The alarm was going off at the school and many students were not sure what to do while the teachers inside were getting the kids inside the classrooms, members of the staff were trying to do the same. Eda, Luz, King, Willow, Gus and Maxwell were in Principle Bump's office as this was going on.
"Attention all students, professors and staff members of Hexside. We're initiating a school lockdown. We have an assailant spotted near the campus, do not panic. Retreat inside the school and do not venture outside the school until lockdown is called off." announced a female's voice.
Hearing the announcement didn't make things sound any easier. Principle Bump looked outside the window of his office and saw many students were running to seek shelter, cover or a place to hide. He turned towards Eda, Luz and Maxwell.
"Did he just predict this would happen like a psychic?" said Principle Bump alarmed.
"This is why I want to get this power under control. I don't know if it will one day become out of my control or if I will be able to handle it." said Maxwell worried.
Principle Bump walked towards Maxwell and grabbed him by the front of his shirt.
"You predicted this?" said Principle Bump with a growl.
Eda had a fit of rage and slapped Principle Bump's hands, causing him to let go of Maxwell. She gave him a disapproving look.
"Don't you touch him or Luz." warned Eda.
Principle Bump knew this was not the time for arguing and was seeing that Eda was in her protective mode when someone lays a harmful hand on Maxwell or Luz.
"Where are the humans?" called out the assailant's voice.
They could hear this man's voice from anywhere inside the school. King went to look out the window and he could see the assailant from a distance. He was walking on the campus while plenty of the kids were running towards the school.
"I see him and boy does he look evil." King commented.
"Where are them humans? I know you got two of them in there. I smell they're near. Give them two humans to me and I'll let everyone live." called the assailant.
Luz held onto Eda for protection while Willow and Gus were backed up in a corner of the room. King got away from the window and went towards Eda for the same reason Luz was holding onto her. Eda held onto Luz to try and comfort her.
"He's got to be a vampire of some sort. Their senses are able to tell who they smell and what they're like." said Principle Bump making a guess.
"But don't they turn to dust in the sunlight?" asked Luz.
"Not this one. Some vampires on the Boiling Isles are different. They all don't feed on blood from people anymore. The only ones that would do that are the unevolved vampires but they've been extinct for centuries." explained Principle Bump. "But the ones that don't feed on blood from people no more can still feed on them if they want to but they no longer have the desire. Now they eat food like we do but some feed on a substitute that doesn't require feeding on people."
They heard what sounded like a loud, demonic shriek outside. They could tell the assailant was getting closer to the school. Maxwell was also hanging onto Eda as they held each other for comfort. Eda was worried for both Luz and Maxwell's life.
"What's he gonna do Eda?" said Luz shaking in fear.
"I'm not letting him hurt you, King or Maxie. I'm not letting him hurt any of my own." Eda told them attempting to comfort them.
Maxwell felt his fear rising and knew that this assailant could drain them dry, kill them or worse.
"I might go for the spicy human female." called out the assailant.
Eda felt a sense of rage kick into her. She didn't like the sound of someone hurting anyone that she cares about and knew that this had to stop.
"He's not going to touch her." said Eda growling.
"We have to get everyone inside the school, otherwise we're going to have a tragic accident on our hands." said Principle Bump worried.
"Give me the humans, starting with the girl." called the assailant.
Eda felt her rage kicking into her more as she knew that if anyone hurts Luz, she would go on a warpath. Maxwell had so much on his mind. He knew that if he lost Luz, King, Eda or anyone, he'd never be the same but he remembered how he was surprised and afraid that he met two elderly women that were vampires themselves. He was trying to block fear out of his mind but he couldn't. Who he saw in the vision was much more menacing.
"I got to lock the school down. No one gets in or out." advised Principle Bump.
"Bump, look after these kids. I'm going to take down that parasite." Eda instructed.
"But what about?" Principle Bump began.
Eda turned to give him a very serious and cold look which nearly got him terrified of her for the first time.
"Look after these kids, especially my humans and anyone whose my own. If any harm comes to them, than you answer to me." said Eda warning him sharply.
Principle Bump didn't move nor did he speak. Eda was serious as she left the room by kicking the door to the office opened and with her strength, it flew clean off it's hinges. She was headed outside but Maxwell felt an instinct kicking into him and it was something he probably hasn't felt in who knows when.
"I can't let her take him on by herself." said Maxwell shaking.
"Maxie, she can handle this. Eda's taken on tougher opponents before and so have I." said Luz reassuring him.
Maxwell was feeling his instinct getting stronger. He wanted to help Eda, he also wanted to help Luz, King and his friends. His heart raced from this longing feeling welling up inside him as he looked out the window and saw Eda walking out on the campus grounds.
"I got to do something." said Maxwell.
Maxwell turned to run out of the office and to run towards a hallway that could lead outside. Luz, King, Willow, Gus and even Principle Bump tried to stop him.
"Maxie stop!" called Luz and King.
Seeing Maxwell go to help Eda caused Luz, King, Willow, Gus and even Principle Bump to follow him as if they were going to try and make sure he doesn't get hurt. Eda stood out there on the campus grounds and the assailant stood in front of her from a distance as the kids outside ether took shelter inside or found a place to hide or were cowaring outside against the school's walls. The assailant smiled a toothy grin.
"Eda the owl lady. I've heard of you but didn't know you were babysitting little babies." taunted the male assailant.
"What I'm doing here is none of your business. Why don't you go bite yourself." warned Eda.
The male vampire laughed loudly as if told a joke.
"I smell the humans scent on you. Two of them, you have what I want. Give me the humans and I shall not harm anyone else." he advised.
"That's not gonna happen, buster. They're my humans and no one is hurting them. This is your last warning, leave or I'll make you run with the tail between your legs." warned Eda.
The mail assailant cracked his knuckles, than popped his neck. He got into a fighting stance.
"Have it your way." he said.
The male assailant charged after Eda but she formed fire from her hands and used the fire to blast at him like a cannon but he dodged it. He tried to land a punch of her but she dodged it by doing a flip from the right side, landing on her feet.
"You have to try better than that." taunted Eda.
"We have a stubborn one." said the assailant as he got up.
They both formed fire from their hands and blasted balls of fire at each other but each one kept dodging them which not only got them both mad but Eda was starting to laugh.
"You keep missing." taunted Eda with a laugh.
"Sass mouthing witch." he growled.
They both charged at each other again but Eda teleported and looked like she disappeared. The vampire stopped and kept his guard up but without warning, she would reappear and land a punch or more on him. She would keep on teleporting and reappearing to punch him which was proving difficult for him to keep his eyes on her.
"Hold still!" he yelled.
"What's the matter? Afraid to be beaten by a girl?" laughed Eda.
As this was going on, that's when Maxwell came outside the front entrance of the school and saw Eda and the assailant battling it out. Eda reappeared but this time was when the assailant pushed Eda away from him which got her pushed at least ten feet away.
"I wonder what human blood taste like when it's straight from their necks. Maybe I should drain them and drain you afterwards." said the assailant with a grin.
"Over my dead body!" snapped Eda.
"That can be arranged." threatened the assailant.
Just as soon as he was about to charge after him. He turned to see Maxwell from a distance and he smiled with excitement.
"Well, well, well. Would you look at that. One of them decided to came out and face me." chuckled the male vampire.
Eda turned to see Maxwell and her mama bear instincts were not kicking in.
"Maxwell, get back inside, now!" instructed Eda.
"He's mine." growled the male.
He charged at Maxwell at what looked like super human speed but Eda grabbed hold of his long dark hair to stop him from harming him.
"Don't you touch him!" warned Eda.
The assailant grinned and like a rope, he pulled his head which his hair that Eda hung onto pulled her off the ground and he swung her forward to toss her which she went flying about twenty feet away but she used the heels of her boots to stopped herself. The male charged again towards Maxwell but Eda failed to grab him and just when the male vampire was about to grab Maxwell, that's when Maxwell formed a fist and landed a hard punch towards the vampire's face, knocking him off his feet and sent him flying across the grounds, going passed where Eda stood as he used the black boots he wore to stopped himself from skidding off any further. He looked up and couldn't believe an actual human landed a punch on him. Eda smiled at what she just saw.
"The first human to land a hit on me." said the vampire adjusting his mouth.
"Hurts doesn't it?" teased Eda.
The vampire made a movement so fast that it looked like he teleported. Eda's grin was short lived as she looked around and tried to keep her guard up.
"Come on out!" called Eda.
The vampire finally revealed himself as he moved so fast towards Eda that he grabbed hold of her by the neck with one powerful hand. He raised her up in the air as she struggled to get free. The vampire smiled and bared his sharp fangs.
"Maybe I should start with you." he said with an evil chuckle.
Maxwell felt a huge fit of rage kick into him and he teleported in a gold puff of smoke. That's when Luz, King, Willow, Gus and even Principle Bump showed up at the front entrance. What happened next was without the vampire's warning. Maxwell reappeared and as the vampire turned to see him, he got another punch landed on his face, causing him to be sent several feet away, losing his grip on Eda as she landed on her feet.
"Don't you touch her again!" shouted Maxwell in defiance.
The vampire got up on his feet and saw the angry expression on Maxwell's face. Maxwell was filled with rage for the man laying his hands on Eda with threatening force.
"A southern male human defending a witch. And they say chivalry is dead." the vampire commented.
Eda felt thrilled once again to see Maxwell defend her and show he's got a bit of fight in him. The vampire charged at them and pulled out a large knife which both Eda and Maxwell formed a gold light from their hands to deflect each move that he made to try and slash or stab them with his knife.
"How's about I slash you both so you can die together." the vampire threatened.
"Kiss my ass!" said Maxwell defiantly.
Maxwell saw where the vampire's knife was about to go next and with one swift move of his leg, he kicked the knife out of his hand and it was sent to fall on the ground and slid it's way towards the foot of the school's front entrance stairs.
"You stubborn little monkey." snapped the vampire.
He charged at them so fast that they didn't see what his next move was. He was moving around in a formation of circles around them as if he was as fast as Maxwell's running speed. He kept moving around as if so fast that they had a hard time keeping their eye on him.
"Maxie, why did you come out here?" said Eda.
"He lays one hand on you, Luz, King or anyone else. He's dead as door nail." said Maxwell with a growl.
Eda and Maxwell saw that the vampire moved so fast that he couldn't be seen. But he reappeared and caught the upper hand as he was about to land a punch on Eda but in one quick move was when Maxwell did a heroic act by standing in front of Eda and he took the punch for Eda as the vampire punched him in the face, sending him flying across the grounds by seven feet. He lay there on the ground, struggling to get up.
"He took the punch for her." said one of the kids shocked.
Eda was enraged by the fact that this assailant punched Maxwell but she was touched at the same time that Maxwell took the punch for her. She turned towards the vampire and she got punched and was sent flying towards where Maxwell was but she managed to keep on her feet and stand. She rushed towards Maxwell and helped him up on his feet.
"Maxie, are you alright?" said Eda looking frantic.
"He's not allowed to touch you. So I took the blow for you." said Maxwell rubbing his face.
Eda was feeling as though that Maxwell was doing this not just to help her but to prove something. What was he trying to prove was what she wondered.
"Get away from my school and the kids!" shouted Principle Bump.
"And what are any of you going to do about it? I'll feed on the humans and all of you if I have to. There's nothing that a pathetic human, a bitch in red, a no speaking English human girl or a country bumpkin can do anything about it." the vampire insulted.
A fit of rage had kicked into both Eda, Luz and especially Maxwell. They didn't know who was more enraged by such derogatory words.
"What did you just call me?" yelled Eda.
"What did you just say to me?" shouted Luz.
"Country Bumpkin?" yelled Maxwell.
Maxwell was now filled with such rage that he let out a loud lion like growl as his eyes turned gold and a very powerful gold light formed all around him and his body. He charged at the vampire with a battle cry and began to try and land multiple punches and kicks on the man while he was trying to dodge every move. They didn't know who was faster with the moves. Maxwell or the vampire. Luz was seeing that Maxwell was not just fighting against him to defend his friends and everyone there or from the insulting word that the vampire called him, Luz and Eda but also for their honor.
"What a bunch of anger." said the vampire looking surprised.
"I'm gonna kill you, asshole!" shouted Maxwell.
A lot of the kids gasped from the swear words that Maxwell was using as he battled the vampire. Maxwell landed another punch to him but this time, it was a punch to his stomach. This knocked the breath out of him a bit and he stood up with his back hunched over.
"Did he just call him what I think he called him?" said a few of the kids.
"Sock it to him, Maxie!" called Eda looking thrilled.
The vampire got up and charged at Maxwell as every punch or kick he tried to land was only deflected or dodged by Maxwell as he was dodging his every move without fail like he was a graceful dancer.
"Stand still so I can kick your ass!" shouted the vampire.
"You got be faster than that, you parasitic leech." insulted Maxwell.
"You stubborn monkey." growled the vampire.
He tried to make one more punch on Maxwell but he caught his fist with his hands and knew calling this vampire an insulting word or two was going to hurt him like he did to them.
"Go fuck yourself." said Maxwell with a grin.
With an intense brute amount of force, he pushed the vampire across the campus grounds with one brute push. This sent him flying over a dozen feet away which the vampire landed on his sides. He managed to get up on his feet as if he had a good amount of stamina like Maxwell.
"I've never met a human with a bit of fight in him." said the vampire panting a bit.
"Is your old age catching up with you, you old, backwards bat?" insulted Maxwell.
Everyone was surprised that Maxwell was saying such insults towards someone so dangerous yet a lot of the kids were starting to feel a bit of excitement from watching this battle take place. Eda was looking like she was turned on by this side of Maxwell or from how Maxwell was standing up to such a monster. She looked as though she was hoping to see more action. Maxwell made a rapid hand motion and suddenly had at least seven ghost like figures of himself appear in a puff of gold smoke. They all looked more like clones of him as they moved themselves around to confuse this vampire.
"He can do magic like her?" said some of the students.
"Oh, la naiba." said the vampire.
"Come and get it!" said the clones of Maxwell.
The vampire was looking around at them clones that Maxwell formed and he was having an idea to find out which one of them was the real one. He pulled out another knife and started to toss a lot of knives at him and his clones at such speed that it looked like a samurai drawing out their sword. Many of them were tossed towards Maxwell but any of them that were about to go for the kids or anyone else were stopped in mid air like a force field stopped them and the knives would rapidly form into rust and dissolved into dust. The knives that went for him had made the clones disappear in a puff of smoke and all seven of the clones were gone but Maxwell teleported and looked as though he was nowhere to be seen.
"So that's how you want to play this." called out the vampire.
He looked around to try and see if he could spot Maxwell hiding somewhere, everyone else wondered where he went to as they too had no idea what he planned next. The vampire tried to pull out more weapons but he had nothing to pull out, he was out of knives.
"Come on out and fight me like a real man!" called the vampire out sharply. "Come back and face me!"
Maxwell's laughing was heard as if he was toying with this vampire. Without warning, he reappeared and landed a kick to the vampire's face and he let out a groan of pain as he nearly lost his footing. Maxwell was doing a lot of backward flips at a rapid pace till he did one more and landed on his feet.
"Eda, I got a killer idea." came Maxwell's voice into Eda's mind.
The vampire was slightly bleeding from the mouth and looked up towards Maxwell with an expression of rage.
"Come back and take me on like a man!" yelled the vampire as he charged at him.
Maxwell had formed a grin on his face as something sounded like golden age hip hop music was playing on a radio that wasn't seen but they could hear it. Maxwell and the vampire charged at each other and Maxwell dodged his next move but landed a punch to the monster's face twice, nearly knocking him down but he kept his footing.
"Don't call it a comeback. I been here for years, rocking my peers and putting suckers like you in fear. Making the tears rain down like a monsoon. Listen to the bass go boom!"
Maxwell saw that the vampire charged at him again but he snapped his fingers and gave the vampire another punch that resulted in a fiery explosion like a grenade had blown up, nearly sending the monster flying while the kids were starting to dance a bit to this musical hip hop beat. Luz was looking like she was seeing an exciting boxing match she was cheering for while Eda was looking overjoyed at this battle as Maxwell was gaining the upper hand. Everytime the vampire tried to land a hit on Maxwell, he dodged it and landed a hard hit to the vampire.
"Explosion, overpowering. Over the competition I'm towering. Wrecking shop, when I drop these lyrics that'll make you call the cops!"
The hip hop music was getting plenty of the kids excited to see such a battle between two people while Luz and Eda couldn't help but make somewhat of a dance with their hips to this.
"Don't you dare stare, you better move. Don't ever compare. Me to the rest that'll all get sliced and diced. Competition's paying the price!"
The vampire was trying to land a punch or kick to Maxwell but he kept successfully dodging them and he would deflect or cancel out any magic that the vampire tried to use. Maxwell was starting to land a punch on the vampire when ever he dodged a move from him. He began to sing out words like "I'm gonna knock you out" while he would say "Mama said knock you out" he would land a punch on the vampire everytime he said each phrase.
"Knock him out cold, Maxie!" called out Luz.
"Yeah, knock this bozo out!" cheered Eda.
Maxwell appeared to be faster while the vampire male was slowly starting to slow down. Maxwell was practically dancing around him to mock him.
"Don't you call this a regular jam. I'm gonna rock this land. I'm gonna take this new world by storm. And I'm just getting warm. Just like Muhummad Ali they called him Cassius. Watch me bash this beat like a skull"
When Maxwell said that was when he dodged another punch and another use of magic from the vampire and punched him in the face hard, nearly making him a bit dizzy and he tried to keep his footing as he was getting it handed to him by a male human teenager.
"Cause you know I had beef wit. Why do you riff with me, the maniac psycho. And when I pull out my jammy get ready 'cause it might go
Blaw"
Anothe fiery explosion was seen when Maxwell punched the vampire with fire that formed around his fist and it was like a hand grenade going off.
"How ya like me now? The ripper will not allow!"
Some of the kids were nearly cheering for this as Maxwell dodged every move that the vampire made for him like he was dodging him through a confident, graceful dance motion.
"You to get with, Mr. Smith, don't riff. Listen to my gear shift. I'm blasting, outlasting. Kinda like Shaft, so you could say I'm shafting. Olde English filled my mind, and I came up with a funky rhyme!"
The vampire was about to make another move towards him but Maxwell dodged it by leaning towards the left and he landed another hard punch on the vampire as the monster was starting to tire but kept going. Every punch that Maxwell landed on him was nearly causing him to bleed a bit. He sung out words "I'm gonna knock you out" while he would say "Mama said knock you out" again and he would land a punch on the vampire everytime he said each phrase.
"I'm gonna knock you out! Mama said knock you out! I'm gonna knock out! Mama said knock you out!"
Maxwell saw that he was about to try to bite him but he used his foot to kick him in the face and knock him down to the ground. He struggled to get up as Maxwell danced around him to mock him. A lot of the kids, even Luz, Gus, Willow, Eda and even King were looking as though they were a thrilled audience that were watching a live kick boxing match.
"Yeah! Dance the boogie! Dance the boogie! Dance the boogie! Dance the boogie!"
The vampire managed to get up and made one more attempt to try and kill Maxwell but as he charged at Maxwell with a battle cry like roar, he only met Maxwell's fist to his face when the human male turned to punch him in the face. Maxwell kept dodging his moves and landing punches to his face, chest and even parts of his sides.
"Knock you out! Mama said knock you out!"
Everytime he sang out "I'm gonna knock you out" he landed harder punches to the vampire's face and he did so again everytime he sang out "Mama said knock you out" Maxwell was gaining the upper hand and looked as though he was clearly the winner of this battle when the vampire formed a ball of fire in his hands and was about to toss them at Maxwell but he formed huge balls of water from his hands and used them to put the fire balls out everytime they came at him. The vampire moved so fast this one last time that he looked like he teleported and Maxwell winded up his fist and he listened to the sound with his ears as he could hear the rapid foot steps coming his way from the vampire and he turned around behind him as he saw the vampire reappear which Maxwell was ready.
"Mama said knock you out!" cried Maxwell.
Maxwell landed the hardest punch to the vampire's face and it made a bone cracking sound that showed that Maxwell broke the vampire's jaw, sending him flying as the music stopped. The vampire was sent flying towards Eda and that's when Luz rushed to Eda's side and both Eda and Luz formed a fist.
"Mama said knock you out!" said Eda and Luz in unison.
Both Eda and Luz landed a hard punch to the vampire's face and it sent him flying back towards Maxwell. That's when Maxwell pulled out his necklace that had a golden cross as he wrapped the chain around his hand and just as the vampire went for him, that's when Maxwell punched him in the face one last time which the cross touched the vampire's face. The vampire was sent flying but his body caught on fire and was consumed by the flames as he landed on the ground but turned into dust that got blown into the wind.
"The power of christ compels you." said Maxwell with a pant.
The glowing gold in Maxwell's eyes disappeared and turned back to blue while the gold energy around him disappeared as he made his way towards Eda, Luz and King while plenty of the kids were ether shocked, surprised, some of them didn't know what to think, say or do while plenty of them felt like cheering for joy. Many of the kids suddenly cheered for the victory as Eda, King and Luz cheered him on.
"Yeah, that's my boy! Our boy is king of the world!" cheered King.
"That's my Maxie boy, kicking butts and taking names!" cheered Eda.
Maxwell finally made it to Eda, Luz and King as they embraced him in a group hug and he hugged them back. They were thrilled and proud of him for defeating a vampire.
"Alright, anyone who has to be at their classes, go back to your classes. Show is over." called out Principle Bump.
Many of the students groaned but knew they had to go back to class as many of them walked back to their classes and both Eda, Luz, King and Maxwell turned to face Principle Bump as he walked over towards them.
"Maxwell, this power you speak of. I haven't seen a human perform such magic or anything so powerful since Edalyn had attended Hexside." said Principle Bump slowly recovering from the shock. "Did Edalyn teach you how to use it?"
"I didn't teach him that." answered Eda honestly.
This left Principle Bump surprised. He expected that he learned how to use this power from Eda but now he was not sure who taught him.
"Than how did you learn how to use it?" asked Principle Bump curiously.
"The person I ran into. When he shook hands with me, I felt something weird going on in my body. All the knowledge on how to wield it or use it felt like it poured into my mind as if one hundred years of knowledge on how to use it poured into my head like water into a bucket." explained Maxwell.
"This man, what did he look like?" asked Principle Bump.
"Over six feet tall, looked like he was a muscular hulk. He had his head shaved bald, looked as though he could be the same age as you. He wore a silver kimono." Maxwell described.
Principle Bump knew that who ever this person was had to be someone who attended Hexside a long time ago if he was around the same age as him. He was feeling curious but knew he had to put that aside for the time being.
"He could've gone to Hexside when I attended here. But even if I was to look for old student records of all students who attended here when I was attending, I doubt I'll find anything." said Principle Bump sadly. "But it can't kill me to find out."
"We'll probably never see a softer side of Bump but this is probably the closest thing to it." said Eda giggling.
"I wouldn't get used to it. I do have to issue authority when I have to." stated Principle Bump.
"So is my human attending here or what?" said Eda getting impatient.
Principle Bump had a serious and stoic expression as he let out a sigh.
"While I am impressed at how he wielded such power with those forms of magic and even how he can handle an armed assailant. He should know that no one gets special treatment, even the students who play a sport in the athletics program don't get special treatment from me since no one can get by me with flirtation or kissing up." Principle Bump stated.
Maxwell was hanging onto his every word which he could sense Principle Bump was getting dramatic. This was causing his hopes to fade as if he knew some bad news was coming.
"Predicting that this mad man was coming here did alert us about the situation before it came banging at the door. With such power he possesses, it's almost like seeing Eda with how powerful her magic appears to be, can't tell which is more powerful though since I've seen how Eda uses her magic and I'm just now seeing how Maxwell wields his power." said Principle Bump adding on.
Maxwell let out a nervous cough and hiccup from hearing this. He felt like he disagreed with one of those statements.
"I don't think I'm more powerful Eda, sir. Eda's clearly the most powerful." said Maxwell blushing.
Eda felt a sense of pride hearing that but she also knew that Maxwell was possibly right. Principle Bump cleared his throat.
"I see. So you really want to attend Hexside to get a better control over this power? Not just because you fear you'll lose control over it and hurt someone you care about, or yourself? But you want to learn magic and attend with Luz?" said Principle Bump.
"I do. I don't want to be apart from Luz if she goes here and I didn't. It would break my heart." said Maxwell sounding depressed about the subject. "But also, if I lose control of this power, than just think. If I was to lose control over it, than who knows who could get hurt in the line of fire. Losing control over this power would be like setting a building on fire but if I learn to control it to prevent it from getting out of my own control, than it puts out the fire."
Principle Bump did seem to agree that Maxwell's metaphor made sense. He knew that he wouldn't want the school to catch on fire nor did he want anyone to get caught on fire.
"A compelling reason or two, I'll admit." Principle Bump agreed.
A thought just popped up into Maxwell's head and he knew that it was something that concerned both him, Eda and Luz.
"Sir, forgive me for interrupting but if I was to attend here, you wouldn't tell the Emperor or his coven that me and Luz are attending her? And you wouldn't tell them that Eda enrolled us here? Would you?" asked Maxwell politely.
"No. Hexside School is safe for you both. I'm the principal, not a stooge. Consider Edalyn's pupils our pupils." said Principle Bump reassuring him.
"Oh gracias a dios." said Maxwell with a sigh of relief.
"Uh, can someone translate?" asked Principle Bump looking clueless.
"He's just grateful to know that. Lets just say him and Lilith don't get along for a reason. Don't ask." Luz translated but also warned.
Principle Bump could see that there is a strong bond between Maxwell and Luz, they knew a foreign language and sensed they knew more, probably more than him when it comes to anything involving humans in the subject. He also knew that Maxwell was almost like another Eda but different somewhat. He remembered that didn't get along well with Eda but he remembered that Maxwell and Eda did help save the kids from an unevolved vampire, he knew what he had to do.
"Well, he did save the students, teachers and staff from a dangerous man that threatened to kill anyone who got in his way, even if he was after only humans, without his psychic vision or his assistance along with Edalyn. Than we would've had some casualties. In light of that, barring any more trouble, you shall officially be enrolled in Hexside School next semester with Luz." stated Principle Bump with a smile.
Hearing that felt like Maxwell's heart raced from excitement and it felt like he was struck by lightning. He was almost speechless and stood there like a statue. They all looked at him with a worried feeling. Principle Bump's smile faded a bit as he now looked worried.
"Is he alright? I expected him to jump for joy or as the kids say, breakdance." said Principle Bump looking worried.
"Maxie, you alright, big guy? Say something." said King trying to get his attention.
A grin slowly spread across Maxwell's face, he began to chuckle and ran towards Eda to embrace her. He was jumping for joy briefly but felt so relieved like a huge weight was lifted off his back. Eda was half expecting this but didn't know it would be so sudden.
"This is the nicest thing anyone's ever done for me. Thank you, Eda, both to you, King and Luz." said Maxwell shedding a tear.
Eda seemed to at least let Maxwell hug her since she knew that he probably was going to feel like the happiest boy on the Boiling Isles. She placed her hands on Maxwell's shoulders.
"Maxie, looked up at me for a minute." instructed Eda.
Maxwell looked up towards her as he smiled and wiped the tear of joy from his eyes.
"Hey Bump, give us a minute alone so I can at least talk him." suggested Eda.
Principle Bump nodded and backed up a few feet and Eda turned to look at Maxwell.
"Maxie, I've told Luz this before when I enrolled her at Hexside. I'm only doing this because I have faith in you like I have faith in Luz. And I know you're too smart to fall for that One‐Witch, One‐Coven nonsense. This power you possess, I know you wanted me to originally teach you how to control it, since your going here to learn how to control it, don't worry, I'm not hurt by it. The fact that you wanted to attend here to not only be with Luz but also learn magic and a way to control this power along with the fact that you tried not to hurt my feelings in wanting to go, proves your a sweet kid with a bit of a rebel in you and I'm proud that you didn't want to hurt me." explained Eda with a grin. "You can learn a lot from the witches here. And maybe teach them some of that Bad Girl Coven magic too. Or in your case, teach them some of that Bad Boy Coven magic."
"I didn't hear that. I really didn't hear any of that last bit." stated Principle Bump.
Maxwell felt his heart had grown a bit larger from hearing Eda's words. Eda gave him an affectionate head patting to his head but also reached out with her other hand to briefly tickle Maxwell's belly which caused him to shake and laugh.
"That tickles." chuckled Maxwell.
Luz and King came over to them and joined in on hugging Maxwell as Eda was comfortable in letting them join in. They were hugging Maxwell as they felt happy knowing that he would be attending Hexside with Luz. Even to Luz, she felt the more of her friends going with her to school, the better. After hugging him and each other for a bit, they released their arms from each other.
"There is one little thing I will suggest." said Principle Bump.
"What ever it is. I'm not cutting my hair." said Maxwell brushing his fingers through his long, beautiful hair.
"I was going to suggest that you try to tone down the language a little." advised Principle Bump.
Maxwell let out a sigh of relief. He was glad that he didn't have to cut his hair short since he really loves having his thick, full, and voluminous hair to be long and beautiful like a lion's mane.
"I can't make any promises. Sometimes we slip up without meaning to." warned Maxwell.
"I can somewhat live with that. Now, with that accomplished, Eda, we have some paperwork to fill out." Principle Bump stated.
"I figured that I'd have to." said Eda annoyed.
Eda looked back at Maxwell with a grin.
"You better enjoy this place, kid." said Eda patting Maxwell on the head.
"Yes ma'am. But if I end up not enjoying this place, than you have my permission to pull me out and tell me what to do for the rest of my life. I could never hurt nor disobey you." said Maxwell kindly giving her permission in this.
Eda could tell that Maxwell telling her this and giving her permission to pull him out of his school and tell him what to do for the rest of his life was not only a huge gamble but she could tell that Maxwell was completely submissive to her for some reason. She brushed it off but suspected it was him letting her have power over him this way out of respect. She smiled and planted a kiss to Maxwell's cheek. This caused him to blush and feel his heart race but this time, he didn't faint. As Eda walked off to fill out the paperwork to have Maxwell enrolled, that's when Luz, King, Willow and Gus came over to Maxwell.
"She actually kissed you again and you didn't faint this time. I didn't expect that." said Gus surprised.
"I...I can't disobey her." said Maxwell with a hiccup.
Luz pulled Maxwell in for a hug and he came out of his shocked and dazed like state.
"I'm glad you'll be coming with me to Hexside." said Luz happily.
"Me too." said Maxwell hugging her back.
Luz hugged Maxwell a little tighter while Willow and Gus joined in. Maxwell groaned from the tight grip.
"Guys, hugging too tight. Too tight, can't breathe." said Maxwell weakly.
They loosened their grip as he let out a breathing sigh of relief.
"We should give Maxie a tour of Hexside." suggested Gus.
"I can show him what plants not to touch in the greenhouse. And then I can let him and you guys touch them." said Willow with a mischievous grin.
"I'm up for it." said Maxwell looking thrilled.
Luz, Willow, King and Gus lead Maxwell by the hand to the school and got him inside as they given him a tour of the Hexside. While they gave him a tour, they would interact with the magical plants and they knew just like when Luz was given a tour of the school, they knew Maxwell was new to this. Willow showed him what sort of plants they had and how they interact with them and how they care for them. To their surprise, Maxwell would show a peaceful interaction with the magical plants as he had a beautiful singing voice that would get the magical plants to behave peacefully yet he did have them plants dancing when he had dance music that was playing on his portable radio, even the students in there were dancing, even the teacher.
They gave him a tour of the rest of the school which they did engage in a little humorous mischief which Maxwell was a bit new to but they encouraged him positively to have a little fun which he did. It was as if he never felt so alive. After some time had gone by, they were making their way back towards the principle's office to reunite with Eda. Eda had already gotten the paperwork done with Principle Bump as they were about to walk out of the office.
"Glad that's over. Just so you know Bump, if anything happens to my humans. Than you'll have to answer to me. I don't want any harm coming to them. Understand?" said Eda firmly.
"I understand. Yet I do want to know. This male human, does he have any sort of physical or mental conditions we need to know about? Such as any allergies or disabilities?" asked Principle Bump curiously.
Eda looked around and saw no one was around and looked back at him.
"He said that a doctor never found anything at all, which that's none of anyone's business." Eda stated firmly.
"Understood." said Principle Bump.
Eda and Principle Bump waked out of the office and found Luz, King, Willow, Gus and Maxwell nearby. They saw them talking each other.
"You never told us you could sing like that." said Gus looking surprised.
"In the human realm. I took some music lessons here and there." said Maxwell looking pleased.
"Maxie's going to be mister popular and he's gonna get all the girls." teased King laughing.
Luz giggled and took hold of King and carried him as both her and Maxwell would playfully tickle his belly, causing him to laugh and squirm. Eda smiled at the sight. She could sense that Maxwell will get his power under control and be able to be less saddened by going to Hexside with Luz. She felt Maxwell will do well like Luz.
"Smell you later, Bump." giggled Eda.
"Oh Eda." said Principle Bump with a sigh to her joke.
Eda walked over towards them and as Willow and Gus hugged King, Luz and Maxwell, they walked off afterwards as they knew they'd see each other again soon. Eda lead the way as Luz, King and Maxwell followed her down the hallways.
"So Maxie, how was your experience with getting a look at Hexside through out the tour?" asked Eda.
"Looks better than the schools in the human realm, that's for sure." answered Maxwell. "Permission to speak freely?"
"Go ahead, little man." Eda told him.
"What were you like when you were attending Hexside?" asked Maxwell curiously while blushing.
Eda looked serious for a moment and fell silent.
"I'm not saying a word about it." said Eda firmly.
Maxwell blushed deeper and looked a bit disappointed as he nearly looked away and hung his head. Eda suddenly smiled and laughed.
"I'm kidding. I was quite the rebel at that age. I was one sassy, wild child." laughed Eda with a snort. "I was practically kicking butt and taking names when I had to. You would not believe the pranks I pulled, hahaha."
Eda patted and ruffled Maxwell's head with her hand and Maxwell felt better to know she was only pulling his leg.
"You can say I did like you once mentioned. Mama said knock you out." said Eda making a punching motion. "The way you made Bump's magic backfire on him, how you dealt with him and how you took down that blood sucker. That was totally awesome, look out Hexside, you're dealing with Maxie and he's gonna knock you out."
Maxwell let out a laugh and felt his heart was beating for Eda as if his heart was cheering Eda on when he heard Eda hyping him up the way she did. They walked out of the school and once they've headed home, they felt like they've made a huge accomplishment for not just themselves but for Maxwell's emotional growth.
"Eda, what did you look like when you attended Hexside?" asked Maxwell curiously.
Eda smiled and pulled Maxwell to the couch as she got out what looked like pictures of her when she was a student at Hexside. What Maxwell saw seem to have him feeling as though his heart was struck by Eda's appearance when she was a young student. The bright, fiery orange hair she had back than and what she looked like as a student back than had his heart racing faster than it ever has. The picture that showed her when she pulled the prank in the locker room with Eda showing a mischievious and naughty grin. The picture that showed her prank that went on in the cafeteria and the look of determination she had on her face. The picture that showed the prank that she pulled by hexing the school bells. The picture that showed Eda when she found some giant bugs that tore up ether parts of the school or a class room from the looks of it. Showing that she was riding one of their backs with a cute grin that looked like she was fighting the urge to laugh with a naughty angelic grin. The picture that showed her prank she pulled on the Grudgby field. Even more pictures he saw of Eda as a student.
"I actually thought Principle Bump was exaggerating at first when he said Eda was a terrible student. Only because when a teacher and a student didn't get along, they'd exaggerate from frustration." explained Luz.
"She's not a terrible student." muttered Maxwell.
They turned to look at Maxwell and they saw him blushing deeply.
"You had bright, fiery orange hair?" said Maxwell looking surprised.
Maxwell knew that Eda had that sort of hair color from a vision he had of the past but he was feeling like he was seeing a more beautiful side of Eda with her natural hair color. Eda giggled.
"Oh I sure did. I was one fiery bad girl." said Eda looking pleased.
Maxwell may have been sitting down with them but he fell over to his side, leaning on Eda with his head leaning on her shoulder. They saw he was blushing and they let out a chuckle.
"He went a little longer without fainting this time. That might be his personal best." Eda chuckled.
"Maybe Maxie's struck by Eda's beautiful appearance when he saw her pictures of her as a student." said King with a giggle. "Maxie likes Eda, hahahahahaha."
As King was laughing, he fell off the couch and onto the floor as he tried to stop laughing.
"Okay, I know what you girls are thinking. I made a joke, fell over, and it all means karma." King said realizing things.
They knew King was right and as they saw Maxwell blushing and out like a light, it was like he was sleeping. They all smiled.
"You know, he's kind of cute when he's out like a light." said King blushing.
"He's had quite a day but he looks like a cute baby when he's asleep." said Luz cutely.
Just as soon as Eda was about to lay him down, they saw his lips moving a bit as they could hear him muttering something. They grew curious to what it was.
"Luz, can you hear what he's saying?" asked Eda curiously.
As Luz listened to what Maxwell was saying, she could make out what little words he had muttered.
"Qué mujer." muttered Maxwell.
Luz was a bit confused by what Maxwell said in the Spanish language. She knew what he said but didn't know who or what it was directed at.
"He said what a woman." Luz translated.
Both Luz, King and Eda wondered about a thing or more when Maxwell said that in Luz's native language. Who could he referring to when he said "What a Woman" Luz and King knew that Maxwell was in love with who they knew is apparently a mystery woman but since he hadn't told them who it was, than both Eda, King and Luz wondered. Who was Maxwell referring to?
