Master Alexander looked up from his papers and looked around a his students. He pointed at a blond girl. "I believe that's her, Ember." He went back to his papers hoping that she knew which one she was talking about.
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Jora saw Orion's hands turn into fists. She hated that she couldn't seem to tell him anything without upsetting him. She let out a shaky breath without looking back up at him scared that his eyes might be on fire with the way he spoke. "No I'm fine. They've already seen a rather angry Chinese dragon several times." She smiled a little thinking of what Orion said he'd do if someone ate all the food at breakfast. "They would't. They like to do something original every time." She thought for a bit they only had done one thing more then once and it was burning her drawings. She put her hands in her lap and looked down at them. "This is why I didn't want to tell you. Now you're upset....." She fiddle with her sleeve again and looked slightly up just enough to see the drawing of her's to look at the dragon on it again.

"Thank you," said Ember, and she walked over to the blond girl he pointed out. She stopped, not knowing whether to introduce herself, or to wait for the girl to notice her. She stood, her hood casting shadows over her face. She stood rooted to the spot, not wanting to walk up to the girl, but not wanting to stay there either. She finally walked up to the girl and tentatively tapped her shoulder before stepping back quickly.

Orion shook his head. "I'm sorry, it's just they went to far, and you shouldn't have had that happen to you," he mentally berated himself for getting worked up. He unclenched his fists and said, "Who was the girl who saved you? The dragon...." he trailed off, wondering if she had had a friend after all, or if it was just one of the village kids who didn't want to see someone die.

Jora smiled not looking up from the drawing. "She's my mom and I'm quite sure she'd love hearing you called her a girl." Smiling brightly, she touched the page carefully her finger tips on the dragon . "That's why I'm glad we live near the lake. She saw the whole thing and made the kids do my chores for a month!" Her smile widen as she remembered their faces when their parents begrudgingly agreed to the proposed punishment. "My mom didn't tell my dad until after the punishment was done, because he would have come up the mountain and box the kids in the ears or worse." Her parents did love her a lot but they never really understood her. She tried to stop thinking about it leaving out the words 'saved' and 'life'.

"At least your parents care about you," said Orion, glad she had loving parents. He saw her looking at the drawing and said, "May I see?" He didn't want to intrude on anything private. He fingered the hilt of his sword, wondering what his sister would have done if she had seen it happen. He smiled, knowing she probably would have beat up all the kids, and then claim she got 'carried away'. "I got an idea! My sister said she would come to see me today after school since she lives nearby now. Do you want to meet her?" he asks, smiling.

Jora handed him the book, finally looking up at him. "I would love to met your sister! She sounds cool from what you told me." She said knowing he hadn't told her a lot but it was the truth. She smiled at Orion forgetting about what she had told him. She couldn't wait to met his sister. "Okay Orion, I answered your question now answer mine, were the people where you're from nice?" She really wanted to know so she could help him if he needed it.

(Darn it. Sorry I haven't been replying lately guys. Super busy with Christmas stuff.)

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Josh smiled. "How'd she know?" he thought. "Yeah, I guess so." he said looking up at the ceiling. He sat up properly as the teacher spoke. As Master Alexander talked about partners, Josh looked for his, who was named Sam. He scanned the room. Maybe Sam would wave. He laid back in his chair again and sighed, as Master Alexander spoke again. He looked back at Azura. "You heard him. So, what'd you like to do?" he decided to ask.

Azura shrugged as they finished listening to the teacher. "I dunno. I guess I like to play violin, oh, and the flute." she said. She blushed. "Sorry, sounds boring, doesn't it?" she said.

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Lily watched as Eniko started to panic. She tried to calm her. "Hey, I bet it's nothing serious." she said, putting her hand on her shoulder. "Maybe the teacher's late. Or..." she paused at her last sentence. She stayed quiet for a moment but then smiled. "I bet it's nothing serious. If out teacher doesn't show up in the next bell or so, we can see the headmaster." she said reassuringly.

Orion was surprised by her question. And he didn't know how to answer it. What should I say? They weren't exactly mean well at least not all of them, but they all seemed so fake. They acted differently around me. He fiddled with the hilt of his sword. "There was a group of kids... but besides them, no one was mean. Not exactly anyway. They were all just so fake and distant around me," he knew she would question him further, but he didn't bother to go into detail about the kids, not yet anyway. She would ask if she wanted to know. He didn't want to add his troubles to her own. She had so many as it was. He flipped through his own sketchbook, and turned to a page with a sketch that was half-colored.He held it so Jora couldn't see it. It was a picture of the kids trying to lock him in a closet. He was small, and his eyes were only tinged red. His face was tear-stained as he pushed the door, trying to widen the crack, but the kids on the other side were stronger. He shuddered, remembering the feeling of being trapped with no sky above him. He couldn't shape-shift in the small space, and had ended up spending the night in the closet before his sister had finally found him. He had tilted it away from Jora at the wrong angle, and is she looked over, she would have been able to see the part of the drawing that was closest to her: him in the closet. She wouldn't be able to see the kids though. Orion didn't notice the fact that she could see it if she looked.

Jora looked down at his drawing that he thought he was hiding from her. Oh my gosh! Poor Orion! He probably needs a friend to talk to more then I do... "There's always that one group. They differ in size but they're all the same." She said avoiding talking about the drawing until Orion wanted her to see it. "Come on. You can tell me about what they did to you. My mom put it well once....." She said trying to remember it to get it word for word. "'Your burdens may seem like mountains on your own back but to a friend they weight less then a grain of sand.'" She said it just how her mother told her when she tried to get Jora to talk about the kids to her. "Thus meaning I can help you with you problems. Just tell me, it'l make you feel better." She said smiling at him a little.

Orion looked up at her and said, "Your mother must be wise." He wasn't surprised by Jora's kindness this time. He had gotten used to it, and was glad he could get use to something good for a change. He placed the drawing in front of her. "They locked me in a closet, and -" he took a breath before going on. When he thought about it, he would feel the fear all over again. "And I was trapped there all night. My sister finally found me in the morning. It wouldn't have been so bad if I weren't... claustrophobic. It was a really small closet," he finished, hoping what Jora's mother said was true. He didn't want to burden her. He wanted to throw the drawing out the window, or at least shove it in his bag, but he decided against it. Instead, he stared at the drawing, even though it made him remember the night so vividly.

Jora's smile faded a little as she saw Orion's look he gave his drawing. She came up with an idea. She carefully grabbed the drawing she drew earlier of the sky and Orion. She laid it in front of him on top of the other drawing. "That's awful. But the past is nothing but that, the past." She felt very hypocritical saying that with her flashbacks and all. "Yet another thing my mother told me..." She said smiling a bit. She was glad Orion had seen her cry for the millionth time that day. If he hadn't she'd probably still be crying someway alone and he'd probably be making friends still.... She sighed unknowingly as she thought of how much Orion had done for her and how little she could do for him.

(*Yawn* 11:43pm here... Bed time!)