𝓟𝓪𝔀𝓼 // 𝓦𝓲𝓵𝓭𝓬𝓪𝓻𝓭

𝒞𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝟤

          There I am, sitting as I looked over the window. "Wow, the city is much more beautiful than I remembered!" I muttered. It's been a while since I was out. You see, I accidentally broke my leg as I practiced with Ms. Moreno. She's a tough lady.

          That just gives me an excuse to get stronger! As I fawned over the city, I didn't realize that we were now at some big building. "Come now, Kai. Your new classmates are waiting," One of the ladies said, opening the door for me.

          "Thank you," I hopped out to see that we are in front of the Heroics HQ. Isn't this where Pops work?

          The two ladies stayed as one of them guided me. "First day, huh?" She asked.

          "Yup," I answered as I fiddled with one of the straps of my backpack. The excitement slowly turns into worry. What if they don't like me? What if they think I'm weird? what if I mess up? What if I --

          "Whoa," the woman muttered looking at my head then behind me. I raised a brow and looked at where she gazed. I saw a pair of cat ears and a cat tail. Uh-oh. I felt where my normal ears were at and they're gone!

          "S-Sorry," I mumbled. "Effects of distress," My tail curled up between my legs. My ears lowered as the little train moved. Now, where is the excitement I need?! Why did I do this?!

          The small bus finally stopped and we are finally inside the building. This is so nerve-wreaking! People stared at me as I just gripped my backpack. "Miss Granada!" Called out the lady.

          "Oh, Carol. This is Kai, right?" A woman with short hair dressed in modest clothes asked. 

          "Yep," I only waved a little as my heart pumped.

          "Well, I'll take it from here," The lady left me and Miss Granada. "Hello, you must be Iron Claw's daughter," 

          "Yes, that's me" I awkwardly said with a chuckle.

          "Okay, I will lead you near your classroom so that you can go in when you're ready," She spoke with a sweet yet seemingly fake smile. I only nodded as I followed her around. Left. Right. People everywhere.

          "Here you are," She said, pausing near a huge volt. "You may enter at any time," I only looked at the volt with disbelief.

          "You've got to be kidding me," I muttered.

          "Oh, actually, when I announce it, you will go in there in less than 5 minutes," Miss. Granada added.

          "Wait, you told me that I can go in anytime I want!" I protested. She only looked back with a look on her face that bitterly mean: Just do what I say. Then she left me by the vault. I only sighed as I waited for her to announce my arrival at my new 'Classmates'.

          I would rather go home, watch Netflix, wake up late, take lots of catnaps, and do anything I want than getting stuck in some classroom sealed with a vault. I pressed my cat ear on the vault to hear pretty familiar voices.

          Suddenly, I heard a monitor slide down as all of the noise turned into silence. "Children," the voice of Miss Granada . . .

          "There will be a new student joining you today. Please treat her kindly . . ." and with that, the monitor seemed to go up by the sound of it. I only sighed and placed my hand on the vault. I tried to turn it but I seemed stuck?

          "Hey!" A voice boomed. I turned around to see a very healthy man walk up to me. "What are you doing?" He asked.

          "O-oh," I stepped back. "I-i was trying to get to class," I explained as my tail tightened. He walked towards me with a little glare. A few moments of staring/glaring later, he finally opened the vault. 

          "Get in,' He ordered.

          "Yes, sir," I walked into the room backward, not daring to break eye contact. Then, he slammed the door in my face. 

          'God, he's scary" I muttered. I looked back and saw . . . them!

          "Tiger!" Noodles called out as the rest of the gang hugged me. I also enveloped them into a hug. As we pulled away, they looked at me in amazement.

          "Gosh, it's been so long since we last met up! Was it like 4 months?" Wheels mentioned.

          "It's been a long day, without you my friend. I will tell you all about it when I see you again~~" A Cappella sang as she glided by me. Everyone looked at her with a raised brow. "What?"

          I giggled as I gave her a side hug. "I missed that voice of yours," I smiled to see all of my friends. Then, I felt small hands hug my legs. 

          "Kai!" Guppy called out.

          "Aww," I bent down and hugged Guppy. "It's nice to see you too," I got up as I carried er with my one hand. "Hey, Facemaker, Twins, Ojo, and Slow-mo," I greeted as they smiled.

          "Children," A voice called out. We all turned to see Miss Granada on screen. "I hate to interrupt your little get-together, but please go back to your classwork. Kai, your seat is over the," She pointed out to a free seat.

          We all groaned and nodded as we went back to our assigned chairs. "Hey," I looked behind in front of me to see slow-mo smiling. "It's great to have you back," He said slowly

          I only giggled as I shook my head. "It's nice to be here, too"