Chapter 11-1

The next day was the official start of school for everyone. Which made me very nervous because I am still surprised at the idea of school. Magic class did not feel hard but I have no clue how good I would be at the other classes.

"Ash! You do not have to bring all of your textbooks right now! Hurry up!" Bram was yelling at me, as we were getting ready. "We only need our history book! You can get the rest after Lunch!"

"But, what if I don't have any time to get them before the next class?" I asked as I tried to stack all my textbooks together to carry them.

Darkie started to make strange noises as I almost finished the stack. It was sitting on the edge of the dresser and it was moving in way that looked like it was staring at my textbooks and schedule.

"You're right! We do not even have half of those classes today! I think we would only need four textbooks today."

I stopped in mid-motion and turned to look at him. I gave him a glare that made him try to sink into the ground.

"You mean to tell me that I was stressing out on what book to bring when you knew how many we needed?!"

"Oops."

I had to chase him around the room until he fell down laughing.

"Quit goof-balling around! We need to get to class!"

"You need to relax."

I felt something crawl up my back and it started to massage my shoulders. I looked from the corner of my eyes and saw that it was my own shadow.

"This is so strange, but I'm starting to get used to your strangeness," I told him as I started to lean forward from the massage.

Bram was laughing until someone started to bang on the door. The shadow returned to the ground and I missed the massage.

"Hey! You two had better get out here before we are late! I heard from Florence that he is a pretty cool teacher!"

We quickly ran out before she could threaten us with magic.

"So, who do we have first?" Bram asked as we started walking.

"It's Professor Manx; Flo told me that his lectures are amazing!"

We walked passed the music halls and heard beautiful singing coming from one of the rooms. I looked into the passing room and saw Nova singing an old hymn. It is amazing how he can sing so beautifully with almost any song. We continued until we saw Bruce standing by our classroom door.

"Hey Bruce!"

He jumped before turning towards us.

"Excited for class?" he asked as I saw him trying to secretly knock on the door. "This teacher may look lazy but he actually cares for everyone's education. I hope that you three are not allergic to cats."

"So Bruce, what are you doing here?" Joy was blunt with her question.

"Um… um," he started to stutter as Flo walked out of the classroom.

"He is over here because I needed to ask Mr. Manx about some notes for this year's classes. He came with me so we can go to class together," she said as she started to walk away, "see you later little brother."

We went into the classroom as people started to walk into the hallway. Professor Manx was sleeping with his head on his desk and cats all around him. We picked three seats in the middle to sit. He got up and yawned after everyone sat down.

"Welcome to History and Mythology class! Please do not talk while I am talking and please raise your hand if you have any questions or answers. One does not truly learn without asking questions." He walked over to the board and started to write 'Werebeast lore' on it. "Studies have shown that all werebeasts have one core gene that have been diluted in the years. No one knows the true reasons but there are many legends behind it."