Scratch X

Chapter 1: I Met the Clumsy Witch

After all the mischief, I sprang to bed early in the morning. Apparently, time doesn't work the same way on that world in here. When I thought it was an hour, the time didn't move at all. The same, 7:30 AM. Of course, I didn't care about it since I was very tired anyway, tired more than ever. I don'really do many exercises and I never joined to any physical activities like a 50-meter run, Tag and never participated on any sports. Perhaps that's the reason why I'm a bit lithe?

I am on bed, thinking for what should I do. I... skipped class, didn't I?

"Ehh?!" I'm in trouble! First day of class yet I skipped it, what am I, a delinquent? Of course not! Anyway, I need to think rationally. My parents just told me that I should take a top, which I have never experienced for my whole life. At most, I'm always average. Always at the middle rankings of anything because of my P.E grades, which is always D. I'm only 16 right now, but this is very depressing. My grades for others are A though.

With the time passing by on the clock on the top of my bed, I couldn't remind myself to sleep. Ten minutes have passed already and I don't know what to do. I just stared at the cabinet next to my bed, reminiscing what happened. I was in deep thought when my phone vibrated. And look who happened to call, the principal of the school.

I was trying to ignore it like crazy- since you know, when you do something bad teachers are bound to teach you a lesson. But because of what I did, I always had an excuse to make anyway.

I answered the phone.

"H-Hello?" my voice was very tense and cowardly. It sounded more ruffled than ever.

"Hello hello, is this Axel Rinofrost speaking?" the principal asked cheerfully. Her voice was more childish than I expected so, I said something impolite.

"Who is this child?" Wow, those guts. That's the thing I like in myself. I regret saying it, but her answer was oddly unexpected.

"That's rude, I'm only at my 30's," I thought she would get mad at me for making fun of her, but that wasn't the case. "So, how was your entrance exam?"

Now that I think of it, my parents told me that you don't need entrance exams to enroll in this school. Just money and birth certificate and poof! You're enrolled.

"What entrance exams?" I asked " I didn't take something like that, did I?"

"Oh please, you did that just a while ago. And you really did something great, I'm sure the result would be very appreciable."

Hey, hey, I don't really remember something like that. Or perhaps...

"Does it do something with the monster earlier? And why did that kind of things exist? What's with this scho-" before I finished what I was saying, she interrupted.

"I know you have a lot of questions, but you should rest first. School doesn't start today, just exams."

"Eh? Then why did I see a lot of students walking around the campus?"

"That was just illusion spells," I feel pathetic, I can't really grasp everything she's saying. "Anyway, make sure you go to school tomorrow alright? Okay, that's all."

"Wai-" then, it got cut-off. I sighed. I'm really tired. I can't tell Mom and Dad about this. They might do something very inappropriate and it might also cause a ruckus.

In a few seconds, I fell asleep.

In my dream, I was in a multidimensional hallway. And hell, it was extravagant like it was owned by some rich company. Decorative gold chandelier, jeweled cabinets arranged symmetrically and it was very wide and spacious.