Good and Evil Together

Complete Irritation

Lady Lesso POV:

I trace the scar on my cheek before class starts. I cover it by using magic to change the color of the scar, making it blend into my skin, but I still know it's there. I sigh, wishing I could just make it go away. I know Clarissa cared for it the best she could and even a Magic Wand can't completely heal a wound.

I walk swiftly and quietly to my classroom. The students are already there sitting in their seats. I walk into the classroom, my jaw tightly clenched, and my violet eyes, narrow and piercing.

"Impossible to find good torturers these days," I mutter, staring at my research paper on top of my desk.

The students start whispering to each other, but I silence them with a look. I'm not angry at them but my schedule was just too overwhelming. Since the Teachers all left me to solve their problems, I didn't have the time to make a lesson plan. So I decided to test the class on Nemesis Dreams. Nemesis Dreams are the simplest, easiest parts of your Lessons in School for Evil, yet I get nonsense, arrogant answers from the thirty students in front of me. I have to take care of all the issues going on at this school and there are thirty students who didn't do their homework. By the middle of the Class, I am completely irritated, sniping and seething every time a student gets a wrong answer.

"But I thought a Nemesis Dream meant you'll be a Lead Villain," Hester says.

"No, you imbecile! Only if you have symptoms! A Nemesis Dream is nothing without symptoms!" I retort.

"Dot, what do you taste in your mouth during your first Nemesis Dream?" I ask, hoping for a correct answer.

"What you ate before bed?" She guesses.

"Blood, you idiot!" I yell, dragging my nail across the ice wall, getting more irritated by the minute. "Oh, what I would give to see a real villain in this school. A real villain who could make Good weep instead of these dung fleas." I add, glaring at the entire class.

My eyes catch Sophie with her short hair. I can't help but feel a little bit of pity towards the short haired Sophie sitting nervously in my classroom. When it comes to her turn, I don't expect much, of course she gets the question wrong, but I only give her a wart, and ruffle her hair with my fingers.

The rest of the class goes poorly, by the end of the class I feel my face burning with anger and frustration. The young Nevers scurry out of the classroom when class ends. I also leave the classroom, rushing up to my Office so I can work without any distractions.

When I enter my office, I feel a sense of comfort, staring at the Evil Book filled bookcase and leaning on the Black Marble door behind me. But my moment of comfort is cut short. I remember that I have work to do, and the faster I complete it, the less irritated I would feel. So like the last few days, I begin my work, writing, and reading furiously. I lose track of time, completely lost in my work. I hear a knock on my door. I sigh. What happened now?

"What do you want?!" I called to whoever was outside my office.

Castor, who seemed to have the body he shared with his brother Pollux, came in carrying Vex and Ravan in his mouth. He drops them. I drop my pen.

"I CAUGHT THESE TWO OUT OF CLASS! DO YOU HAVE A BEAST FOR THE DOOM ROOM YET?" Caster asks, smiling at the thought of punishing the two students.

I go back to writing, frustrated by this irrational interruption,

"Do whatever you want Castor." I say, knowing that this answer was the quickest way to make Castor leave my Office.

Castor beams. "THANK YOU LADY LESSO! EVEN IF SOMETIMES YOU MAY..."

"Leave!" I yell, not wanting to hear what he has to say.

My finger glows violet and I slam the door behind him. The force shakes the walls and books fall out of my bookcase. I point my violet tipped finger at the books and they all replace themselves on the shelf. For a second I sit back. It was a day filled with complete irritation. I had yelled at almost everyone I had encountered, hence the reason why I didn't go to Clarissa, knowing if I did go, I would've yelled at her too.