Chapter 3

The next morning was filled with stomps of feet in the hallway, murmurings of quick gossip before the commencement of classes and groans from the lazy students who hate school. It was indeed a busy morning in Euchoria high. Students rushed in and out of their classrooms.

Meanwhile, in year one, Mrs Schitz was about to teach. The students were grouped in every year according to their age.

In Amelia's class, they were all standing waiting for the class to begin

Mrs Schitz walked to the front of the class.

"A war is approaching" she announced

She didn't sugar coat it. She just dropped the bomb right there and then. The children broke out in fearful gasps and whispers. Everyone started mumbling.

"What a way to welcome students into their first class" Amelia thought

"Silence!" Mrs Schitz ordered

They all kept quiet.

"The first thing you need to learn is protection" she continued "You'll need these"

With a snap of her fingers, wands appeared in every child's hand.

"Keep it safe" she adviced "you need it at your stage. It takes a master of magic to perform a spell with their bare hands or the chosen one"

A girl named Ingrid smiled from the front line of the room. She had friends flocking around her due to how rich and beautiful she is. She arrived yesterday but people who saw the latest designer car she was brought in all rushed to be her friend.

She had no doubt she was the chosen one. Her family put her in training since she was a child.

She whispered to her clique of friends

"It's me. Soon, I'll be able to master magic without a wand"

Her friends; Sarah and Mian agreed. Amelia just shook her head.

"So" Mrs Schitz continued "In order to cast a spell for your level, you'll start

with rhyming words. For example: for the protection of my body's all, I therefore conjure a crystal ball".

At the wave of her wand, a crystal ball force field formed and covered her in form of a bubble. The ball started to float. The students were in awe.

"Get to work everyone"

They all casted spells and formed their bubbles high up. Amelia was too scared to do anything.

"Try" she whispered to herself. Taking a deep breath, she casted a spell and a bubble formed around her floating. She let out a cry of joy. She was happy.

"I did it" she squealed in delight

Unfortunately, her happiness was temporary because her ball popped which made her fall. The pupils laughed at her. She tried again but the same thing happened. She tried a few more times but it happened again.

"That's enough" the teacher shouted "Not everyone gets it on their first try"

Mrs. Schitz burst her bubble and landed swiftly on the floor.

"Let's see how strong your bubbles are" she said

She sent fire to their bubbles with her fingertips. Everyone's bubble popped except Ingrid's.

She tried harder but Ingrid remained intact. She smiled, impressed with Ingrid's work.

"Very good, Ingrid" She complimented

Ingrid's face beamed with pride ''I'm fulfilling my destiny. Father would be proud'' she thought

Ingrid burst her bubble and landed smoothly on the ground.

"Okay class. That's all for this period. Remember, practice makes perfect. You'll repeat this exercise tomorrow before you learn something new. You may leave"..

All of them left the class. Ingrid and her friends discussed as they walked through the hallway.

"What's up with that Amelia girl?" Sarah asked

"The girl seems off" Mian replied

Amelia was walking slowly in front of them oblivious to what they were saying about her. Her thoughts were clouded with the fact that she couldn't cast a simple spell on her first day.

Ingrid eyed her from behind. She knew there was something odd about her but she couldn't put her finger on it.

"What do you think?" Sarah asked Ingrid

"I think its none of my business. I came here to train, not to bother about some dumb amateur witch. I'm embarrassed to be in this class. Nobody is on my level. The sooner they found out I'm the chosen one, the better"

The two girls kept quiet.

A few minutes later, they arrived at their second class which was on the field. Their teacher was an elderly man with a very long pointed nose; Mr. Flynn

"Today, we will be testing your speed. In a case of trouble, you need to be able to escape from your enemy" he taught

Brooms appeared under everyone's leg.

"Hop on now" he instructed

They hopped on the floating brooms.

"Stomp your feet on the ground as hard as you can then the broom will float into the air. Is that clear?"

"Yes sir"

"On your marks, ready, set, go"

They took off with Ingrid in the lead. Amelia followed closely behind her

Ingrid was a little surprised by Amelia's speed but Amelia was determined to prove she could be good at something .

As an act of desperation to win, Ingrid cast a spell

"I must win this race. That's very true so make Walker's broom break into two"

Ingrid hid her wand in her cloak so that no one would see it.

Amelia's broom broke which caused her to fall for probably the fifth time that day.

At the end of the day, Ingrid won the race