A/N; Over 100 followers!!! I guess doing the followers dance really works! (something like a rain dance just involving interesting, probably illegal, acts with a computer...) Anyways, thanks so much everyone for reading and enjoying the story.

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Volume Two - Chapter Two: Cat Fight

Playing with a toddler is surprisingly exhausting. We’d only been at it an hour, with her demolishing the miniature castle I’d built by accidentally putting a foot through it, (Note for future castle designers, gigantic babies are dangerous) before I was growing tired. Maybe it was the lack of dragon meat, or just the excitement of seeing my family and meeting my baby sister, but I was just wiped. Arabella seemed to be feeling the same way, because she started wailing. Within two seconds mom had appeared out of nowhere. She looked around the room, smiling down at Arabella, “It seems you are blessed with a great big brother little one. Your room is the second one on the left. Go, get some sleep you have a big day tomorrow.”

“Tomorrow?”

“Well, tomorrow is Monday, and the new term was supposed to start a couple weeks ago, but it’s been delayed because the Headmaster suddenly decided to retire. Tomorrow morning, the new headmaster will give a beginning of term speech and then on Tuesday school will begin for real.” She walked over and gave me a big hug, along with a kiss on the cheek, saying “I’ve missed you more than you can imagine. I’m so glad your back.” Then, she was gone off taking Arabella to bed.

When I got to my room, I went to sleep instantly. Not even bothering to look around the room. At 5 AM the next day, I was forcefully dragged from my bed by Elin. “I was looking forward to sleeping in for the first time in years, damnit!” Elin just laughed as she put the usual plate of dragon steak down in front of me. “We could wait and do it after school, but then your mother would probably come find us and I’m sure you don’t want to watch her crying over your severed limbs again.”

“WHAT?!?! I thought that since Ali was gone the whole severed limbs thing was done with!”

“Hehehe, I asked Ali to stay behind too. We’ve got an hour and a half to burn off the same amount of energy that used to take you 5 or 6 hours to burn off. Don’t think that just since you’ve moved back home you get to slack off!” With that, the hellish days of training began… again.

Starting off with the 10 mile sprint to my mom’s old home, I was actually feeling pretty good. I didn’t realize just how much I love the feeling of energy coursing through my veins until I went a day without eating dragon meat. No wonder they went extinct, they’re just too tasty. After arriving at the courtyard we immediately began training. Something seemed… off today. Usually, Elin is slightly stronger than me at all times, forcing me to exceed my limits in order to fight her. This time, she seemed distracted and erratic. Sometimes moving too slowly, other times moving so swiftly that I didn’t even notice her move as my arms were separated from my body. The whole time she seemed to be glaring, unlike her normal, cheerful self. Finally, I heard someone laughing. Turning my head, I saw Lizzy walking out of the forest while shaking with barely suppressed mirth.

Elin, was shaking too, but in her case it was in anger, “What’s so damned funny!”

“How poorly you’re doing training him! I sincerely hope that you do a better job normally.”

“It’s hard to do a good job with you obviously thinking about killing me the entire time!”

Suddenly, I heard laughter coming through the link to my subconscious. Confused, I focused inwardly and caught an image of a purple and a red cat. They were both happy, shaking their tails and purring while I petted them. They opened their eyes and noticed each other. Suddenly, all of their hair stood on end and the hissing match began. Before long, they started fighting.

I couldn’t help it, I started laughing harder than I’ve ever laughed before in my life. The two faerie’s turned to look at me, “You ... *laughs*... two … You’re like two kittens fighting over who gets petted next. Don’t worry, I like you both. Why don’t you come over here so I can pet you?”

The two faeries couldn’t believe their ears, where the hell had this come from? They looked at each other, then as one turned towards me. One shot lightning from the tip of her sword, while the other flung enormous fireballs at me. Over the course of the next hour I was electrocuted and fried who knows how many times. I certainly don’t want to know.

When they were finally done tormenting me, Lizzy looked happier than I’d ever seen her, while Elin was downcast. “Hehe, I won! I hit him 28 times you only got him 27 times!” She started dancing, why was she so happy to have hit me more times?

As we were running back to the house, the two faerie’s started bickering again.

“I’ll win next time.” Said Elin with a cute pout on her face.

“Not if I have anything to say about it!”

“Stupid fire bitch, stay out of this!”

“You’re the one who should stay out, I’ve been here longer!”

Soon, Elin’s sword was back out while fire engulfed Lizzy. All I could do is sigh and watch as the two fought, setting the forest on fire. It wasn’t until I heard the sound of firetrucks in the distance that I realized how much trouble they were about to get us in.

“WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU’RE DOING?” I turned around, to see my mom standing there, hands on her hips while glaring at the two miscreants. The two faerie’s stopped fighting, looking at my mother with eyes downcast. My mom grabbed me, then moved. Within 3 seconds we were inside the house over 5 miles from the fire. I was sent upstairs to take a shower while my mom had a “talk” with the faeries.

While I was humming in the shower, downstairs another meeting was taking place….

“Not even a single day has passed since you were told of your choices! Yet, this morning you tortured my son, didn’t train him properly, and caused a major fire! I thought High-Class faeries were supposed to be dignified! Now, you have one week to either come to an agreement or forget about my son. If you don’t, I’ll send you both to Grandma Kingsly for “reeducation”.” She left the two of them standing in the hall, trying to figure out their own feelings.

At last, Elin sighed. “I have to get ready, we need to talk.”

“Yeah, I think we do. Tonight, at the training grounds.”

“I’ll be there.”

When I got out of the shower, I found some new clothes setting on my bed. Smiling, I put on the jeans and t-shirt. It’d been far too long since I wore decent clothes, my old stuff didn’t fit anymore, and Great-Granny Kingsly only gave me training clothes. I went downstairs feeling famished, getting burned and electrocuted really takes it out of you! On my spot, I found a humongous pile of ham and eggs, along with an upset looking faerie.

“I’m so sorry David, Elin just pisses me off so much that I didn’t realize what I was doing. Will you ever forgive me?”

“For what? Throwing fireballs at me? Please, that’s nothing compared to what I’ve gone through for the last three years.” I thought for a while, she seemed truly sorry about it for some reason. Finally, I had an idea! “If you really feel bad, then figure out a way to make peace with Elin. She’s going to be a part of my life until I turn 16, probably longer now that I think about it.”

She really didn’t like that, pouting cutely at me. It was hard, but I didn’t let myself fall for it, “I’d really appreciate it if you did this one thing for me, please….” I pulled off my own cute pouty face. Ha, take that!

“Fine, for you.”

Hehe, I win! Who said you can never win an argument with a woman?

My mom walked in, looking harassed while checking the time. “We’re going to be late again…” She looked up, noticing my clothes, “Why aren’t you wearing your uniform David?”

“What uniform?”

“The uniform I put on your bed this morning. Lizzy why isn’t he in his uniform?”

“Mistress, Elin said that he doesn’t need a uniform, something about the school’s policies changing.”

“That woman… seriously, what the hell is she thinking putting that addlebrained bimbo in charge. First she electrocutes my son, then she gets rid of the school’s uniform without telling anybody. GAH! Go, put on the uniform I’m sure everyone else will be wearing theirs still. No need to make your association with that idiot too obvious.”

“What Idiot?”

“O yea, we didn’t tell you last night. Elin is the new headmaster at your school.”

“WHATTT?!? I thought I was going to get a break from training at school!”

“No time honey, just get your uniform on we’ll talk about it later.”

Lizzy rushed up the stairs ahead of me, by the time I got to my room she’d already prepared everything. I shoved myself unceremoniously into the uniform, then ran back downstairs. Within seconds we were all stuffed into the car while my dad was in the driver's seat grumbling under his breath, “Damned women, always making us late.”

“Arthur, unless you want to spend another day as roadkill, I’d shut up if I was you.”

“Yes, dear.”

“And speed”

“Yes, dear.”

We arrived at the school gates fifteen minutes later, with what looked like 10 cop cars behind us… just in time to be fashionably late. We hustled into the building, while my dad dealt with the cops. Elin was standing at the podium in the auditorium looking pissed. Over the speaker’s all I heard was, “Why are you all wearing those ugly things?”

One of the teacher’s standing behind her couldn’t help himself, “What ugly things?”

“Those uniforms of course! What respectable faerie would contract with someone wearing one of those?!?!?

“Headmistress, they aren’t supposed to know about that yet. Many of these students are first years.”

“Bah, screw it… Welcome everyone! This is the “Bosswood Academy” for elites. This school has a tradition of excellence and all that, yada yada yada. Now, for the important information, my name is Elin and I’m a faerie!” At that, all of the 2nd year and above students gasped. The few students who had already awakened had spent the last 5 minutes not talking, unable to believe their eyes. “Yes, yes, surprising right? The matriarch of my family is moving nearby and she’s bringing with her a shit-ton of faeries in need of a contractor. So, I’m here to make sure that you imbeciles are capable enough. There won’t be many changes around here, just some minor changes to the training schedules. O, and anyone wearing one of those ugly assed uniforms in front of me will spend an hour with me in the gym. You will not enjoy it! For you confused first-years and parents there’s an introductory class that’ll explain everything, for everyone else, you’re dismissed.”

With that, the faerie jumped off the podium and stalked off while muttering, “Who in the hell thought that mustard yellow was a good color for a uniform?”