Chapter 3: Welcome to White Day High!

Chapter 3: Welcome to White Day High!

Lucas had his feet inside the school's gateway. He stood his ground, with eyes as wide as the gateway beside him. His ecstatic feeling was so massive that his heart was pounding so fast. He stared at the whole area his eyes can ever reach.

Those huge prompter monitors that posed billboards about students' achievements, were too many. Those high story buildings that were so high that they began fading away onto the clouds, unbelievable! Those students walking in and out of the scene… It was the real White Day high he used to hear.

Nostalgia hit Lucas all of the sudden. He reminisced how he entered Aspho High before. If it wasn't because of Moon, he wouldn't have had any chance of entering a school, especially the renowned Aspho High.

However, this school was so prestige, that for Lucas, it was more of a mansion or a kingdom than just an academy. Canopies were wide and clear, it was not the usual canopies that were narrow and long. It was indeed a never-ending canopy that covered the whole frontal view of the school.

However, it was a picturesque disorder. White Day High… its structure looked like the White House. Those pillars were tainted white; long and strong. Those were embedded with intricate designs —even the highest pillars have no dirt.

Guess the utility staff will have a hard time cleaning all of these infrastructures.

Lucas had so many to stare at, as his wide smile greeted everyone who walked past through him. Those students wore the same black jacket that Doll wore when they saw her at the bus. Underneath that, any desired colored shirt was randomly seen to any passerby.

The gateway was so huge that it was as wide as a normal schools gymnasium. Plants were occasionally placed inside vases that were scattered symmetrically. Grasses seemed to be not growing inside every pot's soil.

As Lucas satisfied himself with everything inside the White Day High, he wandered his eyes for an overall stare that fed his satisfaction. He heaved a loud sigh and remained his bright smile protruding from his face. It felt like he was being born again and was liberated from prison. It made him feel refreshed.

Moon and Doll began following him, as his cousin slowly wandered the whole area with Doll. It was just the entrance hall, but it was so big for their eyes.

Moon cannot help but to cease his cold demeanor and be replaced with overwhelming joyful eyes and a half-smile. He held his backpack tighter and stood straighter than before.

However, Doll, a student here, seemed to have no novelty at all with those infrastructures. She looked a bit bored with seeing it every day. Moon kept his eyes on this girl all this time.

"Lucas, I, and Doll will go to our respective classes to study." Moon tapped on Lucas' left shoulder. He smiled and started walking away. "Do you choose one of yours?"

Doll stopped him and faced Lucas. Lucas just pouted as a response. What classes should they take? They didn't speak a word after they left the bus. Lucas has no clue but has a good grasp about what class Moon will pick.

If he remembered it right, Mister Vacio decided to let Moon study for free at Aspho High because of the skill he saw his cousin possessed. Mister Vacio knew it was quite one of the rarest power in the city but Moon didn't have the guts to use it.

Mister Vacio let Moon studied at Aspho and Moon asked if he can accompany and let Lucas study at the school as well. They were young back then. They weren't even at the age of a high school student.

However, what class should Lucas pick? If there was something like Fire Starter Class, it will be his very first bet. Now that he found out his skills, and now that he has the power just like Moon, he has to practice it well.

"I can manage my life!" Lucas finished fast and prepared to leave. Moon narrowed his eyes and instead held Doll's hand and walked away.

Moon dejectedly gazed at his cousin. He knew this attitude of him very well. He can't tell if his cousin was an ambivert, an extrovert, or an introvert —thought it was mixed of them all.

He was more of a cold one that hated all the people within his vicinity, but he wanted affection and attention and was willing to befriend all guys sometimes. Yet, once he started building connections, he would just get bored all of the sudden and decided to abandon them all.

He once remembered that there was one girl at Aspho that almost became Lucas' girlfriend, but Lucas got angry and decided to leave the girl, then mourn every night about it. Then every school morning, he was still angry about this girl.

The moment Moon snapped back, Lucas was far enough for his sight.

"Goodbye, Lucas!" Doll high-pitched shouted. Moon looked back and waved for a farewell to his cousin.

Lucas turned and smiled at the two. He made an angry face and stared directly at Moon and smirked, eyes narrowed. That was his usual look. For Moon, that was the sweetest look his cousin can give him.

"WELCOME TO WHITE DAY HIGH!" Doll added happily as Moon just started walking.

The two ran off, as Lucas walked slowly and started to gaze at some buildings there. Each corridor has students conversing with their companies. Lucas didn't have one to accompany with, but that's okay for him.

He tried to find a class that will suit his interest. He always tends to lose his patience when forcing himself on the things he hated. He continued walking but stopped with a sight he saw.

Lucas gasped, as he stood in front of a red-haired girl, trying to mimic a model's ramp walk near the school's entrance. She wore huge tinted eyeglasses and an elegant light blue dress. It shared most of her thigh and chest.

Everything's fun and games, not until the girl tripped in front of Lucas. What's with this girl? Lucas chuckled silently, as the girl tried to stay fierce, acting as nothing happened.

Have mercy for this girl!

Lucas walked past through that girl, as he bowed his head to prevent being caught giggling. If that were him, he would lose all of his dignity and die out of embarrassment.

But almost after an hour of wandering, Lucas almost forgot about what happened to that girl. He was now with a professor, heading somewhere.

"SO YOU WANT TO ENROLL IN THE FIRE CLASS?"

The professor asked Lucas inside a laboratory room. His hair was pitch black, but some of it already wore off to reveal a portion of his shiny scalp. Funny though, it wore off before turning gray. Lucas tried hiding his laugh, using his hands to fake a cough and conceal his lips using it.

"Why?" The professor ended, as he cleared his throat.

Lucas tried to become serious. But as he walked and gazed at the professor's bald scalp, he can't help but giggle. He was lanky and looked like a cartoon character: like Rick and Morty, the meme he saw. That one was the meme peeling the wall.

Hands behind him and walking gleefully, Lucas waited for the professor to speak. He tried walking slower, to hide his small laughs. Surprisingly, Moon was absolutely right! Lucas enrolled into something with fire. Maybe he will apply for the Fortune Telling Class for this skill in guessing things.

With Lucas now behind, he can't help but stare at the scalp of the professor. The old man looked like he had a grasp of what Lucas was laughing about. He gave him a narrow stare.

"I'm a Fire Starter. I want to improve my skills." Lucas abruptly replied as he walked with the professor on a tiptoe. He felt a pang of sudden guilt after finding his appearance funny. But still, he can't help it. That Rick and Morty meme peeling the wall… it reminded on his mind.

The awkwardness of their walking intensified as the old lad started reading his book instead of replying to Lucas.

Lucas' face gradually changed, as he stared at the man with his brows arched. He cleared his throat for some embarrassment release. He started to felt irritated. When will this man reply?

He started moving his palms and clenched them. He started to felt this encaged feeling that he needed to burst out. He bit his lips in frustration.

"Fire Starter, huh…" the professor told lamely and walked inside the inner rooms. Lucas felt relieved. If he wouldn't reply, he must've punched him in the face. He can feel sorry later, but it was still the professor's fault for replying too late.

Once they entered, the balcony has many rooms at the sides, concluding the area they were walking on as the pathway.

"According to what I've learned, that's a very rare condition," he stared at Lucas.

Lucas followed the professor down the room as they walk. It was dim at the place. They both looked down as they walked downstairs. It looked like a hidden chamber by it's very unlikely to be such. The professor looked back at Lucas.

"Very rare…"

Lucas gazed expressionlessly. "Then what?"

"We already have two of the same condition as yours!"

Huh?

Lucas can't help but gasp. He almost froze on his position after learning that they were now three in this school. Who could be those two? He started to become serious, and more curious.

"Who are the two that were similar to me?" he asked in excitement. This school has gotten interesting from this point. He started to build respect towards the professor with him.

"They are training their skills right now," the professor answered. They continued walking and the lit end was almost a few meters away from them. It was an open door.

They continued walking outside. He guided Lucas into a populated hallway full of rooms. It was fully lit, warm, and not humid. White walls with usual windows occasionally.

"Room 3004 is the Fire Class Room. You can easily get there if you ride an elevator through the 32nd Floor."

Lucas' shock became evident as he gasped.

32nd Floor? That was way too huge! There's no way this building is a school if it has the 32nd floor. 

He just searched for an elevator to ride in.

Many students ran off the hallway as they talked to each other. Lucas looked back and no professor was guiding him anymore. He probably ran off.

Lucas stared at the corridor where those students came from. They came from an elevator, and it was left opened but no one was inside.

Lucas rapidly ran and stood inside the elevator. He tapped 32 as the floor he would stop at, as he watched the door slowly closed. If he gazed at it correctly, maybe there were 50 at the buttons. This school was so huge.

Then, a hand hindered the closing of the elevator door and forcefully tried to enter inside it. It started chaos and made Lucas and the insider panicking at the sudden havoc. That was a timid girl, bumping onto Lucas' chest out of clumsiness. Lucas stepped back, as the girl looked up at him for she was just a small girl.

The girl shook her blonde hair, as she stepped back and stared at Lucas with some tired and messy face. "I'm… Sorry, Mr. Pink Hair—" the girl uttered slowly, as she wiped her school uniform.

Lucas looked down at the girl. He can't understand, but he found it cute —how the girl messed up. Before, he has to be angry about these messes, but this time, it was calm for him. "It's okay. Where are you heading?" He cleared his throat and shook the girl's hair.

"I'm… I'm going to the 32nd Floor," the girl replied, as she bowed her head as to remove Lucas' hand out of his head. "I'm Ghaile Deus. And I want to visit the famous swordswoman on that floor."

A student of White Day… she looked like an elementary student. But that was his height before when he was a junior student. And what? Famous swordswoman?

A weird silence made Lucas and Ghaile felt awkward. While they stood and stared at each other with embarrassment, the floor they were heading on was going nearer and nearer. Ghaile stared directly at Lucas, which made him felt nervous.

"I'm Lucas—" he stared in disgust, "that's all I can say…"

Ghaile faked her smile, as the elevator rang and the elevator door finally opened. It revealed a floor with somewhat steel on it. Were those rails or what?

They both walked outside and took a look at the surroundings. Lucas saw rooms after rooms, looking like a hospital. Still, the walls were white. The rails on the floor were painted beige just like the floor. It was strange. Why would railings be on the floor? For what use?

Lucas ignored it and walked first, leaving Ghaile behind him at Room 2687—

Room 2687? That was far enough!

"HERE'S THE CART!"

A student shouted from behind, shocking the two. Lucas looked back. With great speed, a cart swiftly glided on the floor's rails. It was as if a minecart from Minecraft. The cart was quite long. The boy riding it reached for the both of them, and lifted them, letting them ride the cart.

Lucas felt the neck of his shirt choking him, as the man lifted him all of a sudden. The force used by the boy was quite strong and he had released them once they got in.

"Ugh!"

Ghaile and Lucas were gotten hurt. Lucas saw Ghaile shook her head. The cart was big enough to occupy another person if ever. That was a surprise for Lucas.

"So this is the transportation for fast allocation?" Lucas asked the boy.

The boy removed his black cap, to reveal his very white hair to him. It suited his skin tone. "Yes," he replied in a thick voice. It wasn't deep but rather rich. "I'm Scottie, one of the racers here."

As Ghaile and Lucas stared at Scottie, the cart then stopped. The two were cringing hard with how fast the ride has ended. Ghaile's face was more of a disappointment. Maybe because she was used to this kind of ride.

"Room 3000 and beyond. Vicinity where physical training happened." Scottie announced and pointed towards those plenties of rooms behind them. He comically threw the two on the floor, out of the cart as he goes escaping —fast.

Lucas gazed at how Scottie fled the scene with his cart. The metallic sound of the rails cracking with the cart was still heard. After this, the two stood with difficulty.

Lucas shook his head, as Ghaile didn't even walk, but headed directly, as she entered Room 3000.

"I will finally see her!" He heard Ghaile whispering with excitement, as he stared at her.

Flattered with how excited Ghaile was, he walked slightly towards Room 3004 and prepared to enter, his hands on his trouser pocket.

"This was the room that I wish to enter…" Lucas walked through and heave a sigh of relief, raising his right hand and opening the room's door. "Finally!"