Chapter Three: The One Class that All of Them Are In...
Dewey slide into a desk near the back of the class, glad that it was finally sixth hour. Cause that meant that his brothers and best friend will be there with him. A smile split his face in half as he allowed his mind to wander over that fact. Almost as if she read his mind, Webby bounced into the seat next to his. "We're gonna learn magic Dewey!"
Dewey nodded eagerly as he turned to face her. "I know right? This is soo exciting!"
"And I feel as if I must needs to remind you...we're learning magic tricks, not actual spells!" Huey slid into the seat right in front of Dewey, twisting around to face his youngest brother.
Louie sighed as he slid into the seat right behind Dewey. "Come on… we won't know who's right till the teacher tells us."
As if to proof his point, several more students crowded into the room, just as the tardy bell rang. Huey frowned as he realized that there was still no sign of the teacher for this class. "Weird...where is the teach…"
Smoke filled the front of the classroom, and when it disappeared it revealed a short male duck with yellow short cropped hair, he was also wearing a brown version of the uniform that all of the teachers were wearing. "Hello students! My name is Mitchelle Zola. I am your teacher for this class… and I hope you understand that not everyone has the gift for this so I will be grading you more on effort than success."
"Noo!" Louie groaned dramatically as he slid further down in his seat.
"I would appreciate it if you all just call me Mitch though. Let's be honest here… Mr. Zola is my father." Mitch glanced briefly at the disturbance, making a mental note to keep an eye on him. If he wasn't one of them then this was going to be a hard class for him anyways. Upon seeing the four ducklings, one of which looked eerily like Della Duck, while the other three were obviously identical triplets, he felt a single bead of sweat drip down his forehead. He could do this. "So...who's ready to learn magic!?"
Webby and Dewey leapt from their seats as they cheered loudly...as did several of the other students. Huey and Louie glanced nervously at each other, nervous about what it was that their great uncle would react to this class.
Mitch took a deep breath, before clapping his hands together. "Good. Now then the first spell all true sorcerer's learn how to do is called an Illumination spell. Everyone stretch forth your dominant hand." Mitch scanned the small audience, hoping they were all obeying him with what must sound like odd instructions to them.
Every single child in there was holding one hand out...minus one child near the front. "Um...Mr. Mitch? Which hand do I hold out if I'm ambidextrous?"
"It won't matter then which hand you hold out then. Just use the one you feel the most comfortable with." Mitch smiled warmly, hoping to ease the child's worry. The child nodded his head once, then stretched his right hand forward. "Good. Now repeat after me. Illustrant!" A small gold spark flew from the palm of his hand, lighting up a small patch in front of him.
"Illustrant!" Everyone called after him. No surprise flashed through him upon seeing that no one succeeded in creating a spark.
"Good… now then since you're all just beginners, I need you to close your eyes. Now imagine you are in a pitch black room with no light anywhere. You need light to see where you are. Now picture that small light you're gonna use to find the way. Good." Mitch took a deep breath, before speaking firmly. "Now repeat after me… Illustrant!"
"Illustrant!" All of them called out. Several small sparks flashed into existence.
Mitch grinned...especially as he noticed how much brighter a certain four ducklings had their sparks. "Brilliant. Everyone gets an A today." All eyes snapped open to look at him. He grinned as he snapped his fingers. A large pile of spellbooks slash textbooks landed in his arms. "Now then. Come on up here and collect your textbook. I want you to read up on the Illumination spell and the various ways it can be used and such. There will be a quiz."
Groans escaped the students, even as Louie slouched down in his seat. "And here I was thinking that this class will actually be easy."
"Sorry Llwellyn. Don't worry...your father wasn't one for hard work either." Mitch apologized, his lip twitching at the thought of the lazy man.
"Wait...you knew our father?!" The triplets yelled in unison.
Mitch frowned as he noted that Webby hadn't joined in with them. Pushing that thought to the back of his mind, he turned to face her. "You know Webbigail, your mother actually specialized in Tech spells."
"You know my mom?!" Webby was now bouncing in her seat.
Mitch shook his head, before glancing up at the clock. "We still have a few minutes. Everyone start on your homework. It's section one chapter one that you need. If you have any questions...please come and ask me."
He then plopped down in his seat, signalling them to continue without him. Low murmurs rippled through the group as settled down, friends seeking each other out. No surprise crossed him as he watched as the four ducklings leaned towards each other.
Huey made to pull on his hat...before remembering that he didn't have it with him. "Gah...I really need my hat. I keep forgetting that I don't have it."
Louie sniggered at that, before opening the book up to where he was told to. "Uh...says here that unless your specific on what you want, the illumination spell can clarify things for you...make it easier to understand stuff."
"Really?" Webby flipped through her copy, quickly finding the exact same information as Louie. "Cool. I wonder if it can tell me more about my family?"
"Don't push yourself ahead until you are ready. Am I understood Webbigail?" Mitch called out suddenly, looking up from where he was reading a comic book that was not there a second ago.
"Yes Mr. Mitch." Webby ducked her head, turning bright red in the process.
Huey blinked, surprised that this teacher seemed to know them by their full names...and claimed to know their parents. But the question is how…?
A/N: Hi! Sorry, hectic last couple of weeks. Ok, last week I was lazy, sort of. This chapter has been done for a few weeks now...but Angel hasn't been working on hers and I keep waiting for her to update so that I can update. She finally told me to just go ahead and post and tell all of you to please wait for hers. Enjoy!
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