Zachariah cassius a human resident in safe haven is now starting his first year of high school at zoopheonix academy but not only does he have to worry about being a freshman...he'll also have to worry about the many dangers lurking in safe-haven's...
Walking down a random hallway completely lost, I gripped my class schedule frustrated
Zach: "damn it...*sigh* and the day was going so well until now"
as I wondered to the center of the school, close to just giving up at this point, I heard a familiar slightly Australian voice call out to me
???: "hey, new kid!"
I turned to see the Kangaroo hopping over to me
???: "you lost their love?"
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Zach: "yeah...I am, I've been looking for the theater room, do you know where that is?"
She took a glance at my schedule
???: "oh you have Jackie this period, with me"
Zach:"huh...well, that's oddly convenient"
???: "yeah, c'mon follow me, I'll take you to where she is"
Before I even had a chance to say anything, she already grabbed my wrist and immediately dragged me to the arts wing... . . . .
We eventually made it to a huge auditorium at first glance it was pretty nice until further inspection there were some noticeable things like how some parts of the wall paper are missing small patches or peeling off, or how some wooden tiles on the ceiling were missing, the last thing I noticed were the stage lights on the ceiling, one in particular was flickering and hanging by a loose nail or screw it looks like it might fall off at anytime.
Zach: "this place is huge, although... I think it has seen some better days"
???: "yeah but hey it's better than nothing right?"
Zach: "yeah"
As we made our way down to the stage a weird orange creature with purple around the ends of his arms and legs, with a light green snake tail called out to us
???: "hey Kayla, who's the newbie?"
Kayla: "hey guys, I'd like you to meet...uh... I'm sorry I didn't get your name"
The Kangaroo turned to me with an apologetic/curious look, signaling me to tell them my name.
I just stood there for at least five seconds, before it clicked
Zach: "oh-uh yeah, my name's Zachariah but you can call me Zach"
The orange chimera looked at me puzzled but giving me a smirk
Zill: "well the name's zill nice to meet you Zach, I assumed you already knew Kayla"
I rubbed the back of my head with slight embarrassment remembering how Kayla and I met I gave out a small awkward laugh
Zach: "yeah I sort of ran into her while walking my way here to school and well...we've gotten along, although once we got here at the front of the school she...uh...ditched me"
Kayla giggled nervously
Kayla: "yeah, sorry about that"
Kayla had a terrified expression and zipped behind zill peaking over his shoulder, while zill looked mildly annoyed. Meanwhile, I'm standing there confused until I heard a whistle behind me, I turned around to see a red Demonic jackal in a black tattered shirt floating next to me
???: "man,, so she left you hanging to, huh?...yeah you'll get used to it"
Zach:"uh... I'm sorry, who are you?"
???:"oh who, Little ol' me? Well"
Suddenly, he pulled out a flashlight and with the most twisted horrifying face he says
??? "I'M THE ANTI-CHRIST!!!"
I stood there petrified, the color from my body drained, and my eyes winded.
As I was standing there still processing what I just witnessed, I see the red jackal laughing his tail off, enjoying my internal suffering.
That is another voice called out the devil prankster
???: "Damian!, the heck I told, stop scaring people like that"
Damian, zill, Kayla, and me both looked over to see a brown jackal with patches of his fur missing.
Damian: "aww come on jack, I was just introducing myself"
Damian said In between giggles, while the other jackal presumably called Jack grabbed my shoulder in concern
Jack: "sorry for my cousin's behavior, he does that a lot to new students and such"
It took me a while to snap me into my senses and respond
Zach: "huh-oh yeah, it's all good... I mean, I probably won't be sleeping for the next two weeks but no harm done...and you are?"
He perked up before nervously offering me his hand to shake, which I kindly shook back
Jack: "my name is Jack, you?"
Zach: "Zachariah but you can call me Zach, nice to meet you"
As we exchanged pleasantries I noticed what looks like sawdust falling from the ceiling I looked up and saw the dangling stage light snap off the hinges and falling straight into jacks skull with a loud crash
There I stood slowly staring down Jack's lifeless body and seeing the blood from his head slowly pour out into a big puddle nearly touching my shoe.
I struggled to find my words
Zach: "n-no...way...i-is he d-dead?"
As I asked one of, Jack let out a heavy pained groan as zill helped get the light off him
Zill: "are you okay buddy?"
Jack: "yeah *groans* it's not the first time this happened...you are okay Zach?"
Zach: "your...still alive?"
Zill: "yeah...this kind of thing happens often"
Only one word popped into my mind when I heard this...
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