CHAPTER FOUR
‘Your turn fat.What is a chord?’
They had been asked various questions for coming late and getting a question wrong earned them five strokes.They had been through five rounds and Aurora hadn’t gotten a question wrong.
‘Um...uhm a line that touches a point on the circumference, Ow!’ Beth yelped as the whip came in contact with her back.
‘Your turn, if you get this question right I will stop punishing you and your friends’ the teacher said looking at Aurora daringly.
‘Chord AB is 14cm long and the diameter of the circle is 24cm.What is the distance from the centre of the circle to the chord?’ she asked.
Aurora loved Mathematics but she hated circle geometry. She wished she had learnt to love it. Her new friends looked at her with hope and she didn't want to disappoint them.Immediately she got an idea.
‘It should give a right angled triangle’ she thought as she started scribbling and punching numbers into her calculator.
After five minutes of biting her lip and punching the calculator fiercely she got an answer.
‘9.7468cm’she said quite unsure.
‘Are you sure?’ the teacher asked her. She considered saying no because she really wasn’t sure but she had no other idea on how to go about it.
‘Yes ma’am I am sure’ she said subconsciously digging her nails in her palm.
‘And she is correct’ the teacher said and she sighed in relief.
‘You can go and take your seats.Next time go and collect your schedule on time’ the teacher said and they hurried to their seats. Aurora wanted to correct her that they had their schedule but she didn't since it didn't really make any difference. She hadn't checked out the schedule until this morning because she had an early night.
The class went by smoothly with nothing out of the ordinary, it was just like the normal school Aurora had back in Dern. Aurora had expected them to teach magic but the teacher didn't even use magic. Aurora didn't have a problem with the class because she was a huge fan of Mathematics but Beth and Pina seemed to be struggling. At the end of the class the teacher who she learned was called Miss Delson by name gave them a test and Aurora gave her absolute best as always.
‘I have your results here.Should I call it out?’ she asked and the class ruptured into screams of nos and yeses.
‘If you want me to call it out, raise your hand?’Miss Delson said and majority of the class raised their hands.Aurora didn't raise her hand because she believed that it was personal.
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Miss Delson called out the names starting from the lowest.Beth's and Pina’s names were called in the middle.
‘I would like to praise princess Autumn.She scored 94.5%’ Miss Delson said and the class applauded.
Immediately she heard the word princess, Aurora wished the ground would swallow her.She felt embarrassed all over again but she was also feeling anger. She believed she did nothing else than speak the thoughts of everybody in line so she didn't deserve the humiliation.
‘I would like to call to stand with me Miss Aurora, she scored 100%’ Miss Delson said and the class erupted in ‘wow’s. She stood up and went to meet the teacher.
‘I would like for you to be this class representative,it's rare to score all my marks ’ Miss Delson said with a proud smile.
‘It will be my pleasure ma’am’ she replied and the class applauded.
She was about to collect the badge from Miss Delson who had brought it from a black case when she heard a loud shriek.
'YOU CAN'T GIVE HER THAT BATCH! IT’S MINE’
She looked back and saw princess Autumn charging at her like an angry bull.She slipped out of the way just in time and princess Autumn hit her head on the white board with a loud squeal.
‘OW!THIS ISN’T OVER!’ the princess shouted and stormed out.
Immediately she left,the class broke out into rumors.
‘What a princess?’
‘She doesn’t deserve to be the future ruler of Orben’
‘I can't believe our Queen brought that brat from within her’
‘QUIET!’ Miss Delson yelled restoring back peace and quiet.
‘Here’s your badge' she said and gave it to Aurora.
‘Thank you ma’am’ Aurora appreciated and went back to her seat .
Immediately she sat down the bell rang and the students hurried out to get something to eat before the long class.Aurora didn't notice that much time had gone by as it was two.
‘I am sorry for getting us lost and thank you Aurora for saving us back there’ Pina said in a small voice with tears running down her face.
‘It’s okay Pina,you just wanted to help’ Aurora said pulling her into a hug.She believed it wasn't a big deal so she was shocked to see Pina in tears.
‘You guys are so cute but I am starving’ Beth said and Aurora’s stomach grumbled in agreement.