Lesson One - A Monster School Fic

Chapter Fifteen - Language Arts Class

"Y/N?" Soot's voice startled you awake, and you jerked your head up.

"Huh?"

"Are you okay?" She was staring at you, looking concerned. "You just almost fell asleep in your oatmeal."

"Oh." You yawned. "Um... yeah, I was just up late."

"Doing what?" Marrow asked, resting her chin in her hands.

"Um..." you poked at your bowl with your spoon. "Homework?"

"Ah, so studious!" A hand clamped down on your shoulder, and you looked up with a yelp to find 303 standing over you with a wide grin on his face. "As always, only the finest work from Herobrine's students." He gave you a wink and marched away. You shot a wide-eyed look down the table to where the zombies sat with Morpheus. He definitely knew.

You had played freeze tag with the zombies and Morpheus for a couple of hours last night, before eventually you were all tired out and headed back to your respective rooms. You slept very well, but had still woken up tired. What were the classes today? Reading and athletics, right? You were all sore from running around, hopefully it wouldn't be too bad.

Even though you were tired and sore, you didn't regret last night at all. You had fun, safe from Jace, and you got to know some of your classmates a bit better. Maybe you could do it again sometime. Just... not this night. You needed to get some actual sleep.

The bell rang for class, and you hurried to shovel a couple more bites of oatmeal in your mouth before ditching your tray and following the skeletons to class.

Herobrine was at the front of the classroom, as usual, and his desk was covered with various books. You slid into your seat, wondering what the lesson was about. Last week's had been about critical thinking stills... or something. All you remembered was Morpheus cheating off of you.

"Good morning, everyone." Herobrine called as the last few stragglers made it into the classroom. "Today's lesson will be twofold. As most of you will be aware, some of the students in this class cannot read." Cray squirmed in his seat. "As such, I will be taking everyone who cannot read into another room to have a reading lesson.

"Everyone else will select a book of their choice, and write a three-to-five paragraph summary of its contents. 303-" Herobrine gestured to his left and 303 appeared beside him, making a sweeping bow. "-will oversee the lesson here. If you need any help, he will be here to assist you. Now, Cray, Silvia, Xa-Tul, and Dusk, come with me."

Obediently, the named students got up, following Herobrine out of the room. 303 sat down backwards on a swivel chair and spun himself in a circle.

"Well," He gestured to the desk, covered in books. "Have at it."

Since your desk was at the back of the room, you ended up being one of the last ones to pick your book. You grabbed the first one that looked vaguely interesting, which, when you got back to your desk, you realized was about desert biome ecosystems. You rested your chin in your hand and flipped it open, skimming the first few pages and trying to absorb as much as you could while running on only a few hours of sleep.

The book was short, probably meant for like a 7 or 8 year old, and you finished the assignment within just a few minutes. Some of your classmates had done the same, but some were still hard at work. You glanced to your right and found 303 leaning over Geode's desk, so you leaned to the left to whisper to Morpheus.

"You done?"

"Yeah." The phantom whispered back, also watching 303. "I got done ten minutes ago."

"What?" You sputtered. "How? I'd barely gotten started ten minutes ago."