Brainwashed

Chapter 3: The New School

Chapter 3:

The New School

When we arrived at Great Falls Prep., the bus dropped us off in front. Stella and I turned around to watch the bus drive away. I sighed and Stella took my hand in hers. I looked down at her and smiled. We turned around to face the school and then we both sighed. Another house, another school, another life.

Well," I said, "We better get going." The school didn't mail us our maps so we had to go to the office to get them. This was fine by Stella and me; it gave us more time to be together before we had to split up and face the horrors of another new school on our own. The same reason drove me to take Stella to find her locker and classroom. The whole time I held her hand as she clung to me in fright. Despite being a small town, this is the largest school we'd ever been to- and as you know we've been to quite a few. It went from kindergarten all the way through high school.

"Okay," I said as I slightly leaned down to be at her face level when we arrived. "Here's your class. Got all your stuff?”

“Yeah,” she replied glumly and looked down.

"Hey," I say. I take my finger and bring her head up to look into her eyes. "Everything is going to be fine. Just like it always is. We'll make it through this. I promise." My face must have looked sincere enough because she sniffled, looked down again and nodded once. "Okay," I say again. "I'll see you at lunch alright?" I ask. And then again when she didn't answer. "Alright?" She finally nods and sniffles again, wiping away a tear that had escaped from her eye. "Okay then, bye." I give her a hug, kiss her on the top of her head, and watch her as she walks into the classroom, avoiding other people.

As I walked back the way we had come to get to my own locker and room, I once again noticed that there were a few kids scattered around hallways and classrooms with those strange glazed-over expressions as the kids on the bus. Thinking back to earlier, I realized that I had seen some kids in Stella's class with the same look. Something weird was going on at this school and I did not like it. I hope Stella is alright. No, of course she is. She's a good kid; she can take care of herself.

I tried to quit thinking about the Zombie Kids and focus on where I was going and what I was doing, but, it didn't work well. Throughout all my classes I couldn't stop thinking; about the school, the Zombies Kids, Stella, the Fighting 101 class and- Camille. I surprised myself with that one. I didn't really focus on her looks that much earlier, but strangely I found myself thinking of her and how beautiful she was; her bright red hair, her slight, graceful body and her light fair skin.

As hard as it was to stop thinking about all of these things, I forced myself to concentrate on where I was now- lunch. I can see Stella now and ask her how she's doing. I stopped at the door to the cafeteria and looked around. Finally I spotted her across the room, standing at another door looking for me. Moving quickly, I walked across the room. She saw me coming and her eyes lit up like it was the fourth of July. She ran towards me when I was about 10 feet away and hugged me tightly.

I let out a little laugh and said, "Hey Stell, good to see you too!"

After we had gotten our food and sat down at an empty table, Stella began to describe her day; her teacher, her class, what they had done and how much she hated everything. Then she said the thing that I had been caught up on all day. "I noticed a bunch people acting weird Zeke. They were all like zombies."

"Yeah, I noticed them too. They kinda freak me out. But we'll worry about them later. The bell is about to ring. I'll see you later kid, alright?" Stella's face darkened, but she nodded and let me hug her before we went our separate ways.

The rest of my classes continued on in the normal way, that is until I got to Fighting 101. The teacher, Master (he hadn't earned my respect yet for me to call him that with, well respect) Wong, announced that the class would be continuing their lessons but first he had to introduce me to the class. I hated being pointed out. I prefer to just blend in with the crowd. But Master Wong had to ruin my day again when he volunteered me to help demonstrate a move. "Now Mister Kale and Master Godfrey, please demonstrate the move I showed you to the class."

Godfrey- that sounded familiar to me for some reason. Oh well, I shrugged it off as I got up from the floor to go stand across from Master Godfrey- strange that Wong had called him that, but then again, this whole school is strange so I guess it doesn't really matter. As I got up, I noticed that there were a few students looking at me with expressions of mixed sympathy, relief, and fear as they glanced at Godfrey. It was as if they felt sorry for me but were relieved that they didn't have to face him themselves. Anyway, Godfrey and I danced around the mat trying to get an advantage on each other. And as we did, I examined him, trying to find his weaknesses and see how strong he was. The boy had fair, golden hair and a body built like an athlete, he was very graceful on his feet. Godfrey made a move, trying to strike me with his hand, but I had anticipated this, so, I dodged to the side, caught his arm, twisted it and flipped him over my shoulder. The very same move that Wong wanted us to do.

I saw the class’s surprised expressions and guessed that this Godfrey was supposed to be good. Well, I guess he wasn't that good. I heard surprised whispers go throughout the room, "He beat Sage! I can't believe it, he beat Sage!" "The principal isn't gonna be too happy about this. He was really proud that his son was the best."

And that's when it clicked. No wonder the name sounded so familiar. The principal's name was Godfrey, and his son is this Sage Godfrey that I had just beaten. And by the look on Sage's face it looked like I had just made another enemy.

Great. Just fan-freaking-tastic.

Wow. I am REALLY bad at keeping an updating schedule... I'm just so lazy. 
Well there it is. i hope you liked it. Vote, comment, and all that jazz. Talk to you later. Hopefully in a week, this time.