Ship Life: Life's Challenge

Chapter 1: New Day

I haven't felt nervous for quite a while and it feels sort of weird. Of course it will feel weird, what should I expect?

The entrance of the school is so grand that I couldn't distinguish if this was a dream or reality. I slapped myself to test it, "Ouch...?"
I doubt it; I touched the ground.

It's reality alright.

"Chris, are you ready to step in the school that every student ever dreamed of attending in?" My mom has been very enthusiatic about my transfering. I accept her enthusiam and excitement but I hope it won't get too overboard.

I let out a determined sigh, "Okay mom. I am ready!" I went through the entrance and off I went.

I heard my mother shouting motivational quotes and loving messages to me for I was leaving my mom for about a year or two in this school. I looked back to see her and she was waving at me. I waved back.

I'll miss her to the very bottom of my heart.

Once I was in the entrance proper of the school, what I saw was something I have never saw before. A chandelier. You know like, you would never see a chandelier in the school entrance! That was so cool! I tried not to smile because I thought I would look like an idiot being fascinated by the new things I saw. I held it in and kept my calm cool.

I walked further where my brain told me to go. I ended up in the office hallway so it meant I was lost. A lady came out from one of the doors and saw me. She approached me and asked, "Are you lost dearie?"
I bowed and greeted her politely, "I think I am lost. Well, I'm new here so maybe that would be normal for newcomers."
The lady gave out a small laugh,"Of course that would happen. Okay, come along. I'll lead you to the highschool section of the school."

I accepted her offer and she led me to the highschool section of the school. I was wondering if she could get tired of walking around this whole place. It is surely a big school and all but is she magic?

Along the way, I saw a lot for my eyes to see. Beatiful gardens, courtyards, a fountain in the courtyards, big windows just like in mansions, state of the art paintings of people I don't know, and I wouldn't forget to mension how pretty the doors were.

"This place is really beautiful. I really like the design of the doors. They're pretty." I gave a convincing tone to my statement.

"I'm glad you like it, dearie." The lady smiled at me.

"How close are we now to the highschool section?" I asked.

"Close enough." She said.

We continued walking.

Finally we arrived to the highschool building. I first noticed that the hallway I walked in had a different hue painted on the walls than the highschool hallway. The highschool hallway was painted to a calm green and the regular hallway was baby pink.

"Here we are. Hope you'll enjoy what this school has to offer!" The lady said to me and bid me goodbye. There she left me right at the entrance of the highschool section.

"I can do this." I looked at the pretty doors in the hallway, it filled me with determination.

I walked down the hallway holding a brochure in my left hand. I was looking for the classroom that said 1-20. In the brochure, 1st year classrooms from 11-20 are located on the far right corner of the second floor. That's far. It's cool that it even stated how far that is from my starting point, 1.6 km in total. Woah.

"Damn, this school is big." I said aloud.

"Yep! This school is big alright!" I heard a voice from behind me. I looked back and I saw a girl wearing a dark purple sailor uniform with curly hair. She looked happy.

"Howdy! The name's Ricca. So, you're new here? What grade?" She sounded interested to ask me who I was.

"I'm Christel. I'm going to the classroom 1-20." I felt kind of shy saying that.

"Cool, I happen to be classmates with you!" She was holding a brochure similar to mine but smaller.

"Are you new here?" I asked.

"Nope! I've been here all my life! Good to see a new kid in the building. Come along with me, to the classroom we shall be~!" She's so enthusiastic and active. Good start to the day.

Ricca and I walked all the way to our designated classroom. I was panting lightly and Ricca was just normal. "You'll get used to it." She said.

The classroom was so grand that it blew my mind away. It looked so beautiful! The chairs were cool, the ceilling had beautifully carved flowers on it, the windows and curtains were fancy, and the chalkboard was into my liking. Very clean.
There were about fifty people when I went inside. All of them had bright smiles and interesting sense of fasion. I wondered why Ricca wore a purple sailor uniform on her fist day of school. Wierd.

I sat down on the chair where my nametag was. The seat was confy and the table was accustomable to my size and liking. I unpacked my things and placed them in the table and I placed my bag beside my chair. There was a chair and table beside mine and it had the nametag of this girl named 'Celine'.
I wondered who she is and like.
Several minutes later, a girl sat on the chair beside me.
"Are you Celine?" I asked.

"Yeah, I am. I'm new here, are you?" She had a calm feminine voice.

"I am new here, too. I quite fascinated on how this place looks."

"Me too!" Her spirit became higher when she said that. We both smiled at each other.

This morning was full of surprises. I can't wait to tell my mom about this once I get the chance to text my mom at the end of the day!