After my jarring twenty minutes in the shower, the other boys have started to get up and ready for the school day. I walk back to my room to put my stuff up and I walk to my first class of the day. I head down the path to Mr. Fra's class only to be stopped by Josh.

"Hi, Elfy! How was rooming with The Big Bad Wolf?" He is skipping backwards and spinning an apple with his right hand. His tie hangs around his neck, laying on top of his unbuttoned shirt, which I'm beginning to think is his usual style. His pants are wrinkled and his jacket is tied around his stomach, he looks like he didn't care about his appearance and to be blunt, I love it.

"Hi Josh, it wasn't too bad actually, we made up" Josh abruptly stops, dropping his apple.

"You made up with Rufus after the first day!?! It took me three months for him to tolerate me!" I laugh and he narrows his eyes at me.

"It's not funny, what did you do to make him like you?" He begins to poke me in the ribs, repeatedly saying tell me. I couldn't help but continue to laugh at his pestering. Ma'lakah and Lucas walk up to us and start messing with Josh about pestering me.

"Joshua, you'd think you'd treat our new friend here with love!" Ma'lakah said as he put Josh in a headlock and gives him a noogie. Lucas pinches his cheeks and calls him a big bully.

Marcus comes back behind me and picks me up by the waist.

'I'll save you, Elfy!!' He throws me over his shoulder and races to the classroom. I'm giggling as Joshua pulls away Lucas and Ma'lakah, chasing after me and Marcus. We enter the classroom and he plops me down into a chair. Josh, Ma'Lakah and Lucas come and start attacking Marcus, as I laugh at their foolishness. Rufus enters the classroom and looks at the mayhem happening. He rolls his eyes and slides into a desk next to me.

'Did you cause this?' He says with an accusatory tone.

'I think so, I don't know anymore' I answer while trying to catch my breath from laughing. He scoffs and looks at the boys still tussling on the floor. Then he looks back up to me and narrows his eyes at me.

"They're stupid, but I should get them to sit down since the bell is about to ring." I nod and pull out my history book. I watch as Rufus stands up and tries to pull them apart only for him to get pulled into it. I laugh as Marcus jumps onto Rufus and licks his face. I begin to feel a strange feeling, a wave of happiness and excitement that is not my own. My heart starts to pound, struggling to cope with the intensity of emotions. Overwhelmed, I take several deep breaths and I begin to calm down. The sudden strange feeling began to disappear. I shake my head as a way to get rid of the rest of the feeling and continue to watch the boys' mischief.

The bell rings and they all stand up. They fix their uniforms and head to desks surrounding me. Josh sits on my left, Rufus my right, Marcus behind me, Ma'Lakah in front of me and Lucas next to Ma'Lakah. Josh and I start talking about the last history lesson we witnessed. As we talk, Mr. Fra walks in and stands by his desk.

"Mr. Bloom and Mr. Vernier, I hope I'm not interrupting your conversation with my class" He says in his rich, deep voice. We immediately stop talking and turn our attention to him.

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"Thank you, now last time we were speaking on Majii War, which we left off on me discussing the group who took down Egar." He pauses and walk in front of his desk. He turns around and faces us. His face is a calm collected slate, but I have this feeling telling me otherwise. The strange feeling from earlier returns with a punch, I could feel his heart speeding up, feel his pulse pound as he gather his thoughts. I could feel him trying to control his emotions, restrain the anger seeping out of him. TI can't breathe, this anger he feels is so strongly, so raw, so aggressive. I feel him become upset, as if he deliberately chose it. A wave of sorrow engulf me like a tight, uncomfortable hug. My heart starts to slow down and I can't figure out what is happening to me. The strange feeling disappears just as it did before. My mind is trying to escape this emotional damage the feeling left me with, my mind screaming out for relief. I can feel it the damage fight me, thumping against my skull as if it is in a battle that it will not win. I don't understand what is happening, why this is happening to me. The pain begins to fade slowly, leaving a dull headache behind.

"I unfortunately can't continue with this topic today. Apparently it isn't appropriate to learn at this time, so we'll discuss some of the most famous wizard villages so if you could please flip to Chapter five." Groans resounds throughout the classroom as pages flip to the chapter. As Mr. Fra's voice drawls on, I can't stop thinking about what just happen. Before I knew it, class has ended.

With a headache and a sense of confusion, I leave Mr. Fra's lesson. I stroll down to our other class, still wondering what could be happening to me . Someone grabs my shoulder and turns me around.

'Hey, Elfy what's the matter, I've been calling your name for the past five minutes, what's up?' I look up and lock eyes with Josh, instantly I feel pain. Not unlike the strange feeling from before,but it is more painful. Before I felt a spread of the emotion before, but now it's worst. It's so much worst.My head takes in Josh's emotions and tries to make them into mine. The sudden rush of pain hit me so hard, I had to stop into my tracks. Josh is talking but I can only feel his panic and worry. I feel him grab my hand and try to get me to answer. His touch seems to cause the emotions to intensify, so I yank him away from me.

The increasing wave of worry and panic attack my mind repeatedly, forcing me to my knees. Placing both of my hands on each side of my head, I start rocking back and forth with tears in my eyes. I can feel myself scream on the top of my lungs, tears falling and hitting the floor. Josh puts his hand on my shoulder and starts shaking me, yelling in muffled tones. I continue to push him away aggressively as if that would help kill the pain I am feeling. Another emotion hits me, harder than the bundle of emotions than before. It was anger, pure, unadulterated anger. The anger is uncontrollable, it makes me want to lash out at Josh for his needless concern over me. 'Where is it coming from?,' I think, tightening the grip on my head, 'Who is it coming from?'

"Get away from me. GET AWAY FROM ME" I screech at Josh, kicking him away and crying heavy tears. I hate what I am saying, I hate what I am doing but the pain is so great, I can't control it.

I look up and see a crowd forming around me, Marcus and Rufus pushing their way to me and Josh. They try to pull my hands off of my head but I couldn't let go.

'Breathe' I hear. I pause in my panic, and look around to see who could have said that. Josh still shaking me, carrying the look of worry, Marcus trying to get the crowd to move back, Rufus rubbing my back, mumbling reassures that I couldn't hear. None of them could have said it, so who said it?

'Breathe, goddammit' the voice demanded. I take a deep breath, close my eyes and exhale. The pain begins to subsides and I take another deep breath. I take my hands off of my head, shaking and crying, I hear Rufus screaming at everyone to get away from me. Josh realizes I could hear him and grabs my hand.

"Are you okay, Elfy, what's wrong with you"

"I don't know what's wrong with me, please help me get up," Rufus hears that and helps me up. The crowd already left, leaving me with Marcus, Rufus, and Josh. They walk me down the hall to our next class in silence. I look at Josh and he meets my eyes, I could see the worry in his eyes and I try to tell him with my eyes that I'll tell him at lunch. He nods, then looks away. But what will I be telling him?