Once Doesn't Mean Always (Straight Furry Story)

1: The First Day (Of Many Unfortunate Choices)

Image on top is of Smoke

Smoke

3rd of February, 2014

As I take my foot off the final step of the bus, I watch as everyone walks off through the gates of the school. I stand there for a few moments, holding my bag by a strap as it sits on the ground, the bus behind me took off moments after I left that last step.I simply give a small sigh and sling my bag over my shoulder.

"Better make a start" I said as I slowly take a few steps closer to the gates, dragging my tail along the ground. Before I walk through the gates, I look at a sign that was just on my right 'Softhide Senior High School', I simply just decide to move on after reading the sign "not like I'm in the wrong place or anything" I thought as I just follow the other students in black and blue uniforms. unlike everyone else, I didn't have a school jacket because it was too expensive, but my caretaker had spoken to the school's administration a few days prior the starting day and I have been allowed to wear my black leather jacket for some time.

As all the students gather in a large gym, I try to look for a spot with few people there. I was actually a little surprised to see such a large amount of students and such a diverse range of species, all just at this one school in a little town. After some time, I give up trying to find somewhere that was somewhat empty, I just decide to go and sit in any spot that was close enough to the front, I avoide treading on tails, paws, and even some wings as I move through the crowd.

I finally decide to stop and sit next to what looks to be a hybrid, a completely grey wolf that has a dark brown head of hair with silver horns protruding from his head, green and brown wings and a green dragon tail that has a spine of grey fur going down it. it was obvious that he was part Chinese dragon. I look away after my slight diagnosis and that caught his attention.

He turns to me and said "hey" with a smile on his face, I saw that his eyes were brown and his voice was sounding calm, I simply replied

"hi" in a flat, uninterested tone, not wanting to start or carry any form of conversation between us, but instead of stopping, he carries on.

"Emerald Neavens" he said as he put out his paw, I simply sigh and wonder what I just got myself into

"Smoke Greypaw" I say, still sounding uninterested, although I didn't shake his paw. He drops his smile a little

"you OK?" he asks, I just look towards the front "it's OK, you don't need to answer if you don't want to, but please know that if you need to talk to someone about something or just want a friend, I'll be here" he said sounding a little happy again, before I could tell him that I'm not interested in friendship, a woman's voice calls out over the gyms speaker system

"can I have your attention please?" it said as everyone started to quiet down.

I just give up and decide to not say anything to this weird boy next to me. When the room was dead silent, the voice continued

"thank you, welcome students to your first year at Softhide Senior High School, I am your head principal, Ms Amberdine and I am here to let you know what we expect from each and every one of you here" she says and I just sigh, yeah right, get ready to be disappointed I think. "We expect you to respect your teachers, your peers and yourselves, we want you to help each other grow and work together, we can only help you to do that if you help us to help you" I just roll my eyes.