A Curse of Magic by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Torment Publishing
Published: 2019-09-11T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

“Meena, over here!” Leia waved me over to her table in the dining hall, her cheerful face rising above the sea of colored cloaks.

I picked my way through the crowded tables with my tray of food, and Leia slid over to make room when I reached her. I nodded to Oliver, seated across from me.

Leia grinned at me. “So? What’d you get Chosen as?”

“Let me guess. Elemental?” Oliver cut in before I could answer.

“No way.” Leia wrinkled her nose. “Illusion, maybe?”

I shook my head.

Oliver seemed unconvinced. “Conjuration?”

“I know you didn’t end up with those violent Martial Magicians.” Leia’s critical tone made it clear she didn’t approve of that particular discipline.

“What, then?” Oliver furrowed his brow, and they both stared at me with anticipation.

“Well, I didn’t actually get Chosen by a department.” I didn’t even fully understand what had happened, so I hoped they weren’t expecting a lot of details from me.

They exchanged confused glances.

“Apparently I’m something called a Proteus?” I grimaced. It felt like I was announcing myself as some kind of alien.

Their confusion turned into astonishment.

Leia’s mouth hung open. “You’re kidding?”

Oliver grinned at me, wide-eyed.

“I don’t know.” I shrugged. “Wallace ran off before explaining much, per usual. He’s a very strange man, you know.”

“Well, now it totally makes sense why Chancellor Singh took a personal interest in you.” Leia recovered her composure, but Oliver continued to stare at me with a vacant amusement that unnerved me. “She must’ve known something beforehand.”

“Yeah, probably.” I angled myself toward Leia to avoid Oliver’s gawking. “Wallace said that he suspected this might happen, so maybe Singh did know. I’m kind of pissed nobody warned me or anything. I was freaking out when everyone else kept getting Chosen.”

“Yeah, that sucks.” She smiled sympathetically. “Must’ve been horrible, waiting all that time. But,” her sympathetic expression became ecstatic, “it’s amazing!” She dropped her voice to an excited whisper. “I can’t believe you’re a Drifter! Maybe one witch in ten thousand is blessed with that gift.”

Her enthusiasm flattered me. “Is it really that big of a deal?” I chuckled, considering the idea that I might actually be blessed as opposed to cursed. Broken Wand Academy had served mostly to confuse and terrify me up to this point. But I was surprised to find that the look on Leia’s face and the eager admiration in her tone elicited a feeling of pride. Where before I had felt isolated and alien, I now felt special and unique.

“Heck yeah, it’s a big deal! Check out Oliver, he can’t even move.” She tipped her chin toward him.

He was staring at me with the same enthralled expression.

“Oliver, hello?” She snapped her fingers in front of his face to break his trance. “Snap out of it, dummy. You’ll freak her out.”

Oliver blinked, jarred from his reverie. “Sorry, I’ve just never met a Drifter before. But I’ll be cool. Totally cool, no problem.” He managed to avert his attention briefly but then turned back to me. His gaze still too attentive for comfort.

“Yeah, so cool.

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