"Monster hunting has existed since the dawn of time. Our ancestors passed on these arts to as many as they could. In order to make sure everyone hunter was provided with a quality education,Tosai was built. This school shall teach you not only the importance of bravery but also the undeniable importance of it's counter part,fear.." Gramma said.
A few people were taken aback. Gramma continued.
" As odd as it may seem, the same way many things in this world will. Us monster hunters learn to accept that strangeness and abnormality lies only in perception. You will be expected to learn to see beyond normalizations of humanity and understand the concepts of insanity."
The whole room was silent. No one seemed too keen on learning how to be a cuckoo. Amy noticed that penny was on the edge of her seat, taking in every syllable and looking a bit pale as if she was holding her breath as to not interrupt the esteemed headmistress.
" Madness and sanity go hand in hand in our world. One can nont exist without both just as both cannot exist without each other. The importance of the balance between sanity and insanity is, of course, one the most important parts. Now enough of this. Stuff you faces so you wake up with stomachaches tomorrow!" She said calmly as she went to her table on the stage.
" I wish she'd continued a bit more..." Penny said look at her Gramma talking to sera, with a dreamy expression. " Speak for your self! I'd rather stuff my face any day!" She said as the ordered another dish. It was about midnight until she stopped eating. Penny was on the verge of tears and Amy forced her to order everything she did and the finish it. " I swear I'm gonna get some sort of weird food-phobia because of you." Penny cried.
" Rest assured, Even if that happens I'll happens I'll still be there to force fully hand feed you." Amy said comfortingly. " It's " spoon feed" and if I got a phobia my body would reject it and I would vomit it all out." Penny countered. " And duct-tape your mouth." Amy giggled. " Oh shut up!" Penny said angrily caressing her stomach.
"Ummm where are we supposed to sleep? " Amy asked looking around. " Probably in the student quarters." Penny said. " Amy!!" Her Gramma cried as she stepped towards her. " You're in the teachers quarters. They're "Granddaughter-of-the-headmistress" privileges. Penny will show you I'm sure she's familiar with the map of the school. Her mother revised the entire map and could draw it in her sleep. Creepy girl." Gramma shuddered as she ruffled Penny's hair and said " take good care of my grand daughter, and don't try to trap in the walls like your mother did to her friend so that she could have her two best friends combined. I had her write a million lines saying, " I am not an evil sultan and my friend is not anarkali." " She laughed to herself and went back to her table for a second or maybe 11 th round. It was a wonder how her entire family was so slim when they could keep eating forever if the had the chance.
She glanced at Penny and noticed that she looked like she was in a dream. She gingerly touched her hair as if not to damage it. " Estelle Glimmers called my mom a creep!" She said jumping up and down, "She touched my hair! I'm never washing it again!" She said now spinning along with jumping." And" she stopped abruptly. " You're her granddaughter, you never told me." She said now dead calm. She grabbed her by the shoulders and shook her till her teeth rattled . " Why, why ,why." Penny chanted furious. " I don't know I'm sorry!?? Penny said at a loss for words. " Get me an autograph them I'll forgive you" penny said panting. She could never stay angry and. Excited for long it tired her too much.
" Come on I'll show you your quarters" Penny said as she walked towards a big stone door. " What's with stone doors?" Amy asked remembering her Gramma's house. " They're a basic form of magic. Light to those who are supposed to go through and extremely heavy for those who are trespassing." Penny explained a she easily opened the door. " That's why they were so hard to open" Amy mused. " Pardon" Penny stopped dead in her tracks. Amy told her everything that had happened. Penny clutched her heart at the end as if holding her life support "You fought a chimera without any training! Thats our first year exams and it's being argued to be to difficult! Ohhh." She said faintly as if she were about to fall." And you opened the enchanted doors at the principals house. I was joking when I said the got heavy. They were UNOPENABLE. Ughhh I can't take this. No more talking until tomorrow. Classes start in a week and we have to explore the campus tomorrow." Penny said shuddering. " Explore the campus for a week! " Amy said surprised. " This place has enough dangers with out classes . A week is to figure out how to get from one place to another. Constant vigilance the whole flipping castle is booby-trapped." They reached her quarters. They said good bye and Amy went in.
It was huge. A large purple bed with a vanity chair and a books shelf and and a study table and a tea table and a few other tabels with cushioned chairs around them and a few sofas placed intricately so that nothing seemed out of place.
She lay down on her bed and wondered what was going to come next. As she closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep.
Book 1 complete.
Next book: Tosai, school of fear and fright.