After several hours I finally arrived to Volcadera, it is a place full of dinosaurs, I am surprised not to see any human, because where I lived it was very common to see dinosaurs and humans living together, I even had dinosaur relatives, but I guess here they see us as a threat.

But that's not the problem, the problem is that I'm in another country, a country where they don't speak Spanish, well mom told me that during the 80's several Rexicans came to the USA, so I may have a bit of luck, as I wander through my thoughts, I notice that the people who accompanied me on the bus have left, so without further delay I grab my stuff and head towards my next home.

"Skin Row" Wow this place reminds me of the streets of the poorest neighborhoods of my city, I put myself on alert for any danger, the good thing about being from LATAM is that after seeing several incidents you learn to defend yourself well, in my hand I have a machete just in case, after walking several streets I arrive to my apartment.

As I enter the place that will be my home for the next few months I observe the room, there is a table in the center, a bed that is attached to the wall, a small kitchen and a bathroom attached to the door, "God I asked you for a room, not a castle" I laugh at my joke, I give an exhausted sigh as I lie down on the bed, "Shit..." I'm far away from the country, far away from my friends, far away from my family... I'm alone.

After crying for a while, I get out of bed and start unpacking, I didn't bring that much stuff just my clothes, my laptop and my Xrox, "I can live with this" after unpacking I set an alarm on my watch and head to bed, I sigh and fall asleep.

*BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP*

 I hit the alarm clock to turn it off "Tamadre callate..." I stand up while checking the clock "6:30AM" I have 30 minutes to get ready, after taking a shower, I put on a navy blue t-shirt, black pants and my Romeo Santos edition tennis shoes.

I look at the clock again, I have 15 minutes before I have to leave, I pour myself a cereal while I check Twitter on my cell phone, while I watch people being cancelled, memes and porn I finally finish my cereal, grab my backpack and leave the apartment.

As I go outside I see that the sky is cloudy, "I should have brought an umbrella, well I can't do anything to change the past anyway..." A memory comes to my mind, "I should have taken the bus..." I put on my headphones, while playing my Rap playlist, walking several streets I finally arrive at the bus stop.

I manage to see that at the bus stop there is a human, he has a green jacket, he is bald and not so expressive, even if he didn't have a face I would say he`s slenderman, I stand next to him, I notice that he turns to look at me, but I just ignore him while waiting for the bus, I manage to hear how he whispers something "Well at least I know I'm not the only human in town" After several minutes the bus arrives and we both get on, without saying anything we both sit in the only available seats, he is looking towards the window while I continue listening to my music.

The silence becomes too uncomfortable even for him, so after a few minutes I decide to be the one to break the silence, "So... You go to Volcano High School too?" The guy snaps out of his thoughts as he turns to look at me, "Uhm, yes I go to that school, I recently transferred here."

- "Hey, me too."

- "Really?"

- "Yes that's right, I had... Some problems at my old home, so I had no choice but to come to Volcadera Bluffs."

The guy expression becomes a little uncomfortable and sad, "I understand you buddy, I also had problems in my old home, rather in my old school" The guy extends his hand towards me "Anon, my name is Anon Y. Mous" I extend my hand and shake it "Roscar, my name is Roscar Salazar Reyes" Anon nods, finally we get off the truck, and we walk towards the Institute. 

"Wow dude how long?" "It was only three weeks hahaha."

Anon and I are in front of the institute "Volcano High" There are several dinos of different colors, there are thousands of species, I only recognize the Raptors and the Ankylosaurs, since it was very common to see them in Rexico, while Anon and I climb the stairs the looks of the others are focused on the two of us, looks of contemplation and amazement, I just sigh while I put a hand on Anon's shoulder, "Let's speed up the pace, ok?" Anon nods as we walk up the steps, Anon stops and stares at a group of dinosaurs.

A pterodactyl in black clothes, a pink raptor that you can tell is an addict and finally a small triceratops... For some reason my gaze is focused on her tits, Anon brings me out of my trance thanks to his murmurs.

"Oh yeah that damn look..." I turn again towards the group of dinos, the pterodactyl is looking at us with a look of contempt, as if we were trash for being simple humans, this makes me a little angry, so I decide to do the same I start to analyze her and look at her with contempt, the pterodactyl notices and pulls her middle finger out, "That bitch..." I say in a whisper, when I'm about to act Anon stops me as he grabs my shoulder, "Let's go man, you can tell they don't want us here."

We head towards the garden of the institute, I must admit that the garden is very well kept, I would even like to pluck a flower and keep it to scent the bathroom of my apartment, while I think whether to do it or not, we find a bench is a little old, but I think it will support us both, Anon and I sat on the bench.

*CRACK

The bench breaks, crashing our asses to the ground "Shit!" "Mierda me asuste!" Anon turns to me in surprise, "Do you speak Spanish" as I stand up and rub my ass I affirm his question to Anon "Yep, I'm from Rexico" I help Anon up, "Wow so you come from Rexico huh? Nacho taco Chimichanga wey" I stay quiet as I frown as I get angry at what Anon said.

"Anon I like you and all, but if you say that again I'll give you a machetazo, and I'm not lying" Anon laughs a little thinking I'm joking, he remains silent when he sees how I take out of my backpack a machete "Ok I won't do it again..." "Mas te vale cabron" As Anon apologizes for what he said, two dinosaurs arrive with us.

"Excuse me you two are Anon and Roscar?" a parasaur asks us, we both nod, " Oh excellent!" She makes a squeaking noise that stuns me, as I rub my ear to recover my hearing, I notice the other dino next to her, a brown colored pterodactyl, who by the way has horrible taste in jackets, you can tell he plays sports, he also has a broken wing, but I decide not to ask, as I analyze him more I notice he has very... Familiar tennis shoes.

"Ah perro! Traes las del Kanye!" As I look at his Kanye West tennis shoes, I notice that everyone is looking at me, the pterodactyl looks at me confused, but at the same time a little angry "Sorry, what did you say?" I realize I said it in Spanish "Oh! Sorry, sorry, sorry, what I meant is that your Kanye West tennis shoes are very good" The pterodactyl changes his expression to a surprised one, while a smile forms on his muzzle.

"Oh do you know him?" The pterodactyl and I start having a conversation "What if I know him? Dude I know all his discography!" as the two of us start talking about our music tastes we don't realize that the parasaur is talking to us "NASER" The shout pulls us out of our conversation, well at least I know his name is Naser, " Oh! Sorry Naomi, I was talking to the new guy" Naser puts his hand to his head embarrassed about what happened.

"It's ok Naser, only you didn't let me finish," the parasaur coughs a little trying to get back to her original mood "Well Roscar, Anon, we are your welcoming committee, we will show you around, here are these brochures" Naomi gives us the brochures Volcano High a new beginning, "Wow this thing is so original" Naomi focuses her attention on me, it seems she didn't understand my sarcasm "Of course it is, here at Volcano High we accept all newcomers with open arms, no matter if they are dinos or humans, the school will always give them a warm welcome" I'm going to get diabetes from how sweet Naomi sounds

Naser touches Naomi's shoulder "Sorry honey, but I have to go help" Naser points inside the institute, a dinosaur is trying to carry a big horn up the stairs, Naser and Naomi rub their snouts "So that's how dinos kiss" Anon mumbles, as Naser goes to help the dino I decide to stop him "Wait buddy! I'll help you" Naomi looks annoyed, but I don't take it that seriously, I say goodbye to Anon and head towards Naser to help him.

"Fuck, this horn is heavy" I say as I carry the horn along with Naser "If you can't drop it" Naser says in a mocking tone "Not at all dude, I may not have a good physique, but my back is a fucking wall" Naser nods as he directs me to where we should carry the horn, after walking several halls we reach the auditorium, finally we drop the horn, as I catch my breath Naser puts his hand on my shoulder, "Thanks for the help Roscar" As I continue to regain my strength I nod to him "N-no....no...problem..."

After recovering the air, Naser asks me to accompany him inside the auditorium, as we enter I observe in detail the auditorium, it is quite big and very nice, as I look at the stage I see a pink raptor, who is signaling us from afar "Bro! Down here" When I take a better look at the raptor I realize that it is the same one that Anon and I saw at the entrance, we both go down to the stage while the raptor welcomes me and Naser.

"Bro! how are you, thank you so much for bringing the horn" the raptor notices my presence and starts to analyze me "Hey Naser who is this?" I extend my hand as I introduce myself "I'm a new student, nice to meet you" the raptor extends his hand and we both do a handshake "Nice to meet you old man, my name is Reed" "Roscar" After the handshake is over Reed tells Naser and I where to put the speaker, he helps us carry it to the stage, as we bring it up we set it up and Reed starts to configure the speaker, while we watch Reed we hear the auditorium doors open

A small triceratops and a pterodactyl enter the auditorium, The pterodactyl turns towards the stage, she looks furious as Reed greets them both from the stage, they both walk up on stage, the little triceratops notices my presence "Reed, what's a Skinnie doing here?" The question bothers me a little, without realizing it my gaze fixes on the big ballon d'or of the triceratops, "Oh yeah bro, he helped us bring the horn along with Naser" the triceratops notices me again "So... Who are you?"

"Buenas Tetas DIGO TARDES!" they all stare at me, with confused faces "Do you even speak English?" The triceratops asks me "OH! Sorry, sorry I was thinking about other things, (Fuck those tits keep looking at me) my name is Roscar nice to meet you" I extend my hand, but the triceratops doesn't accept it "Wow you turned out to be a gentleman, my name is Trish and he is Fang" she points towards the pterodactyl "Nice to meet you girls" Fang looks very angry, Trish is furious, Reed covers his ears and Naser whispers "Shit... Here we go again"

"!How dare you call me she, I am non binarie so I identify as he" I am totally confused, I don't know what I did wrong, but Fang looks angrier than before "!YOU ARE IGNORING ME! I SEE YOU THINK YOU'RE THE BIG DEAL FOR BEING A MAN!!! WELL THEN NOT MY SKIN-"

"FANG, that's enough!" Naser's shout echoes throughout the auditorium surprising Fang "Roscar is someone new to the institute, he doesn't know anything about pronouns, plus he comes from another country, so he might have told you without meaning to!"

Wow Naser looked super mature more than Fang, Fang looks embarrassed she covers her face with her wings as she walks out of the auditorium, Trish looks at me angrily "You better apologize later Skinnie" She runs off to find Fang, Reed is quiet looking at the floor, and Naser looks disappointed, like he never meant to have wanted to say that to Fang.

"Sorry for what happened Roscar... She's my sis, she seems to be pretty rough and mean, but when you get to know her better she's better than you think" Naser gets off the stage as he looks at his watch "Looks like classes will be starting soon, could you show me your class schedule Roscar?" I search through my backpack, as I search Reed detects a scent that relaxes him, he turns to look at me as he gives a thumbs up "Hey bro you got good stuff there" I freeze as Naser looks at me with a raised eyebrow, how the fuck does Reed know I have weed? I interrupt my thoughts and pull out the sheet with the schedule.

I give the class schedule to Naser who examines it and checks my class schedule, "Wow it looks like you have a sports class, what sport do you do?" "Ah that, I do swimming I have won several awards at my old schools, I even participated in a tournament representing my state" Naser looks surprised, but looks at his watch again "Oh no, classes start in 5 minutes, here Roscar See you at lunch?" "Sure man, I should also meet Anon again" Naser nods, gives me the class schedule and runs out of the auditorium

Checking the class schedule I head towards my first class, Science as I enter the lab, I sit on the benches while the teacher introduces himself "Good morning guys, I am Professor Fernsworth and I will be your teacher for the whole school year, but before we start the class, Mr. Salazar could you introduce yourself to your classmates" I stand up and head to the front, I ignore the stares and introduce myself as I have always introduced myself at my school the first few days.

"Hello, my name is Roscar Salazar Reyes, my main hobby is swimming, I don't do much actually, but I also play video games, that would be all" The teacher nods as he points me back towards the benches, as I head towards my bench I notice Reed is in my class, I greet him from afar, he also greets me back, as I sit down the teacher tells us what we will do.

"Ok guys, look for a partner to do the work" Before I can tell Reed he is already sitting next to me, "Wow Mr Salazar found a partner pretty fast, and with the best in the class" I turn to see Reed who gives me a thumbs up with a smile, the teacher tells us the pages we will do, as we start to answer them Reed asks me a question "So Roscar, how did you get That" Reed points to my backpack, and I think he means my weed.

"Reed do you understand Spanish?" "Claro amigazo" Reed makes an ok symbol with his hand, I turn around to see if no one is around, everyone is focused on their work, and Professor Fernsworth is arranging the test tubes, I walk up to Reed and whisper in his ear "An uncle of mine taught me how to make weed with just roses and tulips" Reed's face is total amazement, he whispers in my ear "Can we try it at my secret place?" I nod to Reed, then we both finish the pages handing them to Professor Fernsworth, who nods and lets us leave early for lunch.

When I leave the classroom Reed takes me to the rooftop, when I go up and arrive I am impressed by the landscape, I can see the sea in the distance while the mountains surround the city, "Wow... This is beautiful brother" Reed lets out a small laugh "Yes it is bro, I always come here since I entered high school, I have never been discovered, well follow me bro" Reed climbs a ladder that takes him to a place out of sight, after climbing the ladder what I see leaves me impressed.

There is a huge water tank on the roof, "So this is where the school gets its water from?" "Well sort of, the school has a plagued water system all over the place, this one here is just one of them, there are about five other of these things bro" After giving me the explanation Reed sits down leaning on the tank, I do too and we each start pulling out our stuff, Reed pulls out a thermos, while I pull out two churros de mota.

"Hm and that?" I point to Reed's thermos "Oh! This? It's carfentanil bro, a dinosaur drug, they used it in the war, but then they started using it as a drug, but you can't try it bro, not because I don't want to, but because this stuff can tranquilize an elephant, so in a human it would give them cardiac arrest" I look surprised at Reed, he nods at me and drinks his thermos like it's natural water

I take out my lighter and light the weed tube, after taking a puff finally my body and mind relax "Ah... This I needed" I look at the landscape again, it's beautiful, I wish I could be here all day, but I couldn't anyway, I give a sigh while I start talking to Reed

"Hey Reed" The raptor turns to me "Sometimes you feel like, you could have changed a bad decision, like you could have fixed everything, a bad decision that changed you completely..." Reed falls silent as he lets me continue "A damn decision that ruined your life, sometimes I just wish I could go back, and not have made that clumsy decision... Damn it, if I hadn't seen that maybe I would still be in my country, still with my friends, still with my family..." A lump forms in my throat, I take another puff on the weed tube "But it can't be fixed, the mistake is already made, now I'll be here I don't know for how long, damn it I don't even know if I'll live here for the rest of my life!" I put my hand to my face as I squeeze the tip of my nose.

"I just... I'd like to go back in time and avoid seeing that" Reed takes another drink from his thermos, while looking at the landscape "You know bro, sometimes we can't change the past, it doesn't matter if we screwed up, it was a decision you didn't think would affect your life so much, I've made bad decisions too buddy, but as you said yourself we can't go back in time and fix that mistake" I turn to look at Reed while taking another puff of the tube weed.

"Thanks man" "Hey no problem bro, that's what friends are for" After spending several minutes watching the scenery, a grunt interrupts our thoughts "Oh sorry bro, I haven't eaten Shall we go to lunch?" "Well okay" Reed and I get off the roof and head towards the place.

As we arrive at the palce Reed forms the waiting line, I start looking at the prices "Wow... This is a little expensive for me" Luckily mom sends me meals every week so I won't have any problems with food, "Hey Roscar!" A familiar voice yells at me from far away, I turn to where the call is coming from, it's Anon, Naser and Naomi.

I tell Reed where I'm going, Reed gives me a thumbs up, I head towards the table where Naser, Anon and Naomi are, as I sit down I'm bombarded by questions from Naomi "So Roscar, how were your classes, are you liking school, are you comfortable" "Wait relax girl I can barely make out what you're saying" Naomi looks chagrined "First of all, my classes were fine I made friends with a raptor named Reed" Naomi's expression by Naomi looks embarrassed." "Wait calmate niña I can barely make out the questions you are asking me" Naomi looks chagrined "First, my classes were good I made friends with a raptor named Reed" Naomi's expression for a moment shows displeasure, but returns to her sweet face "Second, I'm liking the school it has nice scenery, like the rooftop and the garden" "I'm glad you're liking the school Roscar, Principal Spears is trying hard to make the school a comfortable place for everyone" I want to end the conversation as quickly as possible so I interrupt Naomi "Well then what do you do?"

Naser is holding a sandwich, while Anon is checking the school menu "No carnivore options?" "Well Anon you could eat vegetables that's very healthy for your health" I turn to look at Anon who has a disgusted look on his face "I have an idea, Naser dear you could share your sandwich with Anon" Naser looks annoyed at the question "B-but it's my sandwich..." Naomi gives Naser a slight nudge, the ptero looks at his sandwich sadly, as he starts to tear it in half I pull out the food my mother sent me from my backpack

"Ten we" I offer Anon a taco de chorizo con papa, Anon looks surprised "Really? But don't you live just like me?" "Yes, but you need it more than I do" Anon looks at me with a smile as he nods and starts eating the taco, Naser looks relieved that he didn't have to sacrifice his sandwich, and Naomi looks touched by what I did, as we eat Naser asks Anon and I about an event.

"So... You both live in the same circumstances?" I look at Naser as I raise my eyebrow "If you can't have enough money, after school there will be a concert, my brother is playing there" I frown remembering the last thing that happened when I met her, "Oh sure man I'll go, are you going Roscar?" The question brings me out of my thoughts, I turn to look at Naser who looks at me with pleading eyes "Well I have nothing else to do after school, so I can go" Naser smiles hearing our answers.

- "So what do they play?"

- "Music"

- "What kind?"

- "The good kind?"

- "You don't know, do you?"

- "Nope."

The bell rings throughout the place, I say goodbye to Naser, Naomi and Anon as I head to my next classes, the other classes are not so relevant, only the teacher would arrive, introduce himself, ask me to introduce myself, introduce myself and then go back to being an asshole for an hour.

Finally classes are over, so I will keep my promise, I grab my stuff while I head towards the auditorium, on the way I found Anon, we both started talking about our day at school, Anon told me that he had language class with a teacher who thought he was a samurai, I laughed a little with what he said, but he looked quite serious

 As we arrive at the auditorium we see how several dinos enter the auditorium, at the auditorium doors there is a giant guy "Oh shit, he could punch us to death" before we can enter we meet Naser, who leads us inside, but before we enter the big man stops us by putting his hands on our shoulders "How are you guys?"

Anon and I jump in shock as we turn to get a better look at the man, I can notice a plaque that says Principal Spears, "O-oh well Principal Spears" The big man gives a slight smile "I'm glad. What do you two think of the school?" "Well it's nice and I'm being honest" I nudge Anon to answer " Oh yes it's quite nice and clean, the garden is very well kept" Principal Spears nods with a smile "That's thanks to your classmates, I won't interrupt you any longer enjoy the show"

As we enter the auditorium I can see that they fixed several things, the instruments are set up, the speakers are well placed and there is a table full of pizza boxes, Anon and I approach and grab pieces, Anon grabs more than usual, while we are waiting for Naser I start to see the dinos, they are saying shit to the band "Wow what assholes they are throwing a lot of shit".

"Yeah right? I haven't heard any good words towards the band, they're all talking shit" Naser finally arrives with more pizza boxes putting them on the table "Hey Naser what's up with them" "What do you mean Anon?" "What Anon is trying to say is that they're acting like idiots, they're throwing shit at the band"

"WHAT?!" Naser gets furious as he slams the table, knocking over several boxes of pizza "Hey tranquilo viejo! What's up?" Naser puts his hand over the beak of his nose "I invited these idiots, so Fang would have an audience, I even brought pizzas for people to come" Naser pulls out his phone and shows us the chat with Fang, you can see him telling him to bring pizzas, and then insults from Fang

"What is RBR?" "Retarded Broken Wing" "Tssss chales" Naser's phone starts ringing, Naser steps aside as he answers the call, several insults come out of the phone, the poor Naser tries to say something, but the insults interrupt him, after a few minutes Naser comes back with a sad face "I have to go....Fang... he doesn't want me here, just promise me that you will treat he well, he is a great person when you know him well, bye guys there you have the pizzas I give them to you " Naser leaves the auditorium

"Poor Naser, all he wants to do is help his sister" "Sister?" "Ah yes you weren't there, I met Naser's sister today, she is the pterodactyl we met on the stairs, I met her in the auditorium, believe me my friend never tell her she never" Anon nods "Received"

Finally, the auditorium lights turn off and focus on the stage, and as I suspected Fang's band is formed by his group of friends, Reed the drummer, Fang the vocalist and bassist, and the little triceratops who also uses a bass "Isn't that risky? Using two bass guitars" Anon turns to look at me "Yeah dude I was thinking the same thing, I thought it was weird and inappropriate for them to use two bass guitars, there have only been two bands that managed to be good with two bass guitars" We both focus our eyes on the band again, for some reason my eyes are still focused on the tits of the little triceratops.

"Hey Roscar, are you okay? Your eyes are focused so much on the stage and they haven't even started" "Boobs...I...I...They...Hypnotize me" Anon looks uncomfortable, as he puts his hand on his head "I see..." Finally the band starts playing, and my god my ears, I'm not saying they're baby wailing, but it sounded like they were practicing a song for the first time, as I try not to cover my ears out of respect for Reed, I hear Anon " What were they thinking?!"

The audience starts to insult the band, laughter sounds, I try my best not to laugh because of the respect I have for Reed, besides he is my friend, but Anon looks indifferent he is laughing with the others this bothers me a lot, and I give a slap on his bald head to Anon which causes a mini echo "Mas respeto cabron" "Hey what the hell man" Anon rubs his head while he looks at me confused and upset "More respect , You don't know that there is my friend, besides there is Naser's sister, you are literally laughing at her, so I want to see some respect from you wey" Anon changes his expression, he just realized that what he did was wrong, I put my hand on Anon's shoulder "Let's go, let's take the pizza, remember that Naser gave it to us, I just want to see more respect and maturity from you wey".

After grabbing some pizza boxes Anon and I walk out of the auditorium, the last thing we hear is "No one would give you a bitch!" Both Anon and I make a low blow expression, on our way out we see Director Spears who surprises Anon and I "Anon, you disappointed me in there, but I'm glad to see you realized your mistake, but I still want to see more damn maturity in you boy, as for you Roscar, you surprised me boy, not only did you not laugh at them, but you also made Anon see that what he did was wrong, you are dismissed, oh and Anon tomorrow I want to see you in my office" Director Spears lets us go as he enters the auditorium, when he enters a huge roar is heard

"WHO AM I GOING TO HAVE TO APPLY A SUPLEX TO?"

As we leave the institute Anon and I head towards Skin Row, on the way there is a lot of silence, but Anon breaks it "Thanks Roscar..." I turn to look at Anon who is sorry "Thanks for making me see that what I did was wrong, I made fun of Naser's sister, and he was a brother all day, I was shitty for doing it..." "Easy bro, good thing you realized you fucked up, we all fucked up at one point in our lives, still, tomorrow we'll go to Naser so you can apologize, got it?" Anon nods, eventually we both get to Skin Row and split up, I say goodbye to Anon and head to my apartment.

When I arrive, I start doing homework, I send messages to my family to tell them that everything is fine, and I spend it playing on my Xrox until it gets dark, when I go to bed I start remembering the day I had, how Reed was like a brother, how Anon and I are forming a great friendship, that incident I had with Fang... And the little triceratops that told me racist things, even so, I never know why my gaze is always fixed on her tits "Shit I must give up porn...".

Finally I close my eyes