THIS IS A SCENE FROM THE STORY. **************************************************************************************************** I walked up to the podium counting every breath I took. Don't stutter. Don't stare t at him. Control yourself. Don't sound nervous. I took one deep breath and started. "My report is on the effects of overusing non-renewable resources to the point wh-where in.... 200 sorry 20 years, o-our..um.. future population will no longer be able to...um.. rely on t-them." I can't do it. Aunt Sally told me not to even think about using magic in school. 'It's too dangerous!', 'You'll get caught, or worse killed' she says. But I just couldn't do it. I glanced around the room and caught the eye of him. Nicholos Bales was our high school hottie, but he was a major dick. I lingered a bit longer on him, he was just so good-looking. I quickly shut all thoughts of him out and began to say the spell. "Eravose forto surva invas. Eravose forto surva invas." A woosh of pink swirled out of my mouth and into every single pair of eyes that could have possibly been watching me. I took a deep breath. Walked back to my seat. Got an A on my report. And waited for the bell to ring to get out of this hell-hole. As I was walking to my locker to leave an arm reached to grab me but I saw it and started running. I heard fast heavy footsteps following me. I didn't even turn around, I just ran. But soon enough the running figure caught up to me and yanked me into the boys bathroom. ***************************************************************************************************All Rights Reserved