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Author's Note: Here we go, Chapter 2! It picks up literally right after chapter 1. Now, if you like to listen to music while you read, I have a suggestion for this piece. Go to Youtube and search for FF XIII-2 City of Academia. It's a great piece and I think it works to create a great atmosphere! I hope you enjoy and please review!
Chapter 2: Academia Awaits
The doors open for the five of us and here we are. We step out into the light and the morning breeze rushes passed. In front of us is the main courtyard of the Campus. The grass feels nice under my feet, and the sounds of murmured conversations are all over the place.
"Look, there's Naminé´ and Kairi!" I turn to where Tobi points. They're waving to us. I run over to her and sweep right into a hug, I'm glad she's not mad for this morning. Naminé´ and Roxas share a kiss before we all cluster back together.
"So how are you guys?" Kairi looks to Ven, Van, Tobi and Roxas.
"Pretty good, you excited?" Ven smiles.
"Yep! This is going to be amazing!" Giggling, Kairi spins back to me.
"Does anyone know where we're supposed to go?" I put my hands behind my head.
"All of the signs point that way." Naminé´ points to the huge building at the opposite end of the Courtyard, "And many of the other students are headed that way."
"Well let's go then!" Roxas and Naminé´ kiss one more time before we all head toward that building that Naminé´ pointed out. Along our way, I look around at the rest of the Campus. Near the station must be the dorms since there're a bunch of kids coming out of them, and there are a bunch of buildings behind the one we're headed to, but I can't tell what they are. I'll admit it, I didn't really read the map all that closely before I got here. Oh well, I'll manage. On the sides of the path are these flags that are hanging from the lights, they all have TTU printed on them, I guess that's fitting.
"Here we are..." Van sounds upset.
"This is it, huh..." Tobi's eyes don't leave the building in front of us.
"Yep..." Ven lets his voice trail.
"Our toughest adventure yet!" With my comment the mood breaks, and everyone starts to laugh. The building, whose sign says its name is Sunset Hall, opens up as we push through the doors, and wow...just wow. This whole thing is one huge room that must be at least thirty feet tall, and other than the staircase just ahead of us, there's almost nothing in here, well except for the bunch of kids. Still, it looks like we're in some palace or something. The floor is made of this tile that Tobi showed us in some of the Seven Wonders we visited. Roxas and Naminé´ lead the way. I think they're following all the signs, or at least I hope so, that would be a really bad way to start all of this. They take us through a couple more sets of doors and rooms before they stop. It's a huge auditorium...there must be a thousand kids in here.
"Okay everyone, this is it. I think we have to register over there." Naminé´ points over to one of the tables they have set up around the room. We all nod before we head to that table. Behind it is this girl with bright pink hair and such a wide smile. She seems so eager.
"Hi guys! You're here for registration, right?" Her eyes are a shining blue.
"Yeah...isn't...everyone?" Tobi scrunches his eyebrows.
"Most people, but you'd be surprised who ends up in here." Her laugh is very light and happy. She makes us all smile. "Okay...so your names are..." She pulls a list closer to her.
"I'm Sora, and this is Kai..."
"I can do it Sora; I'm not a little kid. I'm Kairi."
"Oh, you're that group of Keyblade users that everyone's been talking about, aren't you?" Her smile widens, "So that means you must be Naminé´, Roxas, Ventus, Vanitas, and Tobi, right?" She points to everyone, but is a little off.
"Close. I'm Tobi, that's Vanitas, Roxas and Ventus." He gets it right, which I hope he would; I mean he's been living with us for a while now.
"Oh, sorry about that! So, are you all related because you three and you two look a lot alike." She points to the five of us. We look at each other and start laughing.
"Sorta, but it's a long story," Roxas laughs.
"You'll have to tell me some time. Anyway, are you guys living on campus or off?" She looks down her list.
"Off."
"Oh cool, then you and I will be getting to know it each other pretty well. I'm Serah, by the way, I'm your Campus Assistant. I'm kind of like a RA, but for off campus students like you guys."
"Cool!" We chime.
"So what are your guys' majors?"
"I'm a music major!" I start.
"Early Childhood Education," Kairi smiles.
"Creative writing," Roxas chimes.
"Drawing," doesn't surprise me about Naminé.
"Counseling," Ven adds.
"History," Serah's seems to smile wider at Tobi's major.
"Psychology," Van actually smiles.
"Wow, quite a variety there," she laughs.
"What's your major?" Kairi joins in on the laughs.
"I'm a secondary ed history major." That's why she smiled like that, "Okay, so you each need one of these..." She leans over and pulls out these seven backpack looking things that have the school's logo on them. She hands one to each of us. "They each have a planner for your homework; you're going to have a lot of that. There's a book with the schedule of events today, it has a list of where all the classes are today too. Um...let's see...it also has a 10% off discount for the school's store, that'll be good for all of your books. Now, do you all have the paperwork the school sent you earlier this summer?" We nod and pull out the papers from our packs. "Great, but you'll need those for the next station." She gestures down the row of tables. "Come see me anytime you have questions! I live in the apartments on Campus. Have a great day guys!" We return her smile before we continue down the row.
The rest of the people are nice, but not as nice as Serah. It's a little annoying though; they sent us each ten forms and we have to go to a different table for each one. Still, everyone, myself included, remembered to fill out all the paperwork before we got here, so it's fast.
"All right, now that that's done, we just have to wait here for everything to start." Ven has his face buried in the schedule.
"So what will be starting?" Van crosses his arms.
"A welcome by the President of Twilight Town University...then after that we start our class previews." I read from over Ven's shoulder.
"Welcome incoming students..." Here we go.