Another Take

Chapter 1

“In The Beginning”

By Kristy Carey

“Ancient Folklore, Myths, and Legends.

All Fighting Techniques Taught.

Room and Board for all Students.”

Take Miss Gamgee’s course and learn all that and more.

Jennifer Samantha Gamgee graduated at the age of twelve with 4 degrees from four schools. She spent the next few years trying to live a normal life. At eighteen she received several offers to teach. She choose Bag End University.

The course she’s will take at least four years to complete. She has her own standards and rules. ALL must be agreed to, before you will be able accepted to take the course.

She is taking only 70 students. This is not a first come, first serve course. SHE will deicide who will be accepted.

· The only Classes you are allowed to take are hers, unless she agrees for you to take another.

· Her rules come first, university rules second.

· You will live in the quarters provided for you

Please remember that thought she is either your age, or younger, she is still your Professor.

Jennifer’s only assistant will be her newly found brother Herro Yuy

(Picture Of Both)

Jennifer and Herro will be giving a small “sample” class Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. There will be 3, three and a half hour classes per day.

Friday

9:00 am - 12:30 pm

1:00 pm - 4:30 pm

5:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Saturday

8:00 am - 11:30 am

12:00 pm - 3:30 pm

4:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Sunday

8:30 am - 12:00 am

12:30 pm - 4:00 pm

4:30 pm - 8:00 pm

There is a 70-person maximum for each class.

Mr. Yuy will take the first 70 people. Make any kind of fuss, or cut in line, and you will not be allowed to in at all OR be considered for the class.

In the packet provided there will be a small questionnaire for you to fill out. Please return it within one week, exactly, to be considered. If it’s late, no matter how close, there will be no chance of getting in.

Note from Miss Jennifer----

Only 630 people will have a chance to be considered for my course. I will let you know with in two weeks of the sample class if you have been accepted, or not. If you have not been accepted, you will still have a chance to sign-up for regular classes.-------

“I’ll never get accepted.” A young girl said, quietly to herself. “Why bother going?”

“Are you talking to me?” the young man sitting next to her asked

“No!” she yelped. “I mean, no. I was just reading this pamphlet about Miss Gamgee’s course, and although I’d like to take it, I doubt I’d even be considered, so why even bother trying?”

The Raven-haired boy sat there, stunned for a moment, amazed she’d said all that in one breath, then answered, “What makes you think you can’t get in? She said lasts week at the press conference last week, she wasn’t looking for only brains.”

“But I only have a 2.5 GPA, I’m not a very good fighter, am and only interested in one of the legends she’s teaching about. With all the smart athletic people out there, why would she want me?”

“Maybe because your honest, you seem to have a ‘Want For Knowledge’, as she put it. I’m only interested in one of the legends, but am still going, if only to hear what she has to say.” He stopped for a moment, thinking, “Why don’t we go together, then maybe after wards we can see about talking with her. If we hurry, we can just make the last session.” He asked, unsure why he liked this young woman.

“I don’t know, you are a stranger after all.” She replied, with a smile.

“Ok then. Hi! My names Ryo Sandra. I’m 21 and have nine of the best friends in the world. My parent died when I was young, but I don’t take pity, only love and friendship. You?”

“I’m Serena Tsukino. I’m 18, and also have nine best friends, though one’s my boyfriend. I’m sorry about your parents, and can give you friendship and love. I don’t do pity. I also have a younger brother, and let me tell you, your not missing anything.”

“Well, now that we know each other, Shall we go Madame?” he asked, offering his hand, with a grin and a bad accent.

Serena giggled and took his hand.

When they arrived, at 3 o’clock, the line was still pretty short. Neither saw anybody they new. At 4:15, the main doors opened, and a young man came out to give some instructions.

“You will come in single file, give you name, take a packet, and then go to the main class room. To get there, you take the stairs on the right, go up one floor, and the classroom is one the left. My name is Herro Yuy, Miss Gamgee’s assistant. As of now, there will be no cutting. If you are waiting for a friend, they WILL go to the end of the line. Thank you.” He then sat down at the desk right inside the entryway, and asked the first person for their name.

Ryo and Serena were the thirty-seventh and thirty-eighth in line. They sat near the front and chatted til 4:30, when Miss Gamgee walked in.

At the last class, on the last day, the room was as full as on the first.

She looked about the room, then asked a question. “How many of you know who the Sailor Scouts are?” Only Serena raised her hand.

Smiling, she asked, “How about the Ronin Warriors?” Ryo alone raised his. “What about the 5 of the Land and the 4 of the Air? The Solar Knights?” Two hands were raised in the back. “The 9 Sisters? How about the Nine G-Princes?”

At that moment, herro walked in and handed her a clip board, then went to stand at the side of the room. “Would those that raised there hand, please come up to the front.”

Ryo, Serena and the two others, walked up, wondering what this was all about. “Please give your name and assined number, then you may be seated.”

“Serena Tsukino, 38.”

“Ryo Sandra, 37.”

“Ken Giles, 12.”

“Ryan Malor, 68.”

“Thank you.” She said, after all four had been seated. “Now we’ll start the class. On a normal day, you would have to be up and in here by 6:45 am, no later. From 7:00 am to 9:00 am you will learn about Myths, Legends and Half Truths. From 9:30 am to 11:30 am you will have leassons in fighting techniques and weapon usage. For those with no prion knowledge of fighting techniques, you will take lessons from some of the other students. I will be looking in to the history of those who have been learning for 8 years or more or whose teachers say are ready for teaching. From 11:30 pm to 1:45 pm you have free time and lunch. You must be back in the class room by 1:45 pm for the last class, about the heros, those who saved the world from the likes of Beryl and Tulpa, and who are destened to reclaim what was lost in the Golden Millieum.”

“The main reason I’m telling you this is that I know some people don’t like the total stuctur, or what I will be teaching on. If you are one of those people, you are free to leave. Simply give your packets to Mr. Yuy on the way out.” After saying that, about 20 people left.

I will be putting up the rest of this chapter, later this week.

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