The School of Tomorrow

I discover Fire

I was having the most strange... can you call a Nightmare something that doesn't scare you but it's still too weird to be a dream? Anyways, I had a dream where I could only look towards a massive black rectangle, like a giant smartphone, and from behind the Giant Smartphone I could hear screams, several of them, each one being very different from the other, so I could clearly hear maybe thousands or even higher voices crying for help, from what? I don't know, but then I was rudely awakened.

-Barry we are going to be late and it is going to be all your fault!- Sadie shouted, shaking me from one side to the other. -Honestly, do you have no discipline?-

-Oh man. I had the strangest dream.- I replied, still trying to stay awake. -What time is it?-

-Half past 7.- Sadie said, then she headed to my door. -Get ready fast, we are waiting for you for quite some time.-

I waived her off and went on to brush my teeth, wake up for real and take a bath, all at the same time. I then got dressed up and put my stuff in my backpack, only to realize that I had no idea what class was today.

-Guys? What class is today?-I asked out loud. -I forgot it.-

-Introduction to Dark Magic.- Howard replied. -But later on the day we're going to have Introduction to Purple Magic too.-

I got my backpack ready and went to the living room, where everyone was looking at me, Howard looked sleepy, Sadie was impatient and Janko, as always, was impassable.

-There's Porridge for you.- Janko said, and indeed, there was a bowl of Porridge waiting for me on the balcony. -Eat while we walk to school.-

And so we went to the metro, as the trains were full of people, and one bowl of Porridge that I was eating, unlike yesterday, we didn't find any annoying Russian billionaires, mainly because the train was jam packed with people and empty seats were a dream. Soon enough we were on the station that we needed to be, just 5 minutes from being late, since I didn't know where to put the empty bowl so I just shoved it inside my bag and continued to run with them until we arrived in a building that looked like the mix of the Coliseum with the Madison Square Garden, being a round building with white marble columns and latin wording on the top, we entered the amphitheater and walked towards the four available seats, when I went to my seat, someone put their bag in my place and gave me a smile.

-I'm waiting for a friend.- He said jokingly. -Sorry dude.-

-Barry what are you doing? Sit down now.- Sadie bossed, unaware of the bag in my seat. -I am not going to get into trouble because of you.-

-Barry, change seats with me.- Janko said, seeing that the kids were making fun of me, for some reason. -I don't like the view from mine.-

-Umm, sure thing Janko.- I said, looking back and forward. -But are you going to be ok?-

Janko didn't answer me, instead he whispered something to the kids, who stopped smiling, and after some more talking they took out the bag.

After some more minutes Laguna out of nowhere came in and walked silently to the front of the Amphitheater and sat down on a chair that was overseeing both the students and the teacher, who came in quickly after Laguna, and it was Mrs. Wallace, the Scottish woman from yesterday.

-Good Morning, I am Margaret Wallace, but you will call me Mrs.Wallace, I will be your Teacher for your first year.- Mrs. Wallace said sternly, she then waived her hand towards Laguna. -As you see, Headmaster Laguna is present, he will oversee your first classes, do not expect him to stay for the remainder of the year.-

-Hello.- Laguna said calmly. -Ignore me, I'm not even here.-

And so she started to write on the chalkboard, and for 15 minutes the only sounds were of the chalk, of pens and of Laguna whistling, which I noticed that was starting to annoy the students, but I figured that it was some sort of test and that Laguna would immediately expel anyone that complained for being impatient or something like that.