, "I didn't know that the kid had it in him, if only Jackle was here for an explanation."

"Yeah, where is Jackle?" NiGHTS had asked, "Hopefully he didn't get into Pomona's Amp."

**

"Hey, Pomona," Jackle poked the girl on the shoulder as they were in the Waking World.

"What?" Pomona said in her sleepy state, she saw an orange haired boy carrying a black and green can of Amp.

"What is it like to have your head cut off by the French?" Jackle asked.

"Wait, what?" Pomona was drowsy from being woken up by the insane Nightmaren. Then she realized that she was being made fun of for her sense of style again, slightly resembling Marie Antoinette, she announced to Jackle, "and I say, let them drink Amp," then fell back asleep.

"Darn, you Lolitas are no fun," Jackle mumbled, "maybe I should bother Reala's roommate."

**

"This is getting annoying," NiGHTS said, "where the Hell is Jackle?"

"Not asleep, I know that," Reala sighed, "darn and he knows more about Tui than I do."

NiGHTS giggled, "Well, I guess we will know once Jackle falls asleep, how about a race in Nightopia as we wait?"

Reala rolled his eyes, "fine, but only because you've said so."