Surge

Chapter 5: Test

Three weeks had passed since me and Joshua had that sparring session.

During those weeks, my mum signed the letter we had to send to the military institution. Later, the military academy responded with another letter, stating that there was going to be a meeting the next week, regarding what the test will consist of and what we should expect in this career we were going to pursue.

I was relieved that my mum never seemed to change her mind about the situation she let me put myself in, although from time to time she would not be in the best mood.

One time, she refused to talk to me for an entire day, alright maybe I am exaggerating slightly, at most she would speak to me here and there but not with a merry tone.

I decided not to ever confront her about the elephant in room, I was too afraid that if I were to ever speak a single word about it then she'd scrap the idea. So, I kept my mouth shut for those 2 weeks, but not my mind, my mind was as loud as it could ever be.

Through most of those days, my head pounded with thoughts regarding what could possibly happen in the military school.

Was there going to be an exam to complete to enter?

What type of exam was it going to be?

How's the school going to be like?

Would there even be any academic stuff?

Whether I liked it or not, the day of the meeting had actually come, and it was just as I expected it to be, terrifying. So terrifying in fact that I would skip most days of school without any notice before the meeting. I found it incredibly hard to concentrate on any material, even on my own thoughts, the least thing I wanted at the time was to go through boring lessons. Besides, there was hardly any point in attending if I was going to leave in a week or two.

Joshua would obviously be my outlet to venting my stress out, as he always was. However, he would never skip a lesson, in fact, I cannot recall a day in his life where he skipped a single one.

Somehow, I preferred to skip a lesson than to attend it, even if I would have nothing to do if I did so. I actually adopted a new hobby during that short time period, I started writing my thoughts out on a journal whilst being surrounded by flora and fauna.

I digress. The meeting itself was not actually as bad as I thought it would be, besides, the superintendent answered most of the questions I had prior. To be allowed to enter the academy as cadets, we would have to go through one of three tests, it's up to us to choose which test we would want to do. The three tests included a written exam, a race or combat.

My best option was to obviously go with a combat exam since I'm not particularly smart or fast.

Apart from that I also learnt that we would be taught secondary and post-secondary education. Great, just when I thought I could finally get away from school. I kind of forgot the rest of the details cause of the stress I started feeling.

After that meeting I was left more scared than ever, especially knowing that I would have a series of battles in the upcoming weeks. Whenever Joshua would be free, we would hang out together in our usual spots, those being either the gym, the park next to my house or a café. Only in those moments would I feel calm and content, something about Joshua always seemed to comfort me.

Whenever those moments ended however, I would enter my lowest lows, I hated that feeling.

Near the end of those 2 weeks, I had sort of calmed the stressed down as I even started to gain confidence. I was sure that I'd at least defeat one of the contestants I'd be pitted against, and besides, I had tried my best to train and prepare myself so it's not like there was something I did wrong.