Chapter 6-2

"Oh shit, she is going to kill us." we said together when we looked at each other in fear.

"Where are those two idiots at?" I heard Joy shout.

My legs started to move on their own, around the curtain, and stopped right in front of her. She had two dolls; they looked mini versions of Bram and me, in her hands that she was using to control us. She even had little outfits on them that added to the effect.

"We are going to the orientation then you two will explain what happened or I will use my big needles on your dolls."

We just nodded our heads because we could not talk under the spell. She put the dolls away, and the first thing we did was check for any hidden needles. We both remember how she hid a needle on a doll in such a way one time that the girl did not figure it until it stabbed her in the butt as she sat down. After we deemed it safe, I started to wonder how long she has had the dolls of both Bram and me. Maybe she always had them since we first met.

"That is an incredible gift! Could you could please help me out occasionally with some patients? Are Moon's Day, Wind's Day and Fire's Day okay?" The nurse asked while bouncing at every word.

"Uh... sure!" she said before we all walked away.

"Oh Mr. Snowpelt, I would like to see you after the event as well!" She yelled out and then I nodded my head.

"Good job! You found a pure hearted use for your magic!" Bram told her.

She gave one of her rare smiles when he told her that. I remembered that she told us that her father uses his gift for the good of the people and she wanted to be as good as him. Then, she would always tell me to stop making her feel sappy like one of those loser girly girls or she will chop off my privates slowly. I always believed her on her threat but I know that I would never hit that limit. She cares for me too much to hurt me ever, but I have gotten extremely close before.

"So, what do you think the orientation is like?"

"I think they make a schedule that fits what we might do in the future," Joy answered, "that's how it was like in middle school for me."

"They might also tell us about other features of the school."

"Cool! I wonder what they might make for me because I'm not really a warrior type."

"Ash, you fight by not fighting. You are like the perfect passive aggressive warrior." I am not too sure if that was actually a good thing. "You helped Alex realize that you two are not 100% wild like some of the idiot humans believe," Bram told me, "it's more like 63% wild and 34% tame."

"What? Not a full half tame human and half wild beast?" I started counting using my fingers. "You're missing 3% of the total amount."

"Oh, that's just hunger because you always want food."

"I agree with Bram, I have seen it when you get banned from your fish, you start to act like a half starved monster." Joy pointed out, "it's extremely terrifying to watch."

"Strangely, you act more wild when you act human. Maybe you prove the answer to an old question. What separates man from beast and beast from man?"

The question slipped to the back of my mind and I was smiling, as we got closer to the door, until someone decided to bump into me.

"Ew, you better not give me fleas," the guy said before walking ahead.

"Why do people always think I have fleas? I never gotten them before. I always make sure my hair and ears are clean!" I said as I started checking my hair and clothing for any fleas.

I did not find anything that showed that I had fleas. Joy patted me right between my ears. It was so relaxing and my ears kept on twitching from her touch. I always thought it was weird that my ears were so sensitive.

"They are just jerks that are blindly following their dumbass parents' footsteps. Please do not listen to them at all. Besides, if you ever got fleas, it means that they gave them to you and not the other way around."

Bram grabbed my hand and squeezed it lightly.

"Always remember to follow your dreams and to remember that your dream was to go to school. Also, remember that we will do our best to stay by your side as long as you stay by our side. If they pick on you anymore, I might use them as a fresh midnight snack."

I could not tell if he was serious or not, so I just nodded my head as we walked into the hall. It looked completely different from last night. The four tables were placed against the wall with stacks of papers on them. I saw a person with the fire crest on his jacket, holding a stack of papers and giving them out to other students.

"I think that we need to go to that person to get started on our schedules," I said.

"Names?" The person asked when we walked up to him.

"Harker, Bram."

"Ravenwing, Joy."

"Snowpelt, Ash."

It took him a while to find Joy's paper and mine, but we each got a paper each. There are moments in life where I hate my last name due to the line order, but then I remember that Nova and Viktor's last name is White, and I start smiling. All three papers had three fill-in marks with a pen attached to them.

"What are the blanks for?" I asked them.

"It might be for electives, in our old middle school we had to take one each year. You chose the classes that you want to take to fit with your future or for fun!" Joy said.

"This is why I get upset over the fact that this is my first time going to school!" I told her. "I never get to have classes like that!"

We started to look at the many different packets of the classes. All of them seem so exciting and strange at the same time; it made me want to try them all this year.

"Hey! I found a great class for us to try! Come look!" Bram told us, "They have magic classes! It is perfect for the three of us! We can learn how to perfect all of our magic!" He looked closer at the paper. "Mandatory for all mages so I guess we have to take it."

"I found a cooking class!" Joy said, "We could learn how to make tomato basil bisque or an apple pie!"

"Hey! I found an astronomy class!" I told them, "We can study the sky just like we used to do at home."

"Sweet!"

"That sounds really cool but I can't take it, the days that it is on might clash with the times I'm going to help the head nurse. But, I bet that you two would love that class. Both of you always have your heads in the stars."

"Don't you mean, heads in the clouds?" Bram asked.

"No, I mean heads in the stars because you two love watching the night sky."

"Don't worry Joy; I will hang out with you during Bram's Vampire class so you won't feel alone anymore."

I started hugging her while she started cussing me out.

"Screw you bear boy, quit being such a fucking sap."

I was hit in the back of the head for that comment.

"I wonder what we do next," Bram asked us.

"I don't know, technically the orientation didn't start yet, so I think we have to wait a few more minutes before anything really happens."

To pass the some of the time, we started to rock-paper-scissors on the floor. Bram managed to beat us after six rounds, I have a feeling that he has been cheating somehow with the game. We stopped as soon as we saw Foxglove walk into the room. Everyone got up and made a small path for her.