CHRONICLES OF THE FOURTH HORSEMAN

ALMOST, THERE.

Tom, John and i barely had time for breakfast.We had stayed up all night hunting and now it was the first day of a one week exam schedule.John's mind was still fixed into last minute cramming. He was flipping through the pages as fast as he could and it was annoying. He was nervous and he didn't mind making that known to everybody."John, take it easy.I told you I will help you and come on, its me, I always keep my promises.Flipping through the pages is only going to overload your brain and its not helping.Also,look around you are annoying everyone including the bunker," I finally said.

Tom seemed calm and composed.He was still recovering from Phanu's miracle.I couldn't understand how he was that calm even after he moooed every ones in a while.For all I knew, Tom was the one who always freaked out like that.I couldn't help but ask a question. " Tom, are you okey?," he replied by nodding his head.I was not convinced and neither was anyone else in the room.As the days passed, Tom had grown to become the most unpredictable guy i ever saw.He had matured in ways I could never have imagined possible.He still loved the water though and he would play with it any chance he got.He still took half an hour in the shower.The new Tom was serious, focused and always ready for whatever challenge that came his way.

His fighting skills were off the charge and even though he still believed in the good of people, he no longer complained the training was too hard.He had grown to be more adoptive and he was even much more smarter than before.He had read almost three quarters of all the books in the bunker and had all the info about over three hundred magix creatures memorized and embedded in his brain.I however didn't know whether I liked the new Tom or the old Tom better.The old Tom was funny and playful and fun to be around.The new Tom was different.He never had time for jokes anymore.He was always busy doing something and that meant he no longer did the fun stuff.He no longer even played guitar.

I was not sure what his nod meant but I figured it was just best if I didn't ask more questions.He was still moody and the bull in him was not completely gone.I took my breakfast in silence and went to my bedroom to prepare for school shortly after.Phanu was still trying to make sense to why I would waste my time going to school and taking tests.To her it was stupid and time wasting."How can you even waste all that time listening to people tell you things you already know even better than them?," she would always ask.I hated to explain anything to her as she never really understood something she didn't want to.She thought I was doing it because I had stayed way too long with the humans and I had come to think that I was one of them.Of course she was wrong, but I just didn't have the energy to argue with her.She always found a way to win.

Ally had a week to her exam and with her link to Squishy, it was easy peasy for her.I knew she didn't care much for studies but I always insisted on it and she had to listen to me.The four of us were out and on our way to school in no time.Ones in the exam room, I watched my mates flip through their books.Some were biting their nails as they did it.There was too much tension in the room that it almost kicked me out of balance too.I could feel John's anxiety from seven blocks away.I knew it was not easy for him and that was supposed to be the case with Tom.Except it wasn't.His heartbeat were normal and their was not even the slightest hint of anxiety.He seemed to have everything under control or so I hoped.

The bell rang, the noises around the exams hall died down and everyone settled down.I a minute the papers were brought and placed right before us upside down.We were of course taken through some instructions and it was finally time to start."Three hours, are you kidding me?," That felt like a long time and I would understand why someone behind me would curse.In the first thirty minutes, I was done with my first and I asked for some time out.I surrendered my paper as was the agreement and left the room.Using my invisibility I went up to John's exam hall to deliver my promise.

When I got there, he was sweating profusely like many others in the room.I helped him to answer the questions one after the other telepathically.I didn't have to be there physically but I made an effort to so he could not do something that would draw attention.After he realized I was in the room, he calmed down and together we worked on his paper for the next fifteen minutes.I excused myself and yet again headed out for Tom's class and as it turned out, Tom had no idea what he was doing.Fifty minutes into the exams and he still had not answered a single question.Taking him through was the hardest thing and at some point he even asked me to shut up loudly.Everyone looked at him and probably wondered what was going on with him as they could not see me.In the end, I had to take control of his hands and do the exam for him all by myself.I had to ask Phanu and she told me that Tom had stayed as a cow for too long and his brain would take sometime to reset back.That explanations changed things as then everything started to make sense.

That explained why Tom seemed not to bothered by the fact that he was about to take an exam earlier that morning.It also explained why he was not stressed out or even anxious.I didn't know what to do about his cowish self but I knew I couldn't let him fail on his exams.I had to do all of them for him if it meant doing something I had no plans to do here on earth ever again.I had to be in two places at ones and I knew just the miracle to perform.After working on Tom's paper, I planned to go back in class and work my miracles so the people would see what I needed them to see.The would be seeing me seated doing the exam while in reality I would be seated on Tom's desk pretending to him.I planned on taking Tom home so he could get some sleep and hopefully wake up as himself later that afternoon.I was sleepy myself as the human side of demanded to be taken care of as well.I knew I could make all those human feelings go away but I didn't want to.

I left Tom's class and hid for a split second to make myself visible again without anyone seeing.I half walked half ren to the exam hall as I knew someone was concerned by then.I was just about to go storming in when I had a feeling it was not a good idea.I looked through the walls and into the room and I saw someone seated on my place.I took a closer look and I knew automatically it was Phanu.She had my paper on her desk."What do you think you are doing Phanu," I asked through angel radio.She looked through the wall and smiled."I am trying to help.I could tell you have your hands full and I thought I should do something about it.You go make sure Tom doesn't fail his exams.You know how he will be ones he get back to being himself," she answered.I didn't feel like that was a good idea and I was right.As I made a move to turn back, I came eye to eye with one of my lecturers.The tough Mr Welling seemed to have been standing there for quite some time.His look said it all.

"So are you scared of the exam or what? you didn't prepare now did you?What are you doing out here?," he was asking way too many questions way too fast I didn't even have the time to answer.I just managed to tell him that I had just finished my paper and I was just taking a breather.I also lied that I wasn't feeling well.He was not convinced but he went on with it anyway.He left after asking me to go back to class which of course I didn't do.I went to Tom's class and again played my illusions card.It was dangerous and the heavens had specifically asked me to never use the miracle here on earth after the last time I used it turned to be a complete disaster.I was also not comfortable using it but I felt like it was the only choice I had if I was to help Tom.

The day was going well and it would have ended just as well.In fact, it was almost over.But then something went wrong.It was just a matter of time before my miracle turned into a disaster and I had seen it coming.In the process of creating the perfect illusion to make myself Tom as he took his beauty rest, I forgot to take him home.Instead I hid him inside one of the unfished room of the new auditorium to be.I thought he would sleep throughout the exams but as it turns out, his brain kicked back in earlier than expected.After he came to be, he went running directly to the schools exam board to plead for a chance to do his exam.He claimed he was late to school because of an emergency and he promised it would never happen again.He was asked to get to the exam hall where he was to do his best to write down as many answers as he could before time was over but he was not added time.

I was only lucky to be alert as I feared Phanu would do something stupid.I heard Tom's thoughts and heartbeat approaching.I could feel his anxiety and fear.He was scared and confused and I thought that was more like him.I shot up from the seat and asked for time out.I then walked out and in a few seconds Tom came in.Everyone stopped what they were doing to wonder whatever the hell was going on.The exam proctor was surprised too and he called Tom."Hey I thought you needed some time out, what happened?," Tom looked at him with confused eyes.I talked to Tom in an attempt to explain what was going on but the bastard was not ready.The moment I spoke he jumped up in surprise and looked back.It took him sometime to realize what was going on and by then it was already too late.The exam proctor went up to his desk and took his paper before sending him to the school's Dean.

There he was questioned and given the fact that I had already put him up to speed, he had to lie about everything.He said he had a temporary memory lapse earlier.That only made the dean suspect him of abusing drugs and he was sent out to the disciplinary committee.There his fate would be decided and as usual they needed to test him for the damn drugs.A day I had spent a whole week picturing and hoping it would go smooth was about to get ruined.Geo had told us that his tears were like a drug.That meant the tests would come out positive and then, then all the effort I had put into that day would go down the drain.I had to do something.

The only way to fight fire was by use of fire.I followed Tom to the school clinic where the tests were to happen.I watched as the nurse drew blood.Tom was also given the urine collection cup. The tests were expected back in an hour.Tom was asked to wait outside as the doctor did his thing.All that waiting time, Tom knew all too well the tests would come back positive for an unknown drug.That was bad as he would have much more than just the name of the d**g to answer for.He needed a way out and I had one.I had to create more one last illusion.The day was already a disaster , what could go wrong.Just one more to right the wrongs.Just one more illusion.

I did it, and it was easy.Making the doctors and the committee see negative results was not that hard.Tom was given a free pass but someone amongst the was concerned.They asked the doctors to check on Tom and in the next half an hour Tom was being transferred to a bigger hospital.Apparently my illusion making also made the doctor see a non existing tumor in Tom's head.It made sense as it explained Tom's behavior from earlier.I had to go out of my way to create yet another illusion to convince the other doctors that Tom was okey and ready to go back to school.By the time the day was over, even the heavens knew I had done something stupid.They sent Urial to remind me of my agreement and of course I had to repent for my transgressions.I was also given a very strict warning and if there was something I didn't look forward to, it was another angry spite from a group of angry angels.

The flight back to the bunker was quiet and fast as Phanuel was there.Nobody wanted to talk about it and we all hoped no one asked about the damn day.I looked forward to getting home so I could sleep the afternoon off.I was glad Phanu was around during the day as things would have been way much worse .As we flew home I remembered of the disaster I caused years back in england which saw to a lot of innocent people getting killed in the name wlof witchcraft.I still hated myself for that and in a while I had forgotten about it, but now, it came crushing all the way back.Every time I used the gift something would always go wrong and would just keep getting worse the more I tried to put it under control.Maybe it was never a gift and it was a curse instead.In my thoughts, I almost bumped into the bunker's wall and i would have taken Tom with me.

One look on my face and Ophie knew the day was a disaster.He knew I wasn't ready to talk about it but he asked about it anyway."How bad was it," I was not sure he expected an answer but I looked straight in his eyes and gave him one anyway.It was the only way to keep him from asking the same thing over and over again.I loved that he cared so much, but sometimes his questions were just not what I wanted." I almost got it Ophie, almost,"