Laughing thunder [#Wattys 2018]

Chapter 4: Its time for hell-I mean class

  Have you ever woken up to a trumpet blast? It freaking hurts. I woke up with the sound of an impossibly loud trumpet blare, which caused me to fall out of my bed on my back!

"Ugh-what the heck was that" I groaned as I lifted myself up. "Why, just why would you do this?" I muttered as I rubbed the dust from my eyes. When my eyes focused again they immediately went wide by surprise.

The room I was in had silver floor tiles with navy blue walls with bookcases stacked to the brim on each. Filled with books that I have and wished to have read. The lining and corners of the room were black and when I looked at the ceiling it was literally the sky I could see the progress of the day and currently it was the early morning with the sky and clouds being engulfed in orange light from the early sun. The bed I was sleeping on was I'd say king size with a wide berth most likely for our wings.

The bed possessed sky blue covers peppered with black storm clouds with white and gold pillows at the top of the bed. To my left beside the bed was a giant walk-in closet with tons of space for racks and clothes and anything else you would want to add. What really got my attention were two circles hidden in the wall and floor nearly fitting perfectly within the rest of the structures but with enough of an indent to notice. So when I pressed the circle on the wall the floor slide away revealing a staircase.

"Note to self-explore the stairway at some point". While I continued to explore the room I noticed it smelled exactly like the Payne's shop, this immediately filled me with happiness and calmness. I looked to the left and saw a doorway with bathroom on a plaque and when I walked through it I saw myself. I had piles of soot and ashes all over and with my clothes, I found them in tatters and with many pieces missing.

For the first time, I got a good look at my wings and I gotta say they look awesome but when I looked closer there seemed to be separations in threes of each one huh weird I thought. When I looked at myself I was still pretty much the same still extremely skinny with barely any muscles but I was at least healthier than I was as a kid I was at least normal somewhat. I decided to take a shower to at least get all the gunk and grime off of myself, and when I came back out with a new toothbrush in my mouth I saw a note on the bed with a new pair of clothes. I picked up the note while brushing my teeth and read it in my mind.

"Dear Mr. Di Angelo, we noticed that you lacked a pair of clothes to wear due to your...particular upbringing and the events of yesterday-so we have provided you with a set of clothes until you have bought your own. Please enjoy! From Angelus Sanctum"

Beneath the note was a white long sleeve dress shirt and black slacks. When I finished brushing my teeth I put on the free clothes I kept my shirt untucked and noticed two things they fit perfectly and underneath them was a white sash with a blank silver pin on it and when I touched it to examine it closer the sash immediately turned dark blue and the pin turned silver with bronze folded wings. The heck is this school am I literally in Hogwarts right now!? I sighed well I might as well wear it. After I put on my sash and sneakers I went outside of my room and saw CJ wearing a maroon hoodie with a bulldog with M.S.U underneath it with a pair of forest camouflage jeans and shoes. Over his shoulder was the same sash but, his was scarlet red with the same pin as mine.

"Oh, good morning Thomas!" he said excitedly with a bright wide smile.

"Ciao, where are you heading off to?"

"Breakfast! wanna join me?'

"Um, sure I'm hungry enough to eat up a whole kitchen"

"Cool follow me!" He led me through a bunch of corridors and hallways, wiith us finally making it to stairs.