Chapter 4

"why am I here? I'm so positive my parents weren't gods or anything mystical, if anything they were only rich" I said as I looked at Starla.

 She nodded and said, "I guess you're right, I mean you didn't even know this place existed… It'll only be Miss Paddington that can explain".  She kept quiet for a while like she was thinking and said as her eyes shone brightly "Or I can check your tattoos and tell you where you're from, like which element you come from"

I laughed nervously and said, "Oh look at the time Starla, I have to take a bath now, I feel sticky, I guess I'll meet with you later hi hi"

With that, I left the dining hall. I could not explain the reason I felt nervous about showing her my tattoos. I guess I was afraid of finding out the truth… I was not ready to be told the truth.

 As I was leaving the dining hall I bumped into someone, I wasn't really looking at the person. I was expecting the person to at least apologize or something, but he said, "can't you look at where you're going to?"

I said, "You've got to be kidding me? You literally bumped into me just now, and you're getting crappy. "

He said, "do you even know who you're talking to?"

I said, "a simple apology would have sufficed but never mind I've got more important things to worry about"

And with that, I walked out before he even said another word. I couldn't believe his arrogance, but that wasn't my problem. I suddenly felt hot and irritated. I guess I really needed the bath more than I had thought.

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After the bath, I wore a black combat trousers and a white long - sleeved turtle-necked polo and came back to the dinning hall. I immediately saw Starla, and she said, "It took you so long"

I sighed and said, "Yh I. Um just never mind, what's happening here?"

She said, "Oh yeah, it's the Orientation"

I said "Orientation?"

She said, "Yeah it turns out that Jason is back in school and so, according to the rules, they're having the orientation now."

I sighed and said, "I feel like whoever this Jason is that I won't be on the same page with him. I already don't like him"

Starla laughed nervously and said, "Just try not cross paths with him or Aliyah and you'll be good"

I rolled my eyes and sighed.

I looked forward to where they set up a podium like a stage and I saw Miss Paddington and some other people. An older man climbed the stage and from the looks of it he looked like their senior or something, so I asked Starla who he was.

She said, "He's the principal, Mr. Lawrence"

I nodded and he started talking.

(𝗔/𝗡: 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝘆𝗹𝗲. 𝗜 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗸 * 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗜'𝗺 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗣𝗢𝗩)

*𝘎𝘰𝘴𝘩 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 "𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭" 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘭'𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨. *𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥* 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨? *

I sighed and looked at Starla, I could see her eyes shining like she was excited about something. I looked back at Mr. Lawrence and I heard him saying something about two groups of magic and combat.

𝘚𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭.

I asked Starla, "What's he saying?"

She said, "They will soon remove the no magic spell"

"..."

She smiled and said, "Oh I guess you don't understand. I told you earlier that most people in the academy have powers. But since they've not done the orientation, they school management put a spell that won't allow anyone to perform any type of magic. But now they are about to remove the spell. And the two groups he talked about are like clubs. Since not all students have magic, so there's also a combat club for those that prefer physical strength. However you can also apply for both. I'm normally in the magic group."

I was utterly speechless and could only say "Oh"

She said, "Since you don't even know that here existed I doubt that you'll even have any magical power, so you'll most likely go to combat class, but don't worry I'll come with you, I can't just leave there alone"

I said, "Thank you a lot"

*𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘦, 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘴𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘗𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨? 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭.*

I was pulled out of my thoughts when Starla tapped me, telling me to listen.

I looked at the principal, and he was saying, "Every year, Jason normally participates in the two groups, but this year will be different. There's a new student this year, this new student will also be participating in both groups"

The hall broke in whispers, but I kind of tuned them out. My heart was literally in my throat, about to come out of my mouth. He just said new student, and I'm a new student, I hope it's not me. Starla seemed to also think the same thing I was thinking, because she was looking at me.

I said, "It's not me, right?" She shrugged.

Mr. Lawrence continued, "I'll just call the new student to come up to the stage, and so we'll meet her. Miss Morgan can you kindly come up on stage"

I'm uncertain if scientists can come with a definition on how I felt.

My heart actually stopped beating, I felt like I stopped breathing. I looked at Starla, and she nodded her head, indicating that I was the person the principal was calling.

I looked down at my palms, they were white and felt cold. I gulped and stood up. I wished I didn't pull my hair in a ponytail, it could've hidden my face. I tried my best to put an emotionless face and put my hand in the pockets of my trousers.

And to add to my troubles, the hall was quiet and the place Starla, and I were seated was at the back side of the hall, which means that I'll have to walk all the way to the front.

I sighed and walked, I tuned out every other sound or face and focused on getting to the stage. After what felt like an eternity, I finally got to the stage.

Mr. Lawrence said, "Hello there child"

*𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘥? 𝘞𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘐'𝘮 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵. 𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺. 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵? 𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘥? 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘵! 𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵… *

I said, "Sorry what did you say?"

He laughed and said "I said hello there child"

I said, "Oh I'm sorry, Hello sir"

He said, "it's our first time meeting, it's a pleasure to meet you"

* couldn't you have told me this in your office.*

"must be confused about everything going on, but I'm sure you'll get used to everything"

* I won't get used to anything, all this is just madness.*

"I'm putting you in both groups, so you'll learn faster. And before I forget, I'm also putting you in a pair with our very own Jason. He's best at the two groups, so I'm certain that under his tutelage that you'll become a master of both as well"

*what the hell is this man saying? He's paring me up with the same boy I said I didn't want to even see throughout my stay in this academy. *

My emotionless mask almost fell, but I put myself together and nodded.

Mr. Lawrence said, "That's all for the orientation, I'll leave you all to register in the groups of your choice… Have a wonderful school year ahead"

With that, I stepped down from the stage and the hall became noisy with people discussing which group they wanted to belong in. I walked very fast to meet Starla, I could actually see her coming towards me, When I heard my name "Morgan"

*what now? Am I going to hold the flag during the next speech? Is that even a thing? Curse my mind in panic mode…*

I turned around and to my surprise, it was not a teacher or Mr. Lawrence.

Instead, I saw a boy, probably my age mate. He was jaw dropping handsome, but luckily, my jaw was still in place. He was blond and had ocean blue eyes that could drown anyone who was not on guard. His face looked familiar, but I can't place where I've seen him.

He said, "We meet again"

*oh, I forgot to say he had this aura of arrogance.*

I rolled my eyes and said, "and you are?"

He looked a bit surprised, "So you really don't know me"

I said, "if I did, I wouldn't have asked for your name, now would I?"

He said, "I'm Jason, and we met earlier, you bumped into me"

*Remind me when I said that I wouldn't be on the same page with this fella. I can't believe someone will be so handsome and arrogant at the same time. Such a waste of handsomeness.*

I said, "Oh you're that arrogant fella I saw earlier"

He chuckled softly and said, "I could exactly say the same about you"

He stepped closer to me, my hands became itchy and suddenly felt hot. I can't even explain why I'm reacting this way.

I said, "why did you stop me?"

He said, "Who are you?"

I said, "you literally just called my name"

He said, "not that. Which element are you from?"

I said, "I don't see any reason why I should tell you? "

He said, "you must be special for the principal to acknowledge you and even make me your partner"

I said, "You seem like the teacher's pet here, why don't you go ask your principal? And spare me"

He said, "You're sassy. I don't even understand why I'm stuck with you"

I said, "don't be thinking I like being in a pair with you"

*Where's Starla now I need her? She was just about to come here, what's holding her*

I looked back and noticed that everyone, literally everything, was standing still, like they had frozen or something. I was terrified but I was more confused. What is happening? How is this possible?

I looked at Jason to see if I was the only person not frozen or something, but I saw a smirk on his face

He said, "are you surprised?"

I said, "Do you have a hand in this?"

He said, "it's one of my powers"

I said, "How's this even possible?"

Suddenly, everything went back to normal and everyone started moving as usual, I looked at Jason and in that split second a look of surprise crossed his face, but he replaced it with that annoying smirk.

I looked behind him and saw a very familiar face coming towards us - Aliya, she was scowling.

I said, " oof, would love to continue this conversation, but I've lost a lot of brain cells talking to you and someone's coming, and she's angry"