The Reality Chapter Four: Inspiration
I had awoken that morning somewhat dreading having to take the tests I did not know how much writing I would have to do or if it was a verbal test. At any rate I had no clue how it was going down I had finished eating and cleaned myself up for the big day. The first teacher that came in looked to be a tiger she had a sleek body and wore glasses, she was wearing a grey dress that had fit her quite nicely. Her name was Kay-lee, she handed me the test and I started by writing my name down on it, then I browsed the test, it did not look to hard from what I had seen of it but I was never the one to be good at math or many subjects for that matter, I ended up getting about 79% on it. I was hoping I would not have to take math because I had always found it to be quite boring.
The next teacher who came in was a tall wolf who had grey fur and wore a black suit with a red necktie, His name was Jackl, all I could do was snicker at his name, he was the science teacher. Science had always been my best subject but checking over the test I saw there was a small portion was multiple choice, and the rest was all in writing. After I explained to him he said he would let me do it saying my answers to him and he would write it down. He was such so nice definitely one of the better people I have met. After I completed the test and he marked it I ended up scoring an 88%, not everything I remember had carried over for science but a lot of it did.
The next few tests I had done completely horrible on, the subjects were social studies and language arts, I did not know to much on these subjects because my world had been flipped upside down, but as I expected, and I Knew I was going to have to take these few classes for sure, the teacher of these classes were the same though he was pretty strict but was also nice at the same time. It felt like he understood where I was coming from.
Later that day someone had came a dropped off a schedule for me and the text books I was going to need, looking over the schedule I saw my classes L.A, Social Studies, Math, P.E, and Music. I was happy I was able to actually get a music class. I got to do music and P.E on Saturdays and the rest from Monday to Thursday. They needed me to do the P.E part on Saturdays because no students were allowed to be in the P.E room and at the outdoor P.E area on the weekends unless there were special circumstances.
For the rest of the day I kind of lazed around looking over small portions of the text books I got and playing a bit of my guitar, writing down some new chord progressions, and playing to my hearts content. I did not have anyone come up to my room at all unless it was bringing my food to me or to give me tests so it was kind of a boring day no one to talk to like I could have at the hospital.
The next few months I studied hard getting better at all the subjects and they had me working on understanding the language had gotten a lot easier sense I had someone who was actually a real teacher for it, and social was ok to I got to learn about the different areas in the world and their stances on the governments and points of views it helped me understand the culture of today. Math was again insanely boring at least they did not have me doing the easy stuff a normal kid my age would do, Music I ended up having a lot of fun it, being able to start playing the piano opened up a lot of options for me in writing songs they mainly taught me classical songs from this era, they were pretty decent but not like the ones of my culture like Bach or Beethoven. P.E was little more difficult for me however because of my special needs I had the hardest time climbing ropes I could only ever do a foot of climbing but running was easy the normal sit ups push ups and chin-ups were not that hard either. Not to long though after doing my studies they realised I was not actually bad at math and replaced it for something more suiting that I did not know, biology there was a lot more to learn in bio now that there were so many differences in the populace.
In my spare time I would sit on the open balcony and play my guitar, it had actually gotten me quite a bit of attention from the students below doing P.E even one kid from the music class had brought out his drum kit not a full sized one but one that was easily transportable, and would play a beat while I was doing my notes, it was kind of awesome like we had a small band going on, after awhile of us playing with each other I had decided on my next trip to town I was going to get an electric guitar and an small amp just we could mix things up a bit.
When I was at the Instruments store I saw the kid who used the played the drums there buying a new set of drum sticks, she spotted me and began to walk up to me and was about to say something, but then my escort told him we were not allowed to talk. After getting my new guitar and amp we headed back to the school, I tuned it up and plugged it into the amp made sure the amp was not to loud and started to rock a lot of my old songs sense the room was private and no one would come up here or be able to hear me I would even sign the lyrics making my own private concert for no one. I was getting so into my song that I dropped my guitar pick and started to finger pick. My paws quickly became sore from that I had not had the callus I used to back in the day.
The next day during Language Arts class the teacher had brought in a speech therapist in with them as well, we began to practice my vocalisations of every letter and putting them into small words and then into some larger ones and then back to learning how to spell properly, I had to say it was good to actually get to learn to talk to people instead of the using the tablet and speaker the whole time. The next music class I had Mr. Lenum had continuously praised me for how perfect my piano playing had become so quickly, after he had finished teaching me another song I without him noticing pick up my electric guitar and started playing, he seemed shocked that I was playing so fast without hesitation. He continued to praise me for that too all I could was smile and I attempted to make a request.
"Mr. Lenum, would you be able to get the Headmaster to approve the kid who plays the drums outside, to be able to come up here, and well so we can play some songs together?" I asked him blushing heavily, for I have never really asked for anything from the teachers before.
Mr. Lenum sighed. "Listen Kyo, I might not be able to get the headmaster to say yes, but I will ask him for you, there are no guarantees ok."
I smiled and shook my head, and without him expecting it I had given him a hug it was one of my more childish moments but I had no way of saying thanks really so it was the least I could do, but then he did tell me that I was not acting proper in a sarcastic tone. He did not really care about that most of the time unless we were actually in the middle of a class and technically, ours ended before I asked him the favour. As he left I sat down at the piano bench and started to practice the new song because I had nothing better to do. An hour later my lunch was brought up to me with a note from the headmaster. I opened the note to see what it said, the note read. "Kyoga I would like to inform you that at this time I can not grant your request to have contact with another student for now you will have to just remain listing from afar." I let out a sigh, of course they weren't going to let me talk to someone even though I was lonely up here by myself. Well that just goes to show you life could be very cruel sometimes.
It was now time for P.E and I again had another special guest someone who was said to be an animal trainer just to help me with my special needs in the way of how my paws were and to make sure I was taking care of them properly. The P.E teacher kept pushing me hard not letting me take breaks from going to one thing to another it was starting to get a little annoying. I was just so angry nothing I actually wanted would happen for me. After my P.E class was over I was curious as to why he was pushing me so hard.
"Excuse me Mr. Rae, I was just wondering why you have been pushing me so hard and not letting me take breaks." I typed into my tablet.
He replied quite angrily. "Listen you snot nosed brat, there are better ways I would like to spend my Saturdays other than being stuck here with you, you'll do what I say when I say it no questions asked, now get back to your room."
I was now hurt it was actually quite a piss off for someone to treat me like that. My day however was coming to an end so I just went to my room. I took my lightly wet diaper off and hopped into showered before my meal came making sure to carefully cut my hair so I don't have any uneven parts floating around, I seemed to be getting a lot better at doing it. I had eaten and played my music, and attempted to write a letter to The headmaster. It was not turning out how I wanted it to though so for the first time without permission I put my cloak and necklace on and descended the stairs leading out of my room. Luckily for me I knew he headmasters office was just a few doors down the hall but my room was a few stories higher. Once I had gotten to the door I knocked on it three times and waited a few seconds before hearing the ok to come in. I opened the door and walked in.
"I am sorry for coming here without permission Headmaster, but I need to talk to you about one of my teachers." I said perfectly and as clear as I could with a high pitched voice I did not use my tablet this time.
He was busy looking down at some papers a great way to greet a guest. He looked up curiously though because he did not recognize my voice, when talking in Koi I had a very childish tone to me.
He responded with a surprised look on his face. "Looks like you've made quite a bit of progress so far, and which teacher did you need to talk to me about, they were not doing anything as to have violated your personal space, I hope."
With the way he said "violated my personal space" it sounded as if he was saying did they touch me anywhere.
"No they did not, he just said some mean things to me." I replied trying to sound serious but only end up sounding childish.
"Who was it, and what did they say Kyoga?" The headmaster asked me soon after.
My next response I definitely need the tablet for. As I explained to him what he had said and how it was said the headmaster nodded through the entire explanation. He had begun to write what I had said down on a piece of paper and had written something else on a different one and put that in an envelope, after he had done that he sealed it using wax and stamping the schools insignia into the wax.
"Well that should be the end of that now Kyoga, he definitely will not be saying things like that to you or the other students, but there is one more matter we need to discuss" I gulped in fear as he continued. "You had left your room without permission, and you know that breaking any of the rules that I had given you will result in a punishment, and this case is not an exception, this time will just we a verbal warning to not do it again, but next time it will definitely be more sever." He said in a strong and stern tone.
He then stood up and gestured me to stand up as well, I did as he commanded. He put his paw out making me think he wanted me to place mine over his, so I did. He then grabbed my paw and started walking. I was blushing as he started to walk me down the hallway. and unlocked the door to my room. I walked through the door and he closed it behind me. I went up the stairs and crawled into my bed. That was pretty embarrassing I thought to myself. I'm so glad no students were around to see it. I laid there and relaxed till I dozed off.
I woke up the next morning there was something strange an new cloak was provided for me in academy colours with the insignia on it as well a note was with it too, saying that there was a school fair coming up next weekend and I was going to be allowed to go, only if I was able to score 80% or better on all my tests before then. I began to crack down on the books I really wanted to see what it was like, a school fair sounded like I could have some fun, I even asked some of my teachers if I could have extra lessons on my days off of school they did not seem to have a problem saying yes to it. I did end up asking Mr. Lenum about what went on at the fair, he told me they had talent shows and they even would be setting up some rides for the kids to go on, as well as the students would be able to bake things to sell to the other students. I told him that I wanted to sign up for the talent show, he made sure I would get onto the list for it. He warned me though that if I did not get the 80% or better I would not be allowed to attend, and I would have to sit up here and just watch the others. I was going to make sure that would not happen. I practiced harder and harder until I was sure I was going to pass the tests.
My first test I had was going to be Biology, sense Biology was a science subject I did pay a lot of attention to it also because there were many interesting things that each different species had, the test I was given felt like Childs play I finished it quickly and double check all my work. Making sure I was not going to fail this one. The next few tests however were going to be more difficult. The next one I had to do was Social Studies, I basically had to give my view points on certain things that happened to other cultures and answer some things about the place we live it, as well as to explain why it was my point of view. I don't think I did to bad on that one I did have enough time to double check my answers so I felt confidant. I did not have my final test until two days before the fair would start and three days from today. So I then just cracked down completely on spelling, grammar, and writing. I had made quite a bit of progress over the time I have been in the school but I was not sure if I was going to get the necessary marks for this test.
It had been quite a while sense I last relaxed and took a moment to myself so I sat out on the balcony with the acoustic guitar and began to play a relaxing tune. It looks like my drummer friend was not here today then again I was not there for a few days either. I believe that in order for anyone from the student body to be able to go to the fair they all had to meet the same standards. Well I'm pretty sure no one would really do bad on their tests here sense most of the teachers are strict. While I was playing I listened to the birds chirping and then I heard the worst noise of all. One of the strings on my acoustic had snapped I must not have checked to make sure all of the strings were ok before I started playing. I was actually pretty sad about it but I could always go into town sometime and buy new ones. Which I would definitely end up doing so. I went to bed that night spelling out words to myself to prepare for the next test.
The test day had finally come up, and we first began with verbal spelling I was asked to spell 20 different words, those were pretty easy for me with all the practicing I had been doing. The next thing is I had to complete a few sentences, the work really seem like it was meant for a young child but it was still hard being new to the writing style of the language. The last part I had to write a single paragraph of my favourite thing to do. I definitely knew what I was going to write about, my guitars and how I loved to play them more than anything else. After I was done the essay I was told the time was up no time to double check my answers I had finished just in time. The teacher took away my test and bid me a good day and left me. Tomorrow I would get the results of my tests but for now I had to ask Mr. Lenum to do me a favour. I had asked the person who brought my lunch if they could ask him to come and see me. Sure enough half an hour later he was here.
"Did you have something you wanted to ask me Kyo?" He said happily.
Stuttering a little I replied. "I need a new s-string for my guitar, c-could you help me with it."
"Most definitely I can young man!" Mr. Lenum replied in such an upbeat tone.
He went away for about 10 minutes and came back with a new string and we took the broken one off and replaced it with a new one. I had retuned the entire guitar just in case, and I was good to go ready for the talent show. Now I just had to wait for the results to come in from my tests. Playing all afternoon long practicing to make sure I was at my best. I was confident in myself, I went to bed nervous and excited hoping to see what the new day would bring me.
