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Chapter VIII - Learning
Lunch lasted for another thirty minutes, and in that time I learned quite a bit about the others - Darius was one of the people that would go around pranking people and was currently in a prank war with Attero, who even though was a laid back guy he knew how to pull off a prank or two. Nova and Rose were both artists, though whilst Nova liked to draw comics and cartoon characters Rose liked to draw portraits of things and people. She showed me a couple of her drawings in the book I'd returned to her and I was amazed. There were pictures of animals, plants, people and even landscapes; all expertly drawn in pencil. I learnt that Nova and Maya were both dancers, Nova in street dance whereas Maya specialized in ballet - she even had a video of her in a pink tutu performing in what looked like a theatre. I didn't learn much about Katie or Alexis however, Katie being too hyperactive to talk to and Alexis being asleep for most of lunch so I didn't want to bother her.
After the bell rang, signalling the end of lunch, they told me this was where they normally hang and if they weren't here they were in the game room. After explaining to me what the game room was - and where it was - we each headed to our respected classes with me having music with Ian Clark. Walking through the corridors I saw Jade and her group. Thinking fast I quickly ducked into a storage closet and waited against the door until I heard them leave. I could hear them saying they would meet up after classes for dinner before a set of footsteps walked past the door and continued down the hall. I waited and counted to ten before I deemed it safe and stepped out of the storage closet, only to bump into one of the furry guards. It must have thought I was attempting to ditch class because it began head butting me down the hall and following me all the way to my class. When I stood outside the door I turned to look at the little guard to see it nodding its head towards the door, telling me to go inside.
When I arrived, the teacher was nowhere in sight, I headed to my seat near the back of the class and sat down. Looking around, the only familiar face I can see was a dark skinned boy with dread locks who hung out with Jade. Seven minutes later and Mr. Clark trots through the door, clicking his hooves against the floor a few times to get everyone's attention. He explains that we were going to be learning about the three famous human composers and about reading music.
"But first I have to issue out an assignment. It appears someone -" he started glaring at a vampire near the front who tried to shrink and hide away, "- has complained that I'm not teaching you properly." A few groans and growls were heard from a small amount of the other students who also glared at the boy. "I will put you in pairs and you are to create a song consisting of only a piano. The lyrics can be anything you like as long as they are within reason. The due date is in three weeks, but if some of you - Harris - finish it in the next hour, you can hand it in earlier." He then began reading out names as well as taking the register at the same time. Calling out my name, I found out I was paired up with someone named Andre. I heard a few students groan and complain saying how they wanted to be paired up with him instead. He read out the rest of the names and then returned to teaching the lesson. It wasn't bad but it wasn't interesting either, learning about a bunch of dead guys and how they coped through that era.
Before long class was over and everyone began leaving the classroom, as I packed my things I noticed Jade's friend walk up to the teacher's desk with what looked like a folder containing a CD and a few music sheets. "Ah, Mr. Harris, don't tell me you've already finished the assignment I gave you?" He joked, taking the folder from his hands. Taking out a piece of paper, he looked over it and whistled. Not wanting to seem nosey I flung my bag over my back and left. Walking down the hall I was so focused on getting to my next class I didn't sense anyone behind me until I felt someone grab my shoulder. Turning around I came face to face with Harris.
"Erm, can I help you?" I hoped he wasn't still mad at me for the food incident. It was bad enough having to worry about Jade, Trina, and her buddies. I really didn't want to add anyone else to that list. As if sensing my discomfort he removed his hand, holding them both up by his face in what looked like a surrender before giving me friendly smirk. "Relax Chicka, I don't wanna start anything. I just wanted to know if you wanna get cracking on the assignment after classes."
For about ten seconds I was confused as to why he was asking me this until it finally clicked. "You're my partner?!" He folded his arms over his chest and raised an eyebrow, a look of sympathy and worry flashing in his eyes. "I hope that's not problem. If it is I can always ask Clarke to get you a new partner."
Feeling bad, I quickly shook my head. "No no no no, it's okay. I'm just surprised, I mean, he called you Harris so I thought that was your first name. Plus the whole canteen thing, I assumed you guys all hated me and wanted nothing to do with me." He started laughing before patting me on the back, giving me a genuine smile. "Harris is my last name. Andre Harris, pleased to meet you milady." He held out his hand, doing a little curtsy which caused me to giggle. "And don't worry about what happened in the canteen. We all know it wasn't your fault. Jade's just mad you ruined her favourite sweater. It'll blow over." I scoffed at that, I knew for a fact Jade hated me. Maybe if I bought her a new sweater she wouldn't hate me anymore and we could try and be friends.
It's a shame I can't remember what she was wearing that day.
Shaking my head I smiled at Andre. "I doubt that, but I'll take your word for it. I gotta get going or I'll be late for class. Maybe we can meet up afterwards and work on the song?" He nodded before waving goodbye and jogging down the hall in the opposite direction. Turning around, I stopped when I noticed the same 'Cuga from earlier giving me a stern look. Rolling my eyes, I headed to my next class with it following behind me until I reached the door and walked in.
Sitting at the far back of the class I entered the code into the lock on my desk, taking out the text books I need before closing it and getting my notebook from my bag and turning to a fresh page, ready for when Mrs. Hayes came in. It was the last class of the day so most people just wanted to get it over with, as we waited for the teacher to come in I decided to quickly flick through the notes I already had. Before I could get halfway down the page however Mrs. Hayes - literally - flew through the window in her Albino Barn owl form, shifting in mid-air and gently landing at the front of the class and grabbing a piece of chalk before the bell signalling class could ring.
"We shall be continuing from where we left off on Monday's class. Can anyone remind us where that was?" Turning her head without moving her body she looked around the class for a volunteer. Mrs. Hayes was an Owlman - well Owlwoman - so after the first week we all got over her being able to turn her head 270 degrees though it did still freak one or two students out when they would look up and see her staring directly at them, her feathers wrapped around her body like a cloak, hiding her talons until she poked them out to pick up the chalk to write on the board. With said hand she pointed to one of the other classmates.
"Aaron, can you tell us?" Aaron looked up from his desk, trying to discreetly hide the comic book he was reading but failing. "We left off at the topic we were talking about on Monday which was..." Whilst stalling he flicked his book to the right page and tried finding the right page, "Myth, legend, and human make believe," he answered confidently.
"Well done Mr. Edwards. Now if you would like to focus instead of reading pictured rubbish during my class I would be most appreciative." I couldn't help but snicker with the rest of the class as Mrs. Hayes wrote the word 'fictionalized' on the board before turning around. "Now, Bonatuurlike Wese Alpha, or as humans call us, Supernatural Creatures, have been around for eons. Though some of us haven't flourished to make it here today, we know from history that they did exist. Can anyone give me an example species that still exists but is rarely if not ever found?" Most of us raised our hands. I only knew of two almost extinct species. Luckily she picked me first.
"Phoenixes?" I didn't want to say both just in case someone else had it as it brought up bad memories. She quickly wrote it down on the board before picking another student and listing theirs or correcting them when they gave a wrong answer. After ten minutes we had ten names on the board, most of which I didn't even know existed. The only ones I recognized were the Phoenix, Souleater, and Banshee. "All these on the list are prime examples of Alpha descendants that are more or less non-existent though we know from history, photographs, and experience that they do or did once exist. Now can someone name the most common creatures that are heard of nowadays but have never existed?" Most of us didn't raise our hands, not knowing the right answer. The boy from earlier, Aaron, was among the few that did.
"Dragons?"
She quickly wrote that down on the board in a different column. "Correct, Mr. Edwards. You've redeemed yourself. Does anyone know any other ones?" One of the girls, a new transfer student who came two days ago, timidly raised her hand. "Yes, Miss Smith?"
"If dragons don't exist then what are all the creature things roaming around the school?" She was ringing her wrist as well as biting her lip, a nervous Dhampire if I ever saw one. Ms. Hayes quickly explained that Humans came up with the myth of lizards descending down from giant fire breathing flying lizards. Because of all the different stories and variations that was one way to pick out that the creatures' existence was made up as well as their being no documentation of the sort. The reason that anyone would think the Nargacuga Security were some sort of dragon was because of the fact that they resembled the many pictures of 'dragons' everyone had all previously seen. The NS were just a mixture of different animal DNAs to create a suitable creature for safety as well as comfort - although some can seem very unfriendly.
"Can anyone tell me one more creature?" She had her talon hovering over the board, eager to write something.
Someone shouted out 'Hybrids' and I stiffened.
Trying not to squirm in my seat, I quickly slowed my heart rate before focusing back on the lesson. A few of the other students were arguing that they did exist. Before it could escalate any further, Ms. Hayes swooped in between the students using her body and winged warms to block each other's views. When they finally settled down she strode back to the front and wrote two words down.
'Hybrids' in the column with the existing creatures and 'Pure Hybrids' in the non-existent column.
Mostly everyone was confused. I - being a Hybrid myself - was confused and curious. I was told that Hybrids didn't exist, that I shouldn't exist, and here was a thousand, if not more, year old Owlwoman telling me I should.
"You are both correct Miss Nykos and Mr. Luck. The Hybrids that do exist are a result when two different Alpha descendants breed, however, whichever Alpha descendants are the strongest the child will become, whilst also having some traits from the regressive descendants. A wild example being if a phoenix and a golem had a child the child would most likely be a Golem with a few Phoenix traits." She then pointed at the word 'Pure Hybrid' that was written on the board. "A Pure Hybrid is said to be a child who has the form, abilities, characteristics and traits from both descendants, Half Phoenix and Half Golem, with all their strengths, and little to none of their weakness." She looked around the class to make sure everyone understood what she said but I felt as if her eyes lingered on me.
"They do not Exist."
Beware The Full Moon
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