A Man and his Cat are running from the Nazi

Started: August 29th, 2018 Ended: July 31st, 2019 As another year has started at Vale, new challenges have naturally blossomed in their own right. Between Kelpie overpopulation, Elven treaties, and the discovery of a new worldwide threat, the Shifting Clans have been thrown off balance. Chieves have been at each other's throats. Little has been heard of the mysterious Crevan in the months since their Quest and the team so involved in the discovery of this threat has been shoved to the side, out of harm's way. New teachers who drink coconut water and dragons who are very disinclined to let go of a gold point wedge their way into normal life at Vale along the the Warriors of Death themselves. Vale seems a small world in comparison with the wide array of Dark Alleys in Gyanganj, with shady sellers of the mysterious corrosive drink Squm. Shifters are brought before the Foxfire Council's Summer Solstice Meeting, where they learn their fate. While the year starts off with a bang and a boom, Team Jade must stay content with their seemingly easy Quest. But while things seem to be going well, a song is calling their names. Learning the difference between Mermaids and Sirens is crucial in the game of musical chairs. But when a song as beautiful as the Siren's is heard, nothing else matters. Let the waves take you for the Sirens are singing for your blood.

Started: July 11th, 2018 Ended: Pending Allison Davis, 28 years old, fresh out of college, Creative Writing teacher at Academy of Advanced Talents, having applied at her own niece's school, she doesn't expect to find that she not only meets new friends and a new family at the school, but she finds a place in need of change that she initiates without trying. Silas Carter, 32 years old, Shakespearean Literature teacher of three years at Academy of Advanced Talents and originally from the United Kingdom. A new teacher has a arrived at school, who ironically lives across the street, and starts exciting students in ways unimaginable before now. In his short time at the school, he's never seen someone make a change so quickly and is hesitant to hop on board with her eccentric views. Grace Clarke, 29 years old, Drama teacher of one year at Academy of Advanced Talents. Her own experience has left her a shell of her former self, and quite disinclined to trust anyone or make new friends. She wholeheartedly agrees with the other teachers that Miss Davis is a dangerous kind of teacher, putting ideas in the students' heads about unrealistic goals, but soon realizes how wrong she is when she drops her pride to have a conversation with the girl. Finn Gardner, 36 years old, Band teacher of two years at Academy of Advanced Talents, is the only one willing to look past Miss Davis's odd ways from the start. The only one to appreciate the changes she makes to the students' lives. Miss Davis has a long way to go before her fellow colleagues can take her seriously. But the journey's the best part, and along the way, she not only forms close bonds with her students, but with her family and a few teachers who've seen the good she's doing.

Start Date: September 16, 2017 End Date: August 1st, 2018 Shapeshifting has always been around us but we've chosen to remain ignorant to the signs we've been left with. But in reality, it has thrived not below us but within us and around us. We continually turn a blind eye to the treasures hiding in plain sight. At the age of fourteen, if you are suspected to be a shapeshifter, you are required to go to Vale, a school. A school like this was hidden from the world under ground. Once at the school, you are sorted into to teams of eight to fifteen students. Each team is given a quest to complete instead of completing an exam. If the quest is not completed, you do not advance to the next year. With tensions running high between the Shapeshifting Clans, this is not easy. At the last minute, a group of nine students is thrown together to form a team. And they don't exactly get along. Lark Tanning has just discovered her powers and is still exploring the peculiar aspects of her predicament. She struggles to understand why she of all people is put to lead the team's quest... and so do the others. Harper Magdalena has known she could shift into a bird since the age of five when she fell off the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. She'd never told a soul until one August day when a boy accidentally stumbled upon her shifting. When she's offered a place at Vale, she's amazed to learn she isn't as different as she thought. Lance Taylor is an arrogant boy who's known it was his destiny to go to Vale since he was able to walk. He's anxiously awaited the day of being assigned a team and quest. He can't wait for when he's chosen to lead his team through their quests... until he finds out he won't be. The team has a bumpy road ahead and if they can't learn to work together, they could very well fail the quest but much more is at stake than that. A mysterious voice has been edging their way into some shifters' minds and no one can figure out who it is or what they want.