After the wonderful week that was worlds, the skaters returned to their respective countries. Yuuri Viktor and Yuri were spending one last week in Russia before leaving to Canada. It was bittersweet. Viktor and Yuri said their goodbyes to Yakov, Georgi and Mila. They thanked them for being there for them, for being the best friends and coach they could have. Viktor gave them all hugs and was tearful, Yuri was moody. They spent time walking around and enjoying their last few days there. They made time to visit Yuri's grandpa's grave so that Yuri could say goodbye before they left. Then, after a few days, they packed up what little was left in the apartment, put Makachin and Yuri's cat Sasha their crates, and they boarded a plane to Canada.

It was a very long plane ride, even with the 5-hour layover in London and the 2-hour layover in Montreal. Finally, they arrived in Calgary. They presented their papers and passed through immigration. Once they got their luggage they passed through the sliding doors of the YYC airport and were greeted by the mountain air and snow? Wait? Wasn't it April? Even in Saint Petersburg, there wasn't snow. It was defiantly spring, so what's with the snow.

"What the hell!? It's April right? Why the hell is there SNOW?!"

"Yuri watch your language, we are in the shadow of the mountains now so naturally there might be strange weather living in a rain shadow."

"Chichi, what's a rain shadow?"

"It's a dry area in the shadow of mountains that can lead to abnormal weather. Long story short the weather can be unpredictable. I even heard that that had a huge blizzard back in September of 2014."

Yuri looked back at his parents with his eyebrows raised. Well looks like he'd need a new wardrobe. They hailed down a cab and got in. The drive was a bit long as the airport is in the north and their new house was in the south. When they arrived at their new place Yuuri and Yuri looked at Viktor with a mixture of worry and anger. From the outside, the house looked huge! It was a 3 story building with a contemporary exterior. It had a decent sized front yard and an amazing backyard for being in the city. The house backed onto a ravine and was surrounded my trees.

"Viktor… how much did this cost?"

"Don't worry Yuuri, it was only 500,000$."

"All things considering that's not horrible."

The family walked inside and were greeted by boxes and wrapped furniture. The first floor was decently sized with a living room, kitchen, and separate dining room. The walls would need to be painted but they could do that themselves easy. The wandered upstairs. They were greeted with a short hallway. On one side was the master bedroom with an on suite. On the other side of the hall was a catwalk over to the other 3 bedrooms. The basement was even finished with a gas fireplace and a bar. All in all, it was a nice house, even if it was big for only 3 people. It was only 10 am so it gave the trio time to get some unpacking done. Yuri claimed the furthest bedroom for his own and began to make his bed and put clothes in the closet. Yuuri and Viktor made their bed and began to unpack the kitchen. They took a break around 2pm for lunch. Luckily Viktor had filled out the paperwork needed to make the convertible street legal here and the car was waiting for them in the garage. He got some lunch and then headed to Home Depot to start picking out paint. "This is gonna be a long ass week." thought Yuri. Most of the paint they got was neutral tones with the exception of Yuri's room. He was dead set on having tiger stripes and would not hear any different. So in addition to the brown, beiges, and whites, the skaters walked out with orange and black paint.

"We'll help you do the base coat, but after that, you're on your own."

"Ok geezer."

The next week was made up of painting and decorating and paperwork. Not only did they all have to get new ID's, Yuri also had to take proficiency tests for school. Even though it was mid-April, Yuri still had to start going to school, even if it was just English, Gym and option classes. It was too late in the semester to be taking classes like math and social studies. Luckily they had found a good school about a half hour drive from their house that was willing to take Yuri. Yuri was currently sitting at the kitchen table with school paperwork while his dads began to cook dinner. Contrary to popular belief, Viktor can cook and it isn't half bad.

"Papa, Chichi, this form is asking me to pick my option classes and my classes for next year and I'm not sure which ones I want."

"Well, what can you choose from?" Viktor walked over to peer over Yuri's shoulder. On the salmon-pink piece of paper was a list of possible option classes.

Art 10/AP

Legal Studies 10/20

Business Managment 10

Computer Tech 10

Foods 10

Sports Med 10

Sports Performance 10

Dance 15

Band 10

French 10

Spanish 10

Leader Ship 10

Film Studies 10

Construction 10

Mechanics 10

Drama 10

Design Studies 10

Choir 10

Phycology 10

Journalism 10

"Wow, I can see why you're having a tough time Yurio." Viktor took a moment to ponder over the list. "I think you should take Dance for sure. That way you keep up your flexibility because you probably won't get much of that in gym class. Also please be careful in gym class I don't want you getting hurt while we plan the programs. Yurio don't forget to warm up before any sports, got it?"

"Ya ya, I got it. Now please help me pick my last class." Viktor looked over the page again and pointed at two options in the middle of the list.

"Ooh, both would be good. Hey Chichi, sports med for sports performance?"

"Either would be good, although I would go with sports med. That way you can learn about sports injuries and it gives you something to fall back on later should you decide to coach or become a trainer."

And with that Yuri put a check mark next to dance and sports med. They would hand in the forms the next day, and then a week later Yuri would be starting at his new high school. This would be new. Back I Russia, Yuri had a tutor that that came in a few days a week to teach him. I didn't cut into his training and Yuri could spend more time practicing. But here he either could get home schooled or go to school because of the law here. Yuuri and Viktor didn't have the smarts to teach him everything themselves with Yuuri having a degree in business and Viktor having dropped school early to focus more on skating, they didn't have the knowledge to teach Yuri a well-balanced curriculum. So high school it was. This was really the first time Yuri would be going to a school since he was 10 and was in the novice category. Now if Yuri could keep his temper in control and keep out of trouble it would be a miracle.

Yay! A brand new chapter. I'm sorry it took so long. Finding the list of option classes took a bit of work. I was literally sitting with my Grade 12 yearbook searching for all of them. My dad thought I was crazy. Also, I've decided that I'm having Yuri go to my old high school. It's one of the best in the city and is very accommodating. As for the weather thing, it's all true. We have the craziest weather here. We even have a saying, "If you don't like the weather in Calgary, just wait 5 mins." That's how inconsistent and crazy the weather is. Also a BIG thank you to my friend Thomas for giving me some great ideas to use in the next few chapters. Remember to give a review if you have time. I love to hear your feedback and ideas. Thanks for reading –Shadow