Poseidon's Academy

Chapter 21. Fun and Games

The next hour consisted of them arguing about who got to use the wand first, and what they should do with it. In the end, they all agreed they should only use it when they were together, and the best thing to use it for was paying Venus back for all the cruel things she'd done.

They were in the middle of devising a plan against her when Kora, Tahlia, and Kendra called out their names. Demi swished the wand around to make everyone visible and waved them over.

Hailey considered telling them about the wand, since they'd been on the island, too, but she didn't want to share it. And she didn't know if she could trust them not to tell other people about it.

The wand needs to be protected by keeping it a secret.

'We've got detention,' Kendra said.

Hailey sighed along with her friends. Reluctantly, they reported to Madam Grayson in the Monsters and Creatures classroom. 'Since you like spending time with the sea-horses so much, I think you can spend your first detention cleaning their stable,' she said, disapproval clear on her face as she marched them out of the classroom.

Demi reached into her pocket and leaned towards Hailey as they trudged after Madam Grayson down the hallway, towards the stairs. 'I've got the wand. We can use it to help us clean the stable,' she whispered.

Hailey was tempted, but a wand being whipped out would raise questions from Kora, Tahlia, and Kendra. She shook her head. 'Not with them here.' She jerked her head towards the three girls, who were a few steps in front of them. 'Don't worry, the floors are self-cleaning, remember? So we won't have to shovel horse manure.'

'I need a chocolate sundae,' Kora announced when they all shuffled into the entryway twenty minutes later, covered in bits of dried seaweed and smelling like salt. 'Anyone wanna join?'

'Yes, I definitely-' Demi started.

'No,' Jayden cut her off. 'We've got some stuff to do back upstairs.'

'Your loss.' Kora shrugged and headed between the stairs.

'See you later,' Tahlia said, following behind her with Kendra.

Demi rounded on Jayden. 'What was that? I want a sundae.'

'It can wait,' Jayden told her.

'Yeah, it's time for phase one,' Aaron added.

'Oh, right.' Demi grinned.

'Looks clear,' Alec said, scanning the stairs to make sure no one was on their way down.

Demi whipped out the wand and whirled it around them. 'Sdarsatnav.'

Hailey shivered against the icy chill that swarmed her body.

'Let's go,' Aaron said, taking the lead up the stairs.

A sly smile crept over Hailey's face as she ascended the stairs. Venus had been getting away with making the Uniques' lives a living Tartarus since the beginning of the year, but Hailey was about to ensure that she didn't get away with it anymore.

She and her friends ambled into the common room, where they carefully manoeuvred their way through students, dodging and diving out of the way to avoid running into anyone, before finally making it into the girls' dorms.

'No one's screaming, so I guess that means the invisibility spell is working,' Jayden remarked.

'The wand would never let us down,' Demi proclaimed, kissing its moonstone tip.

'Come on, let's find her dorm,' Hailey said, scanning doors for Venus's name.

'It's down here,' Demi announced a minute later. She was peering at the last door on the right.