Turstab Academy - #Wattys2016

Chapter 23

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"Children. I have decided to call this a class. You will come every night. Be sure to get extra sleep! Let's quickly think of a name for the class. Any ideas? I am welcome to absolutely any ideas!" Burgundy liked to emphasize things, thus the italics.

"How 'bout Burgundy's Lessons on Life as a Turstabian?" Lustria interrupted.

"I have a quick inquiry. Neeva and I remember speaking to Headmaster Prudentes about a certain matter and he said something about CTHAP Training?" Aevum tried to clear things up.

"Oh. Lisdraeri told you about CTHAP Training already? Surprising, but not unpredictable. So, CTHAP Training is an acronym. C is children; T is that; H is have; A is ,quite literally, a; P is power. Put together, it is Children That Have A Power. WHAT ARE YOU DOING AEVUM?!"

"ER..... I AM JUST TAKING NOTES. YOU WANT ME TO DISPOSE OF THEM? Very well.

Lustria!"

"Oh. Put on fire, extinguish with water. Put on fire, extinguish with water. Put on fire, extinguish with water. Put on fire, extinguish with water. Put on fire, extinguish with water. Put on fire, extinguish with water. Why did you have to have twenty pieces of parchment with notes on them?! You know I can only do one at a time! Put on fire, extinguish with water. Put on fire, extinguish with water. Put on fire, extinguish with water. This is so tiring! My energy is being drained. Put on fire, extinguish with water. Put on fire, extinguish with water. Put on fire, extinguish with water. Put on fire, extinguish with water. Put on fire, extinguish with water. Put on fire, extinguish with water. Put on fire, extinguish with water. Put on fire, extinguish with water. Put on fire, extinguish with water. Put on fire, extinguish with water. Put on fire, extinguish with water. Your turn AEVIE!" Lustria panted.

"I hate clearing up the shreds of items. Especially paper! Foeda evanescunt flocci nos abire et relinquere. Foeda evanescunt flocci nos abire et relinquere. Foeda evanescunt flocci nos abire et relinquere. Foeda evanescunt flocci nos abire et relinquere. Foeda evanescunt flocci nos abire et relinquere. Foeda evanescunt flocci nos abire et relinquere. Foeda evanescunt flocci nos abire et relinquere. Foeda evanescunt flocci nos abire et relinquere. Foeda evanescunt flocci nos abire et relinquere. Foeda evanescunt flocci nos abire et relinquere. Foeda evanescunt flocci nos abire et relinquere. Foeda evanescunt flocci nos abire et relinquere. Foeda evanescunt flocci nos abire et relinquere. Foeda evanescunt flocci nos abire et relinquere. Foeda evanescunt flocci nos abire et relinquere. Foeda evanescunt flocci nos abire et relinquere. Foeda evanescunt flocci nos abire et relinquere. Foeda evanescunt flocci nos abire et relinquere. Foeda evanescunt flocci nos abire et relinquere. Foeda evanescunt flocci nos abire et relinquere. Finally! Why do I write so much?!"'

"Okay.... Enough of that, it's getting late. There once was a king, who ruled an ancient land. When he grew very old, he gave his land to his daughter, who became the Sorceress of Turstab, as you all must know," Burgundy continued.

"BEEP, BEEP,BEEP,BEEP, UNABLE TO COMPUTE SORCERESS OF TURSTAB,UNABLE TO COMPUTE SORCERESS OF TURSTAB, UNABLE TO COMPUTE SORCERESS OF TURSTAB," Lustria went on and on until the other four children shushed her.

"Oh, I am sorry. The Sorceress of Turstab is, as the name SUGGESTS, a sorceress who ruled the land of Turstab. She went away, got married and had four children. They kicked her out of the house, so she cursed them. She later realised that her children were forced by her husband to kick her out, so she blessed them and removed the curse, but left it on her husband. The blessing was actually her inherited powers. They each received a power and it has been passed on for generations. Now, you are probably thinking: Why are we the only four that have powers? I have an answer. Well, when the powers are passed on, the person loses it, and the next gets it. To make the understanding simpler, let's use letters.

A has a power, A gives it to B, and A loses the power while B has it, leaving only four people in the world with the power every generation. The power must be passed on to a child when they are thirteen. You four are exceptions and I do not know the reason as to how on earth you have powers, when your parents didn't even know about them or pass them on to you. Luckily, I have a few theories.

Theory Number One: Somebody else, other than your parents, passed it on to you.

This is NOT likely but there IS a chance that this may be the case.

Theory Number Two: Some wacko wizard gave you powers, and you have nothing to do with The Sorceress of Turstab.

Theory Number Three, and this is the craziest of them all,: You DON'T have powers, and everybody that knew about you having powers is crazy and are very susceptible to illusions.

Theory Number Four, AND DID I TELL YOU HOW LONG MY LIST WAS? About ten sound theories, so, ALL OF 'EM. Yup! The whole lot! Anyway, back to the list: You know who Dindilrus Cockalorum is? Yeah, the annoying screaming, miniature dwarf. That guy cursed you. It's true! He, as a dwarf, can curse people. I know this theory is similar to Theory Number Two, but bare with me, you know.

Theory Number Five: Your parents passed them on to you, without you knowing.

That makes sense.

Theory Number Six: I AM A CRACKPOT AND THERE IS NO REASON. YOU were blessed with powers!

Remember when I said I had ten theories? Yeah, I was kidding. I have done a lot of talking. It's time to hear from you. Any thoughts? Questions? Comments?" Burgundy finished his compelling lecture.

"QWE RT YU IO P OASD FGHJ K LZXC VB NM!" Lustria uttered gobbledy-gook.

"So, is class over?" Fortis was eager to get back to bed. He HAD had to avoid Volien and Raldisk many times and they had started to get suspicious.

"Okay. Meet me tomorrow," Burgundy agreed.

"But tomorrow is SATURDAY!" Lustria whined.

Burgundy snarled.

"Yeah. Okay, we're coming," Aevum shot venomous looks at the others, forcing them to consent to the promise.

"Yuppers. Mhmmm. WE. ARE. COMING. For sure," Neeva fakely smiled.