The School of Tomorrow

I find some beasts

I didn't even bothered to tell my friends about my encounter with Order, as they probably wouldn't believe me, and with good reason, what even is the chance of you meeting an extremely ancient semi–deity just by horsing around in a rooftop? Apparently not 0.

"You're awfully quiet today Barry." Janko said, handing me the daily porridge. "Is everything ok?"

"Yeah, just a weird dream." I said, immediately making Janko uninterested. "What classes do we have today?"

"Death Magic now and Hate magic in the afternoon." Janko answered. "Tomorrow is just Love Magic."

We quickly finished our breakfast, watching the highlights of yesterday's basketball's matches with Howard, and then we did the now common practice of riding the subway to the classroom and entered the amphitheater.

"Our seats are taken." Howard noted, he then looked at the only available seats. "Great, we'll have to sit next to Antisocial Annie there."

"Antisocial Annie?" I asked him. "Who 's that?"

"That girl right there, never spoke a single word to anyone of the class." Janko explained. "People just assumed she was a stuck up annoying girl."

"Either way those are the only available seats." I said, walking towards her. "Hey, do you mind us seating next to you?"

She didn't answer back, instead just looking at Mrs.Wallace calmly. She had beautiful smooth black hair and quiet light blue eyes, she seemed so calm that it looked like she didn't even hear us.

"Ookay, I'll take that as a yes." I said, making a thumbs up to my friends. "Thanks."

She didn't answer me though, instead opening her book, and we all did the same, Mrs. Wallace eventually got up and started to write on the chalkboard the basic principles of Death

-Discretion

-Analysis

-Remorselessness

-Quietness

-Respectus Temporis Mortus

She then drew a triangle with three symbols on it: A star, A Bean Leaf and a Cross, complete with arrows between them.

"Death Magic or Black Magic is the Art of completing the cycle of life, naturally or prematurely, in the following years you will learn how to wield, manipulate and use the power of Death to your advantage." Mrs. Wallace said, pacing the stage calmly. "You need to learn first the basic principles of Death, or the Laws of Thanatos, or DARQR if you prefer acronyms."

Mrs. Wallace then put several Apples in the table, forming five rows of them, and creating an Apple Pie Legion in the process.

"The First Law of Thanatos, Discretion, or the Law of Choosing." Mrs. Wallace said. "Death is only permitted to those who deserve it, do not kill the innocent."

She then cast a spell at one of the apples, which decomposed immediately, and out of it came a worm, she then cut the other apples, showing that they didn't have worms inside.

"The Second Law of Thanatos is Analysis." Mrs. Wallace said. "Anyone who wishes to use the power of death must look beyond the appearance and actions of the target, instead looking if he should die."

She again used a spell on an Apple, which again decomposed immediately, this time it was the only one without worms, maybe it was killed to avoid getting contaminated.

"Third Law, Remorselessness, or the Cold Shoulder of Death." Mrs. Wallace said. "Death has no feelings, no remorse, no guilt, and those who dabble on its power should follow suit, if one person should die, or millions, it doesn't matters, death will come to them equally."