Chapter 33 - Mess

Sol was comforting lili. Her wing mates also stood beside her to let her know that she was not alone.

While the first years were busy with lili, Lorcan and Rhys went to their bunk room to inspect. After making sure that everything was in the correct place and there was no problems they came out.

"Master their bunk rooms are in perfect condition and don't need any repairs."

"Good. We wouldn't want anything to happen to our new wing because of faulty bunk bed screws."

Everyone moved back to their seats and were getting to know their new flight mates.

Maeisha moved over to her elder brother. She was glad that she was in the same flight as her elder brother. Now that she had a family she always wanted to be near them and be loved by them.

"Brother what do we do tomorrow? Do we continue on with the other first years or..."

Lorcan put his arm around her shoulders. "You still need to bring your fitness up so you might..."

Sol was listening to everyone chat and interrupted her when he heard her question. He had decided to keep Maei and her wing away from the other first years.

"Your wing mates will be training with your flight from tomorrow."

He would wait to see if anyone in the first years were able to form a group and understand the meaning of the first three months of training. After all if a leader doesn't show perception then how would he have insights on future battles. If they could not then he would reject the rest of the class and have them try next semester.

Everyone quieted down and looked at each other. They understood what Master meant. The scrapping of the whole first year only happened once and that was years ago, since then there hasn't been a rejection of whole year.

Maei and her wing mates understood as well because they knew the rule of all first years training together for the semester before training with their flight mates.

"Master they won't be able to keep up with us." Sky observed.

"I know. Which is why starting from tomorrow, for the next nine weeks Maei and her wing will be personally trained by Nessa in the Alpha training ground. If there aren't any first years who will be able to join then they will be training with the rest of you after the next rest day."

Which means that after the first three months are up and no other wings joined the flight system from the first years they will be training with Alpha flight indefinably. Maei and her wing mates were excited and scared at the same time as the level of Alpha flight training was difficult, But they wouldn't back down and persevere.

Sol was gratified to see the new wing not be discouraged but have even more fighting spirit than before. He had great expectations from this wing, especially Maeisha. She was a natural leader and a leader like that brings out the best of the people under them. He wanted to see how far could this wing really go and if for that he would have to be strict and hard on them that's fine.

Sol thought about the meeting he had with the ministers today and looked at Rhys and his wing. He had a decision to make that will change the lives of this group while at the same time make them stronger and powerful.

"Dinner is in thirty. First years you sit with your flight not your year mates. Maei make the decision about who is going to be your second and let Rhys or Lorcan know. They will put them in the system. Be mindful of the decision you are going to make as they will remain your second for a very long time."

Sol ordered and left to have his own dinner.

Sky and Cade led the first years to the mess. It was right next to the administrative building.

The mess was a huge three floor structure. The food served in the mess was made by some of the best chefs and nutritionists in The Empire. They made sure that every child had the proper nutrition and calorie intake they needed. If some kid had special dietary requirement or needed other nutritional supplement they had a different counter to take their food from.

The mess had a rotation of the flight that would be working. It changed every week. All flight members had to report to the mess half an hour early so they could help the chefs serve the students in the school. They also had to make sure that every flight cleaned and collected their trays before leaving. After that they would tidy up the place before leaving.

Alpha flight wouldn't have their rotation until six weeks later but their flight members still explained the rules of the mess to them.

Fifteen minutes later they were lined up at the mess counter.

The counter had 2 mains from which they could choose one, 8 side dishes from which they could choose 4 and 3 soups from which they could choose one.

All students were encouraged to have however much they wanted and they could even go for seconds but they weren't allowed to waste the food. If anyone wasted food they will be punished to do runs or suicides.

Maie and her wing mates choose what they wanted to eat before following her older flight mates to their table and only glanced at the other first years who were creating a ruckus at their side.

Before leaving Sky had given them the advice to sit with the flight, do not sit apart and finally ignore everything else.

Maei was glad for Sky's advice as it seemed like there was much speculation about her wing.

She sat next to her elder brother and focused on eating. Her brother would sometimes put sometimes put some more food on her tray for her to eat. She didn't mind as she was really hungry after lugging her things from one corner of the school to another, but the other wingmates were jealous as they also wanted an elder brother to pamper them.

She kept her eyes on her wing mates and noticed that everyone was eating quietly while talking to their older flight mates.

Soon everyone finished eating.....