The Elements (CURRENTLY BEING EDITED AND REWRITED)

2. What's that noise?

"Thank you so much, sir! I promise that I won't disappoint you!" I squealed in excitement.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever. You can go and change. I'm tired of seeing you here all the time. I'm seeing you more frequently than the boys from the football team and that kiddo" he said as he pointed his finger at me "is very sad."

I simply nodded my head and disappeared out of his face, way too happy about being once in my life the captain of one team to listen to everything he said. 

"Hey Arnold!" I said and seat down under his long branches.

"You won't believe what happened today! First, I woke up this morning after the first ring of my alarm clock and I arrived at school in time! Without running! Second, today coach told me that tomorrow I'll be the captain of one of the teams! I'm so excited! Oh, and today I'll have my biology trip! I can't wait for it! You can figure out how excited I am because I'm talking and talking and talking and I don't think I can stop! Okay, maybe I can. I'll stop now. So, how was your day Arnold?" I finally stopped rambling at the same time my sandwich was done.   

"Come on Arn! I don't think it was that bad! Anyway, sorry, I have to leave beause I have biology!! And we have to be there earlier because Mr. Raimond said we will be paired with one partner sadly." I sighed and got up. I wasn't looking forward to meeting my partner.

"Bye Arnold!" I waved my hand at him and ran to the entrance of the school, where the professor told us to wait for him. When I arrived there, the professor already started to name the pairs. After 5 minutes of me biting my lip and tapping my foot anxiously, I heard my name being called.

"Shadow Renoir!" Mr. Raimond shouted while scanning the crowd looking for me. 

"Here!" I shouted back and walked up to him.

"And Hazel Blue!"

Wow. Nice name.

After another agonizing 5 minutes for my anxiety, the professor spoke up with a sympathetic look on his face. "Sorry, Shadow. You'll have to do your research alone."

"It's fine." I mumbled and took the paper with the things I have to search on the woods. I must admit, I was just a tiny bit disappointed that my partner didn't show up, but maybe it's for the better.

I hummed as I look at the piece of paper. It looks like all I have to do is 1. search different kind of plants and 2. describe them on this paper, and hand it back to professor when I finish it.

Easy peasy lemon squeezy. I need to stop saying this.

"Okay, listen up kids! We will be transported there with this bus and from the moment we arrive at the place I selected, you have 1 hour to search all the plants and came back to the bus. If you're not there after 1 hour, I'll leave you there and I'll fail your paper. Understood?"

"Yes, professor!"

All of us shouted and we all got into the bus. After 10 minutes in a buss that stinks of very sweaty teenagers, we arrived at the place Mr. Raimond talked about. I waited until all the idiots got out of the bus and just after that, I got out too. As soon as my foot made contact with the ground, I bolted in the woods. We were somewhere at the exit of the city, where the nature was untouched by the human, and the view was breathtaking. The trees were standing tall with their big crows of branches and different colored leaves. The ground was hidden under the light green grass and different kind and size of plants, but the huge dark roots of the trees were still as visible as ever. The birds were singing happily on the higher branches of the trees and at some point, I saw a squirrel climbing on the tree