Chapter 16- School sucks

The holidays were over and Carlie, Jess, Lyndsay and Nathan were back at school. The first lesson for Lyndsay was Maths. Mrs. Holt always talked in a monotone when she taught and it sent most of the students to sleep. As Lyndsay sat at her desk day dreaming her vision tunnelled into a large bright light and she saw a girl who looked about seven, walking in the park then she saw a large shadow that covered her face. Lyndsay began to scream. She closed her eyes and when she opened them, she was back in the classroom and everyone was looking at her.

"Are you okay?" Mrs. Holt asked

"Um...can I go to the sick bay?" Lyndsay asked.

Mrs. Holt nodded and Lyndsay quickly began to walk down the hall.

/Nathan, did you hear something just then/

/ I take it you had a vision/ Nathan answered.

/Yeah, did you happen to hear a girl scream/ Lyndsay asked.

/No. All I heard was someone saying 'I'm a friend of your brothers' and then this weird gagging sound/ Nathan answered.

/I've just gotten out of Maths and I'm suppose to be going to the sick bay/

/Can we talk about this later, I'm in French and I'm getting yelled at/ Nathan said

Lyndsay walked into the girls' bathroom, she didn't want to go to the sick bay but she didn't want to go back to class either. She closed the door to the cubical and sat on the toilet. Looking at her watch she noticed that class didn't end for another forty minutes. She decided to talk to Carlie.

Professor Binns was babbling on about something that didn't remotely interest Carlie when Lyndsay's voice filled her head.

/Hey, what you up to/

/Nothing, got History of magic and it's the worst subject ever/ Carlie answered.

/I just had a vision and I freaked out so I got sent out of Maths and now I'm sitting in the toilets waiting for class to end/

/That sounds interesting/ Carlie replied.

/oh it is/

/Did you like Fred and George/ Carlie asked.

/They're nice; remind me a lot of Lewis and Jax/ Lyndsay answered

/As much as magic is cool, I'd rather be with you guys any day/ Carlie said.

/I wanna see Hogwarts, maybe I can orb in one day/

/That would be so cool/ Carlie said.

Lyndsay heard someone coming in to the toilets; she didn't really take any notice and continued to talk to Carlie.

/So what do you have today/

/I have after this defence against the dark arts I dunno what else/ Carlie answered

Lyndsay was leaning back on the toilet seat when the door burst open. It looked like something out of a sci-fi movie; it was a wrinkled thing with no hair wearing a cloak. It growled at her baring its yellowed fangs. Lyndsay jumped of the toilet and tried to do something.

POWERS GIRL! USE YOUR POWERS! Her mind screamed. Lyndsay closed her eyes and tried to force her way into the demon's mind. She managed to get in a little but was repelled by a force. Lyndsay didn't know what else to do, then it hit her. ORB! Lyndsay closed her eyes and orbed behind the demon. It spun around and launched for her. Lyndsay ducked out of the way and it ran into the wall.

Okay, it's not very fast reacting, so if I duck it enough maybe it will knock itself out. Lyndsay thought. As it got back up, Lyndsay positioned herself in front of the cubical wall, once again the creature launched itself at her and she ducked, it ran into the wall and it collapsed. The demon got out of the rubble and launched at Lyndsay again though this time it seemed to know she was going to duck and grabbed her as she tried too duck. He pinned her down and snarled at her. Lyndsay was just thinking that no one had noticed the crash when Mr. Parish, the school principal came in. He stopped in his tracks when he saw the creature pinning Lyndsay to the ground.

"A little help here would be nice" Lyndsay gasped as the creature pinned her.

Mr. Parish's eyes were as wide as dinner plates as he gaped at Lyndsay. Then blue particles gathered near the sink and Marcus appeared. He snapped his fingers and Mr. Parish froze. He waved his hand and the demon flew into the wall.
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"Lyndsay, are you alright?" he asked

Lyndsay nodded and watched as the demon got to its feet. Marcus moved his hands as if a ball was in them and soon a large white ball of electricity appeared in them and he threw it at the demon which exploded into a thousand pieces.

"Lyndsay, where's Nathan?" Marcus asked as he helped Lyndsay to her feet

"In class"

Marcus thought for a second and then his face lit up.

"You are suppose to be in the sick bay right?" he asked

"Yeah"

"Well go there now and say that you've just been sick in the toilets and you think you need to go home. They'll send you home and you can orb over to the house." Marcus explained

"What about Nathan and the others?" Lyndsay asked.

"I will deal with Nathan and Carlie and Jess are safe for the moment" Marcus answered "Now go and look sick."

Lyndsay nodded, stifling a snicker as she past her frozen principal.

"And can you tell me why you think you're to good to do your homework when everyone else had made an effort?" Snape growled.

Carlie, with all the excitment of the holidays events, hadn't done any homework at all. So far she had gotten detention from each teacher and she knew she was about to get another.

"But sir not everyone made an effort." Carlie butted in. "Jess didn't do his homework either."

Jess hid his smile. Like Carlie he had not touched any homework but he had bullied a Ravenclaw second year (actually Matthew had bullied her) into doing most of his homework. He didn't bother with potions since Snape couldn't care less about him.

Snape ignored the comment and continued. "So for your lack of work I'm taking twenty points from Gryffindor and giving you a detention." He looked down at Carlie who had a pen (she point blank refused to use a quill) and parchment ready.

"What is that for?" He asked.

Carlie smiled and answered in a very perky voice: "I haven't done homework for any subjects and have been given a detention for everyone of them so I have to write down where I have to be so I don't forget."

The class snickered but Snape's piercing gaze silenced them. "You think this is all a joke?"

"Well I sure don't think it's that serious." Shrugged Carlie.

He bent down so his eyes were level with her own. "Maybe two detentions would be better for you? Or maybe a whole weeks worth?" He hissed.

Carlie looked down at the parchment. "Well today I'm taken up until eight o'clock but I think I can fit you in tomorrow night around 5 maybe but I might have detention from Professor Quirrel so I'm not sure yet whether or not I'll be free."

"8 o'clock tonight and tomorrow night." He stood up and went back to the class.

Lyndsay and Nathan had been at Marcus's place almost all day.

"What a way to start the term" Lyndsay had remarked to Nathan when they'd first got there.

They'd been swimming most of the day; the pool was heated and was a lovely luke warm temperature. Jess had just turned up and was chatting to Nathan about something that Lyndsay couldn't care less about hen Carlie orbed next to Jess.

"You guys are so lucky, you get to swim all day" Carlie exclaimed as she sat down next to the pool. Lyndsay swam up to the edge and talked to her for a while. Marcus soon came in and he didn't look very happy.

"What's up with you?" Lyndsay asked.

Marcus sighed "I need to find the book of shadows; otherwise you are going to get in trouble when the harder demons come along."

"How do we find this book then?" Lyndsay asked.

Marcus sighed. "That's the hard part, it hasn't been seen for a hundred years."

"Bugger." Nathan remarked.

"We need to speak to the last know keeper of the book. Carmlie Natura. He'll help when he sees you all together." Marcus explained.

"Where does this Carmlie live?" Lyndsay asked.

"I had to ask." Lyndsay grumbled as they trudged through the baron wasteland that was Carmlie Natura's home.

"Hello!" Carlie called. "Mr. Natura?"

The thing that scurried out of a mound of garbage resembled a mole. "What?" It wheezed.

Nathan pushed Lyndsay forward. "Hi I'm Lyndsay and this is Carlie and Jess and Nathan and we're...we're..." She stammmered as the thing scuttled forward so that it's nose was inches from Lyndsay's.

"You're who?"

"We're the Sorceresses Circle." Carlie said.

There was silence and then the thing scuttled back and took them in. "You can't be. Prove it to me!"

Lyndsay shrugged and concentrated on the thing. To the rest of them she did nothing but it knew what she did.

"Oh the goddess of wind!" He chriped and bowed to Lyndsay.

Nathan stepped foward and stood there. "The deity of water." It whispered and bowed.

Carlie stepped foward and held out her hand. Flames lit within it and it bowed to her. "The mistress of fire."

Jess stood and closed his eyes when he opened them he wasn't sure what he did but it was bowing to him also. "The Spirit of water."

"My friends. The book of Shadows you require am I correct?" It asked.

"Yes. Do you have it?" Lyndsay asked.

It shook it's head. "No. It was stolen. Let me explain..."

For hours they sat and listened to the weirdest tale ever. When they left they were no closer to finding the book and exhausted they all orbed back to where they should have been.

Carlie appeared in the Gryffindor common room and collasped in an armchair. She felt something prod her in the ribs and pulled out the parchment in which her detentions were recorded on.

"Oh shit" She groaned.

She was in trouble; she'd missed three detentions and all to listen to a mole man talk for hours.

Maybe this sorceress's thing was more trouble than it was worth.