Blossom

First Day Of The Last Year

As a group of six- to eight-year-old students completed their assignments, the sound of a bell resonated throughout the classroom. 

A woman who looked to be in her early twenties stood in front of the whiteboard and pointed a ruler at it just before they left. 

With her striking orange hair and bright red glasses, she caught the class's attention like a beam of springtime sunlight. While they were all staring at her, she presented them with a straightforward task.

"Now, class i know we're all eager to leave for summer vacation but before you leave i have an offer of sorts. Whoever can answer most if not all of my questions correctly gets one free gift."

The class tilted their heads as they questioned just what this gift could be, having their little minds filled with possibilities and imagination. 

Out of pure curiosity, the entire class remained seated despite the fact that the bell that allowed them all to leave just rang. 

"Who can tell me what is the term for people who gain access to their abilities at the age of Ten?"

The whole class decided to speak at once the instant she posed that question. 

For them, it was easy since most if not all of them were already looking forward to that day. Either way, this made the children excited, as the first question was so easy.

"BLOOMERS!"

The teacher gave the class a big, nervous smile, and moved her hands down to help them relax for a little. 

Clearly, she made a bit of an oversight as the class erupted with the answer, causing an apparent amount of noise to echo throughout the room and bleed into the hallway. 

So it was best to make a slight change to the rules of this to reduce the level of noise and make sure she doesn't get a noise complaint from any of the other teachers in the building. 

"Ok that one is on me, before answering raise your hands and I'll pick the one who raises their hand the fastest."

Having said that, the teacher's perception appeared to slow down to a snails pace, and her eyes began to glow a bright blue color. With the exception of herself, everything seemed to be moving slowly to her.

"Alright, what is the term used for someone who gains their powers after the age of Ten?"

A girl with snow white skin and golden blond hair had her right hand shoot up into the air just milliseconds faster than any of the students could get theirs up. 

A typical teacher would find it difficult to tell who raised their hands the quickest, but this one had a secret up her sleeve.

Since the girl raised her hand first, she was given the floor to speak as the teacher pointed over to her.

"Yes Kathy!"

Kathy laughed to herself and began to consider what she would like to say to the teacher. It was clear she wasn't planning on taking this type of thing seriously, so once she got what she wanted to say in her head she blurted it out with the confidence of a lion.

"Losers!"

Though Kathy's comment wasn't that funny in the first place, the class burst out laughing. In their developing minds it was pretty entertaining to say the least.