The next morning, Wilkes Milton woke up an hour almost before Harold did.
While Harold slept, he bath, prepared for school and made a breakfast of waffles and honey. Unlike Harold, he had brought food stuffs which he could prepare easily.
“Rise and shine, sleepyhead,” he told Harold as he placed one arm on his shoulder and shook him.
On the bed, Harold groaned, muttered nonsense, turned to the other side and drifted off to sleep.
Wilkes found that amusing and wouldn't have traded seeing Harold that way for anything else.
Usually, Harold was the first to wake up but he had been so tired last night he didn't on time.
He leaned close to Harold's ear which was sheathed by his hair and whispered, “Waffles is ready and with it, there's a fruit juice.”
Harold groaned softly and Wilkes knew he had heard him. A smile of satisfaction spread a
“Let's keep on walking,” Harold said to Wilkes briefly.Like nothing had happened, they both began walking to the Generals Building.They walked alongside scores of students headed in the same direction but even as they did, they knew they only had each other. The other students were as good as foes.“Do you think he saw me with Max?” He asked as they rounded a corner that showed the Generals Building afar off.Beside it were the special building for werewolves like Harold, Vampires like Wilkes and enchanters like Trisha.“I'm not too sure,” Wilkes answered. “But I guess he did.”Suddenly, Harold stopped on his tracks. “There's only one way to get the answers I seek,” he said then spun around.For some seconds after, his eyes searched for Wade's face. It seemed like the moment Harold stopped moving, he had hidden because he didn't want to be seen.After about ten seconds, Harold stopped his burnt lips behind a group of students.
“What class do you have first?” Wilkes asked both Trisha and Harold.“Flight Erudition known casually as FE,” Trisha responded.Wilkes eyes widened.“Do you know what that means?!” he asked, barely able to keep his excitement to himself.“No,” Harold drawled.“Trisha will be taught to fly using a broom!” he said, louder than he intended to.“I won't exactly be taught to,” Trisha said.“What do you mean?”“I'd been able to fly a broom since I was nine. I'll simply be wasting my time in the class when I'd rather be consumed in a book.”“Good old Trisha,” Harold said with a grin. “Golden Lake's very own genius.”“There's no need for flattery,” Trisha said although she liked that they showered her with praises.Wilkes turned to look at Harold.“How about you? What do you have now?”
At the end of the class, ‘Werewolf’, Harold was able to relate with what Trisha had said about attending a class being a total waste of time.Maybe it was because he had gone on the contest and had become a little familiar with his wolf, what he had been taught was what he knew already.The lecturer whom Harold had come to know as Professor Harry, went onto talk about the hierarchy of wolves in their packs.He started with Alpha and gave a vivid description of how they are, oblivious that Harold's father was one and all things being normal, he was meant to be ascend the position next.When he was done talking on Alphas, he talked a little on the characteristics an Alpha's wife, a Luna, was meant to possess. When he was done, he spoke on the Betas and spent another fifteen minutes talking on Deltas. By the time he reached subtopic ‘Omega’, the class was almost entirely over.He then went on to talk on a wolf which they all possessed before the clas
It was the beginning of a new semester and Harold Girard, Trisha McLeon and Wilkes Milton were in their second year in Golden Lake University.The sun shone brighter than ever, welcoming both the old and new students who were causing series of cacophonies here and there all around the school. They were happy to see their mates — and partners, too, after the holiday. At least, most of them were. Someone wasn't and that person was…A sleek limousine drove through the school's gate and down the long road. To its left and right were students in bright colours of shirts, extremely short Mini skirts and long baggy jeans — which happened to be what was trending at that moment — hugging one another, squealing in joy and walking to the new hostels assigned to them. They were also eager to see who their knew roommate was.The limousine which reflected the brilliance of Golden Lake's sun drifted round a corner and came to a halt, not minding t
With a hand pulling his travelling bag behind him, Harold began walking to where the male's hostel were located.He knew where it was and it was just midday hence, he didn't have to bother about arriving there late.He brought out his phone and texted Wilkes Milton. The both of them, with Trisha, had met at Francis and Professor Ericson's funeral. It was quite a sad one and surprisingly, a lot of people who called themselves the family of the duo, were around.‘In school already?’ Harold typed on his phone and hit the ‘send’ button.He kept on walking, still, under the scorching sun, not allowing thoughts of how Max was fairing disturb him.Deep down, he knew Max was going to survive. Max was a fine wolf — a replica of both their father, who had been trained from an early age to take over the position of being the Alpha when him and Harold's father was gone by Sarah his mother.If H
As Harold pulled his travelling bag behind him, what the athletic student that had been at his front on the queue said began to bother him.If they were keeping tabs on a student or a group of students, what was their motive? If they felt that the student(s) was/were up to no good then there was trouble looming round the corner. Harold felt nauseous.He stopped on his tracks and took out his phone. Before swiping the screen open, the corner of his left eye caught the dark-skinned student walking to the first building. That meant he was in his third and final year in Golden Lake University.The second, where Harold and Wilkes had stayed in last session, was for the first years and since they were having a meeting at that particular time, it was pretty deserted.‘What's the room number?’ Harold texted quickly. He put the phone back into his pocket and grabbed his travelling bag.He walked
Harold and the student he'd met in the dormitory who had a lit cigarette hanging from the edge of his mouth, stared at each other.The student was the first to speak. He had a thick, brassy voice and Harold suspected his smoking habit contributed to it.“Are you my new roommate?” he asked. It was almost like he was daring Harold to say he was.Of course, all schools had bad eggs. Sometimes a lot. Sometimes a few. But all through last year, Harold hadn't come across any, hence, found it quite amusing that there was one, in him and Wilke's room, smoking like it was a totally normal thing to do.Harold didn't think.“Yes,” he responded. “I think I am your new roommate.”“Oh,” the student said dryly as he stood up from the edge of the bed he was sat on. “You weren't to find me this way,” be continued, pointing at the cigarette that had a white, wispy smoke ascending from the bright red
Wilkes Milton held the door open with one arm. The grin on his face had reduced in size but was still present.With one arm holding the travelling bag, Harold walked into the room and wheeled his bag to his right.“Who's he?” Wilkes asked as he closed the door.Harold studied the room. It looked exactly the same way his dormitory in the first year did.There were two beds — a little bigger than the ones they'd used last session — each on one side of the room. They had identical bedsheets and beside it were small drawers with a flashlight on each.“Who?” Harold asked, turning back to look at Wilkes who was right behind him.“The dude in that room. I saw him for about half a second and he didn't look like a… student.”“I thought I was over thinking when I felt the same thing. I doubt he's a student. He looks a lot older than any student I've seen on this campus