Root Of My Curse

Chapter 3 - Mutts

TRANSLATIONS AT THE BOTTOM :) THE ONLY OTHER LANGUAGE I USED TODAY IS MY NATIVE LANGUAGE WHICH IS NORWEGIAN <3 HOPE YOU ENJOY :)

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JESENIA

USA – CALIFORNIA

"Are you sure we should be doing this? She's human" Alouette asks sceptically, looking at the scene before her. I look at Luci, the Armenian princess, working her magic and answer, "Would you rather us split up for half the day and get taken by hunters?" She huffs in defeat.

Luci's eyes start glowing a bright blue, her pupils slit like a cat, as she looks the lady deep into her eyes. The woman looks absolutely mesmerized by Luci, causing me to smirk. "Now, we will have every class together. Isn't that right..." Luci starts and looks briefly at her nametag. "...Sharon?" she continues smiling sweetly at the woman.

I can tell the woman is struggling to find her words staring at my family and I, whom are waiting impatiently on a response from her. She gulps and nods, "O-of course." Luci smiles, her eyes turning back to their lovely brown. "Thank you, Sharon, we'll be sure to come to you if anything is bothering us" Lucine says, flashing her an innocent smile.

Sharon then proceeds to fumble with a large stack of papers, her hands shaking slightly. She slowly, but surely, pulls out five folders with our names on them. Grabbing a pen, she starts rearranging on our classes.

I see Ric lean in closer to Luci's ear and whisper, "You did good, Princess." Her cheeks flush a bright pink, which she covers up with the sleeves of her sweater. He chuckles and removes one of her hands from her cheek, giving her a kiss making her smile.

I find myself staring at their moment, until Grim snaps me out of it. He looks down at me and gives me a sympathetic smile. "Don't worry about me, nevø, I'm fine" I whisper giving him a reassuring smile. He nods stiffly, turning his attention back to the lady who is now giving us our schedules.

"Thank you, but aren't we supposed to get someone to show us where we need to go?" I ask stepping forward as I grab the sheet of paper. She quickly nods her head a few times more than necessary, but I don't mention anything. Sharon looks down at a list of names until she stops at one and grabs something that appears to be a speaker of sorts. "Raphael Zate, please report to the main office" she says, her voice booming through the speakers on the ceilings, as she repeats it once again.

A few minutes go by and this Raphael Zate is still not here. I start looking at my schedule to see what torture we are being put through. First period, which we are fashionably late to, is History. The irony, we lived through most of what is documented. I laugh quietly to myself thinking of what nonsense is going to come out of the teacher's mouth. The government has a habit of changing history to their liking.

"What's so funny?" Alarico asks, walking over to me. I hand him the sheet of paper to show him what we have for first period, the corners of his mouth twitch up. "Who knows, maybe they'll teach us about the "virgin" queen" I laugh using quotation marks on the word virgin. Ric's laugh fills the silent hallways but was cut short by a loud sigh coming from behind us.

We all turn around to see who made the sound, even though I think we all already knew who it was. "Raphael Zate, we meet again" I exclaim, flashing him a smug smile. "When they said I had to show someone around I didn't think I would be punished this badly, having to show around rogues" he says, his voice full of venom at the word rogue.

His outburst makes our eyebrows raise to our hairline and a moment later we all start laughing, leaving him in a confused daze. "I could have you executed for just being here so shut your mouths" Raphael snaps, instantly silencing us.