Silver Dragon: Well, my brother and I came up with this after we beat the Shadow Temple (For me the third time, him the first). So, I hope you like it.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything, except the plot.

Speaking Class

The Summon Spirit of Shadow felt slightly annoyed when the pact maker had commented on his lack of words. It wasn't that he didn't like wasting time, and he had the vocabulary for her tongue, it was that he just couldn't put the words together to form a sentence.

Which is why Shadow was now here, sitting beside one of his opposing forces.

"Hmm… I see," Luna said calmly. "Perhaps you should join an English or speaking class."

"… Speaking…?"

"Yes, they teach you how to pronounce this, and such."

"… For Spirits…?"

"One for us? I do not think there is one, actually, so you will have to go in disguise."

"Disguise…"

"I'm sure you will do fine thinking up one, now if you excuse me, I have to go, the Pact Maker has summoned me for battle." With that said, Luna disappeared in a brilliant white light, leaving Shadow to think about his 'disguise'.

Later

The teacher looked down at the new 'student' who was joining his class. Something was off about this kid, but he couldn't put his finger on it. "So kid, what's your name?"

"… Timmy…" Shadow said. His disguise only consisted of a baseball hat, and a fake mustache. He couldn't think of anything better, but the human before him seemed to be buying it.

"If you don't mind me asking, but why do you have a mustache?" The teacher asked, there was something really off about 'Timmy'.

"… Puberty…?" The envoy of Darkness asked nervously.

The teacher smiled. "Of course! It explains everything! Now if you follow me to the classroom…" After a couple of steps, the man stopped in his tracks. "This is a Grade Three class, how could you be in puberty?"

If Summon Spirits could sweat, Shadow would be drowning. "… Held… Back…"

The professor's suspicion increased ten fold. "Right…" Entering the classroom, the teacher brought the new student with him to the front of the class. "Class, this is a new student from…" The man looked down at the little card in his hand. "… Ozette… Anyway, please welcome Timmy to the class."

"Hi Timmy." The class replied, some of the kids weren't even looking up, but the ones who were stared at Shadow oddly.

"Take a seat, now class, we'll start with a simple exercise." The teacher told everyone after Shadow had taking a seat. "Repeat after me: she sell seashells by the sea shore."

The class mimicked him perfectly, and then they turned to stare at 'Timmy' when he didn't follow. "Timmy?"

"… Shells…" The envoy said mysteriously.

"You have to say the whole thing, Timmy."

"… She…"

There was a five second delay before Shadow said the next word.

"… Sells…"

Some kids started counting on their fingers. Five, four, three, two…

Shadow looked around wildly, and then rested his gaze on the teacher. "… Forgot…"

The teacher smacked his forehead with the palm of his hand. This was going to be a long day.

The Summon Spirit of Darkness had finally gotten through that sentence, and about two more, but with how many breaks he took, it was lunch break already. Since the Spirits didn't need to eat, Shadow just kind of sat at his desk, doing nothing in particular, the other children seemed to be avoiding him like a plague.

"Timmy seems odd…"

"Well, he is from Ozette…"

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Well, I heard that there was this pink haired girl there who didn't grow old for a long time!"

"I heard that too," a kid whispered to her friends. "I also heard my parents talking about how angels came and destroyed the place…"

The group of kids turned to stare at Shadow, which the Spirit ignored. He wasn't going to be put down by some little mortals. That, and he was use to getting stared at by the other Summon Spirits.

Class resumed after that, everything going vaguely back to normal. "Okay everyone, say 'Cats have paws'."

"…Cats… Have… Paws…"

"Very good Timmy, you're getting better!" The teacher smiled. There was still something off about this kid. "Once again, repeat after me: 'Summon Spirits are special'."

"Summon… Spirits… Are…" Shadow felt funny when he was talking about himself, and he felt even funnier when the telltale signs of him being summoned for battle came up.

The symbol appeared below him, sending off it's black, scary light. It wasn't really scary for him, but from the looks from the mortals in the room, they probably thought so. The link grew stronger, it was almost open for him to go to the pact maker, and for some reason his hat and mustache disappeared, causing the others look at him in alarm.

Then, in a dark flash, causing the room to plunge into darkness for a couple of seconds, Timmy disappeared. The teacher smiled insanely. "Ha! I knew there was something weird about that kid!"

"Teacher, was that a Summon Spirit?" The girl who had talked about the angels asked.

"Yes! It was the Summon Spirit of Shadow…" The teacher trailed off, slowly realizing what and who had been in the classroom. "Oh… Martel…" Then the teacher fainted.

Elsewhere

His attack in the battle all said and done, Shadow returned to where he had talked to Luna before, deciding not to go back to the classroom. The Spirit of Light looked up from her book. "Oh, hello Shadow, how was the class?"

The envoy from the dark abyss looked at her. "Not… Going… Back…"

Luna raised her eyebrows in disbelief. "Wow, you have improved, down to a three second delay!"

Shadow nodded his head subconsciously, and began to… Stalk off in another direction. "… Good… Bye…"

"Good day to you," Luna called after him. When he left, she looked over her shoulder at the other Summon Spirits who had been hiding behind different things in the room. "All right, pay up, I won."

"But he only improved a little bit…" Gnome whined, handing over some gald.

"He did improve though, so I won the bet."

"I knew I should have went with Luna, but no… I had to go with the others…" Celsius muttered to herself. "That's the last time I listen to anyone else!"

"Good for you," Luna stated calmly, counting her new funds.

The End

Sliver Dragon: Well, I'll be adding more to this, maybe. If I am, it will be about Gnome. So review please! I like to hear people's commentary, and if I get reviews, I'll go make Gnome's chapter. Hurrah!