Chapter 9-1

I opened my eyes to deep reddish-green eyes, and so I threw a punch up. When I finally put on my glasses, I saw that Bram was on the ground.

"Oh my goodness! I'm so sorry!"

I climbed out of bed and went over to his curled up form. The way he had his hands made me realize where I hit.

"Out of all the places, why my balls? What did they ever do to you?!" He yelled at me with a slightly higher voice.

"I'm sorry! Do you need some healing or ice?"

"No! I just need to stay right here for a few minutes."

I guess I did not hit him that hard.

"Well, if you stay down there too long, you'll miss breakfast."

I felt a weight on my shoulder then I realized he was using a shadow and me to pull himself up.

"So, how did you figure out to hit me right in the balls?"

"Oh, you remember the few weeks that my dad was constantly limping?"

"Yeah, that was the summer that your siblings started school."

"My mom used him to teach the three of us to protect ourselves from any kidnappers. He would wait until we were dead asleep then shake us awake. We had to figure out a fast way to get him to stop."

"Your dad has my condolences."

We got our school items, changed, and then walked towards the direction of Joy's room. I had to use my nose to follow the smell of apples and tomatoes. When we finally got to her room, we decided to rock-paper-scissors on who knocks. I lost the game then Bram had to half shadow-walk back to his room to grab some blood, before reappearing again.

The door opened and we were surprised by what we saw. Joy was wearing a black nightgown with a red lace lining on it. As she rubbed her eyes, I noticed that both of her straps were down and that it almost showed her chest off completely. She actually looked like a regular teenage girl than the Joy we know and care for.

"Huh? What time is it and why are you guys red?" She spoke in such a soft voice that was so unlike her.

"It's breakfast time, and we're, um, not red! You're still sleepy." She blinked a few times after Bram answered.

"Oh, well stay out here while I get ready."

She closed the door on us while we just stood there. After a few seconds of staring at her door, we started to rub our faces to get rid of the redness. We heard loud thumps from inside the room.

"Cock-a-fucking-doO! GET UP KIRA! IT IS TIME FOR BREAKFAST!! IF I HAVE TO BE AWAKE THIS EARLY THEN SO WILL YOU."

That sounds more like Joy with that level and volume of anger.

"I kind of feel bad for her roommate," Bram told me.

"Don't because her anger will be directed towards us in about ten seconds."

Right as when ten seconds mark hit, the door opened and Joy gave us her pissed off look.

"Why the fuck did you wake me up?"

"Because you overslept and we have class today."

I would have to say that Bram is one brave man, and then I realized that he was shorter than I was all of a sudden. I looked down and saw that he already had his feet in the shadows.

'He's planning on leaving me here if she gets too pissed at him. Sneaky bastard.'

"Don't be so cocky," was all she said before grabbing his collar.

I guess she knew because she started to pull him slowly out of the shadow. I did not realize how strong she actually was until I saw this moment. Then after she calmed down, we started to walk towards the main hall. Out of nowhere, I was tackled to the ground by a white blur.

"Your first class is the same one as mine! Oh my goodness! I cannot wait! You are going to love class!"

Turns out that the white blur was my sister, Flo. Due to her strange gift, I could actually feel a few of my ribs starting to crack. Her magic has to do mostly with her emotions. The magic creates a type of protective aura that gives her strength and claws to fight with. The only problem is that she could not control it until last year.

That is when we found out that both hers and Bruce's magic actually came from our Grandma Rose's Shaman gift. While she was still trying to squeeze the life out of me in a hug, I could feel her charmed claw necklace. Apparently, Grandma knew that Flo's gift would go crazy and made this necklace for her at least fourteen years before she was born. It made it where she was only at half-strength until she can handle more power.

"Sis, please you're hurting me," I said as I could feel the bones slowly caving in on me.

She quickly let go and backed away from me. I could see the bear-like aura surrounding her as she looked like she was about to cry.

"I'm sorry! I still can't control it sometimes."

I slowly walked up to her and I saw the aura slowly shifting around my hand to let me in.

"Hey, don't worry about it; I'm used to Bram doing it to me every time." I heard a 'hey!' behind me, then I made her look me in the eyes, "let's go eat some breakfast. I think that there might be pancakes."

She perked up and started smiling. I watched as she absorbed the energy back into her body. Bram quickly caught her as she fell back.

"Food sounds amazing right now."

She slowly got out of his hold and wobbled in place. Taking back in the magic brings such a shock to her body that worries me. So, I walked right next to her and put my hand on her shoulder. Because she is the oldest, she always tries to look stronger on the outside. We finally got to the dining hall and I noticed that it was packed. Luckily, I found a space big enough for all of us to sit together.

"Flo! They have your favorite! Those chocolate spotted ones."

"It's called chocolate chip and give it to me! Gimme!"

She made grabbing motions until I started passing her some of the pancakes. I looked around and noticed that Nova was not anywhere to be seen.

"Hey Flo-Flo! Are you okay? I felt your energy flux earlier." Bruce asked as he and Alex came over to the table.

I finally had a chance to see the hall that they were in was the Spirit Hall. I would have expected Alex to be in Body hall because he is an excellent fighter.

"Yes, I just got a little uncontrollably excited."

"Well, next time please be more careful. Every time that your magic acts up, I react to it as well."

The way that she looked down at her food made it look like she was a punished puppy.

"She just got excited, no need to punish her." I told him while giving them a small glare.

"But-"

"-Did anyone get hurt? No, then it is fine."

I know that Bruce and Alex are both older than I am but they need to be nicer to Florence. They walked away as she started eating again. I saw the small smile that was her way of saying 'thank you'. Unlike most people, I may be small but I love to eat my weight in food, mostly salmon and other types of fish. After we finally finished eating, the four of us got up and started walking towards the direction of the class.

"Due to the fact that mages are rare to find, they only have one magic class for everyone," she told us.

Right as we started passing the music rooms, I saw Nova sitting on a desk.