Chapter 10

The return flight to the Academy was a quiet one. After the events of the past few hours, nobody seemed to want to build a conversation. Instead glances were made and then everyone was left in their own silent thoughts. Jim kept glancing at Jasmine as she shut her eyes, trying her best to ignore his staring. Adeline, who spent ten minutes to get Talion to explain what that whole fight in the ring was about, stared him down to see if annoying him will get him to talk. Castor went into a meditative state and Blake just looked out the window. Finally Bryce had enough of it.

"Well, I don't know about you guys, but that was the most fun I had in years." Bryce said, deciding to be the ice breaker.

"Oh yes, watching two fools punch another couple of fools is great fun indeed." Castor mumbled in his meditative state.

Coming out of his silence, "It's better to let someone think you are an Idiot than to open your mouth and prove it." Talion mutters, causing an eruption of laughter between the students.

"Good one!" Jim laughs as Castor tried to make a response.

"I'd slap you, but that would be animal abuse! Was all Castor managed to say, which instead made him sound like a toddler throwing a temper tantrum.

Adeline rolled her eyes and mumbled something about boys being stupid, to which Talion heard and the two began bickering like an old married couple. Except this time, it their arguing was more witty and lighthearted. Eventually the transport ship docked on the tower and the group trudged towards the ramp, looking out at the vast starry horizon as it lowered them to the center of the academy. Talion separated himself from the group and walked to his own sleeping quarters as the teens walked into their own elevator which began lowering them to their separate floors. Jasmine and Adeline bid the boys goodnight and walked to their room, exhausted from the nights events. Tossing her bag next to her bed, Jasmine was about to walk away when she heard a small yelp coming from the leather thing she carried with her wherever she went.

Turning back around, she picked it up and began to take a peek inside. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary and she was about to close it up and blame the sound on her tired mind, but then a pencil sprouted eyes which quickly peeked up at her and quickly shut them as soon as it caught her staring.

"Oh you got to be kidding me!" Jasmine couldn't contain her sudden anger as she reached inside her bag to pick up the pencil.

"What's the matter?" Adeline questions, coming to stare at the thing in the girls hand.

"Morph is that you?!" The brunette shouts at the pencil, to which it answered by changing into the pink blob in question; shaking at the girls threatening eyes. "I can't believe you! Wait, if your here then that must mean... Percha come here now!"

The other morphing alien came out of her bag in the guise of a perfume bottle, looking sheepish and scared.

"What are those things?" Adeline stared at the pink creatures with curiosity.

Sighing in frustration, Jasmine began making introductions. "Adeline, meet Morph and Percha. They're Jim and I's little shape shifters, who are in so much trouble right now." The two blobs gazes were downcast as the girl looked at them sternly.

"Calm down Jasmine, it's not that bad that they're here."

"Aren't you forgetting the no pets allowed policy?"

"Oh, right. Well what are you going to do then?"

Jasmine began rubbing her forehead as the stress of the night was already weighing down on her and now she has to deal with the two stowaway's was really not helping.

"Honestly I'm too tired to do anything right now and Jim's probably asleep by now, so I suppose the only thing we can do is make sure they're kept hidden until we get everything sorted." Was her conclusion, to which Morph and Percha were most happy about as they shared their excitement by rubbing themselves like a cat against the girl." Woah. Haha! Guys cut it out! You're still in trouble you know!"

Adeline laughed at the display of affection as Jasmine tried to get the two blobs of cuteness under control. Eventually everyone went off to bed and fell fast asleep, only for the two girls to be awoken by the female android who showed Jasmine to her room. It took them only a couple seconds to wake up and secretly look for Morph and Percha, who of course were nowhere to be seen.

"Rise and shine! Breakfast is ready at the cafeteria and I encourage you both to go as it will no longer be served after ten thirty. Because it's a Sunday, you are allowed to wear whatever you wish as long as it's not revealing, but first thing on Monday you will be expected to wear your uniforms which will be delivered to you by this afternoon. Now that you are both here, I want to establish some dormitory rules." The android began, walking in as if she owned the place. "Rule one, keep living quarters and the main hall clean and orderly. Rule two, no fighting, especially with the other girls. Rule three, boys are absolutely prohibited from this floor as well as girls on their floor. Rule four, if an officer of a higher ranking chooses to visit, you must salute and show them the utmost respect. Rule five, stealing is prohibited and will be met with serious consequences if a thief chooses to do so. Rule six, stay on top of your grades. And finally rule seven, absolutely no pets allowed. Lunch will be served at twelve-thirty and dinner at five. If you choose to go into the city, your curfew is at nine-thirty and if you are caught past that time, you will be punished. Now I hope you have taken what I've said to heart as it'll make this semester run smoothly, but if not, well this school has no problem with kicking out it's student. Have a pleasant day and I shall be watching you closely!"

The android left as fast as she came in and once they were sure she wasn't going to barge in on a second time, the two girls exhaled in relief. Morph and Percha came out of hiding and floated up to Jasmine, who began patting their soft heads.

"You guys are lucky you can shape shift, if she'd caught you, I'd be in so much trouble." Jasmine says to them, to which they looked at her guiltily.

"So what are you going to do?" Adeline questions from her bed.

"I guess I'll have to discuss that with Jim." With that, the two girls began getting ready for the day.

Author's Note: Hello everyone! Long time no see! I know it's been a while since I last updated and I apologize, I've been under a lot of stress lately and just had no motivation to write. But I do hope to get a couple chapters out before the next semester begins, even so I could use all the pushing I can get to make sure it happens. If you guys have any ideas of what you would like to see happen or if it seems like I'm taking too long to get the next chapter out, please do not refrain from sending me messages as constantly reminding me to do it helps me sit my butt down and actually do it. Well I want to thank you all for your patience and I hope you enjoy this chapter!