Author's note : Thank you all for reading to this point! I hoped you really enjoy the story so far! Gosh... I have big time priority issues. So freakishly sorry that I have not upload for a good one month! I have national exams coming up and I have big time motivational issues!
Jumping back to the point where the Choosing Ceremony had ended – Hiccup's POV
Meeting Jack's eyes one last time before he exit the room with my dad was kinda sad for me. I promised to visit him and I will... on days that I am free that is. Everyone else had choose to stay in Dauntless and I meant Snotlout and the gang, well except Fishleg who choose Erudite with me but at the same time he choose to stay away from me as he made friends with a husky ginger boy and a few other nerds in Erudite.
I on the other hand made a couple of friends, a good looking Candor boy with a very photogenic facial feature named Elson introduced himself to me... well Us. Hiro, Me, Hanna and Geoffrey. I know it sounds like a girls name but It really did fit his pretty face, sure he is Asian like Hiro but I won't lie he is really those good looking kid that had choose to join Erudite, he is tall with black hair and white skin complexion, skinny but he looks like those kids that tries really hard to put on weight but their metabolism rate is just too darn high. Did I mention his hipster glasses and his brown eyes? An Abnegation girl named Emily made friends with Hanna almost too quickly seeing that she is the only abnegation girl that had choose to come to Erudite.
When it was our turn to leave our mentors came up to us personally.
'Hey.. I'm Guy and you're going to be staying with me during initiation' He said with his arms out, I took it and shake it. As the group of Erudite left the room, I noticed everyone had a personal mentor each, Emily had been partner up with a girl with long golden blond hair and green eyes. She was smiling and talking and laughing with Emily which made her pretty comfortable. I turn to see Hiro with a bigger guy and one lady behind him, I figure that must be his family seeing that he had decided to stay in Erudite. Hanna, Elson and Geoffrey were no where to be found among the sea of faces.
The Transport to the Erudite sector was rather...intriguing. Coaches that I have never seen before pulled up and Jeanine was standing at the steps of the coach announcing for all Initiates and Mentors to get up the coach as she apologise to the parents and who ever came to attend the ceremony that don't belong in any of the category of Initiates or Mentor. The coaches were painted in blue and white giving the Erudite feeling of futuristic aura. Finally we board the coach, Guy had taken a seat with me close to the back. Toothless had to be on the floor as I am very sure the seats doesn't fit 2 human and 1 large dog. I had my hands on my bag (Toothless held it for me during the ceremony) as I peeked around the coach. It sure is the first time I had taken one and It seems rather... comfy. Emily had taken the seat in front of me as I notice Elson and Hanna were stick pretty closely because of their mentors. Geoffrey sat behind me with his mentor. The six of us looked at each other nervously as we chuckle silently to ourselves. Even though it's just the beginning it is quite fun already. Once the coach was fully loaded, it took off leaving the other Erudite waiting for the next one. Guy was nice enough to point to me most of the building and telling me what it is when we arrive at the Erudite sector.
I had only been in the Erudite Health and life science department for my Medical check ups. There were like tons of department, Engineering, Life Science, Bio Science, Chemist, Physic, Astronomy science, etc etc etc...
Once we arrived at the entrance of the main building, all of us were gestured to the foyer to wait for the other coaches. I watched the coach I just sat drove off into a garage and never appeared again, moments later once all the coaches had arrive and every initiates is accounted for a senior Erudite member gestured us into an auditorium. The auditorium is all white everywhere, long wooden tables and benches were situated all over the room. Every initiates were gestured to the front while our mentor Buddies were instructed to leave the room while we are brief for our initiation test. I took my seat on the second row with Hiro and Elson while Emily, Hanna and Geoffrey took the seats in front of us.
'Good afternoon.. ladies and gentlemen' Came Jeanine's voice as she walked up the platform with a remote in her hand. The lights in the room were dimmed slightly as a screen was positioned on platform, the screen light up and slides were shown.
'Now.. firstly I would like to welcome all of you to Erudite' Jeanine said, I glance around the room and did a estimation. There are 36 of us. Seeing how we filled up half of the room and only 9 bench are occupied. With a flick of her remote the slide changed, showing a table. A schedule actually, on it is many boxes that ranged from the time 9 am to 5pm. The table repeats itself from Tuesday to Thursday and on the Friday slot it states Initiation Test. The whole day.
'Now... As you can see on the screen' Jeanine spoke as she use a laser pointer and flash the red dot on the screen. All of us followed it closely. 'All of you will be going through basic classes before you are allowed to pick for your department... Ranging from Math, Sciences, History, Economics, Design and Technology' She stated.
'Now.. you will learn the basics of every thing you will need to know here in Erudite during the next 3 days.. Your mentors will help you with getting yourself ready for the Initiation Test on Friday' Jeanine stated. A candor boy raised his hand.
'Yes?' Jeanine asked the boy.
'Why do we have to learn all the Basics and take a test?' The Candor boy asked.
'Well.. i'm glad that you ask' Jeanine said and flicked the remote, this time it showed a whole table like a mind map. On the Centre it states Erudite Leadership which branches out to all the department which branch out into smaller departments. I looked at the departments on the second branch each circle had only one word in it. Sciences, Governing, Design, Engineering and Information Technology. From this five main circle it branches out into many other smaller circle which I guess are based on speciality.
'This is the Erudite tree... as you can see from here' Jeanine said as she walked over and tap the centre where the word Leadership is. 'We run like a system, much similar to the Faction system... from the main centre we branch out into many different category that fits you here and where you will be located to. This is to ensure that your knowledge are put to good use and not to waste..' Said Jeanine as she walked to the edge of the platform and looked at us sternly. She gave me a smile in my direction causing some of the other kids in the room to look over at me and Toothless who had been seated by my side patiently waiting. I swallowed thickly as I look to the side and saw some Candor and Erudite kids scoffing at me.
'Ignore them' Elson whispered to me and lean back into his seat, I nodded and had my eyes focus on the screen and Jeanine.
'As for the test it will determine what score you have and it is really important as it will affect the kind of job you will have here in Erudite' She click her remote and the slide changed to a table with numbers ranging from 5 to 1, with 5 being at the very top.
'Now look at this table... As you can see from the top' She tapped the top of the chart. ' The score you will have on your initiation test will affect your future here in Erudite greatly... If you have done considerably well you will be giving a high paying position here and you are allowed to enter two of the every department you had applied for … much like a job application'
'And if you don't do very well you won't be able to apply you to any of the department which will lead you to this' She stated and pointed at the word Security. 'Oh don't worry.. we won't state you as factionless here in Erudite... you will be paid and given a place to stay... every two years you are allowed to retake the Initiation test and every 10 years every Erudite members are needed to take the test again to ensure that they can stay in their department... this is to ensure fairness among us... but that is according to a theory on human nature that we use to build our system on'
'Speaking about staying... the initiation test will also determine where you are going to be staying at' Jeanine said as she flick her remote and the slide changed to one with housings and interiors. All of us were bewilder by the pictures, a few of the erudite student scoff at the pictures. Jeanine smiled and flicked her remote again and it showed into a table.
'The initiation test will determine what kind of housing you will receive for the rest of your time here in Erudite... But don't worry you can save up and buy your own house... these will all be paid by us once you have confirm a housing state.. but for now you are to stay with your mentors and no worries all of them have a decent staying area... we checked before we picked them out' Jeanine smiled again as she explained the chart.
From the bottom of the chart it states ranking order. From ranking 50 to 35 it showed a small bedroom without a toilet, a bunk bed, two tables and one window. From 34 to 20 it showed a picture of a slightly bigger bedroom with a toilet, a bunk bed and two tables much similar like the other one. From 19 to 10 it showed a bigger bed room, with one large bed, a window view, a toilet, a closet and a large table. From 9-5 it showed a bigger bedroom then the previous one, this one had a queen size bed, a toilet, a smaller kitchen corner a table with a computer on it. From 4-2 it showed a two story apartment. The first floor consist of a living room, a toilet, a kitchen while the second level showed two bedroom with queen size beds and a fantastic window view. Each bed room has been fully furnish too, a table with a computer and what ever.
Jeanine smiled and flicked her remote showing the grand prize. I was already really impress with the bedrooms and it is really wow, it's much comfortable like my bed room but I cannot guess what kind of housing they will give to the first prize. When the screen showed all of our jaw dropped. Literally. Our mouth hung open wide as we stare at the penthouse interior.
'Now it isn't a penthouse, we just take two of the largest room and combine them together' Jeanine chuckled at us. And I thought only the Candor live in such rich houses. We're a growing population and there are tons and I mean tons of empty buildings, so having this kind of houses is considered a real luxury.
'Now housing is one of the biggest issue for transfers so we had prepare this to help you to get settled... don't get me wrong.. the awards is open to all including Erudite Born...It whether you earned it or not... now with that I end the welcome speech.. lessons will begin tomorrow at 9 don't be late, your mentors will bring you around the campus after you change and get yourself settled... you can have the rest of the day off... dismiss' She said and stepped off the platform, the door opened and our mentors came in and fetched us.
Lucky enough all of our mentor are good friends so yea.. I pretty much got to hang out with the gang. Turns out that Hiro's mentor is his older brother named Tadashi, while Elson and Hanna's mentor are a couple, Nod and Mary. Emily had a very bright mentor named Rapunzel and Geoffrey's mentor is named George.
Tadashi don't look anything like Hiro, Hiro is rather short and very very skinny. But they do have matching brown eyes and Hiro have one hell of a hair while Tadashi kept his neat and short. Unlike his little bro Tadashi is tall and build.
Nod looked like a guy who loves adventures, brown hair defined jawline and tall with a lean body. While Mary looks like those kind of girls that can kick you ass in a split second, orange hair, tall and she seems kinda sporty.
I'm not so sure but Geoffrey and George looks kinda similar in a way. Both of them look similar and that's when I notice. Both of them are brothers like Tadashi and Hiro, matching blue eyes and black shaggy hair that covers their forehead, although George had his pin up with a black hair pin.
Emily have brown hair that is tied up neatly into a bun, I'm having the temptation to insert a pair of chopstick into her hair bun. She have a pair of dark brown eyes, peachy skin, a small amount of freckles on her nose. Similar to her mentor Rapunzel, except she has long golden hair and big green eyes.
'Both Rapunzel and I take animal biology... and we have our own pets to keep' Guy explained as we walked towards the store where we are collecting our uniform. Apparently there is a list of dress code you can choose from, provided you have the cash. Well first set is free anyway.
'There are a lot of facilities here and they are pretty much open to the public.. if you feel like going for a workout session the facilities are over there' Guy pointed out towards the building next to a dome. Hands shifting over to the dome direction.
'That is the library.. if you ever need to find a quiet place to study but that's why you have your houses for' Guy explained and we continue to move towards the direction of the clothing store. Once we entered we were greeted by a lady dressed in a blue button shirt with dark blue slacks.
Without saying anything she led us to the rows of blue clothings. From there Rapunzel and Mary went on a spree on picking the clothes for us, I don't get it... it all looks very blue to me and the same. After Rapunzel and Mary were done with dressing poor Geoffrey, she came up to me and pulled me towards the huge mirror.
'Good Luck...' Geoffrey whispered to me as I was pulled pass him, Toothless followed me while I was being pulled. Rapunzel when through every section pulling out the right size for me, I turned to look at the nice store lady. She was literally stress from the amount of work Rapunzel is giving her and I feel really sorry for her. She caught me looking and manager a smile while I gave her an apologetic smile. She simply shrugged and continue down the lane helping to pick out the correct size for me.
Before Rapunzel pushed me into the changing room, I caught a glimpse of everyone trying out their new uniform. I turned to Toothless and told him to wait outside, he obediently nodded and sat himself outside the door of the changing room I am in. I had no idea how in the world to match the clothings so I had to do a couple of test.
Do I like to wear only a shirt that doesn't have long sleeve?... Maybe.
Do I like to wear blue?... Not really.
Do they have any colour other then blue.. maybe green and brown?.. Sadly No.
Are these material comfortable?... yea they are.
Do they have vest?... Yea.. but they aren't what I like..
Should I just throw something random on?.. I should.
After coming to a conclusion I just throw on random piece of clothings and see how it fits.
I had a light blue cotton long sleeve (Thank the gods for that) and a simple Dark blue sleeveless vest that is also made out of cotton. I walked out with pants that hug tightly onto my legs (making the outline of the metal casing on my left leg) and everyone was kinda speechless when they say me. The staring are making me uncomfortable.
'Do I look weird? I have no idea how to coordinate the clothings...' I apologised but everyone was silent. I looked up to see everyone in long coats and office attire and leather shoes and heels. The store lady came up to me and pointed towards the mirror, I turned to see a large mirror with myself standing at the centre. I didn't have any idea how I looked since there isn't any mirror in the changing room.
I have no idea how to describe myself when I saw me in the mirror. Rapunzel came up towards me and smiled. She adjusted my vest and turned me towards the mirror again.
'You look adorable... maybe if we get you one of these...' Rapunzel said as she went off and came back with a pair of hipster glasses, placing them on me. I look like a nerd, even Rapunzel agreed that she had made a wrong call. 'Or not...' she spoke as she remove the glasses and place them where she found them.
'So I guess we are done shopping for clothings then!' Guy suggested but Rapunzel didn't really listen as she went around picking out a few more sets for us to fill our wardrobe. So.. Rapunzel got a me a coat set and another set of comfy cotton vest and long sleeve.
When we left the shop I noticed eyes were constantly on me, I held my old Dauntless clothes close to my side and separated them from the Erudite attire on the other hand. I'll probably have to take sometime before I had to throw them away. I gotta have something that will at least remind me of where I came from. At least something that reminds me of me.
As we continued down the roar to the houses where Guy and the seniors stay we walked pass the group of Candor Transfers, the boys were eyeing me as we walked past them. I didn't bother to spare a single glance at them, that is until they whistled.
'Looking Good! How I wish I can have that all for me!' The Candor boy with orange spike hair yelled, I have no idea if it is their sarcasm or it's their truth. Candors... just because they are from Candor doesn't mean that whatever they say will always be fair. I choose to ignore them and continue walking as their laughter disappeared into the clothing store that we had exit from. I didn't bother to check if Guy had made any eye contact with the Candor kids mentors. I'm used to it anyway.. the world is never kind..
'Ignore them..' Elson whispered as he walked up behind me and gave me a reassuring smile. I couldn't help but smile in return, he was just too photogenic.. like Jack.
Right... Jack. I wonder how he is cooping with his new job.. hopefully he can excel in it, Maybe I should give him a visit. Even though it has been a few hours I kinda wanna see that guy already. I guess he is really the only one who makes me feel home despite me not belonging in to Dauntless. I look up and for some strange reason Elson was giving me a rather creepy stare. He seems to notice my expression and blushed a little as he looked away. Actually the whole journey back to the stay area was rather … er.. attentional? People kept glancing in my direction when ever we walked pass them, most of them had their eyes on me strangely.
Deep at the back of my mind I was thinking.. why is everyone looking at me? Do I look funny? Do I look weird? Or I simply don't look great in any Erudite outfit? Well I know i'm really scrawny and all... maybe the clothes are too big on me?
I was so lost in my thoughts that I didn't notice Emily coming up to me. She gently tap on my shoulder which snapped me out of my thoughts. I gave her a rather surprise jerk and back a step away from the sudden contact. She was giggling like crazy, her cheeks were puff and her hand was over her mouth trying really hard to choke down a laugh.
'What?' I asked trying very hard not so sound embarrass even though I'm 200 percent sure my face tells them otherwise.
'Nothing... Pffftttt' Emily muffled her laugh, I give her credit for trying. I looked over to see Rapunzel with her hands clasp together while a smile just spread across her lower face. Now what?
'Seriously though... you look really good!' Emily said finally managing to keep her excitement to a minimum. Emily lean in closer and whispered ' Everyone is checking you out.. girls and boys'
Some how when she said boys electricity went up my spine. Things are starting to get seriously awkward for me especially. But thank the gods for that moment was short lifted.
'We have arrived!' Guy announced as he gestured to the neighbourhood. I look around to see buildings that has been remade and under construction. 'So we will meet up in 2 hours? Get everyone settled in and washed up! Then we meet for lunch, how does that sound?'
No one objected. Everyone agreed to the idea and we went our separate ways.
'One hell of a hectic day huh?' Guy said to me.
'Yea... you mind about Toothless?' I asked as I glance down at Toothless who sat next to my feet.
'Nah I don't.. just make sure he doesn't chew Belt' Guy warned and we entered a building. The lobby was surprisingly clean and all, the floor were polished from the tiles that was used long before. Despite all the lack of resources I heard, they still manage to keep this place as high class as possible. Much less compare to the auditorium and other important places around chicago.
'Belt?' I questioned.
'You'll see..' Guy smirked as we walked towards the elevator and he pushed the 10th floor button. The both of us (including Toothless) stood in a rather awkward silence during the ride in the lift. No elevator music, and nothing interesting to look at other then the number flashing at the top. Once we reach the floor and the door opened with a Ding, we exited and turn left towards the corner. I took notice of the corridors as we walked along, it was like those hotel corridors that I read about in the school library. Carpeted floor, well lighted corridors, rows of doors except for some reason the doors are stretch really far apart. We stopped at the end of the corridor where we face a blue wood door that has been polish with no door knob. Only a slot in hole.
Guy fished his pocket and pulled out a metallic card with the room number '1704' on it which matches the door number. On the card an Erudite logo has been printed on it, he slot the card in and a * beep * sound can be heard from the door followed by the sound of the door unlocking itself. The first thing that caught my attention when the door open was the smell, strangely it smelled like the stone age (not that I have ever smelled that before).
'Come on in' Guy gestured and pushed the door open and we entered.
'Wow...'i breath the word out as I scanned Guy's room. Well room doesn't actually describe it more of an apartment. Toothless didn't waste a second as he started to sniff around the room. Suddenly Toothless started to growl and tapping this strange pink looking ball on the sofa. 'Toothless!' I nearly yell as I walked over quickly and pulled him away from the sofa. Guy simply chuckled as he walked over and picked up the pink fur ball and gave it a scratch. Somehow me and Toothless shared the same expression as we tilt our head with a puzzled look while Toothless gave a puzzled whine. Slowly the ball unfurl itself into a sloth.
'This is Belt! My pet sloth' Guy introduced and as if on command Belt climb to Guy's waist and wrapped his long arms around his thin waist. Now I get why it's called belt, Toothless when over and started to sniff Belt again and this time he tried to nudge it. 'Got him as a project in the animal biology sector... Rapunzel is in it too! She takes care of a chameleon'
'Oh... That's interesting' I said.
'So... I guess this is what you earn during Initiation?' I asked as I looked around the apartment. Apparently I shouldn't have asked about that, I turned and notice Guy's face. His expression had harden a little as he cuddled Belt. Belt had the same expression as he wrapped his arms around Guy's chest.
'It's where I live when I was young... with my family' Guy spoke as he stroke Belt's head. Before I can say anything Guy continue. ' They went missing 12 years ago after the explosion in the Erudite chemical engineering sector that specialize with Nuclear and Radiation.. no bodies were found'
'12 years ago...' I mumbled. I looked up to see Guy softening up a little. '12 years ago... it's when my mum went missing too' Both of us stand in silence as we absorb the news of what we just heard from each other. But Guy was the first to break the tension.
'Well enough with grieving for our lost.. let me show you to your room' Guy said as he gestured me and walked me along to two doors opposite of the kitchen. He points to the door on the left ' That's where you will be sleeping and that' He points to the opened door at the other end of the corridor 'is the bathroom'
With that he smiled and entered the door on the right which I assume is his bed room while I enter mine. As I open the door the first thing that I did was scanned it for no apparent reason. A blue bed, a blue closet, a desk and a window. Cozy.
Toothless quickly leap onto the bed and made himself comfortable and plop down for his afternoon nap. Normally he takes his nap during my lesson timings, so it's should be about time for him to take a rest. Moments later Guy stood by the doorway of my (temporary) room, shirtless with only a grey sweatpants. I blushed a little at the sight of his chest.
'At least someone is feeling like home already' he chuckled at the sight of Toothless. ' need any help to settle down?'
I shook my head as I walked over to the closet and slide it open. Towels are folded neatly at the corner along with some cotton pants and jeans with a few vest and long sleeve shirts. I looked at Guy for an explanation about this, I'm pretty sure he can tell by the expression on my face but I was in no position to say anything, since it's his house afterall.
'Those are my smaller clothings, thought it might fit for whoever is staying with me and sure enough it will for you.. I wore those when I was your age' Guy explained as he walked over and pulled out a cotton sweat pants. I took notice of the mark on his arms and stomach. On both his arms two parallel thick brown lines streak across his triceps, while on his stomach the line goes from his back around the waist, across the stomach and back to the back.
'Are those?' I asked pointing at the marks on this body. Guy seem stun for a moment before realizing what I was referring to. He took a step back and point at his mark on his stomach.
'Oh these? These are just birthmarks... pretty cool right?' He nodded and spoke. I couldn't help but agree that it's a really cool birthmark. I mean it's like one in a million that you find someone with such cool birthmarks. 'Come on.. get dress'
In a moment, I quickly changed into a blue jeans and a blue long sleeve shirt both from Guy's old clothings. It's like everything comes in only blue. Guy was nice enough to not question about my leg. And so the day goes on, we met up with everyone else at the meeting point outside our stay area and head to one of the dinners.
When we arrive at the dinner it was surprisingly crowded. But it was crowded enough for us to get a seat, yup a whole row to ourselves. I scanned the area and noticed the other initiates were eating at the same dinner. Some of them came with their mentor's parents while other would be eating with other mentors or friends. Nice enough.
Surprisingly, they didn't mind that I bought Toothless along with me. In fact they even asked if I wanted to order food for Toothless which Guy answered with a yes. I feel bad for making Guy pay for Toothless and my meal. Even though we live in a system, currency is still quite an issue.
It was the first time I ever tried Pasta, and this one with Roux sauce garnish with a spinach leaf sprinkled with rosemary and thyme. Gosh the smell is great. I turned to my right to see Toothless digging into his shredded chicken meal on the floor (Which is very very clean)
'So how Is everyone getting settled?' Hiro asked. All the mentors sat at one side while the 16 year old sat at the other.
'Pretty cool' Elson said with a mouth full of fries. Surprise they even have those here.
'Yea.. Rapunzel was really nice.. she gave me some of her dress and they are all really pretty... I do feel bad for accepting them though..' Emily sighed nervously poking her fork into the salad she ordered. I gave her a rather weary smile and continue to dig into my plate of pasta. I was hungry. Really hungry.
'Well... Elson and I will be pretty close since Mary and Nod visit each other pretty often' Hanna said blushing, peeking a look at Elson who is currently dress in one of the Erudite attire that Rapunzel had thrown on him. Everyone else changed into their Erudite attire, Hiro on the other hand wore a red shirt underneath his blue jacket. Is that even allowed?
Geoffrey looked pretty much the same.
'So Hamish.. how are you settling in?' Hiro asked. I didn't notice until I looked up, a stretch of sauce from my mouth to my chin. Hiro laughed and handed me a Kleenex and gestured to me to clean my mouth.
'Oh er.. it's great... Guy gave me a room and some of his old clothings.. like this one' I said gesturing to myself. Dinner went by in a flash while everyone shared stories and their past in their previous faction. The next thing I knew we were all heading towards Guy's house to hang out. First thing that greets us was Belt, he was preparing some drinks for us. The girls immediately went over and play with Belt and Toothless while the guys sat around the couch chatting while Guy set up the computer, he said something about the news.
Well for me I retire into my room first, I am feeling very worn out and giddy for some reason. I collapse almost immediately when I am within falling distance onto the bed, naturally I removed my shoes out of habit. I also changed into a short pants which made it easier for me to remove the metal casing around my leg. Apparently it didn't occur to me that my leg had started to swell a little. The unsual purple lump on my carve muscle made it rather hard for me to walk. I had to stumble and lean against the wall of the room as I hopped over to my bed. Once i'm on it I was hit with a wave of tiredness and sleepiness. Not giving me a chance to say goodbye to my new friends I fell asleep.
Guy woke me up the next morning. He was in the same same sweatpants that he wore without his shirt. Toothless was curled up like a ball next to me on the floor.
'Morning Sleepy head.. go get yourself ready.. I'll make breakfast' Guy said as he watched me reach for my metal casing. Again I didn't notice the swell on my leg until Guy stopped me.
'Wow... better not put that on now' He said as he kneel down and examine my leg. I wince a little at the contact and the stinging sensation. Belt come onto Guy's shoulder and notice the swelling on my leg. I won't lie, it looks really bad.
'Belt... get me the kit' Guy ordered and Belt quickly disappear out of the room, only to reappear with a green bag.
'This is gonna hurt a little' Guy warned and he pushed against the swelling with made me yelp in pain. The searing hot pain course through my leg, if it wasn't for Belt conversing with Toothless. I'm sure Toothless would have pounce on Guy almost immediately when he woke up. Guy quickly reach into the bag an pulled out a tube of lotion for swelling and bruises. He applied the lotion on my carve and started to massage it. I wouldn't say gently, but it must be a necessary since Guy had quite a serious face on.
'There... you shouldn't be using that for a little while.. do you have anything you help you walk?' Guy asked. I was about to say yes but I remembered that I had use the serum 4 days ago. Guy simply examine my expression and went out, he came back with a pair of clutch.
'Where did you-?' I asked.
'I take medical studies here, i'm gonna be an engineer and a doctor for both human and animals' Guy said as he hand me those clutch. He walked over to the closet and pull out a pair of slacks, a blue collar long sleeve and a grey vest. 'I'll help you with that'
After Guy had helped me change into the clothings I stumbled out to the counter in the living room where a plate of toast with melted cheese and ham sat. Toothless was very alert as he stayed near my left leg eyeing me.
'Thanks buddy' I said to him as I kneel down (with difficulty) and gave me a scratch under his chin. Toothless let out a whine of pleasure as I handed him some doggie treats from my bag.
'Stay close to the gang alright? If anything should happen they will be close by to help you' Guy instructed me. 'We will pick you up directly after your last lesson'
Guy was being a protective mentor towards me, well I wouldn't want to call it mentor more like brother? He was just looking out for me. Once breakfast was done and he did the dishes, Guy entered his room and began to change into his attire. Belt was clinging onto his waist as he walked out and helped me to the door. Despite the clutches I am still having one hell of a difficulty walking due to my left leg. Apply a tiny amount of pressure my leg feels like it can snap at any moment, not using the leg requires me to hopped a little and it feels very awkward to walked with one leg doing a L shape.
We reached the area outside the building, everyone else were already waiting. Rapunzel spotted the clutches and raced towards me, pushing Guy aside to ask If I was okay. Guy explained the whole thing to the gang and they 'oh' in unison.
'Well.. looks like we will be your body guards for the day' Elson teased as he walked over and ruffled me hair. Next thing I knew, Geoffrey grabbed my clutches while George threw me over his shoulder.
'You are awfully light man' George complaint as we began to walk towards school where they will drop us off and head towards their respective sector in Erudite.
'Thank you for the compliment' I pouted rolling my eyes. I didn't need to look over to know that people are giving me looks as we walked to the building where our lessons are being held. As soon as we are within 50 meter radius form the school George let me down, I had a few struggles trying to gain my balance since i'm new to using clutches.
'Take care of him will ya?' Guy asked the rest of the 16 years old. All of them nodded in agreement and then our mentors went their separate ways to their respective sectors in Erudite.
'Come on Lessons are about to start' Geoffrey said as he guide us into the building, of course we took it slowly since I have trouble with the steps. Initiates were staring at us and I won't lie. It's very uncomfortable.
'It's only for today' I mutter to myself and force myself up the steps towards the main entrance. Elson was tempted to carry me but he can tell earlier that I didn't enjoy being carried around. Especially when people are WATCHING.
'Hey.. if you need any help just ask' Elson voiced up, a slight tremble in his voice. I looked towards him, I can tell his is trying hard to hide his blush. His lips were a little wavy and his cheeks were blushing a little.
'Thank you' I replied and continue to struggle my way up. Well.. it wasn't as hard as it seems though, I just gotta make sure I don't fall backwards.
'Come on..' Geoffrey grumbled and lifted me off my feet. He race up the remaining THREE steps and place me down on the floor. The swelling is getting really irritating, because once in a while I would accidentally set my feet on the ground and the pain would shoot up my leg.
Elson offered to carry my bag which I agreed to politely. Toothless tried to support me once in awhile, allowing me to rest my feet on his back for a little while before continuing to walk.
Our first class would be Communications. I'm so gonna suffer in this class, I am also very damn sure the people who can ace this test would be the ex Candors. Talking ain't really my thing, I'm more of keep to myself. Well as expected. First sessions are normally introductions and expectation with a really quick run through of the methods of speaking for presentations. We will be using that to speak during Initiation test. A presentation.
The following classes were history, psychology, mathematics and finally science. During the lessons, we ran through what is needed for us to know about our initiation test. Apparently each classes have different initiation tests which will be graded and used as our initiation results. I shouldn't have any problem with Math, Science and History. Two of my biggest problem would be Psychology and Communication. Like I said, i'm not a people person.
Once science had ended we made our way slowly towards the entrance of the building, unlucky enough... I just have to bump into the next group of annoying people.
'Hey Cripple!' Yell one of the candor transfer erudite. The douche looking blond jackass. The orange spiked hair candor who is slightly taller and broader snorted, while a brown hair candor laughed coldly. I didn't to check to know that the girls were encouraging the guys.
'Guinea pigs..' the ginger girl snorted, 'Lab rats' added the blond girl.
Not to be mean or anything but they are just plain horrible at calling names. From the far corner of my eye I can see Fishleg walking with his friends, well at least he is doing okay. The sound of someone yelling really closely tore my attention away from Fishleg. I turned to see Elson flipping a bird at them group of candor kids, as he signalled them rather fiercly that they are about to get into a fight, even though I am not sure if Elson know show to fight. On the bright side, Toothless was growling fiercely next to Elson, baring his fangs which I seldom see. Toothless must be really angry.
Sure enough the group of candor kids shut their mouths and stayed rather silent while I struggle and limp my way out. Stupid clutches were bruising my armpits. Unfortunately enough, I was encountered with a flight of stairs... this time going down. Great.
Well if it wasn't for Geoffrey and Elson, I might have caused a human avalanche down the stairs. The both of them carried my by my arms and carefully made their way down while the rest just watched. Toothless was really piss as he kept his eyes on the other students with his fangs bared. Secretly I appreciate it.
Just in the nick of time all the mentors had arrive together and were already waiting for us at the bottom of the stairs. But oddly there is this white balloon man with them.
'Why did you bring Baymax?' Hiro asked Tadashi gesturing to the balloon man who simply turn and had his hand out and did a small circle which I think it's a wave.
'I am Baymax, I am a Nursing Robot' Baymax greeted us, Toothless began to sniff around Baymax as he tried to bite him.
'Toothless don't' I warned. Toothless reluctantly back down with a whimper, and all of a sudden Baymax scooped me in his arms like a lady. I was stun by the action of the robot.
'Baymax will be looking after you for the day.. I requested Tadashi and he agreed' Guy explained. I turn and gave Tadashi a smile as we began to make our way back to the stay area. Everyone is going over to Guy's place again to help us initiates to study. Since it is much more convenient for our sake. On the way back, Rapunzel and Mary bought some microwave bento boxes (and of course dog food for Toothless).
For a nursing robot, Baymax is really slow. But otherwise he is fine, although you have to hear the constant sound of the machine mechanism inside of Baymax moving. Toothless was really holding back not to bite Baymax, thank the gods that he is behaving.
We finally arrived at Guy's home (Thanks to Hiro pushing Baymax to go faster), Belt greeted us all and wasted no time in preparing the living room. I can also tell from the look of Belt's eyes he also wanted to poke Baymax with his claws. It seems like Hiro caught my idea and instructed Baymax to deflate himself. It's an interesting mechanism to install in a nurse bot. Thankfully Baymax sat me down on the sofa while he deflate, I can feel the hardness of his body which will result in some uncomfortable feeling. And with that we took off with the studies. We ended quite late into the night before we send everyone off. Seeing how everyone is really drained.
Once day two arrived the swelling had went down tremendously with the care of Baymax who massage the swollen area and applied some cream constanly through out the night. Although he did went into offline mode every 3 hours, it's a program that Tadashi had installed in Baymax to ensure he doesn't over work himself when it is night time, but still alert enough to sense distress. Oh and he goes offline for 30 minutes only.
Thanks to the healing of the swelling I am able to use the metal casing for the next three days. Of course Baymax has been stationed at Guy's home to do chores and keep close to me, just to be safe you know. Everyday after school we would come to Guy's place since it is very convenient for us and it just so happens he is at the centre among everyone.
On the day of the initiation test, I woke up with one of the worst feelings ever... a cold. Baymax was around when he came to me and sense my distress feeling, he did a quick scan and some how a needle poke through his index finger.
'You are experiencing a cold.. a shot will help you to be better' Baymax said as he slowly moved the needle towards my arm.
'No..nono' I said to him even though I feel super bad literally and not emotionally. It was suppose to be initiation test today and now of all times my body have to fail on me. 'i'm allergic to some of the serum of chemical used'
Baymax did another quick scan and he begun to recalculate as he scroll through his system quickly listing the medication he has, but comes out with none as my body has at least one ingredient I'm allergic to. How I know? Baymax told me. I stumbled to my feet from the bed (after attaching the metal casing) I make my way to the door only to see Guy seated without his shirt with a cup of coffee. He was reading the news on his tablet when my sneeze caught his attention.
'You okay? Today is your big day you know' Guy pointed out but I just waved it off and walked towards the toilet for a morning warm shower. I didn't really bother that I am having a fever right now, because I feel super cold now. Baymax pulled me away before I entered the toilet.
'You must not take a shower now.. perhaps a hug is what you need' Baymax pointed out as he seem to find it as the safest option to use on me. Guy noticed and walked up towards me.
'You know it's alright if you can't take it today.. you can take it on a separate date you know? I'll just need to call the board and tell them you are sick' Guy said as he reached for the tablet.
'No... can we just let it rest.. today is kinda short anyway.. I finish the test up and get back here asap..' I spoke weakly as I blow some snot away. Guy didn't seems convince. ' I can do the test well.. no worries' Still not convince.
'No.. I can't risk you doing stuff like that... You should think this through... initiation test doesn't start in another...' Guy paused as he looked up at the clock. ' one hour and 45 minutes'
I didn't reply but the determine look is still in my eyes. Guy sigh as he grabbed a pill from the cupboard in the kitchen and pour two tablet onto his palm and hands them to me with a glass of water.
'Eat them and get to sleep, i'll wake you up in 50 minutes' Guy instructed with his do-not-defy-me tone. I didn't have the energy to fight him as I down the pill and the drowsiness took effect almost immediately. I can feel myself falling against Baymax as he lay me on the bed and allowed me to sleep while the pill take effect.
Guy woke me up an hour later, sure enough I feel better, not much and not slightly, just nice. Baymax helped me got ready for the day as we went straight to the building. The others had already gone off first after Guy notify their mentors about my condition. Sure enough they waited by the main entrance where they cramp themselves against one side of the stairs asking each other questioned while the mentors tried their best to clear up their doubts.
'Hiccup!' Rapunzel nearly shouted when she spotted me and came up to hug me. Toothless barked happily at the sight of everyone. Then something invisible landed on Toothless's head. It was Pascal, Rapunzel's pet chameleon which Toothless met on the third day of school. Since then they have become best buds. Soon they went into a game of chase. Even though I have no idea how they can do that.
'How are you? Are you sure you can do this?' Rapunzel asked with voice filled with concern. Touching my forehead and neck checking the temperature. 'how can you not tell him to be in bed?!' Rapunzel snapped at Guy.
'Hey.. don't look at me.. he is just stubborn...' Guy said out loud as if I am not around. Thanks man.. some sort of helpful mentor you are. I looked over to see everyone getting off their butts and coming towards me.
'Don't push yourself man' Tadashi said. One thing I like about Tadashi would be that he is like a big brother to everyone, including the mentors. As far as I know he is the oldest among us all. 'Seriously if you don't feel very well, tell the invigilator' Tadashi said as he ruffled my hair.
'And if anything should happen let me know.. I'll handle it' Tadashi added. One more thing I should add, Tadashi is very very close with the leadership sector. Apparently he could be appointed into the top 5 head of Erudite seeing his leadership status is just too high.
'Alright.. your exams are starting in 10 minutes.. better get going' Mary said as she pushed us into the building. 'Keep an eye out for each other.. and er Baymax. Wait outside the corridor during each of their papers.. you can function in offline mode as you do so' Mary instructed. Wait.. Since when can Mary tell Baymax what to do?
'Understood.. I will keep an eye on them' Baymax replied as he followed us into the building.
The mentors said their goodbyes as they rushed off to their sectors. They were willing to be late to help us. I really have no idea how I can thank them. As we approach the classrooms the tense feeling had started to settle in. I shouldn't be afraid.. i'm a Dauntless too. I studied for this and I shouldn't be having much of an issue with this.
Initiates both Erudite born and Transfers were comparing notes memorizing important details they are afraid they might miss out. Desperation I must say.
'We're gonna be fine' Geoffrey said to us as we wait patiently outside the room while it is being prepared. No one said anything, but I guessed we all wished for the same thing.
Sure enough the doors open and we were called in by our name. Luckily I was seated in between Hannah and Geoffrey. Just like the choosing ceremony. And so the test begins. Oh Toothless has to be outside with Baymax, but there is Pascal to keep them accompanied. Rapunzel was nice enough to help me with Toothless.
Along the different exams we sat for, a minor headache would hit me once in awhile. Knocking me off for a few minutes before I can continue to concentrate on the exam paper infront of me. Math wasn't really that hard since it was all about practice and I had done much.
Science is rather fine, although the headache knock me at the wrong time. But still I manage to complete the paper with very little rest time. I tried to rush through the paper so I can catch a break before the next paper.
History was horrible. I had to wreck my brain hard to write down the right information. Some sort of human error and something that cause us this war to happen. I think I wrote something about smelly rotten cheese that started the Trojan war. Thank the gods that the questions were all fill in the blanks. Hurrah for no Essay writings. I wrote something about Hitler used a Drunken Donkey to start world war one.
Communication and Psychology was put together. Like I said I had to do a presentation. Although I am really sure I will without a fail end up with a borderline score since I am a poor speaker. But.. this fever. It kinda went up before my turn and I guess it fried my brains. I was spouting thing I couldn't remember, the Teachers must be sure I had 20 shots of Tequila.
By then I was so sure i'm going to lose it, everything is really really fuzzy in my head. When I exit the room the others were already waiting. For communications the head of each Erudite sector came and help to speed up the examination process where at least 5 Erudite head sector were in a room. I was unfortunate enough to see Toothtiana my Doctor, Jeanine the head of Erudite and Pitch black Head of human dreaming research along with his assistant Sanderson.
Right after I left the room Jeanine and Toothiana pulled me aside, to tell me something.
'Hiccup... how are you doing?' Toothiana asked as she watch me rocking back and forth on my feet.
'I'm totally fine...' I blurt out, as my eyes threaten to close.
'You don't look fine... you should get some rest... anyway-' Toothiana said but Jeanine interjected.
'We have developed a new serum to help with your disorder, it's stronger then the current one you are using but there are still the same sight effect.. and er..we need your body to be in a better physical condition' Jeanine stopped.
'Which is why you will be put through this special program that we have specially arrange for you.. you will have a private mentor that will lead you in your physical exercises and then we will be able to allow you to take the serum... it needs to adapt to the body of the consumer' Tooth said.
'It's just to ensure that your body can adapt to the serum' Tooth added. With that she quickly send me to my friends before she enter the room for the next tester.
'So how was your communication?' Hiro asked me when I was within range.
'Oh it went awfully good and gosh did you know that banana skin can make your teeth white?' I blurt out again.
'Wow .. you are not doing good, let's head back quickly' Hannah and Emily said as she pushed us towards the door, the group of Candor transfer kids were glaring at us as we walked pass them. Baymax and Toothless sticked by really closely ensuring nothing could go wrong. Sadly not really.
Our Mentors were all by the stairs waiting already, but once the sun hits my face I feel even more fuzzy. The irritating buzzing sound is in my head as we walked. A wave of headache knocked me at the same time as I stumbled to the side for the railing. Everyone noticed and quickly rushed over before I tumble down the stair. If it wasn't for Toothless who was quick enough to pull me by my collar I would have rolled down the stairs.
'Hiccup? You alright man?' George called out to me as I try to grasp what is happening. Next thing I knew I blacked out.
Serveral hours later.
When I came about it was Dinner time (I think) and I was in my room. Everyone else were outside chatting away, sharing their answer about the test and complaining about the annoying papers. Toothless began to nudge me when he sense I was awake, Rapunzel and Mary came into the room to check on me. Sure enough I was awake, with a terrible headache and a wet cold forehead.
'Glad to see you doing better.. you gave us a fright.. passing out like that' Mary said to me as she remove the folded wet cloth over my forehead, dipped it into the cold water and placing it back on. It seems like everyone else had caught my news of being awake they came into the room. That is when I realise everyone were in their causal clothings. I didn't need to say anything and Guy could understand what I was thinking.
'Everyone is spending the weekend here to celebrate, they are staying for the night' Guy explained. Baymax was here as well, Elson helped me to sit up against the board of the bed. Emily came in with a bowl of warm chicken soup, and I helped myself as everyone settled in the room and began to talk about their day and how the head of each sectors accepted their reasons to be late. I had told them about the program I was place in so I will be having an instructor coming over once in awhile.
Within another hour I was asleep again, and slowly everyone fell asleep. Around the middle of the night I woke up due to some unknown reasons. Everyone were in sleeping bags except for Tadashi who had his arms wrapped around a cocoon Hiro. The girls were sharing their sleeping bags, two to one. Guy was asleep in the other room. I tip toed my way out which I accidentally woke a sleeping Toothless by the door by my scent. With the help of the metal casing, I have mastered the art of putting the metal case onto my leg silently when I was younger.
I grabbed myself a cup of warm water and down it slowly. My head was still buzzing and I can barely walked 10 steps without my head telling me to fall to the ground. Something at the back of my head was telling me to go down to the lobby like something important had been left for me. I have no idea how and why, I walked towards the door and opened it. I was having trouble walking even though I have my metal casing on. Thank god for Toothless i manage to make my way over to the lift, plus I have no idea how I manage to skip pass Baymax.
Once I arrived at the at the lobby of the building, I made my way out. Probably my head is thinking I need some fresh air, although nothing now is fresh. I wasn't really watching where I was going when I somehow lost my footing and fell forward. If it wasn't for the stranger who grabbed me by my shoulder, I would have fallen face flat against the hard floor.
'Wow.. you okay there?' Came a familiar voice. I looked up to see the familiar bleached hair, ice blue eyes and pale snow skin.
'Jack?!'
Author's Note: Hello everybody~ as I said at the top so sorry about this 1 month late post. Please don't kill me for this. And I hope you guys will have a great week ahead. Love all of you for the friendly reviews and views.*hugs*