Ginavium and Mechanics

Chapter 2

The teacher had Elizabeth by her arm, practically dragging her through the halls to the so called 'principal's office' once they reached the door, the teacher let go of Elizabeth and knocked on the door, Elizabeth quickly smoothed her skirt, and finger combed her hair. 

"Come in." A male voice said, he sounded exactly like the voice on the intercoms. The teacher opened the door, and looked down at Elizabeth, who nervously walked in. "Have a seat." Elizabeth looked up to see a red creature similar to the teacher, only on his horns there were party hats. Elizabeth hopped up onto the seat, and sat down. The principal looked over at the teacher. "Thank you Banbaleena." The teacher, now known as Banbaleena, left shutting the door behind her. The principal looked down at Elizbeth from behind his desk.

Elizabeth fidgeted with her hands a bit. "Am I in trouble?" She mumbled, the principal raised a brow.

"No, why would you be in trouble?" He said, Elizabeth shrugged, she couldn't bring her eyes to meet his like she was taught to do, but right now she was slightly scared.

"Normally when I'm called to an office I'm in trouble..." She said, the principal hummed, and cleared his throat.

"Well, you're not in trouble, I wanted you here so I could talk to you." He said, he took a breath, and spoke again. "Well, as you may already know, I am principal Banban, so, what's your name?" He asked, Elizabeth cleared her throat and looked up at him and straightened her back.

"I'm Elizabeth Afton." She said, Banban hummed, he stood up and went around his desk to her, he held out his hand it looked like a mitten almost. She shook his hand, and tried to hold back a giggle, but failed. "Your hands look funny." She said, she instantly felt a wave of regret wash over her. "Crap- I'm sorry." She looked away, anticipating a mild scolding, but nothing came, instead she heard a chuckle, albeit it sounded forced, but at least she wasn't getting yelled at.

"It's alright Elizabeth,"

'I know it's not.'

"I'm not exactly human so I know you're not used to seeing this." He held out his hand to show her, but she wasn't paying attention, she was more or less staring at him.

"You seem human enough to me." She thought out loud, Banban paused.

"What?" He said, Elizabeth froze.

'Shit- oh crap that's a bad word, mother wouldn't like that..' "U-Uh, that wasn't meant to be out loud." She stammered, and fidgeted, she felt a hand on her shoulder, she flinched, and stared at the ground.

"I'm.. glad I seem human to you, but many others would disagree." He said, Elizabeth nodded slightly.

"I know." She said, Banban, tilted his head slightly.

What a strange little girl she was.. Banban cleared his throat.

"Would you mind telling me a bit about yourself Elizabeth?" He asked, Elizabeth nodded.

"I wouldn't mind." She said, she shyly looked up at him.

"So, mind telling me where you're from?" He asked, Elizabeth thought.

"I'm from Hurricane, it's a small town, I don't remember where it is." She said, Banban hummed.

"How about your parents?" He asked, Elizabeth felt a jolt of pain in her head, she hissed in pain, and raised her hand to her head. "Are you okay?" Banban asked, Elizabeth nodded.

"That happens sometimes it's fine." She said, she thought about her parents then spoke. "My daddy ran a company called Afton Robotics, and he built all kinds of animatronics, he even made one for me once! Though, he didn't let me play with her.." She said, fidgeting with her fingers again. Banban got up and grabbed a few pieces of paper, and a box of crayons.