Chapter 23

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Recap: The Opal Winglet just left the underground lake. Nova met Oyster, the Seawing she stood up for, and now she's heading to history. 

For the next hour, Webs droned on and on about the Scorching. On many occasions, Nova almost fell asleep. But she wasn't the only one. At one point, she heard snoring from Serval, who was next to her, and she couldn't help but snicker. Webs heard him, and came over with a ruler. He smacked the desk, and Serval woke up with a start. "MOON-BLASTED FROG-" he looked up. "Oh hi, professor." The rest of the class chuckled, and Serval laughed nervously, looking sheepish. "Serval. No more disruptions, or I'm afraid I'll have to give you a detention. See me after class." Webs said firmly. "Sorry professor, it won't happen again." Serval replied quickly. Webs sighed again, and went back to his desk. "As I was saying, the Scorching happened about 5000 years ago..." and Nova went back into a state of sleepiness. CRASH! The gong went off, and everyone shot out of their seat. Webs was trying to say something, but no one wanted to listen. Leopard caught up to Nova. "So, where are you gonna go next?" Nova thought for a second, "I can't decide between the music and art cave...where are you going?" Leopard grinned, "I'm probably gonna head to the art cave." Nova smiled, "Maybe I'll go there." The rest of the winglet caught up. Serval finally left the classroom, and Hurricane yelled, "FINALLY, what took you so long?" Serval apologized, "Sorry, Webs wanted to talk to me about not being a distraction, and focusing on my studies." He rolled his eyes. "So where are you guys gonna go?" Hurricane replied, "Amber and I are gonna head over to the prey center. I am STARVING." Amber laughed, "C'mon, let's go already." The two left. Nova and Leopard smirked at each other. "I ship," they said in unison, then "JINX!" They started to laugh. Angel said, "Everest and I are probably going to go to the art cave." Serval asked Nova and Leopard, "I was planning on going to the music cave. Where do you guys want-" Leopard interrupted him, and said "Art cave." Serval looked a little hurt, but didn't press further. "Okay. What about you, Nova?" Leopard cut in, "Nova said she's gonna go to the art cave with me." He sounded a little smug, and that annoyed Nova. "I never said I was going to. I said I might, but I never confirmed it." Serval said a little sadly, "You can go to the art cave, I don't mind. " Nova smiled, "Thanks, Serval. See you at lunch?" Serval nodded, "Sure...bye." He walked away, leaving Nova and Leopard alone. "Let's go." Leopard smiled. Nova nodded, half-listening. Why is he so rude to Serval? Is he just being protective? I can take care of myself! She thought angrily. The two made their way to the art cave. 

It took me a while to decide where Nova's gonna go, because some of you want Nova x Leopard, and I'm assuming some of you want Nova x Serval. DAMMIT I NEED SHIP NAMES!!! Anyway I decided to give Nova and Leopard a moment, so yeah.

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