[Pokémon] The Secret Academy
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Chapter 11: Roommate Hex!
Fieritis opened the door and as soon as he did that, I immediately felt somebody else's presence. I was right. The room wasn't too big, nor too small. The walls were covered plain white and in the middle was a large half woolen carpet, shaped like a Pokéball. In the room were four bunks, two right, two left. Every bed had a normal white coverlet pulled over them. Between the right beds was a closet placed and in case of a closet at the other side, there was a wooden chest, divided in eight different parts. Furthermore there was a small, open checkered window, also formed like a ball. If you looked through it, you'd see the courtyard and across, the hall. Just before the window stood a wooden desk with a table lamp and a few base pens like pencils, sharpener, paper and some other stuff. From the ceiling dangled a candlestick-like lamp. That the peer lights were shaped as Pokéballs, didn't come as a surprise to me. I noticed someone's presence and I was right about it. On the lower bed in the right upper corner, between the closet and wooden desk, was lying the figure of a dark brown-haired boy. He wore a white shirt under a light blue vest that whiffled back and forth because of the wind. He also wore fitting black pants. He had scruffy thick hair with a kink upon one grey Vans-shoes were thrown on the ground next to the bed, so that the boy was wearing black socks. I estimated him around 14 years, just as us. Brown eyes swung from Fieritis to me and back. As overt as Fieritis was, he walked forward and hold his hand out.
"Hello there, I'm Fieritis, the bossy-looking guy in the doorway is Lucus." He said, smiling at the boy even though I stared at him with an irritated look. The young lad stood up and shook Fieritis' hand.
"Lucus and Fieritis, huh?" he replied. "My name's Hex."
"Well Hex, seems we're gonna be roomies for a while!" Fieritis quickly reacted, to prevent any unneeded tension.
"So, is it only us three?" I asked. "There are eight beds here, so aren't there other people gonna be sleeping here too?" Scarlett's brother looked confused at me, but Hex calmly answered my question.
"You are half correct. Every section has a max amount of members they can have, but aren't always filled. For this semester, we're probably gonna be the only boys in the Normal typing section. That is, if nobody else will come today. Anyway, onto different subjects. When did you arrive here?"
I answered first. "Just a few hours ago." Hex smiled, interested in what we had to say.
"So you've had Astrid's tour already?" He inquired. "She may be a little, 'hyper' but after a few days you get used to it." He walked towards the desk and opened the lowest drawer. He took a camera out. "Do you mind?" We both nodded no and smiled when he took a picture. I had to blink because the flash was on but it didn't show that on the photo that not much later appeared outside of the camera. Most people think this camera as old-fashioned, but for me this was the first time I saw one.
"So, how was your journey here? I came here because my father brought me. But I heard from the receptionist lady that my roommates were coming on foot." Fieritis and I looked at eachother. "I mean, we're deep inside the forest. How did you even find the Academy? Yes, it's practically the only giant building in the woods but it's also surrounded by mountains."
"That's quite the story. I was traveling with my sister." Hex looked at Fieritis with questioning eyes. "I'll introduce you to her later. Anyway, I was as I said traveling with her and after a few days we camped near a small open spot. During the evening we met Lucus, or actually he met us. Not long after we decided to travel together. Only Lucus has a quite 'special' story before that." Both guys stared at me and I knew I had to react. "Uhm, yeah. Long story short: Woke up in forest, fought pack of Mightyena, Koga found me,..' before I could continue Hex interrupted me.
"Wait, you mean, THE Koga? Founder of the Academy and former Elite member and Gym leader?!" I was startled by his sudden interruption and stuttered.
"Yeah.. That Koga, can I continue?" He nodded and so I told him the rest of my story. At first he just stared, but I guess that's just because he probably really admires Koga.
The bell rang.
"Ah ha, time for sleep." Hex plumped on his bed and closed his eyes. Even while they were closed he still spoke to us. "To be able to get enough sleep for the next day, every apprentice is forced to go to sleep as soon as this bell rings. Just go along with it. You both seem tired anyway." I didn't know if that last phrase was meant as an observation, or insult, but like he said, I just went along and also walked towards the bed right from the door. I had let myself fall with the back of my head first the pillow, until I realized that I might've fallen against the edge of the upper bed. I bowed my knees to sit on the coverlet and untied my shoes. I placed/threw my shoes somewhere under my new bed and leaned rearwards. My had gave a soft popping sound when it made contact with the pillow and on the other side of the room I heard Fieritis doing the same. The coverlet was cold, but I didn't care. The mattress itself was nice and soft so I fell asleep in less than a minute.
-That's it for today! Peace out, osidien!