Chapter 6 "Mess Hall"
"It all looks so similar," Dominique wondered as they walked down the hallway towards the large mess hall.
"Yeah," Akira chuckled, "Those were my exact same thoughts when we went through the academy in your time. I really did wonder that they didn't change much," she leaned her head against Seth, whose arm was still around her.
"Hey Akira, Seth!" a younger boy called as he rushed past, only sparing Dominique a quick, quizzical, look. Confused Dominique turned to watch him disappear around the corner.
"There may be peace in the lands, but the academy is still open to help young riders and dragons learn all they can," Akira explained as they reached a large pair of doors form behind which there was a tremendous amount of noise coming. She smiled to herself as she remembered the first time she had stood before these very doors. Turning to Dominique he eyes twinkled.
"You ready?" she asked, repeating the exact same words Seth had asked her the first time he had brought her here.
"Ready for what?" Dominique responded.
"To meet the riders of the academy," Akira replied as she slipped out of Seth's arm. Without waiting for Dominique's reply she pushed the doors before her open. At once the noise intensified and washed over her. Young rider sat everywhere, each wearing an academy uniform that matched color of their dragon. Turning Akira found Dominique behind her, staring with wide eyes.
"You don't have this many students in your time yet?" Akira asked innocently.
With his mouth hanging open Dominique just shook his head.
"Well this is the largest of the five academies in the land," Akira shrugged.
"Five?" Dominique mouthed in disbelief.
Seth just chuckled. "I'll go grab us a seat," he whispered in Akira's ear before he walked off.
Akira watched him for a moment before she turned to Dominique. "Come on," she grabbed his hand and began to pull him past the tables filled with young riders, most of them, shouting hellos at Akira as she walked past and a lot of them shooting Dominique curious looks.
"Ignore them," Akira told Dominique as they walked past a table where a bunch of tough looking guys narrowed their eyes at Dominique, seeming somewhat hostile. "They're always like this when it comes to strangers, but they'll get used to you, trust me, I know," she grinned as they reached a line that had formed. It was going up to a large table in front where a guy and a girl were heaping out servings of a green looking muck.
"Splodge," Dominique murmured in disbelief.
"Actually," Akira grinned, "It's really called Laiter. The student here renamed it 'Splodge'. I guess the name just kind of stuck throughout the years." She grabbed two wooden bowls and spoons as the line moved up. Dominique followed her lead.
When they approached the guy and the girl that were serving Akira held out both her bowls. "Hey Akira," the girl chirped as she sloped the Laiter into Akira's bowls.
"Hey," Akira replied.
"So," the girl shot Dominique, who the guy was serving, a look. "Who's the newbie?" she asked curiosity in her eyes.
"Oh him," Akira's eyes twinkled as she leaned forward. Her face full of expectation the girl did the same. "He's from the future," she whispered dramatically.
For a moment the girl stared at her before she burst into peals of laughter. "Good one," she told Akira when she managed to get in a breath.
Akira just smiled and, seeing that Dominique was ready, turned around and began to walk past tables, answering greetings with a smile. It seemed that wherever she walked the person she was about to pass would look up and greet her. After having defeated Haiden it was one of the things Akira had struggled getting used to, the fact that everyone knew who she was, and the fact that a lot of them, looked up at her in awe, as if she was this awesome person. For Akira, who had never liked attention much, it was something she still struggled with, and yet throughout the last few months, she had found that she was beginning to cope with being the center of attention better than she had thought she would.
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