Chapter 05: Miss Shiro

Days passed and the little prince remained in that place full of kids who don't interact with each other. There are several times he has tried to speak to these children, but they're not talking to him. He became more concerned about them so he asked Miss Shiro, but she would only shot down his question whenever he asked her.

"Mister Prince please, we are not going through this same question over again." Miss Shiro refused.

"I'm sorry Miss Shiro but you got my name wrong, my name is not Mister Prince," the little prince politely answered.

"I'm sorry for that mistake little prince but please do sit down," she held her temples as if she was going through a headache.

"Okay, I'm sorry Miss Shiro," the little prince apologized before taking his seat.

Since Miss Shiro refuses to answer his question the little prince became more stubborn to ask her. He was also doing this because he wanted to help the other children. Every day the little prince would ask the same question over and over again to Miss Shiro in which she would always refuse to answer.

"Miss Shiro please," the little prince pleaded.

Miss Shiro looked at him and felt a string of emotion upon seeing the dedication from the little prince. She opened her mouth about to say something but no words came out. Something seemed to be holding her back.

The little prince noticed the expression on Miss Shiro's face. "Something's wrong Miss Shiro?"

This made Miss Shiro realize that the little prince saw through her so she gathered herself and tried to remain composure. "Why do you want to know?"

The Little prince looked at the other kids, "I want to help them".

These words stirred something within Miss Shiro. She may have said something like this a few years ago before-

A feeling so painful sting on Miss Shiro's head. Her vision became blurry and the world around her turned. This made her fall down on her feet.

The little prince, despite his small body, tried to catch her and support her, "Miss Shiro?"

The little prince looked at the other kids and no worry nor concern can be seen on their faces, "Please help me," he cried out to the other kids. But none of them lend him a hand.

***

At the top of his lungs, the little prince continued to ask for help. He was trying to wake up Miss Shiro, but she wasn't waking up.

Soon after he heard loud footsteps heading towards them. The door forcibly opened and revealed men with big arms.

"We'll take it from here kid," they said as they put down an object that appears to be a bed. They carefully laid down Miss Shiro on the bed and several men carried it.

The little prince was still holding on to Miss Shiro's hand.

"It will be alright kid," one of the men said, "let go."

The little prince looked at Miss Shiro worriedly before he let go of her hand. Before the men took her away he noticed her lips move.

"S-save them," she said weakly and quietly as if she's whispering before the men carried her out of the room.

Since her voice was so low, the little prince was the only one who heard these words. "Save whom?" the little prince hardly thought to himself.

***

There was silence inside the room after that incident but even if something like that had already happened, the other children in the room seemed unfazed.

The little prince himself was also silent. He is pondering on what might Miss Shiro mean and who should he save. He was searching for answers to so many questions. He looked around and assumed that maybe these kids were those who needed to be saved. If that is the case then save from what? Or whom?

His train of thoughts was broken when he heard gentle knocks on the door. "May I come in?" the voice outside asked.

The children inside (except the little prince) answered in unison, "Yes you may come in" and the person did come in.

The little prince felt an ample amount of joy as he saw the same clothing Miss Shiro would wear, however, this joy was later replaced with disappointment as he finds out that this woman standing in front of them is not Miss Shiro

"Hello mathitís (Author's note: mathitís means "student" at that planet), I am Miss Chen and I will replace Miss Shiro," the woman said with a smile.

The little prince roamed his eyes to the door, hoping Miss Shiro would come in but to his disappointment, the door remained close.

Miss Chen noticed this so she asked, "waiting for someone little prince?" she asked with a smile plastered on her face.

"Where is Miss Shiro?" the little prince replied, "What happened to her?"

The smile on Miss Chen's face began to wane, but she smiled more broadly before the small prince saw it.

"She needs only some time to rest. You will be able to see her again very soon," she replied, "now do we have any more questions?"

The little prince shakes his head which means he doesn't have any other questions left. He is hoping that she is okay.

The class went on as usual as nothing happened.

"Okay mathitís, open your notebook and take notes," Miss Chen said.

The other kids started to take notes but the little prince was so absorbed with what happened a while ago. He wanted to ask that question so badly but seeing what happened to Miss Shiro made him think twice about it.

***

Later while in the middle of the assessment knocks were heard on the door.

This noise made the little prince look up from his paper. He was the only one to do this and the other kids remained glue on theirs.

Miss Chen opened the door to let the person in. The little prince recognized the person, it was Mr. James.

All the children in the room (except the little prince) stood up and greeted the man in unison, "post meridian, Mr. James!" (Author's note: post meridian means "good afternoon" at that planet)

The man smiled at the kids and replied, "thank you, you may now take your seats." The children did what they're told and sat down to continue.

"What brings you here Mr. James?" Miss Chen inquired.

"I came here for the boy," he pointed to the little prince's direction.

The little prince's eyes followed the direction where the man pointed his finger at and when he saw that there was no one there, he realized that Mr. James was pointing at him. "Am I the boy?" he asked confused.

"Will you please come here little prince," Miss Chen instructed him. The little prince, even if confused, came towards Mr. James and Miss. Chen.

"What's the matter Mr. James?" the little prince inquired.

Mr. James leads the little prince to the door, "come with me".

"What for?"

"Your questions would be answered once we get there," Mr. James answered quietly as he leads the young boy outside the room. Miss Chen waved at both of them before closing the door.