Fina and Zora found a table next to the window and settled on the chair.
"He's nice" Zora said and blushed deeply.
"Yeah. I do wonder about his group though" Fina said
"Don't look. Zora said as she took a bite of her peanut butter sandwich.
"It's delicious" She said
"I have Potion class" Fina said
"Me too" Zora said
Someone placed two bottled water on their table and they looked up.
"Can I sit here? It's the only place for hiding appropriately"
"Yeah" Fina drawled
"It's Talon by the way. Talon Smith. Honored to be sitting with two pretty girls"
Talon Smith has red hair with blue eyes and he was pretty tall too. The boys uniform were the same with the girls except for the tie.
Talon settled down and began to munch on his crackers.
"Fina Clark" Fina said "This is~
"Zora Alvarez" Zora said with a smile.
"Talon Smith. Wait. Haven't I said that before?" Talon said "You are new. I'm also new but I knew you are newer than me"
Fina and Zora looked confused.
"Yes. Just resumed yesterday" Zora said
Fina looked at her in surprise and she shrugged.
Talon gasped.
"For the love of God, you haven't even seen the castle yet. I will tell you, the place I wanted to go the most is Miss Zedler's place"
"Doesn't her cat changes into a monster?" Fina asked as she opened the bottled water.
"Puhlease, who doesn't want a new adventure?" Talon said "I have to go to class. You girls should ring me when you get back. There is a telephone in your room. The number is OOILOVETALONSMITH. See ya. Wait…are you also having potion class?"
"Yes"
"Brava!" Talon said "Off we go, you imps"
*******
TIMES THEY GOT LOST- 10
TIMES THEY MOVED BACK TO THE CASTLE ENTRANCE-10
TIME LEFT FOR THEIR FIRST CLASS- 5 MINUTES, 38 SECONDS
As they turned back to leave, they heard Mrs Knight screaming from the hallway.
"Mrs Knight?" They said in unison, glancing at each other.
They ran to where the screams were coming from and came to a deep halt when they saw what was chasing her.
Mrs Knight was being chased by weird looking spirits.
"Isnt that a…bogl…bogl…bogle?" Zo asked shakily
"Huh?" Fina and Talon asked in unison
"Zo-
But Zora and Talon were already behind her as the bogle turned away from Mrs Knight and moved over to them scarily.
Fina closed her eyes as her legs stood frozen to the floor.
When she opened her eyes the bogle was already gone.
"Oh. That's a relief" Mrs Knight said "Those stupid creatures always scare me. I mean … Fina Clark, right?"
"Yes, madam?" Fina asked
"How did you scare them away?" Mrs Knight asked both curiosity and confusion.
Fina glanced at her friends who were giving her a look to go on.
"I have no idea" She said
"Well, that's surprising. I would have said you used your wands but you juniors haven't been given one, have you?"
They shook their heads.
Mrs Knight chuckled.
"Well, shall we?" She asked
As they turned a corridor, Fina glanced back to see the bogles staring at her with a very frightened expression.
Why?
She had no idea.
"I am sure you students will enjoy potion class. I mean, who wouldn't? Its potion class!" Mrs Knight rattled off.
"Mrs Knight, are there other creatures like the bogles in Elfina?" Talon asked
As if in response, an imp appeared out of the blue, its wide eyes knocking Talon off his feet. It flew above Fina's head and she dodged whilst laughing mischievously as it did so.
Mrs Knight raised her book wand but it snatched it from her.
It made scary faces at Zora and kisses Talon on the mouth repeatedly.
Fina and Zora gagged while Mrs Knight tried to right herself.
It stuck its butt on Mrs Knight Face and released green purplish gases on her face. She coughed so hard and tried not to inhale the gas.
The imp burst into fits and fits of laughter.
Then, it stopped and with widened eyes, fell to the ground and disappeared.
Fina turned to see a tall looking young woman staring at them. Her cold look was calculating. Her long red hair hung on one shoulder and she glared at them with different eye colors. Blue and green.
Mrs Knight chuckled.
"Oh, Katherine, I can't possibly thank you enough"
Katherine didn't smile.
"Kids. This is Miss Katherine Zedler. She is in charge of training you on how to deal with evil creatures."
Evil creatures like the bogles and imp. Mrs Knight didn't complete.
Zedler gaze landed on Zora and she shivered.
She must be the one with the monster cat…Fina thought
"I suppose you will soon have them in your class too" Mrs Knight said
"Precisely" Zedler said with her gaze still locked on Zora.
Then, her gaze shifted on Fina and the cold lady almost flinched. Almost.
But Fina didn't as much flinch.
"Well, I shouldn't keep you then. Follow me, students"
They moved past Miss Zedler without another word and Fina extremely resisted the sudden urge to look back this time but she could feel still feel Zedler's gaze on her.
After passing through lots of corridors, they finally got to their destination.
There in front of them were two huge glass doors with an emblem of a glass potion bottle.
Mrs Knight waved her wand which looked like a book wand and her name appeared on the glass door then vanished.
She opened the door and they all entered.
Zora gasped in excitement.The potion class looked more like a laboratory.
A very huge laboratory.
There were pictures on the wall. New potions discoverers. Most of them were students.
Different kinds of laboratory equipments decorated the tables.
The ceilings were high and tinted with stained glass.
There was an unused board at the front of the room and besides it lays two big shelves filled with different kinds of potions.
The whole class was surrounded with round shelves with steps which looked like a spiraling staircase. And in each step lays different kinds of potions too.
The Capricorn house seats were almost full as Fina and Zora looked for a spare seat.
Finally, they found a seat in the midst of the Capriconians.
Mrs Knight moved to the front of the room and turned to the class.
"Welcome to potion class. This will be our first real class after all the rules and regulations you have been taught the past week. I suppose you are familiar with my name but I will gladly introduce myself again. My name is Mrs Isabella Knight and I will be teaching you about potions. Now, can anyone tell me the meaning of potion?"
Two Gemini twins raised their hands.
"Yes?"
"My name is Lois Atom"
"My name is Lulu Atom"
They both said in unison.
Fina and Zora shivered.
"A potion is a spell in liquid form with the ability of causing various effects in humans and other beings which include healing, transformation.."
"Thank you very much..uh….the Atom twins" Mrs Knight said
Fina could swear the 'creepy Atom twins' were at the tip of her tongue.
"There are different types of potions but Elfina teaches its students the safe ones. We have the good and bad potions. And, technically, the weak and strong potions but you will be treading on the weak potion for now until you get to the strong part. If I see you have talents in potion making, I will give you the opportunity to make yours and if you succeed, congratulations, but I am quite picky when it comes to that" She said with a wink.