Zodiac High

Chapter 10 ~ Control

I stayed up until midnight to publish this. I was that excited.

~Gemini

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~GEMINI'S POV~

I walked through the hallways almost silently. I had come to school early in order to get the science lab set up for the day, as the zodiacs had begun to plan our own lessons and this week was my turn for science. Today would be a lab day. When I reached the lab and began setting my supplies up-- including the microscopes and the diagrams, I heard a voice in my head.

"Kindly remove yourself from my head, whoever you are. If that's you, Aquarius, this is not the time." I stated, but the voice didn't leave.

Oh, but I want to stay and play for a while! It whispered. Definately male. I whipped around and saw the boy who had made me so willing to leave public schools.

"Haven't you done enough to me already? Why don't you just leave me alone for once?" I asked him, but he just seized control of me. I was forced to walk out of the room and let him set up the lab. It was humiliating, but no harm was really done. I would just have to be extra careful during my lesson today.

The fact that he could so easily control me was concerning and worrying. I was completely uncomfortable, nay, downright terrified of the fact that I wasn't in control of myself during that time.

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Soon enough, school was in session. I decided not to tell my friends of the morning so they wouldn't be worried. I think Sophia realized something was wrong, but she didn't know what or why. The day went by as usual. Except for the fact that I let my concerns affect my learning, and so had to gather notes from Cap after Social Studies.

And then it was science. Everything seemed to go well, nobody got injured and nobody failed the assignment. I had done my job well.

Finally, the class I had been waiting for arrived. PE. Today was a free day-- so I immediantly went to the Aquarius specialist. The question that had been on my mind all day was finally going to be answered.

"How can I block an Aquarius from my mind?" I blurted quickly. He looked confused.

"Why do you need to? Aren't you and Aquarius good friends?" The teacher asked. I sighed.

"Yes, we're friends. But there are other Aquari in this building, and one of them really dislikes me. Can you help?" I insisted, and he finally gave in.

"Fine, fine. What you have to do is smother your thoughts with some kind of calming, repetitive sound. Like... rain. That way the Aquarius has nothing to cling to, as the noise just repeats itself over and over again." He explained, and then gave me a chance to try it out. I filled my mind with the sound of UnderTale music, but he shook his head.

"Not repetitive enough. Try again." And so I did. This time I used rain, which worked beautifully. Aquarius-- my friend Aquarius, not the zodiac sign Aquarius --seemed confused at the sudden disappearance of one mind, but then went back to doing her water zen.

I, on the other hand, could not calm down. I was restless, and angry. After what that boy did he deserved to pay.

Nobody takes away my control. My mind, my rules. Always my rules. But for now Cap and Leo were calling me over for a spar, and I happily ran over to help them. There was always time for me to help them out, or any of my friends for that matter. Soon enough we were acting out the greek gods and goddesses-- all of us --and pretended to have this little war between ourselves. 

Today had been a good day.