Chapter 10: First day at Beacon Academy (1)

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Volume 1 - Chapter 10: First day at Beacon Academy (1)

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"Finally back at Beacon.." sighed Sora as he just left the bullhead. He went toward his dorm with all of his purchase. He saw many students on the way giving him weird look. Must be my current appearance.

Sora is carrying two boxes on him and a bag on top of hit. He looked funny from someone else's perspective. He skillfully everyone gaze as he arrived at his dorm.

He couldn't take out his scroll out of his pocket right now, so he tried to call his roommates. Fortunately, Atalanta was at home as she opened the door for Sora.

She blinked her eyes as she saw Sora's current appearance. She was puzzled, but asked if he needed help with all this. Sora refused as he already arrived at the dorm, so what's a few more steps?

Atalanta just nodded and made a place for Sora. He thanked Atalanta in return as he entered the room. He put down the boxes near the couch in the common area.

He sat on the couch as he closed his eyes and sighed blissfully. Sora heard Atalanta leaving the room as she came back.

Sora opened his eyes as he felt Atalanta presence near him. He saw her with a bottle of water extended to him. He was a little puzzled, but came to a simple conclusion.

"For me?" asked Sora with a smile. Atalanta nodded as she extended the water bottle again toward Sora.

"Thank you, Atalanta." smiled Sora as he took the water bottle from her hand. He uncapped the bottle as he took a few mouthfuls of water. He closed the bottle as put it on the floor near him.

Atalanta looked at the box near Sora with curiosity. Sora saw her look and simply said it was for the bunk bed and his alchemy.

Atalanta's eyes shined at the mention of the bunk bed. Sora chuckled at her reaction. Looks like someone was happy about it. Sora stood up from the couch and opened the box with all the materials for the bed.

Sora was going to build them now. Sora hummed as he thought about the model of the bed. As he took out many things, he suddenly remembered a doll inside his coat. He took out the gift he received from Klee and asked Atalanta if she could put it on his bed.

Atalanta looked at the doll curiously than at Sora. He understood her look and simply said that received from his new little sister. She nodded at him and left toward the bedroom.

Sora looked at her disappearing figure and followed Atalanta with the building material. He was going to start now.

Sora was going to take his time for the bed. Sora's pride won't accept a half-baked bed after taking the initiative to build a bunk bed for everyone.

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Atalanta clapped her hand as she saw the result of Sora's hard work. That's right, Sora finally finished building the bunk bed. Sora is currently looking for any problem of the two bunk beds.

After observing them for a while, he took a step back to admire his work. Sora saw Atalanta admiring his work with an admiring gaze.

"What do you think about your new bed, Atalanta?"

"Good," said Atalanta as she nodded her head at Sora.

"Really? That's great." said Sora with a relieved expression as all the tension on his body left quietly. Looks like he didn't waste his time with the beds if Atalanta liked it.

It got pretty dark right now, thought Sora as he looked through the window. He wonders when Tifa and Jean would come back. They have their first day at school tomorrow at 8:00 am. It would be a wise choice to sleep early.

He didn't want to be late for his first class. As Sora was in deep thought, he was soon awakened by the knock on the door. Sora wanted to go for the door, but Atalanta beat him into it.

Sora shook his head and followed Atalanta outside the bedroom. He needed to take the stuff he bought today and move them toward the bedroom. As soon as he left the room, he saw Jean and Tifa entering the dorm.

They greeted Sora as he waved them back. He looked at them, saw Atalanta saying something to them, excited. Tifa and Jean were surprised and rushed toward the bedroom. Sora shrugged at this scene and entered the room with his remaining boxes.

Sora heard Jean and Tifa exclamation and praising from the outside. He was happy at their reaction. He did a fantastic job.

The girls noticed Sora's presence as they thanked him for his hard work. Sora simply nodded as he replied it wasn't much trouble. After all, he also benefited from this new layout.

Sora looked at his scroll and said to the girls he's going to take a shower first. They agreed with Sora's word as they returned to their conversation.

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"You girls can go in." said Sora as he came inside the sleeping area all dressed up. The girls nodded at him as they went in together.

Sora went to his bed as he took out the seeds he bought from today's expedition. He almost forgot about them. Sora took his empty clay pots as he filled them with dirt that he bought from the same plant's shop.

He planted his seeds on each pot and left them near a window. After that, he took out his notebook as he crossed the seeds/herb part from the to do list.

Sora looked at his next goal. He saw three alchemy tools to make. He needed to make the Alchemic Component: Burden of Dust.

This particular alchemical device is built around a set of scales meant to weigh ingredients. They say that it can weigh dust, but that the hands of an amateur are not to be counted on for such a task.

Sora chuckled a little from Albedo's memory about this device in his apprentice's hand. Sora shook his head as he looked at the next tool. The Alchemic Device: Between Fire and Water.

A mysterious alchemical apparatus. Depending on who you ask, it can refine materials, amalgamate them or perform reactions at high temperatures. Explosions are not rare with this device. He bought the two dust only for this device.

Finally, the most important for his work the Alchemist's Crafting Bench. A piece of equipment that conceals the secrets of alchemy. It can combine and refine various ingredients to produce objects of greater value.

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'No need to think about it now, I'm already done with today so might as well sleep now.' thought Sora as sighed at his next task.

'Well, you need to put some effort if you want to get stronger.' thought Sora as he closed his notebook. He went to the bed as he lay down on it.

He yawned loudly on the bed as his eyes closed. He fell asleep quickly from the today's work. The girls came out and found Sora asleep on his bed.

They nodded at each other and made their best to not make any sound. They started by whispering to themselves.

"Wow, he must be pretty exhausted if he slept instantly." said Tifa as the two other girls nodded.

"Indeed, I saw him when I went to Vale with my little sister. He had many stuffs on him." said Jean as she put a hand on her forehead.

She was a little distressed by Sora's apparent exhaustion. Jean regretted not being able to help him this morning.

"He built those two bunk beds alone." said Atalanta as she kept her eyes on Sora's body. Tifa and Jean were silent as they understood Atalanta's statement.

Even if they were not good at building, they could have helped him, yet he insisted on building it alone. The girls were looking at Sora with complicated eyes. They turned their head to each other as they nodded in response.

"Let's take care of him from now on." Said Jean as she looked at her teammates for confirmation. They didn't disappoint her as they nodded in positivity.

"Agreed! while he might not be the most open, he is a great friend and partner, so don't worry about it Jean." said Tifa immediately as she saw no problem with Jean's statement.

Sora was good to her, and she loved him a lot. While they did just met a few days ago, she appreciated his little care from time to time.

"Agreed," said Atalanta as she nodded to her new friends. Sora gave her a peaceful vibe. She loved being near him, giving her conform. She didn't mind helping her first male friend. Sora gave Atalanta a special feeling in her heart.

"We should also go to sleep tomorrow, if we want to eat breakfast before class." Said Jean as she wanted to end the conversation because of tomorrow schedule.

"Ehh, that suck to think we would start school already." said Tifa as she went to the top of the bunk bed. Atalanta followed her to the bottom floor of the bed. Jean took her place at the top of Sora's bed.

"Now, now don't be like this. We don't know yet how it would, go so be more positive Tifa." reprimanded Jean as she lay on the bed.

Tifa simply pouted in respond but closed her eyes to sleep soon. Atalanta ignored their conversation and slept first.

"Good night everyone." said Jean as she felt more sleepy as she received her friend's good night.

""Good night Jean.""

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Thank you for reading guys.

[Author notes] [7/12/2021]

Writing this fanfiction is the current thing not making me go crazy about studying my finals.

Just a head up, I will continue to write more chapters for next week but will probably take a break from writing between the 19 to 25 December.

I will probably be back at writing to the 26? Or I might write on some occasion and drop them on the 25th.

btw, thank you for the 1.1k collections everyone :)

Don't worry I'll announce my final decision before going on a break.