Chapter 4! Don't worry for those who didn't read the old chapter 4, it was mostly filler, haha. Filler as in... Bash-On-Yellow-Till-She-Breaks-And-Starts-Crying-And-Has-Green-Comfort-Her. So this is the old Chapter 5. Yes, I'm going to say this every chapter.
Standing outside their new dorm, the three Sinnoh students smiled at what would be their home for the next year. Their dorm was essentially one big house, split into two separate, smaller houses. One side for girls, one side for boys. On the ground floor were a kitchen and a couple of bathrooms. Where the two sides met was a parlor filled with sofas and a large television set. A staircase on each side of the parlor led up to the dorm rooms. On one of those sofas, there was a giant wad of blankets piled up into a ball.
"This place is lovely." Platinum sighed and did a graceful spin, taking in the new atmosphere.
Blue sidled up and whispered to Diamond and Pearl. "She's one of those people who're in their own little world, isn't she?"
"Sort of?" Pearl answered. They watched as she tripped and fell not so gracefully on to one of the couches. She screamed as the ball of blankets next to her suddenly moved, followed by a tired looking head popping out.
"It's alive!" Blue screamed dramatically, adding to Platinum's panic just for the fun of it. "Run! Before it swallows you up and drags you into the depths of the sofa!" Pearl and Sapphire joined in as well. In mere seconds, the parlor was in a state of chaos. Sapphire, taking a brave stance, faced up to the boy in the blankets.
"Back, ya vicious beast! Take this and die!" She leaped on to the boy and held him in a headlock.
"Sapphire! What are you doing?" He struggled to free himself, but to no avail. Just then, Crystal walked in from one of the side doors, Gold following her closely, snickering.
"It's almost ten at night! What the hell are all of you doing!" Taking into account of what she saw, the girl sprung into action. "Sapphire! Release Ruby at once! All of you laughing at the doorway, sit down, now! Gold! Let go of my hand before I knock you out cold!" She glared at everyone before sitting down across from them. "Now, could someone please explain what is going on?"
Blue coughed and averted her gaze. "We were just welcoming the new students."
Red backed her up. "Yeah. Just in a... loud way. A loud, chaotic and funny way." He laughed quietly to himself.
Ruby glared at the couple. "Yes, that was very funny! Especially when this she-devil attacked me!" He jerked a thumb in Sapphire's direction. She puffed out her cheeks indignantly.
"Well if ya weren't such a wuss, ya would a been able to fight back!" Crystal's glare cowed Sapphire into submission before she could continue.
Let's just... forget this whole thing." Crystal sighed. "We need to go to bed. It's a busy day tomorrow." At this moment, Green walked through the door with Yellow in his arms.
"Welcome back you two!" Blue jumped up. "So, what were the two of you doing out so late. For shame, the curfew was an hour ago!" The older woman teased them playfully. Green rolled his eyes and laid Yellow on one of the couches.
"Yes, what were you two doing out so late?" Gold nudged Green in the ribs lightly, only to be ignored entirely. Green gave a wave before heading up one of the staircases. Yellow bid everyone goodnight before heading up the opposite staircase.
"It seems we shall not know tonight, my dear Gold." Blue shook her head sadly.
"It seems that way. Oh well!" The boy shrugged before he gave an overly friendly goodnight to Crystal. Platinum giggled as Gold's goodnight was met with a swift kick to his behind. Crystal turned to Pearl and Diamond, who were still sitting quietly on the couch. Pearl was fidgeting ever so slightly however.
"There are a few extra cots in the closet that we can set up. You two are gonna have to share a room with Gold for the time being until we can clear out a room. It'll be a little cramped, but you'll make it." They nodded and both headed up the stairs, following a wounded Gold. She sighed to herself before acknowledging Platinum. "I don't have a roommate this year, so you're free to use my room for the year if you'd like."
"That would be wonderful." The girl smiled before following her new roommate up to their room. Platinum smiled to herself in excitement at the coming day.
"Gold, you idiot!" Crystal screamed, slapping the back of the said boy's head. "This is all your fault!"
"My fault? How is it my fault?" He replied incredulously.
"Oh, I don't know. How about how you, as a joke, decided to set all of our alarm clocks back an hour?"
"Oh yeah. It was just a little welcome-to-the-school joke for the kids." Gold chuckled. "You should have seen your face when you saw that you were going to be late!"
"Do you think this is funny? Because I'm going to kill you!" She snarled.
"Please calm down Crystal! We must focus on getting to class now!" Platinum tried to soothe her senior.
"Ugh! Platinum, Dia, do you two have a pokémon that can get you both to the school faster?" Crystal asked, pulling a pokéball our of her pocket.
"Yes, we do. Rapidash! Go!" Platinum threw the ball on to the ground, letting a white light erupt from it. Immediately after, the horse pokémon appeared and stooped down to allow Platinum to get on. After helping Diamond up, the two sped off towards the school.
"Alright! Let's go Xatee!" The xatu popped out of the pokéball and landed, allowing Crystal to climb on. The bird took off towards the sky as soon as she had climbed on.
"Hey! What about me? Crys!" Gold shouted.
Crystal glared at the boy. "What about you? It's not like you even care about being late to school!"
Gold stopped dead in his tracks at this remark and thought about it. "Oh right..." He burst out laughing. "Thanks Crys!" And with that he slowed to a walk.
Platinum in the meanwhile, was starting to suffocate. Diamond had his eyes shut tight from the speed they were traveling at and had wrapped his arms tight around Platinum's waist, crushing her. She gasped for air.
"Um, Diamond...? Can you please... not hold so... tight?"
"Oh! Sorry." He muttered, loosening his grip and immediately turning his head to hide his blush. As soon as Diamond had loosened his grip, Platinum gulped in fresh air. After about ten minutes of riding, they reached the main school building with Crystal landing soon after. She recalled Xatee and ran towards the two kids.
"Okay! We have three minutes, where are you're classes?"
"Um," Platinum and Diamond took a quick look at their schedules. "We both have Pokémon Biology I with Ms. Erika in Room 43."
"Great, we're going in the same direction. Come on! Let's hurry!" The three rushed through the building, going through countless hallways and flights of stairs.
"Wow, how big is this place?" Platinum breathed.
Diamond was sweating and panting, not used to running so much. "I... don't... know..."
"Thirty seconds!" Crystal shouted. The group picked up their pace even more. "Quick, here's your classroom. Get in!" Crystal opened up a door and the two kids rushed into their seats. Crystal sighed a relief and ran to her class down the hall. She tried to open the door, but found it locked. Looking up to see a sign on the door, she almost had a heart attack at that moment.
"Mrs. Sabrina is out sick today. Chemistry has been canceled today."
"Sick on the first real school day? Unlucky..." Crystal sighed before collapsing on to the ground.
"My, what an entrance you two!" The teacher exclaimed. "But since it's the first day, I would have been alright at you being late."
The two just smiled sheepishly and went to the back of the room, as all the front seats were taken. The teacher took role and introduced herself.
"Welcome ninth grade class, and the few tenth graders," She added, smiling to the few older students. "to Pokémon Biology I! My name is Ms. Erika and I will be your teacher for this year. Now, since it is the first day I suppose we should talk about the rules?" The class stayed silent, Erika frowned a little but went on. "What a quiet class. I hope you all stay that way! Now, first we should..." Diamond and Platinum turned to each other, tuning out the teachers rules.
"Why do they need to tell us the rules?" Platinum asked. "They should have read them in the school handbook."
"Right..." Diamond sighed. "The handbook. So, what do you think of the school so far?"
"Truthfully, it is not what I expected." Platinum giggled. "And I suppose this morning was a bit... rushed."
"A bit?" Diamond laughed, a bit louder than he had meant to.
"Thank you for at least giving me a pity laugh, Diamond." Erika suddenly laughed.
Diamond put on a blank face. "What?" Platinum giggled a little beside him.
Erika smiled and clapped her hands together. "Okay! Now that we've got the rules out-of-the-way, how about we start class! We'll be learning all about the wonders of different pokémon's bodies." Almost everyone in the class groaned as Ms. Erika handed out the worksheets. Platinum on the other hand looked ecstatic to finally start her first class.
"Platinum, you don't mind helping me with this, do you?"
"Of course! Friends are supposed to help each other."
An hour and a half later the bell rang, signaling the end of class and cutting off the teacher's speech. Only Diamond and Platinum had managed to finish the worksheet, considering Platinum was the only one who had bothered to skim the textbook beforehand. As everyone stood up to leave, Platinum listened intently to everyone else's conversations, curious about how people behaved in a classroom.
"How the hell are we supposed to know the different parts of an oddish's leaf?" A girl asked her friends. They all agreed with her about it and then started giggling about something else. They occasionally shot glances at the boys in the classroom as they were leaving, including Diamond. Platinum had not thought about this and started looking around as well, sizing up her classmates as they left. None of them look particularly exceptional or different at all. They all looked surprisingly... normal. No clichéd so-called clicks that she often read about in books. Ms. Erika's voice cut through her thoughts.
"Don't be late for your next classes everyone," The teacher called out, "you've only got ten minutes to get there!"
Diamond turned to Platinum as they walked down the hallway. "'Only' ten minutes?"
Platinum just shrugged and kept walking. "This place is pretty big, and it does take a while to get to classes."
"Yeah, I suppose. What class do you have next?"
"Basic Regional History with Ms. Roxanne."
"Really? I have the same class!" Diamond looked positively happy. "Well, what about your classes after that?"
"Well, we have lunch obviously. And after lunch, I have Cooking I with Mr. Brock and Mathematics I with Mr. Norman."
"What? No way!"
"No way?" Platinum cocked her head, giving the boy a curious look.
"You have the exact same classes as me!"
"Really? That is wonderful news."
"Yeah, weird coincidence." Diamond laughed.
Platinum smirked. "Yes, a weird coincidence." Unknown to Diamond, Platinum had pulled a few strings so that her schedule and Diamond's were exactly the same. She did not wish to be alone in her classes for the entire year. Of course that meant she had to take some classes she would rather have no taken, such as Cooking. However, it was worth it. 'Of course, I could have chosen Pearl. But there was something about Diamond. It has nothing to do with Pearl as a person, I just feel... more comfortable with Diamond. That's it.'
"Platinum. Hey, Platinum!" Diamond waved a hand in front of her face. The girl was snapped out of her thoughts and looked at the boy, confusion and worry clear on his face.
"Are you okay? You just kinda spaced out there for a minute."
"I am fine." She retorted. "Come on, We should hurry to our next class."
"Oh. Okay." The two hurried away to their next class.
"Class, Sit down. Now." A stern looking woman stood in front of her class, glaring all of them down.
Blue groaned. "Ugh! An hour and a half of hell!"
"Come on Blue, Ms. Clair isn't that bad." Red added as an afterthought, "She can even be nice sometimes."
"Nice?" Blue scoffed at this. "I've seen rampaging gyarados' nicer than that beast."
Green raised his eyebrows at this, but said nothing. Red on the other hand stared at her, or rather, behind her with fear evident on his face. "Um...Blue?"
"Ha! I'd rather be locked in a room with a salamance than with her! Maybe two! And they both have pokérus!" The girl continued her rant.
"Is that so?" A chilling voice came from behind her.
"It is!" She said, before she felt her blood run cold. " Who said that?" She asked meekly.
"That would be me." Blue turned around and screamed, shocking everyone in the class.
"Well well, you certainly said some nice things about me, didn't you?" Clair deadpanned, while Blue was too dumbstruck to answer back. "I suppose it can't be helped. Considering I am a dragon master, I could take those as compliments." Blue was about to sigh a relief when Clair continued. "But, I also suppose I should punish you for speaking ill about a teacher. Meet me here at seven o'clock a.m. sharp, on saturday for detention."
'Damn that bitch.' Blue cursed under her breath while Red and Green snickered behind her. Clair started to walk back to the front of the class but turned around for a moment, adding, "And why not invite your friends? It can be a little party, since you two seem to find her punishment so funny." And resumed walking to the front of class accompanied by Blue's giggling and groans from Red and Green.
"Damn it, this is all your fault..." Muttered Green.
"My fault!" Exclaimed Blue.
"Yes, your fault." Green spat back. "Now we have detention. Pesky woman."
"How dare you call me that! I swear..." Blue shook a fist at him.
"You swear what?"
"Oh, never mind! I'll deal with you later."
Green smirked. "Is that a promise?"
Blue was fuming. "You are dead meat!"
Red decided that moment would be a good time to step in. "Blue, please calm down." He soothed her.
"Calm down?" She screeched.
"Yeah..." Said a terrified Red. Blue almost never got this angry. "Please? At least until this class is over, then you can kill him."
Blue collapsed into her seat and sulked. "Fine. Your lucky I love you Red. I would have punched anyone else if they tried to have told me that."
Red sighed. "I know..." Green kept his smirk on the entire time.
Gold sauntered into his classroom and sat down in the back, ignoring the obvious stares he was getting due to a large purple bruise forming on his face. A student next to him snickered at him as he got out his book.
"Glad you finally made it Gold." Smirked a red headed boy. He wore a plain black jacket with blue jeans.
"Thanks for the welcome Silver." Gold muttered, throwing glares at him.
"So what possessed you to come early today?" Silver continued, tugging at Gold's nerves.
"Oh, ha ha. You're so funny Silver. You should be a comedian." Gold countered.
"You think so? Hm, I could pull it off. Better than you at least." Silver smirked again.
"You bastard..." Gold started to get up but turned to look at a familiar figure walking towards them. "Hey! If it isn't Super Serious Gal! How has your day been so far?"
"Oh, shut it Gold. Or do you want a second bruise on your other cheek to match?" Crystal replied, glaring at the boy.
"Hey Crys." Silver greeted.
"Hi Silver." The girl gave a small wave. "How has your day been?"
"It's been decent, I suppose..."
"That's good. Oh! By the way, you need to meet the new students. They're in our dorm."
"Really. That should be...interesting."
"Yes, it-"
Gold cut in before she could finish her sentence. "Shhh! Shame on you Crystal, the teacher is talking. You should be silent and show respect."
Crystal smiled sweetly to him. "Remember how I said you're dead earlier today?" Gold nodded. "It's going to be a long, slow and painful death." Gold just stared at her. She looked at him weirdly before asking "What are you..." Before she could finish, Gold's face was inches away with a wide grin on his face. She started to blush, thinking why he was doing this. Suddenly he hugged her and started to fake cry. Crystal stiffened at the hug, her face turning red at the contact.
"I'm so happy! My little Super Serious Gal is finally growing a personality this year!" He teased. She heard nothing he said, still stunned by what he just did. She didn't even notice when he let go. Gold was confused at why she wasn't yelling at him yet or hitting him. "Uh, Crys? You alright?" She was still silent. "Yo, Crys! Wake up!" No answer yet. Gold just shrugged and turned to Silver. "You know what's wrong with her?"
"You are hopeless." Silver groaned. Gold just stared at him with a blank face, wondering what was up with his friends.
"So... much... useless history..." Diamond groaned.
Platinum laughed at her companion. "Oh, it is not so bad. At least there is no homework."
Diamond groaned. "Yeah, but we have to remember all that stuff. I mean, I guess knowing what the longest standing pillar in Eterna City is kinda cool. Sort of."
"Shame on you Diamond." Platinum chided then quoted. "If we don't learn from our past, we are doomed to repeat it." She paused. "Or something to that extent." The two laughed as they headed up the stairs to the math department.
"Oh great. Our last class is math!" The girl giggled at the boy's complaining. On impulse, she grabbed his hand and started leading him towards the classroom. Diamond felt his face turn warm after realizing they were holding hands. He saw the other kids look at them, giggling at the couple. Strangely, Diamond didn't really care what they thought though. Right now, this was a once in a lifetime chance for him and he was not going to let them ruin this moment. After a few minutes of walking and climbing, they reached the math hallway, only to hear someone with a familiar voice yell.
"But why not?" Ruby whined.
"Because I said you can't. It is forbidden to leave the island." A deeper, more masculine voice told the boy.
"But why is it forbidden for me? Other kids leave all the time, so give me a reason why I can't?" The boy countered.
"I don't need to give a reason. Now get to class before you're late. This discussion is over." With that the older man turned and walked into the classroom, leaving Ruby furious.
Platinum let go of Diamonds's hand and ran forward to Ruby. Diamond, a little sad that she had let go, followed. He had to admit he was curious about what happened between the two as well.
"Ruby!" Platinum yelled.
Ruby turned at the voice, and gave a small wave. "Hey Platinum, hey uh, Diamond, was it?"
Diamond returned the wave and decided to let Platinum do the talking. "So what was all that about?" She asked. "Who was that man?"
"That man," Ruby jabbed a finger towards the door, "Is my dad, and one giant jerk. Can you believe he won't even let me leave the island? He even told Professor Oak to specifically reject my request to leave. Wait," He gave them a worried look. "Don't tell me you guys are in his class?" The two nodded, while Ruby groaned. "Well, good luck you two, you're gonna need it to survive in that class."
Platinum looked confused. "Is he really that bad?"
Ruby laughed darkly at this. "No, he's worse. I would rather have Ms. Clair as a teacher then him. And she used to sick her dragonairs on the kids!"
"Ah..." Despite not knowing who Clair was, Platinum got the idea of how bad he was.
Ruby just sighed. "Anyways, I suppose I should get to class. See you guys at dinner." With a little wave he took off running. The two looked at each other and walked into the class. The room was surprisingly empty. There were only around fifteen desks, with little else besides the teacher's desk and a giant chalkboard. The blinds were closed, letting only a few rays of sun inside and giving the room andominous lighting.
"Kinda empty," remarked Diamond, "and a little depressing..."
Platinum nodded and took a seat in the back. Diamond stole a glance at the teacher, and followed Platinum. A couple of minutes later the students filled the classroom. There were only thirteen kids total in the class. The teacher got up from his desk and walked to the chalkboard.
"Listen up. I am only going to say this once, so pay attention." His tone was commanding, scary even, and Diamond immediately thought this was a teacher you did not want to cross. Satisfied he had the students undivided attention, he continued. "This is Advanced Mathematics. Basic math is important in not only the business world, but also in battles, believe it or not. Being able to gauge how far away an opponent is, and how far your attacks reach can be based off of certain formulas. This class is usually for sophomores, however, I see we have a few freshmen." He glanced at Platinum and Diamond. "Let's hope you aren't as dull witted as last year's freshmen." Platinum leaned forward intently, eager to prove she was smarter than last year's freshmen. "You will address me as Mr. Norman and I expect each one of you to be diligent with your studying and show absolute respect. There will be no joking around in here. Any student slacking off will be kicked out, immediately. Do I make myself clear?" Silence. He picked up a piece of chalk and started to write on the board. "Excellent. Turn to page 3 in your books. We will start with 'Chapter one: Section one..."
By the end of the class, the board was covered with complicated equations, tables and scenarios. Mr. Norman had written each one out and explained them step by step quickly. By the time Diamond walked out, he was leaning on Platinum, dizzy from all the numbers, letters, symbols and formulas.
"Man... I miss when math was just numbers..." He groaned.
Platinum laughed. "If you are so confused from the first class, then that just means you will have to work harder!"
"Yeah... I am not looking forward to this school year."
Platinum patted the boy on the back."Oh, cheer up. Tomorrow we have all our easy classes."
Diamond looked at her, his eyes brighter than before and with a smile on his face. "Really? Like Cooking?" Diamond was eager to learn how to make delicious pokemon food and poffins.
"Yes. And Foreign Studies and Archaeology." Platinum's eyes twinkled at they would be taking tomorrow. "I can't wait for tomorrow!"
Phew! I finally finished... sorry about such a long wait. Review, comment or flame~ Thank you!