Do you believe in magic?
By: Sinz
Sinz: Sorry for the long update but hey! Better late than never.
Session 2: Cairsept
Everyone in the mess hall remained silent as they stared at the lady standing before the entrance. Frowning slightly, she inquired, "Was it something I said?" she wondered seeing how a few seconds ago it was madness, yet now, it was quiet as an empty hallway.
"Headmaster! These…These…These BEASTS! They-"
"I'm quite aware of what happened Nina…It's kinda hard…you know…not to notice." The headmaster answered looking at the mess hall, which, after the magic fight, looked like it was under construction. Nina opened her mouth to say, probably something along the lines of, "I tried to stop them, but I'm only one person! You should punish the whole lot of them!" And then growl or maybe throw in a snarl while looking at the pupils through angry blue eyes. But, she closed her mouth the minute the headmaster opened hers to say, "I know what you're thinking Nina, and don't worry, I will punish this lot," emphasizing punish and turning to the pupils, who in turn, received an icy cold glare from their headmaster, the headmaster turned back to Nina and said, "Go back to your class Nina, I'll deal with this lot right now." With a pleased smile, Nina fixed herself and turned to go back to her class, she threw an angry glare at the pupils before walking out the mess hall doors muttering angrily.
The doors to the mess hall closed, and all the pupils gulped; each one holding a look of anxiety, wondering what their punishment would be. Hoping against hope it would not be to clean up the mess hall, trying to clean it after what they all had done, it seemed it'd take quite a long while…
"Now then, to make it easy on you all, whoever was responsible for this, please say so." The headmaster said, crossing her arms and tapping her foot lightly. She sighed, as not one of the pupils spoke up. She took off her monocle and polished it, knowing teenagers, this may take awhile.
Aramin gazed dreamily at the headmaster, "She's…She's GORGEOUS!" He thought to himself gazing upon her beauty. Jesh caught sight of Aramin, knowing instantly from the dreamy gaze on his face, a look of unbelief on his face as he exclaimed, "Aramin! She's the headmaster for crying out loud!"
Cross let out a breath of relief, "That was some magic fight…didn't think it'd get so out of hand like that." He thought to himself. The mess hall was eerily quiet, except for the repetitive tapping of the headmaster's shoe. "How long do you think this'll last?" Cross asked, turning to Pope, who was groaning from the magic fight. He was a big target after all. Casting a, You-don't-know-how-much-I-hate-you-right-now-for-pulling-a-stunt-like-that-and-using-me-as-a-meat-shield glance at Cross, he replied loudly with a large smile forming on his face, "Oh, I don't know…" A look of, he's-not-going-to-do-what-I-think-he's-going-to-do, came upon Cross's face as he thought, "Payback is such a bitch." But before he could stop Pope from finishing, Pope continued speaking, this time louder, "When you go up there and tell her YOU started all this!" The whole room turned to look at Pope and Cross. A stunned look of he-actually-did-what-I-thought-he-was-going-to-do came upon Cross's face as he stood up from his seat, pointing his finger at Pope and exclaimed, "Oh my god! You asshole!"
Pope replied with a big grin on his face that said, I'm-no-meat-shield-for-anyone, and shooed Cross away, pointing to the headmaster. With a defeated sigh, Cross bowed his head, shooting a, oh-I'm-gonna-get-you-back-ten-times-harder look at Pope, before heading towards the headmaster.
"My, my, it seems someone has rat him out." Aramin said, taking his eyes off the headmaster for a few seconds to see Cross walking towards her in a defeated like state. "Well…it's not like he entirely deserved it. I mean, we all wouldn't be in this situation if it wasn't for you and your supposed "Damsel in Distress" signals." Jesh replied, in a matter of fact tone as he stared at both Chris and Aramin. "Well mom, maybe I could repay the favor for him by shocking that mage who ratted him out." Chris grinned, as he rubbed his hands together, gathering static. "Oh, that idea doesn't sound too bad…" Aramin grinned as he and Chris stared at Pope. "Now hold on you two!..." Jesh started, Chris and Aramin groaned. Whenever Jesh started with, "Now hold on you two!..." it meant Chris and Aramin were in for one long boring lecture about things they frankly did not care too much about. Sighing, they wondered what they'd gotten themselves into, the more Jesh spoke, the more they wished it was them instead of Cross walking up to the headmaster.
"Young man, have you anything to say for yourself?" The headmaster asked, staring straight at Cross, who stared at the floor. "I didn't mean to hit the teacher, honest, but I mean… Look at the beast! You try sitting behind him! It's like a giant wall of fat! He must eat pie and cake everyday!" Cross replied in his defense, the small smirk on his face said, this-isn't-over-I'm-still-going-to-get-you as he heard the sniggers of the other pupils. Upon hearing what Cross had said about him, Pope sighed, with a look that clearly stated; what-an-ass.
Sephie took her eyes off the book she was reading to look at Cross. First, he and a lightning mage had fought in the hallway on their way to the mess hall. Then, they both attacked a teacher on their first day. As if that wasn't enough, he attacked the teacher once more, and started a "magic fight". Now, here he was, caught red-handed, and he had just insulted another pupil in front of everyone and the headmaster. She could only wonder, was he insane?
Aramin and Chris laughed at what Cross had said about Pope, "My, my, looks as if we have some competition in troublemaking don't we Chris?"
"Well now Aramin; that just makes things more and more fun!" Chris grinned, as Jesh sighed. When Chris and Aramin began talking about the trouble they could stir, there was no point in lecturing the two, seeing as they were in their own world. Jesh looked at Cross, wondering, "Why would you dig yourself an early grave?"
Cross groaned as the realization of what he had said came to him. "What did I just do…" He thought staring at the headmaster, who held an amused look. "Well now, aren't you quite the troublemaker. First you attack a teacher, start this magic fight, and now you're here, insulting your friend. Now here I am, wondering what punishment would suit what you have done." She said, as she paused a moment to think up a punishment suitable for Cross. Pounding her fist into her palm, she said, "I got it. You must apologize to both the teacher and your friend for your behavior."
"And?"
"And….what?"
"What else do I have to do?"
The headmaster gave Cross an amused glance, "You mean…You want more punishment? Well that's a first."
Cross stood there stunned, weren't punishments supposed to be more…punishing? Looking at the headmaster with a look that said, are-you-actually-serious? He tried to say something, but when he opened his mouth no words had come out, in the end, he just stood there dumbstruck by his "punishment". He wasn't the only one with a dumbstruck look on his face, as the faces of all the pupils held the same look. Except Popes look which clearly said, OH-YOU-HAVE-GOT-TO-BE-KIDDING. Cross gulped, wondering why he was going to say what he was about to say. With a deep breath he hesitantly said, "But…I attacked…a…teacher, and destroyed the mess hall."
The headmaster smiled smugly, "Well, a teacher should be able to stop any havoc a student can create, not to mention…I never liked the way the mess hall looked."
A look of awe came upon Cross's face as he walked back to his seat the same look was on some of the other pupils who all thought, "Wow. SHE'S the headmaster?!"
"Beautiful, kind, witty too…"Aramin sighed, gazing upon the headmaster, with the same dreamy gaze he had before. Jesh moved his head side to side, "Aramin! HOW many times must I tell you; she's the HEADMASTER." Chris let out a hearty laugh as he watched Aramin and Jesh argue. A loud whistling stopped them as they all turned to face the headmaster.
Clasping her hands the headmaster said, "Now we can begin! I am Headmaster Bramilyn, Bram for short. I welcome you, pupils, to Cairsept! If you're wondering why you are all here, well, lets just call it, an orientation day. Instead of starting classes right away, you will all officially begin school tomorrow." Bramilyn paused, as an eruption of cheer came from the pupils. "Now, now settle down. We are here, to get to know your fellow classmates. And what better to know them by, playing a few games?" Again, a cheer erupted from all the students. Smiling, Bramilyn continued, "Now then, before we continue, I would just like to say, that at the end of the day you will all be fitted for your uniforms." A loud audible groan came from each and every one of the pupils. "Oh hush! It's not that bad! How could you expect not to have to wear uniforms at a school like this?" The pupils hushed a bit, but there was still a bit of muttering from some. "Now then..." Bramilyn started taking out a pair of flags, one having an ornately decorated A as the symbol, and the other having an ornately decorated B as it's symbol. "This…is a game I like to call…Capture the flag…" she paused a moment as a ball of dark energy began forming in her hand, grinning she finished by saying, "Cairsept style!"
Sinz: Yes, yes, It does seem quite rushed. I tried to think up more games, but then I got lazy and all. Sorry if it was a boring chapter, I'm still taking oc's if anyone's wondering. Now then, in the next chapter, they start their classes!