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Chapter Two: Strange Happenings?

The birds were tweeting away happily to the song of nature. The trees seemed to be doing a dance, swaying back and forth, side to side. The World Tree was glowing, apparently, but it was not like the School Festival. The song of nature, the song of joy. The plants, trees, and flowers were dancing to it, as if following its tune.

"Now, who would like to read passage on page thirty?" The fiery red haired, pony tailed, child teacher and mage extraordinaire, also known as Negi Springfield, asked the class. Most people, like usual, were turning away ever so slightly, or putting their book up to their face to hide them. This was especially true for five unique individuals, also know as the 'Baka Rangers'.

Negi looked attentively around at the class. He knew he couldn't pick Evangeline, Mana, or Zazie to read, for different reasons a sane person would find crazy. *He ruled out the ones that were doing great, that included Nodoka, Chao and some other people*. The child teacher then saw his roommate, a girl with bright orange hair, quick to resort to violence, but quite kind, Kagurazaka Asuna. She had the book in front of her face, so you couldn't even see it. Negi, however, like always, got the wrong idea.

"Al~~~ l right then… Asuna-san, could you please read the paragraph on page thirty?"

"Baka Negi! Why do I have to read it?" The lively girl asked, clearly irritated.

"W-well… I just thought since you were reading the book so attentively…" Negi began to say in consternation.

T-this brat… he always misunderstands… Asuna thought, trying not to pick her child 'Sensei' up by his necktie. The rest of the class just laughed, with the exception of some.

Ah!" Negi said loudly, as he jumped up in his seat. The class kept laughing, and a blonde haired, shotacon, known as Yukihiro Ayaka, or 'Iincho`, asked,

"What's wrong, Negi-sensei?"

The child teacher rubbed the back of his neck. "Ah… b-betsu ni…" That's right… didn't Takamichi say something about the Headmaster today, or was my imagination? His thoughts were interrupted though, when, BAM, speak of the devil. Takamichi, an average height, light brown haired, mage walked into the room.

"Ahh!" The child mage nearly fell off his seat due to surprise. "Takamichi?"

"Negi-kun, Headmaster wants you to go to his office." He then looked around the class and located Evangeline AK McDowell, a fearsome vampire, who on her tenth birthday got cursed and turned into a Shinso vampire, leaving her to live eternally in a ten year old body. She was the people most people feared, and had names that she had acquired over the years; Maga Nosferatu, The Gospel of Darkness, Puppet Master; The High Daylight Walker; The Girl Queen of Darkness; The Disciple of dark tones, and many others. Though, fifteen years ago, the Thousand Master, a red haired, good lookin', Man of a thousand spells, the child mage extraordinaire's father, also known as Nagi Springfield, put a curse on her. 'Infernus Scholasticus'. From then on, Evangeline had to stay at Mahora Gakuen.

Takamichi looked back at Negi. "If possible, he wants Evangeline to come as well."

"Nani?!" The red haired child said in utter disbelief and dismay. Takamichi nodded, and called out to her,

"Eva, the Headmaster wants to see you."

The little, dainty, golden haired vampiress opened her eyes from sleeping. "Eh?"

Headmaster's Office

The Child Teacher and Evangeline walked into the room. It was full of wooden bookshelves, and had windows made up of little squares of glass. The floor was wooden, which was a surprise, but it had a crimson red carpet in it. The sun's rays were shining through the glass. At the top of the room, or the back I should say, next to the windows, lay a desk. It was wooden, sophisticated, and had many drawers. On the top of it sat many documents, for all kinds of things, big and small, fat and thing, and a stapler. There were many things on the wall, such as certificates, or portraits.

"… E-excuse us, Headmaster…" Negi made theirselfs noticed. Evangeline just stood there, with her hands on her hips.

"Oh, there you two are. I was wondering when you'd get here." The Headmaster said, turning around and stroking his beard. It appeared he was standing looking outside through the windows. How he could see anything was a mystery to the two of them.

"What is it, old man?" Evangeline decided to voice her irritation. She wanted to get this over as fast as she could, so she could go back to her log cabin.

"Hoho. Now about why you are here…" The Headmaster started talking. "It appears… strange happenings have been going on around Mahora Gakuen…"

"Strange happenings?" Negi questioned.

"Yes. Such as… Konoka not getting a boyfriend… and you not--" Konoe Konomon was interrupted as Evangeline had just hit him on the head with a stamp. Negi looked horrified, and stepped back a little. He was surprised how irritated the little vampiress could get in a few minutes.

"Hoho. All jokes aside, the World Tree is glowing. Surely you noticed?" Negi and Evangeline nodded. "It's abnormal for this time of year. Aside from that, we have word that roots have been appearing from the ground, and tripping people up."

"I didn't think that was possible, but… it's not that abnormal, right?" It was now Evangeline's turn to ask.

"Oh. I read about that somewhere. In the Magic Academy. If I can remember…" Negi trailed off, racking his brain, while Evangeline looked at him expectantly, along with the Headmaster. Talk about peer pressure…

""If there is good, there is evil. There's always a little evil inside our hearts. It is our choice, and actions that either lead to the evil being banished, or it building up. If a powerful mage, or if you had a catalyst… for example, if you went underground, to the World Trees roots, and collected some of the *cytoplasm, then used magic to make lots of it, you could then use very strong magic, which would allow you to manipulate whatever you wanted. Whether it be wind, rain, thunder, water, or Earth."" Negi recited from memory.

"… Er… so it is possible?" The golden haired vampire asked unsure. She then saw Negi look at her, with one eyebrow up and one down. "I mean, of course it's possible. I was just about to say that myself. Infact, around over a hundred years ago, I done it myself. I just couldn't remember since it was so long ago."

Konomon laughed, and Negi smiled, then he started speaking again. "That's precisely it, Negi-kun. Now I'd like you two to be on the look-out. Takamichi is looking out too."

"Eh?" Both Evangeline and Negi said in unison. When it finally clicked, both of them screamed, "NANI?!"

* I can only remember Nodoka and Chao being top of the class…

* I'm not a biology expert, so please forgive me, okay? ^^

This chapter may seem boring and short, which it is, but I hope you found it somewhat appealing to read. Oh, and, next chapter is going to be action packed with Evangeline, Negi, and Asuna. They're going to be fi--gah. I revealed too much, didn't I? Ah well. Just look forward to it, and review please.