Magical Teacher Professor Landry! - Episode 4: The Lady in White

[Bard The 5th LW]

Sean stood over Diana's shoulders, eyes locked on the unfolding battle between the suspiciously familiar giant and the two Shuyins. "Come on! Let's go!" he suddenly urged her. He leaned forward to grab her arm.

"- one way." Sean couldn't avert his eyes. The axe fell. The pavilion followed. Black light came cascading from it, it felt warm, like a relief from the stress of the battle until now.

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Sean threw off the blankets around his bed and hopped to his feet, feeling wide awake. He swiftly threw on a black shirt, tan slacks, and a pair of dark brown shoes. The clock said 5, but he felt surprisingly well rested. He stretched his arms and legs a bit before continuing his morning routine.

It was on his way to brush his teeth that it all came crashing down on him. The dream, Diana, Shuyin, everything.

"Oh God," he muttered putting a hand to his head as the nightmare came back. He staggered a bit. What could have inspired something like all that? He shuffled back over to his closet, and examined his wardrobe. There it was, the tux his father had bought and enchanted for him before Sean had departed to Amaranth. It was cut up in places, what with Sarah's "enhancements" to it.

But... the damage matched up with his dream as well. Even moreso, he remembered giving Diana the jacket after class on the first day. Ugh... Diana. The spooky girl. That dream didn't do much to lessen the sense of unease she gave him.

This wasn't going to be an easy day.

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Sean had left the dorm before he had a chance to talk with Johanna. He sort of stumbled through the day. He noticed two new classmates but he couldn't remember their names. One was related to Dal or something. He tried to avoid looking at Diana who was sitting behind him.

The news of Shuyin's trip to Cambodia came as a surprise. A pleasant one actually. The nightmare had sorta made him decide to skip the duel, and now there wasn't even a duel to skip along with the canceled one that Jay had started. And maybe now he wouldn't have any reminders of Shuyin's fate in his dream since he wouldn't see the guy in the halls.

Sean's general interest in the rest of class sorta faded. Something about the Greeks. He couldn't focus on it while remembering the events of the nightmare. It was just a nightmare right?

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After class, Sean had a bit of a debate with himself over what to do next. He didn't want to go near the field at all, but he decided to go through with it to perhaps confirm to himself that it was just a dream.

There was a decent amount of people when he got there. Was this a park or something when duels weren't going on? The first disturbing he noticed was that it looked just like it had in the nightmare duel.

'Relax, I probably saw it during orientation.'

The second disturbing thing he noticed was a tea party of one. The particular member of this tea party was the same girl who had kicked his ass in the nightmare duel. He was a decent distance away, but he could faintly make out what looked like her talking to someone. Was she talking to the thugs around her? Sean briefly bit his lip, standing near the opposite end of the field. He didn't really want to go, but what would he gain by doing nothing?

He began to walk towards her at a slow pace, arms hanging casually at his side. He practiced what he was going to say in his head, hopeful to avoid stuttering. He waved weakly as he approached the small tea party.

"Hello!" he greeted, putting on as polite a voice as he could, slowing as he neared the two large fellows who accompanied Hannah. Jack's scream of pain was still surprisingly fresh in his head. "Would you mind if I join you for a moment?" Hopefully he wouldn't regret this.