Chapter 9 Sage
Even with everything going on, we still had to go to class. We honestly really needed our shifting class. Khalid got stuck and Lucian’s bat was still fighting him. Liam was slowly turning into something a little less human and I hadn’t figured out shapeshifting at all.
“Has anyone shifted or felt their animal since the last class?” Professor Theron asked.
She always started the lesson by asking, even if we sometimes went weeks with no one having an answer. Khalid and Adrian’s hand shot up. I still didn’t know who the fuck Adrian was, but it wouldn’t shock me if he was the original incubus.
“I accidentally shifted and then I got stuck,” Khalid admitted.
“Interesting. Yet, I’m not looking at a jackal. I take it you figured it out?”
“Not exactly. Some bad things were happening when I shifted and I couldn’t figure out how to change back. Sage pet me and had Liam sing. I figured it out.”
“The Horned God is nature. When Liam figures out how to use his magic, he could just command all of your animals to come forth. Some of you have met Morgana, who is a year ahead of you. She and I can do it as well, but none of us are going to do that. It’s traumatic to your beast and if you yank them forward before they are ready, they’ll never trust you or work with you.
Adrian, tell me what you felt and if it has anything to do with your penis, I’m going to get creative with my arrows when you least expected it. ”
Adrian just mock saluted.
“I’d never whip out my penis in front of a lady unless she asks. It feels weird when people touch my shoulder blades. It feels good, like something is trying to happen. Does that mean something?”
“Generally, that you’re going to have wings. You might have an animal or be the original dragon or you could be something else entirely. I hope this has gotten the ridiculous notion out of your head that you’re the reincarnation of Jesus.”
Adrian just smiled mysteriously. I wasn’t exactly feeling much, but from what I understood, I didn’t have an animal.
I could turn into one because I was a shapeshifter.
I wanted to figure it out because I thought it would be neat to go flying with my familiars.
I was semi glad I wasn’t going to accidentally shift somewhere and possibly have to walk across campus naked.
I wasn’t that brave and Liam might stab someone when that was my fault.
“My bat has stopped taking me over in my sleep, but I also just started sleeping in Sage’s room without him having to bring me there.”
“You’re missing one big thing. Think about it.”
“I really have no idea.”
Professor Theron just rolled her eyes like Lucian was a complete moron and I knew he hated that. I’m pretty sure she did it on purpose because he made sure to tell everyone he was smarter than them. Most of the time, he was. In this case, I thought I knew the answer.
“Aren’t bats nocturnal? Lucian’s bat was taking over when he went to sleep.”
“Excellent. To get your bat to work with you in daylight hours, you have to give him what he wants, which is, apparently, touching Sage. Bats are affectionate with other bats and their caregivers. They cuddle each other, share food, and groom each other. Try doing that with Sage.”
“Lucian brings me food all the time. It’s like he has a radar when I need it. Does that help?”
“That probably has a lot to do with his bat. Keep doing that. Is anyone else feeling anything? At this point, if you’re a shifter or have a familiar, there should be some sign.
You have one more semester to figure it out and then we’ll assume you have neither and put you in different classes.
The rest of you will be stuck with my charming personality to make sure you don’t do something stupid. ”
“What if we figure out that we don’t have an animal or a familiar, but we really want to learn shapeshifting?” Lola asked.
Lola was absolutely the last person on this planet who needed to be taught that.
Hopefully, we figured out how to get rid of her and her mysterious partner before we got to that point.
I was pretty sure Professor Theron was being kept up to date on all current theories, including that Lola was Hemlock and we were hoping she’d lead us to Apep.
I couldn’t tell by looking at Professor Theron. She wasn’t even looking at Lola with the same amount of disdain as the first day when she was trying to incited a mob against Alexios. I didn’t think I’d ever be able to lie like that.
“If you want to learn shapeshifting and that’s an ability you should have, you have to wait until you’re an upperclassman and submit a written essay that must be approved by both myself and Headmaster Mykene.
This is even if you were a shapeshifter in your original life and didn’t abuse it.
We are more interested in what you intend to do with that ability in this life. ”
That meant me, too, and I was fine with that. I could use these classes as a foundation while I worked on what I wanted to say in my essay.
Provided we all lived through this for us to graduate.