We hurried back into the classroom and sat down at the back seats.

I noticed some students, throwing me angry stares as we passed, but I disregarded them. I wasn't used to people hating me. But I was also skillful at dismissing people like them.

"Blue" I called to her attention.

"My name is Sigil"

"Yeah, Blue. I am curious. Everyone seems to hate me, is it because I'm new? Or it's just me. I don't understand.

Turning to me she sighed loudly.
" It's not because you are new."

"Oh, then it's me. But why? What did I do? ."

"It's not really you, well, it's you, but, how do I explain this? Alright, it's like this. We are not used to having someone like you around. And also the circumstance in which you entered the school, warrant many haters."

"Okay, what I understood is that. Because I am human, they hate me. And what circumstance are you talking about? I also remembered what Blondie said about me, causing problems, what is that?"

"You see, we all know that the captains went on a mission to Earth.
But we also heard that their mission almost failed because of you. But what is worst is that. Our captain. The captain of the A troop, is punished because of you. And losing her title to someone we are not in favor of.

That is just the summary of the first thing you did to make them hate you.

Then to add a cherry on top the mix, we heard that you dumped a hot cup of crescent tea on the most important person in this academy. The prince Dean, captain of the V troop.

So no matter what you did, to Monty. You are guaranteed a number of haters."

"Wow, that is the stupidest thing I have heard, in my twenty years of existence.

Number one; I was not the cause of them failing their mission. On the contrary, I was the reason they are even alive.

Two; I did not cause your dear captain to lose her title. I literally stopped a knife from piercing her head.

And three; I did not dump whatever tea you said, I don't even know what it is. It was a cup of water. How was I to know that he wasn't catching on fire?. Instead, he had fire power?.

Before she could respond or I could keep on counting how innocent I was, the teacher came in.

I was still so angry. So that was the reason, they all kept throwing me arrows as glances.

He introduced himself as Tom Banks, to just me, they all knew his name. The first thing I noticed about him was his height or lack of it.

He was very short. But looked muscular, had a full bushy light brown hair and a mustache.

I introduced myself to the class once again before the class started.

" You are locked in a room with a demon, two times your size, and with scales as tough as a brick wall. But you were given a choice of a weapon for your first strike.
One; a double edged sword.
A long, sharp spear.
A short, throwing knife.
And a two arm sword.

What will be your choice of weapon?. Mr Banks asked the class.

A girl in front raised her hand." I will have to pick the two arm sword." She said. And there were grumbles of agreement in the class.

"And why is that, Tay" he asked her.

"First of all. The demon has scales that are thick and hard to cut down. And obviously very strong. But because of its size. It will be slow.

So, you need the fastest and most effective weapon. The two arm sword is not only very sharp, but it's very strong. Meaning it is the only weapon among the options that can cut through its thick scale. And to top it off, it is two, meaning if you lose one in the fight, you have one left." She finished.

The class all exploded with claps and yells, of agreeing with her. But I was quite disappointed. That was a stupid answer I thought.

I didn't know that my displeasure with her answer showed on her face until I was called out on it.

"JJ, I can see you don't quite agree with her. What is your opinion on the question?"

I deliberated just agreeing with her. But thought, what the hell. What's the worst thing that can happen, I could be wrong or right.

Standing up, I spoke."I think the best way to fight it, is to use the short throwing knife."

I could see people literally face palming and snickering silently, but I went on.

"I mean, if I understood the question well. We weren't told not to use the other weapons. But we were asked to pick the weapon for the first strike.

So, not that I know how to fight, but if I could, I would use the throwing knife to target a weak point. Like the eyes." I said, remembering the fight with that demon back on Earth.

"And then, that is when what she said can come into play." I finished.

The class remained quiet for a while before Blue started clapping and they followed suit.

"That is quite correct. Now listen carefully" Mr Banks spoke again.
"What is the most important weapon in any fight?" He asked.

I remained quite this time around. I had no idea. Many different weapons were called out, but he kept declining, until he answered it himself.

"The most important weapon of all, is the weapon of your senses. You can't fight your opponent and win if you are not open to the change in your environment. And you need every of your senses for that."

Wow, that was true. I thought.

"There are three rules in a fight. The first is to know your opponent. By studying them. You can't fight what you do not know. But in the case that you find yourself in a battle with an unknown, then the second rule comes into place.

Know your environment. Study the air, the sand, the rocks, the trees. Whatever is around you can be used to win a fight.

The last and most important rule. Know the rules of the fight. What you are allowed to do and what you are not.

For example. In a real life situation. A permanent rule for me as a short man when fighting a huge person, is to bring the person down to my level. But not to try to reach the person's level. It means, I do not target the head from down. I target the legs and bring them down, before I remove the head.

Understanding the rules, is the most important."

The rest of the class was just as interesting. I really liked this class I thought as we moved to the next class.

Gift, was the name of the class. I wondered what it was about.

Just then, the best teacher in the world walked in. Yeah, you guessed right. The headmaster was our gift teacher. And I was sarcastic by the way. 

His eyes met mine for a brief second, before he went to the board.

Picking up a marker from the table, he wrote some words on the  board.

    North

Fire
Teek
Air

  West

Ice
Water
Transmitter

   East

Plants
Earth
Channeler

Turning back to the class.

"These are the gifts of all Valkyries grouped according to their dynasties.  For those who don't know, every Valkyrie Is born with a specific gift according to their dynasty.

But all gifts are grouped into two.

Elementals
And Intramurals

The Elementals are those who manipulate the gift of nature.
Fire, water, air, ice, earth,  and plants are examples of elementals.

While, Intramurals, as the name suggests, are those with inner powers. Meaning, their powers are not physical.

Channelers, Teeks, Transmitters.

Now, since these powers are relatively scarce. Many of you know little to nothing about them.

First of all. The channelers are those who can connect or manipulate auras, they can't change the auras of people, but can connect to the mind of others, through their auras.

This Valkyries are very dangerous, because if given the right training and practice, they can be able to bend auras, equally taking life's.

Before we go on, let's have a little, practice class."

Oh my god. I was literally on the edge of my seat the whole time, what practice was he talking about now.

I am not here to teach you  history, but to teach you how to manipulate your gifts effectively." The headmaster said while bringing out a black small ball from his pocket.
"I need a fire elemental, and a plant elemental. "

A boy and girl both stood up, and walked to the front of the class.
The girl had a blazing orange hair, that screamed fire. And the boy was as lanky and tall as a plant."

"I want you all to individually destroy this ball, the first person who does, wins." The headmaster said dropping the ball on the table.

Really? It was obvious who would win, how can fire compete with plants? I thought.

The girl stepped forward and stretched her hands out releasing a bolt of fire towards the ball.

I was so excited that I stood up, watching with my mouth open.

The ball did not catch fire, huh! Every other person felt the same as me, because their shock has been just as obvious as mine.

She stared in shock, and released more flames, but it died down on just reaching the ball.

The plant boy stepped forward, and I wondered what he was going to do.

Then he stretched his hands, and a long spiky plant, which looked like a cactus, but with thicker spikes, came out of it, wrapping the ball.

Wow. I expected the spikes to pierce the ball, but it didn't. He tightened his hands into fists,  making the cactus tighten around the ball. But nothing happened.

The headmaster smiled and picked up the ball. He raised it up, and let it drop to the floor. Instead of it to bounce, it broke into many pieces.

What! How? I was beyond shock.

Sometimes the best gift to use in battle, is the gift of intelligence.

That ball was coated with a jelly glue, which makes it dry, inflammable and hard. Just what it needed, was a little push to let it shatter like it was meant to.

The whole class busted into a peal of laughter, so interesting. I thought.

"Now how do you get that level of intelligence," he asked the class.
When no one answered, he went on. You communicate with your powers.

You may wonder how, but its easy. That Is what I will teach you now.

I didn't have any powers, but he asked me to still participate in it, for a reason I didn't know.

We were meditating, apparently. we sat still with eyes closed, while he did something none of us were to know of yet.

It felt stupid to be sitting with eyes closed, doing nothing.  But that is what I first thought.  Until it changed. Everything changed.

_______________________
________________________

Hello psycho's, wow this was a long chapter. And sorry about the info drop. But it had to be done. I hope you enjoyed it. Don't forget to vote and comment

Till next time
Signing out
Marvel