Alaska's eyes shot open as he jolted upward. His pupils scanned around his small room. "Damn, must've been that dream again..." With a groan he pulled the cover aside and groggily rolled off of his bed. As he stood his eyes landed on his trembling hand; after taking a few deep breaths his trembling stopped. His attention turned toward the dim window. The dark gray clouds staining the sky foretold a cold and rainy morning. "Guess I won't be flying today." He shook off his wings.

The 5'11 golden dragon grabbed his cellphone from the nightstand and texted his best friend that he was on his way to class. Tossing his phone on the bed, he walked over to the shower to turn on the hot water. The spray came down cold. "Well, isn't that just dandy..." He stepped into the downpour all the same and washed up. After finishing and drying off, he outfitted himself in his usual attire: black skinny jeans, a red sleeveless hoodie, and a pair of black tinted aviators.

After a standard rice and eggs breakfast Alaska opened the newspaper, immediately noticing the column piece: "Today December 20, "The Quiet One"; the most feared serial murderer, will be transported to a Detention Facility with heightened state of the art security, in an undisclosed location. The general public has nothing to fear, our highly decorated General Ryan is overseeing this operation and has a record of 25 successful transfers handled without any delays or mistakes."

Some moments later, Alaska got up and left the table. He walked towards the door, leaving out of his tiny shack. As he walked toward school, a light drizzle picked up. "SCREW THIS, I'M FLYING!" He roared out, watching as small feral avian creatures, took off in a scatter. He began a brisk walk that gradually picked up into a jog. His wings stretched out in preparation as he found himself starting to skip every few steps. Finding the right footing, he planted down and propelled himself vertically, flapping his wings. Within a few short moments he ascended into the sky. His attention was at the widening ground below him. "HAHA!" He glanced at his watch, eyes widening at the realization that if he wasn't at school in 30 minutes, he'd have to face detention on his first day.

As he approached the Military Academy Alaska focused on an area to land in. "I can do this." The adolescent male had very limited experience in proper flight control. He began his descent toward his landing point, ceasing his flapping to glide down. Just as he drew closer toward the spot, a strong gust of wind kicked up, tipping him off balance and forcing him to flop on his back against the ground. The crash left him winded; he lied on the ground gasping for breath. "Damn, I hope no one saw that." He rolled over and shuddering his wings and brushed off his back.

Who am I kidding... He pulled on the backpack straps as he stood up once more before glancing at his watch again. Immediately he bolted off, not wasting any of the 5 minutes he had left to get to class, which was conveniently across campus. With just a minute to spare, Alaska was in front of room 25, History class. As soon as he opened the door, Alaska became the center of attention. Most notably, the pale skinned human instructing the class had his eyes on him. "Glad you decided to show up Mr. Blake."

Alaska glanced around the room, staring back at the watchful eyes on him. "Sorry... I hadn't realized how far away home is from school..."

Mr. Genz gave a solemn nod, "Well, you're here anyway, take your seat."

The dragon located his best friend, who had saved him a seat. He walked over towards him and seated himself besides the wolf. "How was summer break?" Alaska looked past the his blue wolf friend, gawking at the vixen in the seat next to him. "Luna to Alaska, I asked how was summer break."

"Huh, oh. Summer break was good, all I did was p-practice my flying skills." He answered somewhat absently. "Who is that sitting next to you?"

Zach shook his head slightly before introducing the two. "Vivien, this is Alaska. Alaska, Vivien."

The love struck dragon began losing himself to fantasies, responding "Hello beautiful..." Did I really just say that?! He shook away the thoughts and glanced around the classroom, noticing once again; all eyes were on him. He felt himself shrinking internally as the judgmental eyes of his peers remained on him. He cleared his throat, shyly correcting himself. "err... I mean, nice to meet you Vivien..." He gave a slight nervous chuckle before lowering his head down to the table to hide his shame.

The duration of the lecture consisted of a brief overview of the galactic history, Luna's role and the history of Earth. During the discussion of Luna's importance, Zach glanced over at Alaska. The dragon lazily slumped his face against an open palm, staring down at the tabletop. The blue wolf grinned devilishly, leaning in and waiting. Alaska felt his friend's stare and slowly turned to glance at him. Once Alaska's pupils fell on him, Zach's grin widened and he put on the smoothest voice he could muster, "Hello Beautiful..." He tried to retain his composure, finding difficulty stifling his laughter. Alaska gave him a disinterested grimace, taking a deep inhale and puffing smoke through his nostrils directed at him. The wolf coughed, fanning away the pollution. "Come on man, that's not fair!" Alaska turned back, facing the instructor again, shaking his head. "Hey, ya know I'm just messing with you."

"...shut up Zach." A slight smirk came upon his face as he continued shaking his head.

"Come on... that was priceless." Zach nudged him.

"Was not." Alaska growled under his breath.

"Is that something you'd like to share Mr. Blake and Mr. Matthews?" The two focused on their instructor, who was not very patient with disruptions.

"Uhh... n-no..." They both replied.

"Come now, it must be important." Mr. Glenz crossed his arms and patiently waited.

Alaska and Blake glanced at another, then back at Mr. Glenz, and back at each other. "Uhh..."

"We don't have all day, out with it so we can move on."

Alaska cleared his throat. "Well... Zach was mocking me." He quiclkly put.

The human shook his head. "Mocking will not be tolerated in this class. Zach, what did you say?"

Zach nervously scratched the back of his head, biting his lip. "Hello Beautiful...."

A wave of giggling and snickering came over the class. Mr. Glenz shook his head. "Do not allow this to happen again, back to the lesson..." He turned back to the lecture and continued where he left off.

The dragon and wolf sank back into their seats, Alaska shooting daggers at his friend and mouthing "You did this."

After lecturing was finished, the remaining 30 minutes of the session was left to complete classwork. Zach being the prodigy that he was, finished his work within 10 minutes and dedicated the rest of the time to helping Alaska with his work.

"I'm going back home to practice flying the plane in the rain after this." Zach slowly looked up at him, squinting.

"It's the first day of school and you aren't even going to stay the whole time?" A thought crossed his mind. "If you're leaving, then I'm coming too, to make sure you don't kill yourself. Heck, you're my only friend."

"Fine you can come, but you're riding on my back." The first period bell rang, dismissing the students to brunch. Alaska walked to the cafeteria with Zach to get something to eat. They were provided with pancakes, syrup, and a choice of coffee, juice, or milk. Alaska took black coffee and Zach chose orange juice. After sitting down and finishing their meal, the bell for second period rang. "Ready? I can just leave without you."

"Oh no you don't. You are not leaving me, and I don't care if I get hurt." He got up and walked alongside Alaska toward the school's entrance. Little did they know, they were being watched by a wolf.