A Purple World Of Mages and Magic

The Fire spell

It wouldn't be long before they connected the dots. "How did you know?" Lance swallowed.

"Oh don't worry." Jodge waved him off. "You're not the one who disrupted the time-continuum"

What? What was he saying?

Lance raised a brow. "Who did?"

Jodge hesitated. "Word has it someone cast a spell wrongly, but it has been rectified." Then his eyes brightened. " That's one of the reasons I love this place"

Lance heaved a sigh of relief.

So what had happened to him then?

"Right" Lance said. "But I've not seen you before? You're new?"

"Yeah. Transferred from Pentagon College actually."

Lance frowned. "Why? Pentagon is another good magic school , next to Wiccan."

"Let's just say, their spells and magic teachings got too boring and safe for me and I had to leave. Wiccan offers more inspiring challenges as I've come to realize. I love the risks involved here, they are more dangerous...trains you to be a thorough magician."

Lance nodded. "In a way I guess"

"Come on, let's be friends.. I mean I know your little secret already, and it's safe with me"

His little secret?

Fear knocked into Lance's head at the boy's statement, he grabbed his hand and pulled him along to a corner, pushing him aside. "What do you mean? What do you know?"

"Relax..I just know you were somehow affected by the time-continuum"

Lance heart skipped a beat, and he swallowed.

Jodge knew. Who else knew?

"What else do you know?"

"Nothing else... I overheard your conversation with the other dude back at the Lyceum. And so I guessed."

"Well, I'm glad you guessed, because you guessed wrong." Lance said, his heart still in his stomach.

"Maybe "Jodge smiled. "Come on buddy. I heard today is one of those risky days, as will be the rest of our time here." He put a hand across Lance's shoulder, --who was still trying to place all the boy had said-- and they both walked into the classroom.

The Classroom had milk-ash walls and polished brown steel desks with chairs.

There was a raised dias, fixed black cupboards on the walls housing instruments, specimens and assortments of potions.

A lecturer was already in class, a fair woman in her 30s was seated on an arm chair on a small raised dias,

and she observed everyone and everything from her elevated place and from the rim of her oval glasses.

"Do well to settle down everyone, we don't have enough time!" She called out to the students who were still hustling for spaces and seats.

Lance tried to get away from Jodge as stealthily as he could, taking turns around desks until he located one quite far from the boy.

He still did not know what the boy was all about, how he came to know of his secret? His transmigration?

He sat down, and luckily for him Jodge hadn't taken notice, and hadn't looked for him either. He seemed to be quite distracted on his own.

"Alright. I believe this is everyone?" The woman said in her sharp and vociferous voice.

A young girl with rose beige skin and long dark-blonde hair stood. Her name was Glenda Barbara and she was the Level rep of the class.

"No ma. Some are still on their way.. unfortunately"

The woman frowned. "We are going to continue nonetheless." She stood from her chair and came down the dias." To begin I'd like to introduce myself." She paused."My name is Miss.Eloise, and I believe you all know what your first spell for today will be?" She turned to Glenda, who was excitedly fidgeting."It was on your timetable was it not?"

"Yes ma" She replied, smart enough to know Miss.Eloise was not requiring her to reveal anything.

She turned back to the class. "So what's the first spell you'll be learning today then ?" She raised a finger, indicating she needed a particular answer, from a choice candidate perhaps.

Her eyes swept the class ."I need to know my class consists attentive and smart people, smarter than me I hope. "Then she spotted Lance. "Yes, you handsome. What are we doing?"

What the--

He looked around disconcertingly at the gazes peering at him.

Why did she have to call him out now? Of all people?

Was he more conspicuous and noticeable than all the other students here?

'Ashhh' He wanted to scream.

Just when he was beginning to avoid the limelight, and avoid being noticed.

Knowing in one way or another he was part, and a big key to what had transpired the other day.

What was he going to say now? It already looked like everyone else knew this asides him.

Had the “ Lance“ in this world lost that memory when he transmigrated?

"I.. umm...Water spell?" He finally surmised.

The other level-Two students laughed at him, but Jodge did not, he smiled, along with Glenda who looked at Lance like she hadn't seen him before.

"Oh dear. Are you sure you're a Level student here?" She said, heading to the other end of the classroom.

No, he sort of wasn't. He thought to himself.

"Well then who knows?" She asked.

"The Fire spell" Another student answered.

"Great...This is one of the important spells we teach here and as all of us had seen beforehand, it most times constitutes the very first and crucial final level examination"

Liam came into the Classroom then . His black hair was a curly mess, as it looked like he was in a hurry to not miss out on one of the most important spell lessons.

He found Lance and shuffled to where he was, taking a seat beside him .

"Where have you been? And what took you so long? I woke up and I didn't see you" Lance asked him.

"You wouldn't believe me if I told you" Liam answered. His eyes showed a lack of sleep along with his disconcerted look.

"Try me" Lance replied, trying at the same time to pay attention to what Miss.Eloise was mixing in a small black bowl.

She held a yellow flower that had teeth-like projections.

The plant was quite strange enough.

"The professor had me summoned during the early hours of the morning." Liam said.