you're incredibly wicked

7: third quarter in leo

Nikolai only slept for about an hour before it was time to get up. He groaned and threw his blanket over his head.

But, he knew he had to get up anyways, so he managed to throw himself out of bed and try to start his day.

He went to his closet and saw his reflection in the mirror. His hair was sticking out in all sorts of directions and he had no shirt on. Quickly, he threw on his uniform and stared at himself. To him, this uniform with the blue shirt and the red pants was hideous. He brushed out his hair and then closed the dresser.

As the top of his class, Nikolai has his own room. He has a kitchen, a sitting area, a washroom, and a bedroom just for him. To him, it was perfect, quaint and cozy. 

Nikolai went to his kitchen and decided to cook something for himself. One of his hidden talents is anything that involves the culinary arts, he excels at it in a way that makes anybody speechless.

He started to cook himself a breakfast quiche filled with egg, herbs from the gardens outside, and a handful of assorted spices.

While his quiche was cooking, he started to brew some coffee. There was a machine that started to grind the beans as soon as he placed them in.

His room smelled delightful.

Once his coffee and quiche were done, he sat down to eat.

After his food, he washed up quickly and shut his door to his room. 

Down the stairs he went and out of his dorm to the main hall for lectures.

He was running a little late, but to him, he was on time. Not a lot of people were in the front of the school's enterance and most of the people were either heading to class or in class. 

There were only 10 minutes until his first class would start, so he cast a teleportation spell with a snap of his fingers to his locker, opened it up, and grabbed his cloak, his wand, and his textbooks. He quickly threw on his cloak, which was black. Then, he shut his locker and headed to his first class.

First class of the day was called "Dark Magic: The Myths, The Legends, and The Truths". In recent years, the forces of dark magic have become more prominent over Grozine with a few figures that have come out. Nikolai found interest in the topic and while the professor was lecturing, he read a few snippets of the book.

"Maestro, a wizard known for being "The Black Widower". He chooses his prey in a tactical and precise way. Oringinaly, he used to seek the weakest witches he could find, by making them feel special and loved. However, as he became more confident in his magic and intellect, he started targeting stronger witches. His most recent victim was a Levela 9 witch. While he is regarded as a Levela 7, his eye to detail makes him an intimidating force. As of now, 9 witches have fallen victim, and he is on the hunt for wife number 10."

Nikolai heard the bell dismiss him and it made him wonder: the phrase "Brain over Brawn" does seem true now.

The next lecture was "Combat Spells". Nikolai was confident in this kind of magic, but it was not his strongest suit. In this lecture, they would perform spells on inanimate objects. There was 2 different kinds of combat, one with a wand and one without a wand. Nikolai was more confident in his wand combat more, and was the top of the lecture with wand combat. His hand flowed with the wand as if he was cutting vegetables, it looked so beautiful.

After that lecture, was Morning Tea. He was not a fan of Tea time, and just poured himself another cup of coffee. He always had his coffee black, and needed it to survive. He opened up his Dark Magic book and continued reading until it was time for his next lecture.

"Enviornmental Magic", and then "Magical Creatures", which not much had happened.

Finally, it was Lunchtime and he went to his dorm and cooked himself some food.

After lunch, he went downstairs for his final 2 lectures. "Galxacial Studies" and "Poetry of Magic". By then, he was tired and really tried to get by with his day.

The final bell sounded and he could finally leave the Academy to go back to his room.

On his way out, he saw Serena and the dream from last night. In the back of his mind, he wondered if she remembered the dream as well. He felt his cheeks burn up, but kept his head down.

He went back to his room, without a word and just started to focus on his work that was assigned to him for the night. Lots of readings and an essay that had to be done by the end of the night. 

Just as he was about to sit down and start his essay, a cat jumped on his desk and sat down on his paper.

"Rupert! Not now!"

He picked up the cat and placed him softly on the ground.

"Are you hungry? Or do you want playtime?"

Rupert meowed. Nikolai understood. Rupert wanted a toy.

Nikolai used his wand and a mouse made of yarn appeared.

Rupert pounced at the toy and Nikolai went back to his essay.

He managed to keep his pet at bay for at least 2 hours.

This essay was all about what makes your magic ability unique.

Nikolai's talent was shapeshifting. He could transform into almost anything that you could imagine.

Just as he finished, Rupert meowed again.

"Hungry?"

His stomach growled too.

Nikolai set some food out for Rupert and then made himself something for dinner.

After having dinner, he cleaned up and grabbed a random book from his magic pile and started to read.

He read until the moon was almost halfway up in the sky and washed up one more time.

He changed into his nightwear and made sure Rupert was at bay. Some say having a black cat as a pet was a sign of bad luck, but Nikolai adored cats.

Once all was settled, he turned off the lights and went to sleep.