The Malicious Myra Dough

Ch.5- Repercussions

I woke up in the Nurse's office. My head was pounding and my body ached. I really went overboard with the spells, I drained myself dry. I sat up grabbed my glasses off of a nearby table and put them on. I could hear the echo of vague voices creep in from down the hall, then footsteps, someone was coming. I heard a knock at the door, "Myra you awake yet?" It was Tyler, what a relief. "Yeah come in". "Damn, you're in deep shit....like REALLY deep shit." "Mind refreshing my memory a bit? Things are a little hazy." Tyler took out his phone swiped around and propped it up against his palm. There was a video loading. The video had a girl with long kinky hair floating in a purplish aura of some kind "Look familiar". "Shit." As the video continued the memories flowed back, it felt as though I was in a dream, I examined myself, my hair moved and flowed upwards, the whites of eyes had gone black, and my voice was something unnatural. "Myra, that was the most badass thing I've ever seen, we gotta make a new spell like that!" "We?" "Yeah, we're in this together, plus I've helped you with magic stuff before, remember when we made those nightmare spells and used Nyquil to make me fall asleep faster?" "Yeah, you also got drunk off of it and rambled about conspiracy theories and global warming." The video ended. "So what happened after I passed out? How long have I been out? What did I miss? What the fuck is going on?" "Well, Oxbridge showed up out of nowhere with some salt water and poured it on you, he said it was 'just in case' but I think he just wanted to fuck with you a little. Flarity finally let go of Schmitt, who's really pissed by the way, then they and a few others tended to everyone who was affected by your spells, oh and I found something". He reached into his pocket and pulled out a long semi charred sliver of what was left of my book. "This was all that survived." 

He handed it to me and I just stared at it. Damn, the thing I wanted to save and did all this for was gone, nothing but crispy remains left in its place, what kills me most in, the note my dad left in it was nothing but ashes and memories. "Where'd you find it?" "Kevin got questioned in the office, he said he lit it on fire in the boys bathroom after class, then how he nearly lost control of the flame and had to put it out using the urinal." I threw the remains on the ground "Why in fucks name would he do that? Aren't there fucking sinks in there?!" "He said it was because he panicked." "Idiot." "How do you know all this?" "While they interviewed I was able to listen in to most of what they were saying, well yelling, I just got cleared to leave, so I came here to see what was going on with you." "Thanks" "Also, your mom is here and I'm pretty certain they're gonna call you in soon, I gotta go before they find out I was here."

The door opened again, this time a less friendly face, Mrs.Schmitt, who looked like she wanted to choke me "Good you're awake, come with me," her voice was low and monotone, Tyler really wasn't kidding when he said she was pissed. She led me to Oxbridge's office, where he and my mother were getting in a heated feud over me. "What she did cannot and will not be tolerated!" "I understand that sir, but a lot of this could have been avoided" "And how is that?"

"Well, I'm not a genius, but I thought educators were taught about how to stop the use of magic and defend themselves and others from it, from what I've heard, all I can gather is that you were incompitent along with your staff at handling the manner, moreover, if Myra would have let's say used some spells that were less emotion and mental driven. Like oh I don't know, making poison or radiation, or something even deadlier, she could've killed herself and who knows how many people. Why didn't you just toss some salt on her, that should've bought you some time or better yet, call someone who could use magic, ". To be frank, I didn't know you could just cancel magic with salt, I thought it had to be salt water and that was it. I really gotta study more of the nitty gritty stuff, also why the fuck did Flarity not correct me. I'll look into this later.

"Mrs.Dough, I know that you and Myra are good people at heart". "I know we are, the hell is your point, you're starting to piss me off." Mom is about to go in, I can feel it. I wish I brought snacks like Tyler did, this is about to get good. "Oh look Myra's here,'' damn, he really just used me as a scapegoat, what a cop out. "Have a seat." I sat next to my mother, she looked at me, her red eyes emphasizing her frown and anger. "Myra, you mother has been informed of all that has transpired, so I'll keep this brief.You are expelled from Hawkins High, we ask that you clean out your locker before you go, and return any books belonging to the school."