Today was the day. I couldn't believe that today was my first day of teaching! After the whole party with the trolls, Jim, Toby, and I headed towards school. We had brought our bags along, so we wouldn't have to go back later. Once I got to my classroom, I was welcomed by the other teachers. All except Strickler. The other teachers were Coach Lawrence, Senor Uhl, and Miss Janeth.

        They were informing me about which kids tend to disrupt class and which kids were behaved. I am so nervous. My first class starts after first period. Throughout first period, I was nervously tugging my red hair and reviewing everything that I had planned. Breathe, Monica. Breathe. Everything will be alright. You can do this. Luckily, my first class of the day was with the sophomores, which meant that Jim would be here. The bell rang and I was doing everything I could to not dart out of this classroom. If the other teachers could do this, then so could I.

        Kids started piling into the classroom and I spotted Jim and Toby. I wanted to get out of here and never come back. I walked to the center of the room and began, "Hello, class. My name is Monica Lake. To begin our first lesson, I would appreciate it if you would all introduce yourselves and tell me one thing that you enjoy doing. I do wish to get to know all of you and this would be an excellent start. Who would like to begin?" One of the kids raised his hand, he was short, had black hair and was wearing glasses.

        "Yes, Mister?" I wondered.

        "Eli Pepperjack, Ma'am, and I love to do science. Also, are you related to Jim?" Eli wondered. I looked over to Jim and he was trying not to smile. I looked back to Eli and answered, "Yes, I am related to Jim, in fact, I am his older sister." I could hear whispers throughout the class and I saw that one kid, who looked like a jock, was completely flabbergasted by this discovery. I guess Jim kept it secret that the new English teacher was his sister.

        "Alright, class. Settle down. Thank-you for being the first one to answer my questions, Eli. Who would like to go next?" I questioned.

        Claire Nunez was the second one to stand up.

        "My name is Claire Nunez and one of the things I enjoy doing is acting." She explained.

        "Ah. Yes. You played Juliet in this year's school play. By the way, you guys did an excellent performance." I praised her. She smiled and sat down. Everyone introduced themselves and they told me something that they enjoyed doing.

        After they were done, I explained, "Thank-you for telling me about yourselves. One thing that I enjoy doing is playing the piano. Now that we've got that covered, I would like you all to fill out a survey. Don't worry. This is not graded nor will you have to take it home tonight. I just want to know how much knowledge you have in English and from there I can decipher where to begin. You have about twenty minutes to fill this out. Once you're done, you are free to work on something else or you can whisper to the student next to you, but you are not allowed to leave your seat without my permission. As soon as you have the survey, you may begin."

        Sitting at my desk, I waited for them to fill out the surveys. Once the class was done, the bell rang. Jim and Toby came up to me after class. "Good job, Mo. We would talk more, but we have to get back to class. Toby and I will meet you after school to head to Troll market." Jim explained.

        "Sorry, Jim. I would love to come, but I have to get these paper reviewed so I can finalize this week's schedule. Once I'm done, I'll meet you at Troll market." I said. Jim sighed, but understood that I needed to get this figured out. The rest of the school day actually went quite well. The students were well-behaved, which surprised me because I'm only a couple years older than the seniors. I was expecting some of them not to listen to me.

        After school, I heard an explosion coming from the science lab and I heard Toby screaming. I ran to the classroom. There was a large cat made completely out of fire! Toby spotted me and ran next to me. He quickly began explaining to me how he bought this rock from a shady troll during the party and he brought here to school. The next thing he knew, this fire cat popped out of the rock!

        "Monica, what do we do?" He asked after he finished explaining. I grabbed a fire extinguisher and tried to put the flaming cat out. Sadly, it didn't work. It continued to approach us, which left Toby and I with only one option. Run.