A/N: SORRY FOR NOT UPDATING!!!!! MATH IS A BITCH!!!! D: AND MY TEACHER NEEDS TISSUES FOR HER ISSUES!

Chapter 8: Pop Quiz

Ami's POV

It had been a month since I was brought to Stanwood Academy. After the big fight with Tiffany I was accepted as a part of the school. All my classmates became my friends.

"Oi! Ami-chan! Kyo wa sui-yobi desu!" (Today is Wednesday) Leon exclaimed. I giggled, Leon – a now good friend of mine – had been trying to learn Japanese.

"Iie, Kino wa sui-yobi deshita. Kyo wa moku-yobi desu" (No, yesterday was Wednesday. Today is Thursday.) I corrected.

"Oh, right! I still have a long way to go I guess..."

"Got that right!" I answered, "Now let's get to class. We don't want Ms. Hanson to yell at us again.

"Right, right." Leon followed me into the classroom. Ms. Hanson wasn't there yet so the class was full of commotion. When I walked in every one turned and greeted me excitedly,

"Konnichiwa, Ami-chan!" everyone greeted me like that, and despite their horrible accents it made me feel that much at home. I smiled at them Don't out do them too much, Ami. I had to remind myself.

"Konnichiwa mina!"

When I became friends with Tiffany and Leon all of fourth grade became a giant vortex of friends. There wasn't fighting amongst us and if there was a problem, everyone felt the need to protect each other. It was almost too beautiful, almost too utopian. It made me suspicious, but I never told anyone, not even Yume.

"Ami! Won't you sit next to me today?" Erica asked.

"Erica! She sat next to you yesterday!" Michel yelled. I blushed. I might have been popular at my old school, but I'd never been so loved by my classmates before.

The door slammed open, and Ms. Hanson trudged in tiredly.

"No more of this! We're having assigned seats!" she barked. The scary, tired look on her face told us all not to mess with her that day.

Everyone gathered at the front of the class and we were seated according to a randomized seating chart.

There were three rows and three columns of tables able to fit two each. I was in the front of the row nearest the door (from the teacher's point of view the door is on the left), in the aisle seat. Behind me sat Michel, to my right was Leon and to my left was a girl named Katelyn.

Once everyone was seated and quiet Ms. Hanson slapped her hand against her desk and declared, "POP QUIZ!"

Silence.

"Get out a piece of paper and a pen! This will be quick!" Instantly everyone scrambled for paper and a pen.

"Question 1," our teacher announced before all of us had finished getting out our supplies, "What is the essence of Charas?" Ms. Hanson was our teacher on the theorized working of Charas. Stanwood was a large institution and like the Guardians, it dedicated much of its funds into the research of Heart Eggs. There are many organizations like that. I knew that, but I had no idea how I did.

I was about to write on my paper, "The essence of Charas is the imagination of children." which was what I'd been told, but suddenly something else came to my mind, Chara's are made of dreams and the power that the will of a wish has.

"Question 2: why can't normals see Charas?" Again an answer other than what was in our lessons came to my mind. "Normals" can't see Charas because they are too clouded with doubt to have a pure dream.

"Question 3: List 3 properties of X eggs" That's easy! I thought, It's– X-eggs are created by doubt and impurity in a dream. X eggs are caused when people forget who they really are. X eggs have been known to overwhelm a person and cause them to do horrible things.

"Question 4: Can Charas die?" No, they are immortal fabrications of dreams, and dreams cannot die; they can only become corrupted.

We passed up our quizzes. Through the entire thing I'd been almost... dazed. It was as if something other than myself or Yume was talking to me, but I couldn't think of anything that might do that.

During a couple periods after Ms. Hanson's class I was called to the office. As I sat down in the scratchy gray chair in front of the vice principal I wondered what this was about. Then I noticed Ms. Hanson there. The vice principal gazed at me seriously. Ms. Hanson put her hands on her hips and smirked. He then showed me my test,

"What is the meaning of this?" he asked.

"What do you mean? Its my test." I replied.

"No, it's an F—"

"An F!?" I jumped up, completely shocked.

"Don't sound so surprised. None of this is in the text book."

"Who cares about the 'text book' as long as I'm right?"

"You're answers are completely off all studies that have currently been done on Heart Eggs." I froze. Words that were not mind flowed into my head. They know nothing of Heart Eggs. Those answers are completely right! Those people know more than they let on! They have Heart Egg chips inserted in their brain; that's why they can see Charas! It's like Ami's computer chip in her head!

I tighten my muscles, preparing to lunge for the door,

"I- I think you should test to see if I'm correct before telling me I'm wrong."

"And how exactly, do you propose to do that? Your answers are written like fact, but cannot be more than theories."

"You're wrong" I muttered.

"Ami I don't think you realize your position here! Obviously this kind of information is revolutionary. Which is why we could either turn you over to a Stanwood lab... or you could help us with a little... project."

"I don't think you have any right asking me for favors." I replied coldly.

"Oh? We're not asking. We're demanding. You wouldn't want the lives of your classmates to suddenly become much harder would you?" I gasped. Looking down, my hands becoming fists, I said with gritted teeth,

"I'll do what you want."

"That's a good decision."

Author: Hmm... did that seem short to you?

Amu: D: NOOOO AMI DON'T ITS A TRAP!!!!

Ran: CLIFF HANGER CLIFF HANGER!

Ikuto: You didn't update everyday! You liar! I thought you loved Amuto!

Author: BUT I DO 3 AMUTO!!!!!!!! Its just math is soooooo ICKY

Yoru: NYAN Stop fighting! NYAN

Miki: And please review.

*Yoru and Miki hold hands *

Everyone: AAAAAW how cute!