"You. Hold it." She spoke looking in my direction. She was not a student, she wasn't going with the color scheme.
She was tall, her height complimented by the fact that she was wearing high heels added a mature charm to her girl-pretty face. She was staring towards me with a perplexed look before it disappeared
I point at myself and question "Me?"
She then nods her head and asks "Who else? You're the new student?"
"Yes?" I replied guardedly. I was on full lockdown. What could this pretty teacher want with me?
"I have your Uniform right here"
'What?'
She waved her hands and like magic a neatly folded ocean blue robe appeared in her hands with a pin-on badge lying beside it.
I was too busy focusing on it to notice Zeina's eyes flash.
It's the same as the rockstar-stripper old man that gave me that book and stone. It should be a Space ring, right?
I turn to my guide who was supposed to explain things to me today but distanced herself because of an allergic reaction to myself.
'Am I really irritating to be around? I'm over it…'
But she instead turns respectful towards the elf woman who didn't give her name
"Good Morning Miss Eliza, you must be on your way down to teach class"
'Miss Eliza, our class teacher who doubles as a vice principal? '
"Mrs 'hard worker', you must be guiding the new student for the extra credits reward" she replied amiably, after that they chatted shortly like a group of women.
Seeing a break in the conversation Zeina chose that moment to drop a simple question "Your Space ring is very pretty, where did you manage to find one like that"
"I would love to tell you all about it but I'm having class, right now. I need to go and open the ring the bell.
Meet me in the classroom at the end of the school day. Not a minute later" She said in one breath before hurriedly going downstairs. I say hurriedly but she was basically a ninja in those heels!
After saying that she left, I looked to Zeina for a hopeful explanation.
"It seems like she would have explained it properly if I hadn't rushed her" she said in deep thought
"You asked her about her ring to get rid of her?" I ask
"No. But something is now sus about her. There's no way she could buy that ring on a teacher's salary" she said with surety.
"Why?"
"Her brand is too expensive."
'Tsk, Tsk. When someone suddenly owns something that is above their usual standard people begin to question how they got it'
RINRINRINRIN
A bell rang off somewhere in the hall and the doors instantly opened revealing a multitude of eager faces behind them.
'Did these guys come late?' I thought
"Come on. Let's go" she said directing me to a good seat in the upstairs part. It's at the center, overlooking the ground floor that is visible. We can see the podium and about half the floor from here and watch the spectacle of students pouring into the hall from different entrances like waves.
The entire hall for third years is now packed with people, the seats appear to have been made as a standard for races of all shapes and sizes, everyone seems to be mingling with little
We hurriedly find a seat for two people just as the homeroom teacher we met arrives there starts.
"Now class, continuing from our last class on the cause of ruined worlds, which is the past war.
Today we'll be talking about The Cosmic Tree and Space Magic.
'Yes! This is such a timely help.'
I instantly began paying attention forming a contrast to Zeina who instead picked up her phone when class started
Now we all know that the World Tree is something called a Cosmic Plane which serves as a trans-dimensional bridge and is capable of bridging the unbelievable distance between the 39 known worlds connected to it so far. The bridge has been managed by the Yggdrasil Court among other duties and free usage isn't allowed to just anyone"
'Which raises the question of how I got here again. Did the portal I shuttled through take me through the backdoor?' Now I'm thinking it really was a good idea NOT to tell everybody I was human.
"And that scientists have theorized an infinite number of Cosmic Planes in the entire region of space separating all the planets"
GASP
The entire class started going crazy over what she just said while I the one who was from another world was listening attentively.
"Relax everyone. Scientists have theorized that Cosmic Planes exist in units called 'Dimensions'. A one Dimensional Plane is estimated to be a simple straight line, like a thread connecting the two or more worlds but not being able to do more than that
'This is simple dimensions right?' I thought. Shouldn't this be common knowledge here? They have phones, and clothes shops and street meat!
"2-Dimensional planes exist in the form of something with length, breadth and thickness. It was at this point that worlds were beginning to become aware of each other's presence. The Celestials, formerly known as Asgardians were the first to discover this form of travel between worlds by accident and chanced upon the other eight when most of our ancestors were still tinkering with 'puny bows and arrows, how embarrassing." She added that last part in a joking tone.
LAUGHTER
Apparently the entire school went wild over that one. But isn't this story beginning to sound familiar somehow.
"That whole thing ended up with them posing as 'Gods' for hundreds of years, but no permanent damage was done and the link between words which is called the Hub, closed down for about a thousand years before reemerging with the former 'bow and arrow' races wielding Photonic Molecule 'bows and arrows'
CLAP
Okay, I don't remember the story having this part but I think I get where I am now.
"Third Dimensional Plane; The Cosmic Tree where we exist now
"Many years have gone by and the world that was discovered centuries ago has now become second nature to us.
Research has been done to discover what the next Dimension will be and when it will come to be, but today's lesson is just getting started. We were supposed to cover the basic understanding on 'why' the tree is able to do what it does but we'll cover that in the next lesson.
In fact, that will be our Monthly Challenge for all students from all Energy forms.
Then she started typing on a desktop on her desk
"Go home and do research on HOW the Cosmic Tree can do everything I just described today. Next week I'll ask questions and if you're lucky enough to be picked and have all the right answers, you win…
One coupon for an Entry-ranked weapon + accessory + armor set for your specific needs
Silence. Then Uproar!
"That's Insane!" "Seriously?" "Wow!"
Everybody from all around the seats down and even around us were no longer on their seats
It took Miss Eliza, the teacher a whole minute before she could calm everybody down with 'cancel threats' for the competition.
"Okay. I won't keep you for any longer than you need to be. Class dismissed!
After saying that the students stood up in an orderly fashion to leave the hall. Each color stood up, and like trained soldiers arranged themselves outside a particular exit forming five straight lines of White, Yellow, Blue, Red, Purple.
Even though they came in from all over the place… maybe it had to do with the next class.
I turned to the person who had been typing on her phone throughout the lesson. 'Mrs Hardwork' who was engrossed in what she was doing and was the exact opposite of her name.
Just as I was about to make that jab, she stood up sharply
"Okay! Your next class appears to be with the Mage department, so… those guys- what are they doing?"
The people in the same blue robes I had in my arms were currently being barricaded from their exit by one of those 'Tall guys' but he had huge muscles and was wearing sun shades.
Also the part of the crowd that didn't seem anxious to leave was watching a… spectacle? Anyways a red haired dwarf in Mage robes was being hog-tied by two people and the people just stood there and watched. Some looking like they wanted to help but not daring to.
"Is it possible for you to point the way?" I asked. I'd rather not interact with these idiots.
"Sure" she replied pointing the way with landmarks and signs. "Oh, and for your information, I don't usually listen in on class, that's a huge waste of valuable time. I just record it for later."
"Never mind that, are you heading to Psychic class?"
"Yes and I'm going fast. Bye" she said that and ran off to join her fellow Psychics. Meanwhile I stood there alone, a solitary plain-clothed figure in the midst of a rainbow of colors. In a world where everybody has somewhere they belong to. I am the only one without a label.
After standing there for another second I calmly left using another group's exit, unbothered and unfettered.
'I think I'll take some time to admire the scenery this world has to offer'