"Now, class, we have a new student!"
You hid well away from the students' sight in the hallway, taking deep breaths as you waited to be introduced to the class.
"You may come in now, Polaris dear."
You stepped nervously into the room, looking out over the sea of faces.
The first thing you noticed? A good portion of them were dogs.
The second thing you noticed? Why were there so many of them?
The third thing you noticed? They... weren't judging you at first sight like you thought they would.
Your roaming eyes were met with an abundance of stares, both curious and enraptured. You waved nervously.
Your teacher for English, a spider-like woman with three pairs of arms coated in reddish-brown hair, gave you an encouraging smile. She crossed two pairs of arms and used the remaining one to gesture to the class. "Why don't you tell us a little about yourself?"
You cleared your throat in a nervous habit and looked out over the class. Now that you subconsciously counted them you realised that the class was no bigger than your old English class; maybe it was even a bit smaller. You could so pull this off. "Well, my name's Polaris, I'm human - that's gotta count for something, right?"
This earned a ripple of laughter from the class - and much tail-wagging - and you smiled a little. "Uhh, up until yesterday I went to Prisedale High and didn't know I was even moving here 'till last night, I live alone with my father, have always wanted to live in Alaska and my dream job is to be a police officer." You still hadn't let go of that daydream.
The teacher nodded approvingly. "Very good. Please take a seat next to Meda; Meda, please raise your hand."
A wolfish girl near the back of the class raised a brownish-furred paw with a devilish grin, her golden eyes glinting. You found yourself grinning back as you slipped into the seat beside her, the teacher continuing her lesson where it had ended the previous day.
As you diligently listened to the teacher talk about the structure of a good novel, a note fell onto your desk.
'so ur a hmn in a mnstr school huh? prty gutsy if u ask me'
Mentally sighing at the use of bad grammar - and in English, no less - you waited until the teacher's back was turned and quickly scribbled a reply in your loopy, cursive script.
'To be honest, I didn't know until this morning, when I met Miss Toriel.'
You felt rather than heard Meda's rumbling scoff as she read and wrote a reply.
'miss? man she's got u rapped around her finger already. or should I say claw?'
You resisted the urge to laugh as Meda waggled her cream-coloured eyebrows at you when you looked over at her, her ears pricked suggestively. The rest of the lesson seemed to fly by.
Luckily, your timetable and Meda's matched up for quite a few lessons, so you followed her to your Maths class, looking at the abundance of monsters at the school. After a similar introduction to the one in English, Meda dragged you to two empty seats at the side of the room, right next to the huge north-facing windows, which let in plenty of natural light despite the overcast sky.
Maths was one of your least favourite subjects, but you couldn't resist laughing as Meda craned her neck to look over your shoulder at your work. You spent that lesson trying to explain to her that Pi was infinite.
"Yes, it's infinite."
"Nah, can't be, nothing's infinite!"
"Well, uhh, Pi kinda is."
"Nuh uh!"
"Uh huh."
"Nuh uh!"
"Uh huh."
"It isn't."
"It is."
"No way."
"Yes way."
"Well, what is it then?"
"Uhh, up until I remember... it's... three point one four one five nine two six five three five eight nine seven nine three two three eight four six two six four three three eight three-"
"Okay enough!"
Eventually, it was time for recess, and Meda had taken your hand and ran out of the class as soon as the bell rung, barely giving you time to gather your things.
"W-wait, Meda! Where're you going?!"
Meda gave you her now-signature impish grin. "To make you meet my friends."
They came to a small table out in the courtyard, where two twin fox-like monsters were engaged in a playful argument about the benefits of eating cheese. Meda came in between them and shoved them away from each other, her tail curling sassily.
"Yeah yeah, cheese is great, whatever, we've got a new addition to the pack."
She then turned to you and winked. "Heh heh, see what I did there? Addition? Cos we just had Maths? And pack? Cos I'm a wolf?"
You struggled not to snort, but eventually gave in. "Yes yes, very good."
One of the foxes, wearing a bright red shirt that brought out his silvery-orange fur, held out a paw, grinning to reveal amazingly sharp teeth. His leaf green eyes matched those of his brother. "Heya! I'm Felix."
You took his paw - a kind of awkward gesture, seeing as he had no fingers so to speak - and shook it. "Polaris. It's nice to meet you."
The other fox sat casually with his arms draped over the back of the chair and made no move to get up. His hoodie blended in almost perfectly with his fur. "Sup. I'm Leo."
You grinned and gave a small wave. "Sup."
The rest of recess was spent in the kind of interrogation one gave a new member of the group: "What school did you go to?"; "What's your favourite subject?"; "What do you have next?"; "Are you free after school?".
You paused at this last question, posed by the ever-calm-and-collected Leo. "... it depends."
Felix had continued to grin throughout the whole conversation, and now was not an exception. "Don't feel pressured or anything. We're just going out to get sushi after school; you wanna come?"
You hesitated, thinking of how far away the florist now was from your school, and quickly calculated how long it would take to get there and back home.
Two hours, tops. That gave you enough time to do something social for once, right?
"Yeah, sure."
Felix fist-pumped and turned to Leo. "Yes! See! I told you I could make more friends than just you and Meda!"
You had to cover your mouth to stifle your laughter at his expression. His ears then went flat to his head and he turned back to you with apprehensive eyes. "Wait... we are friends, right?"
You finally laughed, and waved away his worries. "Felix, Felix, we're best buds now, don't worry."
Felix's eyes lit back up and he tackle hugged you with the widest grin you had seen on him yet. "See! See! You all heard it! We're best friends now!"
The recess bell went and the four of you compared timetables; Human History with Meda, then Science with Felix. As you went off to your next lesson with Meda you felt that same unfamiliar feeling from before in your chest.
Awwww, Felix is such an adorable cinnamon bun! :3
Anyway, there are a few more filler chapters before I start moving along with the story, sorry... XD Also. To those who followed/favourited/reviewed HOLY CRAP YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME. Also, if anyone knows a good beta reader (or you're willing to help me along with this little brain fart I call a fanfiction), I am looking for someone to do a little editing! Thank you! :D
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