Once Upon a Time

Chapter 1

~ Third person pov ~

Cater:  "Do make sure you bring that tart next time, m'kay? Buh-bye now!"

Ace: " Was that guy for real?!"

Deuce:  "We hit him over and over, but he just kept coming. Maybe he was using some kind of illusion magic?"

Ace:  "So lemme get this straight: we walked in there, totally tartless, but this dude still made us do that whole song and dance before throwing us out?
He just wanted to make us paint his stupid roses!"

Grim:  "We sure look like a bunch of chumps."

Deuce:  "I guess we'll just have to get an apology tart and come back. Maybe after class, we can- Oh no!"

Evie :" * whispering* I liked him"

Yuu : "Oh no!"

Deuce:  "We already missed the first bell! We're gonna be late for class!"

Grim:"  Myah! I don't wanna get a blemish on the first day of my glorious Night Raven education!
Shake a leg, chumps! To the classroom, pronto!"

Ace:  "Hey, so what class are you guys in, anyway? You're freshmen too, right?"

Grim: " The headmage said we're in Class 1-A!"

Deuce: " Hey, that's the same one I'm in. We got Potionology for first period."

Grim: " Oh ho, yeah! That sounds awesome!"

Ace:  "M-maybe I don't need magic for that?"

Lessons went excruciatingly late.  Evie loved every lesson at school, she found everything interesting, but she couldn't concentrate at all.  He would think about things like what he will do after school, if he will meet up with Yuu and the others, what they will do with Ace who has that collar, and occasionally he would think about Cater's compliments.  "but what's wrong with me?"  he muttered to no one in particular.

The first lessons are over and it's time for lunch.

As Evie walked around the cafeteria trying to find the children, she heard familiar voices but also some unfamiliar ones.

Delinquent A:  "Hey! Watch where you're goin'!
M-my carbonara! You broke the yolk!"

Delinquent B:  "Whoa, that's messed up! Pokin' the egg is the best part!
You better make this right, pal!"

Delinquent A:  "I'm gonna need that grilled chicken of yours as compensation."

Grim:  "Myah?! No way! Hands off the bird, chump! I need my protein, because I am HANGRY!"

Delinquent B: " Hey! That's no way to speak to an upperclassman! Catch me outside and I'll teach you some respect!"

Deuce:  "Um, excuse me, sir, but it said in the handbook that fighting with magic was prohibited..."

Delinquent A:"  Fighting? You got it all wrong. This is just me helpin' an ignorant freshman know his place."

Delinquent B:  "Now, let's see just how many ways there are to skin a cat, heh!"

Evie : "can I know what's going on?. You can be heard from meters away"

Delinquent B : " Oh what happened, did you call the big media?"

Delinquent A : "If you think we're going to be afraid of your little friend just because of her reputation"

The first delinquent went to attack but stopped and couldn't move, a dark blue aura was around him, Evie's magic.