Iv deicded, as iv finished chapter 25, Im going to post this one and the next one.. Now. A day early. Enjoy! All students mentioned are not ocs.. They are from the magical Mysteries game. And Miss Spellbinder is from the worst witch movie. I just gave some students a personality, Nothing more.
With that out the way!
Chapter 23: A Student's day.
Mildred woke up to a small knock on the door, followed by Pippa's cheerful voice. "Wakey Wakey! Andrea will be around shortly to take you to Breakfast!" With that, Miss Pentangle had wandered off. Leaving Mildred to jump out of bed, brush her hair, and dress in her usual Cackles outfit.
It was scary joining another school for a day. But, it was also utterly exciting! Mildred spent the next ten minutes pacing her room. She wondered if she should have gone and cheeked on Miss Hardbroom.. But she was probably already up and gone by now!
Before Mildred knew it, the knock on the door came. She rushed to open it. Standing before her was a girl maybe a year older than Mildred. "Hello! I'm Andrea Sledwick. And You just Must be Mildred!" She gave her a bright smile. Her Purple Uniform perfectly complementing her tanned complexion, dark hair and brown eyes. It looked almost as if it was made for her. Mildred longed for a Uniform that nice.. She'd thought that back during the spelling bee, but even more so now.
"Hi.. You can call me Millie, if you like." She placed a hand to her forehead, bowing down. "Well meet".
Andrea followed suit, bowing down, hand to forehead. "Well Meet, Millie! If you wouldn't mind following me, I'm starving!" Well, Mildred couldn't very well let the poor girl stave! So she followed on, Down the winding stairs, past the entrance, and into a room aptly labelled 'dining hall' . All While Andrea was talking about this and that, and giving out all sorts of information. She was friendly, and very chatty. "Here we are. Now, Millie.." Andra turned to face her. "I won't tell you where to sit, But you're more than welcome to sit with me and my friends for breakfast and lunch. I just don't want you to feel like you have to, simply because I'm your assigned for the day". Maybe she was a little too friendly. Then again, Mildred hadn't had any complaints about any of the students she'd meet from Pentangels so far.
"I'll sit with you, If you really don't mind." She was surprised when she looped her arms with Mildreds and practically dragged her over to a small group. "Millie, These are my friends!" She pointed around the group. "Samuel. Regina, Nick, I believe you may know of Sapphire.."
Mildred did know of Sapphire.. Pretty well actually, as Sapphire was quick to point out. "Mildred was one of the Cackles who competed against us, Actually. And a Marvellous job she did."
"Oh that's brilliant! Well done, Millie." Andra said, finally pointing to the last face, who looked less than happy to see her. "And Last but not least, Drusilla."
"We've met" They spoke in unison. If Ethel didn't know what was going on yet, she'd sure know after this. It wasn't a secret that Drusilla had moved schools. But it wasn't publishised where to. Thankfully, Drusilla wasn't the brightest, so she wouldn't be able to figure out everything. Just that.. For whatever reason.. HB had brought Mildred to another school for a day. And also a party. That was normal student teacher things.. Right? Not.. For a moment, Mildred had almost thought of it as 'mother daughter; things.
Witch, wasn't completely true. Miss Hardbroom was just the woman who looked after her. 'Cared' for sounded too extreme. She had shown some nice moments, Mildred won't lie. The changing point';s in her mind was the Dress and inviting her to Miss Pentangles home. But truthfully, Mildred had no idea how Miss Hardbroom felt about her. She could be so mean as a teacher.. It still made her worry she was nothing more than a burden. Never mind how her mum would feel..
Mildred shook her head as she sat down. Today was not the day to be thinking about her problems! She was here to learn. And learn she would. First class was Moden Chanting, Led by none other than Miss Pentangle. Mildred sat down next to Sapphire for this one. "You don't do Moden lessons at Cackles, Do you?" She asked.
"Nope.. Last time we had Moden Chanting.. Some girls fainted." Mildred remembered. Miss Hardbroom was Livid. The fact she was allowed in Moden lessons at all was surprising.
"That can happen if your bodys not ready for it. We Need to Build it up slowly." Sapphire spoke with real knowledge about it.
"Good Morning, Tangles!" Miss Pentangle walked in, wearing a baby pink dress, nowhere near as shocking. Though, still unwitching like. Mildred Suspected it was so she could go bright tonight, and really shock everyone! Miss Pentangle waved her hand. Appearing in front of every pair was a plant pot, with just the tiniest of sapling in it. "Today we will be turning this sorry sapling into a beautiful flower! Like so.."
Miss Pentangle pointed to her own plant. "With all my Love, all my care.." She sang, light and airy. "I watch you grow!" The Sapling grew slightly. "No matter rain or shine! I watch you grow tall and strong" It continued to grow, inch by Inch. "With all my Power, All My might! I Watch you grow! To wonders Heights!" A Pink Flower Emerged from it. The Plant looked like it could have been a winning flower in a show.
"Now, Remember. Harmony is key, and make sure you express to your sorry sap how much you want to see it be big and beautiful!" Her words were nothing but encouraging. It made Mildred wish she could have her for more lessons.
Mildred turned to Sapphire. "Don't feel you have to put too much power into it.." Sapphire explained. "I have enough to carry us through, We don't want you feeling Ill. Not with tonight coming." They Both pointed at their plant.
"With all my love, all my care.." Sapphire sung like an angel, Mildred was a little off beat. "I watch you grow!" Mildred could feel her power pulled into the plant. "No Matter rain or shine! I watch you grow tall and strong!" They weren't even finished, yet she already felt a little tired from it. "With all my Power, All My Might! I watch you grow to wonder Heights!" The flower bloomed, it was a little smaller than some of the others, but had a lovely purple flower.
Mildred looked around at all the others, then back at hers. "Don't worry, Mildred. Even a Small flower is beautiful." It almost felt like Kindness was contagurs here. It was becoming ever so slightly off putting.. Yet it was what made it so endearing.
The Lesson continued, They made Chawk fly and write on the board. That was Tirating to say the least. But thankfully, Mildred went last, so she had time to gain some strength back. Her words were wobbly. She was by far the worst in the class. Only followed by Drusilla, another cackle survivor. Despite this, everyone else kept telling her how well she did. And that for a beginner, it was good! Mildred wished she could have believed them.
Miss Hardbrooms class was next. For Mildred, it was the same as any class. The only problem.. It was a rock transformation Potion. The same exam she failed just a week before! HB was going to yell at her again! It was bad enough infront of her own year, let alone at another school.
Thankfully, Andrea was a potions Wiz! She allowed her to help with it, but Andrea took the lead. There were quite a few people in the class that didn't get the potion right. Thankfully, her team did. She was quite worried about a Pineapple head. But instead, she was just a rounded rock!
As far as Lessons went, it was far more successful than most of her own! Perhaps Miss Pentangles was a good luck charm or something. Even Miss Hardbroom didn't seem as.. Stressed? Though, Mildred pinned that on the bright nature of her friend more so than the school. She was still as strict as ever, just.. Less strassy about it.
After Miss Hardbrooms Class, Was Lunch, And It Was an Unfortunately an affair. Drusilla sat staring at her. "I think you should look elsewhere.." She said,
"Elsewhere?" Mildred asked. Why would she look elsewhere? No, more importantly, what was she meant to be looking at? Did she mean Drusilla? Was she staring again!
Drusilla sighed and rolled her eyes. "Im not stupid Mildred.." She probably heard it quite a bit from the likes of Ethel. "Ethel says you're getting expelled.. So now you're here to look for a new school!" Well, Given what Ethel told her. That was a fair assessment.
"I.. I don't think Pentangles is for me" Mildred wasn't completely lying. She wasn't looking to move school full stop, but she also wasn't interested in Pentangles like that. It was nice, but she liked Cackles just fine. Not that it was really a choice.
"Good." Was all Drusilla said. Perhaps she liked being away from the cackles a lot. No one really knew why she transferred. She just did it during the middle of second year.
The last lesson of the day was half a form lesson. As it turned out, her assigned buddy was in the flying teachers class. Miss Spellbinder. She wore the most obnoxious red leather outfit Mildred had ever seen. She'd even paired it with Goggles! Despite her outfit, she was rather nice. Though very loud.
It wasn't long before they were dismissed to get ready for the party. Mildred found herself rather scared. She'd never been to a party quite like this. Infact, it seemed far more like a ball than a regular party. It would be filled with Students, teachers, parents, the school board. The whole works! She just hoped she didn't do anything wrong..
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