The School Of Jokers, THE school of delinquents, THE school of fighters, and THE school of rebels. I wasn't feeling per my expectations, I was excited to see what it would be like, excited because no one would judge, because it was every student for themselves. You can easily win respect just by beating up someone of higher rank. Maybe I could even find someone stronger then me there.
I looked at myself in the mirror, I was wearing a normal student uniform. A white shirt tucked into long grey pants with a belt holding it all together. My tie was properly done and pulled up, it was a red tie with black stripes and the school logo at the bottom of the tie. It was a tree that was in front of a little forest. Above it was, regiis aula and below was princeps schola, this was the school's name and it translates to royal court high school, this school use to be a rich boys school but got taken over by the Court. There are are lot of changes since then and now has an even greater reputation. So great that the school is now known as Atrium RIDICULUS scriptor or Scurra for short or The School of Jokers.
I decided to have Osric hidden in me during school and he also strongly agreed to that. It was a trick that we learnt to do when he turned into a demon for the nth time, but that time was without me fainting. He could merge with me, it within his power to disinterested his body and energy into a ball and permeate through my own body. We worked on it for a while and I can now keep him in there for a maximum of 2 days before he starts to take over. The only side affect is that during that time I will have pale skin and a golden eye.
"Ok I'm ready,"
I said to Osric as he leaned on a chair waiting for me. He did even get up and seemingly he dissolved into the air. I'm pretty sure I can see what happens when I turn my eyes red, I can tell when he's ready because now he can speak in my mind and see through an eye. He can't do much else like this other then those things.
'Lets go'
(All dialogue in 'this' will be speaking in Michael's mind)I went out the door and I started my 20 minute walk to school.
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This school wasn't as big as the mansion or my other school but it was still giant. What do expect from rich kids these days I guess. The school was organised into 3 sections, one was 4 seperate 4 story buildings with bridges connecting each, they were put around the outside of the area in a horseshoe shape. At the front was the admin building a little off centre. There was a hug area in the middle for playgrounds and off to the side was a swimming pool and ball courts. This was the junior section, the one I'm going to be in.
There weren't any students around yet, then again I was early, as I like to be for school, I walked straight into admin. At the front desk there was a middle aged man who seemed like he was going bald, he was asleep at his desk. I knocked on the bench in front of the office and he awoke with a startle and in a bundle of messy hair and big eyes. He hastily with shaky hands got up and went to the front, grabbing his glasses on the way and putting them on clumsily. He smiled at me nervously and my brows furrowed mentally. Strange. I handed him my sheet and he took it then reading it over quickly.
'This man is strange'
I nodded.
"You will be in class 7-2 it's in the second building you see to your left."
He told me with a nervous smile and a chittery voice. Like he was cold.
'That man needs a jacket,'
I said to Osric. He nodded in agreement.
I walked to the class at a leisurely speed, talking to Osric along the way.
I was in the classroom sitting at a desk near the window in my classroom. The teacher hadn't arrived yet(if there even was a teacher) nor had the students. I looked at my phone and saw the time. Five minute till class, I looked out the window and a whole horde of people piled in, there were boys slinging arms over each other, laughing and chatting, which the girls were giggling and huddled up tight. There seemed to be a separation from the front to the back, the main was at the back and there was a group of people leading at the front. At the very front was a young man, year 12 probably. He had his hands in his pocket and had an air that reminded me of Osric when I first summoned him. Arrogant and aloof. He was the definite leader, solitary, not a care in the world or for the world. He then suddenly looked up, he and I met via eye contact and he smiled at me and even waved.
I sat down for some time before the first of the students came in. They were younger then me, was I put in the wrong class?
"Hey what year are you guys in?"
I called out to no one in particular.
"7,"
"But since your new you've got to start at the lowest,"
"Joker might of taken a liking to you if you start off in the class of cups,"
"Strange, ain't it?"
"That guy has never shown a liking to anyone,"
"Not even the magician or high priestess,"
As they were conversing I was finding an order to this whole thing. I wasn't sure what it was based on but it sounded so familiar. The Joker is the highest rank and it's probably the guy from before. Then it's the magician and high priestess. And cups must be pretty high on the list as well.
The last person to walk in the room late was a girl, wavy black hair and big eyes she was a looker compared to her classmates. Not as good as Anastasia obviously.
"Looks like we have a new student, "
She said as she smiled at me. So innocent and such a liar.
"Let's line up,"
Everyone in the room got up and I heard sighs as they went to the front of the classroom.
"I beat you last week, I should be here!"
"No you did not, it was unfair,"
Two boys were fighting over who was where and then they eventually started fist fight. People just got out of the way and started watching. No one stopped them, no one said a word.
"I deserve to be there you f*cking cheater,"
"You son of a b*tch, you think you can beat me?"
It kept going, both of them got pretty beat up but one came out on top, it was the original owner of that position. Applause came from the rest of the class.
The other boy hit the ground with a fist.
"F*ck!"
He shouted.
"Ok, let's line up."
They each then introduced themselves with their name and position. After this they did some information dumping. The positions were first from 2-10 then the court cards and finally the ace. The king and queen were the strongest boy and girl while the ace is the strongest in the class. The page and the knight were basically bodyguards and the next strongest. Those four make up the court of cups and the ace is just the ace of cups.
In each year there are exactly 56 (with the exception of people in the royal court) That much I've figured out. The girls with curly black hair was the ace of cups for this year. To move out of the class she has to beat one of the people in the class of wands. The order from lower to highest goes pentacles, swords, cups then wands.
This school was quite literally ordered and very organised for a school fo delinquents, maybe that's why they beat so many other delinquent schools.
By the end of class I got the gist of this school and decided to do something.
"Ace of Cups, I challenge you for your position,"