Disclaimer: I do not own Wizardess Heart or its characters.

Spoilers Ahead! This story follows the Luca Plotline, LOOSELY, and will contain spoilers.

Author's note: I should tell you now that I've made some serious changes to the way Gedonlune Academy works.

1. Professors will teach one class, and Headmaster Randolph does not teach.

2. The Buddy System is gone. That works for a romance game where you have a limited time to fall in love and you need to force two people together, but not in a story school setting where I can skip days/weeks/months at a time. I mean, come on! Your grade depends on another person who could be in a totally different class/level as you? No thank you.

3. Provisional Students are gone. If you are excepted, you are excepted. No two week "trial" nonsense. That's just plain mean.

4. SLIGHT SPOILER ALERT: I'm doing away with Randolph's secret. For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, you don't need to worry about it. For those of you who do, can you really blame me?

5. Detention Chamber? Yeah, no.

6. I've also changed/added to the world around Gedonelune, but you'll find out more as the series progresses.

Dragon's Touch Series Book 1

The Tower of Sorrow

Chapter 1.

"Good morning," Katarina said to one of her classmates as she entered the room and moved over to her desk. Her familiar, a pygmy owl named Raine, patted her talons over her right shoulder. Katarina reached up and scratched Raine's head with her finger.

Raine shook out her feathers happily, "Thanks. That itch was really bothering me."

Katarina smiled at the owl as more of her classmates filtered into the room. Her ability to speak with animals was something she chose not to discuss at school.

"Good morning, Katarina," Elias Goldstein stopped at her desk.

"Good morning, Elias," Katarina smiled. "How is your speech coming along?" Elias' older brother was about to get married, to Katarina's eldest sister, and Elias was the best man.

Elias frowned, "It's a work in progress. It can't be anything less than perfect since it's Klaus."

"Well if you need it, I'd be happy to help," Katarina smiled.

"Oh look, the top two students in the class are hitting it off," Luca leaned on the door frame and watched the pair.

Elias glared as Luca came over, "We were talking, Luca."

Luca shrugged and came over to Katarina's seat. He reached out to pet Raine, who nuzzled into his hand, "I love this human." Raine always let Luca pet her.

Katarina fought the urge to roll her eyes at the owl before realizing Luca was leaning over her desk to pet Raine. He was very close to her and Katarina took the chance to look at his handsome face. She'd had something of a crush on her fellow student since the day she started at the academy. Luca had always been nice to her even though he teased her quite a bit.

"When a woman stares at me this long, it makes me want to do all sorts of debauched things to her, little Kitty," Luca said as his eyes slid from Raine to her.

Blushing, Katarina looked away from Luca's green gaze and swallowed hard. Luca smiled as he stood back to his full height, about to say something else, but he was interrupted by Elias.

"Leave her alone, Luca," he crossed his arms.

Luca raised an eyebrow at the other male, "Oh? Prince Elias to rescue the beautiful maiden, huh?"

Katarina blushed deeper at the compliment, even though she didn't think Luca really meant it, as Elias argued, "Don't call me that. It's disrespectful to the royal family."

Luca snorted, "Whatever. Well it's time for me to bail out anyway. Don't wanna get stuck here with the rest of you nerds." Katarina looked up to see Luca smiling at her before he winked and turned on his heel. He made it out of the classroom without looking back.

Elias frowned, "Why do you let him tease you like that?"

"Oh, I…um.." Katarina didn't really have an answer for that. She couldn't exactly tell Elias it was because she liked the attention he gave her.

Katarina was saved by Professor Schuyler dragging Luca back into the classroom. "Awe, c'mon, Prof!" Luca whined.

"Go sit down, Orlem. It's time you took your studies seriously," Schuyler said as he released Luca's shirt. "To your seats!" He yelled to the rest of the class.

Elias frowned at Katarina, but moved quietly to his seat. Luca sulked over to the empty seat next to Katarina and plopped down into it. Throughout the class, Katarina stole quick glances at Luca. He seemed completely uninterested in anything Professor Schuyler was saying. At some point, Katarina realized he fell asleep.

Knowing it wouldn't be long before Schuyler noticed, Katarina whispered quietly to her familiar, "Raine, see if you can wake him up."

"Alright. I'll see what I can do," the Pygmy fluttered over to Luca's desk and pecked at his hand. Luca opened his eyes and looked down at the owl. She nuzzled his hand and Luca began to pet her before looking at Katarina. She smiled and pointed to Schuyler. Luca gazed at him and shrugged.

Raine hopped back onto Katarina's desk just as a knock came at the door and Schuyler stopped his lecture to open it.

"I'm sorry to interrupt your class, Professor," a woman's voice called out. Most of the boys looked towards the door as Professor Ivette Dubois entered. She was the youngest professor teaching History of Wizardry. She was always pretty lively and easy to talk to and her classes were actually fun. Professor Dubois had full, wavy blond hair that just reached below her shoulders and pale blue eyes. She was tall and thin and beautiful, and Katarina couldn't help but feel disappointed as Luca stared at her from his seat.

"What can I do for you, Professor Dubois?" Schuyler asked with his usual scowl.

Dubois gave a dazzling smile as she entered, "I was asked to show our new Professor around the school and introduce him to the students. Please, come in. Students, this is Professor Loran Merkulova. He'll be joining our staff as of today and will start teaching Magical Pharmaceutics."

The man who walked in looked young and had a kind face. He was handsome. Some of the girls even let out audible sighs as he smiled at the room, "I look forward to teaching you all. Please, take care of me while I get my bearings." He bowed his head.

Katarina felt eyes on her and when she removed her gaze from the new professor, she saw Luca looking at her. His eyes seemed a little angry to her and she wasn't exactly sure why. Luca rested his chin in his hand and looked away from her.

"Well," Dubois said, "I believe we've disturbed your class long enough, Professor Schuyler. I'll see you all in history!" She smiled and waved before leading Merkulova out the door.

Instantly the girls began gossiping and the boys made crude comments. Schuyler whipped around from closing the door and gave the entire room a stare that could turn Medusa to stone, "Settle down. This is not free period."

The students stopped their noisy behavior and Schuyler continued the class. Luca looked out the window completely uninterested in what Schuyler was talking about. He was annoyed by how Katarina had looked at the new professor. Which was ridiculous because what did he care if she looked at guys. Angry with himself for acting weird when it came to Katarina Pagano, Luca put his head down and promptly fell asleep.