The Boy who saved Szezkaban (ON HOLD)

ch.1 pt.3 - THE SKIA

Ok. First of all,

My greatest apologies!!! Kept u all waiting for too long guys, but that was because I was ill.

Secondly,

My greatest apologies again!!! I had thought of introducing something cool in this chap, but I remembered I had missed something important. So I had to make this chap.

Third,

Thank u guys for all ur support!!! I have seen a significant rise in the number of followers, but I am not seeing that many votes... So, just to remind you, plz do vote!!!

Nothing else, let's get started...

"I'm home, mom!" Pastor shouted from the entrance.

It nearly startled Pano Regretta, as she dashed to switch off the music and turn the lights on.

"Welcome home, dear!" She greeted.

Pastor entered the house and put his brown hoverboard- which matched his hair color - into standby mode. The door closed behind him.

Pano was only too sure something was wrong with Pastor. First, he didn't say goodbye this morning. And now, instead of coming to her and talking about all the stuff that happened today in school, he went straight into his room upstairs. Had he finally left his childish nature behind and decided to act like a teenager?

This should have made Regretta happy - for she thought Pastor's childish traits were no match for his genius brain.

" If a genius brain was combined with a mature personality, it would be much more productive." She used to say.

Her husband, Pecoris,   used to tackle with, " if a genius brain was combined with a mature personality, it would lose its creativity and out of the box thinking skills. Only a childish personality can make optimum use of a genius brain."

Needless to say, it annoyed her to no extent.

However, she was sure this was not the case right now. After all, how come such a major change, all of a sudden?

Just to confirm, she called, "Pastor, are you sure you are alright?"

"Yes, Mommy!!" Came the faint reply. "Just got a lot of assignments to do!"

Wait. What word did he use? Mommy? Pano sighed. There was no change in her childish lad.

Once in his room, Pastor was ready to work. He knew the simple schedule. First, the stupid Biology assignment, then, a quick research on the Earth, and finally the simple chemistry assignment. He sat down on his chair and moved next to the studying table.

"Mary?" He demanded, facing an object. It was basically a cylinder of 12 cm radius and 3 cm height resting on a flat, rectangular, black surface. Yellow light was getting emitted from a large hole in the center of the cylinder - the 'SKIA'.

'SKIA' stood for 'She Knows It All'. A Grade-3 search engine used by students of 8th -11th standard, each SKIA had a unique name, avatar and personality- though Pastor hoped it had a cooler full form. The artificial intelligence installed was designed to be friendly with the user, or rather, act as a cool friend. In other words, it was a search engine, a friend, a councillor and a helper all rolled into one.

"Yes?" Came a raspy, feminine voice as a nearly one foot tall female figure projected out of the SKIA. She wore a sky blue top and blue jeans. Her jet black hair came slightly over her face as her grey eyes seemed to blink.

"Need help with your Biology assignment again?"

"Hey, how do you know?"

She shrugged. "Like you would ever ask for help on your physics assignment."