It was a week later that it started. No, I'm not talking about the extinction of humanity. It was something worse than that: school. For some people, school would be considered heaven. That is, if they didn't do anything for the summer. But in my case, there is no such thing as heaven in school. In my school, you don't even get the chance to walk on the campus if someone wanted to grind your face on the pavement.
Welcome to Dalton Academy.
Now don't get me wrong, Dalton Academy was not an overall bad school. It had its perks. It was one of those schools that could hold Pre-K all the way up to even college students, so you can bet your bottom dollar it was pretty huge. But being this big isn't the only thing Dalton can boast about. For instance, academically, we are in the top five schools recommended for middle schoolers to go to. Athletically, we're in the top three. But that was just for show.
If you looked closer than normal, and discerned what was really happening, then you could see for yourself just what I was talking about. It was more like a puppet show and the audience was laughing at someone else's misfortune. Not to mention, the misfortune was painful most of the time. So it would make sense that to survive in this school, a person would need a high tolerance of pain, and that doesn't come easily.
At the moment you wouldn't have thought there was anything wrong with the school. The campus itself was already full of students laughing and sticking close to their friends, but I could feel the tension. Everyone was on high alert since the school's two greatest frienemies, Brad Nelson and Peter Marlow, just tore down their truce.
History lesson: Brad Nelson and Peter Marlow were two new kids on the same day. Of course, they were gauged for popularity status. It didn't take long to see that Brad was a prodigy in all three aspects of school life: appearance, academics, athletics. As such he was almost automatically instituted into the popularity group. Peter, however, wasn't the best in all three aspects. Instead, he turned to minority crime and managed not to get caught. Strangely, he gathered a following of those who didn't want to follow the system and somehow created his own empire in the school. The two were supposed to have kept the truce until their graduation day, but everyone knew one of them couldn't wait that long.
While their confrontation was going on, I put as much distance between me and the closest person and pulled out my lamp. I actually found out that I was supposed to rub the thing with my hand, as I had unnoticeably done in the beginning. Making sure no one was watching, I gave it a good rub and thick blue smoke puffed out, then breathed in by Katie.
"Alright Katie," I said, "this is the last time we're going to practice. I need to know that you can handle answering questions on your own."
"I can do it, Master," Katie replied.
"I said don't call me Master in public," I chastised her. "Only when the two of us are alone are you allowed to do that."
"Sorry Xavier," Katie said.
"Now, they most likely won't ask you this question, but this is how they will identify you," I began. "What is your personality?"
"A care-free, but possessive schoolgirl," she answered.
"Now these questions, they will ask," I continued. "What is your name?"
"Katie Richards."
"When is your birthday?"
"October 31,1997."
"Where do you live?"
"5916 Hammer Avenue."
"What do you like to do on your leisure time, or what do you like to do for fun?"
"Draw ponies."
"Be serious."
"Okay, I like to watch comedy and horror flicks." I accidentally found that out the hard way.
"Who's your favorite actor and actress, singer, political speaker, etc.?"
"My favorite actor is Jim Carrey and Robert Downey, Jr., my favorite actress is Jennifer Lawrence and Debby Ryan. My favorite singer is the band Linkin Park and Deadmau5. And I don't care who is in charge of the government, so long as I live in peace."
"And the most important question of all . . . Do you have a boyfriend and what is he like?"
"Yes I do. His name is Xavier Knight, he has a loyal personality, and he is deliciously hot."
I came up with that part. With the questions out of the way, I gave her a brief look over to make sure her uniform was exactly like the rest of the female students. White button down shirt, black slacks, and blue shoes. She also had a blue ribbon in her hair, more for looks than to actually keep the hair out of her face. When I finished my inspection, I gave myself a look over. I, like all the male were, wore a black button down shirt over khaki pants and black shoes. The bell rang, and I rushed to make sure nothing was wrong with me.
"Katie, I wish we had the same classes," I said.
"You got it," she nodded, eyes quickly flashing.