((Okay, just a quick note and we'll be off. The story line of this has changed to accomidate the entrance of metal as an element, seeing as there isn't alot of metal in Taeru. That just means i'll be combining the year 1 characters into the year 2 setting to make a hybrid plot line!))
5 minutes left. Alexa thought, staring at the clock. Why does history class have to seem so long?
The history teacher, Mr. Dabberman, didn’t seem to notice that half his class was falling asleep. His lecture just kept droning on and on in the same monotone voice. If it weren’t for the looming threat of the chapter test coming up, Alexa would not have bothered trying to pay attention.
Come on, clock. Just a little faster. Alexa continued trying to send subliminal messages to the clock, not quite ready to give up yet. In the brief month or so Alexa had been in this class, she’d learned that having history last block was a recipe for disaster. The novelty of being a freshman at Briar Patch had already worn off. Now, Alexa joined in with the rest of the students in counting down the minutes to freedom.
And as if this wait isn’t intolerable enough, it has to be Friday, too. Fridays were always Alexa’s favorite day of the week. Her mom got home two hours later than usual, leaving Alexa with some extra free time. She was already planning on using the time to tour the school library before stopping by the 7-11 on the way home.
“Homework for today! I want you all to complete these note packets and return them to me by next Friday.” The class sent up a mutual groan of exasperation as Mr. Dabberman handed out the packets. Alexa sighed. It was slightly ironic that the only time Mr. Dabberman’s voice ever seemed to leave that boring monotone was when he was handing out assignments.
As Alexa received her packet, the school bell rang, signaling that the nightmarish class was over. “Figures,” she muttered. “The bell only rings after the homework is assigned.”
Alexa headed out of the classroom towards her locker.
Julian walked out of the principals office as the final bell rang.
"Man detention all next week? It's not that big a deal I mean all I did was hack into the computer network and change all the computers screensavers to a picture of Mr. Bronwyn singing girls just want to have fun." He laughed to himself as he pictured the lime green boa he had added and the gauddy makeup he had photoshopped on.
Sebastion was walking around looking for Kanna. He had happened to "borrow" a book from her, and wanted to return it. He had skipped his last class after replacing a boring slideshow with some slides depicting certain anatomy. He checked his pocket watch to make sure classes were over, and he hoped she had not realized he stole...ahem... borrowed her book.
((lol. we got some real trouble makers here, apparently.))
Alexa opened her locker and shoved her history books inside. Closing it, she then continued on towards the library. When she got there, she found a surprize waiting for her.
"Closed!" Alexa exclaimed. "Aw man! Why does it have to be closed?" Sighing, Alexa pondered what to do with her now free time.
Okutai pictured the look of terror in Mr. Bronwyn's face when he saw the animation and knew he had to start an e-mail chain letter with it. Conveniently enough he knew how to get the address for every student and faculty in the school. Just a quick stop off at the library was all that was needed.
As he approached the library he saw a young girl standing infront of it.
"Library closed?" he asked
Sebastion finally got tired of looking for Kanna, and decided he would return it Monday. He happened to pass the library when he noticed the guy that had made the animation of Bronwyn. He wanted to talk to him and find out about Bronwyn's reaction. It was one of them priceless moments that he had to know about.
Konton sighed as he hung up his cell. He missed the bus and he can't get a ride until his parents get off work in like two hours. Why did these things always happen. He walked back into the school and turned across the library hallway to see a crowd of people already there, including Alexa. She was in his math class, and he really liked her.
"Hey Alexa," he said as he passed her. He took another turn right and again at the elevator to go downstairs and look around. There was always a locker or two that had not been closed all the way, and the same was true for classrooms. You never knew what you might find.
At the end of one of the hallways he saw a locker standing open. He walked down to it and turned to look inside. It was empty, but everything inside seemed wrong somehow, like a straight line seemed curved.
Then a bright light filled his eyes and he was falling.
Sebastion stopped his converstation, He had heard something strange. He excused himself and walked down the hall. He looked around, wondering if he was mistaken. He stopped at the elevator that was waiting for nobody. He guessed the noise was a cry of frustration, or something.
He shrugged and started back, when he noticed an open locker. Being an upstanding citizen he walked over to make sure nothing valuble was out in the open. As he reached the front of the locker he peeked inside. Immediatly he saw nothing, but then it dawned on his that the space inside the locker was...distorted. Suddenly a bright light flashed and he was being drawn into the locker. He caught the edge and tried to hold on.
He yelled for help, but his fingers slipped on the unforgiving steel and he was drawn into the locker, and then he was falling...
Alexa Didn't notice until Konton had passed that he had been talking to her. Maybe he had something to do.
Alexa hurried after Konton to try to talk to him. Alexa ended up in front of a locker that was open. She peeked inside and ended up finding herself sucked inside.
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Alexa woke up at the base of a dead tree. She looked around to see Konton and another boy there unconcious. Standing up, Alexa looked around. The sky was dark, and the land looked dead, except for a city up ahead. It was bustling with excitement, from what Alexa could see. Standing up, she nudged Konton. "Hey, wake up."
((just for Arcbad and Kanna's reference, this is the Taeru found in year two))
Okutai looked to see a few people headed of in a new direction.
"Well not like I got anything better to do."
He peeled off after them. As he turned the last corner he saw Alexa, but then she was gone. He knew he had seen her just a second ago where did she go. He saw the open locke door and went to check it out.
"Did she shove herself in the locker?"He asked as he bent over to look in the locker. The moment he did however there was a bright flash and he felt himself suddenly falling untill he landed with a thud ontop of Konton.
Some noise of is enough to stir Sebastion. "Какой случаться?" [what happened?] says Sebastion in russian. "Where are we," he says in english. His accent is thick since he is disoriented enough to not cover it up. He notices others from school walking toward a city. "Wait up," he says except it sounds more like 'vaitup.' He coughs and says "Wait for me," in proper english with no accent. He catches up and walks behind the others.
Alexa looked around as they reached the city limits. It looked like the bad end of town, and strange looking creatures of various sizes, shapes, and species were roaming around. Alexa was a little nervous. "Anyone got any ideas on where to go?"
((Whereever we go, I can run with it. It doesn't really matter.))
