K-ON! Encore

Chapter 1: Welcome to Sakuragaoka

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I quickly rise from my pillow, taking my phone and turning off the alarm... 7 AM, nice, I got one hour to get ready... Wait, sorry I think I should introduce myself first.

My name is Yumi Doujima and I am 15 years old. Today is my first day at Sakuragaoka High school! Many girls my age would be stressed or indifferent to starting high school, but my case is different.

I'm not only entering high school today, no, today is the day I get to turn my dream into reality! What do I mean by that? To explain, we have to go back ten years in the past, specifically to the culture festival at Sakuragaoka. Long story short, the Show of the Light music club blew me away; I don't know what it was but I felt something I had never felt before, it was such a strong feeling in fact that I ended up running to the stage and somehow I got a photo with all the members of the band. My memories of that day are kinda fuzzy but I still remember the promise I made to myself that when I was old enough I would enter Sakuragaoka and be a part of the music club. With that in mind I have spent the last ten years learning guitar and music in general so I can bring the club to the same level of greatness of that old club I saw so many years ago...

"Wait how long have I been staring at this photo?" I said while I checked the time on my phone, 7:10, alright I didn't lose that much time luckily...

By the time I was done it was already 7:45. "Okay I took a bath, dressed up in my uniform and ate some breakfast, alright it's time to g—"

"Yumi...?" Oh, right I forgot to say goodbye to mom!

"Oh, mom! I'm leaving for school, tell dad I said goodbye alright?" I said while I put on my shoes. "Wait, Yumi! What's the time?" Mom said while rubbing her eyes.

"It's... 7:46."

"And you're already going? The reception for the first years isn't until 8:30." She sighed slightly. "Yeah, I want to get a good look at the place before classes start!"

"But when we enrolled you, you got a tour of the—"

"Alright mom, love ya, I'm going!" I opened the main door of the house and rushed outside. I just couldn't keep wasting time talking, I had to get to Sakuragaoka as fast as possible.

Entering Sakuragaoka was like being in a dream. The cherry blossom petals were falling onto the path at the entrance, and the early light of the sun gave everything such a relaxing tone. I looked around while I walked towards the school; there weren't any other students, which made me a bit anxious, but the school gates were open, so I guess there's nothing wrong with me entering this early.

Finally entering the building, I took a look at the lockers right in front of me. "I should probably change my shoes." I took a seat on the benches in front of the lockers.

"Hey!" The sudden noise made me fling one of my shoes into the lockers in front of me. I quickly looked to my right to see the source of the voice.

It was a man, a tall one, wearing some kind of blue-ish uniform with some white details on the shoulders and a cap on his head. I think he's a guard. He looked at my uniform and checked the color of my ribbon.

"Are you a first year student?" He asked while trying to give a calm smile, although this guy clearly wasn't a soft smiler.

"Y-Yeah, Mister, I-I wanted to check out the place before classes," I tried saying even though my voice was hardly coming out, but luckily the guard heard my whispers.

"Oh, alright, I was just a bit surprised to see a student this early, since most first years usually arrive at around 8:25, and some come late, you know." As he talked, I slowly began to feel less and less stressed.