Laughing thunder [#Wattys 2018]

Chapter 9: Time to face the music

      While we made our way to lunch I looked at myself and Arden and noticed that each of our cuts and bruises was healed. Although I can't say the same for our clothes or the soreness in our muscles despite the energy we gained. We really didn't care. We all decided to walk towards the cafeteria because all of the rune areas were swallowed by everyone else trying to either cut or just arriving. Even with that, there was still a sea of people pushing, shoving, or running through the halls.

When we finally made our way through the double doors we each decided to sit together and eat. CJ decided to get at least 20 steaks.

"How, are you not a hundred pounds right now?" I asked bewildered. In between bites he said

"Don't-know-but- what I do know is that steak, is delicious!"

"you have twenty of them!"

"Nope I had 30 I ate the other ten already!"

     I shook my head in acceptance having gotten used to CJ's personality by now. Oak had a bowl filled to the brim with cabbage with another plate with a giant mutton chop with a side of a tall glass of water. If I were to say the Muttonchop was as big as my head, and apparently to certain sources "cough" "cough" Ariana my head is massive.

To my left was Noel who had a plate of salad and like Oak had a glass of water. For myself, I had a bowl of chicken, shrimp, and sausage Gumbo with a biscuit beside it. And I was drinking a cup of coffee. No despite what certain people say namely my so-called friends I don't have a problem with coffee.

We each ate in silence for a while until CJ asked

"Hey what's everyone's class after this" I shrugged and pulled out my schedule

"hm, cool Music!"

"You too?" I heard CJ say through a mouth full of steak

"first swallow your food man and yeah"

"Ah! Perfect! so do I!" Oak roared shaking the table by banging on it with enthusiasm nearly causing our food to fall

"Please don't do that again Aren. Oh, and I have music too!" Noel said

"My apologies my friends, I have more energy due to the Coach and the food!"

"Yeah we can see that huh I wonder what Music class is like, I'm just gonna assume now that it's something not grounded in reality." Everyone nodded reluctantly agreeing that the word Normal is not applicable to this school.

After about ten minutes there was the sound of trumpets signaling the end of lunch and the beginning of the next class. Knowing how the school was everyone sprinted towards the nearest Rune circle. Knowing this as soon as Noel heard the sound traveling she warned us so at least a few seconds before the trumpets blared we all rushed as much as we could to the rune circle in the lunchroom with me reaching it first because of my electricity that apparently I'm coursing trough myself constantly out of a newfound habit. When they finally made it in the vicinity I pressed the button to send us to the music room doors.

The doors we appeared in front of was a black wooden door with two golden lyres etched into the doors with music notes flowing around the walls that actually sent calming and upbeat music throughout the hallway. When we walked through the door we walked into a room with golden floors and white marble walls that just like outside had music bar lines and notes that wrapped around the entire room. In the room were wooden shelves stacked to the brim with any instrument you can think of. And on the left were rolls and rolls of sheet music from papyrus to digital and hologram. In the front of the room was a giant mural of amazing people who performed and practiced music from instrument users to choirs and singers. And this mural was constantly changing the 7 people featured from ancient to modern. Currently, there was Mozart, Louis Armstrong, Bach, Elvis, Tupac, Kurt Colbain, and ending with Michael Jackson