Chapter seven:
"Okay class." Caleb begins as class begins. "Today we will be doing a different activity." He explains. "One which you will be split up for."
The class glance to each other wondering what is going to happen as a few even mutter to each other. They turn back to their teachers as they continue.
"We will be working on riding familiars." Kdin steps forward. "The class will be divided into two for this. The first group will be those that can ride their familiars and those that can't. If your twos level skill is high enough then it will be up to the familiar whether riding is allowed just yet. If you still need to work with your familiar then you will be put in the other class. We have evaluated each of you over the time you've been in our class and it has given us a good idea on who will be in each class."
"So let's do this." Caleb speaks up.
Kdin and Caleb help the class to split into two groups.
As expected Michael and Gavin are in the riding half and Ray and Ryan are in the still need work half.
"Okay good." Caleb nods satisfied. "The riding half will follow me and the need more work will stay here with Kdin." He leads the one half of the class away while the rest stay where they are.
Kdin turns to his group. "Okay everyone." He begins. "You'll be working with your familiar for now. I will be walking around and helping in anyway needed. Familiars will need to be in their familiar form for today. So let's begin. Spread out by don't go farther than needed."
Those in this half of the class spread out to have their own space only to turn to each other.
Kdin begins walking around with his hands linked together behind his back as he looks around himself.
Ray and Ryan look into each other's eyes.
"This will give us some time to work on your familiar form." Ray suggests and Ryan nods in agreement.
Ryan transforms into his familiar form so they can begin.
Meanwhile...
Caleb has lead his half to a balcony that is the highest one in the school. "Now I know you all don't have a flying familiar. So this is how we are going to work it." He glances around to the class. "I have asked for some help today. Those who don't have flying familiars will head to just inside with Burnie and Joel."
The students separate into flying and nonflying familiars.
"Alright. We can begin." Caleb speaks again once this is done. "Under my supervision witches will need to jump off of the railing and the familiar needs to catch their witch." He explains and a few students look down in fright. "Familiars will then need to go to the balcony across from us. Witches can help however no teleportation spells or anything like that. You can only land on the ground below if you don't think you'll be able to make it to the other balcony or need an emergency landing. Do not worry as you will be caught before you get hurt if something goes wrong. Let's do this!"
Since Lindsay is the closest she is asked to go first.
Meg comes around ready to also begin.
"Alright. When you're ready." Caleb informs Lindsay and Meg after he moves closer to the edge just in case something goes wrong.
Lindsay turns to Meg in which they nod to each other before Lindsay turns back to the railing. She places her hands on it then she jumps onto it crouching on it with her hands still resting there. She glances down to the dizzying height before doing a slight hop kicking her legs over the edge and releasing the railing to let herself begin to plummet.
Meg closes her eyes and transforms into her familiar form. She in her Pheonix form flies out of the smoke and past the railing only to bring her wings close to her body as she swoops down. Her feathers are beautiful as they look like a majestic fire and they shine just the right amount in the sun. She continues to swoop heading to catch Lindsay who looks to her and as she continues she looks like a ball of fire flying downwards. She makes sure that she is a larger size in order to be able to let Lindsay actually ride her.
Lindsay smiles and turns her body in the air enough for her to be lying down on her back as she continues to fall. She closes her eyes waiting for Meg to catch her.
Meg swoops under her and turns spreading her wings to allow Lindsay to land on her so they are back to back. She swoops upwards making sure to not climb up too steeply and Lindsay rolls over onto her stomach and gently grips some feathers on Megs neck careful to not hurt Meg or yank any out. She flaps her wings gaining height again. She flies to the balcony they have to go to and flaps her wings leaning back to slow down. She lands on the railing clutching it with her talons. She bows down to allow Lindsay to climb off onto the balcony and only once Lindsay is safely off does Meg turn back to human as she hops off the railing to land on the balcony.
"Good." Caleb nods satisfied then turns to see who is next. "Alright. Next up is Luna and Kira."
A girl with black hair that has died dark purple bottom half that fades to a dark blue color and navy blue eyes steps forward. Her hair fluttering slightly as she moves forward only to settle back into her shoulders. Her hat is that of a familiars hat with a black and starry sky ribbon. She has a girl with pixie style dark brown hair and dark brown eyes coming up along with her. She turns to the brown haired girl. "Ready Kira?" She questions.
"Ready." Kira nods and she heads to the railing placing her hands on it. She glances back one last time to ensure that Luna is ready receiving a nod. She turns to face forward again and pushes herself like a hop.
As her feet land on the railing she is crouching on the railing without touching it except for her feet.
She jumps upward jumping over the railing not even a second after landing on the railing. She begins to fall and Luna takes that as her que.
Luna transforms into her familiar form in a glow of light and now she is a black bat. She swoops down heading for Kira. She flaps her wings in attempt to pick up some speed. She gets under Kira catching her and moving back up as Kira remains lying on her back. She gets to the other balcony in which Kira climbs off.
Caleb turns to Michael. "Alright Michael and Gavin." He says. "You're next."
"Okay!" Gavin says then he and Michael move over to the railing.
They take a second to close their eyes and sense each other. Their breathing begins to become in sync and once their breath is in sync which only takes a second or two they open their eyes at the exact same time. They look so ready to do this.
Michael dashes for the railing and hops over it with two hands on the railing; then as he swings his legs over he only has one hand on the railing to not hit his other arm with his legs. He drops down off the balcony.
Gavin runs towards the railing and seems to go to jump once he reaches it without touching the railing. He transforms into his falcon form and as he takes to the air he gets bigger. He swoops once past the railing and with his wings close to his body he speedily heads for his witch.
Michael is completely relaxed knowing that Gavin will catch him.
Gavin comes up next to him so they are facing each other as they fall head first.
Then after a brief moment Gavin turns so he's falling more feet first as Michael also turns to so his stomach is facing down.
Michael is not worried about anything as he waits for Gavin to make his move.
Gavin swiftly moves under Michael so the other is on his back. He had caught him faster than any of the others as expected as they thought that they'd go closer to the ground but it's still impressive to them. He opens his wings to allow him to fly now. He swiftly swoops up and heads to the balcony swiftly getting them there safely.
Caleb smiles softly. "Those two always seem to impress me." He speaks under his breath then he turns to the others that are waiting.
...
A pair of footsteps come to a stop as they look to the town.
A chuckle is heard as one smirks. "Finally." A voice speaks when the chuckling stops. "We have arrived. We are here." Once the words are done there is a slight chuckle.