4. Oleander

                                    

                                          

(NEW ZEALAND POV)

I woke up at around five in the morning, later than usual. I rolled over and nuzzled into whoever it is that's holding me, probably Mei-Mei, he used to do this during bad thunderstorms..
They smell like burning roses, Mei-Mei used to smell like roses, but he has horns now.. So burning roses sounds more accurate. 
Whatever, I went back to sleep.






I woke up for the second, and last, time in the dining hall, the people around me were talking and eating their breakfasts. I looked up to see Mei-Mei and his friends, a few others too, I think those are the guys he fought yesterday and some of their friends. Not sure. One of them has four arms, that's pretty cool.
"Morning sleepy duck." Mei-Mei said, not really getting much attention form the others. God, I hate these chairs so much... I'm too short to use them properly! Mei-Mei noticed this and moved me to sit on his knee. "Have you even grown since I last saw you?" I pouted, he laughed a bit then handed me a bagel with honey sriracha cream cheese and smoked salmon. 
"Fanks.." I mumbled while eating the bagel. "Mhm." What is it with him and giving me bagels for breakfast? Not that I'm complaining, I like bagels. 
"Hey! Look who woke up!" A girl with black hair and two moving halos noticed me finishing off my bagel and stealing another one from Mei-Mei. "Huh? Oh, good morning New Zealand!" Some blonde with glasses smiled at me, I sort of waved back... I'm not too good with new people. 
There's Dixie next to Mei-Mei, I know him since once Mei-Mei fell asleep after I woke up he introduced me to everyone, I don't remember their names anymore.. Across from Mei-Mei is that really tall guy with the weird hat that punches people, next to him that one guy with the black hair, light yellow blind fold and massive gold wings, I don't like him that much... He's creepy.
There's another Fallen Angel next to the black haired girl, they're wearing an olive green hoodie. Then there's the blonde guy in glasses, across from him and next to me is another black haired guy but he's not wearing a blind fold and he has pretty small wings. He also has a pretty cool looking flag with a dragon on it! I'ma call that one soup guy, Mei-Mei said something about him making soup.
Then, on the other side of the table, is the guy with four arms and that bow and arrow guy from yesterday. I don't like them that much, they hurt Mei-Mei.. Next to them is their friends. 
This one girl has a temple on her flag, She's got six detached wings, all of them have eyes on them, which good since she's probably blind like the headmaster and directors. Two other girls have flags like that, one of them has a dot instead of a temple and the other one doesn't have anything in the middle. I think they might be sisters.
There's one that I actually recognize, Myanmar, I didn't know they were friends with them.
"Oh, hey Zea!" They saw me, I waved at them, finishing off my third bagel. How does Mei-Mei still have more bagels? Eh, not important. "Hi, Manny." 
"You two know each other?" The glasses guy asked, I nodded. "Mhm, we have classes in the gov department together on Fridays." I told him, grabbing the untouched glass of orange juice in front of me, drinking about a third of it. "Well, I can say that this is the first time I've ever seen you with your nose out of a book." Philippines added, I did not realize that it's rare to see me doing much else aside from reading.