The Fairy Isles

Chapter 9: First day of lessons

I wake up to my alarm feeling refreshed but also a little nervous for my fist day of lessons. Today is a big day and I have a strong feeling that this next year is going to change my life and I hope that is a good thing. I get dressed in my Academy uniform, magic my make up and hair how I want it then brush my teeth and head out into the main part of the suite to see if everyone else is awake and ready to get moving. Poppy and Ivy are both up and ready so we wait a few minutes for Lucy then head down to breakfast before our first lesson begins. Breakfast is very busy but there are so many options available so it doesn't take long to get food. We all sit down together at an empty table and Poppy says "Who else is super nervous for today? I'm definitely excited and honored to be here but I don't know what to expect for each lesson and that makes me so nervous!" Ivy and Lucy both agree with her so I decide that we should go over each class together and see what everyone thinks we could expect to calm all of our nervous energy. "It looks like we start with History on the lost Isles so that will certainly be interesting to learn about and very straight forward. I've heard of the lost Isles, they consist of Warlocks and Shapeshifters and since we haven't heard from either races in a while I'm sure we will be talking about that." Everyone agrees with my assumption so I continue on. "The next class is Potions 101 which seems pretty self explanatory. After that is Physical training and combat which will probably be difficult at first but good for us to learn." Lucy speaks up and says "I am not excited for that class, you know how I hate sweating! It's just so gross!" We all laugh and I continue on "After lunch we will have Fairy portals which will be so fun to learn! I've always had an interest in portals and I can't wait to see if I'm able to make one myself!" Lucy speaks up and says "Of course if anyone here can make a portal, it will be you! Your magic has always been so amazing and you are quick to catch on!" I thank Lucy and keep going. "Next we will have Magics of fairy where we will probably learn all the types of magic, maybe even touch a little on the lost magic!" Everyone ooohs at that one and I continue on. "And last we will have History on the Fairy Isles where we most likely learn about each Isle more in depth along with more information about the Royals and hopefully learn more about the Isles creation. Lucy and I will have lessons with Kingsguard Conroy after our last class so you two might have to eat dinner without us unless you want to wait. I'm not sure how late our training session with run." Ivy speaks up with "Poppy and I both have lessons with our Kingsguards as well so we can just meet for dinner after!" We all agree with today's plans and continue eating our breakfast in a comfortable silence.

As we finish our breakfast I collect all the trash from everyone and go to throw it away. On my way to the garbage cans another girl runs into me and scoffs while telling me to watch where I'm going. I just continue on with what I was doing when she grabs my arm and says "Excuse me?! I was talking to you. You really should apologize when you take up so much space and run into people instead of being so rude and acting like your the only person who exists!" I yank my arm from her grasp and say "Oh, I'm so sorry that you didn't see where you were walking and ran right into me! I can't believe you would just go off on a random stranger for your clumsiness and incompetence. I'm not going to put up you treating me or anyone else this way. No on derserves your attitude." Her face turns beet red and she makes a frustrated noise then says "This isn't the last of me you will see, and you sure will be sorry about this soon!" Then she turns on her heel and stomps away with a group of girls I didn't even notice that were standing around waiting for her. I shake my head and throw all of the trash away then head back to where Lucy and our suite mates are waiting when Poppy exclaims "Oh my gosh Aurora, don't you know who that is?! Thats Delphine, one of the Royal advisors daughters! She's got a wicked mean streak too, I suggest you be careful around her and her friends or she could make your time here really difficult!" Ivy gasps and Lucy speaks up "Oh we aren't scared of her! We don't agree with bullies no matter what and she will get what's coming to her if she's really that mean!" I make a noise of agreement and state that we should make our way to the first lesson so we aren't late. We don't want to make a bad impression on any of our teachers on the first day.

We make it to our first lesson, History on the lost Isles and notice that the tables seat four each and have everyones names on them. We find the table with our names on it and take a seat together. They must keep suite mates together since some of our points to stay in school rely on how we work in ateam wiyh our suitemates too. Right as the bell rings the teacher walks into the room and tells everyone to settle down so we can begin the lesson. Once everyone is quiet he introduces himself to the class, "Hello everyone, my name is Professor Malone and I am a Werewolf teaching all of you about the history of the lost Isles. We will begin class with a large pop quiz. This will have no effect on your grades at all but it will give me more information on how much knowledge each of you have on the lost Isles." He passes out the pop quiz and instructs us to begin without speaking to our suite mates. He explains that he needs this information to see if he needs to adjust the syllabus before it is handed out during tomorrow's lesson. We are told to hand in our quiz once finished then we are allowed to leave and possible enjoy getting out of this lesson early depending on how long the quiz takes each person. Everyone gets really excited about the possibility of extra free time on the first day then quiets down to begin their quiz. I make sure to take my time on each question and not rush myself. I actually know quite a bit of information about the history of the lost Isles since I've spent so much time in the library back home. I feel very good about the fact that I know most of the information and got it correct as I finish the quiz and prepare to bring it to the teacher so I can leave class. I feel a sense of relief and confidence with my answers on the quiz. As I look up I notice that about half the class has left but Lucy, Ivy and Poppy are still working on their quizzes. I grab my bag and go hand my finished quiz over to the teacher and head out into the hallway to wait for my suite mates.