Pondovadia: World I Love, Tears I Drop

Chapter Six: Upon You by the Moonlight Side

September 12, 302X

10:25 AM

Bell was walking down the busy streets of the northern district with Klarisse to a popular cafe known as Indigo Elk. She was reading the school hockey group chat on her phone.

"I thought you had class today" she looked confused.

The older beaver rolled her eyes as she carried her heavy college bag. "I do, smartass, it's online"

"Oh. Which one is it?" Bell asked as they walked through the door. The silver bell rang as they walked inside.

"Fanfiction analysis. I'm the teacher assistant for it" Klarisse sat down at a two-animal seat and opened up her laptop. "It's about analyzing different aspects of fanfiction and its history and impact on literature. This week is about how humans started writing fanfiction in the 1970s about Star Trek"

"You can say that without getting copyrighted?" asked Bell as she sat down on the green seat.

Klarisse smirked in amusement. "Yeah, pretty much. Copyright laws have bigger things to go after than some college kid in West Virginia"

She tapped away on her phone to order some cafe goods for the two of them— an espresso and a livestock lox sandwich for herself, and a matcha latte with a crunchy peanut noodle salad for Bell.

"Hm. Never thought of it that way" Bell had to think for a minute.

Klarisse turned her laptop on and set up her screen for sharing. She put her blue striped headphones on and made sure the screenshare was working right.

Fifteen minutes later...

An energetic black and white lemur in a red cafe uniform walked to the table the sisters were sitting at. Her thick black bob bounced with every step she took and her tail swung around in the air. She was carrying the food in one hand and drinks in the other.

"Hi guys! Glad you could be here today!" She greeted the two of them as she set the food down.

Klarisse was quiet as she listened in on the lecture and dropped links into the chat.

"She's teaching right now, Amelie" Bell sipped at her latte and twirled her noodles with a fork.

Amelie sat down nearby and pulled up a chair for Bell.
"Ohh okay! Hey after this I'm on break for an hour"

"Sweet" Bell whispered to her. She moved her Mon Uni bag and food over to the same table the waitress was at.

"Soooooo" Amelie crossed her legs. "How's school been for you?"

"It's a whirlwind. A lot of new kids this year, I was on trial a week or two ago, and Toshi got sick on Friday" Bell explained. "His little siblings caught something from the early flu season"

"Sounds about right. What about the hockey team try-outs? Did you make it?" the lemur asked.

Bell looked away. "Not exactly. I tried out for goalie but I ended up defense instead"

As the middle schooler rambled on about hockey, Amelie was longingly staring at Klarisse. She sighed in relaxation as she watched the older beaver explain the meaning of a Mary Sue into the microphone.

"So yeah. We have a big game next Saturday against Northeast. Amelie, are you even listening?!"

The lemur snapped out of her trance and shook her head.
"Huh, what?" she looked over at Bell and chuckled. "Oh, my bad. So why's the game on Saturday again?"

"Football plays on Friday" Bell explained. "They're playing against Northwest though"

And then Bell's phone started to buzz hard against the table. She flipped the phone over and looked at the screen— fuck, it was Chris. What happened now, she thought to herself.