About To Be Known [Book 3]

Gaining A Teacher

Notes:

I had plans to update this yesterday, but I fell asleep. Oops. Anyway, life was stressful yesterday, but it's better today. So I'm okay.

I like my classes so far. I only have one new one left; I'll be in class tomorrow, so I'll see what's up then.

This school is giving me a big headache, but I'll deal; even if I deal badly, I'll deal.

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Another POV:

"So what now?" The boy asked, half lying on the floor because the chains wouldn't let him sit up straight.

All of his friends were still unconscious as I hadn't woken them up yet. They're a little bit hard to deal with because of the range of supernatural creatures they are. I was being precautious.

"Now your friends wake up," I told the boy as I materialized behind him.

I picked him up off the floor and made him stand up on his own while I held onto the chains he was wrapped in. It's always good to have a backup plan. And holding a hostage is a backup plan. At least until I get the story straight and make sure everything is as he says it is. Snapping my fingers once wakes them up from their mild slumber. It isn't tough to do once you know how to control the mind. 100 years of practice helps as well.

They were all slow to wake up. There are some side effects of messing with people's minds. A little grogginess here and there, but generally, you end up fine in the end. The worst case is a dreadful headache, but that rarely happens anymore. I only accidentally killed someone the first time I did it. And that was years ago when I was still a little kit. But I'm qualified to teach someone technically, and now I don't make those mistakes anymore.

"Hey, guys!" The boy called out.

He tried to walk forward, but I pulled him back as he was my hostage still. That snaps the four people in the room's attention straight to us. They all stand up quicker than before when they were holding their heads in grogginess. They were all glaring daggers at me. I can assume why. But at the moment, I still have the upper hand. Even though we weren't in the illusion anymore, I could still control the situation enough not to die even though my odds don't look so great.

A hunter, a vampire, a werewolf, and a banshee; what a weird pack. And to top it off, and Nogitsune-werewolf hybrid. I feel like I'm out of my league right now.

"Hello. I would say sorry, but I'm not that kind of guy. Plus, I still don't know if I can trust you yet. While your story does sound semi-convincing, I need some more facts. Explain to me when, where, and why you were possessed by the Nogitsune. Then we'll see about me believing you." I said to the boy adjacent to me.

The boy grimaced and looked out to his friends. He did look skeptical at the hunter, which at least meant he wasn't completely stupid to not fully trust one. Actually, now that I looked at it more clearly, they all looked wary of the hunter. Hmm. The werewolf was barely holding onto control. I can see his eyes flickering blue from over here. The banshee looks nervous; she seemed not as experienced as the others in her group. The vampire looked nonchalant and slightly pissed. But he didn't look worried or nervous at all. It was a little disconcerting, to say the least.

It was disconcerting because everyone else looked truly nervous around me except for the vampire. And while vampires are almost indestructible, they are not completely so. Another thing that has been bugging me about this vampire is that it's still daylight outside, and he looks as uncrispy as ever. So obviously, there is some magic at play here. But it's not like I haven't seen a vampire walk around in the daylight before. It's just rare.